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"White genocide" is a racist trope that says white people are the object of a systematic genocide through non-white #immigration & multiculturalism.
It's a false belief promoted by white nationalists. wapo.st/2P9Qg4O
It's a false belief promoted by white nationalists. wapo.st/2P9Qg4O
The myth of "white genocide" is a white nationalist conspiracy theory that ignores South Africa's complicated and painful history of apartheid. splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018…
In August, Pres. Trump promoted the myth of "white genocide" in South Africa.
The #WhiteSupremacist Republican Journalist — Mr. James Newcomb
“There is but one way open to Republican success, and that is that the WHITE Republican come forward and take charge of party management.”
The Galveston Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 24, 1884
#lilywhiteconservatives
“There is but one way open to Republican success, and that is that the WHITE Republican come forward and take charge of party management.”
The Galveston Daily News, Thursday, Oct. 24, 1884
#lilywhiteconservatives
“For over twenty years the south has been in political turmoil growing out of the Negro question, and if anything we are further from a satisfactory solution than in 1865.”
“The Negro troubles are resulting in the great masses of colored people shutting out white #immigration. There is but one way open to Republican success, and that is that the white republican come forward and take charge of party management.”
— James P. Newcomb
— James P. Newcomb
Going to do a little live tweeting of today's #HSGAC hearing on the Flores Settlement which the administration and @RonJohnsonWI are looking to overturn so they can get the asylum system and hold children indefinitely in detention
@RonJohnsonWI @immcouncil and @AILANational have a statement for today's hearing which you can see here americanimmigrationcouncil.org/content/statem…
Currently @RonJohnsonWI is doing all he can to say why he thinks the Flores settlement is bad and how he thinks it incentivizes #immigration. He is doing a great job showing he doesnt know what he is talking about. Migrants do not know about the TVPRA or Flores...
@TuckerCarlson Looking at #nature we see diversity as not only a strength but a necessity for survival. When it comes to humans, however, we don't look at how much cooperation there is in nature which helps diversity thrive. Instead we limit diversity of thought which can stagnate minds...
@TuckerCarlson ...so we don't grow and thrive as well as we could. A crow doesn't ask an elk to be something it isn't. An elk doesn't ask a wolf to be different either. There are many lessons in #nature from which we can learn about being better humans.
@TuckerCarlson When it comes to #immigration few look at why America has done it better than most other countries, because we used to take assimilation into account more than just doing a body count. A common language helps a great deal in assimilating immigrants, yet we resist this today.
Many people think that “illegal immigrants” are the scourge of this country, and are a very hot topic in the political world. Let’s dispel any myths and misunderstandings on this subject once and for all.
#Immigration #ImmigrationReform
Read, RT, LEARN! 😁🧠
#Immigration #ImmigrationReform
Read, RT, LEARN! 😁🧠
The first item I’d like to point out, is that a better term we should use would be undocumented immigrant. “Illegal alien” creates and perpetuates the stigma that these people are inherently bad, or criminal. The reality is that they are just seeking a better life.
Probably the biggest misunderstanding is that everyone should simply just immigrate legally, when in reality there’s nothing simple about it. There are very specific and restrictive criteria one must meet in order to immigrate to the U.S. legally.
1/ THREAD: What doesn’t appear on #Hamilton68 is often as interesting as what does. Today, near silence on the Manafort verdict. Instead, the focus is largely on using the Mollie Tibbetts murder to spread divisive content on #immigration. This follows a familiar pattern.
2/ On Dec 1, 2017, accounts monitored on #Hamilton68 pounced on the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Kate Steinle, who was shot and killed by an undocumented immigrant in San Francisco.
3/ The dashboard’s findings on December 1, 2017 mirror data collected by Clemson Univ. researchers, who recently published more than 3 million tweets from IRA troll accounts.
github.com/fivethirtyeigh…
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Here’s the official statement by the Attorney General of #Dubai, regarding the case involving a Swedish national with her daughter at Dubai International Airport @DubaiAirports
tinyurl.com/ya333p9m via @DXBMediaOffice
tinyurl.com/ya333p9m via @DXBMediaOffice
Here is the full story by @TheNationalUAE Ellie #Holman, 44, arrived in #Dubai on an @Emirates flight from #London Gatwick on July 13 but immigration desk officials found her #Swedish passport expired on June 10. news.ae/2nC3T0x
You can’t make this s**t up @SenWarren @SenatorCarper @SenWhitehouse @SenBlumenthal are demanding an investigation from the Department of Defense IG into who’s toured Air Force One. These people are insane, what a horrific waste of resources. #VOTEDEMSOUT
WHAT do you think giving tours to campaign donors was for? You are a further embarrassment to the VA Committee Blumenthal the @DeptofDefense has better sh*t to do like defend the Country.
