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He tells her that when she is on the ground, she's in the worst possible position. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of “\u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/students/usc-annenberg-student-journalists-kqeds-california-report-publish-joint-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">At Risk in the Trump Era\u003c/a>,” a four-month investigation by advanced radio students at the USC Annenberg School for Journalism and Communication. It explores how vulnerable communities across Southern California react to the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The series profiles individuals burdened by new worries — looking for work, signing up for school, or even deciding whether to publicly express their sexual orientation or religious affiliation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not long after Donald Trump first called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, hate crimes against mosques and the Muslim community spiked. That led 22-year-old Marwa Abdelghani to reluctantly remove her headscarf after wearing it for five years. She says she feared becoming a target, and that she's not the only Muslim woman who feels this way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Marwa also decided she would try to overcome her fears and fight back. Literally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after Trump’s election, Marwa signed up for a self-defense class taught by coach Asa Fuller at a jiu-jitsu studio in Fountain Valley, California. Marwa knows that close contact with the male self-defense teacher while in class violates Islamic social norms of modesty for women. But, she says, these are not normal times, and that she would never have taken a self-defense class before Trump's presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11564353\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11564353\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-800x934.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-800x934.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-160x187.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-1020x1191.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-1180x1378.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-960x1121.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-240x280.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-375x438.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25976_25974_transform-qut-1-520x607.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Asa begins the class by teaching Marwa the defensive stances. \u003ccite>(Pasha Zolfaghari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At 6-feet-2, Coach Asa towers a foot above Marwa. He boils the hourlong lesson down to a single strategy: Whenever possible, put as much distance as you can between yourself and your assailant. But at times confident Marwa has a little trouble with that concept. She often tries to attack Coach Asa in the training simulations, and he has to remind her that her goal is to defend herself and keep her distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one scenario, Coach Asa tells Marwa that a car has driven up alongside her; someone jumps out, grabs her and throws her into the back seat. The doors lock.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He shows her how to use the crook of her elbow to do a chokehold, to use all her might like her life depended on it. Choking a driver could end up in a crash, but that might give her the chance to escape. After a few tries, she squeezes his neck so hard that he taps her on the arm -- a signal of surrender.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, he moves on to the final lesson, which is a simulation of a rape attempt. He tells her that when she is on the ground, she's in the worst possible position. After teaching her the proper defensive posture when you are on the ground, he tells her to lie on her back and then lunges at her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11564356\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11564356\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-160x213.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-240x320.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-375x500.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/07/RS25977_25975_transform-qut-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coach Asa teaches Marwa to kick at an assailant’s shoulders if they lunge at her while she is on her back. \u003ccite>(Pasha Zolfaghari/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coach Asa tells her to bend her knees to her chest and then kick at his shoulders. Any lower and he’ll fall on top of her. As he tries to pry her knees open, Marwa pushed both feet forcefully at his shoulders. She sends him tumbling backward. She smiles triumphantly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marwa leaves the class feeling confident and pumped. She says she didn't have a problem with the physical contact. She knows that the more accurate the simulations are, the more prepared she will be if someone were to ever attack her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She may not be able to prevent something from happening, but she says she's much more confident, especially at a time when Muslim women are feeling especially vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of “\u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/students/usc-annenberg-student-journalists-kqeds-california-report-publish-joint-investigation\">At Risk in the Trump Era\u003c/a>,” a four-month investigation by USC Annenberg advanced radio students, exploring how vulnerable communities across Southern California react to the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The series profiles individuals burdened by new worries — looking for work, signing up for school, or even deciding whether to publicly express their sexual orientation or religious affiliation. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennylower/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jenny Lower \u003c/a>brings us the story of Adam Vondersaar. He welcomes Trump's presidency and sees it as a way to highlight his beliefs in libertarianism and what he calls \"maximum chaos.\" \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adam Vondersaar loves guns. Their smell reminds the 34-year-old software engineer of his childhood. One crisp, wet morning at a shooting range buried in the hills near Santa Clarita, he easily discharges 100 rounds from a Glock 19 and a Kriss Vector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Some of my fondest memories of being a young kid is reloading rounds with my grandfather and then doing some shooting with my dad, like skeet shooting,” he says. Guns are just “part of my life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/329043671\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vondersaar is a pretty good shot. He’s a straight shooter in conversation, too. Since Donald Trump’s election last November, some California conservatives have been trying to stay under the radar. That’s not the case with Vondersaar, who openly identifies as a Trump supporter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he isn’t your typical conservative. He supports the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Amendment\u003c/a>. But he also thinks necessities like health care and energy should be free. And he identifies as libertarian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says libertarianism \"basically means just leave people alone, and the government has no business deciding what people can and can’t do within their personal lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike many conservatives, he and his wife Melanie identify as atheists. They oppose Republicans' focus on issues like abortion and gay marriage. They also dislike what they call Republicans’ portrayal of themselves as “God-fearing Christians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not popular with my Democrat friends or my Republican friends because I hate religion with a passion,” Vondersaar says. “It’s just nonsense to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11451046 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Vondersaar, a libertarian and former punk-rock guitarist, says he voted for Trump to cause “maximum chaos.”\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Vondersaar, a libertarian and former punk-rock guitarist, says he voted for Trump to cause “maximum chaos.” \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This election cycle, he chose Trump for an unusual reason -- a personal philosophy he calls “maximum chaos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want him to go in and wreck the establishment,” Vondersaar says, laughing. “The Republicans don’t like him, the Democrats definitely don’t like him. Both teams need to be gutted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maximum chaos\" -- it sounds like a phrase you’d hear in a punk rock band. Which makes sense, because Vondersaar used to play guitar in a punk band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"T9AfsRsZE7kwog2WbVuf7m9LWK6OYDTp\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were several little bands that they had,” says his mom, Angel. “‘Like-Minded’ I think was the first one, and then the ‘Purple Monkey Dishwasher’, or something like that,” she joked. She lives across the street. This afternoon, she is curled up on her son’s couch, doing that thing all moms do -- brag about their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vondersaar’s most successful band was called Ikarus, after the \"Kid Icarus\" video game and the Greek myth. They played the \u003ca href=\"http://vanswarpedtour.com/bands/\">Warped Tour Festival\u003c/a> and a bunch of clubs in Hollywood, including the famed Roxy Theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was in there and I’m like, ‘Adam, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and all of them used to play here!'