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Senator Holds Stunning Press Brief on Abrego Garcia Meeting

Sen. Van Hollen revealed Trump and Bukele's staged propaganda during his visit to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

By Ben Meiselas

What I witnessed from Senator Chris Van Hollen’s visit to El Salvador and his subsequent press conference was one of the most powerful, courageous defenses of due process I’ve seen in a long time. Senator Van Hollen just returned from El Salvador, where he met face-to-face with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the American resident unlawfully abducted by our own government and thrown into a torture camp in El Salvador. And what he revealed should alarm every single person who believes in the Constitution.

Let’s start with the scams he revealed. The authoritarian leader of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, tried to stage a photo-op to make it look like Abrego Garcia was relaxing poolside with Senator Van Hollen, sipping margaritas—when in reality, Garcia had just come from a hellish extermination prison where he was shackled, traumatized, and denied contact with his family. Bukele’s cronies literally placed untouched cocktails in front of them mid-meeting to create propaganda for the Trump regime.

But it gets worse. Much worse.

Van Hollen shared heartbreaking details about Kilmar's situation—how he was taken without warning from the streets of Maryland, how he was denied phone access to his wife and 5-year-old autistic son, how he was shackled and loaded onto a plane with blacked-out windows, and how he was tossed into a cell with 25 others in one of the most notorious prisons in Central America.

And what was Kilmar’s crime, according to our government? Nothing. No charges. No trial. No evidence. Just a bureaucratic “error” that the Trump administration not only refused to fix—but then fired the DOJ lawyer who admitted the truth in court.

That’s right: the Trump regime punished the one person who tried to correct the injustice. Because to Trump, admitting error is worse than committing evil.

When Senator Van Hollen asked El Salvador’s vice president why Kilmar was being detained, the answer was chilling in its simplicity: because Trump is paying us to hold him. Let that sink in. The U.S. government is literally outsourcing human rights violations to foreign dictatorships. This is taxpayer-funded authoritarianism.

Van Hollen made it clear: this case is not just about one man. If our government can do this to Kilmar Abrego Garcia—a father abducted in front of his child with no evidence—it can do it to anyone. And if Donald Trump gets away with this, he’s made it known: he won’t stop with migrants. He’s coming for political opponents, the press, and anyone who dares speak out.

Van Hollen provided at least one comforting update: that Abrego Garcia has been moved out of the CECOT facility to a different facility with better conditions. He still, however, has no contact with the outside world.

This is why we fight.

Senator Van Hollen’s press conference wasn’t just a call to bring Kilmar home. It was a call to save our democracy. To expose the lies. To hold the regime accountable. And to remind the world that due process isn’t a partisan issue—it’s the foundation of our Republic.

As Van Hollen reminded us, this isn’t just about one man, but about the fundamental principles that our nation is built upon. Without due process, there is no law. If this can happen to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, this can happen to any of us.

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Erik S's avatar

Absolute miscarriage of justice. The Supreme Court NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY RE-EXAMINE the Absolute Immunity ruling before there isn’t an America left…..

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Karen's avatar

There is no longer a United States of America. Ever since trump first campaigned for president, we have been the Divided States of America. We are a very different America than the one we grew up in. 😢😡🤬

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Steve Doll's avatar

I call it the Untied States of America.

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Cindy Schneider's avatar

United?.A very large part of this nation will never accept this dishonest ignorant criminal fascist. And we question those who do, at best.

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AAA M's avatar

My sentiments exactly Cindy.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Untied.....indeed.

But without meaning "free".

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David A Pitock's avatar

Of ammerica

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Ron Elliott's avatar

Same with SCOTUS. To them, admitting their error is worse than the crime they committed.

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MeLJ's avatar

"The cover-up is always worse than the crime" these words were associated with the Watergate Scandal... We all know how that ended.

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Conna Condon's avatar

Supre.e court already did and they ha e found trump in contempt. It was never absolute immunity. It was only for those presidential authority acts. Trump does not have the presidential authority to refuse due process

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Momma2007's avatar

He doesn’t have absolute immunity 😉

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Jean Conley's avatar

He may as well have it........nothing is stopping the Dictator Criminal Deranged Dumbbell Psychopath.

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AAA M's avatar

You forgot sex fiend.

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Erik S's avatar

As long as it’s within the auspices of his office it sure is

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Kat Pan's avatar

Trump had sworn to protect and defend the US Constitution and its laws. As I see it he's already broken so many laws in less than 100 days and nothing in the "perview" of his office allows hom to break the law. He's not a king or a dictator despite what SCOTUS has ruled.

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Steve Doll's avatar

Regrettably, no he hasn't. At the in-awful-ation, they tweaked the wording in the oath (administered, of course, by his toady Johnson) to read that he would do his best to uphold the Constitution. Like every business he has failed in, his "best" is proving to be not up to expectation.

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gail mbs's avatar

Steve, just fyi, all Presidents say the same thing, and the oath is always administered by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. I think you’re referring to the part where they say “…and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God.” I just listened to the 40 seconds it takes to make that declaration by Obama, Biden, and Trump (2017 & 2025), and they were identical, except when Chief Justice Roberts fumbled his reading to Obama for him to repeat in 2009, lol. I gotta be fair.

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Momma2007's avatar

Herein lies the quip😉

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Schmendryck's avatar

Quipped cream, on a fascism sundae

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Cgrlz68's avatar

You absolutely correct .There decision to protecting one mentally unstable sociopath to control 334 million people lives must stop now before we as a nation have no power.

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Donna Whyte's avatar

I personally believe that unless Trump, Musk and Johnson are not taken out physically from the White House, nothing will change.

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Lorne Holland's avatar

Not a miscarriage; it was criminal. Someone should be prosecuted and if convicted sent to jail if that includes Trump then, so be it.

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Leah Baum's avatar

Typical of a dictator claiming he won the election before all the votes were counted. 🤬

Sounds like they run elections similar to Putin in Russia.

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Terry's avatar

And he's incredibly popular throughout the country! I have no words for the stupidity it takes to want a dictator. No words. Yes, he called himself the winner, except it actually was a landslide! Unlike trump...lol Something needs to be done about trump. My stomach can't take much more of the insanity.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

And every autocrat.

Most likely including "ours".

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Sylvia Arrowood's avatar

Contact the Supreme Court. I just did.

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Erik S's avatar

They don’t listen to the plebs…. Unless your bank account has 12 zeroes, silence will be their reply

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Anyone out there got a yacht in the Bahamas they can offer Clarence for a "holiday"?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

I absolutely believe that that ruling confirmed trump's view that he could do no wrong - and so he set about behaving like a mad man.

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Vel Santic's avatar

worse. tRumputin is a criminally convicted and indicted psychopath, kgb's agent krasnov, once caught in the act and revealed and now murderously enraged, rabid and hellbent only on retaliation, in America and all over the world.

It was criminal from Biden Administration and Democrats to cede the mightiest power on this planet to him&his cult of monstrous terrorists!!

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

"It was criminal from Biden Administration and Democrats to cede the mightiest power on this planet to him&his cult of monstrous terrorists!!"

Maybe so - but the Biden admin. obeyed the law- which is more than trump does.

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Vel Santic's avatar

I never meant to liken President Biden to the terrorist, quisling, criminal tRumputin&his kgb funded cult - am only saying that never before in the whole history of humankind, esp. the post WW2 one did this happen what happened in USA on nov. 5th-6th 2024 to jan. 20ieth 2025 where "a decorum-procedure-protocol of a law" was needlessly extremely overrespected at the detriment of humankind of America and the world!! The uniquely extremely unprecedented events require the proportionate measures, NOT surrender!! What did President Biden and his Administration think - was gonna be happening after he rushed to cede the power to the convicted criminal tRumputin?????? this never ever happened before in the entire human history that the good and victims i.e. Democrats cede the mightiest powers of this world to criminals, quisling, terrorists akin to the saudi hijackers of American Airplanes on 9.11.2001!!!!!!!!!!

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Unfortunately. the founders and writers of the Constitution never thought to put in very strenuous guardrails against the country going insane and electing AND SUPPORTING a criminal president. If the entire country realised what a horror show the whole administration is, there would be no problem. As it is, at least 70 million of them think he is sent by God.

The ignorance (NOT stupidity) in this country is staggering. And that has been planned for since Reagan. Only 79% of Americans are literate. That means 72 million Americans can only read and write enough to sign their name - if that. I don't think it's any coincidence that matches closely with the number of MAGA voters. And of the 79% literate, 54% can only read to 6th grade level.

The opposition is working with what they HAVE got - we must pray it will be enough. If you read social media comments about Garcia, it is VERY clear that an awful lot of people have no idea what it is actually all about - or the danger that they are in.

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Vel Santic's avatar

I know all that.

What I don't know is why did President Biden's Administration refuse/ignore all multitudes of expertly calls to hand-recount and investigate the nov. 5th 2024 election.

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WMarion's avatar

That wasnt the Dems doing, that's the people's doing, the American people.

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Vel Santic's avatar

Are you telling me that American people anti-Constitutionally removed 4M of Democratic voters from voter rolls?? Are you telling me that American people gave eVIlonmusk to hack the tabulating machines' codes and create the "drop -off" effect that stole the Kamala Harris's votes to tRumputin's in the battleground states - something never ever before seen in the whole history of voting in USA?? Are you telling me that American people approved terrorist putin's gru bombing threats to Democratic places?? Are you telling me that American people forbade President Biden and his Administration to investigate and hand-recount the nov. 5th 2024 elections?? Are you telling me that American people forbade President Biden and his Administration to audit those elections??

