I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.
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And @warren.senate.gov, the first member of Congress I heard speak out against Trump after the 2024 election. I remember appreciating her courage so much in that moment.
She called for his impeachment immediately after the Meuller report came out. @ayannapressley.bsky.social and @repmcgovern.bsky.social also visited Ozturk and Khalil. Love my fearless reps.
Still way too slow, at this speed by christmas we will have normalized kidnappings of US citizens like they did through the patriot act. Only this time it wont only be "muslims" + poc. Buckle up, these criminals sabotaging us are backed by a lot of rubles. Even elmo is just a crash dummy like 45.
How do you see it that 78 (Markey’s age) is too old to be a Senator, but 82 (Biden’s current age) would not have been too old for him to be President right now?
Why??? What if he based his opinions on you based on your race?? Shame on you as a lawyer being an ageist! You will hopefully get old some day. And as a black woman you make me wanna vomit 🤮
No…. You think about this…government wants you to believe otherwise but as a lawyer, I expected better values and morals considering what this nation is witnessing in regards to division! You must lose allot🤣🤣
You’re right that race is a social construct, but saying it doesn’t affect us “at all” ignores reality. Social constructs can still have very real consequences. Race may not determine biological ability, but it shapes access to healthcare, education, housing, clean environments, and safety
Check my page I just posted something perhaps you can explain….i didn’t want to put you on blast, that’s why I didn’t tag you but your discrimination is wild considering your profession.
Making this man the Democratic party’s senate leader! Chuck, is an embarrassment to the party, and it would go a long way to improving the party’s image coast to coast.
Thank you. And I think I know the answer to this question (money), but would you please find out and explain to us why hostages are in Louisiana and not in their home states, near their lawyers and family?
I think of the "excuses" they'll point to is that ICE doesn't have detention centers in MA, etc. so they have to bring people somewhere else. I would argue that means they shouldn't be detaining people at all in those states, but you know...
Don't forget getting away from sympathetic local citizens. Slavecatchers used to do the same thing, try and get out of state before word of a kidnapping got around. If they failed, they could end up on the wrong side of a riot.
Profit making, isolation, making it impossible to get released if their family and friends haven't got many funds. To see how much they can get away with before folks are pushed too far. This is all testing the waters.
My understanding is to make it as difficult as possible to get them out - the distance is on purpose, so that a lawyer, family members and other supporters can't easily access them/advocate for them and pressure ICE to follow the law. Truly awful.
i’m certain the good Senator will have a better answer than mine but… estranging their targets from their known support system is part of deportation*-101
this also increases the costs for anyone trying to to defend them. case in point: a US Senator from MA having to fly to LA
Senator, we would like to invite you to join our weekly Wednesday protest at the ICE office in New Orleans (1250 Poydras St ) tomorrow at noon. Rumeysa is one of several for whom we will be specifically calling to be released.
Why don't we start by arresting the criminals at ICE that keep breaking our laws following orders isn't an excuse didn't work at Nuremberg why would it work in the USA!
This is unconscionable we have to step in and stop them get surround them with people do not let them take anyone they are acting outside of any constitutional authority and are therefore committing abductions and kidnappings this is not law enforcement this is terrorism!
I hope you’ll hold Israel and the Trump administration responsible for this? Her name was on a list provided by Israel to Trump of targets they wanted terrorized and likely disappeared.
Why don't Democrat elected officials leverage corporate news and social media to show them meeting with families whose loved ones suffered at the hands of violent illegal immigrants?
Never.
Not even once.
Support Sen. Markey and due process by getting on the phone or e-mail and telling your reps in DC to support due process. It only takes a minute and it doesn't cost any money. We don't need money in politics. We justs need people to participate. https://www.nationalfinancialplan.com
There is a right way and a wrong way, this administration is going about it the dark and lazy way at the expense of the innocent. He fired 20 Judges due to backlog we need to hire a 600 more if need be, temporarily if necessary. He’s making the crisis worse by the day. Where are the children????
This administration is doing NOTHING for Americans. They are fighting with Americans on every issue. The courts are tied up with how many cases suing Trump? How do we get better if all we’re doing is wasting time and resources.
Well done Senator! You and your fellow dems who are stepping up to care for our vulnerable citizens kidnapped by ICE is the right thing to do. Shame on 47 and the traitorous republicans in Congress. We stand with you.
The American Gestapo is working hard against the Constitution. They are doing everything in their power to brutally trash the document, except in the very few instances where it favors them. And that, according to the extreme Supreme Court. All I can say is RESIST !
Good luck. I believe, backed by plenty of evidence, that the only way we can resolve and prevent further attacks on civil rights, is to extinguish trump and his criminal base.
The Congressional representative of each person snatched illegally by ICE should be working together to get them release. More power than doing this piecemeal.
