#immigrantrights

I've been rather busy between work and also working on books, etc. In saying this, however, I wish to show my solidarity with the people of California during the current invasion that you, as a state, are facing from a fascist government. I feel (even before this) for the people being abducted by ICE, and although I am Australian, I wish I could be there on the front line. It's fucked to see so many families torn apart for simply a skin colour. It's fucked to see those fighting for fundamental human rights being hit with rubber bullets and tear gas. All I can say is—at least on a personal level—those on the front line deserve nothing less than honours for standing up for the downtrodden.

From the land down under, know this: we, as a country (yes, even the conservatives here), see this as fascism, plain and simple. Stay strong, and if you ever need someone to talk to from the outside, to validate your contributions to the betterment of society, tell me, and I'll rush to remind you of what you are fighting for. I might be asleep, but I promise I'm here to steelman you where I can.

‘Stay Human’

Continuing my review and summarizing of Project 2025, the GOP 2024 platform, and Trump’s Agenda 47.

1) Trump denies knowledge of Project 2025, a radical conservative Christian manifesto, yet many of his present and former advisors wrote the 900 page document which is a blueprint for the new GOP president starting from day one with massive, sweeping actions that will not only paralyze the government but will ensure chaos for years to come. It is the most detailed look at a future Trump presidency. Trump’s name is mentioned 268 times in the document, so it was certainly written with him in mind. Trump instituted 64% of the policy recommendations that were put out in the 2016 conservative mandate, a blueprint for the Trump administration and which was as right-wing and conservative as the current Project 2025.

2) Agenda 47 collects formal policies Trump plans to put into effect, many of which rely on executive orders and significant expansion of his executive powers. In 2023, Trump campaign officials stated that Project 2025 aligns well with Agenda 47.

These policies include:

A) restriction of Chinese ownership of US infrastructure

B) End the “Biden war” on US energy by eliminating every regulation that hampers domestic production, getting out of the Paris Agreement, and giving fast approval to every oil infrastructure project that comes before his administration 

C) Baseline tariffs on most foreign goods, revoking Chinese Most Favored Nation trade status

D) Decrease trade deficits

E) Not bailing out failing banks, slashing regulations, and repealing Biden’s tax hikes to reduce inflation

F) The Trump Reciprocal Trade Act will tariff other countries’ imports at the same rate they tariff our exports. NB: The costs of these tariffs will be passed on to consumers and will cause more harm than good

G) Gut Biden’s Green New Deal policies and electric cars initiative, and terminate all emission regulations on cars, fossil fuels, etc

H) Dept of Education

1—Cut federal funding for any school or program teaching critical race theory or gender ideology by removing the radicals who have infiltrated the Dept of Education. 

2—Keep men out of women’s sports. 

3—Create a new way to certify teachers based on their patriotism and give preferential treatment to schools that abolish teacher tenure, abolish DEI, and adopt direct election of school principals by parents. 

4—Pursue federal civil rights cases against schools that engage in “equity” by taxing up to the entire amount of their endowment

5—Restore parental rights to control their child’s education; allow parents to hire and fire principals and teachers.

6—Bring back school prayer NB: This includes reading the Bible but doesn’t include any teachings of other religions

7—Allow teachers to carry concealed weapons at school 

8—Immediate expulsion and sentencing to reform school of any student who harms another student or a teacher or use or possession of drugs at school

9—The US government will issue bachelor’s degrees to those who did not finish their degrees by creating a new educational institution aimed at competing with schools already in existence. NB: This is from the man who owes fines from the failure of his own for-profit college.

I) Reinterpret presidential powers so that he has greater control of the government in the White House

(the unitary executive theory).

1—Dismantle the “deep state” and revamp every aspect of the US government. NB: These policies could upset the balance of power between the three branches of the federal government and provoke a constitutional showdown by usurping congressional authority and cutting out any program he doesn’t like or whose proponents have angered him. This is a fascist plan

2—Prevent World War III and end the Russian invasion of Ukraine. NB: The fact that he has buddied up to Putin makes this highly unlikely.

