BRING THE BOY BACK HOME!

Where is Freda Payne when you need her?

This is something the music business can get behind. This is something that can be done quickly. This is something that even Jason Aldean might deign to sing on. You deport an innocent man without due process and you ignore the court decisions and are in cahoots with the President of El Salvador and…NOTHING IS HAPPENING?

Imagine yourself in said prison. Hell, you saw “Midnight Express.” But in this case, Kilmar didn’t smuggle any dope. His only offense was having the wrong nationality.

“First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me”

Pastor Martin Niemöller

Be afraid, be very afraid.

That’s the nation we now live in, one akin to Chile, where they DISAPPEAR PEOPLE!

This is not about left or right, Democrat or Republican, this is about human rights.

Especially if you’re MAGA… You keep saying you believe in FREEDOM! What about the freedom to live your life peacefully, pursue wealth and happiness and retain the ability to speak your truth. Now THAT’S freedom. And if you commit a crime, or are suspected of one, you’re entitled to DUE PROCESS UNDER THE LAW!

Aren’t we a nation of laws? That’s what I always thought.

But we’ve got Steve Bannon on Bill Maher insisting that not only does Donald Trump have the right to run for a third term, but HE’LL WIN! Sure, we need to talk to our adversaries, but when they spew B.S. like this it’s okay to denigrate them. The Constitution means nothing to Bannon, THERE ARE WAYS AROUND IT!

All you people who supported Native Americans, starving people in Africa, you can’t stand up for this victim of illegal procedure?

So you still think he’s a criminal. Fine, but read the above by Pastor Niemöller, eventually you’re the target, if you don’t take a stand for others, no one will be left to take a stand for you.

Which is why seemingly every Jew, including myself, is against the incarceration without due process of the Columbia graduate student. Because we know the wind could change and it could be us.

This is kind of like saying the murderer can’t be culpable for the death of his victim because he’s already dead.

This is the kind of gobbledygook Trump and his team are spewing in court, they’re twisting not only truth, but the law. They interpret everything narrowly, always claiming an exception, and when the court rules against them, THEY STONEWALL!

Don’t you get it?

If you’re not a lawyer, you probably do not. Victory in court means nothing without enforcement. There’s a law on the books combatting bots, but it has no effect on ticketing, because there’s no enforcement.

Even worse, TRUMP IS IN CHARGE OF ENFORCEMENT!

Trump was legally elected, he is President. I own that, however I’ll never forgive Biden, Harris and the Democratic brass for cocking this up, almost anybody else could have defeated Trump.

But the President is not a dictator, he must obey the law. But Trump believes we’re in an emergency situation and he can bypass procedure. Collateral damage? Well, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is only one person.

And back to that due process. You’re entitled to a defense. Charles Manson was entitled to a defense. But good luck getting a first tier law firm to defend you if Trump is after you, they all settled with the man to protect their pocketbooks. Watergate lowered the estimation of lawyers in the public consciousness, Skadden and Paul Weiss put a stake in the heart of the profession. I had to take an ethics exam to become an attorney, didn’t these people? Or are they so tied up with corporations that they do what’s expedient and…you wonder whether the same lawyers capitulating to Trump are perverting the justice system on behalf of their clients.

But one single guy who did nothing wrong. This is unheard of in America. We can’t even kill people on death row, but they flew this guy out of the country and there’s nothing we can do about it?

As for Bukele… Yeah, his hands are tied… He made a deal with Trump, otherwise he’d return Kilmar in an instant. It’s like Putin, who says one thing and does another. No, he did not blow up Prigozhin’s plane…

This is when protests in the street make a difference. Because it’s not that heavy a lift for Trump to change course and bring Kilmar home.

We must express our outrage. This cannot happen in the United States.

And, once again, those who are in favor of deporting supposed criminals with no due process, no hearing…

You could be next. And believe me, you’ll want the full protection of the law.

So if the courts can’t save us, WE MUST SAVE OURSELVES!

Once again, rights, belief in the Constitution…those are 101, everybody believes in those. This is not a red or blue issue. This is a human rights issue, and last time I checked we were all human.

Hell, just get Freda Payne and everybody who can sell out an arena to rerecord “Bring the Boy(s) Home.” Doesn’t matter if radio is too scared to play it. We make the hits these days, we can stream the song ad infinitum.

And that’s just the first step. If Kilmar isn’t returned immediately, or god forbid dies in prison like Navalny, we need to tighten the noose.

And there are so many ways to do this.

Our hands are not tied.

We need to show Trump who’s boss.

US!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/0eTHDwSe6gbZcRMLnsfSa4?si=86613b294fb740ac

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=–fFhunuUJM