Natalie: STEP AWAY FROM THE TRUMPER!
There's no reasoning to be done. Take a work break and walk outside for a few minutes. Deep breaths. Let it go. Pray for a change of heart. Do things outside work that are activist, but don't retreat into a liberal bubble. No good will come from engaging the person next to you right now. Let it go.
Much love.
Melania at the border?...astonishing.what is she doing there?....OMG......just about the most stupid, pointless thing she could do.
Here in UK, a very strong surge of feeling is boiling up against Trump, due to the child snatching issue.There will be massive demonstrations against him.
Thank you Laura, I really appreciate your kind words.
Zoron Melania is behaving like a medieval Queen. In the middle ages it wasn't uncommon for a queen to intervene on behalf of certain people being punished by her husband and plead for leniency, usually the pleading was done publicly. This is a similar public relations stunt. Zoron do you have any insight as to whether there will be justice in the future for the perpetrators of all these atrocities - ala Nuremburg trials 2.0?
I would love to have some hope.
Melania arrived at the border but when boarding the plane for the trip she was photographed wearing a jacket that said on the back, "I really Don't Care, do u?"
they have all lost it
Who are these people!??!?! Melania's Zara jacket with those words is inexcusable.... of all the items in her closet she picks this one? We get it you don't care!
Actually, I read it as intended sabotage of her visit. (So odd that she would have that cheap jacket in her closet. When did she get it? Where else would she wear it, it's such a charged message.) The site chosen for her visit at Upbring New Hope Children's Center is for unaccompanied minors, not children separated from their parents. Its run by Lutheran Social Services of the South. The center is a non-profit that, according to its website, houses unaccompanied minors ages six through 17 and places them with foster families. (I worked with refugees for many years and LSS has long worked with resettlement and refugees and is credible). So,
1. They don't really place these unaccompanied minors back with their parents. THEY CAME HERE ALONE,
2. If she really meant for children to be reunited with parents, she should have visited Tender Age centers, which takes children involved in forced separation.
3. Another tweeter noted that it was too warm - both in Washington and Texas - to be wearing a jacket, so who was the message for? The base or resistance?
Anyone have a new timeline? This is getting really hard to handle and if it is hard for us imagine what it must be like for the children and their parents.
New reports of abuse in Shenandoah VA facility where they are holding children.
Most came alone over the border. Only some were separated.
Allegations:
Kids have been beaten, bags put over their heads, a kid strapped into a chair naked, handcuffed for hours, screamed at and more.
Allegations are being investigated. Staff of course denies it.
The facility was told these kids were presented as gang members which was not true.
I saw Melania speak today to the workers at the Lutheran Center- she came across as genuine. In general, I have been suspect of Melania - but, I think it may have been possible that she wore the jacket as a message to Trump. I bet he didn’t like her statement earlier this week & I doubt he wanted her to go to Texas today. Maybe the jacket was saying -I don’t care - (I’m going whether you like it or not). She only wore the jacket to board the plane - not once she got to Texas. I’m hoping she is softening- she seemed quite sincere in speaking with the workers. I hope ❤️