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"WeRateDogs, a popular social media account that shares heartwarming dog
stories, took an unusual political turn Tuesday with a post bashing Immigration
and Customs Enforcement (ICE) over a story about a pet dog that was fatally
shot during a raid on a home in Texas.
Matt Nelson launched the WeRateDogs Twitter account a decade ago when he was in
college and has since amassed a huge audience: over 9 million on the original
account, 4.9 million on Instagram, 3.4 million on TikTok, 1.5 million on
Facebook, over 434K on YouTube, and over 415K on Bluesky.
WeRateDogs typically posts photos and videos of dogs engaged in adorable
antics, amusingly rating them higher than 10 out of 10 (because “they’re good
dogs, Brent“). Over the years, the account has started selling merchandise and
entering into affiliate agreements with companies like Farmer’s Dog brand dog
food, which is used to support a number of dog and pet charities.
Tuesday, however, saw WeRateDogs tackle a hot-button political issue, President
Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, and specifically raids conducted by ICE.
The account shared photos and reporting from a
KFOX14 article about an
incident in El Paso, Texas back in September, in which U.S. Customs and Border
Protection was engaged in “an investigation into alien smuggling at a
residence.”
The family at that residence, who asked to remain anonymous, were described in
the article as “distraught” after U.S. Border Patrol agents entered their son’s
home and shot the family dog.
According to the family, the agents showed up in plainclothes, jeans and
t-shirts, and wearing masks, and requested to search the home. The son agreed
to allow the search, saying he had nothing to hide, but asked to be able to put
Chop, the family’s Rottweiler, in a bathroom before they entered the house,
because the dog could be “aggressive” with strangers.
When the agents asked to see the son’s ID, he went to his pickup truck to get
it, and an agent entered his home, opened the bathroom door, and shot Chop, the
family said."
Via Susan ****
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
