I hope we haven’t gotten an update because you’re about to bring him home. Otherwise can we get an update please?
I hope we haven’t gotten an update because you’re about to bring him home. Otherwise can we get an update please?
Fantastic news! I really thought he wasn't alive! My heart is still heavy because he's not back in the US but at least now there's hope 💙
mine too!! I was so sure, now it’s time to bring him home!!
He has been transferred out of the bad prison into a different one.
Same.
Agreed. I thought they had already done away with the poor man.
I didn’t think so cuz lots of publicity had been tracking attention and they don’t like attention especially with the US! They are ruthless but they know the hand that feeds them for now!
Yep and the good senator probably asked them if they really wanted to hitch their wagon with 78 year old felon. #trumpaintgonnabearoundforever
The 82nd Airborne will be. FAFO Bukele, FAFO.
Cuz too scared and alert in hopes that’s nobody backstabs him!
That’s for sure! That’s why he didn’t meet with the senator cuz didn’t want to hear the chatter! Those facist rulers don’t like to hear anyone’s opinions cuz they are scared they get mad and all shit will hit the fan! They want to remain comfortable in their throne! They are mere men that stay alone
Same. I was sure he’d been gone weeks ago 💜
America thanks you!
Thank you 🙏🏼
Hero! Thank you so much, Senator! I'm so proud to call you my senator!
Hopefully this can be the catalyst for all the other senators and judges to stand up to unlawful tRump
Don't leave without him!
I agree. Bring him home!
Amazing. A rare light amongst so much darkness. This is what everyone wants from their elected officials.
Use the skills that got you that far to bring him home with you, please.
Thank you for taking direct action to make some kind of difference.
It shows you how corrupt the trump administration is when the Supreme Court votes 9-0 that Kilmar shouldn’t be there and yet still a state Senator is not allowed to abide by a federal judge’s orders to bring him home. Thank you Senator for confronting the 🍊🤡.
Thank you Senator Van Hollen, we need people like you!
What’s he done? The poor guy is still there
Well he has confirmed he is still alive, until this, we didn't know if he had been killed by the state. Don't you think that makes a difference? Or were you expecting a fucking prison break?🙄🙄🙄🙄
Provided priceless reassurance to his wife & children. If this were your loved one, wouldn’t that have value?
We know he’s alive. He know we want him out. That’s actually a lot
What did he do? He showed very worried wife and mother that Kilmar is still alive. There is hope. And Senator showed courage. Now where's a Republican? Hiding in the crypt for cowards.
He's confirmed that he is alive. He has given him hope that people have not forgotten about him. He has reassured the family. Try thinking a bit harder, eh.
Given the political climate, what he has done is a feat of diplomatic wizardry which should be documented and studied professionally.
It’s already been studied. It was being studied before it even took place. These governmental entities have power beyond what most people can imagine. It is truly remarkable what they have access to, and block us from knowing.
He at least got proof of life, which not a single person in the WH was worried about providing to the court. Some of us were thinking didn't exist. NOW, the courts need to actually do their job & hold the WH accountable. Van Hollen isn't responsible for any of it.
AND Kilmar now knows someone is fighting for him!!!
He got a a face to face with him even though neither government wanted it by literally shaming both governments on the world stage. He risked his life, because he did this with no official backing. All of this is impressive and a step in the right direction. What has anyone else done?
Glad he did this. Note that he is an official in our government
There was no doubt official backing. The public just know about it. All the shit that happens is just rigged. These government entities are VERY powerful.
Exactly, and the more pressure and the bigger the spotlight on this horrific situation the more public outrage. If it wasn't for this, we wouldn't even know if he was still alive...more importantly, his family wouldn't know. I'm thankful to my Senator for his bravery!
Plus now he knows his situation is not entirely hopeless, that people have taken notice of the injustice, and there might be a chance for him to complete the due process he was legally in the middle of before being unlawfully sent to a death prison. Just knowing this might save his life.
I've gotta say, politicians in Maryland are rock stars! Governor Moore is awesome, Jamie Raskin is king of the House and always brings the receipts, and now Senator Van Hollen, showing the rest of Congress what can be accomplished if you just get up off your ass and try!
I agree! Being a proud Marylander, I am very grateful to be represented by those hard-working patriots. We need more brave souls like these people to step up, speak up, and fight for our democracy!
Our newly elected Senator Alsobrooks is also a rising star and will be one more point of light to show off my state of Maryland. The Free State will be at the front with others taking back our government from Cheeto Benito.
Absolutely! Sen. Alsobrooks hit the ground running and she'll no doubt go the distance for our country. (Love the "Cheeto Benito" nickname. Reminds me of what nick I sometimes use for him...Cheetolini.)
I called Sen. Alsobrooks, Sen. Van Hollen, and Rep. Delaney yesterday to thank them for standing up for what's right. I left messages for two, but spoke with a staffer for Alsobrooks and ended up crying. Wasn't expecting that, but wasn't expecting concentration camps, no due process either. 😞
Wow. He's done more than most Senators have for anyone. He's teaching people to do the right thing!
👏👏👏👏👏👏
Wow thank you sir
If Democrats ever get power again they should not send a penny to El Salvador as they send billions in aid now The United States provides foreign aid to El Salvador. This aid includes humanitarian assistance, development assistance, and military aid in the billions
Regime change.
NO. No no no. The people of El Salvador are not at fault. The President of El Salvador (& of course far more so Trump) is at fault. What Democrats should do if they ever again have power is finally try Trump for his crimes & they should also invade El Salvador & depose Bukele for his.
America has done far too many coup in foreign lands. To repeat that again, in El Salvador. Mr. Garcia should be in the U.S. Embassy, or already home with his family. Upon Hollen also leaving El Salvador.
Your 1st sentence contradicts your second. You want Garcia to be freed? You better make damn sure that there will be consequences for Bukele if he isn't. Right now, only Trump can make that claim -he will reward Bukele for imprisoning him & punish him if he releases him. Don't be too weak to do good
first sentence was implying that America shouldn’t be the country imposing consequences for Bukele. Especially not consequences upon other innocents within El Salvador. cheatolienni won’t make such a claim. What other perception is there, of that WH visit: youtu.be/591WXXjpgMQ?...
Haha, you think that Trump isn't the one making this decision for Bukele? RIght...
Sen. Hollen went to El Salvador; communicated, w/ individuals at the U. S. Embassy, & their vice president Félix Ulloa. Just to gain communication w/ Mr. Garcia. @no2sin.bsky.social thinks this is only a decision that cheatolienni could conjure. Meanwhile regime47 cabinet have been accomplishing?
It's very hard to follow your meme speak, but yes, the decision not to return Garcia to the U.S. is 100% Trump's decision. This is obvious to anyone with an iq above say 50 who pays the slightest attention to the news.
well that is unfortunate.
I dream of that every day
Haven’t the US invaded enough countries already?
No, we need at least one more. And probably counting as Trump gets more support for his crimes from more a-holes.
Is the Abu Graib prison still standing? That would be a nice place for Trump, his cronies and all politicians that support him. The ones that don't fight him can do easy time at Guantanamo Bay.
This guy won’t be doing much but eating pudding and watching reruns anyway, wouldn’t be worth the plane ticket.
Republicans really love white men who speak at a fourth grade level.
For many R-voters that is 'higher education'.
bsky.app/profile/reic...
Take MTG and Boebert there and give the lot to the prisoners.
Don't be sexist or joke about having people raped.
Perhaps it wasn't a joke!
Fuck off you worthless piece of shit.
If her passport was also stolen, as reported, how can she prove she’s a citizen? I don’t remember her being born here. Off to El Salvador!
Proof they broke the law. Arrest her!
Put her in the cell with the prisoners.
ICE Barbie! 😡
put trump in jail yes but leave other countries to sort their own shit out - USA has been invading countries for decades and all it does is fuck them up even worse
1.) That's obviously not true, we invaded the shit out of Europe and left it way better off - and South Korea ended up way the fuck better than North Korea. 2.) I don't give a shit anyway. Scorched earth on anyone who enables Trump & his crimes. Consequences be damned - that is essential.
Well said. And where is intelligence? They been laid off too?
I don’t think they should do anything to Trump. They should prosecute every single person around him though. Stephen Miller, and all the other sycophantic dweebs that surround him. Then go after all the tech billionaires, they have committed treason by aiding and abetting threats to democracy
What is your theory here? That the very worst people who commit the largest crimes should get off scott free?
The Supreme Court ruled the president is untouchable for “official acts” They didn’t rule anything about advisors, cabinet secretaries, or any other official within the executive branch. Surgically remove the organs of the “movement”
All of them are pardonable.
You can stop sending your pennies there right now. There’s plenty of info out now. Mostly though just read labels
And that was $139 Million before DOGE killed USAID!
Autocrat meets with Autocrat a few days ago. It's sinful!
Waste of money .
This is incredible news. I had my doubts. Not only that he was alive, but that they would allow you to see him. So happy to have been wrong about that. Great job, Senator. Great job.
It’s very possible someone informed the El Salvador dictator that Congress are the ones in our country who actually have the power to declare war.
And send him $$$
More like the Trump admin quietly approved behind the scenes Or because they don’t want to anger a potential Democrat President in the future
I'm so relieved, I was so scared the senator would be captured or Garcia was dead...
He’s a brave dude
Me too.
Me three. Breathing a sigh of relief. Funny how someone you don’t even know can affect you so deeply.
Same here, but now we need to work to get not only him back, but all the others that were innocent and yet sent to that concentration camp of hell
If anything, I thought the senator might be held in the concentration camp
Now bring him home!
I'm relieved that he's okay. Thank you for doing something.
I honestly didn't think he would still be alive. Grateful
Bring him home.
Well I've never been so glad to be wrong I thought for sure he was dead.
👆👆👆👆👆
I’ve been so worried about that too. Happy to be wrong.
I know! I am so glad to be wrong this time myself!
I genuinely thought he was dead. I’m so happy to be wrong. So happy for his family. I hope Van Hollen got some info on the other men as well.
Good work, Senator.
Go CHIEFS!!! Bring him back!!!
Thank you Senator!
This is how you do your job. He's doing more than anyone.
Exactly!! He has gone to El Salvador to try and get Garcia released. At least he saw him. That’s a start.
The "President" and regime are weak and this proves it.
The President is mentally unhinged and needs to be impeached.
Yes ma'am
And his cronies voted out
I can't fucking believe he hasn't been yet.
Repubs have control of both houses.
We'll keep whacking on them until they wake up--they're losing!
Ugh congress infested with invertibrates.
He has been. Twice.
Yeah but it keeps sliding off his grease.
It’s not the impeachment that counts; it’s the conviction in the Senate.
He is, and evil. But what about the other spineless pieces of 💩that put their own career and delusions of power ahead of their country and fellow Americans? They’re worse IMO. And Karma will catch up with them eventually.
Thank you...thank you...thank you...
May you stay vested in Our Lords power of light through this darkness. My prayers for you and your family. I see Palestine and I see true men, I see you and I think the same.
Is this legit? Proof of life?
Thank you for doing this! The only thing that makes evil win is for good men to do nothing. Well you as a good man has done something!!
Well said!!👏🏽🙌🏾💕
I mean this as an honest question, because it's been haunting me since January, but what are the average "good men" supposed to do? I want to fight, but I got to go to work. I want to donate, but I need groceries. I want to speak out, but I'm shouting at a void. I just don't know what to do.
If you can, show up to protests, if you see something wrong speak out. If you see a neighbor that is afraid, help them. It takes a moment in our life to be kind.
We all feel this way, @wyorogue.bsky.social. I know I do. I keep going back to the idea that we can’t all do great things (such as this one) but small things with great love. Let’s keep speaking out and showing up where we can.
Write to all the senators and representatives, or call them.
Mine literally doesn’t care. Doesn’t respond. Doesn’t hold town halls. Nothing. 😢
I got a reply from my representative in Ohio. He has this obvious run of the mill response sounded like it was made by ai.
Then look up moderate Senators and House members and call them! Their votes affect ALL Americans. If you don’t want to speak to someone you can call after hours and leave a message. Tell them we are OUTRAGED! We only need 4+ to join the side of decency! (Start with Collins, Murkowski, etc.)
Then make sure you care and your state cares by responding with a NO THANK YOU. We will be good without you at the next election.
One of my senators is Jim Jordan. We all know how he rolls.
Contact the DNC, @aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov and others to hold empty-chair town halls, if your reps are to chicken shit to show up
State capitals tomorrow, if you can't make it there, grab a sign and stand wherever you'll be seen.
Keep speaking out. We have to speak out. Defeat and hopelessness allow authoritarianism to take a strong hold and flourish. Never, ever, ever give up. Join organizations who share your values. Go to work, buy groceries and join a group w/ like minded people and protest, volunteer. Etc.
Keep your family safe. Provide support where you can. Call the politicians. Fight when and how you can. They have made the revolution a rich man's game by design.
Stop supporting billionaires and cancel your Amazon account. Spending locally when possible is a step in the right direction. Look for small businesses owned by women and people of color.
*Place homemade "Stop Trump" stickers everywhere *Invert postage stamps *Call FCC & complain about maga media *Remove maga media from supermarket newsstands *Get involved in fox maga media surveys, distorts the numbers. Don’t give into the fear. Don’t give up hope. Don’t quit. Hold onto your joy.
Download the App Buycott Look for the "Goods Unite Us" app in both Apple and Android. Use your dollars to support the businesses that support you are your values. It has been an amazing tool in divesting from maga funding companies.
Go to town halls, ask officials what they are doing under state & local law. Resist. Stand with others. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. This isn’t a sprint, or a marathon, it’s a relay - find your team. Get out & vote blue in every level of elected office. Stay tethered to the truth.
Ordinary people have more power than they know. This is a pretty comprehensive guide on how people can stand up and resist this fascist regime. EVERYONE can do something - even if it seems small, so many people showing resistance is contagious. It matters. newrepublic.com/article/1931...
One way is to combat misinformation online. It may seem pointless if the other person is a troll, but unchallenged, those troll comments can sway public opinion. Trump and co are already spreading lies abt Abrego Garcia being a gang member and wife beater; show them evidence they’re lying.
If someone is extra hostile, ask them to say potato. If they refuse to say it, they're either a bot or everyone will think they're a bot. But I think that crowd may be extra offended to find a bot in their midst.
Using your voice and publicly acknowledging your dissent gives others the courage and freedom to do the same. Voting with your wallet is also a powerful tool. Boycott companies that do not align with your values. We may feel weak individually, but together our small actions makes us all stronger.
Help local. Find a local org, be it a soup kitchen, mutual aid, or even your public library, and help. A few hours each month is all it takes, and you’ll gain the connections and experience to see where you can do more. Every person you help matters.
We all feel this way. Do what you can. Take one day off to join a protest. Do things on weekends. Volunteer. Anything. We all have to feed our families. That’s the trap they’ve got us in. We all can’t do everything individually but united we can do everything.
join 50501 and help the resistance! we have a discord
Yes, idk where u r located, but if u can, join a local Indivisible group. U will find like-minded folks as yourself. There's a lot to do, just do 1 little thing. Join 50501; make phone calls during your lunch. U will feel better for it!
Letting your representatives and senators, especially if they're GOP, but also Dems, know how you feel is a good start. When the majority in Congress starts wavering, the end of the executive orders may be more likely.
Find this organization in your state, then find out when and where there are peaceful protests you can join. Every voice helps. thirdact.org/michigan/join/ I’m in Michigan.
Everybody can do something. 5calls.org
The big protests have been on Saturdays so far, and only last three hours. If you can only afford to donate $5, that's still more than $0. If you can't afford to donate $5, that's OK. You have to take care of your own needs before you can help others. Contacting your representative and senators
is free and only takes a couple minutes. If they're Republicans they'll probably ignore you, but the more constituents that contact them the more worried they get about losing votes.
I live in Wyoming. My representatives are the void I was talking about.
I brought bedding to recently arrived migrant families today. Small steps are still steps.
You do what you can. Join protests if you can, vote, take care of people within your reach.
Speaking up may mean more than you realize. You may not be thanked for it, but if one person hears you and is inspired, or less depressed because you reminded them people care, you made a difference. Keep being a good person.
