We revolted over taxation without representation. How about no representation without taxation?
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We revolted over taxation without representation. How about no representation without taxation?
An example of good people locked up by our government.
Tip line: Texas tip line. Rando: Yes, we know where the Democrats are by subtracting where they are not from where they are supposed to be. Tip line: Wait, what?!
"A Government that is evil has no room for good men and women except in its prisons." -Mahatma Gandhi
I had to book deliberate focus time because otherwise I'd be in meetings more than accomplishing things I got voluntold to do in those meetings...
They lost the messaging battle when they said they didn't want the poor living on government subsidies. They were labeled as racist, then slowly lived up to that expectation.
Whenever Republicans complain about Democrat-run cities, they're actually complaining about democracy and capitalism. People voted for that. Instead, all Americans ought to demand corrective action for those who corrupt democracy and capitalism for their personal gain, not clamor to tyranny.
I remember watching this episode. He misses so much nuance that I didn't pick up on then. Clearly, like Obama, he is a reflection of the mindset of our country.
Saving this for later... Since "nothing to see here"
That would actually make sense.
Always good to remember.
"Despite Trump officially activating FEMA on Sunday, FEMA has just 86 total staff deployed at this point [to Texas], according to figures shared with staff Monday evening...In the past it would normally be in the several hundreds at this point in the disaster recovery process." My latest:
Not unprecedented. They're called Flash Floods for a reason. Not even a few weeks prior, San Antonio lost over a dozen people to flash floods. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. But if you like to run with scissors, you'll shoot your eye out.
Curious how the only vest with a badge is the one that battered the cameraman.
This is why Trump uses all caps. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
Newsom nailed the problem with the regime: public servants are supposed to work for the public, not a figurehead. It's striking me that we need better controls over who qualifies to be a public servant. Certainly not billionaires. Certainly not felons. What else did I miss?
She said, "We didn't kill enough Indians" in response to a video about decolonization. This is blatantly disgusting and counter to "Conservative values." E.g. life, liberty, justice. When will Republicans take their party back from the likes of this? This is not how a civilized nation behaves.
I was taken aback that he beat Collin Allred outside the margin of error by polls leading up to the past election. Unless, of course this was by design.
How much preventable death and suffering must we experience before these people realize the error of their ways? Asking for a friend...
👆 This
Yesterday they were all pointing a finger at the NWS. This morning, I published the documented proof that NWS did their job and sent warnings intended for phones. And someone (cough, cough) has been calling media to make them aware. Now they’re not pointing that finger at meteorologists anymore.
Ooh, a failed casino reference!
Waiting for confirmation, but seems legit.
You are now no longer free to move about the country. Her awful, inhumane detention (and multiple subsequent near deportations) started with a DOMESTIC flight.
Incidentally the masked kidnappers now have a budget equivalent to the entire defense budget of many nations.
Idiocracy in real time.
Or maybe we should ban high net worth individuals from becoming public servants?
A U.S. citizen who was arrested for filming an ICE raid at Home Depot is suing the federal government for $1 million— and I hope he gets every penny. THIS‼️ When being transported, Garcia heard agents boasting about how many ‘bodies’ they had gotten that day and saw them celebrate with high fives.
Trump's old enough to remember that era, but I'm not convinced he's capable of it.
Or better yet, get rid of tipping culture!
In a sick burn, "Never mind that all orbiters were built in Palmdale, California, launched from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and only visited Texas when Columbia tragically broke up on re-entry in 2003," Ted Cruz and John Cornyn vie for yet another California transplant in Texas.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
The trouble with this regime is their extreme comfort with risk. Stability, predictability, and thoughtfulness are anathema. The road to help was paved with good intentions, but its foundation rests on a man that likes to run with scissors.
Two thoughts: 1) Arm up. No badge, you face the barrel. 2) Do not cooperate. Suffer and show our oppressors the vastness of how wrong they are by our suffering so they will change their ways. Violence breeds more violence, but will the perpetrators of this regime respond to nonviolent resistance?
Texans carry. A lot more people are going to get shot, and maybe killed because ICE doesn't properly identify. And there won't be a lot of sympathy for these aggressors.
95% Rule: Bondi, et al committed the hoax, not the Constitution.
I am telling you , ALL OF NATO played this mother fucker and hates him
Something is really wrong here. Wtf www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2...
Ted Cruz should be next. He was born in Canada.
I have no comment
Nah. It's widespread, misguided optimism that technology will maximize profits by reducing the cost of human labor. The sunk cost fallacy hits decision-makers hard, and they ignore the measures and evidence they have. Pissing off customers reduces profit. Not very capitalistic to me.
