"First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Travelling there for a conference is now being seen as “working” which leaves people wide open to arrest from ICE. And then the private detention centres pick up their money from the govt budget for keeping people detained for weeks before deporting.
Fascism in full flow
Soon there will be approved tourist sites. Approved routes. Guides will be politically correct for Trump and snitches report back if they hear anything off message in the hotel bar. Visit the wrong museum (if it is left) and they have you.
This makes the situation in the UK a five alarm fire because there are strong signs that the same people who are behind Trump have installed their influence here and have promoted a protofascist move by legislating UK trans people out of existence, same as Orban and Trump. Same playbook.
Removing disabled people's benefits feels similar. It's almost as though it's a test. Maybe a test of loyalty from Labour Party members, or a test of the level of callousness that the population are prepared to tolerate? Political purges such as purges of the left are also a sign of protofascism.
In just two months the public service functions of the State have been all but smashed and they'll soon have nothing remaining of government but the tyranny the Founders wrote the Constitution to protect them from.
Anyone traveling to the U.S, should travel w/burner phones. As a Woman of Color
if they checked my phone, they'd probably deport me to El Salvador. It's no longer the land of the free. Also ⚠️BEWARE traveling through #LoganAirport they're notorious for profiling @markelias.bsky.social @aclu.org
Someone whose company used a Native American chief logo (it was the nineties- they dropped it later) was denied entry when immigration saw it - and not for cultural appropriation. They see the themselves as gatekeepers of their version of ‘America’ and always have done, they are just emboldened now.
"Freedom of speech" is topsy-turvy Orwellianism. MAGA are only interested in free speech for authoritarians. Authoritarian "rights" mean no rights for anyone else.
It's worse than that. MAGA abandon logic and empirical arguments, and the only truth is their power. It's also very nudge-nudge wink-wink in that they encourage their supporters wherever they may be, even abroad, in Europe, to follow their example.
The Royal Gibraltar Police do the same to tourists I believe.
The arresting of lost tourists and confiscating of phones seems strange - at least one case of sexual violence ( online child ) is being investigated of RGP's staff - who may have held responsibility for arrest decisions.
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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Fascism in full flow
https://bylinetimes.com/2025/03/05/uks-32m-investment-in-peter-thiel-backed-autonomous-weapons-firm-revealed-amid-deepening-ties-to-trump-administration/
It's not a safe place to be. Especially since Trump has set an example of ignoring the law where it suits him.
if they checked my phone, they'd probably deport me to El Salvador. It's no longer the land of the free. Also ⚠️BEWARE traveling through #LoganAirport they're notorious for profiling @markelias.bsky.social @aclu.org
And the superhuman crew
Come out & round up everyone
That knows more than they do
—Dylan
Perhaps the linked essay might shed some light into the darkness. 🙂
Has he recovered in hospital from the infection yet or has it turned into pneumonia - and who is paying for that treatment I wonder!
The arresting of lost tourists and confiscating of phones seems strange - at least one case of sexual violence ( online child ) is being investigated of RGP's staff - who may have held responsibility for arrest decisions.