I’ll wait a bit… if you need a hint, here is Sting’s [beautiful] song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_bN5ECJTI
And now, the answer: they both deal with “Disappearing” political critics, protestors, and the “unwanted.”
Sting describes protests by women who lost their menfolk to Disappearing by the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship in Chile (1973-90). These women would gather regularly, often holding a picture of the disappeared loved one as they danced alone in the public square.
Disappearing was also common during military rule in Argentina (1976-83) and was preferred by Nazis to get rid of suspected members of the French Resistance under a program called Nacht und Nebel (Night and Fog, 1941-45).
So now about Sec. Noem: She’s Trump’s new Director of Homeland Security and as such is the face of the administration’s program of extrajudicial round up of alleged criminals, gang members, legal and undocumented immigrants, asylum applicants, temporary farm workers, DACA Dreamers, birthright citizens, green card holders, and lastly student protestors/critics. All of these people are subject to imprisonment domestically, deportation, or deportation to horrific prisons in places like El Salvador. Many will never be heard from again and very, very few will be provided judicial review.
On Tuesday, March 25, a Tufts University graduate student was rounded up by half a dozen operatives in black, unmarked clothing and ski masks. Her offense was writing an editorial in the Tufts student newspaper that was critical of Israel. At the time of this writing, eight other similar incidents have occurred.
Tufts is on a list of 60 universities subject to this kind of sanction. Their nominal problem is unresolved anti-semitism issues. But please understand this is just the first and most convenient “problem.” Portland State University is on the list and the Trump administration does not like Portland.
Attorney George Conway: “What They’re Doing is Profoundly Evil and Wrong.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE4rPDMoBi0
