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It is currently 4 degrees Fahrenheit in Minneapolis and both the current and former ministers of my Unitarian Universalist Church in Massachusetts are there to answer a call to clergy.
I hope the media will cover their act of courage.
I’d like to say that what we’re seeing in Minnesota—and now Maine—is not America, except it is. This is what Trump voters wanted. He was perfectly clear on this.
He’s even got the coat.
I somewhat resisted the whole Fuck ICE thing. I haven’t been to any protests specifically targeting ICE. I’ve been more concerned about women’s rights, abortion, democracy and healthcare.
But what I’m seeing now has pushed me right over the edge.
FUCK ICE
This is not the America our grandparents fought for.
50 Happens 
It’s not the America any of us recognize.
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It is not. And I don’t know if we’ll be able to get it back in our lifetime. But I guess we gotta try—for our kids and grandkids. 😢
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It just keeps getting worse, doesn’t it? Lewiston is only 15 miles from where I live. Heartbreaking. Ugly. Terrifying.
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I just read the most heartbreaking story about people hiding in their homes in Maine. 💔
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P.S. He does look like Colonel Lockjaw.
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He totally does. Same vibes.
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Unbelievable 😩😡
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I make a point of not commenting on politics. Any politics. But holey guacamole….Sending hugs ..
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I appreciate them. Thank you.
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Redoing the bunker under the emperor’s palace ballroom… getting reading to amp up the madness at any provocation. It’s all horrifyingly clear and I don’t understand anyone who can’t see the well laid out dominoes falling.
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It’s actually terrifying, isn’t it? I really fear they’re going to somehow steal the midterms and we don’t turn this around in our lifetime.
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That seems the plan. I don’t want our stock market to plummet, but that seems the only thing that makes even a dent in this steamroller agenda. Why do democrats have no spines right now? Voting for ICE funding?! WTF
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I know. I wrote postcards for Tom Suozzi. And Jared Golden from Maine. So disappointing. And you’re right…Wall Street is the only thing that ever stops him.
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It feels like a bad movie… but it’s real and that makes it terrifying
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It IS terrifying. You’re right. It’s good to name it. We are not OK, it’s OK to say so. Thanks.
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