Also, bear in mind, that "good men" thing is a quote, an aphorism - I mean it isn't necessarily true, it's a "truism". So don't feel bad, you have the will to be good and that's half the battle.
Part 1: Here is a link to a database of locations having peaceful marches. I participated in the Atlanta one. Extremely well organized with traffic blocked and police and fire employees on bikes with us the entire way. We walked 3.5 miles from a park to the GA Capitol. Bystanders cheered.
Part 2: At the Capitol many informative and passionate speakers talked for total of 45 minutes. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Thank you for posting this!👍💙
TBF, it's usually a phrase used in exasperation. It shifts their shame over inability to help onto some imaginary person. In reality, it makes no sense to throw ourselves into the wood chipper if it won't help. Be on the lookout for those moments that matter, big or small. Until then, breathe.
Call your reps to get impeachment going. Republican majorities are tiny. Don't be a bystander in your community. Be extra kind and supportive to those around you who may also be feeling the strain. We are in this together!
Speak out to your inner circle. You may need to start from a central POV argument for some...slowly push. Just speak out! Be kind! Is a kid being bullied? Cheer them up. Homeless guy needs food? Give him ten bucks. Outrageous civilian shouting racist slurs in a long line? Shout something good.
Write letters and make a lot of phone calls. There have been a lot of posts with phone numbers and email addresses out there.
Work in what you can affect, perhaps on a local level. It gets overwhelming quick when we take in everything with such little power individually…
Look into local protests, use your money to speak up for what you believe in by shopping local or at locations that don’t support the opposition and finally, take breaks to do something you enjoy that is not related to politics.
I suppose at some point there will be millions of people in the street. Or we will all learn to live in the fourth reich. Doesn’t seem like law applies anymore. If there is no enforcement of judge orders the orders are meaningless suggestions. And we have no society and no law
If you are off work on Sat you can participate in a peaceful demonstration. Write to your Sens and Congressperson.Take part in the economic boycott.
We are all in the same boat. 3 Things to do: pick 1 or all 3. 1) protesting/activism 2) contacting your representatives 3) boycott corps/businesses. You take time to comment on line use that time to call your reps. If you're silent, you're complicit.
Big protest movements are complex. They may need help with admin work you can do remotely. Good trouble: small acts of defiance are still acts of defiance. See DHS agents at a coffee shop? Take forever to order. On the road? Drive slow in front of them. Or report a suspected drunk driver.
Actually, anyone who sees DHS drive off with someone should immediately call local police to report a crime. Kidnapping. Human trafficking. Driving under the influence (of MAGA kool-aid). Illegal weapons. Migrant crime (crime against migrants /s ). Just get local LEOs involved.
If you know someone is a loud MAGA that's making it harder to get through to more moderate Republicans, annoy them into obscurity. Seed their yard with weed(s). Mail them glitter in official-looking envelopes. Train crows to dislike them. Cheap, messy pranks until that's all they talk about.
If we want to defeat fascism, we must reduce the number of people who support fascism. Do everything you can to convince trump supporters. Even if it feels futile. Dont hate them or argue with them. Empathize. Find common ground.
Excellent thread🧵 “FAFO” creates some Epic Internet Moments but it isn’t productive. It’s not fun or exciting or feel-good but we need to be extending olive branches to conservatives. Get them in the door with tariffs, then gently educate on social issues. It will take a coalition to defeat him.
Don’t waste your precious energy on die-hard Trump supporters-they are lost in that cult. For the more reasonable ones: just sprinkle seeds..never mention him by name, just focus on what he's doing in general terms like this.
When you say his name, it's like most of his voters think you're talking about them directly. It's one of his greatest tricks he's pulled on them. It will take a coalition to defeat him. You won't have to be best buddies with everybody in it, you just need to show up together in protest.
Exactly correct. Dont bother with literal nazis and dont directly attack their beliefs. Tell them about The Business Plot of 1933. Tell them about how FDR's New Deal saved us from the Great Depression. Tell them about Gilens & Page 2014. The truth is more interesting than the lies they know.
Understand that they have responded reasonably to the false reality they've been subjected to. They hate "enemies" they've been told are evil, but those enemies dont exist. They support changes they're told are doing good, but those changes are doing harm. They're not evil. They've been lied to.
They support evil men, they cheer on human suffering, they see others as inhuman due to their skin color or culture. If this isn’t the epitome of evil, I don’t know what is. They’re my enemies.
You are not immune to propaganda. I work in construction, the majority of my coworkers are conservatives. They have no idea about the evil shit going on, they just dont hear about it. Everything they hear about the administration is either positive or a faux criticism.
They believe that liberals and leftists are exactly as evil as you believe them to be. The ruling class needs us to hate each other. Ending the hate is as easy as going out to a conservative bar and talking about our shared struggles and our common enemy: the wealthy elite, private equity, etc.
Remember that one of the main reasons people voted for Trump is because they were led to believe he'd get "big money out of politics". Ive managed to deconvert over 30 conservatives so far. They dont support trump, they're no longer transphobic or racist (still insensitive, but not hateful).
They hate billionaires. Ive even convinced them to support Economic Democracy. Stop dehumanizing people. You are not superior to them. We are the same, we share the same struggles and want the same thing. We want security and fulfilment.
They've been told that they'll have both if they can only defeat "the enemies within", and they've been conditioned to reject common liberal talking points. Subvert their ideology by empathizing with them and unraveling the lies from their perspective. Treat them like humans.
Call your reps even if they are bad guys. 5calls.org Go to local events. www.mobilize.us www.fiftyfifty.one There are plenty of weekend events. Pick a group to get involved in that you care about. Give to the ACLU, or other org, or independent media, helping fight this fascist regime.
This!! It seems intimidating, but even I, a lowly turnip, did it the other day. It's okay to be afraid, but if we give in to fear they've won already.
I call Senators everyday about different topics. I write my three minute script and call.
Join the resistance. #50501 #indivisible #NoSmallAct #CitizensAction
I think we should keep our eyes open and watch for anything going down that we can get interrupt. I read a news story about neighbors that formed a human chain to keep ICE away until they gave up. If someone at your work says something racist/fascist, speak up. Be ready to stand up for colleagues.
Thank you for the encouragement, you're all so right. This is what I'll do in my little Wyoming town tomorrow. Rise up. Speak out. After that? Keep going.
You do what you can @wyorogue.bsky.social - there are likely marches timed when you can attend so maybe try that - there are likely local meetings you can attend so maybe try that - you can write your congressional representatives - meet like minded people to discuss options. Good luck!
Thank you, Senator, for showing what fighting for democracy looks like.
so he's wearing a hat because they shaved his head and they gave him some clothes to wear so everything looks normal, but it's not
They covered bruising on his face with makeup and forced him not to tell them he’s being abused I’m so scared for him and everyone else. Please bring them back!!
And a short sleeve shirt to show the tat
First thought was they cleaned him up to try and hide the abuse.
How stupid do they think we are. Plus, I noticed his hands are not visible, under the table and possibly because he is still shackled.
I think we know. I know. But I’m still going to rejoice that he is alive because I truly thought he wasn’t and I am going to acknowledge and celebrate the Senator’s action. There are so many reasons to be afraid and cynical. I’m taking the juice.
Even though we only see half of his face, and I don’t know him, he looks fearful.
No one thought that wouldn't be the case. The fact they were forced to do it. They want to keep their money.
Yep; and the fact that they felt obligated to do it just reinforces the power of speaking out and making demands. It could lead to the end goal of actual due process for each and every person sent there without it.
No, it's not, but considering how likely they were to have just said "oops! He fell onto some bullets that were lying around, so sorry, now there's no witnesses" this is good news...
Sorry to be negative & untrusting of our prison-host, BUT- does this appearance make it more likely that Garcia WILL be "disappeared" when the Senator leaves? If he can be pulled out of the general prison population, why can't he just go home with the Senator?
exactly, other members of the administration have been there as well as other members of Congress, so why cant' they take him home
Because they're complicit
Yes, but he's alive, walking and talking! I expected worse.
I did as well. It is still not over.
I’m celebrating the fact that at least we have a senator who is trying to do the right thing.
AND if it were that simple (as far as we know) for the senator to see him, it is that simple to bring him home - just accompany the senator back home. It all depends on verbal orders from Trump. He had him imprisoned there; he has the power to have him released.
There’s an exhibit at the air force museum where I live, that shows the clothes the media would provide hostages to make the ppl believe they were being treated humanely. And on the back were what they were actually forced to wear. It shows the contrast of media portrayal versus reality.
Nothing about that shirt is normal....
I tried to comment this exact thing on a ut video and it got scrubbed (shocking). Where are they? If Garcia supposedly can’t get “out” and the senator can’t get “in” where are they? Sure looks like they could have left. I haven’t heard the senator say any real details on the meeting. 🤔
I'm sure you say the press conference he gave yesterday
Yes I did finally and it was funny how easily we could see how set up it all was.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjF6kUmY/
My questions are now, like so many of you have pointed out: what happens now? Is he free to go? Is this just a surface level photo op? What about the others that were taken? Definitely a good step but a marathon ahead
They want to make sure that he's well cared for so us Americans don't think the worst of them
You posted what I was thinking!
Exactly! It’s a show. I’m glad the Senator was able to see him but, the fake, phony pretense that he’s ok and all is well is ridiculous.
there's no fake or phony pretense that he's OK, that's what the regime wants you to think and don't let them
I am so creeped out by this photo. What the hell is going on? Where did these clothes come from? Who picked them out? I am grateful he is alive and able to meet with Senator Van Hollen.
Yep. Like the off-brand cap w/ the Chiefs log. Just odd.
It is. The Senator looks so sad, and Garcia looks like he just can't believe what he's hearing. Three water glasses, a water bottle. No coffee in the cups. Table is clean. This was quick.
I’m very confused by the picture. Is he out?
Right?! And have there been any updates since? The goal should be to bring him home. Not just photo ops!
We all see these attempts to fix him up for the cameras, right? They’re trying to hide their brutality.
And trying to make it appear they're drinking margaritas 🤦♀️
Real-life Hunger Games. F*cking hell.
But, no one's going to win.
No one really wins in hunger games either except the capital. The “winners” are scarred for life because they had to kill others to survive.
Oh, I hadn't thought of that aspect. It's been a while since I watched and read them. I wonder when rump will get the idea?
Please don’t speak this into reality.
When he's standing in Coin's position, thinking he's won hands-down, and that proverbial arrow comes for his head, he'll learn.
Or poisoned and beat to death like Snow.
...I don't normally call for violence, but, like...I wouldn't be mad.
I think that’s where most of us are.
The American governmental entities always win, if if they pretend they have lost. It’s all part of the charade. They always win. The game is rigged.
First thing that caught my eye. The setting, the costuming. This is all so staged and manipulated to try and hide what they are doing. But of course they can't hide it, because we see the celebratory photos of the real thing every time a Republican goes down to gloat.
The lines on that beard totally gave it away. Even if they weren't abusing prisoners there, they absolutely would not be hooking them up with that line work.
For a split second, when I saw the photo, I had the insane thought that maybe it wasn't really him, and they used a body double. That it was a "proof of life" fake out. But my cynicism has been dealt a blow because apparently the Senator met the real guy — a little bruised perhaps. 🤔
Agree but I'm so relieved to see he's alive!
Yup. And gave him a "handler." Lukely so he doesn't say anything he's not supposed to. I'm sure Van Hollen understands. We all see it.
I’m pretty sure Van Hollen knows that.
By saying he will tell us more when he gets back to the US, Van Hollen says: cannot speak now
Neither could Kilmer. But at least his wife knows he is still alive, and the asshole in the White House, knows we aren’t just twiddling around.
Any Dem who doesn't take similar actions to fight this regime should expect to be primaried. If you sit idly by, you are a traitor.
ohhhh methinks we can do better than that... change is coming. ;)
Thank you, most honorable Senator Van Hollen for standing up for what is right and demanding justice! We’re with you!
Thank you Senator 💙💙💙
That sure was a pretty picture. All American baseball hat and a nice cozy social setting. Make no mistake, I’m glad you went. But this photo is propaganda.
You are missing the point, aren't you?
Propaganda is misleading or biased information. This photograph depicts a US Senator defying a tyrant. It took bravery for Van Hollen to travel to El Salvador and pose for this photo, especially since Trump (on April 14) began endorsing a plan to send "Homegrowns" to these prisons.
Yes, that first sentence. You almost get it. ✌🏻💙✌🏻
I'd say the propaganda was all from CECOT so that Bukele and his papaw Trump can claim the prisoners are humanely treated. The ball cap is to disguise the shaved head.
This is a noble political act.
I'm sure the world's coolest dictator is smart enough to know that the US is still a nation of laws. He had better be cool enough to return this man. Trump will not be a dictator. The next administration will not be so friendly to evil.
He's also considering the long game. He wants cash per prisoner, not World Court indictments. I'm willing to bet his freedom to travel has already been curtailed by his Concentration Camp video schtick & joking Oval Office performance
Being the coolest dictator is like being the cleanest toilet.
This is what we need from democrats
Van Hollen has been fighting dRump for months.. Very aggressive.. Tooooooo few people giving a good amount of dems credit they deserve
It’s what we need from every elected official really. Decency, Humanity, a commitment to Democracy, and upholding the Rule of Law. It’s just only EXPECTED from Democrats.
Dems have limited things they can do... Many have been fighting in various ways.. I have pushed for more but also thanked those who do have stepped up..
Wow! Amazing! Huge kudos to you. Major act of leadership and responsibility for a constituent. Plus compassion. It must have been a huge uplift for him. Looks like he is dressed in street clothes. Was that for the occasion?
Senator you have given me some hope for the evening. I look forward to hearing more. Your colleagues need to do better.
He was on Rachel Maddow's show last night from El Salvador
Great work. Now let's get them all back.
Thank you !!!!!!!!!!! May your leadership guide others so that Trump's illegal actions are stopped.
why not bring him back with you????
He would if they let him.
why would that matter? he should say "I am here on behalf of the United States government to return this person to our shores, and I will not leave without him" what are they gonna do, jail the Senator? kill him? no, he would create a huge international incident and the death camp would get closed
Knowing El Salvador’s dictator, he very well might kill the Senator with impunity.
and that would end everything. that's the point. this is a tactic known as "forcing someone's hand". the Senator would be forcing a response, either capitulation or escalation.
depends on how psycho Bukele actually is. dude is a dictator.
yeah but, if he killed or jailed a Senator, the people of the US would care a lot more than they do about the people in the Death Camp right now
Maybe. I think there are a fair number of Americans who wouldn’t care because he’s a Dem Senator. But it might light a fire under the rest of Congress.
it's very important to remember that we are not ruled by the population of the USA, we are ruled by 100 Senators, a few hundred Congresspeople, a grip of Judges, and The Executive Branch. as we are seeing what regular people want doesn't really matter. if it did Trump and Musk would be in CECOT
Maybe the sens/reps/judges will start to care if they feel their own power is being usurped by the exec. I’m not sure about that.
hasn't happened yet
we are not ruled by anyone. there are no kings, no aristocracy. they are public servants. behaving like anything else is true is how we got into this bs mess. stop it. they do not rule us. they work for us. and when they do their job shitty...we gonna get on their asses.
that's really silly
ehhhh ya think?
definitely, yeah
absolutely not
i mean, im not tryna convince specifically you, so believe what you want but the Senator could have brought the guy home regardless
Hopefully that’s the “full update”.
put him on a plane. when it lands, the Trump admin is under court order to facilitate his return.
exactly this☝🏿
Hey democrats take note at a politician doing what they are supposed to fucking do.
Correction: you mean GOP who sit passively, gazing with adoring eyes at their king.
You mean 🗣️hey republicans!!! They have the power to stop this chaos! They control congress!, but very happy to see the democrats fight for the American people
Why aren’t you saying this to Republicans?
I'd love to know which republicans you think would have a change of heart. Keep in mind they're abducting people and sending them into slavery. You think they're gonna get talked out of it? They've already ignored the supreme court.
