blueoceanview

talent & organizational development accelerator, black & white photography instructor & fan of craft beer, underwater photo & scuba. Occasional runner.

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Hate speech ≠ Free speech. #BostonResist #FightSupremacy

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@LongTimeHistory That guy did not accidentally go into Federal land. He knew exactly what he was doing to commit a crime and fish illegally.

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: ICE agents showed up at a work site in Brownsville, Texas, claiming to be looking for two people… and ended up illegally handcuffing TWO U.S. CITIZENS, throwing one of them against a truck, threatening to arrest him again, and scanning everyone’s faces to determine their “status.”

In the video, ICE showed up looking for two people. They asked the foreman if he knew them. He said no.

Then, they asked if they could talk to the other workers about the people they were looking for.

The foreman said, “If they want to talk to you, they can.”

And then an ICE agent tried to scan the foreman’s face to run him through their system.

The foreman told him he was not allowed to just scan his face.

The foreman then walked over to one of his workers’ trucks, where ICE agents were surrounding the work vehicles at their work site.

He asked what was going on.

He repeatedly asked who they were looking for, and told them the people they claimed to be looking for were not there.

The agent responded, “Well, we want to make sure.”

The foreman told them, “Well, we aren’t them. You all need to leave.”

And then an ICE agent threatened to arrest him.

“You need to settle down or I have to put you in cuffs.”

Except this man was not threatening them. He was not attacking them. He was not even raising his voice.

He was standing there, asking questions and telling government agents to leave his workplace, after they had already expanded their investigation beyond the two people they claimed to be looking for.

So, the ICE agent threw him against a truck and handcuffed him.

A U.S. citizen.

And after they released him, he asked for the agents’ badge numbers.

And the agent responded by threatening to handcuff him AGAIN.

The government cannot simply show up, invade your workplace, surround your vehicles, demand access to people who are not the subjects of their investigation, scan your face, and then arrest you because you object to what they are doing.

The First Amendment protects your right to question government agents and verbally protest their actions.

The Fourth Amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures.

And an arrest cannot simply be used as punishment because an officer does not like the fact that you are standing there, asking questions, or asserting your rights.

Then the foreman saw another person ICE had in handcuffs…

He told them they needed to let him go because he was not the person they were looking for.

The agents eventually released the person they had in handcuffs… after scanning his face and discovering that he was also a U.S. citizen.

The government is creating situations where people are expected to silently obey armed agents, who refuse to explain what they are doing… while they violate your constitutional rights… and then punishing anyone who dares to ask questions.

When the government tells you that your only options are blind obedience or punishment… you are not living in a free country.

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@MAGACult2 @MalcolmNance Let’s hope these are not crocodile tears and a real reckoning.

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@mmpadellan Actually, I think he should do more interviews like this so that the world can see actually who he is. A narcissistic, racist intel.

[KATY PERRY @katyperry]

I am deeply appalled and angry to see “Firework” used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes. I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.

I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments. To see a message of self-worth and upliftment weaponized to soundtrack destruction and violence is a complete violation of everything my song stands for.

My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.

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@maddenifico I love when he just casually shows up that places like this. It just shows his real compassion and humanity.@BarackObama

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@hwinkler4real I can only imagine the jokes that were flying around at that dinner!

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@RepMaxwellFrost I am so proud of you! You’re doing such a great job! More young people need to get into politics and stand up for their values and not their idols

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@kasthomas @DougWahl1 Maybe you should take a look in the mirror and ask yourself who’s the real foul villain

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@IrishLeprechan @BulwarkOnline @MarkHertling So when you’re dead, people will never do anything to recognize you?

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@DevinCow He’s so embarrassing. I just cringe.

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@hwinkler4real It’s about time! I love this man for all of his career! And I love seeing him on the new series Landman

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@CoryMillsFL @KimberLeeB88 Never something to be proud of

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@KimberLeeB88 @forbetterfordog Oh, be quiet and just love the dogs

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@SheldrickTrust Thank you for saving her!

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@theripsnorter @WhipKClark Can you provide proof to your numbers of 1 in 18?

[Katherine Clark @WhipKClark]

Back at the Burlington ICE facility.

Democrats will keep fighting until this reckless agency is held accountable.

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@CattardSlim That’s such a disgrace. These people gave their lives for the freedom we all enjoy.

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@LucasSa56947288 Yup! Probably subliminal, but it was good when it was Twitter