NEW: Over 20 GOP & conservative former officials joined together to send a clear message: Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act is UNPRECEDENTED & UNLAWFUL His move to deport individuals without due process cannot and should not be tolerated - ThreadSky

normeisen.bsky.social • 2 days ago

NEW: Over 20 GOP & conservative former officials joined together to send a clear message:

Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act is UNPRECEDENTED & UNLAWFUL

His move to deport individuals without due process cannot and should not be tolerated

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cheetsac7.bsky.social•2 days ago

The more this happens, the more we need to remember: this is the fight for our country.

Regardless of what you politically identify as, we need to stand together if we ever hope to survive this.

eugeniast.bsky.social•2 days ago

“Every person already detained and removed under that proclamation and imputed authority should have been — and now must be — afforded due process and individualized consideration. Anything less countenances oppression, abuse, and tyranny.” 🎯

thatsthefactjack.bsky.social•1 day ago

The media isn't giving this enough attention from the perspective of "The U.S. Government Is Illegally Disappearing People." I had posted below that this is the beginning, and can happen to anyone if we don't stop it now.
https://bsky.app/profile/thatsthefactjack.bsky.social/post/3lkocbhrs5k2c

niall-mcauley.bsky.social•2 days ago

Stop saying unlawful, say illegal

stoutpotentials.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good they stood up!

And look here. The whole business- from beginning to end - was a made-for-TV - farce of constitutional crisis proportions.

reaganconservative.bsky.social•2 days ago

Posting this for the “rEaGan is why TrUmP wON” crowd.

rgrenier98.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nice start but it will take a lot more of the GOP to come out against Trump’s policies. And notice none of these people are in government now.

jwshikes.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where are the current GOP members speaking out??? Spineless jellyfish!!!!

serioustalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Have these people truly been "deported?" When people are deported, they're turned over to their home countries. These people are still being held on our behalf. We're paying for it.

evilgenius70.bsky.social•2 days ago

Always looking to make someone in the GOP a hero.
There are none.

shathebaker.bsky.social•2 days ago

Wow, well I guess better late than never that they get some integrity and courage...sort of...hope its not too late.

boudicasal.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you to all who had the courage to sign and file this action.

jvarrige.bsky.social•2 days ago

More of this!!

meanjin01.bsky.social•2 days ago

What war is the USA involved in?

satiricalplanet.bsky.social•20 hours ago

When dissent meets border paranoia, deportations, disappearances, and democracy on life support. Satire meets surveillance in this darkly comic deep-dive.
https://aiwillybillhuman.substack.com/p/welcome-to-freedom-where-dissent

alexcharles.bsky.social•2 days ago

But but but he did not sign it

smingie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Country over party 🇺🇸

suffragette333.bsky.social•2 days ago

Former huh? Any current officials or all they just hiding in their offices?

nalanidesjard.bsky.social•2 days ago

#democracyisdying
Is this really how Americans want to treat people- ANY people???
https://apple.news/As4A9FF6_TNaA-g2PEAsTGQ

mindfullhealing.bsky.social•1 day ago

Over 600 people have signed this petition to revoke Elon Musk's American citizenship. This goes through the court system, which is all we have left right now. This is the 1st step, the 2nd will be calling for his arrest and deportation.
Please add your name, Americans, and share! https://chng.it/RXKRLVxX6x

boscobuddy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Too little too late. They’ve been laying the groundwork for this takeover for forty fucking years. NOW they want to fix things? Give me a break.

gandylynn.bsky.social•2 days ago

The GQP could save us all if they had ethics, morals, or the sense God gave a jackass…
🤔🆘😩

schatzkin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Such a shame current GOP has gone full-on fascist.

christopherquinn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Way too little, way too late

jxxmxx.bsky.social•2 days ago

What does "not tolerate" look like practically? A stare down? A demand to "not cross this line"? What leverage backs this up? Who's going to care if they choose not to accept the rules? I don't intend this as sarcasm. I'm asking what's the actual demand here and who's or what is backing it up?

aercolini.bsky.social•2 days ago

There are dozens of us!

liberals4liberty.bsky.social•1 day ago

Did Trump sign the Alien Enemies Act?

