Does anyone know if this short video is somewhere other than bluesky. I sent it to a couple friends but one can't view it. I checked youtube but didn't see it there.
Thank you for using your microphone and your position to speak out Senator. Thank you for your courage. Would that every one of your colleagues would join you. I pray for all of us. I pray for our country. I do what I can where I am and wonder every day what more I should be doing.
When government law enforcement breaks the law on Trump's command there is no law and they are not law enforcement. They're paid thugs engaged in a kidnapping.
If disappearance is the hallmark of dictatorships, then he’s going to be mighty surprised when he finds out what happens to many Palestinians in Israel.
I was glad to see so many Jews come to this fellow's defense.At this moment the greatest instigator of antisemitism is Israel.Israel really needs more Jews,one way to get them is to stir up antisemitism in other countries.
I am a strong Zionist and supporter of Israel. But I also believe that it is most important to speak up for free speech rights when we most disagree with the free speech that is under attack.
Its Zionist orgs doxxing students protesting against their tuition being used to fund a genocide that collaborated with the Trump Admiral that led to Khalil getting disappeared in the first place. https://bsky.app/profile/jbenmenachem.com/post/3lk6vzpiscs2z
"As a Palestinian student, I believe that the liberation of the Palestinian people and the Jewish people are intertwined and go hand-by-hand and you cannot achieve one without the other"
I loathe Biden, but these protest started under his watch and maybe the right-wingers who accuse Biden of this and that in various conspiracy theories should ask themselves why something like this never happened under him. It wasn't b/c he was a good guy, it was b/c he knew there was a limit.
Why we should pay attention: in the late 70s the Argentinian military Junta “disappeared” 30,000 political dissenters, mainly students. Some were raped, tortured and assassinated in their HQs; others were flown over the Atlantic Ocean with Skyvan PA-51 airplanes and thrown out to their death. Alive.
I’ll listen but I’m in the engaged base who already knows this. Our problem is that I’m in the very limited audience the Dems actually reach. Because they’re clueless on comms. We are 10+ years behind.
Arresting & attempting to deport a permanent resident for exercising his first amendment rights is literal Nazi shit. Khalil was just put on a plane instead of a train car.
It’s illegal & disgusting in ways that I can’t put into words. Get mad. Call your reps & tell them to do something about it.
Exactly. The one thing that “free speech” actually means.
The First Amendment doesn’t protect you against getting banned from X/Twitter or from your family disowning you or your Tinder date calling you an asshole.
Just called my Iowa Senators and Congresswoman to ask for his release.
I remember when my parents told me that what made America different from, and better than, the Soviet Union was that WE didn't lock people up for saying things we don't like. I'd like us to maintain that distinction.
I find Khalil’s views repugnant -but Sen Murphy is right. Khalil is not charged with breaking a law, but expressing his opinion. I don’t like his opinion, but in America he has a right to express it.
If he is successfully deported, then when we regain power I want our foreign policy to support normalization with Cuba, and for any Resident, Naturalized Citizen or child thereof that has ever said anything negative about the Cuban government to be deported because it is against our foreign policy
Spot on.
They come for someone they think is vulnerable. Someone who will not be defended.
Then the next person is easier.
And the next. And the next.
Then it is you or your friend or family.
Defend the first person. Stop the second person ever disappearing.
when free speech, peaceful protest and boycotting are no longer legal --- we are no longer free.. if his arrest stands, who will be next ???
are political prisoners now the norm in America ???
Thank you, Chris Murphy! Reps and Senators need to do more videos like this—educate us and tell the story and why it is important. Skip the networks—speak directly!
Nah. Bidens inaction on squashing unapologetically un American behavior (rooted in a multi decade propaganda op) on campuses is part of the drip drip that got us to the insanity of today. Normal voters looked at the insanity on campuses and were baffled by inaction against blatant antisemitism.
Or, there is a huge pile of evidence that Israel paid $$millions to twist the media and the Congress to suit Trump even through Biden’s term, and that is what you saw.
Chris Murphy speaks the truth. Protesting is a right of every American citizen, period. It is at least as valid as the freedom to have a gun in your house and is part of the Constitution. In addition protesting against what Israel has done errs on the side of being humane if it errs at all.
Meanwhile, he is still playing games with Canada, Greenland and Ukriane. Funny thing is that the agreement he is so upset about and determined to "fix" with Mexico and Canada was the one HE negotiated and signed.
