Republicans are turning into rats fleeing a sinking ship. Oh, they’re still rats alright. Don’t mistake them for something benign.
It’s another Kent State moment - the murders of Renee Good, who with the words “we don’t hate you” stuck a flower in the barrel of Jonathon Ross’ gun, and Alex Pretti, whose last words were “are you ok?” to the woman he was attempting to protect. Both of them were innocent of any wrongdoing, and the ICE agents involved, whether they pulled the trigger or just stood there, all are guilty of murder.
Speaking of which: Shouldn’t there be a warrant out for the arrest of Jonathon Ross based upon his own cell phone evidence? And warrants for every other ICE agent present as accomplices? And warrants for all ICE in the vicinity of the murder of Alex Pretti? And how about the others ICE has murdered? Not to mention all those who have been brutally assaulted and detained? Can culpability be assigned clear up to the White House?
THE COMMON GOOD MANIFESTO
A society built for people, not predators.
We are at our best when we invest in each other.
We are at our worst when we abandon the vulnerable.
This manifesto is how we return to the common good.
I. DIGNITY AND JUSTICE
1. Release the Epstein files — full transparency, no exceptions.
2. Impeach, convict, and imprison Donald Trump and every handler who enabled his corruption.
3. No federal office for any convicted felon.
4. End the weaponization of the justice system against the poor, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and marginalized communities.
II. DEMOCRACY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
1. Abolish the Electoral College — one person, one vote.
2. Abolish ICE — replace it with humane immigration policy that honors human rights.
3. Ban gerrymandering with a standardized national apportionment method.
4. Two-term limits for every elected office.
5. Mandatory retirement at 70 for all elected officials.
6. Paper ballots only — end the era of hackable voting machines.
III. AN ECONOMY THAT SERVES PEOPLE
1. Restore 1950s-style progressive tax rates — when America was prosperous and fair.
2. Overturn Citizens United — corporations are not people.
3. Eliminate the Social Security payroll cap and tax capital gains for Social Security contributions.
4. $25 minimum wage indexed to inflation.
5. Medicare for All, one unified system — no A/B/C/D maze.
6. Congress receives Medicare, not boutique private insurance.
IV. WORKERS, CREATIVES, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS
1. Big pay raises for social workers, teachers, librarians, artists, and cultural workers — the people who actually hold society together.
2. Universal childcare — because families are the foundation of the nation.
3. Free public university education.
4. Full forgiveness of all student debt.
V. CLEAN GOVERNMENT
1. Root out corruption at every level, starting at the top.
2. Full financial transparency for every elected official, appointee, and senior bureaucrat.
3. Ban lobbying for former officeholders for life.
VI. THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE
We choose a country that values:
• Compassion over cruelty
• Community over greed
• Truth over propaganda
• Shared prosperity over billionaire hoarding
• Democracy over minority rule
• Human dignity over corporate profit
We choose a nation where the common good is not a slogan, but the organizing principle of public life.
And we refuse to apologize for demanding better.
I invite you to adopt this manifesto, add to it, improve it, and share it widely with your friends and elected officials, including school boards, city councils, churches, civic groups, anywhere you can get people to listen. Post it on Substack, send it by email, hell, print it on paper and post it on light poles and bulletin boards. Let’s show the world that we envision a better world that serves people rather than just the oligarchy.
We have the power to change the world. Let’s do it!
Yes — this is it. Mutual aid, trust, and real relationships are the backbone of any movement that lasts. When people are connected, boycotts and blackouts stop being symbolic and start being effective.
Build locally. Share skills. Look out for each other. That’s how pressure becomes power. 👊
Stephen Miller is the top of the ICE machine. The WORST CAUSE of this terror by my estimation is this memo: Miller put out a memo “Detention first, ask questions later.” The importance is not only that about who can and cannot be detained indefinitely, established AFTER they’re GRABBED, (or NOT, people ARE kept later anyway) but the memo is the singular reason for the fast horrible surprise abductions off the street. Get in and get out, and don’t stop long enough to ask questions. Even that doesn’t explain some of the gratuitous brutality. Some agents involved may not know themselves that a grabbed target is improperly detained. WORSE agents have not allowed detainees to show the proof of legal status or ID they have ON THEIR person. The detention seems to be the paramount objective, no agent on the street appears to care if it’s legit. They SAY “I don’t care”!! Is their job only “grab”? Does someone else do the sorting? # of DETENTIONS seems Miller’s goal. Once he has them he doesn’t plan to let them go. How many people can he keep without releasing? that’s his joy. But the brutal shock of agents sweeping in and getting away fast and furious is what’s literally and figuratively killing people. It’s brutal to witnesses, targets and families left behind. Stephen Miller is overjoyed. He has immense power to cause grief to so many. If agents are directed to be so abrupt every protester delaying them likely becomes the enemy for the delay. Every shout, every whistle, every sobbing family member offering papers, must be just DELAYS in their sick mission. Phew. That memo…maybe it can be terminated?