Trump denies it.

Cheung, WH Communications Director said Trump signed.

I say he used an autopen

Or

The dumb ass is demented & cannot remember what the hell he signed.

Or

Co-president Musk gave the order to sign using Trump’s autopen signature.

catchafire777.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yet they’re ignoring that & carrying on regardless

erintruth.bsky.social•1 day ago

Amazing! Some GOP stood up and spoke out! 😲

marcashrsn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fantastic work here.

gordon-c-m.bsky.social•2 days ago

Roundup Airplane El
Salvadore
Equals
Roundup Boxcar Poland

maxminimally.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where the fuck were these people when they could have done something?

sunshinesucks.bsky.social•2 days ago

Maybe the GOP should split into two parties.

pampalmeresq.bsky.social•1 day ago

Since the current GOP was hijacked under False Pretenses, it should be returned to the Moderate Conservatives from whom it was hijacked.

MAGA/Trumpism can form their own White Supremacist & Christian Nationalist Party of Hate.

alxindia.bsky.social•2 days ago

When do CURRENT GOP officials start sending these kinds of messages?

radiogirl1071.bsky.social•2 days ago

👍🏻

sharonlindsey.bsky.social•2 days ago

emontag.bsky.social•2 days ago

There has to be at least one current GOP rep in a purple district who has the nerve to break with Trump. Right?

mthistorybuff.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is great but we need CURRENT Officials to start stepping up and stop being cowards.

stevehuntsman.bsky.social•2 days ago

This saw action at the WH today

stevehuntsman.bsky.social•2 days ago

meadowsonh2o.bsky.social•1 day ago

Trump deleted the Constitution from White House website, one of his first things on Project25 list.
Recession is the PLAN.
Supply, stocks & real estate go down…
1%er's swoop in for cheap.

End goal: creating Network States (aka Freedom Cities)

Fight back, share this info.

https://www.thenerdreich.com/

broekn.bsky.social•2 days ago

yes - Trump saying someone is a criminal is not actually magical proof that the person IS a criminal

and he should treat anyone being deported humanely NOT with brutal shackles and chined together ! And NOT sending them to prisons THAT OUR / MY TAX $$ ARE PAYING FOR

theloraxe.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have questions. How are people that have never been tried and convicted of a crime being imprisoned in a third party country? What have they been sentenced for? If they are only guilty of illegal entry into the US then why aren’t they being sent back to Venezuela after receiving due process?

askgma.bsky.social•2 days ago

He signed it.

camofarc.bsky.social•2 days ago

We need more of this from Rs who are not maga,

mop-fautneddy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Who's next on the hit parade?

bershod.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sadly they are “former” officials, where are the current ones?

reaganconservative.bsky.social•2 days ago

The ones who’d speak out have all been run out of the party.

jomo1949.bsky.social•2 days ago

MAGA doesn’t even know who they are.

jomo1949.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly

voyageurs59.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gov Arne Carlson was elected in MN which tells you something. The extremists running today are nothing like him.

fauxretired.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yep

richfoxexists.bsky.social•2 days ago

Former.

madisonj.bsky.social•2 days ago

In my day that would warrant impeachment. His job is to uphold the laws and the constitution. This is failing at that job.

oldfatrick.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why is it always "Former" officials? We are represented by self-serving chicken shits! "Oooh, Elon will primary me and I'll lose my gravy train" We are fucking doomed!

magadauthan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Former. Needs to be current.

suedei.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good 👍

julibcr.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah!!

joshdsw.bsky.social•2 days ago

The shocking thing around which there is little or no law (an immigration lawyer said) is the removal of nationals of one country to another country for the purposes of incarceration in one of the worst prisons in the world without those removed being criminals in the US. Per se 8th Amend violation.

favorsfelines.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's now claiming he never signed it, because of all the heat he's getting, but he DID.

cavalrysword.bsky.social•2 days ago

Who is claiming they didn't sign what?

