Are the players really this dense? If I hear another one say something about this shouldn’t be political or I don’t understand why this is being looked at as political I’m gonna explode.
Inviting the Director of the FBI into your locker room after winning the Gold Medal, when he’s had no prior interactions or involvement with the team, is political.
Wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat is political.
Attending the State of the Union address, a very well known political event, is… *gasp* political.
Going to the White House after a Championship is a long standing tradition, absolutely. But there has never been a President like Trump, who’s
•A convicted felon
•Been accused countless times of being a pedophile and sexually assaulting children
•Actively using “immigration enforcement” as a means to murder US citizens
•Countless other heinous, unAmerican acts
By cozying up and becoming a political pawn for Trump, the team has made this political.
And to add fuel to your fire, not a single one of the players has come to the defense of the women’s team and apologized for laughing at a horribly misogynistic “joke”.
Especially damning since many did support them publicly, but laughed at them when they thought the cameras were off.
When Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis, he says he was detained and shackled for hours.
“We're turning into something that I can't even begin to respect, and something that I literally went to war—or they told me I went to war—to fight against,” he says.
Since he was arrested, he’s continued protesting. Mother Jones senior reporter Julia Lurie spoke to Austin outside the Whipple Federal Building, where ICE is based.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
In the last 48 hours, I've been called a libtard, a left-wing shill, and a hack for criticizing DHS and the killing of Alex Pretti. Now:
- Polling suggests this shooting is a 70-30 issue (at best) with growing support for abolishing ICE
- Dozens of Rs in Congress have come out calling for an investigation and/or for ICE to leave
- WSJ, NY Post, and National Review editorial boards are all calling for ICE to leave MN/Trump to pull back
- John Mitnick, who helped establish the Department of Homeland Security and worked in Trump's first admin, is calling to abolish DHS and criticizing its "fascism"
- And now, in the video below, a Minnesota GOP gubernatorial candidate — the lawyer *representing the agent who killed Renee Good* — is dropping out of the race and saying he can no longer stand with Republicans or support DHS going beyond its public safety mandate.
But yes, please keep telling me how this is a divisive issue, the shooting was justified, and I'm a partisan hack for being on the side criticizing DHS.
It doesn’t make you a lib to be disgusted to see a man get murdered for practicing his first and second amendment rights. Blindly defending ICE because Trump and his administration tells you to makes you the opposite of a patriot and is as anti-American as it gets.
Alyssa Naeher has announced she will retire from the USWNT following their friendlies against England and the Netherlands.
▪️ 2x World Cup 🏆
▪️ Olympic Gold 🥇
▪️ Olympic Bronze 🥉
▪️ Only goalkeeper to earn a shutout in a World Cup and Olympic final
Legend 🧤