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Schmendryck's avatar

Uh, good luck with that.

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Ana warner's avatar

Is this finally an impeachable offense??? Can US Marshalls arrest this orange mofo?

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Robin Elizabeth Simpson Scott's avatar

They are all impeachable offenses. The problem is there isn't the vote in the house to get an impeachment even going anywhere.

We cannot 'wait' for midterms.

The fight is in right NOW.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

And Karoline, and Marco, and everyone else involved in this travesty.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

OOPS, forgot Pam Bondi.

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Concerned Citizen's avatar

And cos play Kristi dog shooter noem

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Cindy Dore's avatar

She is the Worst!

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P A Williams's avatar

Yes, don't forget the Justice Bimbo!

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Leah Baum's avatar

Felon 47 and his whole regime must go including his cowardly Nazis in congress.

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Valerie's avatar

Definitely Karoline and Marco.

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

Yes, send the message to 7 Billion non American citizens of the world;

1. You can illegally enter our country and receive free healthcare even though you never paid a Penny in Social Security taxes, Medicare taxes, Medicaid taxes etc.

2. You can illegally enter our country and receive free Social Security benefits even though you have never paid a Penny in taxes supporting the Social Security system.

3. You can illegally enter our country and receive free food stamps even though you have never paid a Penny in taxes to support the Food Stamp program.

4. You can illegally enter our country and commit crimes against our innocent citizens and if you are arrested you will be defended by the lawyers of the dying Democrat Party that Desperately needs illegal alien votes. Crimes against our citizens can include robbery, carjacking, rape, murder and rape-murder and Democrats will defend you and, even when found guilty, keep you from being legally deported in exchange for your votes for the dying Democrat Party. LOL. W. Manion, MDPHDJDMBA

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Steve Foman's avatar

For a supposedly educated person your are a complete idiot. Nobody is defending illegal immigrants or criminals. We are defending the rule of law that allows for EVERYONE who is in this country, legal or illegal, due process. This man has been made out to be a criminal and gang member. Maybe he is, maybe he isn’t. If the government is so sure he is, then let them PROVE it. And if so, deport him. If not, leave him alone, because he has a prior court order stating he can’t be deported to El Salvador.

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

He had two prior government hearings and was not granted citizenship. Why does any illegal alien criminal in the world illegally enter our country and claim they are citizens with full Due Process rights? Really? Democrats believe that and unfortunately if that is true we don’t have a country. Time to take our money and move overseas to tax havens and let the Democrats destroy our economy, our young people and our country. Young people are being crippled with $37 Trillion dollars of National debt courtesy of Democrats and RINO Republicans. Trump is trying to save our young people and that’s why young people are supporting him. Thank God. W. Manion,

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Cindy Schneider's avatar

Please go. You obviously do not value a Constitutional Republic. Trump bankrupted his fathers companies, now he is driving this nation under. He is an actual convicted felon, an actual adjudicated sexual predator, and he shredded the Constitution during his last misadministration. May I recommend Russia or Else Salvador since rule of law obviously means little to you.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Thank you, Cindy.

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Leah Baum's avatar

William isn’t worth our time. I blocked him.

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

Do people understand that if you want to attack the economic policies of President Trump and Scott Bessent you should do precisely that and show us where the economic policies are unsound. Trump’s first term was great for the economy until Covid hit. We just lived under 4 years of Bidenomics and 20% plus inflation with 2/3 of Americans living paycheck to paycheck buried under credit card debt. If you are a wealthy millionaire or billionaire virtue signaling Democrat and can thrive under Bidenomics then God Bless your great fortune. Most Americans can’t thrive under Democrat Bidenomics and Democrat Virtue Signaling war on fossil fuels. A war on fossil fuels drives up;

1. The price of gasoline for families

2. The price of heating oil for families

3. The price of electricity for families

4. The price of diesel fuel for farmers raising the cost of food for families

5. The price of diesel fuel for trucks raising the cost of transportation of food to stores for families

6. The cost of refrigeration in stores keeping food safe as the price of electricity is higher for families

7. Rising prices causes inflation as the government prints more and more money because of rising cost listed in 1 through 6 above

8. Inflation causes rising mortgage rates as banks raise mortgage rates to keep pace with rising inflation

9. Rents follow mortgage rates so when mortgage rates go up then rents go up

10. God Bless high IQ President Trump and high IQ Scott Bessent who are courageously attacking this economic disaster of $37 Trillion Dollars of National Debt with $2 Trillion being added each year. This national debt is crippling the future of our young people and thank God young people are voting Republican to save themselves from this disaster they are inheriting from low IQ Democrats and RINO REPUBLICANS. W. Manion, MDPHDJDMBA

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Cindy Schneider's avatar

Everyone is blocking you because you live in MAGA fantasy land. So am I. Trump is a vile hateful bigot whose only goal is self aggrandizement, spite, and malice. We have gone through cycles of Republicans running up the debt, and Democrats coming in and mopping up their mess since Nixon and Carter. High IQ, A gentleman C at Wharton, where one of his professors called him" the damn dumbest student he ever had." Biden handed the fool a "Goldilocks" economy and he is going to do a Herbert Hoover to the world economy. The world let it slide the first time, they are not forgiving or forgetting this second time. The American era is over. We have to get our house in order.

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Leah Baum's avatar

You’re an idiot who thinks he’s a genius. We’re a group here that shared opinions without spewing fucking lies. Run along now and crawl back under the slimy rock you slithered out of you fucking maggot Nazi.

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Steve Foman's avatar

Again, for someone allegedly so educated, you certainly don’t seem to understand immigration law. Maybe you missed that day in law school. Being undocumented/illegal is a civil offense, not a criminal offense. The fact that his request for citizenship was denied does not make him a criminal and is certainly not grounds to have him deported. Labeling him a gang member without a chance to defend himself violates one of the principles upon which our nation was founded, due process. You can bloviate all you want about that being fair or not, but ANYONE residing within the United States, legally or not, has the right to due process. So either go back to school again and actually learn something or STFU!

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Richard Van Atta's avatar

Well— Doctor Doctor Doctor with an MBA — what’s the fucking deal with all that … perhaps you might address the total lack of constitutionally mandated due process rather than spewing nonsense… The issue is not whether anyone else might have done one thing or another — There is no evidence Abrego did anything. And without due process we will never know. When ICE shoves you into a van and off to El Slaveador I bet you Doctors degrees will come in handy….

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Donna Whyte's avatar

There is a great joke about the Academic Doctors and it does not end well with The Academic Doctors. They get tossed out of an airplane because the terrorists want a Medical Physician.

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

Why do people believe illegal alien immigrants have the same due process rights as American citizens? How much money do you want to spend in your and mine higher taxes to give to 10 to 20 million illegal immigrants allowed into our country by Biden and Democrats? If illegal immigrants have had hearings and lost their application to stay in the United States they should be deported? The El Salvador hero Garcia lost twice before courts? Why don’t people who love Garcia start GoFundMe programs for him and spare me and Republicans and most Independents higher taxes to pay for his illegal alien designation. I am an attorney and I am going back to work if Democrats are allocating Billions of Dollars to attorneys to fight for 10-20 million illegal alien immigrants. What a windfall for attorneys like me. What a windfa for expert witnesses like me. No wonder we are telling young people they have to have a lower standard of living than their parents for the first in American history. Can you tell me if people supporting Garcia and want to pay higher taxes to give him the same rights as American citizens have any Credit Card Debt? The average American family is carrying $7,600 hundred dollars in credit card debt at 18%, 20% and 30% if late interest month to month. Are they in favor of paying more taxes to cover the legal fees of 10 to 20 million illegal, alien, immigrants as we dump $37 Trillion dollars of national debt on them growing $2 million every year? Really? Are you really supporting Democrats screwing our young people? Really? God bless President Trump fighting for our young people against Democrats driving our country into bankruptcy. I hope people of their families of innocent people robbed, assaulted, raped, murdered and rape murdered by illegal alien immigrants begin suing the Democrat Party and the government for failing to follow the law in allowing millions of alien illegal criminals into our country to rob, carjack, assault, rape, murder and rape murder our innocent citizens. W. Manion, MDPHDJDMBA

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

So, bots such as this "doctor" have finally included a sense of the ridiculous?

Too bad they omit irony...proof they come from the GOP (or Russia.)

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Vel Santic's avatar

Report him&his ilk and insist Substack ban him!!

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Steve Foman's avatar

Because of this:

The clause in the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides:

No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.[4]

The clause in Section One of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides:

... nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.[5]

Do you see anything about citizens? It says “person.” That means any person, citizen or not. Maybe you should have read the Constitution before commenting on this subject.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Wasn't it Vonnegut in Player Piano who did such a great sendup of "doctor degrees"?

Basically, a TV repairman is a "doctor", with the proper paperwork.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_Piano_(novel)

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c pierce's avatar

Sure, if crimes are BAD enough, they can deny due process? Every damned police state in the freaking world calls their victims criminals, terrorists, or my fav, hooligans (ussr). Better hope they never tag you or someone you love. Clownish take.

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Jean Conley's avatar

Leave it to a loyal Dictator Criminal Psycho republiCRAP to make that statement. Incompetent and uneducated in what our constitution is all about--just like the Bimbo in the Oval Office.

