Things must be grim if talking ABOUT Epstein is the distraction.
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Things must be grim if talking ABOUT Epstein is the distraction.
he has a very weird concept of "legal authority." Hundreds of thousands of Americans were killed by Covid because of the stalling of administration in recognizing the problem.
isnt this exactly what Putin says he's doing in Ukraine?
the brainworm said it, of course. Nothing to do with RFuK.
Dunning Kruger is second in command of this country.
for those wondering why Judge Breyer didn't do anything about the criminal actions besides the injunction, remember that plaintiffs can't bring a criminal prosecution. Only the Dept of Injustice can.
there is an undercover cat in there somewhere
they've moved from distraction to literal drowning out How dumb do they think the America people are? (uh, dumb question, that )
how did they know there were drugs aboard? Very good sniffer dogs?
Surely a person actually discriminated against has more standing than a woman who might someday open a website. (Don't know if standing was the issue in the 8th Cir, but it damn well should have been.)
As far as I can tell from MAGA, only homosexual men and prostitutes have sex. And if a male visits a prostitute he can't transmit an STD because...miasma?
"gonna???" So Minority Report is incoming?
And I share it!
On an Alaska cruise, we stopped before the Humpback area so we could watch freakin' Orcas. I've watched Orcas from the Seattle/Vashon ferry. So thanks.
I guess if you define "normal" as punishing Colorado because they have mail in voting?
much better than the press conference.
2:30
I've been wondering when it will start too. White House Live still saying "shortly" at 2:28
I'm afraid of that, too. Like even making the Posse Comitatus Act unconstitutional, so the president is free to just put the military--even with tanks--on our streets
doesn't require them to leave. Just says "act according to the Posse Comitatus Act" which the military's own guidelines say can't be used for things like crowd control, blocking streets, etc. They can stay to "protect federal buildings" from, I guess, too may unruly weeds or un-picked-up trash.
Along with a nice "up yours" to the 9th Circuit on the idea of deference to the president uber alles.
apparently SOME planes just got to Guatemala. But it could just have been plain old non-criminal migrants of the wrong color.
if they are it's a pretty slam dunk contempt order, isn't it? No gabble about "oral orders."
Are we sure that when Noem killed the puppy, its level of intelligence didn't migrate to her, as some sort of karma?
"the two men apprehended were not firefighters and were not actively fighting the fire. Officials said they were providing a supporting role by cutting logs into firewood." Uh, clearing brush and logs is part of firefights. More than raking forests.
lol. Maybe we will find out that Newsom has been posting them all along, to give himself something to mimic.
I'd like figures on how many were a) long term permission overstays and b) here with permission (such as DACA statuse, an asylum or other immigration court claim) either still in effect or forced dismissed by ICE ordering the immigration courts to bag the claims summarily.
per the Seattle times, CBP ALSO ended the contract with the private group these fighters worked for. So they arrested 2 and seem to have simply removed the other 42 because there was no more contract. Just what the world needs: RIF of forest firefighters.
i knew this would be weaponized. Any group of people will have some crazies. Why should trans be any different? Certainly Cis Males have a fair bunch of crazies, but no one attributes their acts to their sexuality. except rape and sex abuse I guess.
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let us return to those thrilling tales of yesteryear--the citizen vigilante. Who needs law enforcement when the nosy lady down the street can do it for them?
also known as "I'm going to take my ball and go home?"
Oh goody. Get that bribe-jet fixed up, add another ballroom or two, loads of private prison contracts, and brag that the deficit has been reduced.
if I was grabbed from the middle seat of a van and handcuffed because of a cup of beer--quite possibly not mine--I'd probably kick folks too. I don't know about this one, but a lot of the "assaulting officer" charges seem to be self defense.
And will he be sent to a PRISON in Uganda? Or can he leave and go elsewhere? Aren't there a number of countries who would love up hit trump upside the head and give Kilmar asylum--maybe Canada, and he can sit on the border and go neiner neiner.
o lord, the multiple ballots to same person bit. Each person has a unique NUMBER on a ballot. Once that number has voted, no more are counted. The rest, I guess, could be called "dead ballots." Maybe he talked to THEM???
beat me to it.
WTF? How many arrests were of citizens or green card holders? How many had even administrative warrants naming the person to be detained?
the nasty thing is that when he claims it is a "national security" issue he will argue that it isn't reviewable by the courts. As far as I can tell, putting garbage in the recycle bin would be national security if trump benefits. Thus the FACTUAL issue of the amount of fraud would never be decided
it's like not bothering to knock over a parking meter for change in front of a police station.
fewer rejections of mail in ballots? Might not that reflect the fact that people realize that trying to cheat on mail-in isn't going to work, so they don't bother? We've had all-mail-in for years. Almost no fraud. There are MULTIPLE safeguards. People here know them, and don't bother end running
Enshrinement? "And the Putin bowed and prayed, to the neon god he made."
instead of ICE goons---Homeland Security, DOD, the Secret Service, and the whole Intelligence Community should be trying to find someone, somewhere, who can act with competence.
that lead thing that carried the line and sinker down to fish level in the summer, and held your Christmas tree branches down so you could see ornaments in the winter.
of course he did
who knows, maybe it isn't any more
but nowadays she needs a cross, not pearls, to fill the bill.
beautiful.
Did they have a warrant with his name on it? Or is being a delivery guy while unwhite probable cause to do a warrantless arrest? What did we all learn in school? If an unidentified man in a mask assaults you, fight back? Or run. Either way, if in the process your arm hits him, felony time now.
the teacher is scolding him for not asking to go to the restroom soon enough.
he looks in these pictures like the teacher has caught him smearing a booger under his desk.