The whole damn world has had a tour of Air Force One?! THIS is what you worry about? OMG. ENOUGH.
As we wait for the @senjudiciary hearing to get started, see @immcouncil full statement for today's hearing on the Trump administration's separation of families →
@senjudiciary @immcouncil And we are underway with @ChuckGrassley making his opening statement, calls the family separations an "unintended consequence" of the "zero tolerenace" policy. Wow. That is just not true. Sessions when he announced the policy stated unapologetically that separations WOULD happen
.@ChuckGrassley says he is "disturbed" by the allegations that ICE officers coerced parents into signing away rights they did not understand, see more on this here
Today More in Common is releasing a groundbreaking study of #Italy's attitudes towards #populism, national identity and #immigration, undertaken with @IpsosItalia. Some surprising findings: Italians are pro-migrant and anti-immigration. Here's my key takeouts: /1
We found 7 population segments in Italy: 27% with 'open' values, 24% with 'closed' values, and 48% in one of the 'middle' groups. Similar to other countries - but with more segments and more diversity of opinion in every group moreincommon.com/italy-report1 /2
Italy's populist wave is driven more by a rejection of political elites than by migration. 73% say traditional politicians don't care about people like them. Only 18% think globalisation has been good for Italy. 57% agree Italy needs a strong leader willing to break the rules /3
1. Kansas City Area Laboratory Owner Convicted of Illegally Storing Radioactive Waste.
Beta Chem Laboratory has been mishandling and improperly disposing of radioactive waste for years.
#BetaChem #radiation #radioactivewaste #EPA #carbon14
justice.gov/opa/pr/kansas-…
Beta Chem Laboratory has been mishandling and improperly disposing of radioactive waste for years.
#BetaChem #radiation #radioactivewaste #EPA #carbon14
justice.gov/opa/pr/kansas-…
2. Guatemalan Man Admits Robbing and Threatening Happy State Bank Employee with a Pipe Bomb
#HappyStateBank 😃
justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/g…
#HappyStateBank 😃
justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/g…
1/Wonky but important. Yesterday @USCIS released a policy memo which, in effect, appears to target individuals, families & employers applying for #immigration benefits, including citizenship, green cards & visa petitions uscis.gov/sites/default/…
@USCIS 2/Buried on Page 6 is a section entitled "Denials Based on Lack of Sufficient Initial Evidence". There the memo highlights 2 types of cases that can be denied without giving the applicant a chance to submit more evidence...
@USCIS 3/First, Waiver Applications: Most such apps are based on a showing of "extreme hardship" to a US spouse, parent or child if the applicant is deported fr or not permitted to be in the US.
Headed up over the US/Mexico border with @CBP elite group of air agents who assist in apprehensions from the sky - so far this year air/marine agents have apprehended 13k undocumented immigrants @MSNBC @NBCLatino
One of dozens of helicopters used by @CBP to patrol the Rio Grande sector - the most heavily trafficked area for illegal immigrants (second most heavily trafficked area for drugs) #immigration @MSNBC @NBCLatino
Pilot says scouts from drug cartels and smugglers sit in this parking lot overlooking the air strip to inform his counterparts when @CBP aircraft is taking off and monitoring the area
Rant time.
Hey #Brexit people, or those who don't like #immigration, those who think that immigrants are #TakingOurJobs, I have words for you;
They're not. Those jobs were never going to be yours anyway.
Really want to know why they get all the great jobs and you don't?
#FBPE
Hey #Brexit people, or those who don't like #immigration, those who think that immigrants are #TakingOurJobs, I have words for you;
They're not. Those jobs were never going to be yours anyway.
Really want to know why they get all the great jobs and you don't?
#FBPE
Immigrants have guts. We're talking about people who pack up their lives and head to a completely new country. People who, the moment they step off the plane, know they have every pillar of security, whether welfare or mum's couch, knocked out from under them.
Immigrants have confidence. They know that, wherever they're going, they'll do well for themselves. Whatever job they're going to, they're going to knock it out of the park, whatever it might be. Because to an immigrant, their skill and ability is their security.
1) 💥BOMBSHELL: What was Barack Obama’s "The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”, which established the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Program, all about? $$$ & Immigration. Pay attention...
