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Anyone else notice this about the ICE raids as of 1/25/25? [1]
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Date: 2025-01-26
I was only half paying attention to current ICE information as it appeared in the feed on my laptop, which is in the kitchen, and maybe explains why it often happens that only half of my attention is directed towards news. Well, that and probably like millions of folks, just the flat-out exhaustion we feel from the sickening chaos, in-broad-daylight breaking of laws, both constitutional and federal, never mind those laws of various states, and the reality that we'd heard during the campaign, that cruelty is the point.
Anyway, there was a chart on the screen of the eight ICE raids so far, showing which states and cities had been targeted. Here you go. Let's see if you notice what I did:
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Francisco, California
Denver, Colorado
St. Paul, Minnesota
Chicago, Illinois
Buffalo, New York
New York, New York
Newark, New Jersey
All blue states. With Dem governors, Dem US Senators, and with the presidential vote and Electoral College vote having gone to the Democrat, Kamala Harris.
But wait, you say? What about Utah? So, what about Utah? Who was the US Senator until January 5th?
Um, Mitt Romney. Not a favorite of Donald Trump and his Republican minions and legislators. And thus the message (my opinion only): Don't even think about messing with me if you are a Republican because look what I can do to you, your people and your state.
And that I can do this even to a guy who is no longer serving as a senator from his state--it is clear that Trump may have neurological and memory issues but it is even more apparent that some part of his memory is still intact. Maybe that portion of it that thrives on retribution, revenge and gotcha actions?
It is as certain that the sun will set tonight as it is that there will be more of this. And we have to ask the question over and over again, loudly, in all venues: if this is the policy, why is ICE not touching red states? Why is ICE not going after immigrants in, oh, let's say, Tampa, Florida; Miami, Florida; Richmond, Virginia; Columbus, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri, and the two-fer, Kansas City, Kansas; Dallas, Texas; anywhere in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, all home to many meat-packing plants and plenty of illegal immigrants; and how about Oklahoma City, Oklahoma? Show me that there are no “criminals” who need to be deported from these states and cities please.
Going to close with this from Beau of The Fifth Column, the former and fantastic YouTube offering (he's taking a break and his wife, Belle, is creating content on Belle of the Ranch): “It's just a thought.”
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