Fun Facts with your host Rocket Renee!

Two photos that should deeply disturb you. The first photo is of a young Venezuelan named Andrys—a 23-year-old gay makeup artist who was disappeared by the Trump administration, recently identified publicly for the first time. Last week, he was deported into a Salvadoran mega-prison without due process, without a court hearing, and without evidence—solely based on suspicion of gang ties. The second photo was captured by an American photojournalist embedded inside that same mega-prison in El Salvador. The journalist documented the experiences of detainees, including American residents who've had their constitutional rights suspended. This quote from the article should turn your blood cold: "The intake began with slaps. One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.' I believed him. But maybe it’s only because he didn’t look like what I had expected—he wasn’t a tattooed monster." Did this journalist unknowingly witness Andrys’s abuse and imprisonment? Why must we—citizens of the United States—piece together these horrifying details while politicians ignore our courts, our Constitution, and the basic principles underpinning American democracy? If they can do this to Andrys, who's next? "Repulsive" and "evil" don't even scratch the surface—this is one of the darkest periods in American history, and we're living through it right now.