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Lori's avatar

Thank you for being you and continuing to be such a great motivator! I disagree with one point, however. I watched the press conference with Nayib Bukele and trump today. I didn’t have the take away that he refused to release Garcia. It looked to me like a staged play where both he and trump presented themselves as “not being able to”. Trump acted like he couldn’t go into another country and just take one of their citizens, while Bukele said something to the effect of “I can’t smuggle him out of my country and into the US” I really had the feeling if we sent agents back down there to bring him back here, Bukele would cooperate. He never indicated he wouldn’t. In fact they seemed quite chummy.

Yes, this whole thing is horrifying and the fact that now trump is requesting more prisons in El Salvador with the prospect of “home grown” deportees, it has absolutely crossed a line. I’m hoping to attend the protest coming up on this Saturday and sure hope huge crowds will make their voices heard countrywide.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

I'm more than hopeful you're right....and I will send you a FREE "Jack Hopkins Show" coffee mug...as a token of my shared joy! (You'll have to remind me in a message or in comments, however. I meet myself coming and going these days.)

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Lori's avatar

Wow! Thank you so much- how fun! It’s my birthday today, I’ll accept your generous offer. I’ll send an email now with my address. Cheers!

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Lori's avatar

Got it!! Thank you SO much

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Nora Rivers's avatar

Bravo, Jack Hopkins. After I read your phenomenal piece I wanted to stand up and cheer. Seriously, standing ovation level of writing on your part. My words tonight to you would be inadequate. I appreciate you, I respect you and as a human being, I love you too. Thank you for sharing your expertise. Nora

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biff fischer's avatar

What can we do to help?

Are there any politicians with the guts to step in here and make a stand?

This guy needs to be back with his family, if only to send a loud message that the Constitution is still very important!!!

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Kelly Rundel's avatar

❤️ Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

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Mo Robinson's avatar

Only thing I don’t agree with is, is that 🍊💩is playing “ unknowingly “ into Bukele’s hands. I think the son of a bitch knows full well, and doesn’t give a bugger. They are two of a kind. Purely transactional

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Chris Craddock's avatar

Jack, I’ll bet you a donut that the only reason Nayib Bukele said he wouldn’t return this poor soul is that Trump privately told him NOT to return him.

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Katherine Starr's avatar

Yes, yes, yes.

3 more signs of what is in store.

1. We've already heard the story of the man in (Washington state?) who suddenly found himself "dead" as far as Social Security was concerned. It took monumental efforts and time for him to be recognized as living.

2. Now we have also heard that DOGE managed to move some 6,000 names of people into the Dead File. When someone's SS # is in that file, there is total denial of living and living by all sorts of American institutions. Bank accounts get seized. Work permits are canceled. Obviously and retirement ordisability benefits come to a screeching halt. And DOGE does not have to answer to anyone.

3. Elon's Twitter has decided that all future Social Security communications are to be done on the platform X. This means we will all need to have Twitter accounts. And since DOGE has already downloaded ALL the data about us, from Social Security and the IRS, they will easily tag our Twitter accounts to everything else about us. And they can rewrite anything they choose.

It is a total control scheme meant to control and punish people who do not comply and even flatter the ones with the biggest egos. Some of us may simply become virtually dead overnight. Others may be physically whisked away to God Knows Where, never to be heard from again.

This isn't a creative interpretation of the law. This is a full blown racket, organized criminal organization that is right now testing its diabolical concepts on real people. It has to stop. We can't keep silent. Not only are all the elected officials who are compliant part of the con, so are the appointees who were obviously totally unqualified for their positions. And each time any one of them spews out another blatant lie to deny what we know to be true and further this lawless scheme, each time they are committing another crime, more treasonous activity that defies and destroys the Constitution.

It isn't just deportation the we need to be worried about. We also need to watch out for those who would erase our identity.

These high crimes and misdemeanors are already taking or have taken place. The lawyers didn't feel it necessary to follow the law. Many of the peoples' representatives didn't feel it necessary to act in the best interest of the people who elected them. They are acting in collusion and should all face trial for their crimes.

Oh, and I am one of those retirees who depends on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to live. So I will likely be in one of the first file dumps into the Dead File. So I'm going to take this seriously and speak out. Easter is coming soon...and there will conversation at the table. (Pray for me as I will be entering a MAGA house.)

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