This is exactly it. The violence isn’t random — it’s structural.
“Detention first, ask questions later” turns grabbing into the objective, not legality or due process. Speed and volume become the metric, and brutality follows. Papers become “delays.” Families become “obstacles.” That memo explains the shock tactics — and why people are getting hurt and killed.
Yes — that framing lands because it describes how power is actually being exercised.
This is being run like a hostile corporate takeover: no consent, no accountability, no rule of law — just control, extraction, and enforcement. When governance is replaced by loyalty tests and fear management, institutions stop functioning and become props. What’s left isn’t a state; it’s an organization protecting itself.
And the security obsession fits perfectly. When legitimacy collapses, force becomes the only growth sector. Everything else is downsizing.
The most chilling part is how openly theatrical it’s become — cruelty dressed up as “protection,” spectacle replacing governance, and violence treated as branding. That’s not politics anymore. It’s pathology with a press office.
Thank you for compiling this list!
Republicans are turning into rats fleeing a sinking ship. Oh, they’re still rats alright. Don’t mistake them for something benign.
It’s another Kent State moment - the murders of Renee Good, who with the words “we don’t hate you” stuck a flower in the barrel of Jonathon Ross’ gun, and Alex Pretti, whose last words were “are you ok?” to the woman he was attempting to protect. Both of them were innocent of any wrongdoing, and the ICE agents involved, whether they pulled the trigger or just stood there, all are guilty of murder.
Speaking of which: Shouldn’t there be a warrant out for the arrest of Jonathon Ross based upon his own cell phone evidence? And warrants for every other ICE agent present as accomplices? And warrants for all ICE in the vicinity of the murder of Alex Pretti? And how about the others ICE has murdered? Not to mention all those who have been brutally assaulted and detained? Can culpability be assigned clear up to the White House?
THE COMMON GOOD MANIFESTO
A society built for people, not predators.
We are at our best when we invest in each other.
We are at our worst when we abandon the vulnerable.
This manifesto is how we return to the common good.
I. DIGNITY AND JUSTICE
1. Release the Epstein files — full transparency, no exceptions.
2. Impeach, convict, and imprison Donald Trump and every handler who enabled his corruption.
3. No federal office for any convicted felon.
4. End the weaponization of the justice system against the poor, immigrants, LGBTQ people, and marginalized communities.
II. DEMOCRACY THAT ACTUALLY WORKS
1. Abolish the Electoral College — one person, one vote.
2. Abolish ICE — replace it with humane immigration policy that honors human rights.
3. Ban gerrymandering with a standardized national apportionment method.
4. Two-term limits for every elected office.
5. Mandatory retirement at 70 for all elected officials.
6. Paper ballots only — end the era of hackable voting machines.
III. AN ECONOMY THAT SERVES PEOPLE
1. Restore 1950s-style progressive tax rates — when America was prosperous and fair.
2. Overturn Citizens United — corporations are not people.
3. Eliminate the Social Security payroll cap and tax capital gains for Social Security contributions.
4. $25 minimum wage indexed to inflation.
5. Medicare for All, one unified system — no A/B/C/D maze.
6. Congress receives Medicare, not boutique private insurance.
IV. WORKERS, CREATIVES, AND PUBLIC SERVANTS
1. Big pay raises for social workers, teachers, librarians, artists, and cultural workers — the people who actually hold society together.
2. Universal childcare — because families are the foundation of the nation.
3. Free public university education.
4. Full forgiveness of all student debt.
V. CLEAN GOVERNMENT
1. Root out corruption at every level, starting at the top.
2. Full financial transparency for every elected official, appointee, and senior bureaucrat.
3. Ban lobbying for former officeholders for life.
VI. THE FUTURE WE CHOOSE
We choose a country that values:
• Compassion over cruelty
• Community over greed
• Truth over propaganda
• Shared prosperity over billionaire hoarding
• Democracy over minority rule
• Human dignity over corporate profit
We choose a nation where the common good is not a slogan, but the organizing principle of public life.
And we refuse to apologize for demanding better.
I invite you to adopt this manifesto, add to it, improve it, and share it widely with your friends and elected officials, including school boards, city councils, churches, civic groups, anywhere you can get people to listen. Post it on Substack, send it by email, hell, print it on paper and post it on light poles and bulletin boards. Let’s show the world that we envision a better world that serves people rather than just the oligarchy.
We have the power to change the world. Let’s do it!
Just donated to two of the recommended orgs. Wish I could do more.
Give more you cheap mf.
That means a lot — truly. Thank you for taking action where you could. 💛
Even when it feels small, it adds up, and it matters. If you want to stay connected, I share updates and ways to help as things unfold.
