There are only 1500 people living in Brooklyn, Iowa, situated along the old transcontinental route of U.S. Highway 6 and north of Interstate 80, east of Des Moines. Calling itself a “community of flags,” Brooklyn does not have a profile that might suggest violent crime. Mollie Tibbetts certainly would have had no fear when she went out for a jog on the humid summer evening of July 18, 2018. The University of Iowa student and former cross country runner for her high school, she had been watching dogs while staying at her boyfriend’s brother’s house. Mollie Tibbetts did not return from her run.
Republicans have found continued success in promoting their policies through easily digested three-word slogans. This works especially well as discussions regarding complex solutions find no public forum save for esoteric journals and other under attended media. Not that even a great outcry would matter now. Abbott is imperious in his border ukase. Therefore it comes to my mind that the only wall I now wish to see is the one behind which Abbott and his other two stooges fight among themselves to get to use the chair.
"When the current American president entered the congressional chambers to present his State of the Union message, he was confronted by a Georgia congresswoman wearing a Trump MAGA hat and a tee shirt bearing the command, “Say her name,” a reference to Laken Riley. … The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, who hopes to become head of Homeland Security if Trump is reelected, has yet to publicly speak the name of the soldiers or immigrants who have died as a result of his border circus known as Operation Lone Star."
Do you know if there have been any follow-up investigations into where all the little kids separated from their parents at the border under Trump ended up? I found an article from 2023 that said there are still families to reunite, but what are the chances that a lot of kids were trafficked/“adopted”? It seems like another act of hypocrisy for our wealthier citizens to welcome immigrants they can find a use for (cheap labor, sudden family) while claiming to want better border control.
Just several more of your stories that needed to be told. Also, regardnig the first part, the politics of outrage has polluted our electoral process for quite some recent history. But to illustrate how bad it's gotten, wait for the next round of political advertising.
I believe Texas is being used by Fascist Abbottini(and trumpy)as a proof of concept for the Day One Dictatorship...hadn't heard about Abbottini's designs on the Homeland Security job but it makes sense...what a team Abbott & Miller would make...
Republicans have found continued success in promoting their policies through easily digested three-word slogans. This works especially well as discussions regarding complex solutions find no public forum save for esoteric journals and other under attended media. Not that even a great outcry would matter now. Abbott is imperious in his border ukase. Therefore it comes to my mind that the only wall I now wish to see is the one behind which Abbott and his other two stooges fight among themselves to get to use the chair.
"When the current American president entered the congressional chambers to present his State of the Union message, he was confronted by a Georgia congresswoman wearing a Trump MAGA hat and a tee shirt bearing the command, “Say her name,” a reference to Laken Riley. … The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, who hopes to become head of Homeland Security if Trump is reelected, has yet to publicly speak the name of the soldiers or immigrants who have died as a result of his border circus known as Operation Lone Star."
Thank you for saying their names.
Heartbreaking. 💔
Amen to all!
REPUBLICAN politicians continue to create more problems than they solve.
Keep writing, Jim!
Do you know if there have been any follow-up investigations into where all the little kids separated from their parents at the border under Trump ended up? I found an article from 2023 that said there are still families to reunite, but what are the chances that a lot of kids were trafficked/“adopted”? It seems like another act of hypocrisy for our wealthier citizens to welcome immigrants they can find a use for (cheap labor, sudden family) while claiming to want better border control.
Just several more of your stories that needed to be told. Also, regardnig the first part, the politics of outrage has polluted our electoral process for quite some recent history. But to illustrate how bad it's gotten, wait for the next round of political advertising.
I believe Texas is being used by Fascist Abbottini(and trumpy)as a proof of concept for the Day One Dictatorship...hadn't heard about Abbottini's designs on the Homeland Security job but it makes sense...what a team Abbott & Miller would make...