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DrALJONESInterview: "Mohsen Mahdawi’s Abduction Should Terrify Us"“This should terrify every single person living in this country, regardless of your citizenship status."This is Trump creating his own army of brownshirts right here in our country.”~Rep. Becca BalintMahdawi has been a legal permanent resident of the US since 2015.<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/16/mohsen_mahdawi_becca_balint_ice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/16/mohsen_mahdawi_becca_balint_ice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MohsenMahdawi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MohsenMahdawi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studentprotestors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> .

DrALJONESAnalysis: When geen-card holder, Mohsen Mahdawi, received an email from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, he suspected it was a trap to detain & deport him.He had recently been targeted by Betar. And his hunch was correct.<a href="https://www.juancole.com/2025/04/inhumane-palestinian-columbia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.juancole.com/2025/04/inhumane-palestinian-columbia.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illegaldetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illegaldetention</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studentprotestors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#columbia</a> .

DrALJONESAnalysis: When geen-card holder, Mohsen Mahdawi, received an email from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, he suspected it was a trap to detain & deport him.He had recently been targeted by Betar. And his hunch was correct.<a href="https://www.juancole.com/2025/04/inhumane-palestinian-columbia.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.juancole.com/2025/04/inhumane-palestinian-columbia.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freespeech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illegaldetention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#illegaldetention</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studentprotestors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#columbia</a> .

AnarchoNinaAnalyzesGiven the stunning level of illegality and disregard for civil rights the Trump regime has deployed in its fascist war on student protestors who oppose a US-backed genocide in Gaza, would it surprise you at all to learn that the Department of Homeland Security probably lied their asses off to get the warrant they used to search two student dorm rooms for activists they'd targeted for illegal deportations?<a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/03/28/ice-warrants-columbia-students-gaza-protests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theintercept.com/2025/03/28/ice-warrants-columbia-students-gaza-protests/</a>Ice Got Warrants Under “False Pretenses,” Claims Columbia Student Targeted Over Gaza Protests"Earlier this month, while hunting for Columbia University students to deport over their ties to Gaza protests, the Trump administration convinced a federal judge to sign off on search warrants for two students’ dorm rooms — then raided the residences with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.As details about the warrants have emerged, however, so have allegations that federal agents misled the court and secured the warrants under “false pretenses,” as one of the students whose room was searched, Yunseo Chung, claimed in a lawsuit challenging her deportation.The warrants were predicated on probable cause that Columbia was “harboring” students who were in the country illegally, court filings indicate. Chung, however, is a lawful permanent resident, notwithstanding the Trump administration’s efforts to deport her based on her arrest and citation at a Gaza sit-in. She has lived in the U.S. since she was 7 years old.“The idea that they went before a federal magistrate judge and said, ‘We have to search Ms. Chung’s residence for evidence of Columbia harboring her’ — that shows they’re willing to lie to a judge,” said Nathan Yaffe, an immigration attorney."This story isn't particularly complicated; DHS told a judge they needed search warrants because Colombia was "harboring and concealing illegal aliens on its campus" specifically to find two students it knew had legal status to be in the country. Of course Trump's warpig lapdog Marco Rubio is arguing that the student(s) were "illegal" because he unilaterally revoked their student visas/green cards, but actually he can't legally do that and since the government hasn't brought the matter before an immigration judge, the targets of the warrant were straight up ineligible for the crime the warrant was seeking to find evidence for or suspects for an arrest. <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DHS</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Migrants</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Kidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kidnapping</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/ColumbiaUniveristy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColumbiaUniveristy</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/YunseoChung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YunseoChung</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/StephenMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StephenMiller</a> <a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/tags/IdeologicalPolicing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IdeologicalPolicing</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HouseGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HouseGOP</a> Working to Push Through Bill That Would Let <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Shut Down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nonprofits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nonprofits</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocracyNow</a>, November 18, 2024"On Capitol Hill, House <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> [and some <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a>] are attempting once again to ram through <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HR9495</a>, a bill that would allow Trump and future presidents to effectively shut down nonprofits by labeling them a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terrorist</a>-supporting organization.' The measure could target <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanitarianAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanitarianAid</a> groups, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a> outlets, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#schools</a> and countless <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilSociety</a> organizations. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a> failed to fast-track the bill last week, falling short of a required two-thirds majority despite dozens of Democrats voting in favor along with Republicans. But the next vote, which could happen this week, would likely only require a simple majority."A coalition of groups said in a statement, 'This bill was designed to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/criminalize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminalize</a> organizations and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activists</a> who oppose the U.S.'s unconditional support of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Israel</a>'s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinians</a> and the slaughter of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LebaneseCivilians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LebaneseCivilians</a>.' Signatories to the statement included the Council on American-Islamic Relations and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanMuslimsForPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmericanMuslimsForPalestine</a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oxfam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oxfam</a> criticized the bill, saying Trump could use it to silence and censor critics, curb free speech and target political opponents."<a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/18/headlines/house_gop_working_to_push_through_bill_that_would_let_trump_shut_down_nonprofits" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/18/headlines/house_gop_working_to_push_through_bill_that_would_let_trump_shut_down_nonprofits</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USCongress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USCongress</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrimininalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrimininalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaterProtectors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Protestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protestors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Activists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreedomOfExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreedomOfExpression</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PressFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PressFreedom</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clampdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectEsther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProjectEsther</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NDAA</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a>

