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Apr 14Edited

call your reps and scream NO SAVE act in senate, NO donald trump ego boosting military parade, AND GET ABREGO GARCIA BACK . THIS GOVT IS ABUSUNG AMERICANS.

and now he wants to send americans to el salvador

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Maria's avatar

He is back. But he’s now being tried. They want to send him to Libya. . The problem is they are lying again status quo.. . About an incident where he was driving and most of the people did not have identification. They are stating that he was transporting.. .

Nothing ever came of that everybody was released to go . .

I have been in a vehicle with my friends lady friends . .

And I have forgotten and left behind my wallet . . . So what does that mean? I’m not a US citizen.. . Even though that do you have their birth certificate certificates that Family has brought into court.. . To prove that their son or daughter. Was born here.. .

But their child was still deported . . They pick and choose by the color of of your skin.. .

Those that are white from Africa will be allowed here. Those born here like myself and we’ve been here for over 500 years our families.. . It won’t matter cause my skin is brown.. . The hypocrisy of all of this absolutely astounded me and I even sit and shake my head if anybody should be deported and first generation born is Trump’s current wife and all of his kids because they all came from immigrants.. . Take that number 47.🤮

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Kate M's avatar

FYI -- Here in VA, as an individual, joining others to "whelm" until we get back the rule of law and justice. For all of us. As long as it takes.

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Phyllis Ain's avatar

Here in Saipan, the Northern Mariana Islands, we cannot vote in federal elections. But we are US citizens and I hail from New York.

Donald T-Rump is a spineless bully who depends on his henchmen to do his work. We know how to deal with Bullies who lie in NY: we find them GUILTY of all crimes and send them elsewhere to live

Next stop, T-Rump? Join your minions in FLA or wherever they crawl, but get the hell out of NY❣️

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Ed Green's avatar

For those that do not know, our Secretary of State paid $3 million to El Salvador dictator. Buekelle, Our tax $$$! ElSalvador is a tiny country of 14 million people. The prison was built by our private prison corp, probably with US foreign aid funding. As usual DJT

Is full of shit on getting Garcia back. Corporate News coverage is pure BS, misleading the public with stories of Garcia being MS15, which even DJT admits is not true. NEVER GIVE IN TO TYRANTS !!!

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LindyLoo's avatar

NEVER GIVE IN TO BULLY TYRANTS!!!

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Christy B.'s avatar

$6 Million!

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Cabby Capshaw's avatar

Thank you, Beto!

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Lisa Chambers's avatar

Thank you for the clarity of purpose. Acknowledging our humanity is so meaningful.

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Deb Keller-Ericson's avatar

Thank you, Beto! Our voucher scam in Iowa is alive and unwell. It’s costing way more than our Gov said it would, so I expect our property taxes will go up yet again. 😡

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Matt Russell's avatar

If they say that voucher program will cost a billion dollars, get ready to multiply that several times. Next year will be the third year of a voucher program in Iowa and it's completely breaking the state budget because we can see a billion dollars a year on the horizon. And the Governor of Iowa who orchestrated this fiasco, just announced on Friday that she won't seek re-election. I'm guessing she sees the writing on the wall and doesn't want to have to defend this BS in the 2026 elections. We're making progress but so much damage has been done. Keep up the fight Texas. If you can hold it off this year, it will make all the difference.

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LindyLoo's avatar

Thank you, Beto, for being there for us!

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Jan Kuchel's avatar

suggest everybody download the app "5 calls", as I've been able to continue to make calls to tedly cruz, hot wheels, et al. Musk is too close to my home where the river waters are being left for us to clear after he's never minding TCEQ policies... he'll just pay fines. Of course. Now what with the water in the gulf with his rockets he's now wanting to shoot off with a lot more frequency over the fishing waters that have supported the fishermen on the coast for generations. No matter. He'll just pay fines. Cuz he's got millions of $$ in our tax dollars he's awarding to his own company projects with space x, etc. This is a fox in the hen house and we need some serious rooster energy to clear the seriousness of his thievery.

