Friday 6/21
We can’t stop looking at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, inside the US concentration camps. These human tragedies will never be erased from America’s history books.
“A 2-year-old boy locked in detention wants to be held all the time. A few girls, ages 10 to 15, say they’ve been doing their best to feed and soothe the clingy toddler who was handed to them by a guard days ago. Lawyers warn that kids are taking care of kids, and there’s inadequate food, water and sanitation for the 250 infants, children and teens at the Border Patrol station.”
This administration went to court this week to argue that detained migrant children don’t need toothbrushes or soap and can sleep on concrete floors.
From Wednesday because we cannot stop calling and making noise about this:
Congress is currently debating funding for agencies. Call your members of Congress ant tell them to CUT funding for ICE & CBP and get rid of the ICE slush fund.
We Count! is an organization working to close the Homestead camp. Check them out and donate $$ if you can. http://we-count.org/
Check out this group that is bearing witness to what’s going on at the border:https://www.facebook.com/groups/339957239906299/
Jewish activists from Massachusetts went to Homestead this past weekend to protest these concentration camps. Read their blog here: https://jewishactivistsforimmigrationjustice.blog/
Here’s another blog about experiences from Texas: https://www.suitupmaine.org/annunciation-house-journal/
Maybe now would be a good time to have a secretary of defense? I don’t know what to feel when Trump’s most rational advisor is Vladimir Putin.
A senior administration official said that the operation was underway in its early stages when it was called off. Planes were in the air and ships were in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down.
“The swift reversal was a stark reminder of the serious risk of military conflict between U.S. and Iranian forces as the Trump administration combines a "maximum pressure" campaign of economic sanctions with a buildup of American forces in the region. As tensions mounted in recent weeks, there have been growing fears that either side could make a dire miscalculation that led to war.”
Next week would be a good week for Congress to vote on authorizing war. I feel like we are living on borrowed time.
Parade Season
As parade season gets started, our favorite elected officials will be marching. Why not volunteer to walk with them? This is a fun, easy way to support the legislators who do good work for us.
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