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(2,939 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2025, 08:46 AM Wednesday

Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process.

But Edgardo, whose arm was ripped from mine by ICE agents, has none of those things.

That's why I'll keep coming back to court, week after week, to make sure that people's rights are protected.

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Tonight, I'll go home and sleep in my bed. I have a lawyer, I'll get due process. (Original Post) Passages Wednesday OP

Authoritarianism UpInArms Wednesday #1

We're already in a fascist police state William Seger Wednesday #2

Undeniable. Passages Wednesday #3

UpInArms

(52,935 posts)

1. Authoritarianism

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Wed Jun 18, 2025, 08:57 AM

Wednesday

When someone changes the rules at a whim … to oppress the rights of a population

William Seger

(11,693 posts)

2. We're already in a fascist police state

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:28 AM

Wednesday

It's just a matter of scale now: troops to more cities, more opposition leaders assaulted and arrested, more court orders ignored or circumvented.

Passages

(2,939 posts)

3. Undeniable.

Reply to William Seger (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 11:38 AM

Wednesday

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