[image: image.png] opening thoughts *Losing Our Rights by Lyn Ekedahl* What are human rights and how do we lose them? We’re learning that now as Trump’s minions abuse them. Because what’s being done to each one of their prey At all of our rights surely’s chipping away.
Mahmoud Khalil just engaged in free speech, Expressing his views in an effort to teach. But the Donald’s Gestapo brutally seized him, Put him in prison where no one can see him!
Khalil has a green card, the right to be here, He’s broken no laws, had no reason to fear. At legal protections, the Donald just jeers. He likes to create and exacerbate fears.
In an action despicable, vicious and mean, Treating people as badly as I’ve ever seen, Don’s Gestapo rounded up lots of young men, Calling them gang members, Venezuelan.
But there was no evidence this was the case. Their rights to a hearing were simply erased. These guys were deported in manner obscene, Put in a foreign jail—dystopian/mean.
As the Don and his gang with sick violence act, They hope The Resistance from fear will react, By crumbling, dispersing, just fading away. But it won’t. The resistance is here and will stay! word of the day: ul·tra·crep·i·dar·i·an. expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one’s knowledge or expertise. I part one: Texas on the Attitude “The Way Texans Elect School Board Members Plays a Key Role in What Students in Diverse Districts Learn <www.propublica.org/article/texas-school-boards-richardson-keller-at-large-voting> ” Jeremy Schwartz is an investigative reporter for the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative. part two: WHO ARE WE? Professor Scott Galloway nails it: In America today rights and democracy are a function of how much money you have.The wealthy technocrats and 1% feel that they are protected by the law but not bound by it and the rest of the 99%…we are bound by the law but not protected by it. This truth is hard to hear but it turns out it is harder to live the truth of this moment. Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. David Atkins is a Washington Monthly, contributing writer, activist, and research professional living in Santa Barbara as well as an elected DNC Member from California. He is president of The Pollux Group, a qualitative research firm. topics: This Has Got to Be the Most Hitler-Curious Administration in U.S. History Trump is bombarding the Ivy League. ‘You’re not fighting!’: Dems run into angry crowds at town halls It was only weeks ago that House Republicans were facing their own rowdy forums — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Lyn Ekedahl, political poem, Propublica Jeremy Schwartz, Texas, SchoolBoards, Bill Curry, David Atkins, War on Higher Ed, the Democratic Response
Mahmoud Khalil just engaged in free speech, Expressing his views in an effort to teach. But the Donald’s Gestapo brutally seized him, Put him in prison where no one can see him!
Khalil has a green card, the right to be here, He’s broken no laws, had no reason to fear. At legal protections, the Donald just jeers. He likes to create and exacerbate fears.
In an action despicable, vicious and mean, Treating people as badly as I’ve ever seen, Don’s Gestapo rounded up lots of young men, Calling them gang members, Venezuelan.
But there was no evidence this was the case. Their rights to a hearing were simply erased. These guys were deported in manner obscene, Put in a foreign jail—dystopian/mean.
As the Don and his gang with sick violence act, They hope The Resistance from fear will react, By crumbling, dispersing, just fading away. But it won’t. The resistance is here and will stay! word of the day: ul·tra·crep·i·dar·i·an. expressing opinions on matters outside the scope of one’s knowledge or expertise. I part one: Texas on the Attitude “The Way Texans Elect School Board Members Plays a Key Role in What Students in Diverse Districts Learn <www.propublica.org/article/texas-school-boards-richardson-keller-at-large-voting> ” Jeremy Schwartz is an investigative reporter for the ProPublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative. part two: WHO ARE WE? Professor Scott Galloway nails it: In America today rights and democracy are a function of how much money you have.The wealthy technocrats and 1% feel that they are protected by the law but not bound by it and the rest of the 99%…we are bound by the law but not protected by it. This truth is hard to hear but it turns out it is harder to live the truth of this moment. Bill Curry was a Connecticut state senator, comptroller and two time Democratic nominee for governor who served as Counselor to the President in the Clinton White House. He has written for Salon, the Daily Beast, the Huffington Post and the Hartford Courant and has provided commentary on National Public Radio, MSNBC and many other news outlets. David Atkins is a Washington Monthly, contributing writer, activist, and research professional living in Santa Barbara as well as an elected DNC Member from California. He is president of The Pollux Group, a qualitative research firm. topics: This Has Got to Be the Most Hitler-Curious Administration in U.S. History Trump is bombarding the Ivy League. ‘You’re not fighting!’: Dems run into angry crowds at town halls It was only weeks ago that House Republicans were facing their own rowdy forums — Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live. Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/attitude-with-arnie-arnesen/id1634055179 tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie- <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Arnesen-p1711842/ <tunein.com/podcasts/News–Politics-Podcasts/Attitude-with-Arnie-Arnesen-p1711842/> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Lyn Ekedahl, political poem, Propublica Jeremy Schwartz, Texas, SchoolBoards, Bill Curry, David Atkins, War on Higher Ed, the Democratic Response