DoomsdaysCWTell your Representative to Vote NO on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HR9495</a> to Stop Trump From Attacking <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dissenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dissenting</a> Organizations"Despite the fact that it was already defeated in a floor vote, Republicans in the House have a second chance to pass a bill that would give the incoming <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration unchecked power to shut down any <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NonProfit</a> organization that stands in the way of his MAGA agenda. "Under this legislation, Trump’s Treasury Department could indiscriminately label any non-profit organization – think tanks, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> groups, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilLiberties</a> orgs, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#universities</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentGroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentGroups</a>, even Indivisible Civics – a 'terrorist supporting organization' and strip it of its tax-exempt status. This bill requires no oversight. No due-process. No justification. Trump could use it to shut down any and all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dissent</a> against him. "This bill is a litmus test for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> as we prepare for the incoming Trump administration: are Democrats going to make it easier for Trump to pursue his <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarian</a> agenda or are they going to fight back?"And we’ll need more Democrats on our side for this second vote – unlike the first, failed vote, which required a 2/3s majority to pass under a suspension of the rules, this vote will require only a simple majority to pass. And 52 Democrats inexplicably voted for this bill last time - that’s not acceptable. (See how your MoC voted at the link below)"This time, we need all Democrats in the House to vote NO on H.R. 9495 and send a clear message to Trump that they will not just give in to his power grabs. If this bill passes with bipartisan support, there’s a real risk it gets folded into the annual <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defense</a> [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NDAA</a>] bill, which would put it on a glide path through the Senate. We can’t let that happen."Read more: <a href="https://indivisible.org/resource/tell-your-representative-vote-no-hr-9495-stop-trump-attacking-dissenting-organizations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://indivisible.org/resource/tell-your-representative-vote-no-hr-9495-stop-trump-attacking-dissenting-organizations</a>See how your representative voted: <a href="https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024458" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024458</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clampdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectEsther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProjectEsther</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a>

DoomsdaysCWThe Plan to Silence Dissent Building off a bipartisan push to punish pro-<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> protesters, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has a broad crackdown ready to implement—including deportations.by Sophie Hurwitz November 15, 2024"Donald Trump has made it clear that there are groups he’d like to punish."Much attention has been paid to the president-elect’s planned crusades for his next term against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigrants</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transgender</a> people. But less discussed has been another group on the list: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/protesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protesters</a>. Building off the bipartisan crackdown on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiWar</a> student dissent last year, Trump has made clear he hopes to discipline, and potentially prosecute, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilDisobedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilDisobedience</a> with increased force."In May, he promised a group of donors that 'any student that protests, I [will] throw them out of the country.' Trump hoped this would serve as a warning. 'You know, there are a lot of foreign students,” he continued. “As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave.” "This is more than just bluster. Reuters reported that sources said Trump hopes to follow through on the promise on day one of his administration, by signing an executive order prioritizing deporting 'international students who support Palestinian militant group Hamas and have violated the terms of their student visas.'"In Trump’s first term, 'his instincts were to bring as much federal power as he could to bear on essentially peaceful protests,' Jamie Kalven, founder of Chicago’s Invisible Institute and a journalist who has studied First Amendment law for decades, told me. This time, there will be fewer guardrails. 'It was complicated enough before Trump was elected. Now you’re going to have various <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/demagogues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demagogues</a> in Congress and the Trump administration actually bearing down in various ways on universities and on university students, seeing it as the bastion of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnemyWithin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnemyWithin</a>.'"Given how it’s been under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a>, it unfortunately normalizes what Trump is then allowed to do."Many of the plans for targeting protesters are taken from tactics employed by Democrats in recent years. For years, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PalestinianRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PalestinianRights</a> activists in the US—and Palestinians in the US, whether activists or not—have often been smeared as terrorists and threatened with deportation and imprisonment. In 2023, a wave of protest was met with a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crackdown</a>. The Department of Education pressured schools to stop pro-Palestine student organizing, as Mother Jones reported in September. Dozens of universities across the nation instituted strict new disciplinary codes prohibiting many forms of public assembly. Over 3,600 protesters were arrested."Read more: <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trump-pro-palestine-protest-hr9495-israel-gaza-student-activists-dissent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trump-pro-palestine-protest-hr9495-israel-gaza-student-activists-dissent/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SilencingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clampdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHR9495" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopHR9495</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritanism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectEsther" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProjectEsther</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a>

