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stopdiggin

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1. link between deportations and earthquake deaths - - - exceedingly tenuous

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 11:43 PM

Jun 30

Venezuela has suffered a horrific natural disaster and loss of life in compounding tragedy.

But - let's make it (somehow) about us ...

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Venezuelans deported from the U.S. were killed hours later in powerful quakes [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 30 OP

link between deportations and earthquake deaths - - - exceedingly tenuous stopdiggin Jun 30 #1

To me, the larger point is the tragic irony of Fate (and, yes,. ColoringFool Jun 30 #2

certainly. there is a large dollop of (rather cruel) irony here. stopdiggin Jul 1 #5

It's a direct link- read the post again, 146 deportees were killed when their hotel pancaked. Blues Heron Jul 1 #3

because Trump is of course in control of natural disasters (and deaths) in S.America stopdiggin Jul 1 #4

Nobody is saying that Blues Heron Jul 1 #6

If they were not deported, they would be still alive today. LisaL Jul 1 #7

and if I had not put my child on a school bus the other morning ... stopdiggin Jul 1 #8