Politics of Hate category archive
American Stasi 0
The EFF warns us that ICE is ramping up its surveillance–and not just of immigrants. From their report:
- ICE had scanned the driver’s license photos of 1 in 3 adults.
- ICE had access to the driver’s license data of 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE was tracking the movements of drivers in cities home to 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records.
- ICE built its surveillance dragnet by tapping data from private companies and state and local bureaucracies.
- ICE spent approximately $2.8 billion between 2008 and 2021 on new surveillance, data collection and data-sharing programs.
Follow the link for the full report.
And, in more news of the American Stasi . . . .
Misdirection Play, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
Via the Las Vegas Sun, Sal Rodriguez discusses that furor over welfare fraud in Minnesota. He notes that, though Somali immigrants are being targeted by the Trump maladministration, (emphasis added)
The founder of the organization, a white American named Aimee Bock, was convicted of her crimes. Dozens of others involved in the scheme have pled guilty. Most of those involved were of Somali background.
So why, one wonders, are Somalis getting all the blame publicity? Rodriguez suggests that the answer is quite simple:
Methinks the full article. is worth your while.
No Rooming at the Inn 0
These days, you hear a lot in the news about the First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution. You don’t hear much about the Third Amendment, which was written in reaction to the British forcing colonials to take British soldiers into their homes back in colonial times. It reads in its entirety
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice predicts that it might be a thing because of the actions of the Trump maladmistration.
Party Planning 0
At AL.com, John Archibald reminds us that, five years ago today, Donald Trump’s supporters invaded the Capitol, wreking havoc, distroying papers, soiling desks, and attacking police, in an attempt to overthrow the election. Many were convicted ot serious crimes of violence and later pardoned by Donald Trump as he began is second term.
Archibabld asks, which of them would you invite into your own home?
Follow the link to choose.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Via The Japan Times, Kaushik Basu hears a rhyme goosestepping through history.
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*Mark Twain.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Mary Trump discusses Donald Trump’s turning the United States Department of Justice into the Donald Trump Department of Retribution.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
Ruben Navarrett Jr. unpacks the ten biggest lies about immigrants. Here’s one; follow the link for the others.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Eric Foster decodes de code.
Extra-Special Bonus QOTD, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
UVa’s Larry Sabato, regarding Donald Trump’s reaction to the death from cancer of JFK’s granddaughter:
Follow the link for context.
American Stasi 0
From the Youtube page:
While anyone even suspected of being an undocumented immigrant is facing the threat of violence from Donald Trump and Stephen Miller’s ICE agents at any moment, U.S. citizens, as predicted, are also getting caught up in the lawlessness these thugs are operating with and are becoming victims of the same brutality as their fellow community members. Rick Strom breaks it down.
American Stasi 0
Jerrod Zisser discusses ICE’s detention of a native-born American citizen who was arrested and sent to a concentration camp–that’s the only word for it–for being brown and speaking Spanish.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme that sends ICEy SShivers down his back.
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*Mark Twain.
A Notion of Immigrants 0
After Stephen Miller’s most recent antic, it’s difficult avoid the obvious: the Trump maladministration’s campaign against immigrants is about the color of their skin.
Claims to the contrary are just hoods to hide the truth.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, Jodi Bondi Norgaard expresses concern over the ethnic and national slurs, invective, and insults that have become routine under Donald Trump and his maladministration. She has qualms about what this behavior may portend.
Methinks her concerns may not be misplaced. A snippet:
So we must ask, as citizens and as humans: What kind of society do we want?