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Creeping Police State
By: Surly1 Date: May 13, 2019, 9:05 am
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Pay attention to this story and its repercussions. It could well
be a local one-off, or the start of a troubling trend.
A reporter declined to reveal his source. Then police showed up
at his front door with guns.
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[html]<div> <div> <div> <div data-authorname="Eli
Rosenberg"> <div><span>By</span><a
href="
HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/eli-m-rosenberg/">Eli<br
/>Rosenberg</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <span
itemprop="datePublished" content="2019-05-11T06:45-500">May 11
at 6:45 PM</span></div> <p data-elm-loc="1">Bryan Carmody, a
freelance reporter in San Francisco, awoke Friday to the sounds
of someone trying to break into his house.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="2">About 10 officers from the San Francisco Police
Department were bashing the front gate of his home in the Outer
Richmond neighborhood with a sledgehammer, he said. It was just
after 8 o’clock in the morning.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="3">Carmody called out and said he would let them
into the house. The officers showed him a search warrant and
proceeded to go through his home — from “top to
bottom” he says — with their guns drawn.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="4">“They treated me like I was some kind of
drug dealer," he said in an interview with The Washington
Post.</p> <p data-elm-loc="5">Carmody was being raided in
connection with a criminal investigation.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="6">Two weeks before, police investigators showed
up at his home to ask him, politely he says, to identify the
source who provided him with a confidential police report about
the February death of the city’s public defender, Jeff
Adachi. Carmody, who said he worked with three local television
news stations on the story, declined.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="7">He wasn’t about to give up his source on
Friday either, despite the escalation — not to the police
or two FBI agents in suits who questioned him about the case, he
said.</p> <p data-elm-loc="8">“I’m smart enough
not to talk to federal agents, ever,” Carmody said.
“I just kept saying ‘lawyer, lawyer, lawyer.'
”</p> <p data-elm-loc="9">So he stayed handcuffed for
the next six hours, he says — a certificate of release
from the police department that he distributed says he was in
custody from 8:22 a.m. until 1:55 p.m. — as investigators
searched his home, then his office, where they found the report
in a safe. A search warrant filed in the case notes that it was
issued as police investigated “stolen or embezzled
property.”</p> <p
data-elm-loc="10">“There’s only two people on this
planet who know who leaked this report — me and the guy
who leaked it,” Carmody said.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="11">The raid on Carmody’s home and office
drew wide First Amendment-related attention in the Bay Area over
the weekend. And it added a new twist to the intrigue that
surrounded the death of Adachi, who had built up a high profile
as a public defender in the <a
href="
HTML https://web.archive.org/web/20030612012020/http://asianweek.com/2003_01_10/bay_adachi.html"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">16 years</a> he had held the
office.</p> <p data-elm-loc="12">The only elected public
defender in California, Adachi was <a
href="
HTML https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Public-Defender-Jeff-Adachi-dies-13638785.php?psid=42XPW#photo-16972298"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">known </a>as an watchdog on
police misconduct. His death, on Feb. 22, at the age of 59, was
attributed in early reports to a heart attack.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="13">Then more information came to
light.</p> <p data-elm-loc="14">On Feb. 24, ABC 7 <a
href="
HTML https://abc7news.com/abc7-obtains-sfpd-report-on-jeff-adachi-death/5153863/"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">published a story</a> after it
said it obtained a police report and photos about Adachi’s
death, which included unflattering details about the public
defender’s last hours. The story reported that he had been
with a woman named Caterina — not his wife — and
that he was found unresponsive in an apartment with “an
unmade bed, empty bottles of alcohol, cannabis gummies, and two
syringes that may have been left by
paramedics.”</p> <p data-elm-loc="15">The publication
of those details, which did little to illuminate the nature of
Adachi’s death and more to call into question his
character, prompted some to wonder if the police department was
retaliating against Adachi, even after his death.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="16">“It’s curious that we’re
reading leaked details about another ‘woman,’ the
renting of an apartment, and entirely unnecessary mentions of
alcohol, cannabis, and syringes,” SFist <a
href="
HTML https://sfist.com/2019/02/25/leaked-details-pose-new-questions-about-jeff-adachis-death/"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted at the time</a>.
