The Common Ills: And yet he's never given a damn about the safety of the LGBTQ+ community

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CONTEMPTUOUS CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS PAUSED FROM SPITTING ON THE CONSTITUTION AND ENSHRINING DONALD CHUMP AS A KING TODAY LONG ENOUGH TO DECLARE THAT JUDGES ARE AT RISK OF "THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND MURDER" AS A RESULT OF STATEMENTS BY PSYCHOTIC LAWMAKERS -- THE SAME ONES THAT ROBERTS KEEPS BACKING IN ONE DECISION AFTER ANOTHER.

REMINDED THAT THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY IS AT DIRECT RISK OF VIOLENCE AS A RESULT OF SEVERAL SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, JUSTICE ROBERTS INSISTED, "NO, NO, NO. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ME. I MATTER. THEY DON'T."

WHEN THESE REPORTERS PUSHED BACK ON THIS CLAIM, ROBERTS CALLED IN ICE -- SEE ISAIAH'S PHOTO OF OFFICER DUMB F**K BELOW.

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

At AXIOS, Russell Contreras explains:

The images of masked, heavily armed immigration agents snatching people off the streets and taking them away in unmarked cars have shocked many Americans — and led to a simple question: Is all of this legal?

It is — at least for now.

Why it matters: Since Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was created after the 9/11 attacks, its agents have operated with vastly more enforcement power, less transparency and fewer guardrails than local police.

ICE's rules were designed largely to give the agency broad leeway in helping the FBI identify and arrest domestic terror suspects.
Now the Trump administration is using that power to go after unauthorized immigrants — potentially millions of them — with a frequency and aggressiveness that has sent ripples through communities nationwide.

Zoom in: Under Trump, critics say, ICE has become the closest thing the U.S. has to a secret police force.

ICE agents aren't required to wear body cameras, can cover their faces, don't have to provide badge numbers or identify themselves, can arrive in unmarked cars and don't need a warrant from a judge to detain someone.
Like those with other federal enforcement agencies, they can ignore rules that govern local police departments, particularly those local agencies with histories of abuse or that operate under court-imposed restrictions on racial profiling.
In some cases, ICE agents can even arrest U.S. citizens — but they aren't supposed to place them in immigration detention units. Even so, a few U.S. citizens have been detained in recent ICE raids because of agents' mistakes or negligence.

A few? One is too many but "a few"? Alisha Ebrahimji (CNN) reports on some of the US citizens being rounded up but, repeating, none should be. Of course its happening, we said it would back in August because you can't carry out these sort of attacks without rounding up US citizens. It's outrageous and it needs to end immediately.

Instead of grasping that, many people are trying to excuse a Gestapo police force. And that's what it is.

Daniele Di Bartolomei (VNY) reports:

The Trump administration wants to increase fines for those living in the country illegally. Under current rules, the government can begin issuing penalties 30 days after informing someone of their presence in the U.S. without authorization, a rule introduced by President Donald Trump during his first term.

The rule had been abolished by Joe Biden, only to be reintroduced by the Republican president in his second term. However, a new federal report reveals that the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice plan to completely abolish the 30-day waiting limit and immediately issue fines to those who overstay their visas.

The new penalties start at $100 to $500 for those who enter the states illegally, and can go up to $1,000 a day for those who fail to comply with deportation orders. “DHS believes that the nature of the failure-to-depart and unlawful entry penalties supports the need for more streamlined procedures,” the report reads.

“The law doesn’t enforce itself; there must be consequences for breaking it,” Assistant Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin added, “President Trump and Secretary [Kristi] Noem are standing up for law and order and making our government more effective and efficient at enforcing the American people’s immigration laws. Financial penalties like these are just one more reason why illegal aliens should use CBP Home to self-deport now before it’s too late.”

In June, DHS issued about 10,000 fines, totaling $3 billion. According to the agency’s report, those who self-deport using the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) mobile app will be exempt from paying fines.

According to the latest rumors, the Trump administration is also considering confiscating the property of immigrants who do not pay the fines.

It's all so outrageous and offensive. Some have spoken out and their voices grow louder as other voices join with them.

We see the pushback -- the attacks -- and even that does not silence the growing opposition.

Brad Lanford, NYC City comptroller, was attacked by ICE. He discussed it with MSNBC over the weekend.

Brad stated, "The ICE agent who arrested me confess to me afterwards that his wife hopes he quits his job. She texted him saying, "I don't want you in this anymore."

There is no justification for this. That's why I've repeatedly stated that these ICE agents have a very limited future: Drug addiction or suicide. You can't live with being a Nazi.

