Comments on: How much lower will we allow the Trump Trash to take us…? https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/#comment-43324 ER Thu, 04 Jul 2019 17:00:24 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77226#comment-43324 These people are just no damn good. These people are just no damn good.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/#comment-43320 ER Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:16:04 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77226#comment-43320 From what I've seen of the concentration camps Japanese-Americans were imprisoned in in World War II, the conditions then were far superior, that is, more comfortable and humane, to what we're seeing in internment facilities on our border today. From what I’ve seen of the concentration camps Japanese-Americans were imprisoned in in World War II, the conditions then were far superior, that is, more comfortable and humane, to what we’re seeing in internment facilities on our border today.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/#comment-43319 ER Wed, 03 Jul 2019 12:11:46 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77226#comment-43319 Instead of more "government spending", he creates fake work he can sub out to his corporate pals. Hey, it worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, using private companies to take over functions normally carried out by support troops, so why not bring the corruption to Texas where it will fit right in. Instead of more “government spending”, he creates fake work he can sub out to his corporate pals. Hey, it worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, using private companies to take over functions normally carried out by support troops, so why not bring the corruption to Texas where it will fit right in.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/#comment-43318 RL Wed, 03 Jul 2019 06:12:55 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77226#comment-43318 But this isn't about what's cost effective. This is about putting on a public show of cruelty to satisfy the hunger of Trump's base. This is about dehumanizing innocents so the maga trash can feel powerful. THIS is what they will be remembered for... But this isn’t about what’s cost effective. This is about putting on a public show of cruelty to satisfy the hunger of Trump’s base.

This is about dehumanizing innocents so the maga trash can feel powerful.

THIS is what they will be remembered for…

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/#comment-43317 podrock Wed, 03 Jul 2019 05:58:30 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77226#comment-43317 That's what non-government companies are getting paid for this. $273,000 / year * number of refugees seeking legal asylum = That’s what non-government companies are getting paid for this.

$273,000 / year * number of refugees seeking legal asylum =

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/#comment-43316 RL Wed, 03 Jul 2019 05:44:39 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77226#comment-43316 ...to "Oh come on, at least our concentration camps don't have gas chambers...yet" …to “Oh come on, at least our concentration camps don’t have gas chambers…yet”

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2019/07/02/how-much-lower-will-we-allow-the-trump-trash-to-take-us/#comment-43315 RL Wed, 03 Jul 2019 05:40:51 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=77226#comment-43315 <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-agents-joke-about-migrant-deaths-post-sexist-memes?utm_content=buffer58eae&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">These are the animals that took a job caging children</a> <blockquote>The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.” Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings. In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. One member posted a GIF of Elmo with the quote, “Oh well.” Another responded with an image and the words “If he dies, he dies.” Created in August 2016, the Facebook group is called “I’m 10-15” and boasts roughly 9,500 members from across the country. (10-15 is Border Patrol code for “aliens in custody.”) The group described itself, in an online introduction, as a forum for “funny” and “serious” discussion about work with the patrol. “Remember you are never alone in this family,” the introduction said. ...... And in early 2018, federal investigators found a raft of disturbing and racist text messages sent by Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona after searching the phone of Matthew Bowen, an agent charged with running down a Guatemalan migrant with a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The texts, which were revealed in a court filing in federal court in Tucson, described migrants as “guats,” “wild ass shitbags,” “beaners” and “subhuman.” The messages included repeated discussions about burning the migrants up.</blockquote> These are the animals that took a job caging children

The three-year-old group, which has roughly 9,500 members, shared derogatory comments about Latina lawmakers who plan to visit a controversial Texas detention facility on Monday, calling them “scum buckets” and “hoes.”

Members of a secret Facebook group for current and former Border Patrol agents joked about the deaths of migrants, discussed throwing burritos at Latino members of Congress visiting a detention facility in Texas on Monday and posted a vulgar illustration depicting Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez engaged in oral sex with a detained migrant, according to screenshots of their postings.

In one exchange, group members responded with indifference and wisecracks to the post of a news story about a 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant who died in May while in custody at a Border Patrol station in Weslaco, Texas. One member posted a GIF of Elmo with the quote, “Oh well.” Another responded with an image and the words “If he dies, he dies.”

Created in August 2016, the Facebook group is called “I’m 10-15” and boasts roughly 9,500 members from across the country. (10-15 is Border Patrol code for “aliens in custody.”) The group described itself, in an online introduction, as a forum for “funny” and “serious” discussion about work with the patrol. “Remember you are never alone in this family,” the introduction said.
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And in early 2018, federal investigators found a raft of disturbing and racist text messages sent by Border Patrol agents in southern Arizona after searching the phone of Matthew Bowen, an agent charged with running down a Guatemalan migrant with a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The texts, which were revealed in a court filing in federal court in Tucson, described migrants as “guats,” “wild ass shitbags,” “beaners” and “subhuman.” The messages included repeated discussions about burning the migrants up.

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