Have to say the way @chrismurphyct.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social are highlighting to the American people the damage the Trump regime are doing to America is the template for all Dems at this time.
We need the law to be changed, something I know won’t get done. But seriously the law is too vague regarding “national security”. The way it currently reads it puts permanent residents at risk with an autocrat in office. Hopefully a Court will stop this but the law itself needs amending.
Fun thing, we had similar issues in 2001, and BOY is it feeling real familiar right now.. never had any luck with people seeing sense then, hopefully it's better now
I know politicians can't comment on every situation happening to each person, but Mahmoud Khalil is being made an example of and commenting on this is a comment on the direction this country is currently going. @bennet.senate.gov @govofco.bsky.social
Thank you for describing clearly what has been done to Mahmoud Khalil and the danger that poses for all of us. Some of us remember how people were disappeared under Pinochet in Chile too.
This is the end of #FreeSpeech. He committed 0 crimes and was #arrested, by unidentified, plain clothes agents who did not identify their agency. Anyone the #President doesn't like is a target at this point. Fight this. This is everything.
#ICE #constitution
Every single American elected official or citizen, for that matter, should be willing to say every single word said by Senator Murphy here. There should be nothing controversial about this.
Absolutely we need to support everyone's right to thrive. That includes free speech to support whoever you choose. I was alive during the LA Watts riots. People were beaten for wanting a fair chance in life. O, and for being black.
More from CT as Wesleyan University’s President Michael Roth calls for Mahmoud Khalil’s release: “Just as we should decry antisemitism and other forms of discrimination, we should insist that students and faculty have the right to make their voices heard about the issues of the day.”
But there ISN'T a right to call for violence. And the org he was spokesperson for explicitly did that, calling for more terrorist attacks because "violence is the only path forward." Did anyone even read this org's statements before jumping in to defend it?
How do you feel about De Gaulle’s call to the French to resist with violence during WW2? Do you know that the Nazis designated the French Resistance as terrorists?
Do you think that Hamas should not be a designated terrorist org? That designation is as wrong as calling the French Resistance one? These are similar?
What’s the difference between “calling for violence” and just observing that it is inevitable?
Many of us here see that as unavoidable on many fronts; immigration, federal program defenestration and economic failure spreading fuel everywhere.
I mean I think you laid out the difference right there. "I wish there could be peace, but violence seems unavoidable" is very different from "I stand in solidarity with the attack of October 7, and agree that violence is the only path forward."
I agree “Solidarity with the attack” is the problematic part but solidarity is a feeling not an action, certainly not enough to be treated as an accomplice after the fact.
I feel solidarity with Canadian actions against my own country, does that count as treason?
It would if the actions Canada was taking were shooting up dance festivals, and raiding homes to kidnap and slaughter families lying in their beds. The KIND of action matters.
Why is ut ok for Nazi’s to hold marches and seminars? Remember when they cried freedom oof speech? But like Musk & Trump rules are for other people! Scumbags!
Trump did this to prompt protests, which had largely died down this school year, so that he can claim Democrats hate Jewish people and support Hamas sympathizers. It’s designed to get Democrats to rally around a guy who was spreading hate. Don’t take the bait.
To Sen Murphys point, this is not about pro or anti Zionist. It is about this admin detaining people when no crime has even been alleged. What they have done is criminal.
It kind of is because it was Zionist groups on Columbia's campus that collaborated with the Trump Administration in identifying potential targets, and for the record Fetterman has been absolutely notorious with his support of Israel's genocide. The dude wore a suit to Netanyahu's address to Congress
„With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. Those words were uttered by Judge Satie, as wisdom and warning. The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged.“ -Captain Picard
This is chilling. It started with Michael Cohen under Bill Barr. Michael Cohen says he was taken as a political prisoner to keep him from writing a book. Now this. Keep the pressure on or we will lose all of our rights. He’s basically trying to do away with the constitution before our eyes
Supposedly, this is being rationalized due to some “foreign policy” necessity dictated by the SoS. Fine. Let them produce an actual written order from “liddle” Marco stating this logic & *pre-dating* this arrest & enter it as evidence under penalty of perjury.
Nice how you whitewashed his support for Hamas, occupation of a university building, and calling for genocide. Where were you, Senator, when he was using our freedoms to deny freedom to Jewish students? He is anti American.
