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Clarissa Sr., American Grandma's avatar

🌟🇺🇸 “When Democracy Wasn’t a Police State”

We remember a time,

not too long ago,

when Main Street could blossom

and small shops could grow.

When government’s message

to neighbors was clear:

“Start up your dream—

we’ll help, not interfere.”

But then came the tariffs,

the taxes in disguise,

that jacked up the prices

on everyday buys.

They rattled our markets,

they rattled our town,

till factories shuttered

and wages fell down.

He picked fights with allies

who’d long stood beside,

where many have family

and kin they still pride.

He snarled at our partners,

he fractured our trust,

turning teamwork to tantrums

and friendship to dust.

Then visas got tangled

in red-tape and fear,

with five years of socials

to sift and to smear.

Tourism suffered,

farms lost their hand,

students and nurses

were stalled at the land.

From boardwalks and diners

to bright concert lights,

the jobs slowly vanished

like stars in bad nights.

It hammered our teachers,

our clinics, our art,

the everyday engines

that once drove our heart.

Yet one line of business

kept growing in size—

more ICE, more informers,

more watchful cold eyes.

Bounty-hunt biceps

and cages and gates,

more boots and more badges,

less hope in our states.

But we, older watchers,

recall something great—

when “democracy”

didn’t mean “police state.”

When laws still had limits,

and rights had a space,

and neighbors felt welcome

in our common place.

So we talk to our children,

we share what we know,

we lift up the voices

that truthfully show

How policies hurt us,

how cruelty spreads—

and how we can choose

better paths instead.

With comments and resharing,

with facts we relate,

we’ll guard the America

that once felt less late.

For a freer tomorrow

is still ours to make—

when we stand up together

for a non–police state. ✨🇺🇸

#ResharingBrigade #GrandparentsForTruth #IndyMedia #ProDemocracy #SupportUkraine #SupportPalestine #SupportAfghanVets

KHR's avatar

Shame, shame, shame!!!

Michele Dezbor's avatar

Bondj needs to be impeached and redaction is not the same as erasure which she and her goons should and do know.

DW's avatar

Pedo Nation comes out of the closet

Susan Rose's avatar

Wow! Great job with explaining what has been happening behind the scenes so to speak. This is all the information that the traditional media has an obligation to research and report. This is the truth and the facts the American people need to know. We need to know the extreme level of their corruption and lawlessness. I had no idea about withholding Congress appropriated funding (again!) for trafficking victims. When you broke down all the services, including protective housing, affected by this, it is appalling! But they are withholding appropriated funds left and right with no explanation and without the public having any knowledge of it. This is all so wrong!!! And their claim of redaction is another of their damn lies. Blacking out pages of documentation is clearly cover up. And they most likely did not maintain the original intact records. They are guilty of destroying evidence. Why doesn't this get reported by the media, and focused on by the Democrats who should be raising hell over all their corruption, cover ups and disregard of the law regarding appropriated funds. And I love and stand by my Democrat lawmakers, but they need to make more noise and inform the voters about all the evil doings of this corrupt regime!!!