We have had discriminatory laws and policies since 1619. We have had for ed la our camps where torture was practised and murder was common. We are once again seeing the rise in laws and hate against LGBTQ People. We areiving through another era of book bans - this time accompanied by library closure. Strictures are being placed on education.

If these incidents don't sound familiar to you as a collective, I suggest looking up and reading Heather Dune Macadam's "999" and Judy Batalion's THE LIGHT OF DAYS.

We have already been at the point where whatever you promised yourself that you would do if the Holocaust were to happen again is calling your name. Right now.

I'm serious. You need to start doing things.

A side note that this didn't start with transgender people. It started with Black People, Native Americans, and People of Colour. One of the biggest wake-up moments was when a wealthy bigot who had access to unimaginable wealth descended a golden staircase and promised to attack Mexican People.

There is a new Now Also This.

"House Bill 20, a measure by state Representative Matt Schaefer, a right-wing Republican from Tyler, that would create a state 'Border Protection Unit' with officers who are empowered to 'arrest, detain, and deter individuals crossing the border illegally including with the use of non-deadly force.'

"Under this bill, officers would be allowed to repel and return migrants back to Mexico or arrest individuals seen crossing the border between ports of entry, which would become a state felony that could carry harsh prison sentences under the bill. Schaefer’s legislation would codify and expand prior orders by Governor Greg Abbott—like granting National Guard soldiers the power to detain migrants—that have blatantly tested the limits of state authority.

"The special unit, to be housed within the Texas Department of Public Safety and run by a gubernatorial appointee, could hire a militia-style cadre of officers empowered to enforce these laws—with immunity from any civil or criminal liability. The bill also states that the unit could employ private citizens 'to participate in unit operations and functions' who could be deputized with arresting authority if 'trained and specifically authorized by the governor.'"

https://www.texasobserver.org/border-militia-bill-reveals-texas-gops-scheme-to-expand-state-enforcement-powers/

This doesn't require explanation. We all know what this is.

Make your plans of action (contact politicians, write letters to the editor, post to social media, donate to affected people and groups, etc), and start taking action.

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