5 CALLS.... make them. Flood their zones with that good trouble, we're now calling whelm. They don't expect it; they expect us to sit down in horror and overwhelm, so LET'S DO THIS!!

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Vickie Berry's avatar

5 Calls App is a great one! Use it almost every day.

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Jan Kuchel's avatar

💙😎💙😘

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Daisy's avatar

I live in CA now but I have never regretted voting for you while I lived in TX. Thank you for your work and continue fighting for Texans.

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Aleksander Constantinoropolous's avatar

Oh, “Whelm ‘em the other way” might just be the rally cry we didn’t know we needed—equal parts folksy and ferocious.

This post is the spiritual opposite of doomscrolling. It’s actionscrolling. And Beto’s doing what half these performative politicians won't—showing up. You know, like democracy actually requires.

The refusal of reps like James Frank and Ronny “Doctor Pepper” Jackson to face constituents in public is cowardice dressed in a flag. Meanwhile, Beto’s out here fielding real concerns from real people who don’t have yachts and stock portfolios to insulate them from school defunding and VA cuts.

Also, let’s be honest: vouchers are just whitewashed wealth siphons. The billion-dollar privatization parade isn’t about “school choice,” it’s about choosing which kids get left behind. Spoiler: it's usually the ones who don’t look like they just stepped off the set of a Hobby Lobby commercial.

So yes—Whelm ‘em the other way. Show up, speak out, and don’t let silence do what corrupt laws can't.

Oh, and shoutout to the ocotillo. Even the desert’s in bloom when the people rise up. 🌵🔥

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J Hopkins's avatar

I intend to be at the Capitol on Saturday. Thanks for the update!

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Lydia Acosta Snead's avatar

You should be our governor instead of Hot Wheels!

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Lisa Gallagher's avatar

💔This is my message to my representatives today. Use it for your calls or emails if it’s helpful. (I plan to use this daily, perhaps more than once a day.)

A message to my representative:

Beyond the current destruction of our government structure, economy, democracy, education, and health systems …

Donald Trump is defying the legislative branch. Donald Trump is defying the Supreme Court by refusing to return Abrego Garcia.

You have the power and the responsibility under the constitution to vote for impeachment and immediate removal.

You are complicit and a collaborator if you stand down and stand stand by.

Your branch of the government is responsible for maintaining checks and balances. There have been no checks and there is no balance.

Your constituents, your US born citizens of (name your state) will be next, taken away with no due process for simply disagreeing with this administration and criticizing Trump.

This is an immediate crisis.

If you do not act now, there will be no America as we know it. America, as we know, it will not survive four years of loss and chaos.

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K-Lee's avatar

NC is already taking the money from public schools. Here it doesn’t matter how much money you make you can get a voucher and send your kid to private schools, even religious private schools…

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Christy B.'s avatar

But are there enough vouchers for all the children in the state?

Is there enough room at those private schools to take the kids that used to attend public schools? What happens if there isn't? Which children are prioritized?

Public schools usually have special needs programs after school for those kids who need them. What's happening with those programs, and with the children who benefit from them?

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Rebecca Bishop's avatar

What say ye all? At this point in his political career. (having just lost an election), Trump was out there every single week meeting with his constituents, in the media talking about his plans for America. I think we should encourage Kamala Harris, who actually almost won the last election, to keep out there in the media, to point out every single thing that Trump does illegally and remind us that she told us he would do that. She needs to play clips of herself, saying that, clips of Michelle and Barack Obama saying the same things. They need to constantly be reminding us throughout this journey that they warned us that this would happen and that there is an alternative! These are the days when so many Americans and people across the world are looking for better leaders to take over. We all need hope and the Obamas and Kamala Harris would give us that hope if they were more visible. Otherwise people will just despair. Very interested to hear what you all think. We can’t just be in the media fighting against Trump. We also have to be reminding all Americans that America used to be better and that it can be better again if we support candidates with our votes!

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