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

I’m not sure people understand but when they make personal attacks against a person they are saying they can’t logically point out the problems with the person’s policies. Trump doesn’t want illegal, alien immigrants in our country collecting an average of $8,600 hundreds dollars in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamps, Housing Benefits, etc. These benefits were designed for poor Black, Hispanic, Asian and white families. Why aren’t Black and Hispanic families outraged at illegal, alien immigrants taking their benefits? Why? Trump doesn’t want illegal, alien immigrant criminals in our country robbing, carjacking, raping, murdering and rape-murdering out innocent real, legal, US born American citizens. If Democrats fight Trump with their insane support of illegal, alien criminal immigrants their party will die even faster than it is dying now. Young people are sick of being buried in college debt by 90% plus Democrat controlled colleges. Young people are sick of living paycheck to paycheck buried under thousands of dollars of credit card debt as Democrats Tax, Baby, Tax and tell young people they must have a very low standard of living. Millionaire, Billionaire and virtue signaling Democrats tell young people they have to live paycheck to paycheck buried under credit card debt because of climate change and the need to pay higher and higher taxes to support millions and millions more of illegal alien immigrants. Really? Thank God young people are thinking for themselves and fighting the corrupt Democrats selling out our country and our young people for illegal, alien immigrant votes. W. Manion, MDPHDJDMBA

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Dana Bennett's avatar

Corrupt Democrats? Wrong party, Doc. You’re obviously a card-carrying Rethug. Good luck with that level of criminality.

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Valerie's avatar

Hmmm. If you really are WIlliam Manion, you have a very interesting CV. Yes, I did an internet search on the name. A forensic pathologist, “expert witness.” You shared a CNN article last year about Gen Z that painted a different picture of Gen Z under Biden than the one you paint in your angry rant above. Were things perfect under Biden? No, housing was a huge problem. Still is now that mortgages have hit an all-time high.

Young people did indeed either not vote at all (the majority) or the slim majority appear to have voted for Trump. Because they believe the same kind of rhetoric you are spewing above. And now look where it’s got them. Terrible economy, rule of law in danger, schools threatened. Instead of screaming about illegal immigration, why don’t you write something to uplift us about the golden times ahead under Trump?

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Kathi M's avatar

Why do you persist in listing all the expenses that migrants supposedly don’t contribute to? Are you not actively listening to diverse news perspectives and comparing the facts?

It has been demonstrated that a significant portion of migrants pay taxes and social security, but they do not file to receive benefits—they are simply not eligible. They contribute partially to demonstrate their willingness, hoping it will positively impact their case.

Most migrants hold low-paying jobs that some Americans consider beneath them and would not undertake.

Our country and others have exploited third-world countries for natural resources and prevented their home countries from participating in free trade agreements.

When their economies are depleted and they have no means of farming or sustaining themselves, that is when they are compelled to leave their homes.

Who is truly responsible for this situation?

As a nation, we take without regard for the consequences, yet we resent their desire to participate in a system for which they are willing to work.

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

Wow. I never realized how great immigration is for the economy. What’s wrong with California with a budget surplus for years yet now with budget deficits of Billions of Dollars as Governor Newsome raises taxes faster and faster. Why aren’t Americans rushing to California to enjoy the financial largess and wealth of having so many millions of illegal immigrants. In fact why are so many native born Americans fleeing California and the Democrat Party. I know, they must be white, Nazi, racists who have strong prejudices against living in high crime, high taxes, and in a lower standard of living every month. The Federal Government and my taxes as a Pennsylvania resident are being sent to California to pay for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, free housing as hundreds of millions of families live paycheck to paycheck. Even Dr. Oz said yesterday he is first going to get illegal alien immigrants off Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security and stop crushing our young people with more and more taxes. Is Dr Mehmat Oz a white, Nazi racist? Really? I hate it when people with biased opinions get confronted with facts. Is there any evidence Americans are rushing to California to live the great standard of illegal migrant supported living that is really deteriorating every day? LOL. California is a Democrat joke and real world laboratory for low IQ, low common sense but highly DEI Disaster Democrat policies. No wonder the Democrat Party is a dying politically correct Disaster. Young people also know it. LOL. W. Manion, MDPHDJDMBA

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Kathi M's avatar

“he is first going to get illegal alien immigrants off Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security “…

He can’t remove them since they are not on any of those to begin with?!

I grew up mainly in California, I think the increasing earthquakes, devastating fires, mudslides and lack of potable water along areas of the coast may contribute to people moving to other states.

Young people who include my grandchildren and their parents, are fearful due to the increasingly unconstitutional actions of current politicians and the climate changes that are causing devastating natural disasters all around our planet NOT worries about immigrates who are willing to work. Go in person and talk with people you don’t normally interact with rather than berating others. You might be surprised at the people you may meet.

I try to make a point of listening to people who differ from my views so that I can try to understand how they have formed their opinions.

I don’t necessarily have to agree with them and it may not change my views, but I do really want to try understanding what and how they think.

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Donna Whyte's avatar

Trumper thinking that the crazy lies that were told to you brainwashed people by Trump are the truth. You are so delusional.

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Bario's avatar

Oh no Mr Bill! Please come back to the court system so you can be disbarred for contempt. Wrong on every one of your hate filled spews.

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Donna P's avatar

Go spout your lies on Fox News. You obviously hang on their every lie based a what you wrote here. If you don’t like the truth go on a different site. Or maybe really educate yourself. I seriously doubt you’re any of those alphabet letters you put behind your name

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Leah Baum's avatar

William is a bigot who hates immigrants. Unless he’s indigenous he needs to GTFO. Just another Nazi republican spewing his hate. I don’t care what degrees he has, the dumbest people I have ever met was in college.

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Leah Baum's avatar

Anyone on the internet can lie and write they have a bunch of degrees. William talks like a high school dropout.

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Leah Baum's avatar

JOIN ME IN BLOCKING BIGOT

WILLIAM MANION.

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Rock Wilcox's avatar

Quack, quack, quack

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LiseAnn 🇨🇦's avatar

BS. Right wing drivel.

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Robin Elizabeth Simpson Scott's avatar

I see the lol at the very end. Please clarify if that whole horrible comment was just sarcasm? Are you for or against this administration?

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Eva Seifert's avatar

He is a real person - he popped up on LinkedIn. Click on his name, and see his comments. Based on his comments and who he restacks, he believes it. Sad that a man who has so many degrees, and so much education, and has actually done good for people is so blind.

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Rock Wilcox's avatar

Quackery, most likely.

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Actually, for real. Just google him.

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Vel Santic's avatar

Yes, but do you really believe LinkedIn's data are true always?? I sorely doubt williammanion has really any of titles he adorns himself with.

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marianne ciccantelli's avatar

What will it take for our leaders to stop the wild maniac?

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

Trump wants to Drill, Baby, Drill and sell the cleanest natural gas, oil and coal around the world to enrich our country. These revenues will lower inflation, lower our $37 Trillion dollars of National Debt we are dumping on our young people and give our young people a better chance at their future.

Democrats and Bidenomics want to Tax, Baby, Tax and use those revenues to help millions of illegal, alien immigrants in exchange for votes. The Democrats have no understanding of economics and their mantra is Tax, Baby, Tax as we drive our country into a major economic collapse. Democrats are happy telling our young people they must have a lower standard of living than their parents because they must pay higher and higher and higher taxes. No wonder young people are getting smart and voting for Republicans looking out for young people. W. Manion, MDPHDJDMBA

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Robin Elizabeth Simpson Scott's avatar

Why are you even in this thread ?? No one has your beliefs. We believe in Our Constitution. In Our rule of law. In 3 branches of the government.

You seem to want to be thought of as special as noted by all your pedigrees. We are intelligent.

You should go over to X where you might be appreciated.

None of us want to live under an authoritarian rule.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Why is he here?

To consume our valuable time. Don't you imagine he spends the other half of his time bragging on 4chan about how he does this?

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Gigi's avatar

amen

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Linda M. Walker's avatar

Check Earth Justice. They have lawsuits over drilling,etc.

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William ManionMDPhDJDMBA's avatar

President Trump has brought Biden 20% inflation over 4 years down to 1-2% a year. Drill Baby Drill is giving us low energy prices. Gasoline is under $3.00 a gallon in three states and falling in more states. Biden, Bidenomics and Democrats had four years to destroy this country. Trump has been in office 90 DAYS. Can you give him a chance??? Egg prices have dropped 75% since Trump too office. Can you stop listening to Trump Derangement Syndrome Democrats and see what is really happening. As energy prices fall everything everywhere gets cheaper including gasoline, heating oil, electricity, diesel fuel, food, dry goods, and inflation. Mortgage rates will fall and rents follow mortgage rates so they will fall also. Americans, stop listening to lying, virtue signaling Democrats more concerned about illegal, immigrant, wife beating criminals deported back to their own country. I am very worried about law and order in this country and I believe all Americans should own guns to protect their homes. Democrats have allowed in millions of criminal robbers, rapists, shoplifters, Murderers, rape-murderers. As Trump rounds them up there will be more home invasions so Families must be armed. Look at California as the poster child of the Democrat Party. Medicaid free medical care for ten million immigrants in California is out of control and now my Federal and Pennsylvania State Taxes have to be sent to California to bail out Governor Newscum. Is this a joke??? Are voters really ok witb 7 Billion illegal alien immigrants entering our country as Democrats Tax Tax Tax and Spend Spend Spend. Thank God that young people priced out of a college Education by 90% Democrat Adminiistered Colleges are now coming to the Republican Party and Common Sense. All the Democrat Party has done for young people is bury them in College Debt, give them 20% plus Inflation and brain dead Biden and tell them they have to accept a lower standard of living than their parents for the first time in history because of Climate Change and Global Warming. Bullshi*!!! Young people please vote Trump and Trump Republicans as only we have your back. Please run from low IQ, virtue signaling Democrats and Fake RINO Republicans. God bless President Trump. Every month we will make more progress in Making AMERICANS Great Again. Trust Trump and Scott Bessent as they are high IQ, high common sense individuals. Do any Democrats you listen to qualify to be in Mensa (top 2% IQ) or Intertel (top 1% IQ) high IQ organizations? I haven’t seen any. Democrats can’t do basic mathematics let alone understand national economics and international economics. Trump will save this country for sure. God Bless President Trump and Mr. Scott Bessent. God curse the fake News Trump Derangement Syndrome Democrats who are political parasites on our society. Democrat Politicians take millions in salaries, free healthcare, free pensions, campaign contributions from their host United States citizens and give nothing that enriches the host citizens of the United States. Democrats actually hurt United States citizens with 20% plus Biden inflation and sky high crime. Please realize that Parasites take energy and resources from their hosts and give them back waste products and diseases like malnutrition and anemia. Democrat Politician Parasites take millions in salaries, free healthcare, free pensions and in return bleec the host American taxpayers of their working income , savings and inheritances just like the classic parasite!!! W. Manion, MDPHDJDMBA

