If she caves, that sends a message that resistance is over. We have to be willing to go to prison, to make the world aware of what's happening.
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Members of Congress have every right to visit facilities like these. The Mayor on the other hand, didn't have the authority, so was asked to leave. But to arrest a sitting Representative is crossing a hard line. They're the ones breaking the law here.
I saw the video and that's some bullshit. He was outside the gate in the parking lot. If I'm protesting on the steps in front of the USDA the security guards don't have the authority to cuff me and drag me inside the facility. At best they would detain me outside until the police arrived. They did what they did because it was the scariest thing they thought they could get away with.
The mayor refused to leave because he was where they authorized him to wait. And then he did leave.
That arrest is no better.
They don't care about any laws, they're following the Project2025 playbook to a tee, and are pushing and pushing until they can declare Martial Law in order to enact even more draconian things.
After reading about the other lawmakers who also visited that day:
Lets also not forget that this was not a “surprise” oversight visit. I read somewhere, that the mayor Ras Baraka in person handed a letter of intention to conduct an oversight visit a week or two before hand. That part stuck out to me because he hand delivered the notice in person so that there was no uncertainty that they received the letter and to expect his visit.
What a coincidence! There is no uncertainty that the Republicans are implementing a fascist dictatorship, and every other American is just ... letting it happen ... too afraid to do what's necessary.
In the press release announcing the charges, Habba asserted, "No one is above the law — politicians or otherwise."
...and then she went on to praise the honesty, integrity, and strict adherence to the law by the current white house occupant.
Who the SCOTUS actually put above the law.
“It was at this point that the situation went from ‘fuck’ to ‘very fuck’”
This ought to be thrown out
It will be. They have immunity. It's entirely performative intimidation.
And if the US weren't a corporate dictatorship masquerading as a "democracy", this type of terrorism would result in hard prison time for the fascist perpetrators.