#ChildTrafficking #Immigration
hhs.gov/sites/default/…
#ChildTrafficking #Immigration
hhs.gov/sites/default/…
2) So Obama created this stimulus package for physicians to buy this technology and make all health records electronic. But why? There was a big push for this. In fact, prominent venture capitalists jumped at this opportunity. #Immigration #SaveTheChildren #ChildTrafficking
3) In its economic recovery package, the Obama administration plans to spend $19 billion to accelerate the use of computerized medical records in doctors’ offices. #Immigration #ChildTrafficking #LockThemUp
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Follow -up from my tweet to @guyverhofstadt & for all the 'doubters'
"Home Office faces legal challenge over UK child citizenship fees" buff.ly/2lUxjpt
#fbpe #citizenship #stopbrexit #immigration #children
"Home Office faces legal challenge over UK child citizenship fees" buff.ly/2lUxjpt
#fbpe #citizenship #stopbrexit #immigration #children
These are not, as someone has complained: 'immigrats'flooding in, taking our benefits and driving down wages (sic). They work hard, have NEVER claimed a penny (tho lots of UK families in their street do...). They don't want to go home coz of the Hungarian Govt.
when you hear @sajidjavid going on about a 'compliant' attitude, etc, remember this. I am a pensioner, I earn little from my writing, but I BELIEVE children deserve to live in families. Not in cages. Not in deportation units.
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July 4th, 2018.
MEGA-THREAD.
There are three points in history that absolutely nothing to do with each other,..
Pickett’s Charge of 1863
Obama of 2008
Ocasio #NY14 of 2018
...and everything to do with each other
July 4th, 2018.
MEGA-THREAD.
There are three points in history that absolutely nothing to do with each other,..
Pickett’s Charge of 1863
Obama of 2008
Ocasio #NY14 of 2018
...and everything to do with each other
2/
General Lee was brilliant….
but did you know his #2 guy George Pickett was a no-kidding genius?
What he was to Calvary, Patton was to Tanks.
And like Patton….Pickett finished Dead Last in his class at West Point.
Always getting into trouble.
👇
scienceviews.com/parks/pickett.…
General Lee was brilliant….
but did you know his #2 guy George Pickett was a no-kidding genius?
What he was to Calvary, Patton was to Tanks.
And like Patton….Pickett finished Dead Last in his class at West Point.
Always getting into trouble.
👇
scienceviews.com/parks/pickett.…
3/
At West Point, Pickett was a loser
Too much of a party guy and always getting into trouble.
But when he got into the field
and away from prying eyes of Captains and Generals, he was AMAZING.
Army was smart enough at least to send Pickett out West.
👇
thoughtco.com/picketts-charg…
At West Point, Pickett was a loser
Too much of a party guy and always getting into trouble.
But when he got into the field
and away from prying eyes of Captains and Generals, he was AMAZING.
Army was smart enough at least to send Pickett out West.
👇
thoughtco.com/picketts-charg…
Yes, I’m an angry #Democrat.
We’re not a reasonable party anymore. We’ve exhausted ourselves with conspiracies & outrage while ignoring facts & careful analysis.
Then we have the audacity to complain about the fatigue of it all.
Let’s review the party’s madness. (1/11)
We’re not a reasonable party anymore. We’ve exhausted ourselves with conspiracies & outrage while ignoring facts & careful analysis.
Then we have the audacity to complain about the fatigue of it all.
Let’s review the party’s madness. (1/11)
Since our #2016Election loss, we have flopped in every direction to find an excuse for our failure.
Blame the 63M deplorable Trump voters.
Blame the #ElectoralCollege.
Blame Comey.
Blame the Russians.
No. Stop it. Blame Clinton, the DNC, & her primary voters. They suck.
Blame the 63M deplorable Trump voters.
Blame the #ElectoralCollege.
Blame Comey.
Blame the Russians.
No. Stop it. Blame Clinton, the DNC, & her primary voters. They suck.
About those #Russians.
We have assured ourselves that Trump is a Russian traitor. We’ve held up the #SteeleDossier as proof.
Nevermind that CIA Director Brennan gave it “no particular credence.”
Rather than let Mueller find the facts, we’ve already executed POTUS for treason.
We have assured ourselves that Trump is a Russian traitor. We’ve held up the #SteeleDossier as proof.
Nevermind that CIA Director Brennan gave it “no particular credence.”
Rather than let Mueller find the facts, we’ve already executed POTUS for treason.