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Yvette N Hath's avatar

Those were my first thoughts. That picture of them in the restaurant was bullshit. I'm sure their conversation was closely monitored as well. Screw you, trump and bukele.

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

The good news?

As long as he has value, El Salvador will protect him...somewhat.

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Karlon Olson's avatar

What can be done for the other men who were kidnapped without due process? They should all come back and have their cases heard as well! Glad to hear Abrego is at least out of CECOT

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Nancy M White's avatar

And what about all the others on that plane? Don’t they deserve due process as well?

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willsx2's avatar

Absolutely. Senator Van Hollen talked about that. I think they are pressing this case first because the regime has said they made a mistake so it is extremely hard to defend.

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Cindy Dore's avatar

You are absolutely correct!

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

Yes!!!!! They do!!!!!

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Teach84's avatar

And this afternoon Trump is spouting more lies that Garcia is a human trafficker among other things. Congress needs to get its act together and do something. They say they’re scared, but SO ARE WE! The difference is that they have the power to do something about it, but we don’t.

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

Cowards!!!

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Cindy Schneider's avatar

They will pay dearly at the ballot box for their cowardice, but 4 years of this lunatic monster?

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Vel Santic's avatar

not even 4 more minutes are bearable.

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Johnny C's avatar

All US citizens with reverence for the Constitution should go on strike until Garcia is returned to the USA!

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Carl Selfe's avatar

We have a protest on Saturday. Nonviolent. Take deep breaths, but be loud. Remember President Eisenhower was a patriot and demonstrably supported the Supreme Court’s order Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (May 17, 1954). I covered what he did in Little Rock, AR, in my post below. In September 1957, Eisenhower ordered the elite 101st Airborne to restore order in Little Rock. The picture of those troop driving from Fort Campbell in the dark of night sticks in my mind. Regular Army troops activated to restore order is a rare occurrence. We should not forget why: the cause of anti-racism. The racism that prevailed in my youth is disgusting to me, and has been not only unleashed, but also promoted by a lawless administration. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/forking-roads?r=3m1bs

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Real leadership and humanity

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Eileen Róque's avatar

How can the Supreme Court sleep at night?

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Kathleen Polly's avatar

Everything is smoke and mirrors in this regime and its buddies!

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aephyx's avatar

Remember, Auschwitz was in Poland. Just let that sink in.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

My grandparents were gassed in the camp called Chelmno. This was located in Poland, yet they were taken out of their home in Berlin, Germany.

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Penni Deshaw's avatar

Impeach trump for treason against the American people.

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Dan Hoffman's avatar

Time for the Rs to explain why impeachment charges aren’t being brought.

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Strawberry's avatar

Mr. Garcia looked terrified. appeared confused uncomfortable.

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gail mbs's avatar

I can imagine Trump & Co now going after Senator Van Hollen! What are we going to do or expect our agencies to do and fast, if he is picked up in a car to go on a little trip somewhere? That is not a rhetorical question. This can happen as Trump & Co continually escalate their absurd fuckery of our nation!

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THANK YOU SENATOR FOR GOING TO SEE ABREGO GARCIA. I'm sure it gave him a glimmer of hope and likewise to his family here. I know it gives me som hope, mainly to know he is alive and in one piece. Thanks so much for this press release.. to share the update on. This atrocious act performed by our pathetic and embarrassing imposter President.

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marianne ciccantelli's avatar

Absolutely chilling and heartbreaking

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Teri Gelini's avatar

I hope at least his family was ale to see he is alive. Thanks to Senator Van Hollen for going to see this poor man.

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SLMontgo's avatar

This whole "clerical error" excuse doesn't pass the smell test. Abrego Garcia was picked up because they knew he would not resist because he is not a criminal in fear of prison. Remember, it's Stephen Maniac Miller orchestrating this using Tom Homan and that Noem cyborg to execute the plans. These are deeply cruel people. I don't believe this ever was a "clerical error" because it's now front and center of the endless news cycle. We are looking at it and not looking over there. Over there is the next assault on citizens rights to due process.

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gail mbs's avatar

Love your comment. It’s excellent, especially this: “We are looking at it and not looking over there. Over there is the next assault on citizens rights to due process.” (Edit) And this! So true. “Remember, it's Stephen Maniac Miller orchestrating this using Tom Homan and that Noem cyborg to execute the plans.”

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SLMontgo's avatar

When you consider who is instigating this level of cruel lawlessness, I, as a non-lawyer, only see it as a distraction to the next larger and more egregious event. I appreciate your feedback.

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Vel Santic's avatar

yep, that is tRumputinist modus operandi, they're the worst quisling terroristic mafia that ever existed in the entire history of the world, I repeat, in the entire history of the world!!

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David Abrahams's avatar

Why the biggest question why !! Our government which has the most powerful military in the world would even contemplate letting El Salvador tell us what we can or can't do with prisoners we sent there is a laugh ! We could wipe that country off the map with a blink of an eye . Hear this Trump is a full blown criminal him and his cabinet are buying time don't fall for there game there just diverting your attention . Trump can say one word and have these prisoners returned . Depose the president asap

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Joan Fregapane's avatar

Every one with a platform should broadcast again and again that Trump is apparently too weak and disorganized and distracted to make a deal for Mr. Garcia’s return. And too weak and disorganized and distracted to return the others sent illegally to this prison.

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David Abrahams's avatar

He does not want to return him if he does trump looses and he is a baby

We need to all come together and use our combined abilities to take these guys down

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J🐝's avatar

The propaganda spin I’ve seen come out of this, the taunting from bukele… my soul feels tainted.

I’m glad Mr. Garcia is alive. He should be back here with his family. I’m worried about the others & how the court responds to this farce.

The fascists in this regime and their talking heads are dialing up the rhetoric and nationalism; using wider brush strokes in their definitions of criminal, terrorist & enemy.

We all knew it was coming. Once again, I’m frozen by the surrealism. My brain can’t believe such evil is happening in real-time.

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Sara W's avatar

Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you Senator for your courage, leadership and humanity and using your position and influence for good! Bring Abrego and the others home.

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milk's avatar

Auschwitz was not in Germany. Do not let history repeat itself

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Ameriviking's avatar

This should be the start of the Democrats forming a shadow government!!!!

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Eileen Róque's avatar

That means that lying bitch Karoline Leavitt lied during a press conference about the allegations of Garcia

She will have her day in court someday. Have your popcorn ready!

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Fred's avatar

Yet Senators like Lindsey Graham, Tommy Tuberville, Mitch McConnell, et al don’t speak up and think this is OK? They know better but love the perks of being close to Trump. I bet you Susan Collins is “concerned”. Why do they allow the executive branch to break the law and do away with due diligence? They are NOT honorable people

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Bonnie Boyce's avatar

Looking for the silver lining: so grateful for a US Senator who speaks truth at his own peril

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Kimberly Roberts's avatar

Democrats should be holding press conferences daily.

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Yvette N Hath's avatar

Wonderful Senator Van Hollen has surely been placed at the top of trump's revenge list. But we've got your number, donnie.

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Valerie's avatar

They should give Van Hollen some kind of humanitarian prize. That would REALLY get up Trump's nose as apparently he expects that the Nobel Committee should award HIM the Nobel Peace Prize. In his dreams and our nightmares.

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Jeannie Cooper's avatar

Please notice that Sen Von Hallen is not a young man, and like Sen Sanders he

is a principled man. Thank you Senator for stepping forward and speaking out the truth of this corrupt amoral administration. Not all old people are senile.

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gail mbs's avatar

Not a young man, but just 66 yrs old. You had me thinking he was my age! He is a brave, ethical man. He and Senator Jamie Raskin make quite the pair!

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Jeannie Cooper's avatar

I am 85, he is young looking back on my sixties. Did you see the post about fox new cutting Sen Von Hollen off mid -sentence in press statement?

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gail mbs's avatar

Well Jeannie, you may have 10 years on me, but you’re looking not a day older than I am. And I look younger, too. Seems getting old looks a whole lot younger than in my mom’s day! I can see how active you are just by that cool tee you’re wearing. Anyway, no I didn’t see what Fox did to Chris Van Hollen. Such blatant disrespect and disregard, not just for a senator, but for the only one who actually took charge and did something definitive for Mr Abrego Garcia and his family. Fox knows the side their bread’s buttered on and are not about to be decent to anyone who is pissing off their King. They’re disgusting anyway.