“Certainly the incident ought to be investigated, as any
death should, but the information coming out makes it seem like
Adachi’s decades-old battles with law enforcement —
on behalf of defendants and otherwise — may continue even
after his passing.”</p> <p
data-elm-loc="17"><i>[<a
href="
HTML https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kamala-harris-grew-up-with-jeff-adachi-then-tragedy-struck-/2019/03/06/2b8e93f2-3c70-11e9-a06c-3ec8ed509d15_story.html">Kamala<br
/>Harris ‘grew up’ with Jeff Adachi. Then tragedy
struck.</a>]</i></p> <p data-elm-loc="18">Tim Redmond,
editor of the San Francisco news site 48 Hills, called the local
coverage “repugnant,” noting how disliked Adachi was
by many police officers in the city in a post <a
href="
HTML https://48hills.org/2019/02/news-media-adachi-death/"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">he wrote at the
time</a>.</p> <p data-elm-loc="19">“Where do you
supposed those came from? Why do you suppose they wound up with
the sensation-driven TV stations?” he wrote of the
provenance of the police report. “The photos have been
widely publicized with no context at all. There are photos of
‘an unmade bed’ — a salacious innuendo with no
relevance.”</p> <p data-elm-loc="20">Carmody declined
to give specifics about the three outlets he had worked with on
the story.</p> <p data-elm-loc="21">A “stringer”
in the parlance of TV news, Carmody occupies the small niche in
the world of broadcast journalism that was satirized in the
Hollywood film “Nightcrawler.”</p> <p
data-elm-loc="22">He works every night from about 10 p.m. to 6
a.m., when he chases news, such as car crashes, crime scenes,
disasters, weather stories, the release of a new video game
— “anything that happens overnight,” he says
— then sells his services and materials he gathers to
local stations for their morning broadcasts. His name is rarely
included on the report or corresponding material, he
said.</p> <p data-elm-loc="23">His company, North Bay
Television, which is run out of an office downtown stocked with
police scanners, computers, and a coffee machine, employs three
or four other people, down from a onetime peak of 10.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="24">“Like all media, we are shrinking," he
said.</p> <p data-elm-loc="25">He said he has never paid any
of his sources of information or material.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="26">Asked about tensions between the police
department and Adachi, Carmody declined to comment on the
politics of the case.</p> <p data-elm-loc="27">“I had
no beef with him, I had no beef with anyone, I’m just a
journalist in the middle of this,” he said.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="28">He said he believed he was being targeted
because he was a freelancer, noting that details in the police
report had appeared in other publications, such as<a
href="
HTML https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-police-investigating-death-of-Public-Defender-13640319.php"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener"> the San Francisco
Chronicle</a>.</p> <p data-elm-loc="29">“I don’t
think there was a police raid at the Chronicle with a
sledgehammer yesterday,” he said.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="30">A medical examiner’s report, which was
released to the media in March, filled in more details about
Adachi’s death. The office <a
href="
HTML https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-Public-Defender-Jeff-Adachi-died-accidental-13710124.php"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled his death an accident</a>
due to the effects of cocaine and alcohol combined with a
preexisting heart condition it said Adachi had.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="31">The San Francisco Police Department defended
the investigation Saturday in a statement sent to <a
href="
HTML https://twitter.com/SonjaHutson/status/1127270157108142080"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">local reporters</a>.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="32">“The citizens and leaders of the City of
San Francisco have demanded a complete and thorough
investigation into this leak, and this action represents a step
in the process of investigating a potential case of obstruction
of justice along with the illegal distribution of confidential
police material," it said.</p> <p data-elm-loc="33">An FBI
spokeswoman said that the bureau’s agents did not
participate in the execution of the search warrant but confirmed
that they were present to interview Carmody.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="34">A law enforcement source, who spoke on the
condition of anonymity, said that Carmody was handcuffed for
procedural issues related to “multiple weapons” in
the house. Carmody said that he is the lawful owner of an
unspecified number of guns.</p> <p data-elm-loc="35">Carmody
says his ability to work is now crippled by the seizure of his
electronics. A search warrant and affidavit he distributed noted
that police took at least at least four tablets, seven
computers, 10 hard drives, a dozen phones, two cameras,
reporters’ notebooks and a thumb drive from his home. He
has <a
href="
HTML https://www.gofundme.com/journalist-raided-by-police-support-1st-amendment"<br
/>target="_blank" rel="noopener">started a GoFundMe </a>page to
raise money to buy more equipment.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="36">Thomas R. Burke, a First Amendment lawyer in
the Bay Area who represents Carmody, said that he believes the
police overreached significantly.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="37">“The appropriate thing was to issue a
subpoena, not a search warrant,” he said, noting the
breadth of Carmody’s material they had control over in all
of this devices and notebooks. He said he wants to know whether
the judges who signed the warrants were aware that they were for
a reporter’s home and office.</p> <p
data-elm-loc="38">Carmody said he had never been pressured by
law enforcement to give up a source before in 29 years of
reporting — mentioning as an example the leaked
photographs from San Francisco’s public transportation
agency he recently acquired that exposed a safety issue with
some trains.</p> <p data-elm-loc="39">“I am shocked at
how far this has gone already,” he said. “It’s
already gotten way out of hand.”</p>[/html]
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Re: Creeping Police State
By: AGelbert Date: May 13, 2019, 11:48 am
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Pay attention to this story and its repercussions. It could well
be a local one-off, or the start of a troubling trend. 👀
A reporter declined to reveal his source. Then police showed up
at his front door with guns.
