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babylonsister

(172,134 posts)
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 07:47 AM Yesterday

Stephen Miller Can't Make America White. LA Is Paying for His Impotent Rage

Stephen Miller Can’t Make America White. LA Is Paying for His Impotent Rage
by Amanda Marcotte | June 12, 2025 - 5:26am

— from Salon


Donald Trump loves authoritarian theater, but let's not forget that Stephen Miller is also to blame for the violence and chaos in Los Angeles. Last week, the right-wing Washington Examiner reported that Trump's deputy chief of staff called a meeting with the top officials at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to "eviscerate" them for falling far short of the ridiculous goal he set of 3,000 deportations a day. In their desperation to keep Miller happy, ICE has already been targeting legal immigrants for deportation, mostly because they're easy to find, due to having registered with the government. ICE agents stake out immigration hearings for people with refugee status and round up people here with work or student visas for minor offenses like speeding tickets, all to get the numbers up. But these actions were not enough for Miller.

"Why aren’t you at Home Depot? Why aren’t you at 7-Eleven?” he reportedly screamed at ICE officials. One ICE leader protested that the agency's lead, Tom Homan, said they're supposed to be going after criminals, not people who are just working everyday jobs. Miller reportedly hit the ceiling, furious that arrests aren't widespread and indiscriminate. Trump has repeatedly implied he was only targeting criminals, but as Charles Davis reported at Salon, that conflicts with his promise of "mass deportations." Undocumented immigrants commit crimes at far lower rates than native-born Americans. The expansive efforts to find and arrest immigrants in California, which kicked off the protests, appear to be a direct reaction to Miller's orders to grab as many people as possible, regardless of innocence.

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Miller's whites-only dreams aren't going to happen, though it's unclear if he's delusional enough to think otherwise. White non-Hispanic Americans are 58% of the population, according to the Census. That means nearly 143 million Americans — most of whom are citizens— fall outside the strict parameters of what white nationalists like Miller would see as "white people." Even if the Trump administration met its unlikely goal of deporting 11 million people, this would still be a racially diverse country by any measure. And it's becoming more diverse: the non-white population is younger and having more children.

If it feels gross to treat human beings like a math problem, that's because it is. But that's what we're dealing with: an administration, led by a would-be strong man and his little deputy, that can't engineer American demographics, no matter how hard they might try. MAGA Republicans flip out when liberals correctly point out that diversity is America's strength. But what really makes them crazy is knowing, deep down, that diversity is America's inevitability.

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http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/amanda-marcotte/114078/stephen-miller-can-t-make-america-white-la-is-paying-for-his-impotent-rage

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Stephen Miller Can't Make America White. LA Is Paying for His Impotent Rage (Original Post) babylonsister Yesterday OP
Kick orangecrush Yesterday #1
This video is a fine companion piece to that article: appmanga Yesterday #2
thanks for posting . bdamomma Yesterday #7
the strict parameters of what white nationalists like Miller would see as "white people." prodigitalson Yesterday #3
This is a key point. Ursus Rex Yesterday #11
Yeah, I stopped trying to figure it out prodigitalson 21 hrs ago #20
he cannot creon Yesterday #4
Not that it matters to me, enigmania Yesterday #5
Same. ananda Yesterday #9
Same here. Dulcinea 22 hrs ago #18
Kids under age 5 are majority nonwhite.. Demovictory9 Yesterday #6
Yes, the absolute goal (and always was" is to make America white again. ananda Yesterday #8
Stephen Miller looks white. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #10
Stephen Miller, Trump's senior advisor is a vile white supremacy wacko IrishBubbaLiberal Yesterday #12
Treating unwanted populations like a math problem describes the Nazi regime to a T robbob Yesterday #13
He should deport himself to a whiter country since he's so unhappy here IronLionZion Yesterday #14
Stephen Miller is David Horowitz.............Stephen Miller is the second act of David Horowitz............. turbinetree Yesterday #15
Trump and Miller et al have lied about how many criminals who are undocumented are here Pachamama Yesterday #16
That won't stop Stephen Miller from terrorizing everyone who's not a non-hispanic white DSandra Yesterday #17
Stephen Miller gives all Steves a bad name... CapnSteve 21 hrs ago #19
I don't think Miller is "also" to blame. I think he is primarily to blame. RVN VET71 18 hrs ago #21

bdamomma

(68,541 posts)
7. thanks for posting .
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:32 AM
Yesterday

Though there are many other issues flooding our lives currently. That Bill Abominable Bill must be defeated. Call or send a message to your Senators and Reps to vote NO on this bill.

prodigitalson

(3,106 posts)
3. the strict parameters of what white nationalists like Miller would see as "white people."
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 08:10 AM
Yesterday

Well most white nationalists aren't like Miller.

Most white nationalist don't consider Miller to be white.

Ursus Rex

(391 posts)
11. This is a key point.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:42 AM
Yesterday

The Latin Proud Boys or whatever sound like a contradiction in terms, but they exist, nevertheless, and are often the most eager to enact the policies. I have no idea what the answer is.

prodigitalson

(3,106 posts)
20. Yeah, I stopped trying to figure it out
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:04 PM
21 hrs ago

Jewish Nazi creates a lot of cognitive dissonance. But it's a thing.

ananda

(32,083 posts)
8. Yes, the absolute goal (and always was" is to make America white again.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:35 AM
Yesterday

It is insane beyond belief, but aren't all Hitler types insane?

Kid Berwyn

(20,656 posts)
10. Stephen Miller looks white.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 09:37 AM
Yesterday

But WASPs know he’s no WASP.

How about treating each other as equals, like good people do?

robbob

(3,708 posts)
13. Treating unwanted populations like a math problem describes the Nazi regime to a T
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:23 AM
Yesterday

The “work” camps were a perfect example: “how little food do we have to feed the inmates, and how hard do we have to work them such that the death rate will balance out with the new arrivals”. It was so cold blooded, it was monstrous. And that describes Stephen Miller to a T.

IronLionZion

(49,127 posts)
14. He should deport himself to a whiter country since he's so unhappy here
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:25 AM
Yesterday

Wait until he finds out how many of us are US born citizens. He'll come up with increasingly insane ways to get rid of us.

turbinetree

(26,193 posts)
15. Stephen Miller is David Horowitz.............Stephen Miller is the second act of David Horowitz.............
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:46 AM
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Pachamama

(17,299 posts)
16. Trump and Miller et al have lied about how many criminals who are undocumented are here
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 10:56 AM
Yesterday

So they were left with no other option than to do what they are now - and grabbing “brown people”

The real agenda is emerging

DSandra

(1,591 posts)
17. That won't stop Stephen Miller from terrorizing everyone who's not a non-hispanic white
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 11:18 AM
Yesterday

They want to put non-whites in fear, and take away their ability to live and thrive.

CapnSteve

(306 posts)
19. Stephen Miller gives all Steves a bad name...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 02:00 PM
21 hrs ago

He is the one who should be in jail for contempt, paying thousands a day for every deportee denied due process.

He needs to suffer for the Convicted Felon.

RVN VET71

(2,914 posts)
21. I don't think Miller is "also" to blame. I think he is primarily to blame.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 04:42 PM
18 hrs ago

Trump is too disengaged because of his cognitive decline to plan anything. Miller and other inner-circle fascists are there for that. All Trump has to do is read, as best he can, the edicts and statements prepared for him by Miller et al.

Big Brother, remember, was dead before the beginning of 1984, but his posters were everywhere, and the Party used his image to keep everyone in line, including Party members themselves.

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