"The 25 points of the NSDAP Program were composed by Adolf Hitler and Anton Drexler. They were publically presented on 24 February 1920 "to a crowd of almost 2K and every single point was accepted amid jubilant approval." (Mein Kampf, Volume II, Chapter I)
"Hitler explained their purpose in the fifth chapter of the second volume of Mein Kampf: hitler.org/writings/progr… …
"THE COMMON INTEREST BEFORE SELF-INTEREST - THAT IS THE SPIRIT OF THE PROGRAM. BREAKING OF THE THRALDOM OF INTEREST - THAT IS THE KERNEL OF #NATIONALSOCIALISM.
A beautiful woman who has sacrificed so much for this nation.
And yet I struggle to see how Jack or Bobby Kennedy would embrace immigration policies that didn’t insist on both compassion for illegals with a firm commitment to sending people home who broke our laws to get here.
And yet I struggle to see how Jack or Bobby Kennedy would embrace immigration policies that didn’t insist on both compassion for illegals with a firm commitment to sending people home who broke our laws to get here.
Still, I understand the outrage. #Trump is giving illegals two choices:
1) Give up asylum claim, get your kids back, be deported immediately.
2) Claim asylum, stay jailed for 1+ yr, won’t see your kids.
Hell of a choice. latimes.com/politics/la-na…
1) Give up asylum claim, get your kids back, be deported immediately.
2) Claim asylum, stay jailed for 1+ yr, won’t see your kids.
Hell of a choice. latimes.com/politics/la-na…
The stop gap solution of putting these families on military bases is an appropriate step, one that Obama took as well.
So let us provide food, shelter, and an expedited trip home.
Our #immigration laws have to mean something. thehill.com/policy/defense…
So let us provide food, shelter, and an expedited trip home.
Our #immigration laws have to mean something. thehill.com/policy/defense…
I have been digging around to try to better explain what the Flores Settlement is all about.
Yesterday I stumbled across something that stopped me in my tracks.
#FamiliesBelongTogether /1
Yesterday I stumbled across something that stopped me in my tracks.
#FamiliesBelongTogether /1
Jenny Lisette Flores, 15, fled civil war in El Salvador In 1985. When she was apprehended at the US-Mexico border she was held for months in an #immigration detention facility together with unrelated adults. /2
nbcnews.com/storyline/immi…
nbcnews.com/storyline/immi…
During litigation the government conceded that conditions were "deplorable." Kids were jailed together with unrelated adults in facilities ringed with barbed-wire. They had little to no education, recreation, or visitation. This lasted months or longer. /3 supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/…
This #thread is a bit wonky, so bear with me. It's important for people to understand that Trump's ugly vision of deportation without a judge or due process is not just another unhinged tweet. It’s part of the Trump plan & it could become reality tomorrow. Here’s why..
2/The #immigration law is already very harsh and provides for "expedited removal" through a unilateral decision made by a low level immigration officer without opportunity for the individual ordered deported to make his or her case before an immigration judge;
Happy #Pride
I was expelled from my all-girls high school for being a #lesbian & put in a mental hospital for #conversiontherapy.
I became an #LGBT activist to prevent that from happening to other girls like I was.
Yet conversion therapy is still legal.
I was expelled from my all-girls high school for being a #lesbian & put in a mental hospital for #conversiontherapy.
I became an #LGBT activist to prevent that from happening to other girls like I was.
Yet conversion therapy is still legal.
Happy #Pride
I memorialize every #lesbian who died hidden in the shadows because of #homophobia, who was forced into compulsory heterosexuality, who was made to live a lie. You deserved better. We honor you by making a safer world for lesbians today. Amen.
🏳️🌈🖤❤️💜💙💚🧡💛
I memorialize every #lesbian who died hidden in the shadows because of #homophobia, who was forced into compulsory heterosexuality, who was made to live a lie. You deserved better. We honor you by making a safer world for lesbians today. Amen.
🏳️🌈🖤❤️💜💙💚🧡💛
On #Pride I think of the #lesbian who became my mentor. She propelled me forward into lesbian #feminist writing. #AudreLorde opened a door for me I didn't know existed. I am so grateful she was in my life and left such a legacy for #lesbians.
lambdaliterary.org/features/oped/… …
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THREAD: Body Language & Emotional Intelligence - Analysis No. 4311: Jeff Sessions, "We never really intended to do that" • • #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert #Nonverbal #JeffSessions #DonaldTrump #SeparatingChildren #Immigration #EmotionalIntelligence
1/ Jeff Sessions recent behavior could get him expelled from the Methodist Church. On 18 June 2018, 640 senior clergies of the United Methodist Church clergy brought charges against the attorney general.
2/ Invoking paragraph 2702.3 of the United Methodist Book of Discipline, they charged Mr. Sessions with child abuse, immorality (including “the use of violence against children to deter immigration”), ...
