Well, THIS is a VERY significant shift — AND a consequence of the U.S.’s shift from democracy to autocracy and other nation’s growing lack of trust for the U.S.: www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...

So, Trump wants to ICE agents to video their arrests so that they can become social media influencers??!!: www.instagram.com/reel/DTVgQco...

“..we’re moving towards a status quo in which the cities of this country really feel like police states. And..the chill on people’s exercise of their rights is so acute that people are really kind of living in fear, & they’re changing the way they behave.” My Evening Read:

“..even the # of ppl tht hve entered the country unlawfully is lower thn the # of ppl tht they’re arresting. Of the folks tht are being arrested, 70% hve absolutely no criminal background..of the folks tht do, there is a very slim # tht hve any kind of violent criminal background.” My Evening Read:

Never forget, White America could put a stop to all of this #ICE terror if only they wanted to. They simply do not want to. It’s as plain and straightforward as that.

SIGH. . . #FACT The majority of white voters who voted, voted FOR this. White supremacist ideology was not a dealbreaker for them. Neither, as it turns out, was fascism. They just didn’t think what they voted for FOR. OTHERS. would be turned ON. THEM.😶

In North Carolina, GOP-led election boards have shut down early voting sites across the state and sent personal voter data to the Trump administration, which is running the information through a federal database to find non-citizens who shouldn’t be voting. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/new-...

From 1943 U.S. War Dept pamphlet: “Americans shld not be fooled in2 thinking..fascism cld not come.. after all..U.S..experienced ‘..mob sadism, lynchings, vigilantsm, terror..suppression of civil liberties..racial & religious bigots. All..used..methods & doctrines which..can be..ID’d as “fascist”’”

“..the fed gvrnmnt now openly says it will use its supercharged spy capabilities to target ppl who oppose ICE’s actions. Labeled as ‘domestic terrorists’ by the admin, these targets incl anti-ICE protesters & anyone who..[who] oppose[s]..[Trump’s] agenda..” #ThisIsNotADemocracy😶 My Afternoon Read:

The literal definition of a dictatorship.

“Agents” DREW. WEAPONS. on MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.😶 #ThisIsNotADemocracy😶

“A Nobel Prize can neither be revoked, shared, nor transferred to others. Once the announcement has been made, the decision stands for all time.” In case anyone (besides me) was wondering.😶 www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/is-...

EXACTLY THIS.👇🏽

#EVERYMonthBlackHistory And THANK YOU for showing Amy Ashwood Garvey some love.🌺

I remember when this was happening in some maj Black communities in Baltimore. I remember some white “liberals” & “progressives” defending the need for it, all while Black ppl who were “on the ground” in those areas spoke about how those hostile occupying forces were endangering lives.😶

It is right in front of us.😶

This is the heart of it. Any press coverage that gullibly paints this partisan punitive campaign of retribution as "fighting crime" or "enforcing immigration laws" is actively complicit in a government campaign to punish dissent.

Baltimore:

She is right.👇🏽 And too many white ppl see pointing ths out as “gotcha,” or “divisive” instead of from pain of the continued victimization of OUR communities as white ppl debated slogans (“defund the police”) as if they were intellectual exercises. The terror wasn’t personal. And now it is.😳

“Every inhumane & infuriating excess we see on videos today committed by ICE & border patrol agents, is mirrored in the hundreds of videos of police officers engaging in similar racial profiling, violent attacks, & unwarranted detention of Black people over the past 20 years.” ~ Sherrilyn Ifill

GOAL FOR THE DAY: To See the Deeper Meanings . . . “He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him” ~ Daniel 2:22 NIV “It is only after you have come to know the surface of things..that you can venture to seek what is underneath” ~ Italo Calvino

The diff b/t white ppl’s outrage NOW & their reaction re George Floyd, etc., is for 1st time, the outrage & anger THEY feel is tinged with FEAR & KNOWLEDGE tht THEY ALSO could ROUTINELY be in crosshairs of state/fed violence Being white will not necessarily save them anymore😶 #GutPunch😶 #WeToldYou

EXACTLY THIS. AND. STILL. showing their anti-Blackness by treating it as if it is something new, totally ignoring that Black ppl have been screaming about this while they have been denying that it was happening.😶 NOW THO that they feel it could happen TO THEM. . .🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 This is so true:

@khanna.house.gov & Rep. Thomas Massie move to get a Special Master appointed to compel compliance by the Trump DOJ with the Epstein Files Transparency Act. I've got the latest incl. the big subpoenas out of House Oversight to Epstein’s long-time lawyer and accountant. youtu.be/C3akkwLuk5U?...

