Trump launches anti-Semitism crackdown as he orders deportation of pro-Hamas

[Tickle]

students who terrorized campuses

President Donald Trump will launch an anti-Semitism crackdown on Wednesday when he signs an executive order instructing federal agencies to find ways to deport anti-Jewish activists who violated laws, including students on college campuses.

The executive order will allow the deportation of resident aliens — including students with visas — who broke laws as part of anti-Israel protests following the October 7th attacks in Israel, DailyMail.com confirmed.

Trump, during his presidential campaign, called for the deportation of pro-Hamas students who are in the United States on visas.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14338259/Trump-deport-students-college-campus-protests-antisemite.html

[choie]

1. Who's going to determine who is "pro-Hamas"

who is "pro-Palestinian" and who is anti-semitic? Where's the due process?

On edit - why am I asking these questions. The answer is there is no due process.

[Tickle]

5. I appreciate the laugh today--

I really needed it.

It seems that anyone advocating for the rights of Palestinians in Gaza risks being swiftly silenced or targeted. The situation is deeply troubling—may reason and justice prevail.

[Lonestarblue]

2. Before long, Trump will be issuing orders to deport US citizens who criticize him.

Justice John Roberts, what do you think now of giving Trump almost unlimited immunity to do whatever he wants?

[DBoon]

9. His minions have already called for the Episcopal bishop to be deported

despite having been born in New Jersey

[newdeal2]

3. But Kamala would have done the same, right?

*crickets*

[SunSeeker]

4. More FAFO for the "Uncommitted" idiots. nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. I don't agree with this very obvious illegal EO,

but I do gotta point out that those protesters and their supporters helped get Been A Dick Donald back into the WH, they are reaping what they helped sow.
Maybe next time, if there is a next time, they'll think twice about what the fuck they were doing.

[Tickle]

7. Let's hope there is a next time. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

17. They NEVER learn. All the way back to Gore who wasn't PURE enough. Gore/Bush Bush/Gore

ONLY Ralph Nader was a ‘worthy’ candidate! They just couldn’t be persuaded to vote for “Republican Lite.” Always the same faithless actors. Always the same script around purity tests and the sacredness and sanctity of their usually white, privileged vote.

[Mountainguy]

8. Ask me how many shits I give

About the "Genocide Joe" crowd getting deported.

They were warned what would happen if they helped Trumo get elected and now they get what they asked for.

[Coventina]

11. Took the words outta my mouth!

I'll happily wave buh-bye to those "Genocide Joe" idiots!

[malaise]

10. WTF?

This is madness

[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. Ya know what?

I don't give 2 fucks about this, they made their bed by helping get Been A Dick Donald back into the WH with their Genocide Joe bullshit, now they get to sleep in it.
I sure hope it was worth it to them, other than that, fuck 'em.

[Maru Kitteh]

12. This was the logical conclusion of the "Genocie Joe" crowd's efforts. maga should

Throw them a going away party replete with weed, alcohol and hookers - after all, the “Genocide Joe” crowd was absolutely ESSENTIAL in their efforts to get Trump elected! Republicans shouldn’t have any trouble coming up with the weed, booze and hookers. They have plenty.

[sarisataka]

13. Abandon Harris 24...

They sowed the wind

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

and will now reap the whirlwind

I can agree it is unfair, but I have little sympathy. They knew exactly what the risk was when they made their choice

[AloeVera]

15. Unfair, you say?

Don't you mean anti-democratic, fascistic and frightening? No longer just a slippery slope but a full view of the abyss?

Surely you don't mean to imply that they "deserve" to be stripped of their rights, deported/imprisoned/displaced and their lives turned upside down? Like the people of Gaza?

That seems a pretty transactional way of looking at democracy and democratic elections. "If you don't give me what I want, if you disagree with me, if you vote the wrong way - I have no sympathy if you lose all your rights like in a banana republic and I won't stand up for you".

It seems to me also that were it another minority group being targeted - blacks, jews, hispanics, LGBTQ+ etc - the outrage would be loud and authentic - as it should be. But there is something about Muslims/Arabs... what would that be??

Lots of rhetorical questions and I don't expect a response, but perhaps some reflection by the "FAFO crowd" here.

Everyone knows the Niemöller poem. He was initially a supporter of Hitler so I found something by the late great James Baldwin that I thought I'd include here. It's from a letter he wrote to Angela Davis in 1970. It's beautiful. He concludes with:

If we know, then we must fight for your life as though it were our own—which it is—and render impassable with our bodies the corridor to the gas chamber. For, if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.

Therefore: peace.

On edit: link added
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1971/01/07/an-open-letter-to-my-sister-miss-angela-davis/

[sarisataka]

16. I prefer to be concise

But I will spell it out- I do not in any way support or condone the revocation of visas or deportation of those who exercised their First Amendment rights

Interesting how you used the term "transactional"

That seems a pretty transactional way of looking at democracy and democratic elections. "If you don't give me what I want, if you disagree with me, if you vote the wrong way -...

That is exactly what the "Genocide Joe" and "Abandon Harris" participated in. They were reminded that they were directly supporting the party that wanted to deport them, was anti-Palestinian and much more pro-Israel. Yet they chose the path anyway.

Do you recall how many minimized the threats they were making? 'It's just symbolic, they will come back in the GE'
They didn't.

[AloeVera]

23. The "warning" was in both directions. Yet only one side is now held responsible and taunted with "FAFO" and..

"no sympathy".

