Hundreds of "illegal immigrant criminals" in the U.S. were arrested and hundreds more flown out of the country on military aircraft, the White House said.
In a post on X Thursday night, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “The Trump Administration arrested 538 illegal immigrant criminals including a suspected terrorist, four members of the Tren de Aragua gang, and several illegals convicted of sex crimes against minors.” Tren de Aragua is a violent gang that started in Venezuela and has now started to spread into the U.S. It became something of a flashpoint during the presidential campaign.
Leavitt gave no further details about the arrests.
They tried to raid an elementary school in Chicago and the school told them to fuck off, so I’m thinking they aren’t going after dangerous criminals unless there’s some sort of nefarious criminal element amongst the Barbie and Hot Wheels crows.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that they know exactly how much what they’re doing is going to hurt and terrorize people, and that they’re “flooding the zone with shit” to keep people off balance and terrified.
I said it the other day and I am going to say it again. Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine matters here. This is the last of the tools of the Iraq War come home to the US. This is Trump’s “Shock and Awe” campaign directed at American citizens. He is trying to shock us into confusion and submission, and when I say “he” I rather mean the architects of Project 2025.
This is off-topic, but I recently found out that Naomi Klein has a book called Doppelganger all about how she is constantly mistaken for Naomi Wolf and what a fuckhead Naomi Wolf is. I need to get a copy.
Exactly. As the article says:
They tried to raid an elementary school in Chicago and the school told them to fuck off, so I’m thinking they aren’t going after dangerous criminals unless there’s some sort of nefarious criminal element amongst the Barbie and Hot Wheels crows.
These people’s existence is considered a crime by the right so when they say criminals it doesn’t really mean anything anymore
Tren de Aragua became a flashpoint based on a lie. No apartment buildings were taken over by them. There was only like one dude actually in the gang.
Is that the one that Channel 5 did the report on?
It’s becoming increasingly clear that they know exactly how much what they’re doing is going to hurt and terrorize people, and that they’re “flooding the zone with shit” to keep people off balance and terrified.
I said it the other day and I am going to say it again. Naomi Klein’s Shock Doctrine matters here. This is the last of the tools of the Iraq War come home to the US. This is Trump’s “Shock and Awe” campaign directed at American citizens. He is trying to shock us into confusion and submission, and when I say “he” I rather mean the architects of Project 2025.
A short film about the book featuring author Naomi Klein.
Shock wears off, and if you know what’s happening, you can help prevent shock.
This is off-topic, but I recently found out that Naomi Klein has a book called Doppelganger all about how she is constantly mistaken for Naomi Wolf and what a fuckhead Naomi Wolf is. I need to get a copy.