\" Angel says. \"They were in this little stage, and here you are playing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451045\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar and his mother, Angel, share a love of music. Like Adam, she wanted to be a professional musician in her youth. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In high school, music and sports kept Vondersaar going. He was the \"punk rock jock,\" the captain of the football team with a blue mohawk. His anti-establishment tendencies started around this time, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day in high school, “I decided to do an experiment with chemicals in a toilet,” he says. “You know, messing around with elemental sodium, reacts a little violently with water. It just causes, like, little explosions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He couldn’t have picked a worse day for this prank. It was April 20, 1999 -- the same day as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/us/columbine-high-school-shootings-fast-facts/\">Columbine High School shooting\u003c/a> in Littleton, Colorado. That tragedy became known as one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. With the whole country on edge, the response to the incident at his high school near Lancaster escalated fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's like SWAT team, hazmat, so many fire trucks, cops roll in, evacuate the school,” he says. “It was just bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"WkUBKTaE4l23LXlzWZg2v6hFYqYMLhkj\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vondersaar and his friends were afraid to come clean, so they kept quiet. A month later, a classmate turned them in. But he says that even though a diverse group of people were involved -- all his high school buddies -- school and police authorities didn’t treat them equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They pick[ed] the two German last name kids, like super white kids, and they’re like, ‘You're a part of the trench coat mafia.’ I’m like, what dude? We were just messing around,” he says. “I got shafted so hard. They made an example of me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got expelled, wound up in Juvenile Hall, and went to a continuation school. He tried to make the best of a bad situation, plowing through schoolwork. But the experience made him lose faith in institutions like public schools and the justice system. He learned to rely on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar works as a software engineer for a start-up that bills itself as a competitor to Craigslist. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As an adult, self-reliance to Vondersaar means planning for every contingency. These days, he is part of a survivalist group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He calls it “a preparedness level for maximum chaos. It does sound funny, when you talk about it. Because it is a little, like, weird -- those crazy prepper people. But it’s just insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He won’t say how many people are in the group. They don’t recruit openly. But Vondersaar says their activities, which emphasize practical skills like CPR training and canning food, amount to adult Boy Scouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have [a] storage container with water and food and things like that,\" he says. \"And then we have rally points where we can meet when the services go out so we can pool our resources and survive, until, you know -- whatever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"eq8ij9DhJQwVatDrJEtbtgLuv01FLByZ\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vondersaar isn’t sure society will devolve to this point in his lifetime. But he says like all empires, the American system will eventually fail. Maximum chaos will be inevitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to happen. There’ll be a period of bad things. Or there could just be an implosion,” he says. “That would suck, but that’s human nature -- it’s survival of the fittest. The people who are prepared will make it through. That’s how we founded the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451040\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar’s cousin Melissa Brand is a liberal from Orange County. The pair mostly avoid talking about politics. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of Vondersaar’s ideas sound pretty wacky to his family. Most of them are liberal. But his cousin Melissa Brand has figured out how to deal with his politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did unfollow him, so I don’t see it on my newsfeed anymore. Every once in a while I’ll go check on his page, see what he’s doing and stuff,” she says, “but on my own time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brand and her sister grew up with Adam, though she now lives in Orange County. They’re still close, and so the cousins mostly avoid talking about things like maximum chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"CFq1k44eDl64DLWykZStGcr25ZZcXZw4\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s still family, and I love him. We’re able to kind of make fun of ourselves. So we keep it peaceful,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Vondersaar is focused on a different kind of chaos. He and his wife Melanie are expecting a baby boy any day now. They still need to pick a name. It’s a “contentious issue,” Melanie jokes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I prefer the name Charlie but Adam doesn’t like it,” she says. He’s rooting for Warner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451047\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar and his wife Melanie are expecting a baby in May. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Vondersaar has plenty to keep him busy. He and Melanie just moved from their condo into a new house with a swimming pool and got a long list of home improvement projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First on the list: He needs to clear the extra ammo and the gun safe out of the nursery. And then paint it baby blue.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he isn’t your typical conservative. He supports the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Second Amendment\u003c/a>. But he also thinks necessities like health care and energy should be free. And he identifies as libertarian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says libertarianism \"basically means just leave people alone, and the government has no business deciding what people can and can’t do within their personal lives.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike many conservatives, he and his wife Melanie identify as atheists. They oppose Republicans' focus on issues like abortion and gay marriage. They also dislike what they call Republicans’ portrayal of themselves as “God-fearing Christians.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not popular with my Democrat friends or my Republican friends because I hate religion with a passion,” Vondersaar says. “It’s just nonsense to me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451046\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11451046 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Vondersaar, a libertarian and former punk-rock guitarist, says he voted for Trump to cause “maximum chaos.”\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar3.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adam Vondersaar, a libertarian and former punk-rock guitarist, says he voted for Trump to cause “maximum chaos.” \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This election cycle, he chose Trump for an unusual reason -- a personal philosophy he calls “maximum chaos.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want him to go in and wreck the establishment,” Vondersaar says, laughing. “The Republicans don’t like him, the Democrats definitely don’t like him. Both teams need to be gutted.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Maximum chaos\" -- it sounds like a phrase you’d hear in a punk rock band. Which makes sense, because Vondersaar used to play guitar in a punk band.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were several little bands that they had,” says his mom, Angel. “‘Like-Minded’ I think was the first one, and then the ‘Purple Monkey Dishwasher’, or something like that,” she joked. She lives across the street. This afternoon, she is curled up on her son’s couch, doing that thing all moms do -- brag about their kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vondersaar’s most successful band was called Ikarus, after the \"Kid Icarus\" video game and the Greek myth. They played the \u003ca href=\"http://vanswarpedtour.com/bands/\">Warped Tour Festival\u003c/a> and a bunch of clubs in Hollywood, including the famed Roxy Theatre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I was in there and I’m like, ‘Adam, Led Zeppelin, Robert Plant and all of them used to play here!'\" Angel says. \"They were in this little stage, and here you are playing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451045\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451045\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar5.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar and his mother, Angel, share a love of music. Like Adam, she wanted to be a professional musician in her youth. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In high school, music and sports kept Vondersaar going. He was the \"punk rock jock,\" the captain of the football team with a blue mohawk. His anti-establishment tendencies started around this time, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day in high school, “I decided to do an experiment with chemicals in a toilet,” he says. “You know, messing around with elemental sodium, reacts a little violently with water. It just causes, like, little explosions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He couldn’t have picked a worse day for this prank. It was April 20, 1999 -- the same day as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/18/us/columbine-high-school-shootings-fast-facts/\">Columbine High School shooting\u003c/a> in Littleton, Colorado. That tragedy became known as one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history. With the whole country on edge, the response to the incident at his high school near Lancaster escalated fast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It's like SWAT team, hazmat, so many fire trucks, cops roll in, evacuate the school,” he says. “It was just bad.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vondersaar and his friends were afraid to come clean, so they kept quiet. A month later, a classmate turned them in. But he says that even though a diverse group of people were involved -- all his high school buddies -- school and police authorities didn’t treat them equally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They pick[ed] the two German last name kids, like super white kids, and they’re like, ‘You're a part of the trench coat mafia.’ I’m like, what dude? We were just messing around,” he says. “I got shafted so hard. They made an example of me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He got expelled, wound up in Juvenile Hall, and went to a continuation school. He tried to make the best of a bad situation, plowing through schoolwork. But the experience made him lose faith in institutions like public schools and the justice system. He learned to rely on himself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451043\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451043\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar works as a software engineer for a start-up that bills itself as a competitor to Craigslist. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As an adult, self-reliance to Vondersaar means planning for every contingency. These days, he is part of a survivalist group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He calls it “a preparedness level for maximum chaos. It does sound funny, when you talk about it. Because it is a little, like, weird -- those crazy prepper people. But it’s just insurance.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He won’t say how many people are in the group. They don’t recruit openly. But Vondersaar says their activities, which emphasize practical skills like CPR training and canning food, amount to adult Boy Scouts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have [a] storage container with water and food and things like that,\" he says. \"And then we have rally points where we can meet when the services go out so we can pool our resources and survive, until, you know -- whatever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vondersaar isn’t sure society will devolve to this point in his lifetime. But he says like all empires, the American system will eventually fail. Maximum chaos will be inevitable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to happen. There’ll be a period of bad things. Or there could just be an implosion,” he says. “That would suck, but that’s human nature -- it’s survival of the fittest. The people who are prepared will make it through. That’s how we founded the country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451040\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451040\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/AdamVondersaar4.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar’s cousin Melissa Brand is a liberal from Orange County. The pair mostly avoid talking about politics. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some of Vondersaar’s ideas sound pretty wacky to his family. Most of them are liberal. But his cousin Melissa Brand has figured out how to deal with his politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I did unfollow him, so I don’t see it on my newsfeed anymore. Every once in a while I’ll go check on his page, see what he’s doing and stuff,” she says, “but on my own time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brand and her sister grew up with Adam, though she now lives in Orange County. They’re still close, and so the cousins mostly avoid talking about things like maximum chaos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He’s still family, and I love him. We’re able to kind of make fun of ourselves. So we keep it peaceful,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, Vondersaar is focused on a different kind of chaos. He and his wife Melanie are expecting a baby boy any day now. They still need to pick a name. It’s a “contentious issue,” Melanie jokes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I prefer the name Charlie but Adam doesn’t like it,” she says. He’s rooting for Warner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11451047\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11451047\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-240x180.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-375x281.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies-520x390.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/BabySupplies.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vondersaar and his wife Melanie are expecting a baby in May. \u003ccite>(Jenny Lower)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, Vondersaar has plenty to keep him busy. He and Melanie just moved from their condo into a new house with a swimming pool and got a long list of home improvement projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of \u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/students/usc-annenberg-student-journalists-kqeds-california-report-publish-joint-investigation\">“At Risk in the Trump Era,\u003c/a>” a four-month investigation by USC Annenberg advanced radio students, exploring how vulnerable communities across Southern California react to the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The series profiles individuals burdened by new worries — looking for work, signing up for school, or even deciding whether to publicly express their sexual orientation or religious affiliation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Stefanie De Leon Tzic brings us a story about Alvin, a young Indonesian Dreamer. He says being Asian and undocumented has been one of the most isolating experiences of his life. He asked us to use only his first name to avoid putting his parents at risk.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Colorful Hot Wheels collector cars, some in their original packaging, are scattered around Alvin's room. On his desk, a matchbox display case with his favorites -- hot rods, coups and convertibles. But none compare to his most valuable possession, the Nissan 240SX -- his real car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvin has always loved cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was a kid, I didn’t even play with, like, action figures or anything. The only toys I touched were toys that had wheels with them,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"sv5tHx4dvStSKXnxcydCX7FQZIA22zIo\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five years ago, he couldn’t drive his car without the constant fear of getting pulled over, getting his car taken away, or even getting deported. That’s because Alvin is an undocumented Dreamer. He has temporary protection from deportation under President Obama’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But President Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/12/dreamer-sees-path-to-escape-immigration-limbo/\">sent mixed signals\u003c/a> about Dreamers, and Alvin worries his protection could be taken away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not having Deferred Action is like a roadblock for me to even want to drive a car because I don’t want to get in trouble with the cops,” says Alvin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11478935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11478935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-800x515.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-1020x656.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-960x618.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-240x154.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-375x241.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-520x334.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A display of Hot Wheels toy cars from Alvin's collection. He says that from a young age, his only toys were ones that had wheels. \u003ccite>(Stefanie De Leon Tzic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His parents brought him to the U.S. from Indonesia when he was 2. The family overstayed their tourist visas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They wanted to escape the poverty that surrounded them back home. Alvin’s dad also wanted to leave the toxic environment he grew up in. He was physically abused by his parents for most of his life. Alvin says his dad sometimes has flashbacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When his parents first arrived, they didn’t know anyone. Just a faraway “friend of a friend” who owned a restaurant in Los Angeles and was also Indonesian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We actually lived at the restaurant for about three months. My parents worked at the restaurant during business hours and at night we would go up to the attic and sleep,” recalls Alvin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, the family lived in the shadows. His parents kept their heads down and worked to put Alvin through school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11479005\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11479005\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-240x160.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-375x250.