Sharon Cooper

Dreaming (Doing) Big... Seeking to understand all perspectives... Being part of the solution... Wealth Coach -Multipotentialite... ~ Pura Vida ~

[Jesus Freakin Congress @TheJFreakinC]

🚨BREAKING: An ICE/Border Patrol agent approached a U.S. citizen at a gas station, in Lake Worth, Florida, demanded his ID, and when the U.S. citizen asked why? …

The agent’s said, “Because you’re an immigrant.”

Except that is not how the Constitution works.

In the video, the U.S. citizen is standing at a gas station when an agent walks up and says, “Let me see your ID.”

The man asks a completely reasonable question, “Why?”

The agent responds, “Because you’re an immigrant.”

And before the man has even been identified, the agents grab his hands and puts him in handcuffs.

People standing around immediately start questioning what is happening…asking the agents how they can arrest someone when they haven’t even identified who he is…

But the agents ignore them and walk the man to their vehicle.

The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court has held that roving Border Patrol agents need reasonable suspicion, based on specific circumstances, to stop someone and question them about immigration status. And apparent ethnicity, by itself, is not enough.

So, what was the actual legal basis for demanding this man show his ID?

Because if the answer is literally… “because you’re an immigrant,” that should piss off every American.

You should not have to prove you’re a U.S. citizen before the government decides it has the right to put you in handcuffs.

And this is just another reminder that constitutional rights don’t mean anything if federal agents can violate them, over and over again, with no accountability.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Why is Trump going after America's air traffic controllers, today of all days?

It's one more way to distract from his decision to increase your health insurance premiums.

[Scott McLeod @mcleod]

This is today’s deplorable @GOP.

#GOP #maga #republicans @TheDemocrats @TheDemCoalition #democrats

[Democrats Abroad @DemsAbroad]

How is this making Americans safer???

She entered the US legally. Got a Green Card. Passed her US citizenship exam. Then ICE ‘tricked’ her with a meeting about her citizenship, abducted her and sent her to a detention facility in another state. Her husband hasn’t seen her in a month.
#DemsAbroad #ICEraids

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Trump just completely lost it on Truth Social after watching Senator Kelly obliterate Republicans for shutting down the government—instead of doing their jobs and stopping your health care premiums from doubling or tripling.

Imagine how angry Trump would get if we all shared this video and every American saw it.

[EU says Elon should not lie abt my blue check @emptywheel]

BREAKING!!! @SecScottBessent is trying to distract you from the fact that, EVEN AS REPUBLICANS CUT HEALTH CARE FROM AMERICANS, he's bailing out Argentine President Javier Milei.

[Sharon Cooper @ProfCoop]

This is NOT NORMAL
Pres. Trump just ordered the largest mass deportation in U.S. history. He’s targeting cities like LA, Chicago & NYC—tearing families apart to punish political enemies. This is authoritarianism. Speak up now.
#NoMassDeportations #WeWillNotBeSilent

[Sharon Cooper @ProfCoop]

What is the argument against this fact?

[Peter Frampton @peterframpton]

I have posted this before but ..

26 years ago, a gunman entered
Dunblane Primary School in Scotland,
killing 16 kids and a teacher. The UK
govt responded by enacting tight gun
control legislation. In the 9400+ days
since, there have been a total of O
school shootings in the UK.

[The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller]

🔥📚WATCH: “Banned & burned books are the same. Both are done for the same reason- fear of knowledge. Fear is not freedom. Fear is not Liberty. Fear is control.”

100yo widow of a WW2 soldier who fought the Nazis rips Republican fascism. @TNGOP @GovBillLee

[Sharon Cooper @ProfCoop]

"Good thinking is expensive. Bad thinking costs a fortune.

One way to force yourself to think is to write. Good writing requires good thinking."

A tiny thought in the @farnamstreet Brain Food newsletter. See what you're missing: https://t.co/XoqCmriKpI

[Sharon Cooper @ProfCoop]

"Rich people have money. Wealthy people have time."

— @shaneparrish

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"You’re going to die one day, and none of this is going to matter. So enjoy yourself. Do something positive. Project some love. Make someone happy. Laugh a little bit. Appreciate the moment. And do your work."

@naval

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

We are all here on this planet, as tourists, as it were. None of us can live here forever. The longest we might live is a hundred years. So while we are here we should try to have a good heart and to make something positive and useful of our lives.

[Tristan Snell @TristanSnell]

BREAKING: Patagonia founder gives away the $3 billion company to a pair of trusts, with a mandate to give all profits (~$100 million/year) to fight the climate crisis.

This is a real game-changer, raising the bar on what a socially conscious business can look like.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Like so many of you, Michelle and I are grateful to have witnessed Her Majesty’s dedicated leadership, and we are awed by her legacy of tireless, dignified public service. Our thoughts are with her family and the people of the United Kingdom at this difficult time.

[Delaney Parrish @DParrish]

Whenever I hear about a shooting — in my neighborhood or far away — I always think of three people. The first is Ross Alameddine, who sat next to me in a writing class my sophomore year at college.

[Sharon Cooper @ProfCoop]

I found myself wondering how my nephews day went after attending the Highland Park parade- now I know. This can’t be the new normal. #shouting #calltoaction #gunlawreform #momentsmatter

[Golden State Warriors @warriors]

Steve Kerr on today's tragic shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

[Sharon Cooper @ProfCoop]

"Sooner or later, you realize everything comes down to mindset."

Read about the Mindset Gap in the @farnamstreet Newsletter

https://t.co/2jf3jdPJHv