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Passages

(3,986 posts) Wed Jun 18, 2025, 07:46 AM Jun 2025

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 Jun 2025 OP

Authoritarianism UpInArms Jun 2025 #1

We're already in a fascist police state William Seger Jun 2025 #2

Undeniable. Passages Jun 2025 #3

UpInArms

(53,959 posts)

1. Authoritarianism

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 07:57 AM

Jun 2025

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

William Seger

(12,166 posts)

2. We're already in a fascist police state

Reply to Passages (Original post)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 10:28 AM

Jun 2025

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

(3,986 posts)

3. Undeniable.

Reply to William Seger (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 18, 2025, 10:38 AM

Jun 2025

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