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Alvin-Outside-Car-Blur-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alvin poses in front of his car, a Nissan 240SX. He's dreamed about owning one ever since he was a child. DACA allows him drive his car without the fear of getting pulled over and getting deported. \u003ccite>(Stefanie De Leon Tzic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When Alvin was in high school, he began looking for legal help so the family could try to adjust their immigration status. He says it was hard to find resources for undocumented immigrants who weren’t Latino.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You go to lawyers and they’re all like, ‘Oh yeah, we have this support system for you and especially we can cater to you if you speak Spanish.’ What about us?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The attorneys told him there was nothing his family could do. They didn’t have any family members that could petition for their residency. Even if they did, waiting for a visa could take decades. Just like for immigrants from Mexico. But Alvin didn't feel like he could connect with the Latino community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sucked especially because, like, you go through all these struggles, and you can’t really feel like you identify with other folks who also go through that struggle, so you just kind of, like, stay in your own pocket of [the] world,” he says. “It’s like you’re a double minority.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11478940\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11478940\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-800x475.jpg\" alt=\"One of many Hot Wheels toy cars from Alvin’s collection sits on his desk at work.\" width=\"800\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-800x475.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-160x95.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-1020x606.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-1180x701.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-960x571.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-240x143.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-375x223.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car-520x309.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Hot-Wheels-Car.jpg 1770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of many Hot Wheels toy cars from Alvin’s collection sits on his desk at work. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Alvin)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But DACA changed his life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To be real, it probably has been the biggest life-changer for me,\" says Alvin. \"It's not just a work permit. 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He has temporary protection from deportation under President Obama’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But President Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/04/12/dreamer-sees-path-to-escape-immigration-limbo/\">sent mixed signals\u003c/a> about Dreamers, and Alvin worries his protection could be taken away.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not having Deferred Action is like a roadblock for me to even want to drive a car because I don’t want to get in trouble with the cops,” says Alvin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11478935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11478935\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-800x515.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-800x515.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-160x103.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-1020x656.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-1180x759.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-960x618.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-240x154.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-375x241.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Collector-Cars-520x334.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A display of Hot Wheels toy cars from Alvin's collection. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of “\u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/students/usc-annenberg-student-journalists-kqeds-california-report-publish-joint-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">At Risk in the Trump Era\u003c/a>,” a four-month investigation by USC Annenberg advanced radio students, exploring how vulnerable communities across Southern California react to the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The series profiles individuals burdened by new worries — looking for work, signing up for school, or even deciding whether to publicly express their sexual orientation or religious affiliation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashready\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ashley Eady \u003c/a>brings us the story of \u003ca href=\"https://jacobthehorse.bandcamp.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob the Horse\u003c/a> — a Los Angeles band upset by Trump’s incendiary stance on Muslims, Jews and immigrants. Rick Chapman, the drummer, is Latino. Josh Fleury, the lead guitarist, is half Chinese. And lead singer Aviv Rubenstien is Jewish.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the election, Jacob the Horse didn’t play music that was at all political. They wrote a lot of rock songs about women, unrequited love and relationships gone wrong. Like the sweet and slow love song, “\u003ca href=\"https://jacobthehorse.bandcamp.com/track/hitchcock-blonde-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hitchcock Blonde\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But since Nov. 8, the band’s fear, frustration and anger have come pouring out. They went from writing lyrics like:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“I promise I can make things right if you only let me stay the night,”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>to\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“I’ll scream until I’ve got no air left to scream.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a rehearsal right after the election results and said, ‘Let’s write a song about how angry we are!’ ” explains bassist Mark Desrosiers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lead singer Aviv Rubenstien says the first few months of the Trump presidency have put him in touch with his Jewish roots. Despite having Israeli immigrant parents and growing up in a predominantly Jewish town, he spent his teenage years trying to fit in with his non-Jewish peers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I desperately, desperately wanted to be American,” Aviv says, letting out an introspective sigh. “I wasn’t ever Jewish first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11466636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11466636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lead singer Aviv Rubenstien sports a yellow Star of David on his jacket as a personal form of protest against rising anti-Semitism. \u003ccite>(Ashley Eady)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But since Trump took office in January, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/24/us/antisemitic-incidents-reports-trnd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attacks on synagogues have spiked\u003c/a>. On International Holocaust Day, Trump failed to acknowledge the deaths of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. And of course, Sean Spicer made \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-gas-holocaust-center.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his infamous comment\u003c/a> about the use of chemical weapons during World War II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All four of Aviv’s grandparents survived the Holocaust. He decides to take a stand at Jacob The Horse’s album release party at a local bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”IZJDJa5283c6dSQv43q5NHmocI1Tt8V9″]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The room buzzes with excitement as Mark, Aviv, Rick and Josh set up their equipment. Aviv steps up to the microphone and thanks the audience for coming to the show. He’s wearing a half-dollar-size pale gold Star of David — the same star European Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a more thoughtful form of protest than just wearing a shirt that says, like, ‘Go to Hell, Trump’ or whatever,” says Aviv. “It also is a reminder for me [that] I wouldn’t have had an option not to wear [the Star of David] 60 or 70 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the tiny star blends into Aviv’s dark denim jacket, some fans notice it. Michael Epstein is one of them. He likes seeing the provocative symbol worn by a fellow Jew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel empowered, encouraged, and not afraid to do the same sort of thing,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other members of Jacob the Horse have also gotten more political. Josh, for example, worries about his Taiwanese immigrant mother being affected by Trump’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11466639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11466639\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lead guitarist Josh Fleury and drummer Rick Chapman jam during a late-night rehearsal. \u003ccite>(Ashley Eady)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of been tough for me to think about,” Josh admits. “If a man like Trump was president back when my mom tried to move out here, she may not have been able to come out here at all, and then I may not have had the life I had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About halfway through the album release show, Jacob the Horse erupts into its newest song, the rock ‘n’ roll battle cry, “Dead by 45.” As the musicians play, brows furrowed and strumming intensely, they radiate the heat of their new fiery style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aviv explains the song’s title. “Well, [Trump] is the 45th president, and he’s going to kill us. We’ll all be dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aviv then gives a lyrical breakdown of the song, because it’s hard to actually make out the words of the ballad over the guitars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I’m a fool now that it’s over\u003cbr>\nBut it all will be okay\u003cbr>\nBecause when they drop the big one\u003cbr>\nWe’ll all be orange anyway\u003cbr>\nAnd forever and forever, when you’re tired every day\u003cbr>\n‘Cause when you’re stupid, that’s the punishment you pay\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Aviv explains, “The people that were positive [Trump] wouldn’t win [the election] are dumb, and the people that voted for him are dumb.