Gandhi implied that the wealthy make poor public servants. I have a growing inclination he may be correct.
I relate. Maybe 10% of the time AI answers my question without grabbinga human for help. I suspect that's not a very good ROI...
I'm finding a great many similarities to Gandhi's experiences in South Africa and the treatment of immigrants (legal and otherwise) in the United States today. His arguments and appeals should be used openly to the offenders of today.
It’s wild that in the video DHS posted in an effort to make the beating of an innocent landscaper (with 3 marine sons) seem justified there’s a masked ice goon pointing a gun at a random car passing by and they don’t seem to think it matters at all
95% Rule: he intends for Iran and Israel to see hatred, war, and poverty in their future
what federal agents did to a father of three Marines while he was cutting grass in Orange County on Sunday has happened in some form daily — and deliberately — all over Los Angeles for 18 days.
It only took 15 years of litigation for a ruling. How is that for swift, Texas justice?
95% Rule: Today, we have a dumb president.
Badges? They don't need no stinking badges...
A peak under the hood of Texas legislation. That's a lot of vetos...
Hegseth thinks Signal is secure enough for "military plans," so duh. Just like with federal workers, it's about inflicting as much pain as quickly as possible to cause as much lasting harm as possible.
Ted Cruz: born near the U.S.A.
"The message is clear now: that we’re going to continue doing worksite enforcement operations, even on farms and hotels,” Homan said. 95% Rule confirmed.
Stop it!
I'm "I remember when you could find what you're looking for using Google" old. Thank you for the content!
Reform saves lives.
A time traveler with no knowledge of the past 25 years would think this was a highly effective Republican. My, how things change.
Who's counting, anyway?
I asked AI (A1 if you're a McMahon) what the symptoms would be for a crazed old man who got syphilis from a wild Epstein binge. Seems legit, but I'm just egg on a pizza.
Fascism is like food. Not everybody gets it.
Confirmation bias much?
95% Rule: Trump will: 1) Hurt farmers with deportations, 2) Hurt farmers some other way, or 3) he's lying about how fresh food from farmers keep us fat. I guess #1
Privatization of the public sector (grift) is the Republican Fascist agenda.
Yet another example of Trump / ICE targeting people that have no need to be targeted for deportation. This is human trafficking, not law enforcement.
This is shameful. Period.
With all the pickup trucks in Texas with Molon Labe, I can see why maybe ICE is less active here. And if they pulled the no badge, no warrant garbage happening elsewhere, then it's self-defense if they get shot. Still waiting for that to happen. Then it will be war.
So are the benevolent perpetuators of 3.5% going for a regime change? Are we getting played by the right? Maybe, if the revolution was televised...
We'll just blame Canada. Or China.
Maybe the loyal troops stay to fight the insurgency and the suckers go fight abroad?
One in twenty-seven Americans publicly protested Saturday. If your conservative friends don't know of someone who at least wanted to protest, perhaps they should get to know some people who are different than them.
25th Amendment applies. Sooner, the better.
Yes. And we will make it worse. Again.
95% Rule: gotta change at least one statement to the literal opposite to have the actual truth. It's like a compulsion to lie about something every time they open their mouths.
My question: why aren't these people armed and defending themselves? Oh, right. They're trying to live here peacefully.
This is how the bipolar politics of America sound like, regardless of political party. "They will destroy America!" "No, THEY will destroy America!" Except recently, when one party has taken extraordinary steps to beat down all opposition.
the time to act is now
Study says undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 Billion in taxes every year. They could pay around $40 Billion more if they had a pathway to documented status. What if instead of deportation we tried making the best of the situation?
And nearly one in 35 Americans were trolling him across the country
Just curious if anyone had ruled out syphilis dementia?
Why does he bother?
Our the irony of attending Les Miserables
They played "Fortunate Son" for him according to Meidas Touch...
no one came to a grown man's GI Joe themed birthday party and that's somehow funny to you??
Do the sheep plan on having liver with a glass of chianti?
This guy got better treatment than Senator Padilla. Telling.
Checked in with Tim Walz spokesperson and as of three min ago, President Trump had not called him, according to the governor’s office
I see you
Is this who we are now? Again?
And he was escorted by the FBI and a guard member into the briefing.
Sounds like little Lockhart is going to get some unexpected traffic this weekend.
Isn't this closer to the Green Party platform? Aside: where are all the third parties right now?
Ironically, it is comprised of primarily women, "brown people," and many other communities. To deny civil rights in Texas is to deny our own human rights. This won't stand for long.