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Mark Meiggs's avatar

This is entirely on the backs of a corrupt SCOTUS.

Fuck them and the shit bag they pray to.

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Maryann W's avatar

Senator Van Hollen is a brave, brave man! Where are the rest of the Democrats?

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Karma Infinity's avatar

Now that’s what stepping into the moment looks like. No dodging, no rehearsed lines—just a raw, electrifying call to wake up and pay attention. You could feel it in the air: truth landing like thunder.

In a sea of safe statements and media fog, this was a jolt. The kind that shakes off numbness and makes you sit straighter. Not just what was said—but how it was said. Urgent. Unapologetic. Human.

If you’ve been waiting for someone to speak like it matters—this was it. The energy shifted.

This is what holding the line sounds like.

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Karma Infinity's avatar

Sometimes the words don’t just speak—they stand. This was one of those moments. No polish, no spin. Just someone brave enough to say it plain. And that changes everything.

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Kat Pan's avatar

If sending any home grown criminals to prison in El Salvador is trump's wish, perhaps we should start with Trump first.

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Vel Santic's avatar

no perhaps about it, but definitely!!

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Eileen Róque's avatar

They meaning the Trump regime, don't want Garcia telling US what really happens there…

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Camilla Slater's avatar

This case is about ALL THE DISAPPEARED.

How many are down in CECOT, abducted by this terrible regime.

IT’S ABOUT DUE PROCESS.

STOP THE DISAPPEARANCES.

RESUME DUE PROCESS.

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Darrell T's avatar

There is no law and order. Trump and his thugs must be taken down.

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Vel Santic's avatar

That's what I keep saying!! For months already!!

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S. Rose Smith-Hayes's avatar

Congress stop sitting on your thumbs, Amendment 25 and Impeach 45/47, Vance, Johnson and fire Musk immediately. Jail Bondi and Rubio until that citizen is returned.

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Darrell T's avatar

Where are the other Dems?! Looking at you Cantwell and Murray!!!!

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NJ Osborne's avatar

Robert Supreme Court did this to us and they have no idea how to fix it. These are very bad people. They should not be in government alone the justice of the Supreme Court for over 25 years.👁️😤👁️

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Ada Fuller's avatar

One criminal hires another criminal to abet a crime, then the cover up begins. I’m now waiting for Trump’s mouthpiece to come out with some outlandish story.

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dilynne french's avatar

Like a true authoritarian take over, play race cards, cause as much chaos to distract the people

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Steve Doll's avatar

One cowardly, sociopathic excuse for a man is causing so many people so much heartbreak, which of course is his goal - to share the misery that eats at him every second of the day. It will be beyond poetic justice if the actions of one brave man prove to be his undoing.

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Mary L Westcott's avatar

Impeach them all. Chris Van Hollen is the real deal. Met him 25?years ago and was impressed. Brave courageous and bold! Bravo!!

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Fox.or.Ox's avatar

This is what Hitler and the Nazi's did in the 1930's, snatch people off the street never to be seen or heard from again, clamping down the press, silencing opponents and dissenting voices, separating children from their parents, silencing the other government agencies and government offices, and discrimination against specific ethnic groups. Hitler and Trump's identical format. And yet the media describes Tramp as authoritarian, instead of DICTATOR. Are you afraid , Mighty Meidas, to use that term???

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Vel Santic's avatar

tRumputin is much worse than a dictator. he's a quisling, maniac, terrorist and so are his entire "cabinet".

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Sandra Randall's avatar

This is why trump and all those aiding and abetting him should be before a magistrate in cuffs as the charges are read to them. Then they get their due process, their trial ... while being held as a flight risk without bail. They will be treated better than those they have sent to San Salvador ... but they do NOT deserve to be walking free, let alone in positions of power in our government! The president is not above the law ... why is he not being arrested and charged?

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Vel Santic's avatar

say that to merrick garland. oops, whatever happened to him since scotus and himself enabled the putschist real steal of nov. 5th 2024??

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James f Vandeventer jr (Jim)'s avatar

OMG Donald Trump's family hasn't been her that long his dad and granddad grandmother were from Germany

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SFGal's avatar

His mother from Scotland, wife #1 from Czechoslovakia, wife #3 from Slovenia . . .

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Debbie E's avatar

trump should be shakled and escorted out of the WH by the US Marshalls. The problem is, he is insulated by his loyalists who are the ones to give the order. Nothing will be done until/unless Democrats gain control of Congress. Buckle up. It's going to be a long journey. In the meantime, protest, speak up, Rise up! Find demonstrations in your town/state via indivisible.org or the many other organizagtions hosting Hands Off demonstrations tomorrow, April 19th. Silence is not an option.

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Pat Sevigny's avatar

How stupid do u think el Salvador thinks we r?

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Eileen Róque's avatar

So of course they don't want him back

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Mara H's avatar

Obviously not enough by any stretch, but I’m amazed that he was moved to a new facility!

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Candy Schmitz's avatar

When I 1st saw the pictures I knew it was staged.

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Edna Kindley's avatar

Senator Van Hollen demonstrates how to take care of his constituents and support the rule of law. He’s proven that Kilmer is alive and put a human face to this terrible injustice done by the Trump administration. Trump is as much a dictator as Bukele spinning lies in the Oval Office. 😢

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Bernadette Waystack's avatar

And don’t forget about the poor gay barber crying for his mother and God knows how many others of them who are innocent and just swept up and thrown into hell for nothing.

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Joanne Powers's avatar

Then we see the Tate brothers, who ARE criminals, being imported to the U.S. What are we doing?

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Vel Santic's avatar

that tells you everything.

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Jessy Silvas's avatar

Impeach Trump and his entire administration!

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Rock Wilcox's avatar

This man...if he can be called that...is not fit to be president by any standard; and 77 million votes, even if all were legitimate, will never change that fact. All it proves is that these voters are no less corrupt than their dear leader.

We can see this in the world today, in Russia, Hungary, Turkey, North Korea, China, Iran, and other nations.

By not admitting errors, trump is no different from the witch hunters of the Inquisition. It has been said that 18 million people were condemned and put to death during this period. 18 million people. There is no way that there were that many who could have actually been involved in the black arts and witchcraft. Superstition and jealousy reigned supreme during this time.

Interesting, is it not, that trump has accused prosecutors, attorneys, and judges of conducting witch hunts when they were dealing with the crimes he has committed?

Ponder on this.

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Johnny Canuck's avatar

If this is not impeachment worthy then the country no longer exists.

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Everybody's Mamá's avatar

Bring them all home and replace them with the real homegrown criminal terrorists, Führer tRump and his regime of Musk Rats. No due process necessary!

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Kimberly's avatar

We also need to stand up and support the men and women willing to stand up and support others. We can't allow them to get hurt financially physically or mentally. We need them. If Trump tries to arrest them, tries to ruin their finances and their careers, we need to be there to support them through it, so they can keep moving forward for us.

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Anne Fader's avatar

I can’t imagine the pain of not knowing if you’ll see your loved ones again. The whole administration needs to be thrown in prison for crimes against humanity.

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Steve Doll's avatar

They are an indelible blemish on the face of humanity.

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"TV legend Chris Matthews on the return of "Hardball" on Substack, plus Cori Bush & Jamaal Bowman support David Hogg and Mike Fanone's message for cops. Plus Jim's challenge for the weekend... think JFK's "ask what you can do for your country." (Jim Acosta, Chris Matthews, Cori Bush, and 2 others,

Apr 18, 2025)......

https://jimacosta.substack.com/p/tv-legend-chris-matthews-on-the-return?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3775894&post_id=161634402&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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"Team -- ICE handcuffed and detained a THIRD GRADER and his family for A MONTH, sending them 1,800 miles away to Texas. They were JUST recently released.

As a father and combat veteran, I'm DISGUSTED. These weren't fugitives. They were following every rule, attending court dates, going to school.

But Trump's immigration Gestapo needed a PR stunt, so they ripped a family apart for a Fox News clip. They put CHILDREN in HANDCUFFS and called it "procedure." Meanwhile, my opponent Richard Hudson cheers from the sidelines while cozying up to the extremists who ordered this cruelty.

I didn't wear the uniform to defend a country that terrorizes kids and facilitates state-sponsored child abuse.

We're building a MOVEMENT to flip the seat of the NRCC CHAIR himself and deliver a shock to the entire Republican leadership structure. No more "safe" districts for tyrants like Hudson.

(Chip in $25 now to help us storm Hudson's backyard and show Washington that NO ONE is beyond accountability: ojeda4nc.us/l/PZ2VwT)

Sappers clear the way, Airborne all the way!"

Maj. Richard Ojeda (Ret.)

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Watch "Wow." 90 year old holocaust survivor speaks out at town hall, on YouTube. (Luke Beasley)......

https://youtube.com/shorts/vN1yfc1IwUU?si=y4FjEDKnAR_Z6nvD

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Thanks Ben and to Senator Van Hollen for seeing first hand the depravety of this administration and disregard for due process of the law. As a taxpayer, I abhor the idea of tax dollars paid for the exportation of ‘criminal individuals’ ripped off the streets without due process and sent to an out of America gulags! This country has fought for democracy and it’s been 250 years since We escaped the tyranny of a king, WE WILL NOT GO BACK!

