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   Sue Stone (knittingknots2@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 03:12:19 JST Sue Stone

   'A perfect example of scared MAGA': GOP lawmaker trashed for 'bootlicker' Musk defense - Raw Story

   https://www.rawstory.com/trump-musk-sununu/

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 03:12:18 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @knittingknots2 @Npars01 why are you boosting a story from someone who says Trump should deport immigrants?

     Also, as an immigrant, I am disappointed to see people fall for the H-1B FUD.

     Nativism is nativism no matter what side you're on.

     https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/113740934443671413

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 03:14:07 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @knittingknots2 wrong post, but this is about the one called 'Schmitt on H-1B program: ‘American workers have been left behind by this economy’

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 03:57:34 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @Npars01 @knittingknots2 my comment was actually a response to another boost, but i posted it on the wrong post.

     it was the one about how H-1Bs suck and leave americans behind. the story says Trump should start deporting immigrants. don't just boost a story because H-1Bs suck. they don't. it's nativism no matter what side you're on.

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     Nicole Parsons (npars01@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 03:57:35 JST Nicole Parsons

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     @skinnylatte @knittingknots2

     I boost stories for lots of reasons.

     In this particular case, it was as a warning to prepare.

     A "Heads up!" advance notice gives us all time to mount a defense & protests.

     Fund a legal defense league to hire lawyers like the ACLU or Marc Elias's Democracy Docket.

     Fund a public relations campaign to defend immigrants.

     For example, Corrie ten Boom used her time to build a Hiding Place from the Nazis.
     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hiding_Place_(biography)

     Fund a sanctuary church.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 03:58:47 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @knittingknots2 @Npars01 sure, but i see people posting and agreeing that H-1Bs suck. this is a very dangerous path for liberals to go down. sure, billionaires suck, but H-1Bs are people whose lives are going to be impacted even if you don't like the program.

     Americans First is still nativism.

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     Sue Stone (knittingknots2@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 03:58:49 JST Sue Stone

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     @skinnylatte @Npars01 Because knowing what is being said/what's being done keeps us from being blindsided by events.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 04:09:51 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @knittingknots2 @Npars01 I’m not seeing many people take the side of H-1Bs. I’m seeing them, including the people who are loud about not being GOP, kicking immigrants down because the GOP now likes some of them. I wish people would be more specific about being pro immigrants. It’s starting to feel like a terrifying place. I’ve seen democrats now saying to call ICE on H-1Bs. Allies need to be very aware of the fash around them on all sides.

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     Sue Stone (knittingknots2@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 04:09:53 JST Sue Stone

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     @skinnylatte @Npars01 Yes it is - but it's newsworthy because of the civil war between factions of the GOP coalition are fighting over it, and whatever side wins will have a big impact on people, one way or the other.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 04:28:51 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @knittingknots2 @Npars01 H1Bs are cheap labor is not true. There's a prevailing wage. Lots of people saying stuff about H1B that is not true at all. There are two extremes of H1B: contractors who onshore outsource, and regular foreign workers.

     I'm concerned that even Democrats are starting to say close the door (read Robert Reich's post on Substack about this, and the comments). The anti-foreign sentiment scares me more than during the first Trump administration, because it's now 'both sides'.

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     Sue Stone (knittingknots2@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 04:28:52 JST Sue Stone

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     @skinnylatte @Npars01

     Multiple things going on: some immigrants (and especially the labor contractors hiring them) are being brought in to work at lower rates of pay and restrictions than native workers - i.e., exploitation. Then there's nativism, prejudice on skin color/religion and so on. All which can be turned into wedge issues to rally people.

     Sadly, what with destabilization, climate issues and so on, this is going to get worse world wide. And it's far from a US only issue.

     It sucks.

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     Adrianna Tan (skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 04:40:08 JST Adrianna Tan

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     @samiamsam @knittingknots2 @Npars01 you can help by being very skeptical of the H1Bs are just cheap labor to replace Americans narrative then, because that isn’t true (they are not cheap). They are being exploited, and everyone suffers, including Americans and H1Bs, but perpetuating the myth that they are less-than Americans is still nativism no matter who says it.

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     samiamsam (samiamsam@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 04:40:09 JST samiamsam

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     @skinnylatte @knittingknots2 @Npars01

     i support immigration, i am totally against racism, sexism, bigotry and misogyny, i am also totally against visa holders being exploited by this system

     i think this visa discussion is valuable because it can help people see if they have biases they have not identified yet

     i also think some of us are glad MAGA is getting a taste of their own medicine

     it's complicated