Community building is essential to our resistance movement as we move into economic boycotts and system blackouts!
Build your community networks for aid cause we are shutting the system down folks.
Let’s Go! 👊
Yes — this is it. Mutual aid, trust, and real relationships are the backbone of any movement that lasts. When people are connected, boycotts and blackouts stop being symbolic and start being effective.
Build locally. Share skills. Look out for each other. That’s how pressure becomes power. 👊
Thanks for this. I just donated to Stand with Minnesota. Sharing.
💕 — that really matters.
Direct support like this helps keep people safe and supported right now. Sharing it makes the impact even wider.
Thank you for the group contacts in Minnesota.
Ditto. Great work. Thanks.
🔍 THE IMAGES ARE CIRCULATING. THE ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT.
Here’s what’s actually happening on the ground right now:
⭕ ICE enforcement operations remain active in Minnesota, despite public claims of “de-escalation.”
⭕ Multiple deaths linked to ICE actions in 2026 are now documented, including U.S. citizens — yet investigations are stalled.
⭕ Agents involved in fatal incidents are routinely placed on administrative leave, not held accountable.
Photos and videos spark outrage.
They do not preserve memory, build cases, or stop repetition.
That’s where Americans Against ICE comes in:
✨ We document what continues after the cameras leave.
✨ We track raids, deaths, policy shifts, and patterns — in one public record.
✨ We keep accountability visible when institutions try to wait it out.
This work doesn’t sustain itself.
🔊 RESHARE so this doesn’t disappear.
✨ Support sustained reporting & accountability work:
https://americansagainstice.substack.com
⭐ Fund ongoing documentation:
https://buy.stripe.com/5kQaEX2ES9IgcINa0S43S01
Visibility without accountability changes nothing.
Thank you Very much for the names of places the country can help the MN community. This is great for the elderly that can’t protest❤️✌🏼
— I’m really glad it’s helpful.
This gives people who can’t be out protesting — especially elders — a way to still support and stay connected. ❤️✌🏼
Stephen Miller is the top of the ICE machine. The WORST CAUSE of this terror by my estimation is this memo: Miller put out a memo “Detention first, ask questions later.” The importance is not only that about who can and cannot be detained indefinitely, established AFTER they’re GRABBED, (or NOT, people ARE kept later anyway) but the memo is the singular reason for the fast horrible surprise abductions off the street. Get in and get out, and don’t stop long enough to ask questions. Even that doesn’t explain some of the gratuitous brutality. Some agents involved may not know themselves that a grabbed target is improperly detained. WORSE agents have not allowed detainees to show the proof of legal status or ID they have ON THEIR person. The detention seems to be the paramount objective, no agent on the street appears to care if it’s legit. They SAY “I don’t care”!! Is their job only “grab”? Does someone else do the sorting? # of DETENTIONS seems Miller’s goal. Once he has them he doesn’t plan to let them go. How many people can he keep without releasing? that’s his joy. But the brutal shock of agents sweeping in and getting away fast and furious is what’s literally and figuratively killing people. It’s brutal to witnesses, targets and families left behind. Stephen Miller is overjoyed. He has immense power to cause grief to so many. If agents are directed to be so abrupt every protester delaying them likely becomes the enemy for the delay. Every shout, every whistle, every sobbing family member offering papers, must be just DELAYS in their sick mission. Phew. That memo…maybe it can be terminated?
This is exactly it. The violence isn’t random — it’s structural.
“Detention first, ask questions later” turns grabbing into the objective, not legality or due process. Speed and volume become the metric, and brutality follows. Papers become “delays.” Families become “obstacles.” That memo explains the shock tactics — and why people are getting hurt and killed.
Track and challenge ICE abuses:
https://americansagainstice.substack.com
Here is a great update on the current situation in Minneapolis, by local activists:
Minnesotans Keep the Heat on Despite ICE ‘Drawdown’
https://world-outlook.com/2026/02/20/minnesotans-keep-the-heat-on-despite-ice-drawdown/
Some thoughts on how we take the wins where we can. And learn from them. ⬇️
https://mdavis19881.substack.com/p/taco-trump-ii-he-caves-in-europe
Yes — that framing lands because it describes how power is actually being exercised.
This is being run like a hostile corporate takeover: no consent, no accountability, no rule of law — just control, extraction, and enforcement. When governance is replaced by loyalty tests and fear management, institutions stop functioning and become props. What’s left isn’t a state; it’s an organization protecting itself.
And the security obsession fits perfectly. When legitimacy collapses, force becomes the only growth sector. Everything else is downsizing.
The most chilling part is how openly theatrical it’s become — cruelty dressed up as “protection,” spectacle replacing governance, and violence treated as branding. That’s not politics anymore. It’s pathology with a press office.