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SNIPPET:
The appropriate thing was to issue a subpoena, not a search
warrant, he said, noting the breadth of Carmody's material they
had control over in all of this devices and notebooks. He said
he wants to know whether the judges who signed the warrants were
aware that they were for a reporter's home and office.
Carmody said he had never been pressured by law enforcement to
give up a source before in 29 years of reporting —
mentioning as an example the leaked photographs from San
Francisco’s public transportation agency he recently
acquired that exposed a safety issue with some trains.
I am shocked at how far this has gone
already,&r
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What Mueller Missed — The Narrative No One Is Talking About
By: AGelbert Date: May 13, 2019, 2:45 pm
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I am posting this here because it sheds a bright light on how
BAD things have gotten under Trump and his Wrecking Crew:
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MENTION IN HIS REPORT) that involves making GIANT OIL & GAS
PROFITS after the MELTING OF THE NORTH POLAR ICE CAP! [img
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CHANGE!
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[center] These Hydrocarbon Hellspawn BASTARDS LIKE what they see
in the above graph. [/center]
THAT is Trump's GREATEST CRIME.
THAT is why Trump named all those bought and paid for Bg Oil
Toadies to so many key government positions.
Trump [img
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/>does not give a CRAP about anyone but the oligarchs. His tax
"reform" proves that beyond a shadow of a doubt, but putting the
hydrocarbon peddle to the metal is an existential threat to ALL
humanity!
[center]What Mueller Missed — The Narrative No One Is Talking
About: Daniel Sheehan 2019 Class #7[/center]
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Romero Institute
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[move][I][font=impact]The Fossil Fuelers 🦖 DID THE
Clean Energy Inventions suppressing, Climate Trashing, human
health depleting CRIME,[COLOR=BROWN] but since they have
ALWAYS BEEN liars and conscience free crooks 🦀, they are
trying to AVOID [/color] DOING THE TIME or PAYING THE FINE!
Don't let them get away with it! Pass it on!
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Re: Creeping Police State
By: AGelbert Date: July 10, 2019, 2:26 pm
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9:10 pm EDT July 8, 2019
[quote]Keenan Reese
An escort who worked for Epstein testified under oath of Trump's
involvement with under aged girls. The reason the media hasn't
picked up on it is, because of the power these wealthy
pedophiles wield.
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[/quote]
True. Furthermore, the juridical cover up of decadent,
criminally perverse sexual behavior by powerful individuals, in
or out of government, is one of the hallmarks of societies
within Fascist governments.
If you think Epstein, Trump, Clinton, etc., et al SEXUAL
PREDATORS (Congress, particularly the Senate, AND the COURTS are
STUFFED FULL OF THEM) are going to pay for their crimes in the
Fascist USA, you are naive, to put it mildly.
The Courts are now so crooked that an Appeals Court Judge just
dismissed >:( a Constitutional Emoluments Clause Violation
Lawsuit against Trump [img
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Re: Creeping Police State
By: AGelbert Date: July 11, 2019, 10:41 pm
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Re: Creeping Police State
By: AGelbert Date: July 12, 2019, 7:27 pm
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Agelbert NOTE: This is a truth filled comment on an excellent
article ✨ (plus many deeply thought out comments as well
👍).