Calm yourself. His case will take years to play out in the courts. Now he will be a cause celebre' on campuses and the far left. Please make a point of reading all the court transcripts so you know exactly what kind of hero you've got there.
"ThAt cOUld nEveR hApPeN heRe! ThIs iS aMeriCA!!!"
I've heard it all my life. But here's the thing:
if it CAN happen, it can happen to anyone - including you.
That's why it's VITAL that ALL have the same rights. Even people you don't understand or like.
Frump also threatened the American people protesting against Tesla. Now, when does the military step up and protect the Constitution and the American people? A sitting president threatened to make life hard for protestors. So, does the military protect us or the Tyrant and his regime?
Happy to say that I left a voicemail for Senator Murphy on 3/10, encouraging him to do everything in his power to obtain the release of Mahmoud Khalil (and to vote against the CR if it doesn't guarantee that Congress will re-assert its authority over its Constitutional roles).
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Thank you for laying this out in a way everyone should be able to understand, Senator Murphy
As an aide, videos by Dems in Congress have been good outreach that's easily shared. I hope we see more of these
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FUCK. JOHN. FETTERMAN.
https://youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?si=2EfdFlU8XcXp9sPY
Sen Chris Murphy explains why!
We have protections legally and if they chose one person to disappear than they can choose anyone!
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Everything Senator Murphy said is 100% correct.
Come on. Watch this from Senator Chris Murphy. You still want AUKUS & Nuke Subs from the Dictatorship of Fuhrer Mein Trumpf
(2) Add Fetterman.
I invite everyone to write to the President and their representatives. https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
His words
Which should tell you just how bad it is. He ignored the potential to make more money in the interest of the truth.
Is it too little, too late? We won’t know right away.
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lk4uv7vyp52k
Now it’s also illegal to protest at a dealership. Fuck off you Orange turd.
But I said nothing, because I was not Mahmoud Khalil.
You thinking we should ignore this extreme violation of free speech makes YOU part of the coup.
It’s illegal & disgusting in ways that I can’t put into words. Get mad. Call your reps & tell them to do something about it.
The First Amendment doesn’t protect you against getting banned from X/Twitter or from your family disowning you or your Tinder date calling you an asshole.
IT PROTECTS YOU FROM GOING TO JAIL.
I remember when my parents told me that what made America different from, and better than, the Soviet Union was that WE didn't lock people up for saying things we don't like. I'd like us to maintain that distinction.
They come for someone they think is vulnerable. Someone who will not be defended.
Then the next person is easier.
And the next. And the next.
Then it is you or your friend or family.
Defend the first person. Stop the second person ever disappearing.
are political prisoners now the norm in America ???
Then yeah, it's great!
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/sen-chris-murphy-says-he-supports-chuck-schumer-as-leader-but-democrats-must-change-tactics/3699162/
Didn’t Murphy vote to confirm Trump’s henchmen?
#ICE #constitution
If Mahmoud doesn't have Constitutional rights, neither do you. #WeAreAllMahmoud
But I found it on someone else’s post. Where did you post it?
wonder why his senators from New York (Schumer, Gilabrand) haven’t spoken up against this disastrous violation of Kahlil’s rights? M
https://bsky.app/profile/fightingliberal.bsky.social/post/3lk5uiovcss2k
Many of us here see that as unavoidable on many fronts; immigration, federal program defenestration and economic failure spreading fuel everywhere.
I feel solidarity with Canadian actions against my own country, does that count as treason?
No. No read. Just decide.
WE FIGHT!!!💪
#DoNotComply
#Resist
Remember, courage is not the absence of fear, but taking action despite that fear.
https://bsky.app/profile/unitedstatesofa.bsky.social/post/3lkic6q2mbk2e
This is total 🐂💩.
No law has been broken ,the witch hunt guy is having a witch hunt.
He is what people say ,an Immature egomaniac with extremely thin skin.
So Mahmoud and the promise of more students to come , defence lawyers .....its FASCISM
Just how CLEARLY this guy was carefully selected to set a precident on someone the Maga base would hate and disregard the law for.
This was cold blooded.
And now the snowball begins to roll.
I've heard it all my life. But here's the thing:
if it CAN happen, it can happen to anyone - including you.
That's why it's VITAL that ALL have the same rights. Even people you don't understand or like.