WTF would Putin know about mail in elections? He runs "bash in" elections: Vote for someone other than me and someone will bash in your head."
Now: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
if he'd been brown, it would have been 40 guys.
what presidential actions exactly do Rao and Katsas think ARE reviewable or that district courts have jurisdiction over? Certainly not standing on 5th Ave and shooting someone so long as the victim was a threat to "federal purposes" like stopping cars for broken tail lights seems to be.
sigh. Do they plan on arresting him on grounds he was really born in Kenya?
and who is this "they" you speak of who can't identify 29 Billion? Possibly someone in your completely incompetent administration?
What the law says is that the Feds can take over the DC cops "for federal purpose." What is the federal purpose in policing a seat belt violation?. Is national security involved in a broken taillight? Nowadays, this probably IS the claim.
I wish the family could sue the ICE Agents but I would guess the Extremes would call this "under color of law" and so immunity. It appears that anything done the can be remotely called "national security" is sacrosanct." Homan would call this kid a "terrorist waiting to act."
thanks, I wasn't sure. But apparently its smell isn't? Did the law allowing it cover the smell? Otherwise the Extremes will probably say the smell is illegal even if the toke isn't.
the smell of marijuana is a violent crime? It might be illegal in DC, but violent??
I've always found op-eds to be great ways to test my BS detection skills. There is nothing that can be said on these topics that is anything but BS. For thinking folks, far from persuading, they show the poverty of their advocates' reasoning. And thinking folks are the readers of WaPo.
Wow. Just Wow. Even AI hates Musk.
When has trump ever listened to ANYONE?
ah, won't Elon's AI just figure it out? It's supposed to run all of government. 🙄🙄
And how many of the guards are antivaxxers, anti mask?
I'm re-reading that right now for Joyce Vance's book club
they've been threatening this for a while--looks like they finally burned it? Somehow this is going to get deemed "national security" and the Extremes will allow it. Why not books for national security reasons. 451 F for both food and books.
ICE looked at tattoos as defining identity. Trump does the same with tat.
Don a mask, rob a stage coach. What about this surprises anyone.
so as long as we kill a bunch of Greenlanders, it will be OK to make it our colony because we "earned it in battle." Got it.
"to prevent waste fraud and abuse we are going to let them stay in detention camps along with all those undocumented losers. The move will be in two weeks. Thank you for your attention. "🙄
Hmm, ICE is ridding us of dangerous criminals. Yep. How likely are late-arrived dangerous criminals to be in the tax data, as opposed to those migrants who've been hardworking contributors to their communities?
far as I can tell, not showing up is a civil offense. I can't see how arrest warrants can even be issued.
which is MY point--I agree with Ganz, and I do like the further idea that the polls are really performative.
He'll just declare Ginny is actually black.
with Loving v Virginia incoming.
I often look at the questions the a poll has asked and wonder how I would respond. Way too often it would be "exactly what do you mean by X" or "what part of X are you talking about" Even "do you agree about deporting criminals" involves what you mean by criminals. Felons only, or traffic stops?
well, they are both poor countries overall. So anyone from there MUST want to stay in the US, right? Except if you are coming on business or tourist visas, you are actually likely not to be amongst those very poor folks. Government by Stereotype is the new Normal.
doesn't this just stop trump from sanctioning the AG? 🙄🙄🙄🙄
I keep wondering why MAGA thinks raping a girl the day before she turns 18 is a scandal of the highest order (at least if Dems do it) but raping her two days later is "you can do it if you're a star." And way too many men are stars in their own little universe.
thanks, I wondered. how come I can pour water into a plastic milk jug with no trouble but apparently putting gas in a red can is an issue? Maybe just make the cap a little bigger than the nozzle?
it is ALWAYS a GOP position that you must never change your mind. That's why they want to prosecute Fauci because he "lied" about the need for masks early on, when we didn't know how airborne Covid was and when the medical providers really needed them.
how very Louis XV of him.
perfect!
apparently assholes are a protected class.
pretty sure the reasons will involve federal power over immigration and national security. That seems to cover pretty much anything he wants to do.
Can't WAIT to see what DOJ comes up with as a reason a unitary president gets to makes states change their voting rules.
Hamas's figures don't include those buried under the rubble. Just the bodies they are aware of. A lot of the numbers come from hospital reports, including those of American doctors, but those people care about Palestinian agony, so they MUST be Hamas, donch'a know
understand your pet completely? He's clearly never had a cat. There are already several tax free accounts. IRAs and 401Ks have long "privatized" retirement savings; we already have a "front door." What's wrong with the addition of social security's well, security? Just FUND it, damn it.
So the way to follow the mandate of the American People is to focus on immigrants charged with crimes. Just a thought. And I doubt those polled counted traffic tickets as crimes. Nor is just BEING here without docs a crime. Depends on how you GOT here. Overstays are a civil offense.
Utterly perfect.
Thanks, already donating the max my social security will allow. Good luck.
didn't they just get a bazillion dollars to do this? The FEMA funds are to aid even qualifying non-citizens to get aid in a disaster. I guess the Texas facility will protect them ahead of time from hurricane, though not sure about tornados.
WHITE criminals are A-OK. We definitely need all we can get. Who else will vote for Republicans?
why am I not surprised
justices are appointed subject to "good behavior." Everyone assumes that this means impeachment is the ONLY way to remove them, but the framers actually rejected putting that in the Constitution. See law.justia.com/constitution....
The court has apparently decided that "equitable" doesn't involve actually looking at equities. How EXACTLY is the government hurt AT ALL by following the law?