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Liam in the cockpit before take-off!! ✈️ (Original Post) littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago OP
Sumpin in my eyes dickthegrouch 10 hrs ago #1
Great to see this little guy treated with KINDNESS. BUT bluestarone 10 hrs ago #2
Sweet, sweet kindness democrank 9 hrs ago #3
once again Skittles 9 hrs ago #4
This makes my heart sing. patphil 9 hrs ago #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Duncan Grant 9 hrs ago #6
I can condemn ICE elsewhere. Today, I'll be thankful for this moment. (nt) Duncan Grant 9 hrs ago #7
❤️ littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #8
Liam slams the throttles forward and says, "Let's go get that f-ing verga!" Gaugamela 9 hrs ago #9
Hahaha! littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago #12
... orangecrush 9 hrs ago #10
I know right! ❤️ littlemissmartypants 9 hrs ago #11
Brings a tear even to my hardened eyes. paleotn 8 hrs ago #13
Yes, Miller, trump, et al are consumed with hatred and racism vapor2 4 hrs ago #37
Thats so awesome but you can see the hurt on his eyes kimbutgar 8 hrs ago #14
❤️ littlemissmartypants 8 hrs ago #15
That sweet boy deserves all the happy he can get mcar 8 hrs ago #16
I hope that when he looks back at this MustLoveBeagles 8 hrs ago #17
"This is not American" PatSeg 8 hrs ago #18
I understand. Trump's USA though? Let's not hand it over in its entirety just yet, please. littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #27
Thank you PatSeg 2 hrs ago #39
"" AllaN01Bear 8 hrs ago #19
One of the BlueSky comments noted how expressionless his face was. It was... 3catwoman3 8 hrs ago #20
I saw that comment too. Poor little boy is traumatized. Boomerproud 8 hrs ago #22
Is he going to go back to that school now? IcyPeas 8 hrs ago #21
Which cockpit? Which aircraft? Who pays? question everything 8 hrs ago #23
Pffffttt. littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #24
So cool. Seems very sweet. Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #25
YEAH!!!!!! SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #26
❤️✈️😊 littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #28
TY so much for sharing, Pants!!! SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #29
My pleasure, SL. 👍🙏💞 littlemissmartypants 6 hrs ago #31
You have made my week! SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #32
Awe. 🙈 Thanks. 😘 littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #33
Truly. Tyvvvm! SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #34
He's home! Link SheltieLover 5 hrs ago #35
I generally detest videos. This one I watched twice! LOVE THIS!!! SheltieLover 6 hrs ago #30
This is how you inspire... flying-skeleton 4 hrs ago #36
❤️ littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #38
Amazing! Let's work to get the rest home! AllyCat 2 hrs ago #40
Sadly, tnis IS american. From the rounding up of the Indigenous, to niyad 1 hr ago #41
Liam pressed the lever and this happened: usonian 1 hr ago #42

dickthegrouch

(4,376 posts)
1. Sumpin in my eyes
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:28 PM
10 hrs ago

What a privilege.
I've been on the bridge of an hovercraft from France to England, but never seen the cockpit of a plane except in museums. I'm envious.

bluestarone

(21,567 posts)
2. Great to see this little guy treated with KINDNESS. BUT
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 03:39 PM
10 hrs ago

I feel the fear he still has, about wanting to be with his FATHER! I FELT his fear!! Those dam BASTARDS caused him some SCARS for sure!

Skittles

(170,106 posts)
4. once again
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 04:03 PM
9 hrs ago

if we could keep the immigrants and get rid of the bigots, THAT would make America truly great

Response to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

paleotn

(21,806 posts)
13. Brings a tear even to my hardened eyes.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 04:43 PM
8 hrs ago

Poor punkin!

