Brad Lander is still in ICE custody. The NYC comptroller, who is running for mayor, was arrested by masked ICE agents at an immigration courthouse earlier today in Lower Manhattan.
What was Lander’s alleged crime?
He peacefully and repeatedly asked to see a judicial warrant as ICE agents were taking away yet another immigrant man.
Under the Trump regime, you can participate in a violent insurrection and beat up cops, but you can’t ask to see a warrant from masked, armed individuals who are terrorizing American communities. Homeland Security again asked us to ignore the evidence of our eyes and ears and lied by tweeting that Lander was arrested for “assaulting law enforcement.” They also lied last Thursday to justify the assault of Senator Padilla of California, who made the mistake of calmly interrupting Kristi Noem’s press conference to ask her questions.
If you thought the Trump regime would only crack the skulls of brown immigrants, Black people, and the LGBTQ community, well, I give you the past week. No one is safe from fascists, including their fellow travelers. Trump is a weak man with a weakening regime, as his poll numbers are plummeting across the board. Now, he seems to be all-in with Netanyahu in pushing for war with Iran, which is a betrayal of his “America First” promise to his base. Yesterday, Trump mocked Tucker Carlson, who fiercely opposes helping Israel start WW3. Today, he threw his Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, under the bus by declaring, “I don’t care what she said!” concerning her statement that Iran was not close to achieving a nuclear weapon.
Loyal readers know this is where I quote Ken Watanabe’s character from Godzilla: “Let them fight.” Unfortunately, Trump’s desperation, cruelty, and viciousness will pour gasoline on domestic and foreign fires of his creation. There will be needless chaos, fear, and death. As such, the majority needs to continue rising and resisting, like millions did over the weekend at nationwide No Kings rallies, and apply pressure on all of our elected officials, including Democrats, to loudly protest war-mongering and unjustified attacks on our immigrant communities.
I invited activist and organizer Jess Craven, author of the informative and excellent Chop Wood, Carry Water Daily Action Substack, to give us practical tips on how the majority can continue resisting, pressuring corporations and elected officials, and not give in to apathy.
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