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Judy Cross's avatar

So disturbing. I hope you play that speech over and over until all Americans see it, plus the rest of the world. I hope that the Supreme Court watches this and does something about the immunity of tRump and I would hope that the Senate would watch it and get a conscience and take him out of office. This is an utter tragic. There is no justice in this regime. They are all a bunch of pigs. I hope that they get what they deserve. If the lawmakers don't get some spines and start doing the right thing, I'm afraid that people will start taking it into their own hands. It's that disturbing. I just hope it is peaceful. Not the so-called presidents way. I hope that everyone that voted for him are hanging their heads in shame. If not, Shame on you. God Bless Garcia, Van Hollen and America. When the country keeps seeing this news of Van Hollen and what our so-called president is doing, it should make them damn mad and disgusted. And if those tRump jesters at Fox don't show this video and ask some satisfactory questions of tRump, then they will prove how out of the real news they really are. They won't be brave enough to report real news. Only if it is a lie. I'm so mad right now. Didn't know it was possible to be this mad!!! I feel like I have lost one of my own.

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Julie Ford's avatar

Bravo! Thank you Senator for your courage and truthfulness.

We must end this horrible nightmare once and for all. With courageous people like you we csn

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Carin Froehlich's avatar

Why does another minute go by that Trump and staff stays in the White House the evidence is so overwhelming. What it takes is every Republican and Democratic Congressman and Senators Every Supreme Court justice must end this NOW if any of them choose not to then they clearly are COMMITTING TREASON.

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Debra Hunt's avatar

This ADMINISTRATION is lawless, corrupt criminals responsible for this needs to be removed convicted and given the same treatment as they have shown to Abrego Garcia and others like this. "Do unto others as you would have done to you "!

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Ana warner's avatar

Human rights abuses… The Hague arrest him!

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Charlotte S. Miller's avatar

They are not migrants. They are legal immigrants, and they deserve to come home safe and sound NOW!

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Pat Robinson's avatar

This is one of the most powerful and discouraging interviews MTM has shared. To me one of the most discouraging things is how the Republican Party is not just fine with this but is reveling in the cruelty. As I've said before, every Black person and Muslim in America had better be contacting their members of Congress, especially Republican ones...it has to be clear to all persons of color that they are next. The crime rate will not drop one iota, even with fudged FBI numbers so next on the list to keep America safe is to round up Black and Muslim men because, well, we all know blacks commit most of the crimes in America and Muslims are all terrorists or could be. This is no joke and I hope they are paying attention. I also hope that based on the comments that have released by the White House that continue to say that Garcia is a terrorist that someone is considering filing a suit charging libel and/or slander...likewise Sen Van Hollen for the picture on trump's social media showing him with MS-13 tattoos...surely that is at a minimum defamation of character. We are starting to see some judges stand up for the Constitution, let's start to see more attorneys do the same.

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Vel Santic's avatar

also, LGBTIQA people and anyone hated by terrorist putin of russia is targeted by his slave tRump-his reign of terror.

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Kim Rebelowski's avatar

Abrego is not the only innocent there.

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Wendy Burton's avatar

What about the rest of those deported to the same horrible place? Do they all not deserve the same rights? I pray 🙏 for them.

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Michael B's avatar

Garcia is at much higher risk now that he's been isolated in a different prison away from those who not a threat to him.

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Irene's avatar

What can we do - how do we fight the former Supreme Court ? Is it more important that Clarence Thomas ( I will not place “ Justice” in front of his or any other current occupant of the SC ever again ) get himself another yacht , another bucket of money from someone he has taken bribes from - where are the laws that stop this - this cannot go on !!!

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It's good to see dems starting to take the offense, and put the fascists republicans on the defense. What is remarkable is tha trump is a convicted felon held liable for sexual assault and defamation, and found to have run a fraudulent foundation and university, yet he was given every opportunity to prove his innocence, at which he failed. But he doesn't want to give an innocent man the opportunity to have his day in court. And corporate media stands around trump like moronic bobble heads. Pathetic display.

I wonder if dems should be going to offloading docks and showing the cost of tariffs on goods as they come into port. We were online ordering AA batteries and as we were ordering, the price increased $2. Inflation is on the way. Dems need to be on top of that crisis as well.

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Thank you1 No better place for dems to spend some of their vacation time than showing voters the price increases caused by the clueless, ill-conceived trump tariffs.

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Vel Santic's avatar

Don't be stupid to communicate with that profile. Have you not noticed that profile's literally thousands of spams??

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MPT's avatar

Thanks for the warning. Sorry, I am not as aware of these spammers as you. But I will pay more attention in the future. No matter the platform, there are the spammers.

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Vel Santic's avatar

Just pay more attention using your senses, especially, eyes!! Thankfully, we have eyes, don't we....

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Terry Barber's avatar

“Two news organizations have investigated the remaining 199 on the flights with Garcia. Both “Frontline” and the “ New York Times” say 75% or “most” of the rest of these kidnapped men have no criminal records. They are innocent and must ALL BE RETURNED to the U.S.A. For hearings to determine their guilt or innocence.

Arrest Trump, Musk, Vance, and Johnson, Gabbard , Hegseth, Miller and others. Try them for treason against the Constitution and as soldiers in Putin’s extensive war on our Democracy.

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Vel Santic's avatar

That is what I keep saying!! For months!!

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Sarah's avatar

Good program tonight. Enjoyed your comments and then the switch to parts of the Van Hollen press conference

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Jean Conley's avatar

This has got to get our in the news--broadcast ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD SOMEHOW. DUMP IS A REAL S**T. OUR TAX MONEY IS LETTING HIM DO THIS????????????????????

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I feel so sickened hearing the Senator talking about the horrific abduction of Garcia. I'm relieved he is alive and there is still some hope. But I am a realist and have to say what I see. And that is that the US is no longer a democracy. It has already fallen and the maga fascists are winning. We all have to step up whatever disobedience or agitation we are able to. Unite and fight! 🗽🌍🗽 📣 INDIVISIBLE DOT ORG 📣 for all information on protests in the USA and internationally.

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What did President Biden and his Administration think - was gonna be happening after he rushed to cede the power to the convicted criminal tRumputin?????? this never ever happened before in the entire human history that the good and victims of Jan 6th 2021 i.e. Democrats cede the mightiest powers of this world to criminals, quisling, terrorists who perpetrated the Jan 6th 2021 akin to the saudi hijackers of American Airplanes on 9.11.2001!!!!!!!!!!

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "I CAN'T BELIEVE RFK Jr Said This Out Loud", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)......

https://youtu.be/J9HV9nG06vw?si=EwdViDRhc58zuFzV

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"Pantsuit Politics Meets MeidasTouch: Real Talk From Red State America."

"We joined forces with the brilliant Kentuckians behind Pantsuit Politics to cut through the noise, uplift real values, and call out Trump’s cruelty and cowardice." (Ben Meiselas, Beth Silvers, Sarah Stewart Holland, and Pantsuit Politics,

Apr 18, 2025).......

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/pantsuit-politics-meets-meidastouch?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3078900&post_id=161553753&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Trump is a relentless bully, but he can be stopped by standing up to him, and not caving in to him. There is strength in numbers.

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JudiLI's avatar

Impeach now! Thank you Senator for your courage and determination!

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Alana Studebaker's avatar

Bless Senator Van Hollen for doggedly pursuing justice for Mr. Garcia and not only calling out the injustices of his incarceration but the lies of our government.

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c pierce's avatar

Fight fight fight. Protests, general strikes, whatever it takes to stop this insane president and his cronies.

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Vel Santic's avatar

The full-blown nationwide Civil Disobedience!! Make USA stand still!!

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Kimberlee Avery Wilkins's avatar

Now it has been reported that El Salvador prison is loading the supposed prisoners onto buses to move them somewhere else as they were expecting more prisoners to be coming in ! From the US ?

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Jennifer Lapaglia's avatar

Makes me so sick.. will be protesting tomorrow for Abrego Garcia and his family, for all of us !!! 💙💙💪✌️💪✌️💪 down with the orange fat fascist pig he's goin down !!!!!

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Marci's avatar

This must be shared far and wide! As a US born citizen, this disgusts me! Bring Garcia home NOW! ✌️

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Paul Thompson's avatar

Thank you so much, Senator Van Hollen. Now, how do we get Abrego all the way back to Maryland?

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Eleanor Lopez-Dominge's avatar

Hitler playbook

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drbilldean@gmail.com's avatar

Danger Looming for 2026 Midterms

Berulis the whistleblower who just showed us what the Nazi goons did at NLRB should be very concerning DOGE has been into the federal databases at many different agencies now and they are cultivating a database outside govt to be used by the Nazi party for nefarious purposes Although there has been a court order to stop DOGE from rummaging through the SSA database who really knows for sure what kind of information they have

One purpose that should very much concern all of us is the use of DMF(death master files) which are meant to affect immigrants but other citizens as well whose social security numbers can be deleted so that the affected can no longer function financially in the country(being wrongfully identified as dead leads to benefit termination causing financial hardship and distress)

Think for a moment about being financially dead You can't access your bank accounts, credit cards, pay your mortgage, collect social security These files are potentially being created as I write this to be used for all kinds of twisted corrupt reasons but the most important is killing voters ability to cast votes in 2026

Contact your state AG and tell them of this concern This activity must be guarded against

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Vel Santic's avatar

that is how the terrorist, quisling tRumputin-his cult of death regime is flooding the zone.

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SFGal's avatar

Fabulous synopsis of Van Hollen's conference which I also watched today! You explicitly honed in on the essential Constitutional principles in jeopardy! If Van Hollen as one individual exemplifies courage why can't Congress? Why not the Supreme Court? Thank you, Ben, for succinctly and articulately enunciating facts and evidence! Onward and upward!

