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Biggest Loser in the June Primary Wasn’t on the Ballot | Progressive Activist Calendar, July 6 -16, 2018

July 6, 2018 by Doug Porter

Sometimes loser’s names in political races aren’t on the ballot. These folks are behind the scenes players working to advance their causes, some with less than sterling intentions. At the top of my losers column is Mickey Kasparian, the now-marginalized labor leader whose choices in the June primary amounted to a revenge campaign.
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The R in tRump stands for Racism.

Let’s face the facts: the President is really good at generating outrage (see low-lights from his Montana speech) and making good on his promise to Make American White Again. If the elimination of barriers to discrimination, the cozying up to nativists, and the cruelty to children weren’t enough evidence, perhaps the purges of immigrants from the military will be enough to convince you.

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Filed Under: #ResistanceSD, Progressive Weekly Calendar, The Starting Line

‘He was full of dirt and lice’: Court Documents Describe Cruel Treatment of Migrant Kids, Families

July 6, 2018 by Source

By Gabe Ortiz / Daily Kos

Hundreds of pages of sworn affidavits and court documents from forcibly separated migrant parents, immigration attorneys, immigrant rights groups and others reveal intentional cruelty, neglect, and chaos behind the Trump administration’s barbaric “zero tolerance” policy that has torn thousands of children from families at the U.S./Mexico border.

Over the past several weeks, officials have made it increasingly difficult for elected leaders and media to access both detention facilities and detained families. U.S. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, among the first to attempt to access a children’s detention facility in Texas, was asked to leave the property. Scanning the pages of court documents, some tweeted by reporter Adam Klasfeld, gives an insight into why.   [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Courts, Justice, Immigration, Race and Racism

Trump Baby Blimp Prepares for Takeoff: ‘Fragile, Like the President’s Ego’ | Video Worth Watching

July 6, 2018 by Rich Kacmar

The baby is cleared for takeoff! After having cued up this video from The Guardian showing the initial inflation of baby Trump, just heard today that the mayor of London announced that the balloon protest has gotten the green light and will be greeting Trump on his visit to the U.K. next Friday! Looking forward to more video of the actual event. Stay tuned!   [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Activism, Satire, Video Worth Watching

The Big ‘Bad Hombres’ Lie: Less Than 1 Percent of Texas Tent City Migrants Are From Mexico

July 5, 2018 by At Large

By Mike Harlos / Via Facebook

So I have almost completely avoided political posts for over a year now.

Today, I take a break from that.

Tornillo, Texas, is on the US/Mexico border. There is a “tent city facility” setup there. The facility is housing 326 children (312 boys, 14 girls).

Of the 326:

162 are from Guatemala

117 are from Honduras

40 are from El Salvador

4 are from “other countries”

3 are from Mexico   [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Immigration

Trauma at the Border | Video Worth Watching

July 5, 2018 by Rich Kacmar

From the Brave New Films YouTube website:

Pediatricians reveal the long-term damage that can be done when children are imprisoned – even with their families. Let’s stop this government-sanctioned child abuse now!

Childhood trauma, like imprisonment and family separation, provokes long-lasting implications caused by high levels of toxic stress. Short term damage can present with depression, anxiety, developmental delays, and autism-like symptoms; long term damage presents as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. Through the expertise and first-hand observations of current American Academy of Pediatrics president, Dr. Colleen Kraft, and her pediatric colleagues: Dr. Lanre Falusi and Dr. Nathalie Quion viewers are confronted with the heartbreaking reality that these innocent, traumatized children are unwilling participants forced to endure the consequences of the Trump administration’s cruel immigration policy.

