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Alert: MAGA and Trump is making EVERYONE less safe

MAGA and Trump are making 

EVERYONE less safe

    They already started to kidnap and toss critics into concentration camps controlled by ICE.  A concentration camp is a prison with no judicial process. 

The MAGA congress gave ICE enormous pots of money to build more camps.  The funding was stolen from medicaid and from hungry Americans (SNAP).  

Medicaid serves the poor, children, pregnant women, chronically sick, the elderly in need of nursing home care, and people with disabilities.  We residents and taxpayers have been rodded to build a prison complex and concentration camps.

  
Elected GOP in congress is behind this dangerous plan.

MARC ELIAS, voting-rights lawyer of exceptional ability and skill:  

EXPLAINS HOW WE ARE ALL AT RISK OF 

KIDNAPPING, FALSE DETENTION, TORTURE OR WORSE.  

We must all fight back before it is too late.

The Illegal DENATURALIZATION project of the current White House is another dangerous move that mirrors Hitler, Putin's Russia and other tyrants.

Starting at 4:30 focuses on the worst part.

Summary:  

No one is safe.  

Once immigrant stop coming to America for jobs, who will fill those new giant prisons?

The new giant private prisons built to house immigrants might be filled eventually with critics, democrats, lgbtq+, 

immigrants and many others.

No one is safe except the corrupt racist and sexist and criminal cronies in the White House.

Transcript:

Let's remember it was only five months ago that Donald Trump was saying it will just be the worst of the worst. Remember that? The worst of the
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worst, the criminals, the murderers, the
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rapists, right? And we have gone from
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the worst of the worst to disappearing [being kidnapped]
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people to uh uh foreign gulogs to
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instances that we are hearing about more
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and more about people being disappeared.
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We don't know whether they're being
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disappeared by actually the government
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or by people pretending to be the
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government because they are all in
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dressed with their face covered and in
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dressed in black. So we don't know. We
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have seen instances of US citizens,
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people who are unquestionably US
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citizens who have been erroneously
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sent out of the country. 
And now they
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want to create a database of all
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citizens in the country as they are also
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 talking about denaturalizing.

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Now when people think about
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denaturalizing they're saying oh they're
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just talking about people who were not
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not citizens and became citizens.
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Everyone it's only month five. Yeah,
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like it's only month five. They're
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they're getting to they're they're
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working their way down this list and if
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anyone thinks that they are safe, if
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anyone no matter what their background,
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no matter how long they and their family
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been here think that they are safe, they
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misapprehend what Donald Trump and his
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project is about. 
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Uh but we every day are seeing more and
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more ways in which Donald Trump is
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moving the goalposts of what is normal.
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You know, I mentioned in that discussion
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about how we started in January where he
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was only going to go after the worst of
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the worst. And now, of course, we see uh
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they're already going after citizens.
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They're now uh going to try to
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denaturalize citizens. And as I said, no one is safe. Like literally, if you're
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watching this video and it doesn't
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matter if you've been here your entire
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life, your family's been here for
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generations, no one is safe.

JUST a few Examples from the last few days in Trump Tyranny Tracker: 

ICE detentions of non-criminal immigrants spike; about 8% have violent convictions, analysis of new data shows

What Happened: A CBS News analysis found that since Trump’s daily deportation target jumped to 3,000 in May, ICE arrests of immigrants with no criminal record have surged by over 250%. Nearly half of those currently detained have no convictions, and only 8% of all detainees have been convicted of violent crimes.

Why It Matters: Despite Trump’s claims to target “dangerous criminals,” the data shows mass detentions are sweeping up mostly non-criminal immigrants. It’s a system built for a propaganda show, not safety, fueled by Stephen Miller’s hardline agenda and enforced through fear.

Source: CBS News

📉 Government Services Disruption and Collapse Watch

US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers

What Happened: Arrests of civilians impersonating ICE agents are spiking nationwide, from California to North Carolina. Recent cases involve armed suspects using fake DHS documents, threatening immigrants, and even committing sexual assault—enabled by Trump’s policy of sending masked, plainclothes federal agents to conduct raids and arrests in unmarked vehicles.

Why It Matters: When the state blurs the line between legal and illegal force, chaos follows. Trump’s secretive, masked deportation squads are making it easier for vigilantes and criminals to mimic law enforcement, putting immigrants and all of us at risk.

Source: The Guardian

🛑 In Human and Civil Rights Abuses News

Two more Ice deaths put US on track for one of deadliest years in immigration detention

What Happened: Two more migrant deaths—of a 75-year-old Cuban and a Canadian man—bring the 2025 ICE detention death toll to 13, putting the U.S. on track for its deadliest year ever in immigration custody. The system is operating at 140% capacity, with over 56,000 detainees.

Why It Matters: Migrants are dying in overcrowded, unsafe facilities. This is systemic neglect and a human rights crisis unfolding in real time.

Source: The Guardian

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Ice arrests of US military veterans and their relatives are on the rise: ‘a country that I fought for’

What Happened: Trump’s deportation surge is ensnaring U.S. military veterans and their families. ICE is arresting parents, children, and even wounded vets—like Jermaine Thomas, deported to Jamaica despite being stateless and born on a U.S. base, and Sae Joon Park, a Purple Heart recipient exiled for decades-old charges.

Why It Matters: Families who sacrificed for the U.S. are being ripped apart, deported, and detained in record numbers. Trump’s crusade is criminalizing service, rewriting who belongs in America—even if they fought for it.

Source: The Guardian

USAID cuts could lead to 14 million deaths over the next five years, researchers say

What Happened: A new Lancet analysis projects that Trump’s gutting of USAID—slashing 83% of its programs—could lead to over 14 million deaths by 2030, including 4.5 million children under 5. Cuts have halted clinics, food distribution, and access to HIV, malaria, and TB treatment in 133 countries. Marco Rubio claimed the programs didn’t serve U.S. “core interests.”

Why It Matters: Trump’s abrupt dismantling of global aid will kill millions, destabilize regions, and cripple America’s moral standing. It’s a humanitarian catastrophe in the making.

Source: NBC News

Some of the transcript: 
WHEN I READ THE DECLARATION OF
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INDEPENDENCE THIS WEEK, I NO
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LONGER VIEW IT AS A HISTORICAL
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DOCUMENT. I VIEW IT AS SOMEONE
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WHO CAN FEEL AND SENSE THE
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FEELINGS OF THE COLONISTS LIVING
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UNDER A BRUTAL REGIME WHO ROSE
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UP FOR SELF-DETERMINATION AND
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FREEDOM. AND I HAVE THOSE SAME
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FEELINGS RIGHT NOW, AND I KNOW
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MANY OF OUR FELLOW AMERICANS
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FEEL THE SAME WAY.