[quote]July 7, 2019 at 9:03 am JimBob says:
Many years ago, Kurt Vonnegut claimed that the true American
anthem was: [img
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/>F u c k you, Jack, I got mine! Apparently, the Republican part
y
has fully adopted this anthem as it’s own.[/quote]
July 6, 2019/41 Comments/in Left Theory /by Ed Walker
[center]FREEDOM AND EQUALITY: FREEDOM FROM DOMINATION PART
1[/center]
SNIPPET:
Introduction and Index
Elizabeth Anderson wrote a chapter for The Oxford Handbook of
Freedom and Equality, titled simply Freedom and Equality. She
begins by acknowledging that perfect material equality would
require an authoritarian state, and no one seriously argues for
that position. On the other hand, Friedrich Hayek argued in The
Road To Serfdom that any form of socialism would lead down the
slippery slope to totalitarianism, but he was wrong. There are
realistic choices short of perfect material equality, such as
the societies of Western Europe with their social democratic
forms of government and economy.
Anderson writes:
[quote]To make progress on the question of normative trade-offs
between freedom and equality within the range of options for
political economy credibly on the table, we must clarify our
concepts. There are at least three conceptions of freedom —
negative, positive, and republican — and three conceptions of
equality—of standing, esteem, and authority.[/quote]
Republican freedom is an unfortunate term, given its association
with a political party with a highly … nuanced view of freedom.
Philosophers use the term because it is associated with the
Roman Republic of Cicero and Cato. And that is another
unfortunate juxtaposition, because the leading libertarian think
tank is the Cato Institute, which is heavily funded by the
Charles Koch Foundation, another group not that interested in
broad concepts of freedom. So I’m not going to use the term, and
instead will refer to it as freedom from dominanation, or
non-domination.
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Trump’s Racist Tweets Fan Hatred, Defining the Coming Election
By: AGelbert Date: July 15, 2019, 8:59 pm
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[center]Trump’s Racist Tweets Fan Hatred, Defining the Coming
Election[/center]
July 15, 2019
Earlier today, 😈 Senator Lindsay Graham discussed [img
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/>Donald Trump's outrageous and racist tweets from Sunday which
told representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar,
Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna S. Pressley to “go back” to the
countries they “originally” came from. And then he bolstered
them. Live on Fox News, Graham escalated Trump's attacks calling
the four congressional representatives—all women of
color—“communists.”
[quote]“We all know that AOC and this crowd are a bunch of
communists. [img
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/>They hate our own country.
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/>They're calling the guards along our border, the Border Patrol
agents, 'concentration camp guards.' They accuse people who
support Israel of doing it for the Benjamins. They're
anti-Semitic. They're anti-American,” Graham said. “Don't get
down. Aim higher. We don't need to know anything about them
personally. Talk about their policy.”[/quote]
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The Real News Network's Marc Steiner spoke to Dr. Kimberly
Moffitt, an Associate Professor of the Language, Literacy and
Culture PhD program and the American Studies department at the
University Of Maryland Baltimore County, and Dr. Gerald Horne,
John J. And Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African-American
Studies at the University of Houston about ongoing and
escalating racist rhetoric by the president and the GOP.
Moffitt observed that there is still a debate about whether
Trump's comments are noteworthy—clearly an indication that
racism remains an issue in the U.S.
“It's even a denial about the role of race in our society as a
whole that we don't even believe this is something that we
should be focused on because of what Trump is contributing to
us, and what many believe is a very strong economy and a
willingness to say the things that haven't been said by previous
administrations regarding our borders and our trade deals—all
that many have felt like had been a bad deal for America,”
Moffitt said. “I also see this very much as about a browning of
America that really frightens a lot of that 63 million that
support President Trump. A lot of folks are struggling with the
idea that these very vocal voices. The progressives of our House
currently happen to be women, but they are also brown women, and
that becomes offensive to a white male that says there is a
place for all of us and they aren't maintaining the place that
they're supposed to in our society.”
Horne explained that Trump's attacks have been facilitated by
the Democratic Party's leaders, such as Nancy Pelosi, in much
the same way that the Democrats facilitated Trump's presidential
victory.
“In some ways the Democratic Party—at least some elements within
the leadership—paved the way for the rise of one Donald J.
