"Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s dark journey through the lawless Trump immigration system took another grievous turn Monday morning when he was detained by ICE in Baltimore only three days after being freed from criminal custody in Nashville."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia
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https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/trumps-brutalization-of-abrego-garcia
"Trump’s brutalization of Abrego Garcia for having the temerity to challenge his wrongful removal to El Salvador — which the administration has conceded was a mistake — is a cruel face-saving move and a grotesque flex of executive power."
#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia
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"This is not law enforcement. This is psychological torture disguised as legal process, and it represents something far more sinister than immigration policy gone wrong. This is sadism as statecraft—the deliberate infliction of suffering for its own sake, wrapped in bureaucratic language and carried out by federal agents who treat human beings like cargo to be processed and shipped."
~ Mike Brock
#Trump #fascism#ICE#KilmarAbregoGarcia
/6
https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-cruelty-really-is-the-point
The deliberate infliction of intergenerational trauma has political & societal consequences.
Republican billionaires view these as desirable outcomes. See Tim Mellon opine on "slavery redux"
The 1% see deliberately inflicted trauma as a way of softening up dissent.
This is the absolute, brutal truth. Government by sadists.
"Planning is under way to send national guard troops to Chicago, an official at the Pentagon confirmed to ABC News on Sunday. ...
The national guard is normally under the authority of the individual states, deployed at the request of the state governor and federalized – deployed by the federal government – only in a national emergency and at the request of a governor."
~ Nicola Slawson
#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia
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Tonight, there is reporting that some of the National Guard troops in Washington D.C. are now carrying weapons. Most guardsmen will be carrying M17 pistols, but some will be armed with M4 rifles. It’s a frightening moment for those of us old enough to remember Kent State."
~ Joyce Vance
#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia
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The M17 pistol is the Sig Sauer P320, which has been the subject of negative multiple evaluations and lawsuits, owing to alleged spontaneous discharges. That is, firing a round without pulling the trigger.
What could go wrong carrying that weapon on a hot, muggy DC night?
"Tonight, California governor Gavin Newsom’s social media account posted: 'Trump’s militarization of Los Angeles seems to have been just the start of an authoritarian takeover of American cities. This is not leadership. This is a scary, unlawful grab for power, and we should all be deeply concerned.'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #fascism #military#ICE#WashingtonDC#Chicago#KilmarAbregoGarcia
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