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Aviv says the song has an overall positive tone. “It’s not like ‘I’m so angry.’ It’s like, ‘we’re screwed, but here we go!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important part of the song goes like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I feel fine ’cause we’ll be dead by 45\u003cbr>\nAnd if some k*** from California can sing about it, then, baby, so can I\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Aviv says he uses the derogatory term because he wants to defuse slurs against Jews, and celebrate his Jewish identity through his music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11466640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11466640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob the Horse performs at its album release show at Molly Malone’s Irish Pub in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ashley Eady)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He and the rest of the band hope that anyone listening to “Dead by 45” will feel inspired to stand up to the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The band plans to donate the proceeds from the new album to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.splcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southern Poverty Law Center\u003c/a> and, of course, write more protest songs.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>to\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>“I’ll scream until I’ve got no air left to scream.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We had a rehearsal right after the election results and said, ‘Let’s write a song about how angry we are!’ ” explains bassist Mark Desrosiers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lead singer Aviv Rubenstien says the first few months of the Trump presidency have put him in touch with his Jewish roots. Despite having Israeli immigrant parents and growing up in a predominantly Jewish town, he spent his teenage years trying to fit in with his non-Jewish peers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I desperately, desperately wanted to be American,” Aviv says, letting out an introspective sigh. “I wasn’t ever Jewish first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11466636\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11466636\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-800x1067.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-160x213.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-1020x1360.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-960x1280.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-240x320.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-375x500.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic4-520x693.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lead singer Aviv Rubenstien sports a yellow Star of David on his jacket as a personal form of protest against rising anti-Semitism. \u003ccite>(Ashley Eady)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But since Trump took office in January, \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/24/us/antisemitic-incidents-reports-trnd/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attacks on synagogues have spiked\u003c/a>. On International Holocaust Day, Trump failed to acknowledge the deaths of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. And of course, Sean Spicer made \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/us/politics/sean-spicer-hitler-gas-holocaust-center.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his infamous comment\u003c/a> about the use of chemical weapons during World War II.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All four of Aviv’s grandparents survived the Holocaust. He decides to take a stand at Jacob The Horse’s album release party at a local bar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The room buzzes with excitement as Mark, Aviv, Rick and Josh set up their equipment. Aviv steps up to the microphone and thanks the audience for coming to the show. He’s wearing a half-dollar-size pale gold Star of David — the same star European Jews were forced to wear during the Holocaust.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s a more thoughtful form of protest than just wearing a shirt that says, like, ‘Go to Hell, Trump’ or whatever,” says Aviv. “It also is a reminder for me [that] I wouldn’t have had an option not to wear [the Star of David] 60 or 70 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the tiny star blends into Aviv’s dark denim jacket, some fans notice it. Michael Epstein is one of them. He likes seeing the provocative symbol worn by a fellow Jew.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel empowered, encouraged, and not afraid to do the same sort of thing,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other members of Jacob the Horse have also gotten more political. Josh, for example, worries about his Taiwanese immigrant mother being affected by Trump’s policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11466639\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11466639\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic1-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lead guitarist Josh Fleury and drummer Rick Chapman jam during a late-night rehearsal. \u003ccite>(Ashley Eady)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of been tough for me to think about,” Josh admits. “If a man like Trump was president back when my mom tried to move out here, she may not have been able to come out here at all, and then I may not have had the life I had.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About halfway through the album release show, Jacob the Horse erupts into its newest song, the rock ‘n’ roll battle cry, “Dead by 45.” As the musicians play, brows furrowed and strumming intensely, they radiate the heat of their new fiery style.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aviv explains the song’s title. “Well, [Trump] is the 45th president, and he’s going to kill us. We’ll all be dead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aviv then gives a lyrical breakdown of the song, because it’s hard to actually make out the words of the ballad over the guitars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I’m a fool now that it’s over\u003cbr>\nBut it all will be okay\u003cbr>\nBecause when they drop the big one\u003cbr>\nWe’ll all be orange anyway\u003cbr>\nAnd forever and forever, when you’re tired every day\u003cbr>\n‘Cause when you’re stupid, that’s the punishment you pay\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Aviv explains, “The people that were positive [Trump] wouldn’t win [the election] are dumb, and the people that voted for him are dumb.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Aviv says the song has an overall positive tone. “It’s not like ‘I’m so angry.’ It’s like, ‘we’re screwed, but here we go!’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The most important part of the song goes like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>I feel fine ’cause we’ll be dead by 45\u003cbr>\nAnd if some k*** from California can sing about it, then, baby, so can I\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Aviv says he uses the derogatory term because he wants to defuse slurs against Jews, and celebrate his Jewish identity through his music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11466640\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11466640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/EADY-pic5-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacob the Horse performs at its album release show at Molly Malone’s Irish Pub in Los Angeles. \u003ccite>(Ashley Eady)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He and the rest of the band hope that anyone listening to “Dead by 45” will feel inspired to stand up to the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The band plans to donate the proceeds from the new album to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.splcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southern Poverty Law Center\u003c/a> and, of course, write more protest songs.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of “\u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/students/usc-annenberg-student-journalists-kqeds-california-report-publish-joint-investigation\">At Risk in the Trump Era\u003c/a>,” a four-month investigation by USC Annenberg advanced radio students, exploring how vulnerable communities across Southern California react to the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The series profiles individuals burdened by new worries — looking for work, signing up for school, or even deciding whether to publicly express their sexual orientation or religious affiliation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Renee Gross brings us the story of Olive, a transgender 20-something in Los Angeles who says her home life with her parents has gotten more hostile since Trump took office. Olive and her parents have asked only to use their first names. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive is parked in front of a grocery store miles away from her home. She pushes back her seat, undoes her pants, and pulls them down over her hairy legs. Then she slips on a skirt, top and jean jacket.