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GreatBasinRoo's avatar

My latest email to my Republican Congressman:

"Did you ever wonder what you would have done as the Nazis were rising to power, Congressman Amodei? YOU ARE DOING IT RIGHT NOW. Innocent (UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY!) men are being held right now in an El Salvadoran prison. Illegally. Unconstitutionally. In concrete cells, shitting in holes in the floor. No rest. No privacy. NO TRIAL PROVING THEY DID ANYTHING WRONG.

You sit in a position of power and SEEM to be doing nothing to stop this evil. You say "the people of Northern Nevada voted for this," but if they voted for fascism and to suspend the Constitution, YOU have the responsibility to ignore their "wishes" as per the Oath you swore. If they voted out of ignorance, YOU have the responsibility to protect them from the consequences, per the Oath you swore...to the Constitution...to protect against enemies foreign AND domestic. Just like my Army son and Navy son did. Are bomb makers the only domestic enemies you can imagine? Imagine a DOJ that ignores the CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS of people on our soil. That DOJ is a domestic enemy.

You have my name, address, phone number and email. I'm giving these to you fearfully, knowing they could be used against me by this evil regime that disappears people. Citizens...lawful asylum seekers...maybe by next year...white grammas who speak out? I speak out with fear, knowing that I must do something to try to inspire you to courage...to heroism...in spite of what fear you might be feeling. It is past time to claw back Congressional power. To stand up for our children and grandchildren and all those without the power you hold. Be a hero or be complicit. The choice seems crystal clear to me. Historians, if they survive, will write tales of people who stood up against autocracy in the US and people who looked the other way or enabled it. Where will the name "Mark Amodei" appear in their tellings?"

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Rain Robinson's avatar

Amodei is my Representative also. I send to him, and our 2 Senators, emails regularly. I will be adding another similar to yours here. Thank you for standing up for justice. And for being a local kindred spirit in opposing this felonpotus regime.

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Spunty's avatar

Let me guess... you got no reply.

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GreatBasinRoo's avatar

Just sent it this afternoon after reading The Boy With Peace Tattooed On His Skin. I'll probably get some reply about how tRump was elected to address illegal criminals and how members of Congress are carefully considering and watching Yada Yada Yada

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Traci Joseph's avatar

I always get replies from democrats. Always with donation requests attached. I’d frankly rather they ignore me, as the republicans do (so long as they are registering the complaints).

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Aaron Waddell's avatar

Uggghhhhh……

We must not forget these stories.

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Ann B's avatar

To all who read this, be aware this is what awaits us all. If Trump and his mafia thugs are not kicked out. This is Russia on US streets. It’s here. Frankly this piece should be on the front page of the NYT. If it still fights for democracy. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Ned Gardner aka Neil's avatar

ICE is composed of sick terrible people. They should be jailed or deported!!

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Mitch Jackson's avatar

Such a tragic story. It's becoming the norm, and that's sad. Very sad.

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Zoo's avatar

A Canadian here. I wonder if you could provide some sort of list - like the one from CBS - and then divide the names among those concerned - and along with advocating for all, you might advocate for a few by name. Part of the horror here is that not only have these men been disappeared, so many of them remain nameless. How many are not caught on the sadist's camera? How many loved ones of the disappeared are in the dark? It's sick. It's criminal. And it's happening in the US! I want to at least know some of the names and testify to their absence and to the criminals that have done this. Thanks for your work. Thanks for providing space to comment.

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Richard Anderson's avatar

My country used to be a lifeboat. Now it drowns the people it once would have rescued.

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Traci Joseph's avatar

You have a very real gift for breathing life into your stories, and painting vivid images that we can relate to.

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Ronald Timmerman's avatar

💔

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