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Thousands gather in #BangorME for "#HandsOff!" rally
by Cali Warren Apr 5, 2025
BANGOR -- "On Saturday, Bangor's waterfront was packed with thousands participating in an initiative called "Hands Off" - one of several protests happening all over the state and nation.
"'Hands off, it's a national mass mobilization so all over the world, all over the country, people are taking protests to the streets,' said organizer Amanda Roy.
"Protesters advocated against cuts to healthcare and government offices, and rallied for #equality and rights for #PeopleOfColor, #immigrants and the #LGBTQ+ community.
"You name it, we're facing critical cuts, veterans and their benefits, federal employees, everything. This isn't the America that I want to live in," Roy stated.
"'I think a lot of people are here because, hands off of our #SocialSecurity, hands off of our #Medicaid, hands off our #healthcare, hands off our #HumanRights, our #CivilRights,' explained rally volunteer Deborah Lee.
"Elected officials say it's important to hear Mainer's voices at these large-scale protests.
"'We don't have billions or millions here in Maine, we're just regular Mainers speaking up, but we the people do have the power to make change and to stand up for our communities and to help each other,' explained Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who attended the rally as a guest speaker.
"'What a time to be alive, we are all living in history...I honestly would not choose to be in another time than this one right here. I feel so incredibly moved to just exist right now, in this moment where I see such energy, such #resistance, such camaraderie,' said Bangor City Council Member Joseph Leonard."
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https://www.foxbangor.com/news/local/thousands-gather-in-bangor-for-hands-off-rally/article_f4765c96-fba7-48aa-8340-7fdff545e200.html
#MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE #ResistFascism
LEt's retweet this again!
GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers.
Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.
“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-ice-air-deportation-flights?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #ICE #Immigration #Deportation #Aviation #Immigrants #Migrants #Trump https://newsie.social/@ProPublica/114262828676117320
ProPublicaInside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
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Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step (The Guardian)
The country’s so-called political centre has licensed a new era of authoritarianism – to the AfD’s delight.
Germany can choose to uphold the principles it claims to stand for, or continue down a path of authoritarianism.
The Guardian · Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step
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Homan, who describes himself as a "lifelong Catholic" and "devout Mass-goer," has told Pope Francis to mind his business and stick to religion — to butt out of Holman's business with immigrants.
Trump's media guru Karoline Leavitt, who lied boldly about disappearing of immigrants this week, is another lifelong Catholic schooled from grade school through college in Catholic schools. She describes herself as an ardently "pro-life" Catholic.
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John Harwood characterizes Tom Homan, Trump's border czar, as the face of Trump’s cruelty, and says,
"Trump's 'border czar' has 'no moral line,' say his critics, and the man himself proudly brags that he doesn't care about judges, the rule of law, or even the Pope."
Zeteo · Tom Homan Is the Face of Trump’s Cruelty
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"So many of the men detained by ICE and sent to El Salvador have no criminal records. ICE agents targeted them simply because they had 'suspicious' tattoos and brown skin. It is an exercise in petty power designed to elevate the worst among us. We are throwing the keys over to the brown shirts."
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"Donald and his regime claim people chose to put him in office specifically for them to be as cruel as humanly possible to people with brown skin—especially if they're undocumented workers who have allegedly committed crimes."
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"Over the last few months, some erstwhile supporters of Donald have started to notice his blatant disregard for human life, as if this disregard is new. I personally have been aware of this since the 1970s."
~ Mary Trump
The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump · Disappeared
Commenting on the disappearing by the Trump administration of Andry José Hernández Romero and Neri Alvarado, Greg Olear says,
"You know, those people are gone. So this is horrifying. And it speaks to where this is headed, because the longer that they do this kind of thing without any repercussions, the more they’re going to push it and start rounding up other people also."
~ Greg Olear
#Trump #ICE #immigrants #deportation
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https://gregolear.substack.com/p/ramble-on-waiting-for-the-barbarians
PREVAIL by Greg Olear · Ramble On: Waiting for the Barbarians (video)
#ElSalvador #immigrants #trump
“ A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to arrange for the return of a Maryland man to the United States after he was mistakenly deported to a notorious El Salvador prison. ” https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-deportation-maryland-man-trump-617bfac0e54b241fa2f54783bdf08628 The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, judge says
AP News · The US must return a Maryland man mistakenly deported to an El Salvador prison, a judge says
“‘Though we’re deeply concerned about fellow Christians, we’re not exclusively concerned with immigrants who happen to share our faith,’ said Matthew Soerens, vice president of advocacy and policy at World Relief, an evangelical humanitarian organization that cosponsored the report.”
