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Small smidgen of hope: Joe Rogan called the seizure of hundreds of people with no due process and sending them all to a terrifying jail in El Salvador “horrifying”. There is almost certainly an innocent man or two caught up in this violation of core Constitutional rights in the U.S. - and Rogan understands just how massive an assault on the Constitution this means.
But a new standard has now been set by Trump. Any president can now seize anyone off the street with no due process and consign them…
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How has the Trump administration and its officials threatened free speech rights since inauguration day?
Targeted visa holders and lawful permanent residents for deportation based on their speech.
Revoked federal funding from Columbia and conditioned future funding on adopting speech codes, stating this is a “roadmap” for other universities.
Issued executive orders against disfavored law firms that effectively make it impossible for them to work with the federal government, its contractors, or eve…
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A President saying he won an election he lost is not a “distraction.” It’s a lie, it’s an attack on democracy, and it must be loudly condemned.
A President saying he can ignore the Constitution and run for a 3rd term is not a “distraction.” It’s a lie, it’s an attack on democracy, and it must be loudly condemned.
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This is misleading, too. Why go to examples of measles mortality from developing countries when we are discussing policy in the US? Available treatments and medical care, hygiene, and nutrition play into the severity of something like measles and there’s just no way that the death rate of measles in American Samoa should dictate policy in the US.
Disclaimer because apparently it needs to be said: stating the above does not mean that I think the deaths of people in the developing world don’t matter or are acceptable. They are just simply not relevant to discuss as statistics in a conversation about vaccine policy in American schools.