I think we keep pressure on them. We keep pointing out their failure to do their jobs and use everything that they fail to do in the next election. In case I’m misunderstood, we also protect and give support to people who are being attacked by our government.
Cool so let's shield the dems from criticism and go talk to the slave traders who are actively working against their constituents after lying their way into power. They're not "failing to do" anything. They're doing exactly what they planned to.
he's no less an opportunist than Bondi. He's done nothing but add to his own political capital.
What you just wrote there, says everything about you.
yes. I'm post political.
With your shot of Kool-Aid.
I’m grateful to now know this poor man is in fact alive. I’m sending healing thoughts to him and his family. And am looking forward to bringing him back to this country to complete his asylum journey. He deserves to be here. Amen.
Why are you spamming?
Bondi is nothing but a liar. And the Republicans who get to do their 15 minutes of fame in front of CECOT prisoners are the opportunists you should be complaining about. www.thehandbasket.co/p/selfies-ce...
Why the hell are you attacking the Dems when the GOP are responsible for this mess!!
So I’m just supposed to be ok with the GOP doing whatever they want when they are in power up to and including deporting US CITIZENS, but when the democrats control of the entire government it’s “oh sorry no one can do anything about healthcare or student loans”.
I understand the frustration with Dems being more concerned with rules than bending them for what’s right for their constituents, but the GOP has the power to stop Trump and they refuse. The attacks should be primarily geared at them AND Dems who vote for their BS - Schumer!!!
Have you been asleep this entire time The Democrats have hardly done anything to stop this from happening. Many of them voted horribly for things that They absolutely should be against because of their constituency.
No I have not been asleep. But this is the same attitude about picking a 3rd party and hating Kamala Harris. That is exactly why we are in this mess. There are Dems who are fighting!!! Give them credit!
No, it’s absolutely not. MY PARTY has been enabling this nightmare, bit by bit, for years. We kept waiting patiently, over and over, saying “they have a plan”. They’ve worried more about “decorum” than the slow slide into fascism, and here we are. They can learn to take their damn knocks and man up.
Unfortunately, all the democratic senators who voted to confirm Rubio for his Secretary of State position are partially complicit in this shitshow, since Rubio is the fuckface who set up the deal with Bukele in the first place. If I’m not mistaken, it was HIS idea originally.
Yes, but the Republicans have all the power to do it but have no moral courage among them! They also can impeach Trump, so tell them!
Senator Van Hollen is a Democrat from Maryland. It is the occupant of the WH who should take note. As perhaps should you.
I think what he meant , was that other Democrats should pull their fingers out too. There are Democrats fighting back but the numbers are indeed not overwhelming as of yet.
What?🤣
🙏❤️🩹
It's no longer a Democrat issue.
Not sure what that means but it's in everybody issue.
Actually GOP could end all this shit right now. Yell at them. They have the majority.
That would require a member of the GOP to actually care about literally anything.
Or not be scared!
That's hardly fair, they've shown time after time that they care about money.
Maybe they should care before the mob comes for their heads and it's US who aren't willing to risk our lives trying to rescue them from what their spineless boredom wrought. #MmeLafarge
They should be terrified of it, for generations.
Now now let’s not let’s not suggest these people don’t care about anything, They care a lot about themselves.. Just not you..
Other than themselves.
I'm tired of taking for granted that they don't. They're all assholes but they're not all MTGs and Qberts. I'm very encouraged by the roasting they're getting at town halls.
I’m glad that Murkowski chose this moment to reveal her fear. Admitting it is the first step. I hope she draws courage from Van Hollen’s actions.
Yes they are. They chose to be bootlicks because they care more about hanging on to their power than upholding the document they swore an oath to.
I'm gonna need evidence backing that claim. Until then, they're all fucking traitorous ghouls deserving what all traitors deserve.
They are the Nazi's of 1933. Please read about how Hitler started. It is the same!
I don't know who you meant to reply to, I already know they're fucking Reich Wingers, and as we all know, there's only one kind of Nazi that can be considered good.
Sometimes the Bluesky timeline is confusing. In my timeline it was - "they are nazi's" and then you said "I'm gonna need evidece backing that claim". But that could be the confusing timeline thingy of Bluesky. So: sorry in that case....
To re-use Iain M Banks” quote: “ I’m sure there are some decent people in the GOP, but they’re like sweetcorn in a turd. They may have kept their integrity, but they’re still embedded in shit!”
Still a whole lot of really bad assholes outside of those two. Possibly worse than those two. The two you see just get more airtime.
I'm tired of it too, but I'll stop taking it for granted whenever they lift a finger.
Stop dissing Q-bert. He deserves better than to be compared to Handy Hoebert.
Extend people the chance to disappoint you, especially when it doesn't cost anything. Assume that they have some decency and make them do the unpleasant task of admitting that they don't.
Love the way you phrased this. 👍
Exactly. The more we shame the Republicans, the more they show themselves to be the greedy cowards that they are.
Republican party has about zero dignity left in them.
There is no republican party. Anyone with any integrity has left. All that remains is maga.
Yup. But they do have self-interest and at some point their reps will become more worried about losing the general than hetting primaried.
Their heads are buried in sand, from what I can tell. I am positioning myself to run against him in 2026 and I am holding onto all of his responses... because I want to deliver punches and destroy him during campaign.
There's no polarization like negative polarization. Most are connected locally enough that they don't want to be run out of town.
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Below zero dignity is a new record for them!
This is also how we restore the rule of law. *Expect it* back into existence.
Great first sentence! 👍👍
It’s almost true though. Most of the real actual Republicans retired or moved on.
As you see the few GOP that dare stand in front of their voters. Unless it is Maga that throw you out or lock you up since they dare to allow you to voice with passion on their hate and unanswered responsibility. Hold all of the GOP accountable!
I’m making a point. Dems have no power. Give them power At midterms Don’t blame Dems.
GOP *are* the actual Nazis. You think yelling at Nazis is gonna magically make them do the right thing? 🙄
They are too afraid of the sheep that bow to Trump
Ooh but Donny will be mad and mean tweet me 😭
The GOP aren't asking me to vote for them dipshit
Exactly ❤️‼️
Thank you. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made...
But the picture there is photoshopped… you can see it right?
This is the senators account. Delete your misinformation.
No it's not
Why post this?
No it isn't. Why did you lie?
Every single Dem in the Senate voted to confirm Marco Rubio Chuck Schumer and his gaggle of idiots all voted to pass the GOP budget bill, giving full control of tariffs Gavin Newsom and a handful of Dems are saying the ICE abductions are a distraction We can't keep pretending it's just Repubs
Nazis could have always ended all their shit at any time. Yelling at them has never made them do that.
All it would take is about 10 in each house to impeach and convict.
The Republicans that are in office and that were elected recently absolutely do not care about what you tell them. They are all in on it. They shouldn't know peace and you should definitely scream at them but they're all in. Some of the Democrats are not Rep. spies. They might actually do their job.
Murkowski told us they’re all cowards
Protests should be at the GOP reps homes… same energy too.
Yell at the people sending planes full of slaves to El Salvador? Yeah I'm sure they'll have a real change of heart.
Exactly
Seems like plp forget that. Always expecting the Dems to clean up the mess the GOP caused.
They clean it up Every time and once it’s cleaned up they forget and vote the GOP back in.
Won’t matter to them, they hang up or leave the room. Republican voters need to vote these people out come this next election.
No. They're the enemy, it's ridiculous and inane to expect them to about face when politely asked or to focus our energy on asking. I'll continue to yell at the people who claim to be on our side but are not doing anything whatsoever to help.
So why does the American people keep voting for them.
Most Americans are barely competent to stand up and breathe at the same time, much less think critically about their voting choices.
Doubt yelling would work. Lots and lots of guys trained in entrapment might work, though. Surely the government knows where to find them. By surely, I mean absolutely. The government trains them.
What in the world ?
GOP CONGRESS COULD END TRUMP Fascist MOVES TOMORROW LITERALLY
What do you mean, “what in the world?” Not offended, but happy to explain what I meant if you are interested. If not, no worries.
Asking the fascists to stop has never worked. The only way is to apply external force, and make them.
Exactly. People need to be AFRAID to do this shit ever again.
Their form of external force is very much still being kicked out. Grassley showed signs of resistance when Trump’s tariffs caused layoffs at a major company in Iowa.
No. I'm going to focus my efforts where it matters, and fascist enjoy your complaints.
He is a democrat! The Magats are just passing the buck!, so to speak.The US is paying El Salvadore to house these “criminals”, as he calls them. Surely, they can bring back the “ merchandise “ that they erred initially!
Hey Balls you all could have had a Dem in office yet plp chose republicans they have the majority so quit yelling at the Dems and yell at the people with some power.
Thank you Senator for being tenacious. And for letting Mr. Abrego Garcia know he is not forgotten.
Thank you. Keep fighting.
Thank christ he isn't dead. Holy fuck this entire situation is ridiculous.
I was terrified also, for fear Sen VanHollens life was also in danger for doing the right thing. I thought he was dead too.
Likely more due to being simply overlooked by C'thulhu.
They could have literally just said "we thought he was someone else, we'll bring him back". What they did wasn't even worth it from a mustache twirling villain standpoint.
That would be "admitting you're wrong".. which narcissists never do.
It was if you consider that it creates a the dual opportunity of testing executive power against court orders and sending a message that they can and will deport anyone they choose so you better obey.
didnt the judges + politicians get the memo by now... ? The Will of Trump and the Will of the J6 Posse will prevail. (all others will get an offer, One offer only, that they can not refuse. after that it is race-horse-head for whites and deportation for anyone else)
And don't travel to the us this year
*decade
Exactly my thoughts. So many folk I know have cancelled plans to visit the US because they feel it’s too dangerous, especially if you aren’t American.
I can't see myself ever going there again
I was last in the US in 1991
I have never been and never will , there are 100 other countries I would visit first
Well, consider giving us another chance if we manage to put these guys away. I mean, not just beat them in an election but actually crush the movement. There's are a lot of prominent voices moving in that direction. I've never seen it like this before.
✌🇨🇦
I went to Canada for a band trip in high school. Wish I never came back here
Me too
So sorry. We’ll make it right. - From most of the U.S.
We know good luck
Please don't come here.
Random updates on this sound so mean lol
The current u.s.a. president is a fascist. So are many of his buddies and minions.
Oh I understand, but seeing this come up in my feed is kinda funny - "who did I piss off now?"
Please say this to everyone
I will continue to do so. A man born in Georgia was detained in Florida. His mother ND an advocate brought his birth certificate and his social security card to the judge. He was held for 48 hours. We are not okay here.
Same. Never setting foot on US soil ever again. Fuck that place
We are really hoping to ban cheeto's, please come back when that happens.
Now you’re talking.
I won't
And if you're not white don't be a Bulls fan.
Ever
They're fucking around. We better *make* them find out.
Brilliant point. "Oops we made a mistake..." (This time). Still wondering about Rumeya Öztürk...
Roy Cohn taught Krasnov never to accept accountability.
At this point I think the Trump regime is using this situation to their benefit to instill fear and show they can (and will) do this to anyone.
They don't admit mistakes, ever Believe that and let it sink in because the implications are monstrous, as this case illustrates
The GOP want’s to make evilness the new American standard. By redefining the term “woke” and supporting the Republican felon’s decisions, the GOP tries to educate US citizens to get used to evilness.
This was for us who prayed for that man and all the others who were carted away without due process. It was EVERYTHING!
A gang of sociopaths would never say that.🤮
They want this fight. They picked this fight. We have to fight THIS fight.
They could’ve come up with multiple reasons. I mean, these guys aren’t complete idiots.
If anyone can come back everyone can come back. Trump wants to be able to send American citizens who disagree with his administration to death camps and be able to say "woopsie well their terrorists because I say so and they can't come back for a trial."This is why it's so important to get him back.
This is absolutely a test run. First they start with the immigrants and call them terrorists, then they move to criminals in jail, then they throw political opponents in jail and then send them. Even if we 100% believed the men are terrorists, anyone should be able to see why it doesn't matter.
So glad he's alive and looks well. Makes me wonder wtf this refusal and defiance was for? Fear?
I'm still hoping the poor hairdresser and the kid with the autism awareness tattoo haven't been forgotten. I hope they're next up for getting home. Every one of those folks should be brought home.
It's insanity!
Thank you Senator 🙏💙
Thank you so much Senator, keep up the fight
my fucking senator
Lucky! We need ALL elected officials to be willing to go this far for us.
I am so glad to see this innocent man alive. Thank you so much for your efforts, senator. We definitely need more people like you! #Resist
Very proud. Keep pushing to fix this injustice.
Trump says it’s not in his power to get him back. Bukele says it’s not in his power to send him back. Senator Van Hollen should just bring him home himself!
How are Ds not running with the message that Trump has lost (given!) his own power over his own people to…some other foreign leader?
Oh but now Trump says if we got him back I'd send him to Syria or Haiti. So what is it Trump You CAN get him or you can't?
Trump said he will "continue to stand on the side of law-abiding Americans" without irony and apparently ignoring his entire cabal of traitors’ existence.
Van Hollen tried. He was not given permission. This tells you everything you need to know about Trump’s defiance of the court.
I know. Just abscond with him. Good lord.
Trump publicly stated he's too much of a wimp to push around some tinpot Central American dictator. The Democrats should be running with this.
Kafka couldn't have dreamed that up.
Next time the law tells me to do something, I'm gonna say "sorry it's not within my power. There's nothing I can do." Then someone else will do it for me. Works like a charm, apparently.
I'm sure that if Senator Van Hollen could do so, he would. Thankfully he is alive and this meeting will give so much encouragement to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and his family - as well as to all the nameless other people sent there on the planes.
Exactly!
That's what I was thinking.
Yes!!!
Ok, you realize that Bukele has absolutely authority over his country, and if Van Hollen tried something even remotely hinky, it would jeopardize everything or have them killed? And all he would have to say is that Van Hollen tried to escape with a prisoner sent there by a US president.
Great minds think alike.
Van Hollen should have just handcuffed himself to him! Then dared them to toss a U.S. senator into their concentration camp.
I was listening to your interviews.. so happy you got to meet Kilmar, and pls God you will get him back to Maryland soon 🙏 thank you for doing this, you may change history
Agree, but now, what about the other 200-plus wrongly forced into a concentration camp, courtesy of US taxpayer dollars?
Thank you Senator!!
Thank you! I hope this is the beginning of real blue movement.
Thank you, @vanhollen.senate.gov. Now, @democrats.senate.gov do more to get him back to safety and stop this madness.
His eyes show a lack of emotion, and he seems very reserved. I suspect he was instructed on what to say and what to avoid.
Glad he's still alive but he doesn't look well. Someone needs to check on Andry Remero as well as the others.
I’m glad to see that he’s still alive.
Same here
Me too. I feared he was dead already. From the reports yesterday, it didn't sound like this meeting was going to happen.
Me too.
@quotesanalyzer.bsky.social
5326 quotes have been analyzed - 59.19%: Expressed relief and gratitude that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is alive. - 42.67%: Commended Senator Van Hollen for his courage, persistence, and actions in meeting with Kilmar. ...
- 22.42%: Urged that Kilmar Abrego Garcia and others be brought back to the United States. - 8.98%: Suggested that others in Congress should follow Van Hollen's example and take action. - 4.03%: Expressed concern about the staged nature of the meeting and questioned Bukele's motives. ...
- 3.50%: Implied that the situation reflected a power struggle where Senator Van Hollen's actions demonstrated Trump's weakness.
On X: 96.7% claimed this proved that Democrats were a terrorist organization supporting other terrorists 🤪
I do get the tongue-in-cheek, but you are probably right on point!
Wow...the fealty to of the greedy grifter-in-chief is stunning. That is what an idiocracy looks like!
STFU
Count me among the 4.03%.His wife surely knows that while he lives he loves her. Has he been tortured? Was their conversation monitored, and will Kilmar be punished if he told the truth? What did the visit change?
Holy crap! You did it!!! This is so incredibly awesome, Senator. THANK YOU!
Thank you, sir, for doing your job. You do our country and Constitution proud.
He's alive!!!!! Now get him home!