Shocker. #Christianity #immigrants #immigration
https://apnews.com/article/trump-administration-migrants-deportation-christians-93851e15c2bae32b6ab89f4108cc6d82
AP News · Most immigrants at risk of deportation from US are Christian, report finds
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#Truth!
On the anniversary of the assassination of #MLKjr, I am contemplating the fact that #Fascists putting targets on the backs of #trans & #Immigrants who protest #Zionist #Genocide has not stopped the #Police from killing innocent #Black folks daily
And that until #USians eradicate #antiblackracism in the US, Fascists will have a lever ro reintroduce their hateful ideology, whatever we do now
Solidarity from Tacoma 
"Letters: As an Irish-American, I fear my adopted home has turned towards fascism
Letters to the Editor
Yesterday at 18:30
As a man born and raised in Ireland, who lived in the United States for over a decade, served honourably in the US navy and became a naturalised American citizen in 1996, I write with deep concern about the direction of my adopted country.
The United States is inching towards fascism, fuelled by a toxic blend of patriarchal narcissism, conspiracy theories and far-right extremism.
Figures like Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Alex Jones and Conor McGregor represent this reactionary shift.
Trump undermined democracy and emboldened white nationalists. Musk, while posing as a free-speech advocate, has turned X into a platform for disinformation. Jones profits from paranoia and hate, while McGregor embodies a brand of hyper-masculinity that glorifies aggression and misogyny.
Together, they reflect a broader cultural backlash against progress and equality.
At the heart of this movement is deep-seated misogyny. From Trump’s boasts about assault to Musk’s disdain for women in leadership, these men champion a world where power belongs to egotistical strongmen, not democratic institutions.
(. . .)
If the US continues down this path, it risks losing the democracy it once stood for. As an Irish-American who once believed in the ideals of my adopted country, I fear for its future.
Declan O’Shea, Castlegar, Galway"
Irish Independent · Letters: As an Irish-American, I fear my adopted home has turned towards fascism
Here’s a website keeping track of campus abductions by ICE in the U. S.
"We will post every campus-based abduction that we learn of here."
A man who was detained by #ICE earlier this month is expected to be released on Fri after comm advocates & officials appealed for his release so he can resume the kidney donation process in hopes of saving his brother's life.
His ATTY: "The logistics of his release aren't yet confirmed with ICE, but potentially as early as Fri he could be released.
The duration & the conditions of Gonzalez's expected release are unclear.
Public pressure is effective.
#USPol #Immigrants https://abcnews.go.com/US/kidney-donor-expected-released-ice-after-appeal-save/story?id=120410575
ABC News · Kidney donor expected to be released by ICE after appeal to save his brother's life
Can #Nonviolent Activists Thwart #ICE Snatch Squads? The latest from HorizonMass' @jasonpramas.mastodon.social. https://horizonmass.news/2025/04/03/can-nonviolent-activists-thwart-ice-snatch-squads/ #immigrants #immigration #humanrights #civilliberties #Massachusetts #activism #advocacy #protest #tactics #RümeysaÖztürk #democracy #politics #nonviolence
HorizonMass · Can Nonviolent Activists Thwart ICE Snatch Squads?Rallies in support of recently detained immigrants like Rümeysa Öztürk are important, but might it be possible to prevent federal agents from arresting immigrants in similar situations in the first place?
Immigrants may not have the same status as citizens, but they do have legal rights in the United States. Boundaries are being tested as the Trump administration claims broad authority to deport “alien enemies” and others. #immigration #border #immigrants
Posted into Now What? @now-what-csmonitor
The Christian Science Monitor · More immigrants face deportation: What due process are they owed?
https://www.europesays.com/1968951/ Trump presents US$5 million ‘Gold Card’ for rich immigrants to US #AirForceOne #citizenship #DonaldTrump #EB5InvestorVisa #GoldCard #immigrants #Investor #media #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #presidential #rich #Skills #trump #TrumpCard #UnitedStates #Vidéos #wealthy