And Americans are not going to be silent or inactive as this secret police carries out illegal actions. Rosalina Luna Vargas was targeted on Saturday in Pasadena. PASADENA NOW reports what happened:

Three plainclothes agents -- all wearing federal badges on lanyards and two wearing masks -- attempted to place Vargas into an unmarked vehicle while her [two] children were present, according to [witness Jillian] Reed and a Reddit witness account.

Reed told KTLA: “[The children] kept asking for a warrant. They told the officers they would stop resisting if they just showed them a warrant. One of the men said he had one but didn’t show it.”

The situation escalated when Vargas broke free and ran into Del Mar Park, an assisted living facility at 990 East Del Mar Boulevard, according to witnesses.

Her children formed what Reed described to KTLA as “a human wall” to protect their mother.

Facility staff reportedly told the agents they were on private property and needed to leave without a warrant, according to witnesses. The agents complied, photographed witnesses, and departed in two separate vehicles before returning later and detaining Vargas.

US House Rep Judy Chu is quoted stating, "ICE agents are pointing guns at innocent individuals, no warrants, no explanations, just fear and intimidation. These raids in my district are absolutely vile. Masked and armed like a militia, they're terrorizing families and destroying any sense of safety in our communities. This is not law enforcement it’s a gross abuse of power, and I will not stand for it."

Meghrig Milkon (QUEEN'S JOURNAL) observes:

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isn’t protecting anyone—it’s terrorizing communities, and it’s time it gets abolished.

Since the start of his presidency-- and even during his campaign -- Donald Trump promised mass deportations, targeting more than 10 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. His administration has followed through with 11,000 people deported in February, over 12,000 in the first four weeks of March, and approximately 17,200 in April, according to NBC News.

According to its website, ICE was established in 2003 through the merger of the investigative and interior enforcement functions of the former U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. ICE currently operates in 400 offices across the United States and internationally, with an annual budget of approximately eight billion dollars. Nearly 60,000 migrants are currently being held in ICE detention centers, with 11.4 per cent fast-tracked for deportation, according to NBC’s live tracker.

What the live media coverage makes evident is that the administration continues to view immigrants and migrants as statistics rather than people: a true testament to the tragedy that is the United States. Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, stated that ICE officers would aim to carry out at least 3,000 arrests per day, an increase from the approximately 650 daily arrests during the first five months of Trump’s second term. ICE operations have triggered protests across the U.S., often resulting in arrests and the imposition of curfews.

All around the country, people are witnessing these outrageous acts and they're using their voices to object. In a letter calling out Chump's immigration lies, Darryl Cornelius informs the editorial board of THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL, "Our nation has reached a point where there is nothing too false, ridiculous or stupid that one-third of the country will not swallow. A substantial portion of our country has become scornful of compromise and unmoved by facts, evidence and science. We are rapidly losing the truth. We must not let it die."

So we have to use our voices -- especially when the Supreme Court refuses to stand up for the rule of law. Robert Kuttner (THE AMERICAN PROSPECT) writes:

The Supreme Court issued a shocking ruling today, making it easier for President Donald Trump to overturn birthright citizenship. The way the Court did it was in keeping with its disingenuous strategy of using technicalities that allow it to duck the underlying question.

The substance of Friday’s 6-3 decision, written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, involved a challenge to Trump’s executive order denying citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents who are in the country illegally or temporarily. His order violated the 14th Amendment, which clearly holds that anyone born in the U.S. is a citizen, regardless of the circumstances.

Immigrant rights groups and 22 states sued, and three different federal district court judges issued universal injunctions barring the administration from enforcing the Trump policy anywhere in the country. The Department of Justice asked the Supreme Court to overturn the injunctions.

Today's ruling ducks the underlying constutional question about the meaning and reach of birthright citizenship, but bars the injuctions from taking effect nationwide and explicitly allows Trump's order to take effect in 30 days. This will only give more cover to ICE raids and deportations. Along the way, the high court overturned the ability of lower courts ever to issue injunctions with national reach.

As Chump, Kristi Noem, Tom Holman, the Supreme Court and others attack immigrants (and those perceive to be immigrants), real journalists note what happens. That includes Sofia Mejias-Pascoe. Ken Stone (TIMES OF SAN DIEGO) reports:

Sofía Mejías-Pascoe of inewsource, San Diego’s newest and youngest Journalist of the Year, says immigrants and asylum-seekers she once followed closely are no longer reachable.

Ever since Donald Trump took office, she said Thursday night, “I’ve stopped hearing from many of them. The numbers I used to reach them at are no longer in service.”

Texts messages aren’t going through, she said, and “the people I do talk to are really afraid.”