a late start…time for the thread on Trump atrocities, or “Trumpocities”

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ICE points gun at pregnant mother—a U.S. citizen with her son in the back seat.

"Are you gonna shoot a pregnant woman?" she cries. "You just put a gun on me!"

"Then he had the balls to say, 'It’s your fault I did that.'"

Video clearly shows her just driving down public street… pic.twitter.com/km1spOxDIS

— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 (@LongTimeHistory) October 21, 2025

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NO WAY: Rand Paul just shattered Trump’s Venezuela narrative, live.

“There’s no fentanyl being made in Venezuela. Not a little, none. These are outboard boats that would have to refuel 20 times to reach Miami… We don’t just summarily execute people.”

When even Rand Paul is… pic.twitter.com/FenZzRwlEJ

— Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) October 21, 2025

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It is NOT about documents‼️ It’s IS about our skin color‼️ pic.twitter.com/ZWd9tzfVV1

— Meidas_Charise Lee (@charise_lee) October 22, 2025

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ICE surround car of Illinois legislator—hold him and staff at gunpoint.

"Agents sandwiched our car in," said State Rep. Hoan Huynh.

"Then they went to the passenger side and pulled a gun to my face—and to my colleague's face."

"They threatened us to bash in the windows. In… pic.twitter.com/xVUF0YyZ8Y

— LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 (@LongTimeHistory) October 22, 2025

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from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10241521319905829&set=a.1081768080380

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Fred Biery is a United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas.
He is the judge who ordered the release of Liam Ramos and his father and he wrote a scathing opinion targeting the Trump Administration. Here are some excepts:

“The case has its genesis in the ill-conceived and incompetently-implemented government pursuit of daily deportation quotas, apparently even if it requires traumatizing children.”
“Apparent also is the government’s ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence. Thirty-three-year-old Thomas Jefferson enumerated grievances against a would-be authoritarian king over our nascent nation. Among others were:
1. “He has sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People.”
2. “He has excited domestic Insurrection among us.”
3. “For quartering large Bodies of Armed Troops among us.”
4. “He has kept among us, in Times of Peace, Standing Armies without the consent of our Legislatures.”
“We the people” are hearing echos of that history.”
“And then there is that pesky inconvenience called the Fourth Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and persons or things to be seized.”
“Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster. That is called the fox guarding the hen house. The Constitution requires an independent judicial officer.”
“Observing human behavior confirms that for some among us, the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency. And the rule of law be damned.”
“Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: “Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?” “A republic, if you can keep it.”
“With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,It is so ORDERED.”

Thank you Judge Biery!

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Judge calls DOJ’s statements on slavery exhibit ‘dangerous’ and ‘horrifying’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/american-national-park-service-philadelphia-justice-department-donald-trump-b2911294.html

A federal judge has warned Justice Department lawyers that they were making “dangerous” and “horrifying” statements when they said the Trump Administration can decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites.

The sharp exchange erupted during a hearing in Philadelphia over the abrupt removal of an exhibit on the history of slavery at the site of the former President’s House on Independence Mall.

The city, which worked in tandem with the park service on the exhibit two decades ago, was stunned to find workers this month using crowbars to remove outdoor plaques, panels and other materials that told the stories of the nine people who had been enslaved there.

Some of the history had only been unearthed in the past quarter-century.

“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way,” said Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe, an appointee of President George W. Bush.

The removal followed President Donald Trump’s executive order “restoring truth and sanity to American history” at the nation’s museums, parks and landmarks.

In Philadelphia, the materials were put in a pickup truck and then into storage, leading Rufe to voice concerns about whether they were damaged.

“Although many people feel strongly about this (exhibit) one way, other people may disagree or feel strongly another way,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Gregory in den Berken.

“Ultimately,” he said, “the government gets to choose the message it wants to convey.”

Rufe swiftly cut him off.

“That is a dangerous statement you are making. It is horrifying to listen to,” she said.

“It changes on the whims of someone in charge? I’m sorry, that is not what we elected anybody for.”

Rufe heard hours of testimony Friday from former city officials who had helped plan the exhibit, and said the city had kicked in $1.5 million toward the project.

She plans to visit both the storage area and the site before ruling on the city’s request to have the exhibit restored. But she asked the Justice Department lawyers to ensure that nothing else is disturbed.

In den Berken said the Park Service routinely changes its exhibits and tours, and argued that the government cannot be forced to tell a certain story. But lawyers for the city and other advocates said the park service does not have “carte blanche” to interpret the nation’s history as it sees fit.

The exhibit includes biographical details about the nine people enslaved by George and Martha Washington at the presidential mansion. Now, only their names — Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Oney Judge, Moll and Joe — remain engraved into a cement wall.

Michael Coard, an attorney representing one of the advocacy groups supporting the exhibit, said the president was ignoring the power held by Congress, the judiciary and the American people.

“It’s one thing to whisper that type of dictatorial power. But to send lawyers into a public courtroom to make that argument is absolutely frightening,” he said. “I’m really worried about the state of America.”

Rufe said she planned to rule quickly, noting the surge of visitors expected to visit the nation’s birthplace this year to mark its 250th anniversary of being founded.

Residents who have visited the site have shed tears, left flowers and left a handmade sign that said “Slavery was real.”

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