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Aaah, freedom!” she exhales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive calls herself “vampire trans” because she dresses as male during the day, but at night puts on makeup and wears women’s clothes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11438996\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11438996\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-800x591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"591\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-800x591.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-160x118.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-1020x753.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-1180x871.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-960x709.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-240x177.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-375x277.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4-520x384.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive4.jpg 1738w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive performing stand-up at the Comedy Store. She jokes about her family and her love life, among other things. \u003ccite>(Renee Gross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She chose the name Olive partly because she used to imagine herself go-go dancing in olive-colored clothing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at home, she goes by her old name: Richard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lives with her parents, immigrants in their mid-60s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The transgender. That is ridiculous for me,” says her mother, Tatiana, who’s from Romania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive and her mom often fight about Olive’s identity. But there are days they’ll spend time together, even making Olive’s favorite comfort food for breakfast, a Romanian dish of sweet meatballs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We love him, you know,” Tatiana says while they mix the meat. “But we don’t like what he’s doing, what direction he chooses in life. So we are very worried about him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tatiana turns to Olive. “What’s your response on this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like you just don’t, you don’t see what my life is like,” says Olive. “I don’t think you will ever really see much of it because we don’t agree on how I should live my own life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something [like] the end of the world, you know, [that] even the president is against and everybody’s against,” says Tatiana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11438992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11438992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-800x621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-800x621.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-240x186.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-375x291.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-520x404.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive hugs her mother. \u003ccite>(Olive )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Olive’s parents are big Trump supporters. Olive vehemently opposes the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Olive says that conversation left her feeling depressed. She and her parents are always getting into dramatic fights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive is trying to save up money to leave her parents’ house. She has a degree in film and she eventually wants to be a cinematographer. For now, she works as a production assistant on a TV show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11439000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11439000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-800x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-800x687.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-1020x876.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-1920x1648.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-1180x1013.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-960x824.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-375x322.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-520x446.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive puts on nail polish in the car. She says she doesn’t feel like she she’s good at applying it yet, and often feels she ‘overpaints’ her nails. \u003ccite>(Renee Gross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Olive says during one recent fight, Tatiana told her she wanted to commit suicide. She just couldn’t deal with her child’s gender identity anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was thinking about her killing herself,” Olive tells me. “And then I was thinking about just me killing myself. Like, who’s going first?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive says around the time Trump got elected, she seriously considered killing herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The energy in the house was just kind of upsetting.” Olive recalls. “Right as he got elected, both my parents were screaming and shouting, “Woo-hoo! Go Trump!’ They were just pointing at me like, ‘Haha we won.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the weeks went by after the election, Olive says she just felt alienated. “And then I was in a lot of pain. I decided I didn’t want to deal with it anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knew of a bridge that she used to go to with her dad. It’s on the L.A. River near a bike path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just left my house one night when it was too much,” she says. “I drove there. I got there. And then my friend called me. And I was like OK, I’ll do this later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11439003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11439003\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive practices her jokes at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. \u003ccite>(Renee Gross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few months after Olive planned to kill herself, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/22/trump-administration-lifts-transgender-bathroom-guidance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rolled back protections\u003c/a> for transgender students in public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive talks about it with her dad, Harry, a hefty man with black hair and a receding hairline. At one point in the conversation, Olive brings up the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/16/transgender-individuals-face-high-rates--suicide-attempts/31626633/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high suicide rate\u003c/a> for transgender youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t like hearing that, right?” she asks her dad. “That trans kids kill themselves?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, I always believed that trans is a mental problem,” says Harry. “I don’t get it. For me it is disgusting. Disgusting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive says she’s heard comments like this from her parents many times. She just tries to let the words run right through her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are not trying to hurt me,” she says. “I don’t need to feel hurt by them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says this fight with her father is a little easier than the ones before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re fighting less these days. It’s not as bad now. It’s, like, calmer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s calmer, in part, because the fighting takes so much of out of them. They feel spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11439001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11439001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-800x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-1020x783.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-1920x1474.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-1180x906.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-960x737.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-240x184.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-375x288.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-520x399.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive puts on lipstick in her car. She says she loves the name of it: Rage. \u003ccite>(Renee Gross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But even though both parents thoroughly reject Olive’s gender identity, she wants to take care of them. She can’t remember a time when they weren’t struggling with depression. Olive is an only child, and even as a teenager she worried about her parents’ health and their ability to navigate old age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt like I was responsible for them, like they’re my kids,” she says. “Sometimes it still feels like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, taking care of them still means hiding her identity. At least while she still lives with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the parking lot where she changes into her skirt and blouse, Olive puts on her makeup. She dodges her stubble as she outlines her lips in red. She says she loves the name of her lipstick: Rage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The intensity of it is nice,” she says. “More than a mask, it’s like armor on my lips.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I just feel a little stronger for some reason.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But at home, she goes by her old name: Richard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She lives with her parents, immigrants in their mid-60s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The transgender. That is ridiculous for me,” says her mother, Tatiana, who’s from Romania.