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TommyT139

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6. Gessen knows.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 11:59 AM

Apr 2025

M. Gessen has been targeted by Putin in the past. And as a queer nonbinary person, an outspoken journalist and author, progressive academic, and someone who has a family, they are in trumpist cross hairs too. I hope they are either out of the US at this point or ready to go.

If people want to repost this, without the gifting info that leads back to whomever, here are links:

Original URL:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/opinion/trump-ice-immigrants.html

Archive link:
https://archive.is/MQidn

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NYT / Masha Gessen: Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. [View all] Dennis Donovan Apr 2025 OP

America as we knew it is dead. We have become what we used to stand against. Wingus Dingus Apr 2025 #1

From now on... 2naSalit Apr 2025 #2

I was going to say "That'll get you killed" and then I remember that the Jan 6th "patriots" used it. erronis Apr 2025 #12

K&R Solly Mack Apr 2025 #3

There's a photo I've seen hundreds of times in my life, must have been in all my childhood textbooks... Hekate Apr 2025 #4

It is here. republianmushroom Apr 2025 #5

Gessen knows. TommyT139 Apr 2025 #6

I can scarcely imagine someone with more targets aimed at them--beyond Putin and Trump's MAGATs... hlthe2b Apr 2025 #7

Gessen names the app that, imo, needs banning. ancianita Apr 2025 #8

This. And don't forget that Texas has bounties of $10K for pregnant women planning to leave the state Hekate Apr 2025 #18

Right? And "It's the apps." Another reason why apps that (in)directly result in human harm should be ancianita Apr 2025 #20

ICE. A federal agency... dchill Apr 2025 #9

I now carry my Passport Card, anywhere I go, for this reason. n/t aggiesal Apr 2025 #10

They did this during protests Figarosmom Apr 2025 #11

No doubt. rubbersole Apr 2025 #13

Of course what should have been done was to find him guilty and put away for good. erronis Apr 2025 #15

It hasn't even been 100 days--and already the fear is palpable. Tickle Apr 2025 #14

Thanks for that post. The raw feelings are out there, everywhere. erronis Apr 2025 #16

I hope Gessen is sharing all this with her fellow NY Times opinion writers. Paladin Apr 2025 #17

I've seen her on MSNBC many times, and she hasn't been shy about speaking her mind there Hekate Apr 2025 #19

I've never had a problem with Gessen. (nt) Paladin Apr 2025 #21