And move him into your home
That gave my heart such a lift. Like so many others, I was afraid he was no longer with us. Where there is life, there is hope. I hope courage really is contagious.
Thank you for going to him. Please don’t leave without him. I’m so grateful that you went.
I saw this pic on Reddit and a link to the post in the comments and you popped up lol Glad he’s alive. Hope we can get him home. Dude needs to tell his story and everyone needs to see the cruelty of this administration.
They all need to come home, even the few of them who committed crimes. We should never send people to a concentration camp, we should not deny anyone due process.
My man. Thank you, sir!
This is fantastic!
THE MAD MAN HE FUCKING DID IT
Limu Emu!
and Doug?
It's funny, Doug wasn't really in that one!
Welcome to Maryland. We do not fuck around. I just hope he makes it home safe. He’s a good man but he is old, and I do not trust El Salvador.
he is 66. that is old?
Old enough to be assaulted by the forces there and that is what I’m worried about.
Wow. How old are you? 66 is not old, and there is no way the Salvadorans would do anything to him. Why do you think they would?
Because this country no longer cares about the rule of law so why would a country we are giving a lot of money to so they can build concentration camps? Kill a dem senator? You got it.
With this kind of exposure? No way. In the shadows, Russian-style? Maybe.
I am hoping that is the case and they don’t decide to do what would be a declaration of war if we had a sensible government at the moment. Because this administration would simply say he got what he deserved.
You're right. Take care of yourself.
Look we are the weirdest shaped state in the country and we are trying to compensate for it.
Weirdly shaped state. Cool flag. (Said as I'm wrapped in a MD flag throw blanket...)
Outstanding 🙌 thank you!!!
👍Thank you, Senator!!! 🇺🇲🇺🇲💙
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The state of Maryland and the whole of the USA thank you for you persistence. Now we just need to get him home.
Yes, get him home. Then the 200+ men kidnapped, no due process, no conviction, transported to El salvador prison. Must be released and come home.
Most of the world is grateful. Foreign tourists have been wondering if taking their kids to Disneyland would land them in El Salvador.
CECOT is Trump's Dachau.
Yes it is.
People who are not in the u.s.a. should NOT come here to visit or for any other reason. Maybe there is a Disneyland or something like it SOMEWHERE ELSE. The #ICEthugs are out on a rampage. Please do not come here.
I still wouldn't risk it right now!
Yeah, the fact that he's still alive isn't super encouraging to foreign tourists.
the world cup and olympics are going to go great
How many athletes will be denied entry to US events, or diverted to CECOT?
and how many more won't want to participate for fear of that very real possibility?
This is what real leadership looks like! Taking action on behalf of your constituents. Applying pressure to create change.
Gosh!! At last!! I was scared that he may be dead by now. Bless be this brave and determined senator!!
He - and others - remain incarcerated indefinitely on our dime without having been convicted of any crime. This fight has to be just beginning.
So how much are “we” paying El Salvador to take “our” so-called prisoners? And how was El Salvador the lucky country to get picked?
Bring every single fuqin one home.
This fight has been ongoing for decades. We have ppl incarcerated in the US on trumped up charges and wrongful convictions that we've been paying for for years now. We've let that happen, and now bigots are emboldened enough to just snatch random ppl and imprison them even outside the country.
And speaking of that, where in the budget is the line item for concentration camps.
Imma bet it is in the budget of the State Dept or USCIS or Border Patrol; or 2 or all three of them in a multi-agency task force.
Also true.
yeah but time to celebrate one small step he is alive and apparently not being kept in the most desperate prison I have ever seen.
I am so impressed. And you know Trump is fuming. But if they weren’t gonna do it, it is the governor responsibility to his people. But I wonder if there’s another one out there that would do that. Our governor in Nebraska.,Rickets, would laugh at even a suggestion of it. We need more like you. TY.
Wouldn’t it be great if the whole administration gets sentenced to CECOT? There I go dreaming again.
Yes
That part. On. Our. Dime. 🤬
But DOGE? 🤷🏻♀️
Exactly. We have to bring home the rest. Who knows how many innocent people were taken there. It's disgusting
And Trump is using taxpayer money to pay for each person there.
Yes and we cannot let one wrongly incarcerated person remain that way. Not a single one if we want to win this.
Yes. But this is a great first step. A man many of us doubted was alive is still walking the earth. His wife & children must be overjoyed. Now we need to get him (& others who were illegally removed from the U.S.) back to their families & given opportunities to clear their names in court.
They are going to try and replace labor lost from China with slave labor in these camps.
are you referring to the mass incarnation of black people in this country in commercially operated prisons?
Any person incarcerated by the United States in violation of the Constitution is worth fighting for. Fighting for one does not entail implicitly abandoning any other.
exactly. in law school people used to talk about the crime of "driving while black." The #massincarceration problem is well documented, but there is no one lobbying for it. I hope that a spinoff of this fight will be putting more focus on the other shit that has been going down for a long time
Getting rid of for-profit prisons. It's slavery plain and simple.
The Boasberg contempt case will get them back I hope
That’s what I said. Good work. You’re not done.
I'm sure he knows that.
I don't recall seeing this Senator say he was done can you point me to that?
So many more should step up. They all didn’t live in Maryland
Which is why democratic politicians should show up in full force next time. They should have joined him this trip. But it’s still a massive step in the right direction.
100 percent agree. I cannot believe he went alone. Where were the other legislators?
Mina - I think the uncertainty of his safety was an issue. Good work, Senator!❤️
Courage is contagious! Now that he's done it, more will feel comfortable trying. The longest journey begins with a single step. 💪
I could see that too. That’s why they should’ve allowed more to accompany him with whatever security they get. But with SM and the internet it was too high visibility to try anything so we always have that.
Several are trying, but there is apparently a process Congress members need to go through to have a trip approved...and it seems that Mike Johnson is involved in approval. Not that he's denying the trips, but I recall hearing it was expected to take a couple of weeks.
Ah gotcha. It does make sense.
They’re planning to do just that soon.
What if El Sal just arrests them all? It seems risky to send that many.
It’s too high visibility. Plus with SM it would be too hard to cover all that up. That why in this case there’s definitely safety in numbers.
Probably not the Democratic politicians that have helped maintain and bolster ICE though
For sure NO
I'll say it again: ALL of the Dems in office need to create teams to concentrate on 1 -2 Trump actions each, and keep on talking about them non-stop!
Absolutely. Especially since republicans went and took selfies doing thumbs up.
I don’t know why van hollen didn’t go with a couple others, a checklist of names, and just take them Home. Just do it.
Those will be receipts when the time comes and they will be tried
This will NOT be brushed under the rug. Only 2 posted their selfies to SM, but thanks to the embassy, there is evidence of all who daytripped to hell, for the fun of it:
Those selfies were among the top-five most despicable things I've seen in my lifetime. And I'm old.
Naming and shaming them. FYI, the guy on the far right is a family physician as well as having a law degree. Do you think he'd ask to do a "wellness check" on Abrego Garcia ... nah. Also: All but two of the MAGA Reps pictured there were Jan. 6th 2021 election deniers.
Agreed! Right up there with sex torture of Iraqi prisoners. Also USA. Also republican president.
@germ3.bsky.social same here And besides you ain’t that old You are still aging 😊…. Old and beautiful
Thank you for the morale boost. 😊
Wearing purple band-aids at the 2004 Republican convention to mock John Kerry's Purple Heart for his service in Vietnam is still in my top 5. Especially since Bush the Dim just abandoned his service in the National Guard while Kerry was serving in Vietnam.
It still seems unbelievable to me that Repubs mocked Kerry for his actual service in Vietnam, while they lauded Bush, who stayed home (hiding) and drank beer. Kerry’s campaign team didn’t respond forcefully enough, but why did this absurdity even gain traction? You’re right - despicable!!
The good, best, part is that they willlingly provided evidence for The Hague. Because, surprisingly, El-Salvador is a signatory. (and it doesn't matter one jota which nationality the humanity-criminal is, _on El-Salvador territory_)
Same here.
💯 . And I’ve been called a “groomer” publicly at school board meetings for not wanting to ban books, but how dehumanizing these people are being treated is worse than that. It’s unconscionable, and it takes my breath away to know there are such immoral people in power laughing at this.
Thank you for doing what you do, @tanalam.bsky.social !!!
Meanwhile every spiritual advisor, politician, state rep, etc that gets caught with their hands in a child’s pants is always…..always…..always a republican.
Me too. Takes my breath right away.
They are always projecting. It’s their side indoctrinating with lies and harming their own children.
Beat me to it. They groom and rape their own children at church & Christen camps. The cheat to get government funds then brag about it. Every accusation is an admission.
I can’t tell you how many Republicans have proudly told me how they cheated on Covid funding, student loans, taxes etc. All the while they feel justified because “those other poor people are doing it”. They feel entitled to cheat because fox news tells them daily how poor people are cheating.
🎯
Every.Single.Time. They are despicable.
OMG,how could it be🤓
This is ONLY the beginning of 2025. If we look back at previous years🥹..
Some of those were pardoned by Trump, yet MAGA are completely silent about actual criminals being released onto the streets. It's fuckin' wild. Every single time they bring up supposed "Criminal migrants", the J6 pedo pardons need to be brought up.
They are a different species. Ancient, atavistic, and totally without empathy; greedy and hedonistic.
I see these stories daily in Texas about Texas religious folks and A LOT of Second Baptist evangelicals 🙄😡. Hate is not a strong enough word.
They’re always projecting, projecting, projecting.😖
💯
Satan loves MAGAt christians.
We thought they didn't like trans folks... turns out they just didn't like competition to what they assume everyone is up to. Let that shit sink in for a minute.
youtu.be/mQ9A8soARzk?...
OMG…seriously? Where do you live?
Texas of course 😡. Whole state has been taken over by Christian Nationalist MAGA extremists. That’s my district 👇. The mom of the kid drawing swastikas was the loudest in calling folks groomers - you can’t make this stuff up. It’s batshit crazy in Texas. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
I had a feeling….ugh! It is insanely expensive where we live and my husband could get a job in Texas but we can’t imagine living there because of all the crazy shit going on there. I’m so sorry you were treated like that.
And thank you 💗. Those people are just vile. They all need therapy and instead turned to hateful religious doctrine. We do have a very good community resistance now. Lots of angry parents 👍
Definitely not now, especially if you have kids. Our lege just voted in budget busting vouchers and have been defunding public Ed on purpose. I love Texas - but we need to get out all of the R politicians - they have been bought off by MAGA billionaires and now are in charge. It’s gross.
I can't look at the picture of Noem. I have to scroll faster when I see the top of it. It makes me sick.
So so sick
Don't hold your breath. Most have been a great disappointment.
No the democrats are annoying. Fuck them. Bring Americans.
Agreed. One step forward is good. Lets keep going.
Super!now can ALL the rest of the Dem's get on the next plane and get the other kidnapped people and bring them back for due process.
Resist Fascism, and demand due process. That’s why I’ve created the “Due Process Wake Up Call” playlist on Spotify to bring musical awareness to this important issue. Please Listen, Save, Share to grow awareness. Thank you.😎🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qx...
I’ll take a victory where I can though. Having eyes on the guy means he is at least still alive currently. With the whole denial both governments were doing I half expected they were trying to cover up the fact he was dead.
I suggest when Trump finally goes to jail, along with Musk and the rest of their cronies, all their assets (and billions) be seized and used to refill Social Security, pay for the damages done to the abductees and their families and pay whatever else that got broken by the current administration.
People and FAMILIES are in various countries held up! Being held! We need EVERYONE released.
We must not forget the hundreds of others they sent there. And the any more they plan to send
Sen. Van Hollen, We need more representatives like you, Sen. Booker, Sen. Sanders, and Rep. AOC, who recognize our democracy is in crisis and we are on the edge of FASCISM. You have each STOOD UP and DONE SOMETHING. You are each HEROS. Thank you for proving the Democrats are NOT powerless!
Add Elizabeth Warren … righteously wiped floor today about Trump’s extra-legalities with Fox-Anchor-wannabe Sara Eisen on CNBC interview!
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Not powerless but mostly spineless!
Tim Walz is doing the work, too.
Booker is a centrist corporate owned performance artist. He run on charter schools multiple times. He doesn’t belong on this list. He did a fundraising stunt and you confused that with real conviction.
Democrats have always loved the American people.
We’re not on the EDGE. We’re well into the main course.
I think you’re past the edge of fascism, unfortunately.
Add Al Green
And Rep Crockett. I’ll give an honorary mention to the only two decent Republicans Cheney and Kinzinger.
You're forgetting Tim Walz, Governor pritzker, Elizabeth Warren and others! Where is Big Grouch where is Newsome even Pete has disappeared. Only Biden and Obama have spoken out and very little. The only other one shouting from the rooftops is Hillary Clinton and nobody would vote for her remember?
I would like to add Adam Kinzinger, Pete Buttigieg, and Mark Kelly to this list!
And Ms Jasmine Crockett!
Sen. Van Hollen, Words are inadequate to express my deepest gratitude that you went to check on Kilmar and begin the process to get him released. Thank God he's alive. I know that he and the others in CECOT prison are enduring horrific psychological harm that will impact the rest of their lives.
Thank you for providing hope to him and his family. Thank you for caring and demonstrating what real leadership is.
doubly so because it is our own 'government' doing the harm
Thank you Senator
Thank you Senator. Nice to see someone is being a real American.
Thank you, Senator, for having the courage to do what others would not.
This! 👏👏👏
#CourageIsContagious
Thank you. You’ve done something substantive and said, “No!” to the would-be king. And you’ve given a man and his family hope that he’ll soon get the due process that is his right.
Thank you, indeed!Resist Fascism, and demand due process. That’s why I’ve created the “Due Process Wake Up Call” playlist on Spotify to bring musical awareness to this important issue. Please Listen, Save, Share to grow awareness. Thank you.😎🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/3Qx...
Peice of 💩 Senator Holden
Fuck off
Learn to spell, and get people's names right. And GFY right back to the toxic place.
THIS is why BlueSky has such a convenient block feature.
are you lost?
What you see in others is you
You are the man! What a great thing you accomplished! Rock star! I'm glad Kilmar is alive. Please tell the senate I don't appreciate Trump spending my hard earned tax dollars on a foreign Gulag. Reign in that spending please.
Bernie & AOC pulling up to rallies like it’s a world tour crowd going wild, billionaires sweating, mics dropping. Someone get these two a pyrotechnics team and a fog machine 🔥🎤
Awesome they're back in CA. I just missed their Folsom appearance but I know a few people who went. The line was literally miles long so they were watching from outside.
Yes.. Go straight into the lion's den
Not lions. Scared kittens. Big talk, no claws. Have you ever seen a feral kitten? Warms right up when you convince them you aren't going to hurt them.
And the lying’s den.
They need SUPER PROTECTION!
I hope AOC stays safe. No one is a bigger threat to the oligarchs than she is. I think she is removing the veil from a lot of people's eyes in these red areas.
What did THEY do for anyone? A VT resident was taken by ICE - where is BERNIE????? Why isn't he doing what Van Hollen did for HIS constituent? Billionaires are the LEAST of our worries in fascism right now.
For now because government attorney said he was taken in error... Attorney since fired... For being honest but poorly prepped or bondi wouldn't disclose more info
Honorable people in every department, agency are being let go.
So? Catch up with Xinis and Boasberg on their decisions. The rest is irrelevant now.
Amazing that it's only the 2 of them. I would think with the US population size, there should be dozens of equally progressive prominent speakers to get the message out to more places.
It's something. It's not perfect. You can't say you are bringing him home. But it's something, and he knows now we are fighting for him. Thank you. Keep up the fight.
Thank God Praying that next he's on a flight home. Excellent work, Senator.
I pray another country offers him, and his family, sanctuary. They need to be reunited somewhere safe, outside the US.
Depressing thought. Depressing but Fair.
His wife is American.. He was granted by immigration system to stay here legally Now 200 some Afghanistans have now been given a week to leave back to a hostile country as most of these helped our troops; also some Haitians, and more Is this America 🇺🇸???
