Since returning to power, Donald Trump has not merely revived his war on immigrants—he has escalated it into a sweeping assault on the very foundation of citizenship itself.
This is no joke....native-born Americans, no matter how long their families have lived here, maybe even Native Americans (Sioux, Cherokee, Choctaw), may find themselves on "Bloated Yam Arks."
My attitude is either Americans believe in the words etched on the Statue of Liberty or we don’t. Immigrants believed in the promise that America was a safe haven for those seeking freedom and a better life. To watch us betray them now is heartbreaking for those of us who do believe in those words. There are many things to fight in this regime but in my view reclaiming the true America that is a land that welcomes immigrants from the world over is at the top of the list. Unless we fight to save what we have always been then we are no longer the America I’ve always known and taken great pride in.
Ok. So when does real citizenship kick in? If my ancestors arrived before the Mayflower they had no naturalization process. Long before Ellis Island. So now now what?
My attitude is either Americans believe in the words etched on the Statue of Liberty or we don’t. Immigrants believed in the promise that America was a safe haven for those seeking freedom and a better life. To watch us betray them now is heartbreaking for those of us who do believe in those words. There are many things to fight in this regime but in my view reclaiming the true America which is the land of immigrants from the world over is at the top of the list. Unless we fight to save what we have always been then we are no longer the America we have always been and take pride in.
You can thank the Supreme Court for a lot of this stuff happening today with their stupid decisions on corporations are people, their money is speech and Citizens United allowing unlimited donations to political pacs so bribing politicians is now legal. The current Maga Court is equally complicit in granting more power to the Exec branch with their "immunity" to presidents for undefined "official" acts and going along with the president dismantling and gutting so many federal agencies and programs designed for our safety and civil liberties.
If the democrats ever get back in office, this court should be expanded to at least 13 justices to cover the 13 circuits. The additional justices should be carefully chosen to counter the theocratic and political face of the Maga 6 now occupying the bench. Hopefully, a shake-up of additional justices could lead to some critical overturning of some very bad, undemocratic decisions and maybe restore full citizenship to the women/girls of this country now forced into giving birth or jailed if they happen to miscarry when this is not under their control.
Thank you, Olga, for your relentless effort to help us see and face the theft of our freedom.
🍁 Elbows UP! 🏒
In THREE days, the next big action for democracy happens:
Good Trouble Lives On
Thursday July 17th 2025
https://goodtroubleliveson.org/
This song is about refusing to be broken, no matter how grinning MAGAs try to cut you down.
It was written by Son House in 1965
Jade Bird - Grinnin' In Your Face (Son House Cover)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rsJDdy1So6c
Indivisible
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/
American Civil Liberties Union
https://www.aclu.org/action
No Kings
https://www.nokings.org/next
Women's March
https://action.womensmarch.com/calendars/free-america-weekend
50501
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/events
MoveOn
https://www.mobilize.us/moveon/
Public Citizen
https://www.mobilize.us/publiccitizeninitiative/
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁
Juzzie Smith - SUPERHEROS Offical Video
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=37J2vb81Z8o
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Here are resistance related guides from around the world:
🇺🇸 Fundamentals of physical surveillance: a guide for uniformed and plainclothes personnel
https://archive.org/details/fundamentalsofph0000silj
The RCMP has its own publications including:
🇨🇦 GCPSG-022 (2025) - Threat and Risk Assessment Guide
GCPSG-010 (2022) - Operational Physical Security Guide
🇨🇦 GCPSG-019 (2023) - Protection, Detection, Response, and Recovery Guide
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/physec-secmat/pubs/index-eng.htm
The non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation also has excellent guides on:
🇺🇸 Street Level Surveillance
https://sls.eff.org
🇺🇸 Surveillance Self-Defense
https://ssd.eff.org/
🇪🇺 🇸🇪⚠️ Resistance Operating Concept
https://jsou.edu/Press/PublicationDashboard/25
🇺🇦 🇺🇲 Radio Free Ukraine Resistance Manual
https://radiofreeukraine.com/3d-flip-book/resistance-manual/
⚠️ John Hopkins University:
