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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAdults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming
— Ann Telnaes (@anntelnaes.bsky.social) 2025-10-04T18:45:27.185Z

Irish_Dem
(76,139 posts)The leading cause of death for American children is murder by guns.
Children are slaughtered at school, in the home, and on the street.
We won't provide basic healthcare for our children, refusing vaccines. They will suffer and die.
Plenty of money for the MAGA cult, but no money for school lunches or food assistance.
The ICE Gestapo kidnaps children, puts them in zip ties and drags them to detention centers.
Anything can and will happen to them there.
America no longer has a soul.
A big black hole has taken its place.
LS0999
(264 posts)This is just a small sample of what they have in store. It hasn't even one year left and we are already at this point. The big question is what can be done about this? I believe it's delusional to think that we can go back to the way things were pre-maga.
Irish_Dem
(76,139 posts)Some of the damage will be permanent.
We don't yet know what can be done about the worst threat to our country since WWII.
We are only in the middle of the movie.
IcyPeas
(24,398 posts)DHS released a glossy ICE raid video straight out of an authoritarian playbook: helicopters over Chicago, 900 people swept up, children separated, citizens detained. They call it âOperation Midway Blitz.â I call it despicable state propaganda masking terrorist constitutional crimes.
— Jennifer C (@thejenniwren.teamlh.social) 2025-10-04T15:59:02.011Z
haele
(14,716 posts)Who oddly enough, didn't seem to have tats.
Most gang members - especially the Tios (older or established gang members in leadership)- I've met or interacted with have tats all over their bodies by the time they're the age of those in the video.
Looked like they were rousting a bunch of young college kids or hard working waiters, cooks or delivery drivers.