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Filed Under: Courts, Justice, Immigration, Video Worth Watching

Declaration of Independence, a Transcription

July 4, 2018 by Source

Time for a review of those self-evident truths that Trump and his administration have run roughshod over. Perhaps less well known is the List of Grievances that shows all the ways that King George III failed to respect the rights of the colonists. Do any of them sound familiar?
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Filed Under: Activism, Government

The CEOs Profiting Off of Immigrant Detention – Follow the Money | Video Worth Watching

July 4, 2018 by Rich Kacmar

Brave New Films has produced an exposé of the private, for-profit prison industry’s role in the incarceration of immigrants: Immigrant Prisons. Here is a portion of the work that highlights the for-profit component and puts names and faces to the anodyne company names.   [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Courts, Justice, Immigration, Video Worth Watching

UPDATED: Resistance to Operation Streamline in San Diego, Assembly-Line Injustice for Immigrants

July 2, 2018 by Doug Porter

The uproar over the Trump administration’s immigration policies continues unabated.

Over the weekend there were protests in big cities and small towns across the 50 states. (See San Diego coverage here.)  Sister demonstrations took place in London, Munich, Paris, Hamburg, Tokyo, and others cities around the globe.

Starting today, San Diego and nearby points will be the focus of more protests and non-violent civil disobedience in response to the ramping up of the Justice Department’s Operation Streamline, which applies a one-size-fits-all approach in assembly-line court proceedings for migrants.

Busses and caravan with labor and faith activists came to San Diego from Orange County, Los Angeles and Pheonix to a start-up rally in Chicano Park.

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Filed Under: #ResistanceSD, Immigration, The Starting Line

Border Patrol and ICE, What Will We Call Them Next? Trump’s Troopers?

July 2, 2018 by Source

By focusing on tearing apart families on the southern border, [Border Patrol] make interrogations at a checkpoint far from any border seem downright neighborly in contrast.

By Susan Grigsby / Daily Kos

Perhaps it is because I have only lived in Maine for a year and a half, and everything is still new to me, that I hadn’t really noticed the massive influx of Canadians trying to escape from their homeland by illegally crossing our northern border. True, it is a little warmer down here during the winter. And Maine has legalized recreational marijuana, so perhaps these undocumented immigrants were too impatient to wait for October and Canadian legalization.

Or, they have simply tired of life in a country that provides health care to its citizens, that has civilized laws and whose citizens welcome their neighbors in times of trouble. I mean, who doesn’t want to pay higher prices for medications?

Whatever their reasons, apparently this flood of undocumented immigrants has our Department of Homeland Security (DHS) deeply concerned. Border Patrol agents have been sent here to Maine to protect us from the invading horde that is for some unknown reason crossing our border without authorization. Checkpoints have been set-up on 1-95 north of Bangor, Maine, and on I-93 in New Hampshire to counter this apparent threat.   [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Activism, Immigration

Daughter of undocumented parents gives powerful speech at a ‘Families Belong Together’ Rally | Video Worth Watching

July 2, 2018 by Rich Kacmar

The twelve year old daughter of an undocumented worker speaks at the ‘Families Belong Together’ rally in Washington, D.C. to protest the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy.   [Read more…]

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‘Families Belong Together’ Rally Vibes: John Legend; Lin-Manuel Miranda; Get Up, Stand Up, Don’t Give Up the Fight | Video Worth Watching

July 1, 2018 by Rich Kacmar

In recognition of the energy and movement of Saturday’s marches here are some vibes that hopefully resonate. First, John Legend in Los Angeles performing Preach.

Lin-Manuel Miranda in Washington, D.C. sings the Dear Theodosia lullaby from Hamilton.

And just because I want to hear it: Get Up, Stand Up, Don’t Give Up the Fight!   [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Activism, Music, Video Worth Watching

Photo Galleries: Families Belong Together Marches in San Diego and Around the Nation

June 30, 2018 by Doug Porter

While President Trump played golf on Saturday, people gathered for events protesting his immigration policies in 780 events nationwide, covering all 50 states and 85% of the congressional districts in the county.

Counts included 35,000 in Washington DC, over 60,000 in Chicago, 30,000 in New York and San Francisco, and 55,000 in Los Angeles.

The downtown San Diego rally, starting at Waterfront Park had roughly 4,000 people show up. Over 300 came to make their voices heard in deep red Temecula.   [Read more…]

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Filed Under: #ResistanceSD, Immigration, The Starting Line

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