Assessing Revolutionary And Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Studies
This one is used a lot by ICE, so the Trump Regime keeps suppressing it. Here are alternate links as it keeps getting moved around by the good guys:
Small Wars Journal
Assessing Revolutionary and Insurgent Strategies (ARIS) Project
https://archive.smallwarsjournal.com/blog/assessing-revolutionary-and-insurgent-strategies-aris-project
Author's website:
On Resistance, Revolutions, and Insurgencies
https://zimmerer.typepad.com/resistance/
Free PDF download of the book from the original author:
Casebook on Insurgency and Revolutionary Warfare, Volume II 1962 - 2009
http://zimmerer.typepad.com/Documents/ARIS%20Casebook%20Vol%202%202012%20s.pdf
⚠️ Civilian-Based Defense: A Post-Military Weapons System
https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/civilian-based-defense-a-post-military-weapons-system/
🏁 Simple Sabotage Field Manual by United States Office of Strategic Services
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26184?ref=404media.co
⚠️ Library of Congress
Revelations from the Russian archives: documents in English translation
https://www.loc.gov/item/96024752
🏁 Robert Reich/Resistance School
Communicating Across Difference
https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaT8gjnOmQl3dguy0_E0vVCL5ZYEyCTzu
🏁 Bernie Sanders:
https://m.youtube.com/@BernieSanders
🏁 CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists:
Safety Kit
https://cpj.org/safety-kit/
🏁 Activist Handbook:
https://activisthandbook.org/introduction
(⚠️ These are USA sponsered websites. Some publications may have been removed by the Trump regime)
NATIONWIDE STRIKE URGENT REQUEST
https://generalstrikeus.com/
Read website for complete information.
This is no joke....native-born Americans, no matter how long their families have lived here, maybe even Native Americans (Sioux, Cherokee, Choctaw), may find themselves on "Bloated Yam Arks."
My attitude is either Americans believe in the words etched on the Statue of Liberty or we don’t. Immigrants believed in the promise that America was a safe haven for those seeking freedom and a better life. To watch us betray them now is heartbreaking for those of us who do believe in those words. There are many things to fight in this regime but in my view reclaiming the true America that is a land that welcomes immigrants from the world over is at the top of the list. Unless we fight to save what we have always been then we are no longer the America I’ve always known and taken great pride in.
Trump is apparently ready to spend a fortune chasing down “undesirables.” In fact the Big Ugly Bill did give huge amounts to ICE.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has given the green light to dismantling the Department of Education.
Shows you what their priorities are.
Ok. So when does real citizenship kick in? If my ancestors arrived before the Mayflower they had no naturalization process. Long before Ellis Island. So now now what?
Better not get on their bad side!
Like Germany. Different tiers of citizenship.
My attitude is either Americans believe in the words etched on the Statue of Liberty or we don’t. Immigrants believed in the promise that America was a safe haven for those seeking freedom and a better life. To watch us betray them now is heartbreaking for those of us who do believe in those words. There are many things to fight in this regime but in my view reclaiming the true America which is the land of immigrants from the world over is at the top of the list. Unless we fight to save what we have always been then we are no longer the America we have always been and take pride in.
That's why we must act and soon
You can thank the Supreme Court for a lot of this stuff happening today with their stupid decisions on corporations are people, their money is speech and Citizens United allowing unlimited donations to political pacs so bribing politicians is now legal. The current Maga Court is equally complicit in granting more power to the Exec branch with their "immunity" to presidents for undefined "official" acts and going along with the president dismantling and gutting so many federal agencies and programs designed for our safety and civil liberties.
If the democrats ever get back in office, this court should be expanded to at least 13 justices to cover the 13 circuits. The additional justices should be carefully chosen to counter the theocratic and political face of the Maga 6 now occupying the bench. Hopefully, a shake-up of additional justices could lead to some critical overturning of some very bad, undemocratic decisions and maybe restore full citizenship to the women/girls of this country now forced into giving birth or jailed if they happen to miscarry when this is not under their control.
I particularly appreciate the link to Julia’s piece that you included. I got goosebumps from it and not the good kind.