Seeing him (do I really need to say who "him" is?) mock a disabled reporter should have been the end of all of this. The fact that it wasn't - and instead emboldened them to go oh so very much further - is the stuff of nightmares.
Disgusting and humiliating. I’m sure that I’m not the only one living in fear and anger of what is yet to come. One despicable person destroying America, stripping us of our freedoms, while enriching himself and his buddies.
It’s not “one,” it’s the sycophantic cowards in the GOP; it’s the greedy “justices” in the “Supreme” Court. It’s attorneys who ignorantly believe it’s possible to appease a bully. It’s hypocrites. It’s opinion writers w/o integrity. It’s dark $$.
I know right? That's the craziest thing ever. You think they've sunk as low as they can and then they go even lower. They're going to start zip tying dead people next.
I’m an extra mouthy disabled blue dot 🔵 in Arkansas and I wonder if one day I’ll be right beside them; shacked helpless on the curb awaiting a nondescript goon van to bear us to hell.
They are such a threat to our hopelessly untrained and ignorant policing agencies.
If they can find a way to escalate violence, they will.
We tried to warn folks in the Bush era, militarizing policing agencies would be a horrible idea.
Boys with big toys are always dangerous.
Maddest about the government I used to respect, the nation I served in the military, acting like the worst of the worst, abandoning every fragment of honor and freedom and character.
I didn't see this, but read it: pregnant woman had her legs shackled while in a cell, in premature labor, after begging for medical care....no care, no bed, on the floor, legs CHAINED dammit. Mad about wheelchair users being zip tied for protesting. Madder about mistreatment of women in labor.
You'd need a calculator to count the number of breast beating "Christians" in Congress and the Senate. In their interpretation of the Bible, following in the footsteps of Jesus, these zip ties are "healing" the sick of their addiction to medical care.
It seems that the Republicans forgot they are hired by their voters. Nows the time to prepare to fire them, this is the second time they had disabled, and differently abled people arrested. did it when they were trying to cancel the ACA (Obamacare) vote Democrat or Independent for changes.
Whenever I find myself stunned about how vicious this all is, I am reminded that the bullies in my parents' era were especially vicious. These are the people who were bombing churches and launching assasinations in the 60s.
But Dems need to change too. They support the status quo. We need our own lobbyists!
"I don't like the far right OR the far left. I like things to stay in the moderate center, where genocide is fine and people's healthcare money is given to cruise missile manufacturers."
Caitlan Johnstone
A dictator who, with impunity, eliminates the foundations of democracy, establishes terror through force, and modifies laws at will, will not relinquish power when the very democracy he destroyed asks him to do so.
Waiting and praying while tyranny grows is an option that rarely works.
Good luck.
It is only the beginning. I will never forget as well. But we will.
in a few weeks time we will have other things happening shocking us as well.
Who is still busy with the healthcare issue we found out about 187 a day DIE nothing has changed so far. Only that they get even more money and protection.
Or a 88 yr old veteran being led away by police for protesting against VA cuts and the military policing American cities and citizens, handcuffed, while another cop carries his walker. This is NOT OK!
I have a hard time seeing the 87 year old vet, having his walker taken away, his hands zip tied and he struggled to walk the forty yards to a police car. They didn't even drive over to pick him up! He wanted to protest losing his benefits, and we treat him cruelly and inhumane.
There are moments in history that get caught in books and documentaries and remain there for the future generations to learn from. That is one of those moments. trump will go down as a cruel and inhumane and these pictures will show just how low he can go.
Pinochet had people thrown out of helicopters, tens of thousands tortured then murdered, & I won’t list the evils done by other fascists. I’d need a lot of posts to make a dent in it.
Wait till you see the CHILDREN!!! Four or five kids all clean and pressed for court. Their Momma being zip tied in front of them. Because they were doing what they were supposed to. Going to their scheduled hearing!!!
I highly recommend watching Judith Heumann's interviews and the history of the ADA & what people w/disabilities did to protest, only for politicians to eventually take the teeth out of the bills. I've been @ protests where police basically commandeer people's wheelchairs and cuffed them.
The elderly veteran with his hands tied behind his back
just about rebroke my already shattered heart.
He dared to approach the US Capitol steps.