Yes they blame the government for too much due process to protect their civil liberties , their freedom , their properties , their finances so they voted for one that will offer them NO PROTECTION from that ... TWICE
Honestly Sir? Methinks she would be better off back in Turkey, instead of this dystopian Fascist Hellscape that the world now HATES & has gone off the deepend. My God. How could this have happened?! 😕
These are political hostages of a fascist regime being shipped away to further deny their due process. Congress and the Supreme Court need to get off their asses and put a stop to it.
Bless you sir. While most cannot travel to support her, I know millions are hoping for her return. Fake ice deliberately chose Louisiana because it’s a Maga shithole! 🧌
I applaud you! Bring her back to Mass.! And thank you for making the moral vote against sending munitions to ethnically cleanse starving Palestinians alongside Sanders et. al.
People like Rümeysa Öztürk must be free to advocate for the inherent value of Palestinian lives.
If your reps are not loudly with the 14 members of Congress now supporting impeachment, call the Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121 every day and ask why not. Or just go to their Congress website and email them every time your blood pressure spikes. It’s so therapeutic!
Sen Markey is one of the relatively short list of Dems working against the dictatorship rapidly taking over our country rather than claiming nobody in the minority can do anything. Thank you Sen Markey.
Rep Maxwell Frost, who was one of 4 that went down to El Salvador as follow-up to Sen Van Hollen’s trip said House Dems have weekly action days Wednesday-Friday every week doing various actions.
We don’t know about it because Corporate Media bent the knee and won’t cover any of it.
The first thing dictators do is take over the media. We have a short window before the FCC starts censoring the Internet. We need to organize in large numbers in hope of turning the tide. Bernie and AOC are hosting big rallies. Every Congressperson that has a conscience should be doing the same.
They are certainly welcome to spread the word here. If Hands Off and 50501 can inform us, a Congressman should have no trouble doing the same. It seems to work for AOC, Bernie, Crockett, Van Hollen and others.
Excellently!!!! We need you and all others to fight for the people caught up in this “KIDNAPPING” “HUMAN TRAFFICKING” “ABDUCTIONS”. Call it one of the three, cuz without DUE PROCESS it CAN’T be called Deportations.
Thank you for doing something.
Please keep doing things and don’t make this a one-time event!
Also vote against every Trump nominee and stall the process at every opportunity!
This should be in the 1st block of all news cycles! Sen Markey needs to be seen as an example for all of Congress to keep these cases fresh on everyone's mind. People are being disappeared by the minute!
Read the responses to this article below the article itself…. They nail it!!
Expose this guy…
This is the guy encouraging all the cruelty…. He is the one who wants to destroy Democracy for money and power!!! He likes to hide in the shadows….Don’t let him!!
They left out the part where Yarvin says nonproductive members of society should be used for biofuel, then says he's kidding, then proves he's not with next several sentences. This guy is sick in the head.
Thank you to @vanhollen.senate.gov for your incredible courage and for lighting a fire under your fellow elected Dems. Better late than never @markey.senate.gov. Thank you.
It's funny, Mary. We're in such weird, uncharted territory here! I can understand if people feel that they should take some time and assess the potential risks and determine the best course of action, which I'm assuming he and his staff did. But the urgency is also very real.
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This is EXACTLY what we want to see from our leadership.
This fascist regime MUST release Rümeysa Öztürk.
Real vacuum of leadership.
And then, bam! there it was!
Please. Just go.
But the other option was Trump and the end of the nation.
People lost cognition with age, as their brain literally ages.
Race is a social construct and doesn’t affect our biological abilities AT ALL.
Think about this for a few minutes.
this also increases the costs for anyone trying to to defend them. case in point: a US Senator from MA having to fly to LA
*in the Nazi meaning
Don’t let them turn you away.
We the People appreciate ALL you are doing.
We need more like you!
Way to go, Sen. Markey!
[📷: Citizen K]
You know, in your heart, as we all do that the Dark Lord of Maga Lardo wants the power to put away anyone who doesn't worship his fake ass.
Let's show the Maga Cult the power of the US Constitution.
More power to you! ❤️ 🙏
Never.
Not even once.
Stay safe!
Best of luck!
Try doing something like this instead of being victimized by your own actions.
These losers fold when you press them.
These are political hostages of a fascist regime being shipped away to further deny their due process. Congress and the Supreme Court need to get off their asses and put a stop to it.
You are representing all of us 🇺🇸
People like Rümeysa Öztürk must be free to advocate for the inherent value of Palestinian lives.
(Please repost)
We don’t know about it because Corporate Media bent the knee and won’t cover any of it.
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/enchanted-tree.bsky.social/post/3lltg23mvnk25
Please keep doing things and don’t make this a one-time event!
Also vote against every Trump nominee and stall the process at every opportunity!
Expose this guy…
This is the guy encouraging all the cruelty…. He is the one who wants to destroy Democracy for money and power!!! He likes to hide in the shadows….Don’t let him!!
https://www.thenerdreich.com/curtis-yarvin-fears-his-authoritarian-fantasy-is-flopping/
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/21/curtis-yarvin-trump