We're all aware of the fact that his wife is American and he was here entirely legally. OBVIOUSLY that didn't actually matter or he wouldn't have ended up in CECOT to begin with. Now this regime has a specific vendetta against him so he AND HIS FAMILY need to find sanctuary somewhere else I hope.
Well, hopefully things will work out well for them But still nearly 300 others there with no due process also need justice as 10-12 more just sent there Very baddd
Did you see the order issued by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals late this afternoon? And yesterday's order in DC finding the Trump Admin in criminal contempt of court?
Thank you. My late dad, Henry Herman, would be proud!
Thank you Senator 🙌🏼🙌🏼💙🗽 Incredible Action 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
A US Senator that is a true hero! Thank you sir! Keep working on freeing Kilmer!
Literally risking his life.
Person means everyone regardless of immigration status
The constitution is so unfair to Trump.
The constitution is just a historical document now.
He really needs to be disbarred for that post (and all the other unconstitutional actions by the administration that he's supporting).
The depth of dishonor, damage, failure, corruption, criminality & cruelty of this POTUS, VP & minions has no bottom. A stain on their families, party and our nation. A convicted felon with a lifetime record of dishonor, bankruptcies & failed relationships is ruling USA, Sad! #ProtectTheConstitution🇺🇸
Lessons from the Nuremberg Trials of 1946, the result of the crimes against peace and crimes against humanity of Nazi leaders who committed these war crimes. Lest we allow a repeat of these patterns of cruelty, hatred and murder. #ProtectTheConstitution #HistoryMatters 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇳🇬🇧🇫🇷 youtu.be/RsA6AdCRI-k
Article III, Section 1, establishes the the Judicial branch of the government. This quote is taken directly from line 2 of Section 1 of the 14th Amendment. Idk who put this graphic together, but it's inaccurate.
MORE PRESSURE!!!
Trump can’t read though, can he? 😢
For those who may miss the point, the document says "person" not "citizen".
And is very clear in making that distinction throughout the document.
Trump wipes his ass with the constitution he is above the law a dictator
The constitution is dead America is on life support and Trump is ready to pull the plug. A dictatorship is coming to a town near you and it's here it's really happening. Get prepared get informed on what to do.
Nobody needs gloom and doom. This is a good thing.
That's from Amendment XIV.
"buT He's Not A CItizEN"
According to the GOP this is just a suggestion....
We the people say otherwise. 👊
Yes. And we say it loudly, firmly, and in their faces. We will not back down.
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."
That's because the GOP are looking at the State version, which is the 14th Amendment. You have to be really careful which version of the constitution you are reading. Federal or State version. The 5th Amendment is the Federal Version. .
JD Vance tweeted that due process only applies to some people. He must have slept through constitutional law at Yale.
Hey Mr. VP - creating stories probably sounds better to you than just saying "I'm going to lie", but that's what you're doing - lying. every. single. day.
He's a ...
Meet the Press is not on CNN.
In my considered view, Vance will look great in white shirt and white shorts, and shaven head. Plus, very importantly, eye liner! In a cruel El Salvador prison!
Lessons from the Nuremberg Trials of 1946, the result of the crimes against peace and crimes against humanity of Nazi leaders who committed these war crimes. Lest we allow a repeat of these patterns of cruelty, hatred and murder. #ProtectTheConstitution #HistoryMatters 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇳🇬🇧🇫🇷 youtu.be/RsA6AdCRI-k
The depth of dishonor, damage, failure, corruption, criminality & cruelty of this POTUS, VP & minions has no bottom. A stain on their families, party and our nation. A convicted felon with a lifetime record of dishonor, bankruptcies & failed relationships is ruling USA, Sad! #ProtectTheConstitution🇺🇸
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We can make up stories too. Like that time he cheated on his recliner with a love seat.
My coffee table bets he has stage fright in front of the ottomans
Despite his desire for empire building!
He's Soooooo VILE‼️
Vance is devoid of principles & a conscience. That’s why he’s now bonded to trump, who he once called ‘reprehensible’ and ‘possibly America’s Hitler.’
Same with Usha who was once appalled by Trump. Both are opportunistic frauds.
That’s why they fit so well in trump’s administration of opportunistic frauds.
Vance is a total fcking piece of shit
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky #1, "A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, .... , and behaves in the end like an animal."
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky #2, about lying to yourself, with the sole purpose of being more easily offended, picking a fight, reveling in resentment till feeling great pleasure in it....
JD cares more about "is my eyeliner good"....than people.
Vance you don’t create stories - you lie!
Please do! We wanna hear about ALL those couches you made love to!
Yep. Lied about Haitian immigrants legally in his own state eating pets. He’s a complete piece of shit.
Bless JD's cold little heart
He is not a piece of shit - he's the entire turd!
Vance also lied about being a poor kid from Appalachia. @coyotewallace.bsky.social, an ACTUAL poor kid from Appalachia, sets the record straight: medium.com/@kidether/th...
@maddow.msnbc.com
Sounds interesting but fuck AI. Probably used AI to write the article too.
Not even close. Yeah, the image is AI. He has since stopped using them, and used them for his early columns because "poor kid from Appalachia" until folks told him to stop. Maybe try reading the man's words before accusing the author of using AI to write them.
Thanks for sharing!
Bro literally made an ass of himself with this, his rectum opus
A person who belittles his own people - doesn’t truly see them, Passes judgement on them…that person is a coward a turncoat a traitor not a human being….
So radical…
This
💜💜💜💯
Unless they turn MAGA.
This is worth the read. Love the writer’s style. What a weenie roast THAT was!!! 🤣😭🤣
Brother Coyote writes with fire.
No, just full of stupid hate.
He must have failed it. Who does law school without Con Law? The most interesting class!
The most crucial course in law school and JD must have failed it.
Which begs the question, when will Yale demand its degree back?
He wanted to change his name to Adolf Jr but his billionaire backer said no
Since the very start of the Experiment the seminal struggle for the American soul has been between those who believe in "a govt of the people by the people for the people" vs those who believe in "a govt of some of the people by some of the people for some of the people" (i.e. rich white males)
Better rethink the notion that a right-wing hillbilly is the best choice to be vice president?
I just learned recently that Yale law school graduates the new leading conservative thought leaders. Just churns them out. And very dangerous because it trains them to push boundaries and dominate the conversation. E.g. www.notesfromthemargins.com/p/i-saw-how-...
Such a POS! 💩🤬🤬🤬
Vance was a DEI candidate in law school.
He should be disbarred
If he really said that, they should start disbarment procedures against him.
Here, he essentially says due process should not apply to migrants. Carving out exceptions is a slippery slope that doesn’t end well for anyone.
He really obfuscates what due process is.
He's a liar too. NOBODY thinks Biden let in 20 million. Only the extreme MAGA crazies think that.
Yes ..and they're already pushing exile for American citizen criminals....but soon criminal could include "disfavored parties such as lawyers, journalists, judges" etc.
It was eyeliner day.
I keep thinking of the people who are carrying their pocket Constitution and whining about it on January 6th and in sovereign citizen type circles. They are all strangely silent right now
To JD and Trump and Bondi and the crew, the Constitution is what is convenient and can serve their purposes. Anything else is not important and can be ignored. But we won't let them ignore it. I think they are in for a shock when the people revolt.
Some men were created MORE equal than others
I knew what "person" meant before I went to law school and he does too.
Well he sure didn't sleep through breakfast, lunch Or dinner.
I find it difficult to believe that Yale is a credible school, given the complete muppets it seems to turn out.
Awesome.
for how long were you able to meet with him? Was he able to speak candidly or were there guards present?
Apparently he’ll release a public report when he gets back.
My Senator!
I will never forget what you did. I will never forget that you gave us hope. You will be held high, from now on.
THANK YOU SENATOR!! You are a hero and a beacon of strength. I wish all of Congress had your determination and moral compass. Please bring him back, now!
Thank you Senator! Please don't give up on bringing him home.
How was he?
THANK YOU!! You'll be remembered as a hero for this.
Please stay until he can fly back with you. If you leave, they might kill him. Help make this an off ramp for the president. Plus, bring all the others back with you. Thank you for doing this. Always Take Action.
They will not kill him. The world is watching.
I don't think that deterred Russia from blatantly murdering Alexei Navalny
george floyd wants a word.
this warms my heart so much! He’s alive! Thank God!
Thank you for going. Thank you for persisting. It is very good to know that he is alive. It is so very sad that he & so many others are being denied their rights.
I'll be honest, I did not know your name before a few days ago, but now I sure as hell won't forget you. Thank you for doing the right thing, keep fighting the good fight
👆🏼👆🏼
He's been a very active fighter against dRump before this case for months..
he’s my Senator along with @alsobrooks.senate.gov and both have been very active, protesting, meeting w/constituents since early February. go to your reps offices if you can’t reach them. talk to staff.
And I call my senators Ted fekkin cruzzz and the other one. Almost daily. The kids who take calls sound like they’re ready to cry
Great keep it up.. Thanks for your needed help!
Ha you obviously don’t live in a red state. We get no opportunity to talk directly to our reps and the interns treat you like filth if you dare call the phone bank. What it must be like to have actual representation….
Keep up the contact, call or email.. Don't obey in advance! Sorry it's hard... I see the red town halls how they treat their constituents... Few having town halls.. Hang in...
go in person to one of their offices. don’t give up. ask for specific commitments. keep going. bring friends.
Thank you... Sadly lots of people still not very informed in this most urgent time in their lives and country.. It's a matter of life and death, think of your kids, grandkids etc What's the future without freedoms, rights democracy, justice, society and culture ‼️
Boy I have severe Senator envy right now!
And Jamie Raskin. We are in one of the few lucky states out there.
You must be proud to have him for your Senator.👏🏻👏🏻
They need to be meeting with their Senate colleagues and convincing *them* to get off their asses. Looking at you, @schumer.senate.gov.
He was my senator:) Bethesda!!!!!
Shout out to @rephuffman.bsky.social also
Also tried to get Biden to not go along with Israel blocking food to Gaza, tried hard, though he failed.
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I said the exact same thing 💙
I wasn't familiar with Senator Van Hollen until this week, either. He's a true HERO of Democracy!!
Yep. Other reps will probably need to up their game in taking actions like Senator Van Hollen did. Similarly I didn’t know who Al Green was until he shouted down Trump. I still don’t know the names of those who held up popsicle stick signs though. Courage is Memorable. Mediocrity is meme-able.
THANK YOU SENATOR!!!
Thank you Senator Chris Van Hollen for grabbing the bull by the horns the surreal situation No one wants to be trapped in a “Twilight Zone” episode where you can’t escape. What happened to Kilmer makes no sense! It feels like the erosion of our laws taking place before our eyes!
It feels like that because it is. Join a 4/19 protest in your neighborhood and plan for a general strike
Yup!
And how many others like him are there right now that we don't know about? Trump has to be stopped.
Notice they dressed him all nice & not in his sweaty white prison wear.And really,why couldn’t he have just hopped on that plane with the Senator? Save some fuel & time. Because nothing’s going to happen with ole Trump getting in “trouble” with SCOTUS. 🙄
Hat to cover his force-shaved head and bruises. 😦
Exactly! He looks like he's going to a family BBQ. Now, bring him back so we can kick him and his family out of America with DUE PROCESS afforded to us all! There's NO WAY Von Shitzinpantz will allow him to stay, but at least history will show the U.S. Constitution is the LAW OF THE LAND!
Might Canada host him temporarily? I don't understand why a man married to a citizen w/4children who are citizens hasn't received a green card.
Yes the outfit is glaring. I heard he was arrested for supporting the Bulls. Isn’t that Kansas cap for drumpfs superb owl team. Good god. Man babies holding us hostage 🤬
I agree. If they allowed him to leave the prison grounds for this meeting , why didn’t they just let him go home with the senator that way he wouldn’t have to be smuggled back into the United States.
This exactly! And this is even worse because that poor man was OUTSIDE with People from America and now he's going back in that hellhole.
It’s just mind blowing but not surprising to see the ignorant comments from people who just don’t understand our due process for persons not just for illegals that are here legally or illegally. These people won’t understand it until Trump decides to deport one of their family members. Or them.
Why would a sitting senator be dumb enough to smuggle someone across the border illegally? He's not even a U.S. citizen and has a deportation order.
I’m not gonna even gonna answer your question because it’s just so ignorant of our laws about due process.
Due process? It's like you people ignore the fact that he already had a deportation order back in 2019 from an immigration court.
I'm still hoping. God know what they'll do to him now. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I have to admit that was one of my first thoughts, how did they coordinate getting him the clothes. Like, did the officials in El Salvador do that? Did Van Holland‘s aides go out and buy the clothes? I’m curious…
Maybe Chris brought with him from his wife?
I clocked that too. I’m positive the conversation was monitored and he can’t say what’s really happening there.😞
Sure, but I’d also guess that Abrego probably also enjoyed being able to wear normal clothes & not look like a criminal in front of the world and his family. Actually, if the trump+bukele regimes wanted to make him seem like a criminal on the world stage, they should have left him in the jumpsuit.
It’s common for prisoners in media interviews to be wearing their jumpsuits, and it really does nothing for the trump+bukele fairy tale that he is a “terrorist” to dress him up this way—in fact it actively disrupts it by making him look like a normal guy.
Actually, trump + bukele have never shied away from trying to make this prison look like a godforsaken high-tech hellhole—in fact, they seem to revel in its depravity and actively telegraph how austere and terrible it is.
trump has to refuse to bring Garcia back. If he does bring him back it will prove that his deportation scheme won't work & he'll look weak & feckless. trump will keep disappearing people as a scare tactic against everyone who opposes him. We must continue to VOICE TRUTH TO POWER to save the US.
Yup, and I want to take it as a good sign that they're worried enough about optics to go to the trouble. But only time will tell.
I'm sure the delay in seeing him was to clean him up and probably make sure he wouldn't talk about how horrible the conditions are.
They Amazon Primed his clothes and had to wait for delivery between 11:30 and 4:45p
They only did it with rumpt's permission. They only got it when the potential contempt charges were floated. So, they're giving proof of life to appease us. It's all part of how this kind of fascism works. They'll parade him out so we feel just a little bit better about sending innocents there.
Whelp...https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3ln2g5xamlk2z
Bless you senator Van Hollen
This is great news
And still, you persevere. Thank you, Senator, for showing how it's done!
Georgetown J.D. 1990!
Grateful for you.
That was gutsy Senator. You did yourself proud. Blue America is celebrating you tonight. 💙
I really should have said the world is celebrating. We have resisters supporting us around the globe.
We get a little wrapped up in ourselves sometimes, but the support we get from friends around the world is very inspiring. We saw protests in major cities everywhere, you post your support, let us know you have our backs. We see you all and appreciate each and everyone of you. Thank you 💙.
You bet, rooting for you and, as someone born in Austria, under no illusions that this can't happen elsewhere, no matter how "enlightened" a society considers itself. Keep up the loud, good fight, we're with you.
Thank you so much. You are more appreciated than you could ever know. 💙💙💙
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We will always support the good Americans, who are fighting for what is right. More power to you.
This is all pretty awesome, getting to know everyone and where they're from. The world just got a little smaller. We're fortunate to have you all. 💙
That is certainly one good thing about the internet and social media! The world has become smaller. And we are with you, til the end of the line 💙
Thank you. So much of this is because of Bluesky. Could never have happened on Twitter and especially not on X.
Did you just Captain America her? Amazing!
I did! 😁 I love that line. And yeah, shipping Steve and Bucky.
Absolutely!
Thank you! We need all the support we can get! What’s going on here now is a complete and utter shit show. And he’s a threat to the entire world!
Yes, it really is. America is crucial for the whole world. I was told to mind my own business by MAGA all the time on Twitter but the fuck I will. It's *everybody's* business!
Absolutely!
From me in the UK, with good friends in the US, every act of resistance, every sign of the good US, keeps me going. We're rooting for you.
Thank you. It means so much to have your support. We really do appreciate you 💙.
🫂
We feel it. Thank you.❤️
Thank you! We need the World more than it needs US
Thank you!
I just woke up (well didn’t go to sleep) it’s 300 am and it’s some GOOD NEWS for a change. We have all kinds of heroes amongst us. Tank you for your support.