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive and her mom often fight about Olive’s identity. But there are days they’ll spend time together, even making Olive’s favorite comfort food for breakfast, a Romanian dish of sweet meatballs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We love him, you know,” Tatiana says while they mix the meat. “But we don’t like what he’s doing, what direction he chooses in life. So we are very worried about him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tatiana turns to Olive. “What’s your response on this?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel like you just don’t, you don’t see what my life is like,” says Olive. “I don’t think you will ever really see much of it because we don’t agree on how I should live my own life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s something [like] the end of the world, you know, [that] even the president is against and everybody’s against,” says Tatiana.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11438992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11438992\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-800x621.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-800x621.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-160x124.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-240x186.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-375x291.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3-520x404.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive3.jpg 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive hugs her mother. \u003ccite>(Olive )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Olive’s parents are big Trump supporters. Olive vehemently opposes the president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Later, Olive says that conversation left her feeling depressed. She and her parents are always getting into dramatic fights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive is trying to save up money to leave her parents’ house. She has a degree in film and she eventually wants to be a cinematographer. For now, she works as a production assistant on a TV show.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11439000\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11439000\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-800x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-800x687.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-1020x876.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-1920x1648.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-1180x1013.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-960x824.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-240x206.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-375x322.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1-520x446.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive puts on nail polish in the car. She says she doesn’t feel like she she’s good at applying it yet, and often feels she ‘overpaints’ her nails. \u003ccite>(Renee Gross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Olive says during one recent fight, Tatiana told her she wanted to commit suicide. She just couldn’t deal with her child’s gender identity anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was thinking about her killing herself,” Olive tells me. “And then I was thinking about just me killing myself. Like, who’s going first?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive says around the time Trump got elected, she seriously considered killing herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The energy in the house was just kind of upsetting.” Olive recalls. “Right as he got elected, both my parents were screaming and shouting, “Woo-hoo! Go Trump!’ They were just pointing at me like, ‘Haha we won.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the weeks went by after the election, Olive says she just felt alienated. “And then I was in a lot of pain. I decided I didn’t want to deal with it anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She knew of a bridge that she used to go to with her dad. It’s on the L.A. River near a bike path.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I just left my house one night when it was too much,” she says. “I drove there. I got there. And then my friend called me. And I was like OK, I’ll do this later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11439003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11439003\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2-520x293.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive practices her jokes at the Los Angeles LGBT Center. \u003ccite>(Renee Gross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A few months after Olive planned to kill herself, Trump \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/22/trump-administration-lifts-transgender-bathroom-guidance/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rolled back protections\u003c/a> for transgender students in public schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive talks about it with her dad, Harry, a hefty man with black hair and a receding hairline. At one point in the conversation, Olive brings up the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/08/16/transgender-individuals-face-high-rates--suicide-attempts/31626633/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">high suicide rate\u003c/a> for transgender youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You don’t like hearing that, right?” she asks her dad. “That trans kids kill themselves?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Well, I always believed that trans is a mental problem,” says Harry. “I don’t get it. For me it is disgusting. Disgusting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olive says she’s heard comments like this from her parents many times. She just tries to let the words run right through her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are not trying to hurt me,” she says. “I don’t need to feel hurt by them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She says this fight with her father is a little easier than the ones before.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re fighting less these days. It’s not as bad now. It’s, like, calmer.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s calmer, in part, because the fighting takes so much of out of them. They feel spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11439001\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11439001\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-800x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-800x614.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-160x123.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-1020x783.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-1920x1474.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-1180x906.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-960x737.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-240x184.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-375x288.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6-520x399.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/05/Olive6.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Olive puts on lipstick in her car. She says she loves the name of it: Rage. \u003ccite>(Renee Gross)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>But even though both parents thoroughly reject Olive’s gender identity, she wants to take care of them. She can’t remember a time when they weren’t struggling with depression. Olive is an only child, and even as a teenager she worried about her parents’ health and their ability to navigate old age.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I felt like I was responsible for them, like they’re my kids,” she says. “Sometimes it still feels like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For now, taking care of them still means hiding her identity. At least while she still lives with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the parking lot where she changes into her skirt and blouse, Olive puts on her makeup. She dodges her stubble as she outlines her lips in red. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This story is part of “\u003ca href=\"http://annenberg.usc.edu/news/students/usc-annenberg-student-journalists-kqeds-california-report-publish-joint-investigation\">At Risk in the Trump Era\u003c/a>,” a four-month investigation by USC Annenberg advanced radio students, exploring how vulnerable communities across Southern California react to the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency. The series profiles individuals burdened by new worries — looking for work, signing up for school, or even deciding whether to publicly express their sexual orientation or religious affiliation. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"http://paolamardo.com/\">Paola Mardo’\u003c/a>s story focuses on “Tess” and “Marco,” who are among the more than 300,000 undocumented Filipinos in the U.S. — forced from their home country because of poverty, corruption and a deadly drug war. They’ve asked to change their names for this story because they don’t want to put their community or their relationship at risk.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess and Marco’s love story started when they were teenagers. It was Marco who first caught the love bug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love her since we were in high school,” says Marco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“He was my buddy-buddy and he was my best friend. And I didn’t even know that he got interest in me,” Tess smiles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess didn’t know about Marco’s feelings partly because he was planning to be a priest. His Catholic family and everyone at school knew it. So even though they cared for each other, Tess and Marco stayed “buddy-buddy” in high school, and then parted ways after graduation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But when priesthood didn’t work out, Marco always kept Tess in mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Four times I dream of her,” Marco remembers. “1989, 1992, ’98, and 2002.