Which, by the way, seems like just a nicer way of saying "FAFO".

But I am glad to hear your unconditional support for First Amendment rights. There should be no exemptions - we are all equal, right?

Warning your party that their actions or lack thereof will result in loss of support is not transactional. It's a declaration of a very basic democratic principle. We vote - or not vote -according to our conscience and our beliefs. Who among us can say with certainty that if it were OUR people, our tribe, our young kids, subjected to the bombs provided by OUR party, how we would vote? None of us are in their shoes, luckily. But we should be able to recognize the impossible position they were in and the impossible choices they had to make. Maybe we should ask why they were put in that position in the first place.

An alarming recent poll found that of the MILLIONS of "lost votes" for Harris (those who voted for Biden but did not vote in 2024), about a third gave their reason as Gaza. These people were not all Muslims/Arabs. Like wth? Shouldn't that prompt some urgent, critical self-reflection, some outreach or reconciliation with those voters? Some rethinking of foreign policy positions? They may be lost forever otherwise.

Maybe it's just easier to keep blaming "them" and engage in the unseemly schadenfreude of FAFO (not directed at you, but I have seen it too many times).

[Keepthesoulalive]

26. I hated what was happening in Gaza

But the only one who could Help them was Harris. Trump told them what he was going to do and he has done it before. They blamed Biden for a situation that seemed manufactured to interfere in our elections. They were warned and as we are all finding out actions have consequences and we are all paying the price for their stupidity.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

27. Ding, ding, ding,

we have a winner.

[AloeVera]

29. I happen to agree with a lot of what you say. Thanks for the civil response, btw.

Here is the thing: they didn't BELIEVE Harris would help them or that she would be better for Gaza. Why didn't they believe it is the question Democrats should be asking. And why was Gaza a dealbreaker for so many Democrats? And why was Netanyahu allowed/able to sabotage a ceasefire time after time, or lay waste to Gaza and starve its population? Aside from the immorality of it, all of it made Biden look bad which played into both Trump and Netanyahu's schemes. Why did all of it unfold the way it did?

Those are hard questions. I don't know if they will ever be asked, let alone answered and that's really too bad.

[Keepthesoulalive]

32. Emotion can short circuit reason

There were a lot of bad players pushing propaganda on both sides. You don’t hear about the atrocities anymore, not because they have stopped but there is no need anymore. The newspapers and blogs carried their message and they won.

[Mosby]

28. The IMEU Gaza poll you're referencing is obvious made up garbage.

The entire non profit is biased against the Democratic party and Zionists. They literally admit to their biases:

It's clear: Harris lost A LOT of votes because of the Biden admin's support for Israel’s genocide.

Yeah, that's not biased, lol.

A big reason Democratic candidates ignore their voters is their reliance on megadonor-backed super PACs like AIPAC, which spent record amounts of dark money in 2024 attacking those who opposed Israel’s genocide. Voters Harris lost want super PAC money out of Democratic primaries.

AIPAC isn't even in the top 25 PACs. Lost voters think the Democrats should not accept super pac money? Complete bullshit.

The Democratic Party needs to come to terms with the real reasons it lost the presidency in November, including because after over a year of unprecedented protests and calls for Biden to stop sending weapons to Israel, party leadership failed to listen to its own voters.

Uh huh.

Link to tweet

[Maru Kitteh]

19. Here's a reaction for you. How about FUCK THEM for helping Trump?

It’s honest, and concise. They knew there were exactly two viable candidates and they sure as FUCK KNEW they were not helping Harris - so FUCK THEM. They got what they worked for.

[AloeVera]

20. This IS Democratic Underground, isn't it? Why yes, yes it is!

Nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

21. Yes it is, where we're allowed to express our opinions as long as it's within the TOS

and I agree 100% that they helped get that blob of pig shit re-elected, so now they're reaping what they helped sow.
did they really think would happen?
Did they think that because they went against Harris/Walz that Been A Dick Donald would spare them?
Well, looks like they badly miscalculated.
I have zero fucks to give, they got what they wanted, now they have to live with the consequences.

[Beastly Boy]

24. I find the idea of using my body to protect those who worked hard to make my country mean,

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anti-democratic, fascistic and frightening a bit hard to justify. I have no problem acknowledging their deportation to be anti-democratic in the same breath as I denounce their contributions to it having taken place. I will also point out that there are many good pro-democratic people who made no ridiculous demands and didn't vote for Trump but will nevertheless suffer the same fate because of them.

I would suggest that a clear distinction between the former and the latter is in order when invoking Baldwin.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. BLAH BLAH BLAH. Repeat yourself at will. Facts remain, they got what they worked for.

Congratulations are in order for everyone who cheered them on.

[Ping Tung]

18. .......activists who violated laws,

Were they arrested? Tried anf found guilty?

Or is this just another goofy idea that he hopes to cheered for?

[BluenFLA]

22. Pure FAFO baby

But they won't ever learn.

[Jit423]

30. Trump is really making it less safe for Jews in this country. I hope some can explain this to him. nt

[Jit423]

31. Is being pro-Palestinian the same as being pro-Hamas????

[LS0999]

33. Is Eloon included?

The Space Nazi should be the first to be deported

[MarineCombatEngineer]

35. Welcome to DU LS0999.

I love your description of him, although I would've called him a Spaced Out Nazi.

[LexVegas]

36. No sympathy. nt