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Cathy Delia's avatar

Is this really happening here? Never in a million years did I think I would witness anything so despicably unAmerican. It's like I'm watching a movie that has no ending. This horror needs to stop, and it needs to stop now! We all know that not only can Kilmar be brought back to the U.S. but so can all the other wrongfully detained men. I pray they are all home soon.

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Vel Santic's avatar

terrorist midget putin's of russia dictates to his slave tRump-his entire regime of freaks and it's really happening, worse than any horror-thriller-suspense movie - it's reality.

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Oaktown's avatar

Sen. Van Hollen is my hero. THANK YOU!!! Current events unfolding hourly in the corrupt regime's perpetual crime scene in the WH do have a way of separating the sincere and ethical public servants from the Nazi enablers and I will not forget who they are. Ever. Thanks, Ben, for this interview.

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Susan Clancy's avatar

Take a lesson congress people. You can stand up for justice.

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Steven Nightshade's avatar

Should't trump be charged with kidnapping?

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Lillian C Rodriguez's avatar

I am so happy about your success. I enjoy many of your other contributors...but Ben the use of so many hyperboles announcing context takes away from the gravitas of your reporting. I will continue to watch your other channels..but I get too much of a NY Post and 1960a TV Batman vibe

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Lisa B's avatar

BRING THEM ALL BACK!

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Thank you. This near-exclusive focus on Kilmar Abrego Garcia is making me crazy. It's because he has an American wife and child. The others don't. It seems the overwhelming majority of the men weren't associated with any gang -- and even the ones who were deserve due process.

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Ashley Geelan's avatar

Ben, I know it's late in the USA. (early AM).

My name is Ashley Geelan.

I'm an Australian journalist since 1994, when I was a teen cadet aged 16.

See vicnews.au

Please contact me.

I hold grave concerns for Australia, which could end up in the middle of China-US stand-off, or worse.

China is a huge trading partner with Australia. The United States of America is one of Australia's closest friends.

As the US President is also "Commander-In-Chief" of the US Armed Forces, many of whom are based Down Under, I hold grave concerns.

What is Trump and Musk doing now with Pine Gap, for instance?

Personally, I think it's time Australia closed all US facilities in Australia, our own Signals take over Pine Gap, and every US troop here on rotation sent home until America has an actual President again.

What do you think?

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Ben Ron, Ashley - I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to hear more about this. Just because Australia is far, far away, doesn't mean she doesn't exist - and have dangers of her own that could impact all of us.

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Christine Hayvice's avatar

Shocking situation. He needs to be brought back along with the 200+ others deported without due process. And we don’t even know their names.

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May May's avatar

Thank you for all your work. There are no surprises here. My question is:

What do we do? Who can do whatever it is that needs doing? Our infrastructure is on the verge of complete collapse! People are READY to take action!

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Sandi Lusk's avatar

Like the way the Nazis used Theriesenstadt concentration camp to show it wasn't so bad.

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ShelbyRae Lane's avatar

THIS is what the damn Supreme Court enabled. I hope to they realize how badly they screwed up, and take steps to fix it before they get sent to El Salvadore.

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bayjh's avatar

Why isn’t the Trump regime being stopped?

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Psychic Jeff's avatar

So, can someone explain why the Senator didn’t just bring Garcia back with him? If he was deported illegally, SCOTUS ruled he should be brought back, he’s an American citizen and committed no crime in El Salvador, why didn’t he get brought back?

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Cathleen Brethauer's avatar

What about all the other people there without due process?

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JOHN SMITH's avatar

Who is next. It is to pay dictators for a prison as trump sends people to create fear to intimidate and show he has no problem proving he is a person who will hurt anyone, thereby showing the world he a Mobster and a monster.

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Dr. Patricia Morton's avatar

Sadly, there is no hope for Mr. Garcia. But we must all continue to fight on against the evil regime of the wannabe dictator Donald Trump and his craven MAGA sycophants.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"50 protests.

50 states.

1 movement."

"Join us in the fight to uphold the Constitution and end executive overreach."

https://www.fiftyfifty.one/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b7f329b1-2c7c-4ac0-b4fb-20cf4e46e6e3

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Judge Quickly SHOOTS DOWN Trump's Disgusting Plot", on YouTube. (Tennessee Brando)......

https://youtu.be/7k5vBWn2SPw?si=iq3XFrfTz_XJxmpH

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Watch: "Protestor at Marjorie Taylor Greene Event tased and forcibly removed", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen).......

https://youtube.com/shorts/Vpc7ZeWnUd4?si=-xk-6LoWvxpGgSEP

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Trump throws ALL his DOJ Lawyers UNDER THE BUS, in Oval Office", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)......

https://youtu.be/blWVyGeQSWE?si=g8UfXdCTC-tJgAIt

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'"Utterly reprehensible': Ex-prosecutor puts Pam Bondi on notice, for 'refusing' judge order."

"The Justice Department and Attorney General Pam Bondi are “leading the charge” to paint Kilmar Abrego Garcia as a “bad guy,” according to a new analysis from Joyce Vance.

Abrego Garcia was mistakenly sent to a prison used to house terrorists and gang members in El Salvador.

Vance laid out what we do know about the case: “Abrego Garcia came to this country illegally in 2011, at the age of 16. Since then, he has married, has a child, and is a father to his wife’s two previous children as well.”

The 29-year-old’s deportation was stopped by an immigration judge’s order.

However, Vance believes the backstory “doesn’t matter. What does matter is that Abrego Garcia, criminal or saint, was denied his due process rights by the government, and in this country, people are entitled to those rights.”

“Under our Constitution, people, whether criminals or not, whether citizens or not, are entitled to notice before action is taken against them and to a hearing in front of a judge to sort out any issues,” the former Prosecutor penned." (Raw Story)......

https://www.rawstory.com/deportation-utterly-reprehensible/

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"'I do take offense!' Judge blasts Trump DOJ lawyer, while limiting DOGE on Social Security."

"A federal judge imposed new restrictions on the so-called Department of Government Efficiency's access to sensitive Social Security data.

U.S. District Judge Ellen Hollander issued a preliminary injunction late Thursday, that sided with a consortium of labor unions and retirees who alleged that DOGE's actions violate privacy laws and pose a massive security risk, although the ruling does allow billionaire Elon Musk's team to access data that has been redacted or stripped of personal identification if they have undergone background checks, reported the Associated Press." (Raw Story)......

https://www.rawstory.com/doge-social-security-2671798630/?u=7b9efb3185bef2bd309f85021fcf366956aa9a477375b276f5af3843618fd1f1

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Lottie Lu's avatar

Facts matter. Thank you!!

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Laura MacLachlan's avatar

Wat a sham! You could tell it was staged. The truth, however, has a nasty habit of coming out into the light so the world knows what 47 and his regime are doing to American citizens.

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Joseph Reith's avatar

Was it an administrative error? I think not.

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Elizabeth Morrison's avatar

This story hurts my heart. If it happened to one person, then it happened to more than one.

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Vel Santic's avatar

it happened to more than 200 innocents already and tRumputin has vowed to commit it on any NONtRumputinist born and raised Americans.

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Madelyn's avatar

Trump”s accomplices should be send to El Salvador.

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Yvonne Dennis's avatar

It would be a Democrat to do this, no maga would be brave enough to do this. Bless him🙏

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Tonnie Copper's avatar

Is the executive order unending for a president? Seems like it’s going on and on.

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Leslie Seitz's avatar

This is the worst abuse of power. He thinks he has absolute immunity.

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ann davis's avatar

This is a page out of Castro's playbook.

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WJB Motown's avatar

Conservative NYT Columnist David Brooks Calls for ‘National Civic Uprising’ to Defeat Trumpism – Complete With ‘Mass Rallies, Strikes’

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Amber Wolf's avatar

The US is paying them? There's our fraud/waste/abuse. Where's Doge at? Obviously they are not trying that hard to save money.

Could keep them in US prisons at least there you can contribute back to society depending on which state and which prison. Sometimes it might lead to a skill to be transferred to the outside. And let's face it, many innocent people are locked up in our own prisons (Missouri executed one of them).

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Charley A's avatar

We are all subject to this treatment by this regime! No charges, no phone call, no due process his only crime is the color of his skin. Who is next? Democrats?

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Vel Santic's avatar

Anyone who happens to be a NONtRumputinist.

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Wild Lion*esses Pride by Jay's avatar

As a German, watching this unfolds something visceral in me. The language used, the erasure of due process, the calculated dehumanization—it echoes what I’ve studied, what my country remembers with pain and clarity. That is why I offered my video documentary, where I walk through the grounds of a former concentration camp, https://open.substack.com/pub/wildlionessespride/p/walk-with-me-through-buchenwald?r=1sss7q&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false not as a historian, but as a witness carrying forward what must never be forgotten.

What is happening here is not a distant warning—it is a pattern we know too well.

Abducting a father, hiding the truth, punishing those who speak it? This is how the unthinkable begins. Quietly. Bureaucratically. With the silencing of those who try to correct injustice.

We say Nie wieder—Never again. But never again is not a passive promise. It demands vigilance. It demands action.

That’s why I’m speaking up. That’s why I’m asking: will we look away, or will we remember what forgetting has cost us before?

Never Again is Now

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Vel Santic's avatar

Exactly, richtig!!