The place where a scaffold had been erected to hang vice president Pence
Thes photos & those of gestapo ICE agents assaulting innocents will be prominent on the pages of history books if we can survive this attack on democracy, the Constitution and justice system. Wake me up when the revolution begins so I can sign up. #RESIST #NoKings
Reminds me of the double amputee killed by police because the amputee threatened his partner with a ballpoint pen. You simply cannot make this shit up.
Same. Anyone who approves of this needs to spend 24 hours with disabled people and their caregivers. Maybe then they would realize how damn lucky they are.
…. but- God bless each of them!! They are feisty and focused!! They’re stronger than you think❤️🤗🤗
It’s the fucking, fat asshole in the white house that needs to be zip tied🤬🤬🤬🤬
IMPEACH AND INCARCERATE !!!!
Sad to see America become a Nazi country publicly, that it seems it always was in secret. Wondering whether it's a good thing, something to be sad about, or better that we now know what Americans are truly like, take it as a warning to take a stronger stand against the evil of religious child abuse.
What about zip tied children being led out of school, and 87 year olds thrown to the ground and arrested. Supposedly murderers, rapists, and drug dealers, all eating your pets!!! maga nazi trump supporters have no shame. period
The rule of law is dead, concentration camps are being built, people are being kidnapped off the street daily and disappeared. When the fuck do we rise and take it back? I'm willing to take the risk, for my children and the greater good. We need to plan this and get it done
I'll be there but I don't see how it's going to move the needle. Of course, I wish it would, but I don't think it's practical to expect that. We're about to be worse than Nazi Germany
Netherlands 1941: "On January 10, 1941, all Jews were to register with the authorities. In April, Jews living in Amsterdam were forbidden to move elsewhere in the country. In May, Jewish doctors and dentists were forbidden to treat non-Jews."
"In August, Jewish children were forbidden to attend school with non-Jews. In September, Jews were banned from parks, restaurants, hotels, theaters, swimming pools (both indoor and outdoor), art exhibits, concerts, libraries, and museums. In March 1942, Jews were forbidden to travel by car."
In May, Jews were required to wear a yellow star sewn (not pinned) to their clothing, with the word Jew written on the star in black letters. In May, too, Jews were obliged to turn in their jewelry and art. In June, Jews were required to hand over their bicycles.
In July, Jews were ordered to remain in their homes between eight in the evening and six in the morning. They were forbidden to visit non-Jews, to travel by “public or private transport,” or to use public phones. On July 10, 1942, Anne Frank and six friends and relatives went into hiding.
By the end of September 1943, the Nazis had achieved their goal. With the roundup and deportation of even those Jews who had been in hospitals and old-age homes, Holland was finally Judenrein, Jew-free.
You zip tie people with disabilities trying to save healthcare for the poorest of us only because you need to feed a deep dark hole of hate with performative cruelty. #MAGAMurdersMedicaid
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I’m an extra mouthy disabled blue dot 🔵 in Arkansas and I wonder if one day I’ll be right beside them; shacked helpless on the curb awaiting a nondescript goon van to bear us to hell.
The disabled were on the list in the 1930’s too
If they can find a way to escalate violence, they will.
We tried to warn folks in the Bush era, militarizing policing agencies would be a horrible idea.
Boys with big toys are always dangerous.
In the USA, 2025+.
"I don't like the far right OR the far left. I like things to stay in the moderate center, where genocide is fine and people's healthcare money is given to cruise missile manufacturers."
Caitlan Johnstone
Waiting and praying while tyranny grows is an option that rarely works.
Good luck.
in a few weeks time we will have other things happening shocking us as well.
Who is still busy with the healthcare issue we found out about 187 a day DIE nothing has changed so far. Only that they get even more money and protection.
Republicans
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It’s what Hitler did at the very beginning of the holocaust.
From across the pond sending love & empathy.
#OnceBitten
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Just another day in America nowadays.
just about rebroke my already shattered heart.
He dared to approach the US Capitol steps.
The place where a scaffold had been erected to hang vice president Pence
lets start point fingers at the real perpetrators
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/no-charges-against-hpd-officer-who-killed-double-4598518.php
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I’m in shock! WTAF ?
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=TA9Rec1qAFQ&si=ZJnSShq8UD6gLxns
It’s the fucking, fat asshole in the white house that needs to be zip tied🤬🤬🤬🤬
IMPEACH AND INCARCERATE !!!!
Nor forgive.
They've lost all humanity
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