Ramesh #NotGoingBack<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> sympathizing with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hamas</a> finally ran out of steamPro-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestinian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#protests</a> dwindle to tiny numbers and subtle defiant acts at US college graduations<a href="https://apnews.com/article/university-college-palestinian-protest-graduations-d05604ba10871f287ff6be4698b185c3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/university-college-palestinian-protest-graduations-d05604ba10871f287ff6be4698b185c3</a>

Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ <a href="https://kolektiva.social/@earthworm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@earthworm</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/@victorshi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@victorshi</a>This is my hope and my sincere request (see above) to young <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> delegates, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenZ</a> activists, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a>, and the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Students</a> should organize massive rallies and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtests</a> to use all their might to fight the fire in their OWN homes before donning fancy T-shirts to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boycott</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/divest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#divest</a> in foreign holdings.Don’t let <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> stooge <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JillStein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JillStein</a> spoil <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election2024</a> like she did in 2016.Keep <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BDS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDSMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BDSMovement</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BDSHorseshoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BDSHorseshoe</a> in check.

Ramesh #NotGoingBack⬆️ This story barely makes the news even though <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Myanmar</a> is a nation of 56 million people. Does it fail to make news because there are no religious or ethnic groups <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worthTargeting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worthTargeting</a> in the story?Where are the liberal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> demanding that military <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/junta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#junta</a> return power to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SuuKyi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SuuKyi</a>?

Six Grandfathers Mountain<a href="https://mstdn.social/@jstatepost" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jstatepost</a> <a href="https://mas.to/@cjpaloma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cjpaloma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@gwynnion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gwynnion</a> RE WTF, NYC District 19, wtaf were you on when you selected this horrendous bigot to represent you?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VickiePaladino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VickiePaladino</a> would FAIL this "are you now or have you ever been an agitator" test <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/studentprotest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studentprotest</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a>

Six Grandfathers Mountain<a href="https://entropyservice.com/@lou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lou</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/@alexwild" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@alexwild</a> RE why are you there in the first place?Good question, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/randirhodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#randirhodes</a> on her podcast is looking at the facts that (as of 05 03 2024) they did find some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> are not students. Other <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/msnbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msnbc</a> shows have early estimates by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYPD</a> that about 35 arrested at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violentprotest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#violentprotest</a> at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/columbiauniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#columbiauniversity</a> were not students_Some_ might be members of the different <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whitesupremacist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whitesupremacist</a> groups

MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Randi_Rhodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Randi_Rhodes</a>, it is SO incredibly frustrating after 5 years of fighting the Right Wing "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BothSides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BothSides</a>" BS after every outrage, only to have young <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudentProtestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentProtestors</a> across the country mirroring <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a>. 🤬 <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/02/where-are-the-us-college-campus-protests-and-what-is-happening" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/02/where-are-the-us-college-campus-protests-and-what-is-happening</a>

MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJTJpBDET4w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJTJpBDET4w</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Zeteo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zeteo</a> with <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/MehdiHasan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MehdiHasan</a><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CynthiaNixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CynthiaNixon</a> criticises the arrest of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/studentprotestors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#studentprotestors</a> and <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HollywoodsCultureOfFear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HollywoodsCultureOfFear</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#television</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SupportTheStudentsAndFacultyForPalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupportTheStudentsAndFacultyForPalestine</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FreePalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreePalestine</a>🇵🇸

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