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Jonnie's avatar

How one innocent man abused by a really bad dictator brought down an authoritarian regime

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ITS Never Happening…'s avatar

And its the TAX PAYERS who are paying for FELON 47 Domestic terroism. He's not responsible, he not financially responsible but he is stealing our money on SO MANY LEVELS. This is the largest most beautiful highjack of Americas tax payers dollars and WE THE PEOPLE NEED TO SAY IT LOAD! The sociopath needs to be arrested.

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Jonnie's avatar

The El Salvadorian President maybe dumber than Trump? Is that possible?

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Margheritta J Tessitore's avatar

This is a disgrace you have one loan fender fighting for a man to write while the president sits on his thumbs due process is the law it's the right of everybody in this country and if we let Trump get away with denying that right to Mr Garcia then I hope everybody is ready for the fact that he will take even American citizens that were born and raised here and throw them into jail if we disagree with him that can not happen with what hard for democracy we fought England and we won now we have to fight Trump and if we want to stay a country of Free people

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Vel Santic's avatar

he already said he's planning to send the born and raised Americans to el savador's cecot and tasked bukele to have the extermination camps built and ready for it onto which bukele smiled and said he already had good enough space for American born and raised citizens.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

You're right it isn't about just one man- 250 of them were also rounded up.

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Bot - reported

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Vel Santic's avatar

For hours I've been reporting that profile, blocking it, but Substack refuses to do anything about it.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

Ah, well - today's world. Irritating twerps everywhere. . .

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Newsom exposes Trump's betrayal of his OWN voters", on YouTube.

https://youtube.com/shorts/HOiRTcTSLMA?si=7uEX_3TJpmkFLPqX

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Michael Naughton's avatar

Democratic leaders, independents, republicans with souls and compassion.. put down your cell phones and fight this bastard!!

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Schmendryck's avatar

So, just a question: Are they expecting us to basically throw our head into our hands and go screaming into the street in hysterics? Is that it is that what they hope for? Devastating despair? Let's be prepared to disappoint them!

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Victoria Baker's avatar

I could see by looking closely at Kilmar's face in the photo that he is going through hell, and I kept wondering about how incongruous the setting looked. All of the people who have been deported should be brought back here for due process, but especially all of them from that prison.

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Angie's avatar

It’s our time to be brave and defend our constitution. Protests tomorrow. Please find one near you and attend if you can.

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Michael B's avatar

Isolated in a different prison puts Garcia at higher risk.

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Michael B's avatar

The court is not stopping Trump. More Venezuelans on busses towards the airport today. Boseberg holds Emergency TRO hearing. Time for civil contempt jailing while criminal contempt proceeds.

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Dennis W.'s avatar

Yep, I saw the Senator press brief and quess what?... We are still in a CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS!

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Sarah Larkin's avatar

Senator Van Hollen proved it CAN be done, so DO IT!!!!

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Fox News PANICS, cuts away as Van Hollen exposes the truth", on YouTube.

https://youtube.com/shorts/RXrHJfV4-ww?si=QBdV-48-QPJX6agf

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "WOW! TOP Florida GOP Donors TURN AGAINST Trump", on YouTube. (Meidas Touch)......

https://youtu.be/djYBZGPhbwo?si=ZTS7oIMZwFcAjlCM

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Newsom mocks Trumps: "He discovered the word groceries", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)......

https://youtube.com/shorts/lLHcmX1OBTs?si=BoXCsfn4Jrq2wJcV

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Jacqulin Burrell's avatar

Has anyone heard from Andry Hernandez Romero?

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Van Hollen is my hero but why couldn’t he have brought cash with him to bribe Buekle to release Mr. Garcia? Desperate times means desperate measures.

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Elizabeth Fenlon's avatar

Excellent article!

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Lynn Manus's avatar

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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Gary Davidson's avatar

Fake news by a retard who doesn’t care about us Americans. Fuck him

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mysticbt's avatar

It won’t play for me. Is this paid only now?

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Jacque Reid's avatar

Thanks again for sharing this information!

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Bristow's avatar

The so-called “authoritarian” leader of El Salvador, Bukele, was so “authoritarian” that he invoked the help of God, cleaned up their country, and made it safe to be a normal, ordinary citizen there!

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WMarion's avatar

Homegrown? That's you Donald and your Administration, Elon Musk, Andrew Tate and his brother, and and and..

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FeralAF's avatar

Thank you for reporting on this

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Raun Norquist's avatar

Didn’t anybody tell Bukele that trump NEVER PAYS HIS CONTRACTORS!

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MeLJ's avatar

Sen. Van Hollen is a true man of his word. I appreciate the fact that he took the time and effort to go. He did not care about his own safety, he just went. Just insane!

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Joanne C Collin's avatar

That poor man!! And Trump was to put more Americans in there for 15 million?? Trump is INSANE!!!

But SCOTUS STOPPED THAT IMMEDIATELY!! So Trump can't do a thing. Thank the Lord🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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jo's avatar

what happened to the hairdresser man they kidnapped

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QKMC☀️'s avatar

Staging isn't new. Think about why they originally said no to the senator. Then all the sudden Abrego was in a different prison. Don't you think they were buying time to move him to avoid further discovery about CECOT?

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Kevin D Schultz's avatar

The Untied States of Amnesia.

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CK's avatar

GOP optics

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Ginger's avatar

Did Van Hollen's powerful interview push the Supremes to declare the stay?

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Eva Seifert's avatar

Google him and those degrees. There actually is a real person with that name and all those degrees in a variety of degrees. Is it this one a fake? Possible. But the real one does actually exist.

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Susanna J. Sturgis's avatar

Who are you talking about?

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Eva Seifert's avatar

The guy who first appeared with this: "Yes, send the message to 7 Billion non American citizens of the world" and proceeded to list a whole bunch of MAGA propaganda, and continued to do so. First name William. He added a whole bunch of degrees to his last name. Just do a "find" for William on the Comments section and his posts pop up. 18 thus far.

I was responding to another post. Did it disappear? Or I goofed? If so, I'm sorry.

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Vel Santic's avatar

Folks, please, ban a profile "Emma Horsedick (don't laugh)" - stalking, spamming, violating!!

There are many signs that Substack is getting hijacked by eVIlonmusk&his.

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Lady Emsworth's avatar

I reckon someone told Bukele that trump will be out on his ear pretty soon - and in 2026 it will be the Democrats who decide what aid El Salvador should have.

And a lot of that "aid" money is probably destined for a nice little Swiss bank account.

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M. Apodaca's avatar

The Trump, Bukele administration already folded (I’m overjoyed to know he’s out of that HellHole). They needed to keep him alive and well, in case.

"Van Hollen provided at least one comforting update: that Abrego Garcia has been moved out of the CECOT facility to a different facility with better conditions."

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Scott Ball's avatar

It only takes one to start a movement

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"Rubio says Trump is ready to break another campaign promise."

"Secretary of State Marco Rubio says President Donald Trump is ready to be “done” with ongoing peace efforts between Ukraine and Russia.

“If we're so far apart that this is not going to happen, then I think the president's probably at a point where he's going to say, well, we're done,” Rubio told reporters in Paris on Friday after meeting with European and Ukrainian officials there. “And I'm talking about a matter of days whether or not this is doable over the next few weeks. If it is, we're in. If it's not, then we'll have to—we have other priorities to focus on as well.” (Daily Kos)

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/18/2317213/-Rubio-says-Trump-is-so-over-this-whole-pesky-Russia-Ukraine-problem

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Vel Santic's avatar

that was their tRumputinist diabolical plan, to begin with.

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

"Senator Holds Stunning Press Brief on Abrego Garcia Meeting."

"Sen. Van Hollen revealed Trump and Bukele's staged propaganda, during his visit to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

(MeidasTouch Network and Ben Meiselas,

Apr 18, 2025)

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/senator-holds-stunning-press-brief?utm_source=podcast-email&publication_id=3078900&post_id=161643378&utm_campaign=email-play-on-substack&utm_content=watch_now_button&r=17g504&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Leah Baum's avatar

Felon 47 has immunity for official acts only.

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David A Pitock's avatar

No body drank that is not how faux news? Will present this.

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Linda Lanza's avatar

Thank you.

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Kelly Sexton's avatar

The DOJ lawyer was fired because he made an error at his job obviously. Yes Trump is paying EL Salvador to house prisoners. Our prisons are full here. Other countries also house their prisoners in other countries. And it isn't free.

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Michael Naughton's avatar

Where are our SC Senators and REPS??? #Governor mcmaster? Are you going to protect your citizens from this insanity!???

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Barbara Gierzak's avatar

Watch: "Musk HUMILIATED, as DOGE Savings FLOP", on YouTube. (Mary Trump)

https://youtu.be/Hil2tuR7ERo?si=g7BUXHv5XCYYQH-V

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Watch: "Mark Cuban predicts the future in SEPTEMBER 2024", on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)......

https://youtube.com/shorts/NhzrUG9X3io?si=jzeSA9dXws6doZAn

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Watch: "Brian Tyler Cohen CLASHES with Tomi Lahren in FIERY debate"? on YouTube. (Brian Tyler Cohen)......

https://youtu.be/8N5gml212Ys?si=beT2-OlFD-yk1uuL

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Shelley Lindauer's avatar

Video won’t run for me. Am paid subscriber

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Jill's avatar

Unfortunately can not view video

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Anne Fader's avatar

The wife said she was being cautious because of abuse in a previous relationship. Either way due process is still a right.

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Matthew L Leone's avatar

Agree about due process. But does that reason given make any sense at all?

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