jelamonsterart.com•2 days ago

Trump is claiming that he didn’t sign it

favorsfelines.bsky.social•1 day ago

It has been signed. He lied and innocents are getting sent to the worst prisons in the world - El Salvador, without any due process (lawyer, court hearings). https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-sent-venezuelan-asylum-seeker-193953240.html

cavalrysword.bsky.social•2 days ago

The EO on the Alien Enemies, I take it. I heard something about him throwing Rubio under the bus. Was it over this?

favorsfelines.bsky.social•1 day ago

He signed the 'War Powers Act' to be able to arrest & deport anyone he chooses without any due process (lawyer/court hearings). The paperwork IS signed. He's lying and many innocents are getting sent to the worst prisons in the world - El Salvador. https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-sent-venezuelan-asylum-seeker-193953240.html

elvsrad.bsky.social•2 days ago

While this is good, always be careful. "The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy, nothing more, nothing less." - Schlock Mercenary

waterlily385.bsky.social•2 days ago

Let your courage be contagious. We all need to hit the streets in the ways that are most powerful and effective.

taoskie.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hey Schumer, this is what real courage and commitment to democracy looks like.

mgstalker.bsky.social•2 days ago

These are former officials… the ones there today refuse to stand up for what’s right.

nitejanitor.bsky.social•2 days ago

so much winning! will this finally stop trump?

stickybunny.bsky.social•2 days ago

Have you seen this?
This is what we're allowing to happen to people in this country. It's unbearable even to read.
https://x.com/reichlinmelnick/status/1903563992208966095?s=61&t=lxb8LaiklOb7wS-G97kItw

rjbk1.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you to the former officials who showed courage. What about our current officials?

lizhighleyman.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well, this is good, but it's disconcerting that no current officials will stand up to him -- you know that don't all actually agree with Trump/Musk are doing.

johanna88.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s all well & good but until we have CURRENT sitting officials speak up & act it means zip

gerrylu.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not exactly a list of most prominent members of the GOP and some list themselves as * former* members of GOP . But, it's something

tancred1098.bsky.social•2 days ago

Former, always former. No active or current GOP folks have a single ball.

openingmyheart.bsky.social•2 days ago

really awesome that not one single CURRENT GOP official can condemn this. Weak-willed, evil, power-hungry and pathetic.

autiebea.bsky.social•2 days ago

#lfg!

mrzip44.bsky.social•2 days ago

It is sad and very telling that the number is so low. 😞

courageousgirl2.bsky.social•2 days ago

BOOM 💥 BRAVO 👏 💥

pheneghan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Such bravery from the GOP...oh wait "former" officials.

vltak.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good!! They need to take their party back!!!

birdman2170.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s cute and all. But what we really need is for some GOP & conservative *current* officials to grow a fucking spine and send a clear message.

katwitdown.bsky.social•2 days ago

Ooooh. A message. That oughta show them

waynepatriot.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump said he did not sign it. He will either have to backtrack and say he lied (which he'd never do as he never lies)or else that entire executive order is illegal and the people deported have to be returned. Why aren't the DEMS saying something?

mtnmona.bsky.social•2 days ago

Former? WTH is wrong with the current?

mrxrules.bsky.social•2 days ago

Can we stop using the framing that they were “deported”. They were sent to a prison, and we paid the jailer.

Deport implies we just kicked them out. When really we stuck the in a prison and just outsourced running it. All with no process to prove why.

me-shell.bsky.social•2 days ago

Are they really going to insult the judge by saying he meant he didn't sign the original 1798 act? If I was the judge that would piss me off even more than them not handing over the documents right away

als84.bsky.social•2 days ago

Now we need current GOP to send the same message.

ifg25.bsky.social•2 days ago

Too bad a couple of Bushes don’t have the courage to add their names to something.

greypony25.bsky.social•2 days ago

So happy to see this. Let’s go.

jcdemund.bsky.social•2 days ago

However, not a single serving GOP member of Congress. It’s insane. How craven can one group be? Guess we have our answer. Does he have something on each of them?

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