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tulipsandroses

(8,013 posts)
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 08:58 AM Sunday

Let this sink in. I went to an event yesterday, one person was talking about taking food to people afraid to leave

their homes. People that are now not going to work, not going to the grocery store because they are afraid of being snatched.

Let that sink in America. There are people in hiding. Neighbors are bringing them food so they don't starve to death.

Hmm, where have I heard that before????? No wonder they want to ban woke history.

I won't be surprised if people get pulled over for having too much tupperware and questioned about why they have so much food in their car.

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Let this sink in. I went to an event yesterday, one person was talking about taking food to people afraid to leave (Original Post) tulipsandroses Sunday OP
Yep malaise Sunday #1
We have entered Anne Frank territory. Irish_Dem Sunday #2
With hordes of MAGAts eager to rat them out to the Gestapo. Orrex Sunday #10
Yes like in Nazi Germany and in China. Irish_Dem Sunday #13
G-ICE-Stapo....... lastlib Sunday #24
100% bluestarone Sunday #20
In Chicago, the cycling community is buying out all of the stock from tamale and other street vendors Snarkoleptic Sunday #3
and giving it away. mopinko Sunday #4
Good trouble indeed. Resistance can happen daily Iris Sunday #5
That is so great BonnieJW Sunday #19
This touched my heart - may others follow their lead. nt babylonsister Sunday #29
Don't know how yet but Prairie_Seagull Sunday #6
Reach out to your local immigrant/refugee orgs, and expect to be carefully vetted for this work, or asked to do less WhiskeyGrinder Sunday #7
Will do, my first thought was food banks or Prairie_Seagull Sunday #8
Me too Joinfortmill Sunday #12
At my grandson's school in Chicago, WestMichRad Sunday #9
We are being stained by fascism.. Joinfortmill Sunday #11
Message from Anne Frank, 1943 usonian Sunday #14
Perfect sign to carry bluestarone Sunday #21
My friend had a great one with this quote catchnrelease Sunday #22
Kick SheltieLover Sunday #15
I think trickle down snowybirdie Sunday #16
Good! Maybe tRUMP's own golf courses too, are suffering from this... SWBTATTReg Sunday #25
hell, you know those ones are safe... ret5hd Sunday #32
Sure but ND beat USC. BradBo Sunday #17
I hear these stories all the time. hay rick Sunday #18
Similar to the meme about Anne Frank, SidneyR Sunday #23
Maybe not just somewhere..... lastlib Sunday #26
Someday it will be all about "how did this happen?" Klarkashton Sunday #27
in my community Skittles Sunday #28
ICE was in my community Friday. Silver Swan Sunday #30
A Jewish friend oberle Sunday #31
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Irish_Dem

(76,579 posts)
13. Yes like in Nazi Germany and in China.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:47 AM
Sunday

When there was the One Child Policy in China. friends, family, neighbors ratted out pregnant women. They got better jobs and apartments for it.

Pregnant women were fined, and given forced abortions.

Snarkoleptic

(6,195 posts)
3. In Chicago, the cycling community is buying out all of the stock from tamale and other street vendors
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:17 AM
Sunday

so they don't have to risk being targeted by bounty hunters and ICE thugs.

BonnieJW

(3,042 posts)
19. That is so great
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 03:05 PM
Sunday

I would do that in a heartbeat, but there are no street vendors where I live.

WhiskeyGrinder

(25,882 posts)
7. Reach out to your local immigrant/refugee orgs, and expect to be carefully vetted for this work, or asked to do less
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:25 AM
Sunday

glamorous but just as important work.

WestMichRad

(2,732 posts)
9. At my grandson's school in Chicago,
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:36 AM
Sunday

white parents are escorting other parents’ Hispanic children to and from the school so that those kids’ parents don’t have to risk exposure in public. ICE is in the neighborhood, so their fears are real.
Appalling!

Joinfortmill

(19,269 posts)
11. We are being stained by fascism..
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:39 AM
Sunday

Whoever voted for this monster can drop dead.. or join the RESISTANCE damn quick. I do know some folks are regretting their vote, the question is can they be trusted?

usonian

(21,791 posts)
14. Message from Anne Frank, 1943
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:50 AM
Sunday


Share the fascist playbook.
It's not a book.
IT'S A CHECKLIST.

Honor her memory by stopping fascism in its tracks.

10 Small Steps: Executing the Fascist Playbook
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/10-small-steps-executing-the-fascist-playbook_b_585dfec2e4b04d7df167cfab

The Fascists’ Playbook
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/08/the-fascists-playbook/

catchnrelease

(2,107 posts)
22. My friend had a great one with this quote
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 03:40 PM
Sunday

She found the quote by Anne with a (I think it's AI generated) picture of a child being pulled from his home/family. Downloaded it and had it blown up to 24x36. I helped her mount it on foam board and attach to a stick. We took turns holding it at our local (Lakewood CA) protest yesterday. It had many complements and photos taken. There's one on FB, but I don't know how to get it posted here. I tried using the link thing but no luck. But it was pretty appropriate I think.

snowybirdie

(6,409 posts)
16. I think trickle down
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:28 AM
Sunday

may finally be working! Just heard from a friend that folks in a nearby luxurious golfing community in Naples are griping their clubhouse restaurant won't open now for "Season" because the workers are having visa problems and aren't available to work. Oh dear, they'll have to cook dinner themselves!!!

hay rick

(9,130 posts)
18. I hear these stories all the time.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 11:07 AM
Sunday

It's not just food. It's families afraid to seek medical care and kids not going to school.

SidneyR

(192 posts)
23. Similar to the meme about Anne Frank,
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 03:47 PM
Sunday

is the equally poignant post I saw that said, "somewhere in America there's an Hispanic girl hiding in an attic writing a diary." Gave me a chill.

lastlib

(26,917 posts)
26. Maybe not just somewhere.....
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 04:15 PM
Sunday

Possibly ALL OVER what used to be America (I'm not sure what it is now......)

Silver Swan

(1,117 posts)
30. ICE was in my community Friday.
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 09:58 PM
Sunday

They took a grocery store employee two blocks away, and others from their homes, and business parking lots.
On a community Facebook page, people were warned to stay inside. Others were offering to pick children up from school, and to pick up grocery orders. Many businesses closed to avoid problems. It was disturbing,
I am 79 years old and my spouse is 74, but we were at the protests on Saturday. I don't know what else to do.

oberle

(219 posts)
31. A Jewish friend
Sun Oct 19, 2025, 10:22 PM
Sunday

and some of her friends watch a Spanish language church in DC on Sundays for ICE. They run in and warn the congregants when ICE is nearby. That is something that can be done to help out.

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