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”9o1Bghaic4Q7ZjmfMnN3z1Hl0oVg1n6Q”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then in 2012, 37 years after graduation, they finally reconnected. Their romance rekindled when Marco began searching for Tess on Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One day, Marco got the idea to search for his high school class. “Ping! Voila,” he grins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘Hi. Remember me?’ That’s what he said.” Tess recalls. He sent her a few more messages after that: “‘I’m adding you as a friend. You’re not accepting yet.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Tess a few days to confirm this was the Marco she knew from high school decades ago. So much time had passed and she wanted to be sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she got Marco’s message, Tess was in Los Angeles working as a caregiver and domestic worker for the sick and elderly. Marco was in Saudi Arabia, managing a printing press for an Arabic newspaper. Though they were 8,000 miles apart, they began messaging each other or having online video chats almost every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11429832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11429832 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tess and Marco play sungka, a traditional Filipino mancala game.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tess and Marco play sungka, a traditional Filipino mancala game. \u003ccite>(Paola Mardo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marco sifts through their old Facebook messages and reads them aloud. “I told her, ‘Take care always and bear in mind always that I love you very much.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We felt like we’re in high school again,” says Tess. “But it was so corny. So corny because we’re already old!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marco translates another message and laughs. “I told her, ‘You look old!’ She told me, ‘What do you expect? \u003cem>Sa hirap ng pinagdaanan ko\u003c/em>?’ (After the difficulties I’ve been through?)”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess’s life was troubled after high school. Before coming to America, she was married to an abusive husband in Manila. Tess says he was possessive, hit her and was emotionally abusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her husband left his job and gambled away their savings, Tess was forced to look for overseas caregiver jobs to support their kids and make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these jobs were in the U.S., where she was forced to work long hours. Tess recalls a harrowing experience in which one employer refused to feed her, and she was forced to eat dog food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11429835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11429835 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tess paints at home to take her mind off recent immigration news.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tess paints at home to take her mind off recent immigration news. \u003ccite>(Paola Mardo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tess rarely saw the money she was paid for these jobs. It wasn’t until much later that she realized she’d been a victim of labor trafficking. When she finally escaped her last abusive employer, she followed one of her daughters, who had moved to Los Angeles. It wasn’t an easy transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worked job after job,” Tess recalls. “I was homeless that time, trying to establish myself alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess got a divorce and wanted to restart her life. Marco was in a similar rut. He grew tired of living so far from friends and family in Saudi Arabia. That’s when he sent Tess that fateful friend request. And after months of chatting, he saved up some money to visit her in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess remembers the moment she saw Marco at the airport, the first time she laid eyes on him after 37 years. “I said, ‘This is for real? Wow, he’s still cute!’ ” She beats her chest and voices the sound of a fast-beating heart: “Boog-boog! Boog-boog!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We just meet at the middle and then I kiss her,” Marco recalls, smacking his lips together. “Muah! Only in cheek. I whisper her, ‘I’m going to kneel and then propose with you to marry me.’ And then she told me, ‘No, no! 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She was worried she would get picked up by U.S. customs agents if they attracted too much attention at the airport. So Marco withheld his proposal, but he moved in with her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When his visa is about to expire, I said to him, ‘So what’s your plan? You can go back.’ ” Tess said. “He said, ‘No, I’m not going to leave you anymore with these things happening to you. We’re going to live here.’ ”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess is now a caregiver for employers that she says treat her well and give her fair pay. Marco is a maintenance worker and usually the house chef.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”2pbzTxX7TULwqIjsDVdgOapotRq3txhJ”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and Tess share a laugh. But the risk is real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After hearing about an immigration raid in Los Angeles targeting undocumented Filipinos, Tess and Marco attend a “Know Your Rights” workshop. 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You’re not accepting yet.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It took Tess a few days to confirm this was the Marco she knew from high school decades ago. So much time had passed and she wanted to be sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When she got Marco’s message, Tess was in Los Angeles working as a caregiver and domestic worker for the sick and elderly. Marco was in Saudi Arabia, managing a printing press for an Arabic newspaper. Though they were 8,000 miles apart, they began messaging each other or having online video chats almost every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11429832\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11429832 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tess and Marco play sungka, a traditional Filipino mancala game.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS-AND-MARCO-HANDS-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tess and Marco play sungka, a traditional Filipino mancala game. \u003ccite>(Paola Mardo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Marco sifts through their old Facebook messages and reads them aloud. “I told her, ‘Take care always and bear in mind always that I love you very much.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We felt like we’re in high school again,” says Tess. “But it was so corny. So corny because we’re already old!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marco translates another message and laughs. “I told her, ‘You look old!’ She told me, ‘What do you expect? \u003cem>Sa hirap ng pinagdaanan ko\u003c/em>?’ (After the difficulties I’ve been through?)”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess’s life was troubled after high school. Before coming to America, she was married to an abusive husband in Manila. Tess says he was possessive, hit her and was emotionally abusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After her husband left his job and gambled away their savings, Tess was forced to look for overseas caregiver jobs to support their kids and make ends meet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these jobs were in the U.S., where she was forced to work long hours. Tess recalls a harrowing experience in which one employer refused to feed her, and she was forced to eat dog food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11429835\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11429835 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Tess paints at home to take her mind off recent immigration news.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-960x720.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-240x180.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-375x281.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/TESS_PAINTING-520x390.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tess paints at home to take her mind off recent immigration news. \u003ccite>(Paola Mardo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tess rarely saw the money she was paid for these jobs. It wasn’t until much later that she realized she’d been a victim of labor trafficking. When she finally escaped her last abusive employer, she followed one of her daughters, who had moved to Los Angeles. It wasn’t an easy transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I worked job after job,” Tess recalls. “I was homeless that time, trying to establish myself alone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess got a divorce and wanted to restart her life. Marco was in a similar rut. He grew tired of living so far from friends and family in Saudi Arabia. That’s when he sent Tess that fateful friend request. And after months of chatting, he saved up some money to visit her in L.A.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tess remembers the moment she saw Marco at the airport, the first time she laid eyes on him after 37 years. “I said, ‘This is for real? Wow, he’s still cute!’ ” She beats her chest and voices the sound of a fast-beating heart: “Boog-boog! 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