*Thank. Well it is stupid early here.
Thank you for your support!✊
I'm in Tasmania, Australia. I was mowing the lawn when I heard the Senator had met with him and I did a happy dance. We are all with you as we are scared too. 💙
The resistance group in the United States is so fortunate to have so many good, freedom loving people behind them. Thank you 💙.
I'm SO scared! Yes.
💙
☘️ Kilkenny, Ireland here supporting
You're so appreciated. Thank you 💙.
Supporting here in the UK
Thank you. We really appreciate you 💙.
Supporting from down here in Australia 🙋♀️💪
We appreciate you!! 💙
As the saying goes, ‘when the US sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold…’ we are so interconnected, please know, in every corner of the globe, there is tremendous support for resistance and ‘good trouble’! 💙💪
I think friendships and respect built here will help put the world right a lot faster than people expect once we drive the orange menace and the rest of the dirty players out.
💯 🙌
Same .
Awesome. You're very appreciated 💙.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Thanks Liz!!! 💙☀️💚
❤️👏👏👏
Thank you. Truly, with all my heart, I thank you. The majority of us do not want what is happening and we’re doing what we can to stop it. We know so many in the world are disappointed in us, so it’s really heartening to get support from abroad.
Supporting from New Zealand.
Thank you. We really do appreciate that support 💙.
This is a global threat.
It is. And good people from all over the world can see it better than 30% of Americans. How sad is that?
Me too🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Thank you. We truly do appreciate you 💙.
Yes ma'am
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Not just Americans. Aussie over here tearing up and thinking of him, his family, and these men and theirs. Thank you so much for not backing down and for stepping up.
Truth!!
Maybe all America!
I just hope he allowed back into the country. The opposition may find it very handy not to.
The court made it pretty clear that they want him back on American soil. After that though, I wouldn't trust those sleaze balls any further than I could throw them.
fake photo. Where is the shaven head and prison?
So much time to type all this. Search Van Hollen News Pick one of the Many there. If it's a scam, absolutely everyone is reporting it.💙
You do see the hat, yes?
Prove it's fake, MAGAT! That of shut your pie hole!
There are people who are so skeptical of trump that it's hard for them to believe in anything. Especially if the news sounds too good to be true. He's not the only one. Right wing garbage posts shit all the time just to cause chaos and confusion. It's been a part of their game plan since day one.
I'm not MAGA, those photos were posted by Bukele, and look as fake as hell.
Shared by the senator who flew to see him. So, start the risk analysis with the trust you have for Senator Van Hollen.
Staged, certainly. Let me ask for the purposes of clarification - are you saying that Sen. Van Hollen knowingly posed with someone he knew NOT to be Garcia and then posted a lie on his social media sites?
I hope he did.
meet him I mean.
Apparently the news has been verified. Yes, you are correct that it was staged; taking place in a restaurant and not at the. But all sources indicate that it was Garcia.
I'm so glad.
And by staged, I mean that Garcia was cleaned up and given fresh clothing so that Bukeke could show "how well the prisoners from Anerica are being treated.", as well as support Trump. That part is staged.
This is his NTA - Notice to appear - DHS Paperwork for Charges - this document hasn’t shows up ANY charges as Trump admin assured #FuckTrump #FuckICE His attorney has right Trump can NOT provide all those fakes charges #ImpeachTheMotherFucker @vanhollen.senate.gov you must to ask for his NTA asap
More than just blue America is celebrating him. Decent America that l9ves the constitution is selebrating him! :)
Who is that? Not Trump voters!
Sure some of us in Europe too. A hopeful sight, a good sigh, against the mountains of cruel injustice.
Decent Americans would never vote for Trump!!
I understand that sentiment. We do need to forgive those who realized they made a mistake and welcome them into the resistance as it makes us stronger.
Wonderful phrase - Decent America! 🙏
I applaud Senator Hollen! 👏❤️
Fuck this mother fucker he should take himself n trump n JD Vance to the El Salvador prison to rotted and don't ever come back to the US
All America is celebrating. Now let's get him his day in court.
THANK YOU SENATOR!!!! Finally, another congressman willing to put in the physical effort for their constitutes and the rule of law. Please keep up the work. Don't stop now that you got to talk to him. HE NEEDS TO COME HOME!
This is the kind of leadership we need to be seeing from our senators. Bravo Senator! Now go tell your peers how to speak truth to power and resist!
Thank You
If you've seen inside CECOT. If yall know anything about it at all... this is a big deal. I didn't think we'd get this far. Thank you, Senator. Stay safe.
This is so scary for anyone to go through, especially when you have done nothing wrong! But it’s true as I have heard from someone I knew that that prison is your death home!
It’s very possible someone informed the El Salvador dictator that Congress are the ones in our country who actually have the power to declare war.
He probably took an evening to study who usually kills dictators working for America.... turns out America
And hopefully control the money! Bounce those checks Donny
They can declare it but the Commander-in-Chief decides how and if to prosecute it. Congress' power lies in the purse strings. They can prevent payment to El Sal.
Congress can also cut off the money Trump is sending to him!
...although that fact did not stop "el presidente" from making smart ass remarks. Remember when dictators had a little class like Franco & Musselini? Now they're all douchey grifters with bad hair.
You think Franco had class? You’re clearly not from Spain, my man (or woman).
youtu.be/mQ9A8soARzk?...
Actually no ... agreed that Franco was a holy terror for YEARS & made Spain miserable with his regime. My point is, although evil, old time dictators cared about image. Trump is a Slob: pigs don't care what they break.
Also the media coverage (in the US but locally in El Salvador / Central America) of the abduction likely turned up the heat.
The way it's operated ...I'm 100% positive there are also innocent El Salvadorians being held in CECOT. It's a literal torture chamber. It is not a prison.
It’s so horrible. I’d never heard of the place before now. We need to get all the people out who didn’t get due process in the US.
5 more just like it for Americans, he said. It only took 7 mos to build. 😭😡
Ugh. These men that are guards don't have a soul if they are there.
They treat those guards pretty well. You should see their set up. 🤢
Thank you - thank you for standing up to thugs, fascists and dictators and idiot kings. We are a nation of laws.
Nice work sir! Keep at it and bring him home!
Thank you Senator. We are all holding our breath hoping for his and your safe return
The Trumpies clearly allowed this to happen thinking that the optics of a well-treated “terrorist” being embraced by a Dem would redound to their benefit. I think and hope that they’ve miscalculated epically.
THIS is what an actual warm-blooded public servant does. They put in the work, they take the risk, and they deliver. This is worth a hundred pseudo-filibusters. Excellent work by a (D) with courage and integrity. 👏👏👏👏👏
Glad to see someone in politics with some fucking balls. Keep it up Senator!
He's alive!!! OMG!!! Yes!
Fuck. How gross is it that many of us are relieved to see he's not dead?
I'm one. Glad I'm wrong!
Totally, mate. I'm an Aussie and we're all (w'all?) watching this shitshow with y'all.
Keep us in your thoughts...all the support is helping
A Brit doing the same. We're so worried for you, we see seriously fashy sh!t unfolding I was convinced he was dead, I'm incredibly relieved to see I was wrong. This is a great first step, but it's going to be a long road
Stick with us. We are not safe from the Felon, his goon squad, and his cult, but the next 6 months will tell what more we need to do. I hope all Democracies learn from our huge mistakes. Strengthen your Constitution, disallow large sums of money, and pay your politicians and judges much more.
Australia is coincidentally going through an election now and the right-winger (we call them 'cookers' or cunts) was all trumpian but thankfully the electorate has been made wiser from your misery. Sorry.. but thanks 😬
For example, they tried the whole anti-trans thing here and shockingly (from the land of Murdoch) we were all "dudes, leave them alone" and there's not a peep now 🥱
We are NOT going to let these fųç'ers win 😡
Alive!!!
Yes✌️
Thank heavens! I was very worried
And unmaimed! I was not expecting any good news ever again!
woah.. surprised the shit out of me! I apologize for about fifty Skeets!
Bring him back
Thank you! I genuinely thought he was dead.
I feared he was too.
Finally we know for sure that he’s still alive. I’m truly disgusted by Trump and whatever back room deal he has with Bukele to never return our citizens and worse, defying the Supreme Court, which if I understand correctly, not even a president is immune from arrest.
I think Trump should go to Dallas and have himself driven around in a convertible.
And he should not be buried at Arlington where the true heroes reside. He needs to be dropped in the ocean, Bin Laden-style.
Ooh let's throw him in alive to a pod of hungry orka
Like in a 007 movie?
Yeah!
AMEN!!! Totally agree! It would be vandalized daily if he was in Arlington!
The ocean has enough pollution. All that's needed is the Mojave, a few hours, some turkey vultures, and we're mint.
That obese lunatic could feed a lot of wildlife.
hey now, what did turkey vultures ever do to you? 🤣
They have robust stomachs. They would survive the meal.
I think considering his attacks on our environment and national parks, he should be composted and used as fertilizer on a tree farm for repopulating deforestated areas. He can get a plaque to hang on one of the trees that says, "here is the only contribution Trump ever made to this planet."
That would work…
Just try it in Washington DC. No need to travel.
I may be even more afraid of the replacement we are getting when he dies. We need regime change!
I don’t know whether the Thiel-controlled puppet could be worse than fElon‘s and Pootin‘s shared werewolf.
Me neither. But I'm afraid it won't bring much good.
Alas, the reason more liberal presidents are assassinated is because conservatives are violent nut jobs. Hell, even the dudes that "shot" at Trump were conservatives. Though they are really testing the left of center crowd like they're the only ones who own guns or something.
yet you'll find MAGAbots screaming everywhere about how violent the left is 😒 every accusation is a confession with that bunch
Please keep in mind that history won't repeat itself, but it rhymes ... so, instead of using a convertible, he could ride a garbage truck (as in his campaign) and upon reaching the dump he will be drowned in the municipal sewer - an almost too good end for a bag full of shit.
I have a 4th-floor condo; balcony is a tad dicey…
PERFECT!!! But, I’m still hoping history repeats itself! ✌🏼🤞🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Never thought I'd say this, but I won't even be horrified by that breaking news.
Neither will I! Actually it’ll be my personal yearly celebration! Since I wasn’t born when hitler committed suicide…this will be in that same category! 🥳🥳🥳
NO TRUER WORDS WERE EVER SPOKEN…UNTIL NOW! That “grassy knoll” needs an upgrade for something positive to happen there, instead of dwelling on something negative from the past! That would be it! 🎯
Isn't it interesting that over half the people in a nation are hoping that their leader dies? Where were these people in November?
That’s a beautiful dream of mine too! Wish it would come true sooner rather than later! I’d love to have a front row seat! Maybe I should buy some outlandish color raincoat so I stand out! 😂
Maybe a parade is a good idea!
I’m onboard with that! We can all skip down 5th Avenue in NY & sing: 🎶“Ding-Dong, the donnie-dick is dead!”🎶
Now that's a parade I'd attend.
Or Manhattan
The location doesn‘t really matter.
You mean this sort of thing 😊
LOL...
Well Zelensky DID invite him to Ukraine....
Surprised there hasn’t been an inside job.
I want the CIA-escort in the Jeep that Diem got when we decided to cut his puppet strings.
Yes sitting presidents are immune from arrest
Kat, when we think he's gone too far, he keeps right on going. Like an out of control train. But that train is doomed to crash one day. I started my mantra again, 25th him. But that was when the House was blue. But the Senate of Cowards, had a chance to get rid of him & they didn't. Tks, Mitch 🤬🤬🤬
But a dictator is immune.
I’m honestly shocked he’s alive
I’d be doing a cheek swab just for extra measure… I’m a cynic 🤷🏻♀️
I have to admit, me too
I am shocked. I was 100% certain that if he wasn't dead, then he was in extremely bad shape.
I am very happy that he is alive and apparently not physically injured.
Same. But quite relieved.
Same! We know the ends though of that facility. They keep sending people in, no one leaves.
If you use google earth such as through maps.google.com and search for cecot prison el salvador, zoom all the way in, near the smaller structures toward the upper left of the prison facilities, there is a pile of bodies in a pool of blood being queued into the cremation oven on site, amidst ashes.
Oh yes, I’ve seen it. It’s horrific.
Me too. Well, shocked, grateful, relieved.
I've never been so glad to be wrong.
❤️😺
Came here to say this
Same. I was legit worried.
Me, as well. But let’s not forget that there’s a very decent chance he’s been attacked and/or tortured in some way. It is what CECOT is known for.
I’m surprised he’s alive and very confused that he’s nicely dressed and sitting in comfort, but maybe that’s just a show they put on for the cameras?
Yes. Absolutely. But that’s still really, really good. They’re worried about how this looks. They need a PR win. They’re feeling the pressure. This is unequivocally good. He’s alive, and they’re stressed.
I’m also shocked and thankful he is still alive. We need to stop this madness
And that he’s wearing clothes, not just underwear.
Me too
Please let him stay that way until he’s released. Soon! Please.
I was about to say the same! Holy poop, I am surprised.
This, right here, is leadership. This, right here, is a public servant. Senator, you just put yourself at the top of the Democratic pyramid.
I admire his dedication to his constituents.
I’ve met the senator. He’s the real deal: down to earth, smart, caring.
I’m sure they serve coffee in cups and saucers to them stacked 80 per cell.
Maryland rules.
Absolutely! I'm proud to be a Marylander. Thank you, Sen. Van Hollen!!
Yup. Alsobrooks, Raskin, Moore. And people are worried about the Ds bench . . .
Yall! Please just come hang out with us in Maryland. Especially Baltimore!♥️ #Ilovecitylife #baltimorerepresent #marylandhomegrownheroes
And the Eastern Shore—just be prepared to protest our seditionist rep Andy Orban-loving Harris.
Is there anybody running against the traitor?
Every two years! Closest we got was 40%.
Y’all need a centrist with a spotless record and a legal background. Has to be able pick apart the Repug—every vote, every statement, every action in Congress. And that person needs to be running NOW!
The media would attack a centrist as radical left. The dems ran a conservative for president in 2024 and she was slaughter by the press as "far left."
Great—know one?
The problem is that Trump’s supporters have been conditioned to think anything bad about him is fake news.
Most of Blue is paralyzed in silence
He sold out the city of DC in negotiations with the GOP It's great that he went to El Salvador but I'd bet it was for PR more than actually caring
Oh please
Honor, courage, and commitment. These were the core values of the USN. The Senator just showed everyone what they look like in action. And of course, leadership in the face of tyranny like few others in Congress have shown.
WOW! Just recent days I just realized we have someone on top of the list for our leader that we are desperately looking for. I’m so proud of his humanity!
Yep First thing on my mind was the difference in responding to a crisis between this man and my senator Rafael Cruz who had to walk with his tail between his legs through an airport because he chose warmth in Mexico over serving his constituents. This is a senator.
I remember that!!! These corrupt politicians can do as much harm as they want, but they’re really super pathetic cowards!
Cowards Who think that being someone who loudly has opinions on bathrooms makes them “more of a man” than the guy who walked into a foreign prison to ascertain the safety of his constituent.
Thank you for standing up for due process and ensuring his safety!
And of the other 90% that is transported to El Salvador and is - probably - innocent.
Thank you Senator Chris Van Hollen. Finally, someone has stood up for what is right against the Malignant Narcissism in the White House.
We won't forget when it is his time for reelection. Dollar, dollar bills, y'all 💲💲💲
OMG, OMG, OMG....😭🙏😭❤️😭....I am speechless, this is WONDERFUL news. Thank you so much for not giving up @vanhollen.senate.gov
I was the same!!! Speechless for like 20 minutes but SO grateful!! We're not used to any good news 😭
So clearly, they CAN let him out of that prison
We are paying them! With our tax dollars!!
I kind of wonder what would have happened if @vanhollen.senate.gov grabbed his hand and said: I'm leaving with him.
I had a similar thought
Yes he needs to be released and leave El Salvador. However he's not safe to return to America. Sadly he and his family need to go somewhere safe and the USA isn't that place anymore.
depressing, but probably right.
Depressing but right. He may be able to be released by kind people, but its not impossible for other people to just lock him back up again.
