Notices by Gabe Ortíz (tusk81@mastodon.social)

"The woman who says she had sex when she was a minor with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she had two sexual encounters with him at one party in 2017, sources familiar with her testimony tell CNN."

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/21/politics/matt-gaetz-second-sexual-encounter-minor?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blueskyCNN&utm_content=2024-11-21T18%3A14%3A37

"The Reconstruction era constitutional Amendment not only provided citizenship to Black Americans, it shaped the nation’s understanding of citizenship for the last 150-plus years.

What happens if Constitutional Citizenship is held to include only the children of United States citizens and green card holders?"

“It’s critical to remember that the 14th Amendment was enacted to overrule the Supreme Court’s infamous Dred Scott decision,” writes former American Immigration Lawyers Association president David Leopold, "which held that Black people born in the U.S. were not citizens, but chattel to be bought, sold and abused.” https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/trumps-plan-to-gut-the-14th-amendment

"The implications here are as far-reaching as they are disturbing but we cannot afford to ignore their considerations," Leopold continues. "Will physicians be required to report pregnancy and maternity information to ICE? Will ICE post agents in hospitals?"

https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/trumps-plan-to-gut-the-14th-amendment

Here are other areas and leaders around the country taking steps to resist Trump’s mass deportation agenda. “You come for my people, you come through me,” said Illinois Gov. Pritzker: https://open.substack.com/pub/zacharymueller/p/here-are-some-of-the-governors-and?r=1psrs&utm_medium=ios

“I am who I am today because of immigrants—people like my parents, extended family, and the community who raised me,” said Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez. “The same is true for Los Angeles, a city built on the dreams and labor of generations of immigrants.”

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approves so-called “sanctuary city” ordinance that bars city resources from being used to assist in mass deportations: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/l-a-to-become-a-sanctuary-city-for-migrants-in-response-to-trump-threat/amp/

“Trump’s plan to gut the 14th Amendment and redefine citizenship.”

“This is not just about deporting the undocumented,” writes former American Immigration Lawyers Association president David Leopold. "U.S. citizens are in the crosshairs too.”

https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/trumps-plan-to-gut-the-14th-amendment

Nancy Mace will then use this to book her next round of cable news appearances. These are vile, vile people. https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4997024-mace-introduces-bill-transgender/amp/

“Colorado schools commit to protecting students ahead of potential mass deportation.

‘We will take care of you,’ one Denver Public Schools board member said during a recent work session as he promised to keep immigrant students safe.”

https://coloradosun.com/2024/11/18/colorado-schools-deportation-donald-trump/

BUT it is important to note that under Project 2025, schools (along with hospitals and houses of worship) would no longer be off-limits to immigration enforcement.

It’s going to depend on all of us to push back.

https://americasvoice.org/blog/armed-agents-storming-churches-schools-and-hospitals-the-potential-devastation-of-project-2025s-ice-raids/

“The department also encouraged district leaders to share with their school communities that schools do not seek, collect or track students’ immigration status. That information plays no part in a student’s right to enroll in a public school, according to federal law.”

“The trial judge who presided over death row inmate Melissa Lucio’s capital murder case found last month that she is innocent of her daughter’s death and recommended that her sentence and conviction be overturned, according to court documents unsealed Thursday.”

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/14/texas-melissa-lucio-capital-murder-conviction-recommendation/

Respected pollster Matt Barreto, co-founder of Barreto-Segura Partners Research, says a majority of Latino men voted for Vice President Harris.

“The national exit polls are wrong about Latinos in general and Latino men in particular,” he said.

https://coloradonewsline.com/2024/11/12/dc/poll-latino-men-loyal-to-democratic/

Homan was such an early advocate of family separation that he has been called the “intellectual father” of the policy.

Last year, he complained that he was “sick and tired” of hearing about the separations.

“You know, I’m still being sued over that, so come get me,” he said. "I don’t give a shit, right.”

https://zacharymueller.substack.com/p/agents-of-mass-deportation-who-is

“The Washington Post reported that Aid Access, one of the largest suppliers of abortion pills by mail in the U.S., said it received 10,000 requests the day after Trump’s win was called, in contrast to the 600-odd requests on a typical day.” https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/top-stories/blog/rcna179849

“Democrats would get nothing for throwing trans Americans under the bus.

In the hunt for a scapegoat, some are arguing that there's been too much focus from Democrats on transgender rights. There's no evidence backing that up.”

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/democrats-transgender-rights-harris-election-rcna179148

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Remember that calls from LGBTQ+ youth spiked by 700 percent after Election Day said The Trevor Project, the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ young people: https://19thnews.org/2024/11/election-lgbtq-youth-crisis-calls/

"There is no other way to put this but: No. Democrats absolutely should not be following Suozzi’s advice here. It is an instinct based on fear that should be rejected loudly and firmly from all corners of the party. From a human decency perspective, this moment, when trans people are most endangered, is not the time to throw them under the bus."