Post AyPEDCMCkbCgzQEVd2 by human3500@ottawa.place
 (DIR) More posts by human3500@ottawa.place
 (DIR) Post #AyPCaYrJ3YNpWsnEmG by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-20T18:17:38Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       #GiftArticleWhen a person is naturalized as a #US citizen, they receive not just a new #citizenship but also typically a few other objects: an American flag, a copy of the #DeclarationOfIndependence & the #Constitution, & a greeting from the president. Of these, the last is the most ephemeral—just a form letter—but it can reveal a great deal about how the writer thinks about the country he leads.This week, the White House released #Trump’s new version of the letter.https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/09/trump-new-citizens-letter-immigration/684280/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxfOder1wixrihMFFlmfGjS8
       
 (DIR) Post #AyPCrqBtrwE4CtfJ4K by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-20T18:20:45Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       (In both terms, it took #Trump months to get around to replacing his predecessor’s missive.) Although the Trump admin has both cracked down on illegal #immigration & sought to curtail legal immigration, the letter is warm & welcoming. Where the letter diverges from those of most past presidents is in its vision of the #UnitedStates, which Trump sees as founded not on ideas or ideals but on culture & tradition.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyPD3q6I1zoHOwlKcK by knutson_brain@sfba.social
       2025-09-20T18:22:52Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @Nonilex Why does the signature look like punic hair? ( #EpsteinFiles )
       
 (DIR) Post #AyPD7fs00fnIpXuHNw by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2025-09-20T18:23:36Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       For #Trump, the nation is less a #MeltingPot where #different #cultures combine harmoniously than a #crucible where foreign notions are burned off & a #homogeneous mix emerges.“America has always welcomed those who embrace our values, assimilate into our society, & pledge allegiance to our country,” he writes. “By taking this oath, you have forged a sacred bond with our Nation, her traditions, her history, her culture, & her values.”#assimilate #obey #UnitedStates #AmericanAutocracy
       
 (DIR) Post #AyPEDCMCkbCgzQEVd2 by human3500@ottawa.place
       2025-09-20T18:35:06Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @Nonilex One would think that the founding principles of a country would be well defined and entrenched in the constitution - not something to be reinterpreted every 4 years by one person.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyPEfuVeBeOy2ALBTM by steter@mastodon.stevesworld.co
       2025-09-20T18:40:38Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @Nonilex That's not the oath that matters in a moment like this one. Those who took the oath of office and do nothing, or give performative art speeches on the capitol steps, are every bit as traitorous as those operating concentration camps. We need action. Words failed to convict Trump of any federal crime. Words failed to incarcerate Trump for 34 felonies. Words failed to stop Trump, despite losing in court repeatedly for raping E. Jean. He's sitting on the Epstein files. He took US top secrets and left them where anyone at his club could read them. The law is pathetic in the hands of a gangster with billions of dollars, and a world full of fascist friends, including in the Senate tasked with seating the fascists in the Supreme Court with lifetime appointments. Words made Biden leave the race, though, far too late for Kamala to run an effective campaign against an international fascist movement that literally purchased our government with bitcoin.Ours is a government of sadists, narcissists, gangsters, racists, and child rapists, hiding their filth in unison, like a wall of Nazis with their arms locked, while writing our laws and disgorging hateful executive orders. We're despised around the western world, yet the Pentagon is okay with banners of the dictator, of troops assisting the dictator to act against Americans in our very streets.Disgusted. Sick of both parties. Sick of Republicans marching right, and Democrats punching left from the DNC.The oaths that matter are what cats call the litter box.And now, Charlie "Nazi" Kirk is a hero necessitating grotesque violations of the 1st amendment. Where are the oath-takers?Shining their jackboots.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyPYkkgu7KPa77ByHw by Yoshi@toot.community
       2025-09-20T22:25:54Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @Nonilex Not sure how much stock to put into the letter, everyone knows the MAGAmoron can put together a coherent sentence, much less a whole letter. Some chuck kirk wanna-be intern wrote that.
       
 (DIR) Post #AyPZIQtWE79gYt9Wq0 by Yoshi@toot.community
       2025-09-20T22:32:00Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       @Nonilex Geez Louise, you give the MAGAmoron wa-a-ay too much credit for having some vision about values. His only vision is "What's In It for ME!"