Notices by Mercedes Allen (mercedesallen@mastodon.social)

"[ICE] abducted a 24-year-old undocumented transgender Mexican woman after she left her asylum hearing… and quickly transported her to Tacoma… so that they could deport her. Now, the woman’s lawyers say they’re unable to contact her, and a federal judge has ordered ICE not to deport her…"

A trans woman fled a deadly cartel in Mexico. Trump is trying to send her back. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/a-trans-woman-fled-a-cartel-in-mexico-is-trying-to-send-her-back/

"It is the first comprehensive account by an international human rights organization to document how US state bans on gender-affirming care violate fundamental rights—including… health, the rights of the child… non-discrimination, and… personal autonomy…"

Human Rights Watch Issues Scathing Report on Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans in the US
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/human-rights-watch-issues-scathing

"They were directed to learn more about Greenland’s independence movement and attitudes on American resource extraction on the island… to identify people in Greenland and Denmark who support U.S. objectives for the island…"

US 'stepping up' intel gathering on Greenland as Trump pushes to 'take over the island' - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/trump-greenland-intel/

"… she’s playing edgelord from the comfort of a life so far removed from reality that the truth is just a speck in the distance…

"No matter how much fans try to separate the art from the artist, Rowling & 'Harry Potter' are inextricably linked forever…"

The success of J.K. Rowling's transphobic fight depends on the future of "Harry Potter" | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/22/the-success-of-jk-rowlings-transphobic-fight-depends-on-the-future-of-harry-potter/

"The scale at which DOGE is seeking to interconnect data, including sensitive biometric data, has never been done before, raising alarms with experts who fear it may lead to disastrous privacy violations for citizens, certified foreign workers, and undocumented immigrants..."

DOGE Is Building a Master Database to Surveil and Track Immigrants | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-collecting-immigrant-data-surveil-track/

"Because of the prospect of indefinite detention & the lack of due process… afforded the people it has sent to CECOT, experts… said the facility could be more accurately described as a 'concentration camp,' 'penal colony,' or 'permanent prison camp…'"

Trump Is Sending People To The Camps
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/trump-is-sending-people-to-the-camps

"Just as Trump was dismissed… Canadian political watchers… treat Poilievre's rantings as… stoking the base.

"But… the fascist playbook is all about boldly saying what you are going to do and then executing such tactics as brazenly and as publicly as possible..."

Book Burners on the March
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/book-burners-on-the-march

"A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case, with a sentence that barred her from public office for five years…

"… Prosecutors also sentenced her to two years of house detention with an electronic bracelet…"

Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzlement, barred from running in 2027 France election | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-le-pen-verdict-1.7497734?cmp=rss

"I want to be very clear: I am speaking about my discomfort to help you understand that these are not easy changes to make as a parent. But my discomfort at having to find new words is a grain of sand compared to what it was like for my son to have been pretending he was someone other than himself..."

The GOP is committing genocide against trans people. My sweet, caring son doesn't deserve this. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/03/the-gop-is-committing-against-trans-people-my-sweet-caring-son-doesnt-deserve-this/

"SiegedSec disbanded in July of last year after a high-profile hack against the right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation…

"The group was also known for targeting NATO, companies in Israel, & religious organizations critical of transgender rights…"

Furry Hackers Fear Leader Raided by FBI
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/furry-hackers-fbi-raided/

"... they do not believe that the stories of... [overcoming] discrimination... are important. In fact, they want to erase all traces of that discrimination and adversity altogether and pretend it never happened. They want to pretend that the world is a meritocracy where white men just happen to be the best..."

Taking down Jackie Robinson reveals what the fight against DEI is all about | Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/21/taking-down-jackie-robinson-reveals-what-the-fight-against-dei-is-all-about/

"ICE and DOGE are not engaged in hotheaded overreach. They are testing the limits to see how far they can go. If the abuses go unchecked, they will become normalized - and worse will follow..."

MY WARNING TO CANADIANS: DO NOT TRAVEL TO TRUMP LAND
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/my-warning-to-canadians-do-not-travel

Dems so cute telling Americans to look toward 2028...

"Two of the agencies subject to this new system are the Federal Election Commission (FEC)... and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)..."

Independent Agencies Oversee Elections and Media. Trump’s Seizing Their Reins. | Truthout
https://truthout.org/articles/independent-agencies-oversee-elections-and-media-trumps-seizing-their-reins/

Protest still works.

"The signs didn’t last 24 hours. 'Biological' was blacked out with spray paint. Others were covered up with creative alternatives — a Monopoly-style poster that said 'BATHROOM - WHO CARES - JUST GO;' a rallying cry to 'bring back our bathrooms,' a utilitarian 'go piss girl' meme (the 'girl' is regarded as gender neutral)..."

University of Cincinnati Protests Lead to "Biological" Bathroom Signs Reversal
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/university-of-cincinnati-protests

"The memo goes on to state that applicants 'misrepresenting their purpose of travel or sex' could be targeted for permanent ineligibility..."

Marco Rubio May Have Just Banned Trans Foreigners Seeking Visas From US Entry
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/marco-rubio-may-have-just-banned

America, your time to protest is now.

In a few months, when Trump's people march in to arrest AOC, Bernie et al for supporting the "riots," Hakeem Jefferies, Schumer and other Dems will still be standing impotently by, telling you to vote in 2028.

Your time to protest is now.

In true disaster capitalist fashion, a hedge fund is building a monopoly on fire trucks, "doubling the sticker price... to more than a million dollars each... [& increasing] delivery time... from about a year to as a long as four years" (to ratchet up demand).

Fires are inevitable. Letting private equity speculators profit from fires is not. - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/fire-profit/

"'Mr. Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing. In my conversations with him on…,' Trudeau said, before the microphone cut out..."

Trudeau tells business, labour leaders at economic summit Trump's 51st state threat 'is a real thing' | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trump-economy-summit-1.7452748

"[Orbán moved] so swiftly to remove all formal checks on his power that few... understood how much power he was accruing...

"... By the time he was up for reelection... the opposition barely had a chance. In hindsight, the first year may have been the entire ballgame..."

The Trump-Musk power grab has happened before — in Hungary | Vox
https://www.vox.com/politics/398068/trump-musk-power-grab-hungary-orban

@MissGayle @inthehands I don't mean engaging in discriminatory efforts against minority groups. That hurts the wrong people.

Get in their circles and make them want things that hurt each other. "Free speech" is one area of contradiction that we can make particularly fraught for them.