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Gwenny's avatar

Thank God for that judge for rescuing these childen! Noem, Miller and Trump, and all the Administration, need placed in prison where they belong@

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Noem shot her dog and goat… might I suggest, a trip to a gravel pit is in order Gwenny!

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Gwenny's avatar

The dog thing just breaks my heart! I would have died for my dogs! I now have a cat, and I would do the same for her@ Any person, that doesn't like animals, there is definitely something wrong with them!@

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Ellen luppens's avatar

Thank god for whoever saw what was going on and let the appropriate people know!

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Joanne Steacie's avatar

Agree!

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Autumn O's avatar

The American dichotomy of the America we want and claim to have been becoming, vs the America that we also know it to always have been.

The Myth of white supremacy is a blight on humanity.

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Mary Therése's avatar

This post rightfully states: “What happened on that tarmac is not some procedural dispute. IT IS A MORAL COLLAPSE in real time.”

May I add— this bone chilling incident is just PART OF A SERIES of one moral collapse after another since January 20, 2025. AND I can’t help but wonder if there have not been other innocent children DISAPPEARED— WITHOUT anybody knowing & intervening⁉️

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GS-z-14-1's avatar

An open question!

I see plenty of pieces telling us how injurious, corrupt, criminal and evil the policies of the post US Republic truly are.

What I want to know is — where are the demands for prosecution of all those responsible for it—beginning with the highest offices in the land?

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The Frosty Protocol's avatar

Bloody good question!

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Yvonne McCarthy's avatar

Those currently in power are making rapid steps toward the international demonization of the USA. These children will remember, and so will their parents, and so will the horrified rest of the world.

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Bill Page's avatar

This highly articulate article conveys powerfully how deeply appalling this is. "The cruelty is the point" is just a hint. We have people in our government who are this sadistic, this destructive, this mean, and their timing is an admission that they know it and own it. I'm furious, I'm embarrassed, and I'm ashamed for my country.

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Marjorie's avatar

At some point, I have to believe even the most loyal cultists will wake up and realize they've been following a madman. Even worse are the lemmings who carry out the orders, fully aware what's being done is morally corrupt. And, they're probably bible-thumping Christians.

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Dale Lawrence's avatar

They may thump the Bible, but they don’t read it.

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Donna's avatar

EVERYDAY! I AM SICKER AND SICKER from this crazy, evil regime. It needs to stop!!

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US Taxpayer's avatar

Imagine Fred Tempertantrump (age 10) and mother being kidnapped in the middle of the night after his father died. Then bussed to airport and back to Germany.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Poignant US!

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Escapades by Elaine Soloway's avatar

Who/what will be enough? My grandchildren (parents are nonbinary), me (elderly and useless), my African Uber driver who willingly allows my dog to travel with me? Me? Too old to be useful? Danger is creeping closer to each of us, like the mouse we couldn't find in the dark. Please let me live long enough to see him and his cohorts pushed into prision, as if they were headlined murderers. Wait a minute. They already alre!

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Ralph McHenry's avatar

I am angry that the us media is not showing up for the people. They are failing to report real news, and repeating the destructions stories of trump and russian talking points. Instead of shining the light on stories like this one. And another story they won't shine the light on is the truth about our elections in 2024 . COUNT THE DAMN BALLOTS!!!!!! OUR ELECTION WAS TAMPERED WITH AND STOLEN!!!!! WE MUST DEMAND A HAND COUNT OF THE BALLOTS OF THE 2024 ELECTION. KAMALA HARRIS WON!!! trump cheated. Let's prove that our elections are free fair and secure. IMPEACH CONVICT REMOVE. COUNT THE BALLOTS.

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LEM's avatar

Despicable

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Charlie Sauer's avatar

1. Thank you for all your reporting.

2. I first became aware of this yesterday when I saw https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-sooknanan-monologue

3. After seeing that, I looked for other sources. I've been surprised to see more coverage of this story in traditional media than I expected.

4. I cited Allison Gill's version first today at https://kewus.net/yesterday/. I often cite your articles there.

5. Of course, it was/is horrible.

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Philip Diehl's avatar

Where do you contribute to the organizations defending these kids?

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Philip Diehl's avatar

thank you

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Mary Therése's avatar

** This organization- The Young Center- is highly rated by Charity Navigator so you know any $$ you donate will be used wisely **

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Exceptionally crafted piece, thanks for sharing!

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Patricia Anne Boone's avatar

Unfucknbelievable!! Children!! I’m a big fan of kids, and I am so mad that I could spit tacks!! WTAF?!? Sneakin!! That’s what this administration and Cabinet is!! So nobody sees them!! You know you’re doing wrong if you have to do this shit in the dark!! You people don’t have any souls!! There’s a special place in HELL for people like you!! Thank God someone kept them from leaving!!

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Richard Brody's avatar

I don’t necessarily “like” this story. Because it’s the big reveal of a horror story gone off the rails. It’s grossly similar to the boxcars used by Hitler in WWII. It’s herding real human beings at the behest of a megalomaniac wannabe dictator who seems to have convinced and recruited the favorable opinions of his MAGA crazies. The only thing “good” about this is that it was discovered and temporarily halted. But there’s work to be done. We can hope that the appeals by the government will fall on deaf ears and just maybe the country will finally wake up and reject all similar acts by a corrupt government. This is not The United States of America which was envisioned by the Founding Fathers.

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Mary Therése's avatar

OMG I agree— The story of these 600 Guatemalan children is “grossly similar to the boxcars used by Hitler in WWII”— and those boxcars, of course, carried the Jews away to what turned out to be death camps,,, How can those who continue to support DJT not see this REALITY and such tragic even deadly consequences of what he’s doing?

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