“After the shootings in Glen Burnie & Minn, ICE officials offered similar accounts of wht transpired..ppl shot by agents used..vehicles as weapons, forcing officers..to fire in self-defense..Fed officials recited.. similar account following.. shooting..in..Oregon.” Like they’re following a script.😶

COMBINED!!! Yet THEY STILL call her a “DEI hire.” The. Unmitigated. Caucasity.😠

Sooooooo amazingly lovely!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰:

They’re not even trying to hide it. Then again, they don’t have to. . .😶:

“‘Today, the Washington Natl Opera announced its decision to seek an amicable early termination of its affiliation agreement w/ the Kennedy Center & resume operations as a fully independent nonprofit entity’..The Kennedy Center has been home to the WNO since it 1st opened in 1971.” My Evening Read:

“Why were they scared?” “Why didn’t they comply?” Every. Time. a Black person has been murdered by police—WITH VIDEO😶—these ques are asked by white ppl I hope next time this happens to a Black person—cause it does, frequently—all the (DESERVED) empathy extended to Renee Goode w/b extended to them

Trump, Rubio, Noem, and all the others — through their words AND their silence — supported and justified this right here😶:

Just when you thought it could not possibly be more horrible than it was. . . IT. WAS. My Afternoon Listen:

#TRUTH. And this has been going on long b4 ICE. Black communities have been sharing stories abt abuse FOR. GENERATIONS. Yet even with story after story AND VIDEOS, white citizens consistently showed less support for reforms such as George Floyd Justice In Policing Act— which did not become law.😶

#TRUTH:

This happened on New Year’s Eve Neither his name nor his story made national news It did not become a flashpoint for the nation But when a white woman is murdered by ICE.😶 Every life SHOULD matter But this nation proves again & again whose do & whose don’t And this is not about ICE or MAGA🫤

In this latest New York Times report, Donald Trump was asked if there is anything stopping or checking his power, globally. He said, his own morality is the only thing that checks him. Not the U.S. Constitution, nor international laws, just his own morality. Dictator.

Maybe a majority of white ppl will be able to see NOW what THEY WERE UNWILLING TO SEE when Black ppl & Black communities were the primary targets.😶

GOAL FOR THE DAY: To Let Go and Let God . . . “So do not fear, for I am with you ..I am your God. I will strengthen.. and help you; I will uphold you..” ~ Isaiah 41:10 NIV “When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. When I let go of what I have, I receive what I need.” ~ Lao Tzu

“This is a vindictive & reckless assault on the legitimacy & integrity of the U.N. & the rules-based internatl order..the bedrock of global cooperation for..80 yrs. With this latest in..attacks..Trump is..doubling down on his efforts to destroy the multilateral system..the U.S. helped build..”👇🏽

“..in publicly withdrawing frm orgs’ it already had disengaged frm, the admin used the occasion 2 broadcast its overt anti-Black racism..citing ‘DEI mandates’ as justification 4 the withdrawals, the admin’s announcement..was.. a deliberate act of racism & institutional sabotage.” My Morning Read:

Baltimore Remembers:

Baltimore:

U.S. history shld be a primary context used to undrstnd U.S. present day framings, actions, impacts As @jemartisby.bsky.social says: “…learning only frm Europe’s fascism archives narrows our survival toolkit” 👇🏽episode spits #FACTS & learnings many white ppl ignore open.substack.com/pub/jemartis...

I’m seeing many “the U.S. can NOW murder you & then call you a dom terrorist” threads & the way that dismisses entire history of experiences of Black ppl w/ U.S. gvrnmnt surveillance, abuse, & murders.🙄 The casual dismissal of 400+ yrs of U.S. anti-Blackness wld be stunning were it not so routine.😶

WHEW!!!: “We [Black ppl] made America look ‘civilized.’ We made it look like ‘progress’ was possible. And then Trump came along..Now the world sees it, live & unfiltered: the arrogance, the racism, the authoritarianism—all of it, on full display.” A. WORD.👇🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DQcm6v9...

The whole lot of them spent Jan. 6th lying about what happened 5 years ago. Why should anyone expect them to start telling the truth on January 7th?

Exactly this.👇🏽 They won’t even acknwldg that there was only ONE racial grp of voters whose maj of those who voted, voted FOR the candidate who ran on a white supremacist ideology platform. They will fight anyone acknwldgng that #FACT. Certainly they will bury that when they rewrite history of it.