And just like that - nearly $2 billion in federal mental health and addiction grants were terminated last night.
Hundreds of programs providing overdose prevention, naloxone, peer recovery, and street-level mental health care were cut effective immediately.
MAHA right?
I’m increasingly convinced that the willingness to change your mind is the ultimate sign of intelligence. The most impressive people I know change their minds often in response to new information. It’s like a software update. The goal isn't to be right. It's to find the truth.
@zerep1535@propublica You’ve allowed yourself to become radicalized; like ISIS, like Al Qaeda, just like any blue-haired, cat-owning, antifa liberal. Politicians did that to you, but you allowed it.
Either that or you’re like, ten.
@maddenifico “Half the world is women, the other half are their children.” ❤️
YES. We’re ready - women are so so so ready to take the mantle.
Let’s have COOPERATION, not COMPETITION.
We’ve been out-performing y’all (esp Black and Brown women) for generations.
We’re ready. Get out the way.
🚨 Another day, another video of ICE agents illegally harassing a U.S. citizen for “proof of citizenship” while she walks through her own neighborhood in Minneapolis.
In the video, a woman is surrounded by masked ICE agents.
One agent tells her, “Do you have ID? If not, we’ll have to put you in our car and ID you.”
That statement alone is unlawful.
She calmly states, “I’m a U.S. citizen.”
The agent immediately demands ID anyway.
She correctly explains that she is not required to carry identification while walking in her neighborhood. There is no law requiring citizens to carry papers, and ICE does not have the authority to detain someone without reasonable, articulable suspicion of a specific crime.
At that point, the agents escalate.
They begin asking where she was born.
She responds, “Minneapolis is my home.”
The agents claim they are conducting an “immigration check” and repeat the question. That is not a legal basis for detention. Citizenship is not determined by place of birth alone, and ICE has no authority to conduct random street interrogations of people not suspected of immigration violations.
When she again refuses to show ID, an agent threatens, “We’re going to put you in our car then.”
That is an explicit threat of unlawful detention.
She says, “I should be able to walk around at 3 without being afraid for my life.”
Instead of disengaging, the agent again demands ID and again demands to know where she was born. She repeats, clearly and correctly, “It doesn’t matter where I was born. I’m a U.S. citizen.”
The agent then attempts intimidation, warning her that lying about being a U.S. citizen could result in federal charges, despite having no evidence she was lying and no lawful basis to continue the stop.
Only after repeated refusals to comply with an illegal detention do the agents finally walk away.
This wasn’t law enforcement. It was a fishing expedition, relying on fear, intimidation, and the false belief that Americans must carry papers to exist in public.
If masked federal agents can threaten to kidnap a U.S. citizen off the street for refusing to answer questions they have no legal right to ask, then the question isn’t whether rights are being violated.
The question is how long Americans are expected to tolerate it.
@robbsma@maddenifico We’re not going to go at all. It’s time for women to take the fuck OVER.
I’ve had enough of this testosterone-fueled nonsense.
The grownups (us) need to get a handle on this. Oy.
🚨U.S. veteran GOES ABSOLUTELY NUCLEAR ON ICE:
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️