In this section, I rant about all the things I find distasteful and disgusting about Trump & Republican Policies! I invite you to comment on any rant. I just ask you to keep it civil and refrain from ad hominum attacks or excessive profanity. Thanks, Robbie
The Deliberately Cruel Death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam They did not make a mistake. They made a choice. Then they made another one. And another one after that. A Legal Refugee. A Closed Coffee Shop. A Body in the Snow. Nurul Amin Shah Alam was 56 years old, mostly blind, and a legal refugee. He was not a criminal. He was not undocumented. He was not a threat to anyone. He was a man who had done everything right — gone through the system, received legal status, and was living quietly in the United States.
Slavery by Another Name: How CoreCivic and GEO Group Get Rich Locking Up Immigrants The 13th Amendment abolished slavery — with one exception. Two corporations have been exploiting that exception for decades. Under the Trump administration, business has never been better. “The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. Except it didn’t — not entirely.” The Exception That Ate the Rule The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1865, contains 31 words that most Americans learned in school: “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted ...