3—Overhaul the entire US defense and intelligence bureaucracies

4—Ask Europe to refund the money we spend to rebuild the stockpiles we sent to Ukraine. NB: Good luck with that

J) Keep Medicare and Social Security intact. NB: Every single congressional Republican—and 43 Senate Republicans—sided with Big Pharma over the American people and blocked an amendment that would cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 for millions of Americans on private insurance. Thus, Big Pharma and the rich get richer at the cost of the health and lives of the poor. In March 2024, the Republican Study committee which represents 100% of House Republican leadership and 80% of their members proposed yet another budget that would cut the following by $4.5 trillion over 1-0 years: Medicare (transition Medicare to a premium support system that would raise premiums for many seniors), Social Security ($1.5 trillion in cuts) , the Affordable Care Act, the Children’s Health Insurance Initiative and increase prescription drugs (removing $35 insulin), energy and housing costs while raising the retirements age plus forcing $5.5. trillion in tax cuts for the very rich.

K) Immigration policy

1—Ban birthright citizenship 

2—End welfare for illegal immigants

3—Massive deportation of immigrants

L) Inflation

1—Build “Freedom Cities” on undeveloped federal land to lower cost of buying a home

2—Build vertical takeoff and landing vehicles

M) Shatter the left-wing censorship regime

L) Law enforcement

1—Increase investment in police personnel, stop illegal drugs

2—Death penalty for drug dealers and human traffickers

3—Overhaul federal standards on disciplining minors

4—Concealed carry reciprocity

M) DEI

1—Abandon DEI, terminate any offices, staff, and initiatives connected to DEI

2—Focus on anti-white racism rather than discrimination against people of color

I was just cleaning out my google Drive, as one does, and found this letter I wrote about a month ago:

September 15, 2020

To Whom It May Concern,

I, like most Americans, were shocked to discover that Mass Hysterectomies are being viciously carried out on immigrant women. I was quite distressed on hearing this information, as I am a woman. Due to the thorough history of the United States practicing Eugenics on Black, Indigenous, and Hispanic people in this country (as well as the well documented concentration camps after WWII of Asian Americans), I am incredibly alarmed to find out that this practice is not only alive and well, but it is in my own backyard with T Dodd Hutto.

I do not think it is ok for my tax dollars to go to pay the salaries and benefits of people who are (1) taking away any woman's right to KEEP HER UTERUS, (2) to mother her children, (3) and to be mentally and physically CARED FOR, instead of punished, abused, and raped. It is not okay, and I do not care where she is from, she is still a woman.

In light of that, I have some questions about the T Dodd Hutto “Residential” Center? (It’s a concentration camp, in my view):

Are there any mass hysterectomies being performed on the women held in this center?

How are rape allegations being reported? To whom would a detainee make a report? And what happens after a report is made?

If a woman becomes pregnant at T Dodd Hutto, what would happen to her?

How are you supporting children in this camp who may have learning disabilities and a neurodiverse brain set?

How are you educating children that are within your care?

How is the staff protecting the children and women that are in these camps from Covid?

How many detainees have died from Covid? Were their families notified? What was done with their bodies? 

How do family members report incidents of these camps reported from a family member into staff? How are those handled? Do you have a bi-lingual person to translate?

How are you ensuring there is no discrimination occurring on the ground in these camps? How are the facilities trained in diversity? Is it required to know Spanish? 

Why does this facility even exist? What purpose for society does it serve? And why is there one in my county? 

Thank you for answering these questions. I want to make sure that before I go and protest, I know all of the information so that I can hold well-researched and thoughtful conversations about the concentration camps.

Best,

Antiracist Karen****

48% of workers in the meat, dairy, and egg industries are part of a particularly vulnerable group with limited employment options.

These workers are constantly surrounded by animals who are fighting for their lives, putting workers at risk of injury.

According to psychologists, the stressful and dangerous environment of a slaughterhouse sets workers up for the development of pathological sadism. Higher levels of crime, including violent and sexual offenses, are reported in areas with slaughterhouses. Workers are prone to higher incidents of domestic violence, anxiety, and drug or alcohol abuse.

Nobody should have to make a living by killing.