First, they came for the immigrants.

#472
December 1, 2024

You can’t do mass deportations without mass domestic surveillance, and ICE is exploring its options

Ohio wingnut Governor signs bill restricting transgender students’ access to school restrooms

Take kids who are already mixed up and unsure of themselves, and make it traumatic every time they have to go to the bathroom.

Forcing children into the wrong restroom is nudging them toward suicide, and Republicans know it. Dead kids is what they want.

Walmart pulls back on DEI efforts, removes some LGBTQ merchandise from website

Everything DEI from every corporation was a sham, same as gaywashing and greenwashing. If you’re smart you knew it all along.

With the winds shifting toward Trump and fascism, soon there won’t be even one big company making such phony-but-purdy talk.

Nursing home industry wants Trump to rescind staffing mandate

This is a tiny glimpse at what we’re going to be flooded with, as anything decent about America is erased.

If you have loved ones in a nursing home, expect bedsores galore, because it’s cheaper and more profitable to run a nursing home with fewer employees, or maybe all-AI.

Now watch, as every industry gets similar favors.

Texas wingnut Attorney General sues to shutter homeless center

Cruelty is the point, always.

Texas Governor threatens to pull hospital funding, because a doctor said patients don’t have to answer questions about immigration status

To end the fossil fuel era, activists in London target the insurance industry

Savor it — this is the closest to good news you’ll find in today’s update.

Two newborns died on Skid Row. Officials say they want to prevent it from happening again, but nothing will change.

Musk doxxes federal civil servants he wants fired

Bernie Sanders: We need more working-class candidates to challenge both parties

Shoppers can be made to feel sorry for single bananas, study finds

From my Lemmy page…

12/1/2024

Logo illustration by Jeff Meyer. Tip ‘o the hat to the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Bleepity-Bleep, Ensalada de lengua de pajaritos, Voenix Rising, and anywhere else I’ve stolen links, illustrations, or inspiration.

Special thanks to Linden Arden, Becky Jo, Wynn Bruce, Joey Jo Jo emeritus, Jeff Meyer, John the Basket, Dave S, Name Withheld, and always extra special thanks to my lovely late Stephanie, who gave me 21 years and proved that the world isn’t always shitty.

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2 responses to “First, they came for the immigrants.”

  1. Claude Reigns Avatar
    Claude Reigns

    I miss having the obits appear here, instead of the other place.

    1. Doug Holland Avatar

      I kinda miss ’em here too, but it’s my laziness. The coding is quicker there, and I got tired of coding the same list of links twice. Same with the list of cops and climate and kid-diddling priests.

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