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"Foster care awareness month"
Hannahandtracey
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY3aDINOH1O/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Just had a memory of being in a waiting room in a dentist's office.
When a woman who had immigrated here from another country with her two children (and I believe she was well connected with a Christian organization or church group) was telling them that "Grandpa Trump" was going to help them. The little girl who was younger seemed to believe her (and repeated what she said). The boy was several years older, and he seemed to question her a little bit.
"'I Have Never Felt So Much Fear"': Immigrant Children Speak Out On Life Inside ICE Jail"
Democracy Now
So then I wondered how many children have been detained.
This is from April:
"ICE Has Detained 6,200+ Kids in Trump’s Second Term, Up 10x Since Biden Left Office
Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage."
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/04/06/ice-kids-detention-over-6200-trump
More than 200 of these places exist. I would expect that all of them have some children's parents in them.
"‘This is a modern-day concentration camp’: Tensions rise at Delany Hall ICE facility in New Jersey
Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who was denied entry to the facility this week, said Health Department inspectors were not allowed to do a full inspection"
https://whyy.org/articles/delaney-hall-ice-facility-tensions/
What is required for happiness?
"They believe in racism. Do you really believe in anti-racism?"
"It’s almost as if not being so loud about the heinous nature of white supremacy in this country might be more attractive to donors. Less tiring and maybe more hopeful to them; more pleasant."
Shay Stewart-Bouley
So disturbing, on multiple levels.
"Yes, Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch Trust Won $85 Million in the Oklahoma Lottery..."
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Allowing myself doses of being disturbed.
"Denial is a luxury"
aguicomedy
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY4zfFwI9pl/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
"The Astonishing Work of Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez..."
"There is coercion of science academics and powerful men."
~ Carrie Kaufman
Now my thumb is less flexible than it was before.
"you can always tell which girls grew up..."
rot.eat.move
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY2QgXyx87-/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I need to be sensible when I walk through doorways.
I have to be very careful because I just jammed my thumb into the door for no reason, like bent it back at a weird angle. And I honestly wonder if it made a weird sound. And wow, it hurts a lot and it's being iced now. But I don't think it's broken or dislocated, but it just got stretched to its limit and it needs the ice pack.
Of course, jokes are all in good fun and everything, but seriously.
Like, the whole phenomenon of jailing pregnant people (in biologically female bodies) for miscarriages, but still not jailing any rich men for the Epstein files crap is really... DISTURBING.
In spite of everything...
I'm very proud of our progress.
"support small business 🙏"
isaamedinaa
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWMrqBQxw2a/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I'm really proud of our progress, and I'm sorry if I haven't said that enough.k
"keeping an eye on the boys"
isaamedinaa
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXU3qKERn47/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
Rent a white dad; or, rent a white - looking dad, to help you navigate our End Days of Patriarchal Mayhem.
But if they're rich, sometimes they'll donate their time.
It's potentially a new career path for the white - looking Latino boys too.
"Incognito tino"
aguicomedy
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYfDCSIo2Az/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I thought pineapples were supposed to be a hein or sign of hospitality, but I guess their history is more complicated than that.
"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
tetyanawrites
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DY4fcfzhLw5/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==
I suppose sometimes people do change for the better.
I wonder if the blonde mom babysitter who seemed to not like certain types of children more than others is a grandma now?
Hashtag Celeb News? Gee...
Who's making this happen?
"VIRAL: 10-Year-Old Girl's FIERY CLASH With Trump's Masked ICE Agents"
ETimes
Why do the bad people gotta be so racist?
"ICE Protest ERUPTS: Detainee’s Wife Claims 'They Kidnapped My Husband'"
Financial Express
Dads, we have to keep our spirits up.
"ICE detainees are dying by suicide at an 'alarming' rate, an AP investigation finds" | abc7.com
https://abc7.com/post/ice-detainees-are-dying-suicide-alarming-rate-ap-investigation-finds/19180479/
You know what I remember the dad on this TV show whining about...
"Eight Is Enough" - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Is_Enough
Okay, so back then, apparently he was able to support his gargantuan family on a newspaper columnist's salary, which I have no idea how that could ever happen today, and I have no memory of him wanting to fling himself over a cliff because he couldn't afford to feed all those mouths, but when his birthday rolled around, he was moaning and groaning about he was "half a century old" on his birthday. It was a real source of pain for him to feel like he was getting old, and that's how he put it. Anyways, that's my main memory of that show. I haven't checked it. I haven't gone back to try to find the episode or anything. It was not my favorite show. It was just something that was on our little black and white TV set. After our year of not having a TV. But I'm glad we did get a TV, because we watched "Amadeus" on it.
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