Trump. I take it that your audience has been paying attention to
the New York Times for the past few days,” Horne said. “And then
if you look at the origins of this controversy that has brought
us to your cameras today, in many ways it starts with an
interview that Speaker Nancy Pelosi did with New York Times
columnist Maureen Dowd when she sharply rebuked, reprimanded,
and criticized Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez in particular—a
congresswoman who has been receiving a steady rain of death
threats—and that opened up Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to be
receiving even more death threats. She of course clapped back.
Speaker Pelosi, rather than taking the high road, then upped the
ante and opened the door for Donald J. Trump to enter into this
debate. And so once again you see leading Democrats paving the
way for the rise of Donald J. Trump's racism."
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I Know What It’s Like to Be Told to ‘Go Back’ to My Own Country
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The revolution in information technology will make dictatorships
more efficient and capable of contr
By: AGelbert Date: July 17, 2019, 4:22 pm
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power it | Yuval Noah Harari[/center]
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Published on Jun 8, 2018
In a profound talk about technology and power, author and
historian Yuval Noah Harari explains the important difference
between fascism and nationalism -- and what the consolidation of
our data means for the future of democracy. Appearing as a
hologram live from Tel Aviv, Harari warns that the greatest
danger that now faces liberal democracy is that the revolution
in information technology will make dictatorships more efficient
and capable of control. "The enemies of liberal democracy hack
our feelings of fear and hate and vanity, and then use these
feelings to polarize and destroy," Harari says. "It is the
responsibility of all of us to get to know our weaknesses and
make sure they don't become weapons." (Followed by a brief
conversation with TED curator Chris Anderson)
Agelbert NOTE: Excellent video by Yuval Noah Harari and
excellent comment by Steve Fortuna (see below).
[quote]Steve Fortuna 👍2 days ago
Boy is this scary. America is breaking up into factions, hard
right, tyrannical, oligarchical versus the middle class, and
millions of us are watching the disintegration of our empire and
alienation of the world due to bellicose foreign and
environmental policy. Every day fewer and fewer people are proud
to call themselves Americans, make sacrifice for the common
good, pay taxes or join the military.
I will not allow or support my nation to imprison children,
torture immigrants, kill Americans without trial or allow
billionaires access to power and corruption while suppressing
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Russia, China and the Arab countries should be salivating to
fill the power vacuum as our nation devolves into infighting,
bankruptcy and civil war.
Oligarchs, no how much they gild their lily, are just fascistic
narcissists for whom ALL is their only possible goal. I don't
see the US or capitalism as the most beautiful thing anywhere -
if we don't stem the tide of the .001% to grab every resource
and hoard the last dollar, we will come apart at the
seams.[/quote]
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H.Res.489: President Donald Trump’s racist comments have legiti
mized fear and hatred
By: AGelbert Date: July 17, 2019, 8:06 pm
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[move]The U.S. House of Representatives voted almost entirely
along party lines to condemn President Donald Trump's latest
"racist" remarks, with the four tribal citizens in office just
as divided as their colleagues on the controversy.[/move]
[center]Native lawmakers divided over rebuke of President
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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
By Acee Agoyo
SNIPPET:
While the vote on H.Res.489, Condemning President Trump's racist
comments directed at Members of Congress, was almost entirely
partisan, four Republicans broke ranks to support it. They were:
Rep. Susan W. Brooks (R-Indiana); Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick
(R-Pennsylvania); Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), who addressed the
National Congress of American Indians for the first time earlier
this year; and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Michigan).
Amash, who was among a core group of lawmakers who have been
voting against Indian Country legislation in the 116th Congress,
also voted in support of the rebuke resolution.
Trump's remarks about the minority women in Congress represent
the latest in a long line of remarks deemed racist, offensive
and riddled with stereotypes. During his days as a commercial
casino operator, he frequently targeted tribes using racially
charged language.
In reference to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, the
owners of what was the largest casino in the world at the time,
Trump famously told Congress in October 1993: "Now, they don't
look like Indians to me."
Such comments, along with others that questioned the legitimacy
of tribal nations as well as the integrity of the overall Indian
gaming industry, motivated the late Native rights activist Frank
LaMere, a longtime Democratic figure, to oppose Trump during the
2016 presidential campaign, and he urged Native voters to do the
same.
"We need to stand up to this bully," LaMere, who was a citizen
of the Winnebago Tribe, told Indianz.Com during the Democratic
National Convention in Philadelphia that summer.
Since taking office in January 2017, Trump has repeatedly used
the name of a Native woman, Pocahontas, as a slur against Sen.
Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), one of his biggest political
rivals. The most glaring incident took place in front of Native
war heroes during Native American Heritage Month later that
year.
"That's telling of him and his administration that they are not
working in any way to build relationships with Indian tribes,"
Haaland told Indianz.Com at the time. A year later, she won her
seat in Congress, making history along Davids as the first two
tribally-enrolled women on Capitol Hill.
In this House, we speak truth to power.
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[font=times new roman]— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) July 16,
2019
H.Res.489, Condemning President Trump's racist comments directed
at Members of Congress
RESOLUTION[/font] Condemning President Trump’s racist comments
directed at Members of Congress.
Whereas the Founders conceived America as a haven of refuge for
people fleeing from religious and political persecution, and
Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison all
emphasized that the Nation gained as it attracted new people in
search of freedom and livelihood for their families;
Whereas the Declaration of Independence defined America as a
covenant based on equality, the unalienable Rights of life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and government by the
consent of the people;
Whereas Benjamin Franklin said at the Constitutional convention,
“When foreigners after looking about for some other Country in
which they can obtain more happiness, give a preference to ours,
it is a proof of attachment which ought to excite our confidence
and affection”;
Whereas President Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Remember,
remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are
descended from immigrants and revolutionists”;
Whereas immigration of people from all over the Earth has
defined every stage of American history and propelled our
social, economic, political, scientific, cultural, artistic, and
technological progress as a people, and all Americans, except
for the descendants of Native people and enslaved African
Americans, are immigrants or descendants of immigrants;
Whereas the commitment to immigration and asylum has been not a
partisan cause but a powerful national value that has infused
the work of many Presidents;
Whereas American patriotism is defined not by race or ethnicity
but by devotion to the Constitutional ideals of equality,
liberty, inclusion, and democracy and by service to our
communities and struggle for the common good;
Whereas President John F. Kennedy, whose family came to the
United States from Ireland, stated in his 1958 book “A Nation of
Immigrants” that “The contribution of immigrants can be seen in
every aspect of our national life. We see it in religion, in
politics, in business, in the arts, in education, even in
athletics and entertainment. There is no part of our nation that
has not been touched by our immigrant background. Everywhere
immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American
life.”;
Whereas President Ronald Reagan in his last speech as President
conveyed “An observation about a country which I love”;
Whereas as President Reagan observed, the torch of Lady Liberty
symbolizes our freedom and represents our heritage, the compact
with our parents, our grandparents, and our ancestors, and it is
the Statue of Liberty and its values that give us our great and
special place in the world;
Whereas other countries may seek to compete with us, but in one
vital area, as “a beacon of freedom and opportunity that draws
the people of the world, no country on Earth comes close”;
Whereas it is the great life force of “each generation of new
Americans that guarantees that America's triumph shall continue
unsurpassed” through the 21st century and beyond and is part of
the “magical, intoxicating power of America”;
Whereas this is “one of the most important sources of America's
greatness: we lead the world because, unique among nations, we
draw our people -- our strength -- from every country and every
corner of the world, and by doing so we continuously renew and
enrich our nation”;
Whereas “thanks to each wave of new arrivals to this land of
opportunity, we're a nation forever young, forever bursting with
energy and new ideas, and always on the cutting edge”, always
leading the world to the next frontier;
Whereas this openness is vital to our future as a Nation, and
“if we ever closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in
the world would soon be lost”; and
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Whereas President Donald Trump’s racist comments have
legitimized fear and hatred of new Americans and people of
color: [font=times new roman]
Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives—[/font]
(1) believes that immigrants and their descendants have made
America stronger, and that those who take the oath of
citizenship are every bit as American as those whose families
have lived in the United States for many generations;
(2) is committed to keeping America open to those lawfully
seeking refuge and asylum from violence and oppression, and
those who are willing to work hard to live the American Dream,
no matter their race, ethnicity, faith, or country of origin;
and
(3) strongly condemns President Donald Trump’s racist comments
that have legitimized and increased fear and hatred of new
Americans and people of color by saying that our fellow
Americans who are immigrants, and those who may look to the
President like immigrants, should “go back” to other countries,
by referring to immigrants and asylum seekers as “invaders,” and
by saying that Members of Congress who are immigrants (or those
of our colleagues who are wrongly assumed to be immigrants) do
not belong in Congress or in the United States of America.
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