When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.

We know too well the devastating consequences of such action—families torn apart, livelihoods destroyed, and multigenerational trauma inflicted on a community for decades. #AlligatorAlcatraz #NeverAgainIsNow

"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people."

Between the Elon Trump fallout and 30 percent of dead Russian bombers this is shaping up to be a pretty nice little week

You love to see it. Best use of this song I've ever seen. Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦

On immigration and foreign influence…

Today is unfortunately a good reminder of just how depraved many Trump supporters are. It should be the easiest thing in the world to just wish someone well in light of a devastating health diagnosis. That they can't even meet that very low bar says a lot about their character.

“And so the Greeks send me this horse, we’re talking about one of the most beautiful horses you’ve ever seen. So big. So strong. Normally they keep this kind of horse for themselves but they were such big fans they said sir, please take our big wonderful horse we’ll even bring it to your house”

If you’ve ever hired a contractor in USA what usual happens is a white guy shows up in fancy pickup truck with a beer gut and gives you an estimate and then the actual workers are skilled immigrants who do the job with precision and efficiency and receive a fraction of the money.

. @marinamasako.bsky.social visits Little Tokyo’s Japanese American National Museum to speak with them after they lost funding for standing for DEI. Here’s what they had to say. @jamuseum.bsky.social

Never forget.

Imagine cheering on people in power who are actively targeting and harming the hungry, the poor, the sick, the elderly, the veteran, the disabled, the different, and the stranger and still somehow expecting people to believe you follow Jesus.

Keep this in mind: The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was carried out by executive order—from the President of the United States. 🧵

My very strong suspicion is that the left/right axis and the fight/don't-fight axis are in the process of unlinking, and that the fight/don't-fight split is emerging as the core struggle in the Democratic Party.

This whole country wants bad things for others more than they want good things for themselves.

This is the thread to read to understand the ramifications of the Trump position at the Munich conference. Painful and difficult years ahead for all of us.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

Query: If “DEI” is the reason for the plane collision, why is this the first accident in [checks watch] 16 years? 🤔

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

ICYMI: My floor speech about Elon Musk’s Nazi Salute. Did not expect this to go as viral as it has, but it needed to be said. Speech text 👇🏼

I am not cowed, but I am very sad. I am sad for so many, people facing upheaval in their lives, with their families, at work, and in their communities. I am sad because it is being done out of hate, and also out of spite. I am sad because it is going to get much worse.

Egg prices are high right now because of the need to slaughter chickens due to avian flu. The price will drop over the next 18 months whether or not Trump does anything. Given that, I’d suggest the media find better metrics for grocery prices.

A Syrian friend: “Today was the first happy morning of my life. For the first time I woke up with no dictator Assad. I don’t have to be afraid.” The joy in his voice gave me goosebumps.

I can't imagine what the people of Syria must be feeling right now, seeing the end of 50+ years of brutal repression and suffering at the hands of the Assad regime. Although the road ahead is certain to be long, difficult and uncertain, I'm glad that they can rejoice even if just for a moment.

What a sad and tragic state our country must be in where people who have been credibly accused of assault and abuse against women are even up for consideration for public office, and that the pursuit of public office is used as a way to be shielded from accountability.

I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.

All I can really say post-election is how sad I feel for what will likely begin in the next four years. It will impact everyone I've ever met, but some especially so: women, minorities, LGBTQ people, working class people, people with health challenges, families who struggle with infertility, etc.

Grab him by the ballot. Credit: Mike Luckovich, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/3/2024

I sincerely hope that each of us is thinking about the women in our lives--and the countless generations to come--as we are deciding our vote. Beautiful reminder by the Seneca Project (www.senecaproject.us)

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