… they’ve sworn to, if he comes back. they’re the worst kind of people : cruel, vindictive, vengeful … for really no reason, except to feed the hideous ugly monster inside themselves.
I mean, they have to try and discredit him any way that they can because when he comes back hell will break loose. If he doesn't get paid off and lie - given the narrative they're running, I doubt that'll happen.
I think he'd be a hero when he comes back. The same throngs that envelop AOC and Bernie.
Not to mention the harassment, and worse, he could receive from the MAGA hordes.
of course they "can" do that, but we're not talking about humans with logical minds and kind souls, we're talking about fascist ghouls who only care about maximizing the suffering in the world. In that sense, they can't release him, and they never will.
Canada is a good option.
surprised Canada hasn't stepped up to give the whole family sanctuary.
I think he needs to be returned to the US; if he ends up outside the US, even in Canada, it will have proven that trumpler can in fact remove anyone from the US. And if something happens to him, people will absolutely lose their shit anyway.
I just don't think that's plausible. The Trump administration doesn't make mistakes. Therefore he needs to be a criminal who was kicked out and can never return. That would be admitting they are wrong. They would kill him first.
www.youtube.com/shorts/3Zmq9...
He's in the evil cult
I wish Canada or another country with a functioning government would offer asylum to him and his family.
Watching from OZ, no one looks safe in the US (unless you are a billionaire or part of the Trump cult) and no one is safe travelling there.
No one is safe in America.
And no empty margaritas glasses on the table
What a tone deaf comment...
Thank you, Senator!
Excellent news! Thank you for your tireless dedication and service. Sentator, you deserve the Congressional Gold Medal!😊🫡🇺🇸
Thank you senator, for doing something others were too afraid to do. Democrats need to fight harder to stop all this nonsense.
Let’s say it as it is. No republicans yet in congress are. Not one. Sure. Push Dems to act - I can’t say I’ve followed the votes they’ve called for. But they can’t pass anything wo republican votes.
At what point, and what does it take for the International Criminal Court to take up charges of “Crimes Against Humanity”? (It appears extrajudicial detentions & deportations might fall under the definition of what might be investigated and prosecuted.)
They aren't doing anything for Palestinians either. They don't seem to go after anyone these days.
An alleged war criminal, with an open warrant for arrest was having tea in the white house last week. That alleged war criminal can only travel to a hand full of countries in the world, without being arrested immediately. He can freely travel to USA and even visit the white house.
If trump wont listen to SCOTUS he’s unlikely to take any notice of ICC.
The only problem with that is we are not a signatory member of the Rome statute that created the ICC so unfortunately we are not necessarily under any obligations to extradite US citizens or military to the criminal court in the Hague. That poses a hurdle for crimes against humanity prosecutions
Thanks for answering … (it appears there was a 2008 effort to “codify” the rules, but alas - 🤷🏼♂️)
It wouldn't have passed with the Republican Congress & part of the problem is the way certain people felt about the implications to military personnel in conflict zones. It was omitted in an effort to protect military from international prosecution on the assumption they would be prosecuted at home
ICC has no jurisdiction over the US, and the US government has vowed to invade the Hague if they ever try and prosecute a US President
Thanks for responding … which Administration? (We can probably guess, but 🤷🏼♂️?)
Bush, it is actually legislation that passed the Senate 71-22 www.hrw.org/news/2002/08...
(Thanks again … not entirely a wasted posit, and it appears there was at least a skosche of interest generated for some kind of justice …)
I mean we did it because Americans were just outright committing war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq
My question too.
The US is not under that jurisdiction we did not sign that. Terrible, I know.
Fun fact: the US did sign it. John Bolton (yes, that Bolton, Trump's national security advisor) managed to undo it. 2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/...
Ah yes the Dubya years. I’m sure he wanted to avoid The Hague as well…
That’s so awful.
(Thank you for your edifying response …)
Unfortunately, trump doesn’t like our own legal system, I don’t think he’s going to join more. Hit him where it hurts 💰💵💸
USA is not the only countries, North Korea and Russia also not part of ICC. If the USA is the home of the free, think for yourself? Obvious, the USA is not a free country.
…yet
But El Salvador *is*
Americans opted out of the International Criminal Court, often referred to as The Hague. We withdrew decades ago. The ICC does not have jurisdiction or authority over US actions. Don’t you think Black Sites & the Rendition of Foreign Nationals would have already been an issue? Educate yourselves. 🤦🏻♀️
Thanks for response (and kindness …)
You’re so welcome. If we hadn’t rescinded our agreement during the overwhelmingly extrajudicial 2nd Bush Presidency, maybe we could look the rest of the world in the eyes. As it is, the path was smoothly laid out for Felon 47. Career politicians were anathema to the writers of the Constitution. 💔😒
It depends on membership to the court, and the US never actually joined. The only jurisdiction it has over the US is for genocide. And if you really want to, you could say that some actions already qualify. But the ability for it to prosecute a sitting US administration for anything is out of reach.
You are a mensch. A true servant of the people. Thank you
Thank you Senator Van Hollen! You and Rep. Raskin make me proud to be a Marylander. Keep up the good fight!
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Thank you Senator. Thank you very much.
Thank you and thank god he's alive. Let's get him home and send Miller to El Salvador instead.
Gracias.
OMG Thank You So much Sir for your efforts and bravery. Thank God he is alive. Please bring him home to his family and kids.
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Well done Senator - thank Gods he is ok ❤️🙏🩵🙏
Thank you senator. This action, this effort, reminds me of what our elected representatives are capable of.
Oh shit, he’s alive?!
Thank you.
Thank you, Senator. Someone please tell Senator Murkowski that this is what courage looks like.
Whining about being afraid is not leadership.
Your party is gone Lisa, destroyed by itself. Either you’re MAGA now or you’re a Democrat or Independent. Make a choice. We are scared too! But we pay you to stand up for us! If you aren’t up to the job, quit and let someone else do it. NEVER EVER give in to bullies. Step up or leave.
Lead, follow, or get the fuck out of the way.
It takes courage to kiss the ass that wears the ring.
THAT part!💯 This one act by this courageous Senator just shows how much one person really can make a difference!! I think Senator Booker really inspired people to think outside the box & just do their part!! Well done! I’m so proud of him! He deserves a hero’s welcome when he returns to the U.S!!!
pam bondi is probably going to arrest him upon arrival back they must be tearing their hair out
I wish nothing bad to happen to the good gentleman from Maryland, but maybe that would get the other 97 Senators (I’m excluding Bernie and Booker) to get off their asses.
My two senators have been doing their jobs. What was interesting was reading something about Murkowski feeling "scared."
She was honest; that's a good first step for Repubs.
Arrest Pam Bondi. She is so corrupt. And her botox looks like hell. !!
Look switch to Independent. I know your daddy was Republican ,but daddy would of never put with a Dictator especially a puss like Trump! Go Independent G/F free your self you'll feel better!
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This is the first time since this administration took office again that I have been shocked in a good way. Amazing job. I'm going to feel anxious until they're both back in the US though...
SAME! I fuckin screamed when I saw this, I did NOT think bukele was going to budge an inch, especially so soon. I assumed we'd need a lot more pressure before ANYTHING happened. This is HUGE. We MUST keep pushing harder and harder! For ALL those men!
Is he wearing a baseball cap because they shaved his head?
I thought that was telling...and no white t-shirt, no shackles...
Thank you
This was an incredibly courageous and honorable thing to do Senator. Thank you for standing up for the principles that make our country great.
#CourageIsContagious
This is his NTA - Notice to appear - DHS Paperwork for Charges - document hasn’t shows up ANY charges as Trump admin assured … #FuckTrump #FuckICE His attorney has right … Trump can not provide all those fakes charges #ImpeachTheMotherFucker @vanhollen.senate.gov you must to ask for his NTA asap
This incredible. Thank you for putting yourself out there and making this possible, Senator. Much respect. Please help bring Kilmar home (to Maryland)!
Hats off to you sir, thank you!!
He lives. Good news
Thank you for pushing so hard to get through!
well. fucking. done.
Thank you, Senator, for having the courage to do this.
Amazing work in spreading the word. I will give you a follow to support.
and the innocent teen Merwil Guitierrez who has already been through so much hardship in his short life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... why arent @schumer.senate.gov and @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social fighting for their constituent like Senator VanHolland?!!
Thank you. I posted each one of these on my social media. Truth & Justice are the American Way!!
Yall have to give democrats the power to
They can all do what @vanhollen.senate.gov did.
No…democrats always have to go above and beyond to get y’all’s damn attention, just for yall to not support them in the end!
^^^ this right here
And 19yr old Merwil Gutiérrez www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The goons of the current GOP administration are the real criminals.
Not to mention the administration itself all being criminals.
I think I know this man.
This is what I’m wondering so much media on one man, but nothing on all the others illegally abducted. Who is fighting for them?
Omg, what a relief to hear that he’s alive!!
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Thank you
Thank you for doing this!
👍🙏💙
I am so happy to see proof of life. I had no faith in the rapist regime.
And I wonder if his account was hacked… could be an AI image… would want a video. He was fully denied seeing him and suddenly he’s there in civilian clothes and all..just weird
Weird is right...I really hope it's not AI. I hope they are both still alive. And it's pretty weird and scary that it's a possible fake. Smh.
I hadn't even considered the possibility ‼️ crazy how crazy shit has become on Earth 🌍
Geez. Why didn’t he wear a suit?
This made me smile! Thanks for a spot of humor 👍
Fucking MAGA Nazis!!!
Bravo! Thank you for being brave, your concern, your tenacity, your effort and doing what was right under difficult circumstances. You are appreciated and commended. Thank you for be a role model for others in Congress.
Thank you, Senator Van Hollen, for standing up and representing...doing what you were elected to do! We need more like you, leading the way and uniting us against the wanton cruelty of an extortionistic, demented, wannabe dictator and his despicable black-shirted bunch of lawless kidnappers!!!!
Bless you! Let's all work together to bring him home
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This demonstrates an important difference between the GOP & Democrats. Both parties cared about US citizens before the oligarchs took over and made so many of them unbelievably wealthy. Money created a disastrous rise of misplaced power in US politics just as Eisenhower warned. Good job Senator. 👍
Most US officials have been corrupted by money from Russian and American oligarchs. They no longer seek to serve the constituents who gave them power.
[Okay, I am following you. Insightful and intelligent!]
Eisenhower was absolutely correct that "they are stupid." trump is at stupid as stupid gets.
Maryland is proud of you! Good work.
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I'm glad he's alive
Is that him?!?!?
Wow! Well done!
How did you make them agree to it? Publicity got the cat or was it some order from our gov?
Publicity, I bet. Trumpists are not yet entirely immune despite the best efforts of Press Secretary Barbie.
We should still boycott El exports. They need a hard lesson.
That hurts the people of El Salvador more that the dictator
Yes it does but It hurts their oligarchs and funding this shyte much more. But i assure you Americans being deported to their camps would be incomparable.
I wonder what will happen when that first American goes to the El Salvador gulag. They are already trying to deport American citizens
Do we have any indication or proof there were no citizens on those plains?
Well I haven't heard that any were. But there are 2 Citizens that recieved emails that they were going to be deported. One a doctor and one a lawyer. Thet were born and lived their whole lives in America. Insane
I'm doubtful dRump helped he's tooooo dug in, although has been claiming he knows nothing about it.. Talk to doj
On the other hand maybe few of those named for possible contempt really don’t like orange suits?
It’s possible public outrage and threat of upcoming boycott had a bit of a play. Even the dark side was burning with comments against it.
What boycott? 🤔
Thanks
Oh thank God. I'm so relieved you got to meet with him and let him know people are fighting for him and the others to come home.
God so amazing. Thank you Senator!
I've felt that Mr. Garcia was deceased and said as much. Thank you Senator Hollen, I've never been happier to have been proven wrong.
Senator VAN Hollen. Excuse me.
Also, it’s Mr Abrego or Mr Abrego Garcia. Garcia alone is incorrect.
my brother in christ the man is being held in a gulag, I don't think he gives a shit what name people are using to address him right now
Probably not, but we also need to remember that the inhumane treatment of him and other US residents is predicated upon systematically dehumanizing them, denying their lawful rights and even identities. Getting these victims' names correct is a small way we can oppose that wannabe cultural norm.
It’s sort of like the bare minimum low bar of respect we can show the man right now. He’s deserving of being correctly identified and the respect of his name. Support begins at respect, otherwise you’re just taking advantage
Correct! Garcia is his mother's maiden name. Abrego is his father's surname and the one we English speakers use for our typical surname.
Stop, this man is a hero. He risked his life to see this man. I doubt Mr. Garcia would care how he was addressed right now.
I mean the man is going through living hell, the LEAST we can do is get his name right. Have some respect for a fellow human being. Also, no one has said anything critical of the senator.
I agree with you 100% on all counts.
I think so many of us thought the same.
I felt he likely was as well.
Same. Pleasantly shocked he is alive. ✔️ How about the others?
Same!
Me, too!!! I’m so grateful for this news.
I was 70/30 against him being alive, it was a major win to get proof of life. We got a LOT of data just from the photos.
Right?! Same here. A little bit of good news! Whew!
@schumer.senate.gov this is what we mean by fucking DO SOMETHING.
Absolutely!
Don't get too happy, I think this isn't true
You think what isn’t true?
@schumer.senate.gov needs to resign from leadership
He's too busy back home rescheduling his book tour. #FuckChuck
@gallego.senate.gov I hope you are listening because this is what people need to see and bring these people the humanity they need and tell their stories as if it could be us. Tired of DEMs not caring and ‘polling’ only BS. Do the right thing and be on the e right side of humanity. Period
Exactly. He could have put together a CODEL for any willing Member of Congress, House or Senate. But nope. Let one guy go on his own and see how it pans out…
He’s got his hands full murdering children of color in Palestine. He’s a Nazi. It’s time we face it. That’s why he’s doing nothing here at home either.
The only fucking thing I want @schumer.senate.gov to do at this point is resign as Min Leader. You passed up your chance to step aside with dignity and reputation intact. Now get the fuck OUT
#fuckchuck at this point that's all I can think besides #lamechuck #dumbchuck #gtfo #shameonyou no one wants your book #grandcentralpublishing
Like just put the guy on the plane and bring him back.
It really is that simple
I assume he’s wearing a hat indoors in the photo because they forcibly shaved his head or he has a head injury or both.
I mean they just threw him on a plane to get him there. Just bring him back.
you hate Schumer so much you’re a de facto MAGA
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! A thousand times yes.
Hell yeah
Did you notice how he did this while being in the MINORITY party? Trump is stretching & tearing the Constitution. Congress can surely stretch the speech and debate clause States can certainly stretch the 10th amendment SCOTUS and certainly HINT how to invoke its original jurisdiction powers.
@schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social This is your constituent I’m sure America is watching. @vanhollen.senate.gov Can you help your friends find their spine or their constituent?
Crimes in the name of the USA. Shame!
i pledged to never donate another dollar to any democrat until chuck was gone. i meant it.
Did you know they plan to send the Senators in shifts over there?
I'm so fucking proud of Van Hollen, and thankful he's my Senator!
If this had been @schumer.senate.gov’s constituent he never would’ve lifted a finger.
Action speaks LOUDER then bs words.
And also THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
I mean, he had one his Senators do something? He could do more other things, but this is also doing something?
Oh yeah, forgot about him. What’s he up to these days?
Don't worry... @schumer.senate.gov is playing grab ass with the boys at the gym. He is on top of this!
Schumer is utterly worthless.
Exactly!
Fooking right, fooking right. 👊🏼
Chuck the Cuck
Yes!
Sorry, Schumer works in the sternly worded letter department. They never accomplish anything, but they think they do.
Somehow, I do not think ignorance or lack of ability prevent Trump from “doing” anything, no matter how much he claims that’s the case. He plays his followers for suckers. #PTBarnum reincarnated.
yes thats exactly what we want from our leaders!!!
Amen amen
Spell out exactly what you want the minority leader in Congress to do? Republicans need to do something. They hold the power in the WH, Senate and House.