What the absolute fuck is wrong with those people? Do they hate that much? And why? Do their own lives suck so goddamn bad they have to scapegoat 5 year old's to feel better about themselves? The inhumanity of magats is simply beyond my comprehension. Sorry, but I'll never, ever forgive them for this and a whole host of other horrific stories.

vapor2

(4,065 posts)
37. Yes, Miller, trump, et al are consumed with hatred and racism
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 09:09 PM
4 hrs ago

Makes me wanna vomit that they are jailing children and shooting protesters in cold blood. Wish this would end

kimbutgar

(26,967 posts)
14. Thats so awesome but you can see the hurt on his eyes
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 04:47 PM
8 hrs ago

I hope he gets therapy for the trauma he experienced.

I love that the administration was shamed by the court order to release him.

MustLoveBeagles

(15,086 posts)
17. I hope that when he looks back at this
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:01 PM
8 hrs ago

He sees this as a bright spot in an otherwise horrifying situation. And your right, All of the children and adults kidnapped and traumatized by our government need to be released.

PatSeg

(52,471 posts)
18. "This is not American"
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:15 PM
8 hrs ago

Sadly, it appears that it IS American in Trump's U.S.A.

I knew it was possible, but I didn't think it could get this bad, this quickly.

littlemissmartypants

(32,577 posts)
27. I understand. Trump's USA though? Let's not hand it over in its entirety just yet, please.
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:23 PM
6 hrs ago

And keep in mind that authoritarian propagandist efforts are geared towards several things. The health care changes, removal of environmental protections etc are all part of a concept called autogenocide.

It's their push away from American values and towards Christian Nationalism. This attempts to overpower us with their unpopular and easily refuted attempts at separating us as they try pushing us away from goodness and hope towards engineered despair.

This creates a world where finding good becomes useless in one's mind and the stress it creates distracts from our ability to organize, see a better tomorrow and resist their efforts.

Awareness of autogenocide exposes how nation states and rogue governments try to drive their populations to destroy themselves. Whether through poisoned environments, collapsing healthcare, misinformation & engineered despair.

It's mass death by design & by the outright neglect of society. It's also known as Social Murder.

Of course, it's OK to get angry as long as we don't stew ourselves in it. Keeping in mind that anger is really fear in translation. So let's stay strong and encouraged because it doesn't matter what they do as long as we stay aware of their attempts at making us destroy ourselves and each other.

We won't let them win.

I love your strength and compassion. But I also don't want us to lose hope.

Thank you for your reply, PatSeg.



❤️

PatSeg

(52,471 posts)
39. Thank you
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 10:47 PM
2 hrs ago

I try to remain optimistic, but Trump & Co.'s shock and awe campaign is doing exactly what it was meant to do. I'm old and exhausted, but I'm grateful that there are younger, more energetic people able to take over.

3catwoman3

(28,811 posts)
20. One of the BlueSky comments noted how expressionless his face was. It was...
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:20 PM
8 hrs ago

…the first thing I noticed also. Very somber. In normal circumstances, you’d expect a little kid this age to be grinning from ear to ear. Needless to say, these are not normal circumstances.

I hope Liam can soon feel safe, secure and joyful.

IcyPeas

(25,105 posts)
21. Is he going to go back to that school now?
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 05:23 PM
8 hrs ago

I'm glad he's home but this is pure cruelty.

The agents that did this... the ones who used him as bait.... need to be charged.

Name them.

🩵Liam 💙

SheltieLover

(78,005 posts)
29. TY so much for sharing, Pants!!!
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:28 PM
6 hrs ago

He looks like such a sweet little guy... Something in my eye here...

I needed to see that happy post, with him being treated like the sweet child he is. I hope they sue slob regieme's asses off!!!!

niyad

(130,319 posts)
41. Sadly, tnis IS american. From the rounding up of the Indigenous, to
Sun Feb 1, 2026, 11:55 PM
1 hr ago

the slaveholders to the Japanese-Americans in internment camps to krasnov's "family separation" horror. .the history of this "shining city on the hill" is riddled with such horrors.

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