V Belon
@belonv.bsky.social
Retired American diplomat. Currently living in Europe.
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The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:
—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.
Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
I wish countries like Djibouti would have the courage to arrest ICE officers and their military pilots for human trafficking.
Here’s a radical idea:
Don’t transport people in shipping containers.
Pretty sure it’s considered inhumane and human trafficking.
Don’t transport people in shipping containers.
Pretty sure it’s considered inhumane and human trafficking.
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I wish countries like Djibouti would have the courage to arrest ICE officers and their military pilots for human trafficking.
Unbelievable 🤦🏼♀️
This is f*cking NUTS!
Trump appointed Fugate, a 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump appointed Fugate, a 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“The Intern in Charge”: Meet the 22-Year-Old Trump’s Team Picked to Lead Terrorism Prevention
One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...
www.propublica.org
June 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Unbelievable 🤦🏼♀️
I agree. Getting shunned is too good for him. He should be in prison.
Good, he should actually be in prison for illegally accessing sensitive data and personal info. I hope he’s shamed and shunned forever. FAFO.
May 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I agree. Getting shunned is too good for him. He should be in prison.
Slow clap. Respect 😍
Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boise, Idaho, adopted official Pride flags on Tuesday in response to state laws barring the display of any nonofficial flags at schools and government buildings.
Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Slow clap. Respect 😍
Empathy collapse and moral collapse as well.
May 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Empathy collapse and moral collapse as well.
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
Wow. Just wow. Maybe this will get the attention of Congressional Republicans.
Since Trump took office:
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
Dow: DOWN 13.8%
Nasdaq: DOWN 20.5%
S&P: DOWN 15.5%
April 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Wow. Just wow. Maybe this will get the attention of Congressional Republicans.
This.
The fact that an entire administration and fully 40% of America thinks it’s ok to send people to a concentration camp in the middle of nowhere,
without an OUNCE of evidence they committed a crime is INSANE!
It’s more shocking and frightening than anything I have seen from my countryman.
without an OUNCE of evidence they committed a crime is INSANE!
It’s more shocking and frightening than anything I have seen from my countryman.
April 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This.
This is a manufactured crisis caused by (1) lack of any meaningful immigration law reform since the 1980s with Republicans choosing to politicize the issue instead, and (2) underfunding and understaffing immigration courts causing a huge backlog of cases.
If anyone you know in ICE tells you they’re “just following orders” remind them of the following:
- they can read
- they’re aware of the SCOTUS ruling and numerous injunctions around the illegality of what they’re doing
- feigning ignorance will not soften their place in history…or in America.
- they can read
- they’re aware of the SCOTUS ruling and numerous injunctions around the illegality of what they’re doing
- feigning ignorance will not soften their place in history…or in America.
April 18, 2025 at 7:30 AM
This is a manufactured crisis caused by (1) lack of any meaningful immigration law reform since the 1980s with Republicans choosing to politicize the issue instead, and (2) underfunding and understaffing immigration courts causing a huge backlog of cases.
This.
If your plan is to keep your head down and hope it goes away, I can show you all of human history why it won’t work.
If it’s to capitulate and hope they ignore you, I can show you thousands of Trumpers who’ve already lost their jobs & savings.
Fighting back isn’t an option.
It’s the only option.
If it’s to capitulate and hope they ignore you, I can show you thousands of Trumpers who’ve already lost their jobs & savings.
Fighting back isn’t an option.
It’s the only option.
March 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This.
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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World’s worst parent and it’s a high bar.
March 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
World’s worst parent and it’s a high bar.
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This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
March 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
This power grab is unprecedented, unbounded, and unconstitutional.
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If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Resist or resign.
“It’s more more personal. It’s their personal safety that they’re afraid of, and they have spouses and family members saying, ‘Do not do this, it’s not worth it, it will change our lives forever. We will have to hire around-the-clock security.’ Life can be very uncomfortable for your children.”
Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says
Eric Swalwell says threats to them and their families are stopping GOP officials from criticizing president
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 AM
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen. Resist or resign.
If you have not already cancelled your subscription to the Washington Post, this should push you off that fence. F*ck him. Oh, and cancel your Amazon Prime subscription while you're at it. Down with the tech broligarchy!! Eat the rich.
Bezos, the owner of WaPo who said he would not meddle in its editorial operations, decides the Opinion page will be "writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets," without offering opposing viewpoints.
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
If you have not already cancelled your subscription to the Washington Post, this should push you off that fence. F*ck him. Oh, and cancel your Amazon Prime subscription while you're at it. Down with the tech broligarchy!! Eat the rich.
Executive Orders do NOT have the force of law and cannot override established law.
February 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Executive Orders do NOT have the force of law and cannot override established law.
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
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This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
February 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
This is what a deal with the devil looks like👇
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
@housegop.bsky.social JUST VOTED TO CUT Medicaid, SNAP benefits, school meals, & housing assistance all in exchange for giving corporations & billionaires a tax cut all at the expense of the middle class.
Meta has disabled the Friends of USAID Instagram and FB groups, presumably due to pressure from the Trump regime. Too many horror stories from far flung places including a pregnant hemorrhaging USAID wife denied medevac. Read this horrifying affidavit s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
s3.documentcloud.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Meta has disabled the Friends of USAID Instagram and FB groups, presumably due to pressure from the Trump regime. Too many horror stories from far flung places including a pregnant hemorrhaging USAID wife denied medevac. Read this horrifying affidavit s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
This 🤬
A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.
February 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This 🤬
Unbelievably cruel and inhumane.
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
February 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Unbelievably cruel and inhumane.
This.
Note: Reporting errors on #google maps is a waste of time and does no good. Changing your search engine to Duck duck Go or Yahoo hits them directly in the pocket book.
February 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This.