I believe this was addressed in my senator’s original post, who just completely shattered the Trump administration’s argument that “nothing can be done because he’s in El Salvador”. Chucky couldn’t even be bothered to filibuster
Bernie, ranking member on the Health, Education and Pensions Committee has not addressed the DOGE hack and data theft of the NLRB. Maybe it's because he's fine with data hacks. Anyway, it would be great if you could raise a ruckus about that.
Fillibuster what? He just saved a bunch of jobs that DOGE was going to cut in New York. Every Dem senator probably can't go to El Salvador, but you could throw some shade at the Republican house reps who treated the prison like an amusement park, including Claudia Tenney.
Yes, this is why, famously, when your opponent team in hockey has a power play, you just leave your goal unattended. What can we expect the minority team to do?
Is that Chuck (“The Towel”) Schumer of which you speak?
This is his NTA - Notice to appears - document that has no shows up ANY charges as Trump admin assured … #FuckTrump #FuckICE His attorney has right … Trump can not provide all those fakes charges #ImpeachTheMotherFucker
Chuck Schumer — Hardest shirking man in Congress
Invisible Chuck
I'm surprised Chuck didn't pop out and take credit like he did to Hakeem.
The normal, liberal, non-political Twitter accounts that MuskRat suppresses to prevent her miserable, narcissistic, ketamine-fueled,Nazi,fragile ego from being hurt are more invisible than Mr Chuckenshit Weakoward. Let's make Twitter crash like Tesla. Twitter is a brainwashing platform since 2022.
His 85 yr old ass couldn’t have travelled down there and done jack…that’s why ALL these 80 somethings need to be out of all 3 branches of the Fed Govt., bottom line
the greatest trick schumer played was convincing us he does exist 🤪
Overheard
We know he has imaginary friends, but I didn't think he himself...
Or cares.
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Schumer said he would facilitate the Democratic opposition to Trump.
As I've said of late - Chuck Chuck.
Chuck needs to GTFO ... Let us take back our country or stand aside.
The Republican Party has always been adept and strategic in influencing, getting, and taking what it wants. The Democratic Party remains behind in playing by the old rules and preserving "norms and institutions," and they lack the imagination to generate good and numerous results.
spoiler: Even if Trump were to die tomorrow, how prepared would Americans really be to stop the techno-feudal fantasies of Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk, and Peter Thiel? Let's focus strategically on avoiding distractions that change the narrative??.
It's time for the Democratic Party to become strategically extreme and influence with talent, loudly in the media, and improve their image nationally logistically. If I've learned anything, it's that the presidency will always be a stressful job, and we must subject Trump to that stress.
I believe that is along the lines of what David Hogg has in mind. Definitely not the status quo. There is an urgency to course correct if we are to survive here as a species. Climate change is real.
If you want to convince an ignorant person that climate change is real, you don't need to force him to believe it; you just need to tell him to protect the environment, recover it, and strengthen it. just convince him that if you like can continue contemplating beautiful landscapes
It makes zero sense to pollute the planet, whether one lives in the countryside of a big city. You don’t sh*t where you live. We have this one planet, no where else is home.
Dear Americans, 12 of these fascists don't mind burning the country, the world, and annihilating humanity to the ground as long as they never see themselves overthrown by force. Trump won't last long, and Vance will be one of these 12 stinky evil fascists.
Jeffries too
This! Total disappointment
Liked him okay until the 💩 really started to hit the fan this month. Not that things were good before… Listening to him speak against everything on @jenpsaki.msnbc.com I couldn’t help but feel that he was just missing the moment.
I appreciate Jeffries has been announcing a bill in Congress to ban stock trading for Congress members. It needs to be brought to the floor for voting by the republicans though.
Especially after Hakeem got $2.5 million from the DCCC who actually got that money partially from Peter Theils PLANTIR… the guy who sells spy software It is now become a very tangled web that this fucking society is weaving, led by billionaires and this is from an FEC filing TRAITORS…
Hak Tuah Jeffries
hey i love what everyone’s doing here in this thread, just wanted to chime in and say chuck schumer and hakeem jeffries will be judged by history as spineless cowards and mascots of public grift
Both of them can eat farts
cow farts, elephant farts or donkey farts.
Both Congressional leaders have jobs that are different than those who do not occupy leadership roles within the House and Senate. Think of their roles like those of a school principal or a business manager; they know how to do the jobs of the teachers, but they have to keep ALL the balls airborne.
Stop giving them excuses, they're sad saps at best and collaborators at worst. Especially Jeffries, who's funded by tech bro special interests. I don't trust him whatsoever. We need people who can give a full throated fight for our democracy not lay over and say "we can't do anything sry"
We'll just have to agree to disagree. I think you are typical of malcontents who don't know how to do these jobs but are very quick to make demands on those who DO know. We have many Dems in both the House and the Senate who are doing their jobs very well, and know how to deal with the rules.
What have we seen from him other than failure after failure? An abysmal approval rating? We can't keep playing this game and expecting to win simply by not being Trump. We need everyone with a power and a voice to be activated to the highest degree possible. Jeffries is bought by corpo interests.
Juggle these balls
Did you wander in here by mistake? Think this is the dark side, maybe?
I assure you I am in the right place. I demand more of the Democrats!
Lol 🤣😂 and I agree!
The Republican Party has always been adept and strategic in influencing, getting, and taking what it wants. The Democratic Party remains behind in playing by the old rules and preserving "norms and institutions," and they lack the imagination to generate good and numerous results.
I kind of want this said in congress. "I yield my time to my esteemed colleague and will furthermore request he eat farts." "Sir, this is the congressional chamber, and no place for that type of language." "Fine, I reclaim my time and would instruct my colleagues to ingest flatulence."
That would require them to do something.
What exactly do you suggest they do?! Hmmmm? JFC, stop the infighting. It energizes the magats!
Lying on your back and “thinking of England” energizes the magats
Fuck you
Expecting action is not infighting. Stop enabling fascism.
WTF do you expect them to do? Tell us.
LOL
He just saved hundreds of jobs in New York. It's not Coachella. It's people 's jobs.
Weird swing on Coachella, but I can't find anything on what jobs. Would you mind filling me in?
Why is it a weird swing? That's where Sanders is. Who is he helping?https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/watervliet-arsenal-layoffs-halted-following-senator-chuck-schumers-intervention
You have proven my theory that men do not mature beyond the age of five.
I’m (allegedly) 43
Physically. I'm talking mentally.
Schumer still has things to do. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. america2.news/forget-the-b...
Well maybe if he'd get off the starting line we'd have a little more faith in his endurance.
That's not how faith works. No wonder Republicans seize and expand power.
Oh sorry, if you're looking at faith as something which requires no evidence or result then go nuts, but that's not how I'm using the word.
Yet, there is evidence. He has the bandwidth to deal with complex issues and problems. I don't even care for Schumer, and he's my Senator. I'm just tired of people bitching about legislative processes and strategies they haven't thought deeply about. Democratic downers ain't helping.
I'd love to see it, if you can share it!
And he is representative of establishment Democrats whose betrayal over decades has led to our collective global mess. We need actual public servants not lackeys for K Street. We need progressive FDR (common sense) policies for climate crisis, accelerating AI, resource hoarding by billionaires.
As imaginary as the constituents that live in his head.
Another Chuckles, same effort.
Invisible chuck, Netanyahu's cuck. Primary his ass. Get AIPAC out of the democrats
Schrödinger's senator...
Do nothing Chuck
Seriously
Exactly!
Preach!!!!!!!!!
YES.
Van Hollen for Senate Minority Leader!
I want this guy as my president. I am serious.
Had the same thought. Maybe we have the beginnings of a 2028 ticket on our hands
Chuck is likely compromised.
And @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
Chuck doesn’t care.
It’s beyond his capabilities.
🎯
Thank you for saying that!!!
Thank you.
Good one! 👍
Cory is all of us.
SCOTUS should sent the Marshals and arrest Steven Miller and Pam Bondi for contempt of court. Telling the Chump administration they will be released with Garcia is back in America.
Arrest is too good for that bitch. She needs to take a long trip down a flight of steps.
Careful with that. We still want due process for everyone. Including lying criminal fascists and treacherous Americans shilling for Russia.
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That and human trafficking! It used to be illegal to kidnap people and transport them out of the country to sell to another person, or organization and yet this is what happened.
Unfortunately, SCOTUS doesn’t have much power of enforcement. The marshals are controlled by the executive branch damnit. I guess that’s how Leon’s bodyguards got to start carrying guns.
YES 👏👏👏👏
#PointOfOrder: Is it indeed #USMarshals who are officially responsible for enforcing #SCOTUS rulings if physical enforcement is needed? Trump’s goons threatened #USAID officials with Marshals to get them to physically back down. To whom or what do US Marshals officially report?
Yeah fuck you @schumer.senate.gov you weasel
Exactly. We NEED MORE THAN LIP SERVICE. Schumer lost me.
He is useless person for this fight! Send him to kindergarten to flight with the babies!
@schumer.senate.gov I hope you get replaced you fucking loser.
Word.
I was afraid he was already dead. This is a relief.
Yes!!!
@murray.senate.gov @cantwell.senate.gov This goes for you both as well!
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Van Hollen is Garcia's Senator
should have maybe been a group of senators going. point is Chris went there. actually DID something! Chuck and the gang keep telling us to fight, send them money, etc. and is ridiculous.
Amen
Chuck is wearing shorts panting next to republicans in the gym
Hey don’t bother him he’s busy insider trading with his GOP homies
Don't give him ideas. Everyone hates him and his face. Keep him away from the movement. Replace him.
Fucking chuck
This NY voter agrees!!!
This took real balls & conviction. It shows us that courage, compassion, & fighting for what’s right still count for something. If they can do it to Kilmar they can do it to any of us. There is no compromise with fascism. I will die on my feet before I live on my knees under Donald fucking Trump.
Amen.
💯
100% ✊️
Me too and I’m 81. I love this country!🇺🇸❤️
I'm 55, and a veteran. And I used to love this country. I used to. I live in Europe now. And I'm never coming back. The place that created Robespierre, Oliver Cromwell, Hitler, Franco, etc has learned the hard way. America has been playing at it, and got close in the Gilded Age. Now we're
learning what happens when you have 2 parties and q gets filled with extremists and the Constitution isn't designed to resist a takeover of all 3 branches of govt at the same time. You think we would have learned after 1945, but we got all "exceptionalist" - "it can't happen here" Well, it's here.
Well said. Seconded
You are absolutely right… Europe learned the hard way. Over centuries. We have our conflicts, problems and issues to solve. But Europe has more than Robespierre, Mussolini or Hitler. We have Aristoteles, Bach, Curie, Decartes, Einstein, Freud, Galilei,…,Zuse.
We have our history, our learnings and we tend to overthink things. Because of things. And that’s ok and good bcs we have imho some sort of moral compass. Reminded on our complex history on the continent we stand for humanity and democracy. We try. And never give up.
It's already happening to "you". Many American Citizens are arrested, detained and assaulted by ICE, and the White Nationalists organisations they recruit to do their dirty work. It's going to get much worse before it gets any better..
Yes it will, he will declare martial law on 4/20. If the people rise up and resist. We will be beaten and killed and they will have no repercussions, and local law enforcement will have no jurisdiction to help.
You may be right! But I think he, with advice from Heritage Foundation, will save that power until the fall of 2026, to be able to cancel the midterm elections! I think your protests are safe for now!
Keep fighting until he is released along with the other innocents. Demand due process and proof for each one!
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Thank you 🙏🏻
So… they gave him street clothes for the meeting? Trying to dress things up for public? Hmmm.🧐
I was just thinking the same thing and the fact that they appear to be at a restaurant or something. Makes me think Barbie K’s visit down there was staged to only show the “good” parts. Scary AF
I was too…where did the KC ZChiefs Super Bowl hat come from? He also has facial hair, and all these men were shaved, including facial hair.
I think that was just for show. Like everything republicans do.
It's good that they're worried about appearances. Maybe that will keep him alive. Maybe they will care more about the others, too.
Oh 100%, obviously!
Perhaps these are Hanes and Nike clothes made in El Salvador.
Yeah, the Nazis pulled this crap too whenever the Red Cross showed up to inspect conditions at the concentration camps.
Exactly.
Of course with that is the plan he was probably also coached into what he could say and what he shouldn’t and the repercussions if he spoke out of line
Yeah that was my first question why wasn't he in that tattooed stunt picture that they keep flouting around? It's like they found all the people with the newest tattoos and put them in the front of the picture.
You said what I'm thinking!
It also looks like they brought him to a public place. This doesn’t look like it happened at the prison.
I hate that I'm so cynical now but I'm very confused by the clothes and the well-groomed facial hair and the restaurant setting.
The facial hair looks like very recent growth though. But the clothes are definitely part of their staging for the senator.
It’s optics, nothing more.
You're not cynical, you're aware. This is all theatre.
And lack of guards. I mean, if they seriously thought he was dangerous, he'd be in shackles and a guard right beside him and not going to a restaurant.
Right wtaf? Take the hat off?
The important thing is that he's alive! 🙂
And Kilmar knows he’s not forgotten.
Who knows the conditions the guy is living in. He needed to know our country is fighting to get him out of there. He has hope! Everyone deserves a right to be heard!
Hoping they will treat him ok.
Hope for ALL THE prisoners and especially the nearly 300 kidnapped and trafficked by the 🍊 Traitor little weasel Stephen Miller. He's the one to be criminally prosecuted for this entire BS‼️
Bravo 👏🏼
Thanks so much for your courage! Can we please get him back home now?!?!?
The senator shouldn’t leave without him!
That’s what I thought as well.
Thank you senator!
Well done!! A hero for our time.
Thank you, Senator. You are showing true integrity and leadership. You didn’t give up and make sure you got proof that he was alive. Now let’s bring him home.
💙💙💙
Thank you!! You’re a rock star. Keep fighting!!
Great work, Senator! Let’s get this guy and all the other falsely imprisoned folks home!
This Canadian tried to donate. US passport required.
At least you tried, Leeram! Good of you! 💙
Well it was only 10 bucks but, you know, I think what he did is really awesome.
I'm about to make a donation to the incredible Senator and I'm going to add $10 from a friend of mine in Canada that I've never met -- don't ask any questions. You're cool!
OH Thank you! That's awesome
I gave a total of $60 !!! We love our neighbors to the north !!!
SWEET! You Rock!
So you have to have a passport now to donate to a politician? I have never heard of that before.
Well then I will keep my 10 bucks and just say THANK YOU SENATOR.
Guessing if I was Russian it would be okay. 😆
Ya that's a bit weird eh?
I'm in the US but don't own a passport so I guess I don't qualify. That's lame. But I don't usually donate.
Guessin they don't want foreign interference. Bahahaha
Had it all done and ready. Hit submit and was rejected.
It's illegal to take funds from a foreign country. They probably pinged your IP address.
You have to be an American citizen. This has been the rule for many years. It is to protect against foreign interference. I had the same problem. I am a dual citizen living in Canada. I tried to donate $2 to Hillary's campaign. They returned it because my passport was expired.
Yes you’re not allowed to donate if you’re outside of the US. Always been that way.
Sometimes I forget where I live. We are so enmeshed in your politics.
For that last bit, I’m tremendously sorry.
US election law prohibits foreign money. Has for decades. For nearly as long, those with big money have found ways to circumvent the law. Still, I don't want renminbi or rubles or forint or shekels or riyals or even Canadian dollars having an effect on our elections.
You’re awesome Leeram!
nah.
Contact the Intn'l Surfing Assoc (ISA) to urge them to (cut/paste this) STOP using El Salvador for surfing events/championships. Big event coming up in September! Kilmar Abrego-Garcia is wrongfully and unlawfully imprisoned in El Salvador and needs to be freed! isasurf.org/contact-us/
Any Canadian donation would be illegal, and politicians accepting it would technically break US law. Your money would go further in Canada. The Conservatives have huge corporate money behind them. I choose to fight them any way I can and contribute accordingly.
Thank you, Senator! Thank you for doing something. I have nothing but RESPECT for what you are doing!!!
Great work mate. This family is suffering unnecessarily, just for the Trump regime's propaganda.