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Endries to Texas. https://x.com/bobbyburtonotf/status/1913356210172047828?s=4629 points
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I'm pretty fucking comfortable saying that the US government shouldn't put people in foreign concentration camps is a good hill to die on. Period. Full stop. What is wrong with some of you people?27 points
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SAME CASE. He was originally here illegally but protected from deportation because of the danger of returning to El Salvador. He left El Salvador as a teenager because of those danger. When he was picked up by ICE in 2019, he was originally detained without bond because of the gang affiliation allegations. The ultimate result of those proceeding was a court order protecting him from removal and thus was a legal resident of the US from that point onward. Outside of the allegations from an officer and an unnamed informant in the bond proceeding, there was zero evidence he was ever a member of a gang and he has not been charged or convicted of any criminal wrong doing. He was arrested on March 13 of the this in Maryland. He was transported at some point to a holding facility in Texas. And then on March 15 (2 days after he was picked up), he was one of the people in the planes sent to El Salvador. @JBJ there was no notice, no opportunity to file habeas, no knowledge of where he was. In two days he went from legal resident of Maryland to prisoner in El Salvador. Fuck anyone excusing this. Fuck anyone saying we shouldn't be fucking outraged. Fuck anyone that says we should drop this. This is end of the country shit. If the government can do this, if it can get away with ignoring court orders, sending people to a foreign prison (and fucking paying for it), and then claim complete lack of ability to right those wrongs, then it can literally disappear anyone. No notice, no remedy, no law. This is fucking serious. More serious than a fucking war because the soul and entire future of this country is at stake. This is "First they came for.... and I did nothing" type of shit.24 points
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immamac needs to put that dude on a limited post plan like they used to have for text messages. Once he gets past 100 posts a month, start charging him .25 per post. This place will either get a lot more bearable or Imma will be able to start another NIL fund. He can call it Burnt EDGEs/Edges/edges.22 points
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Noted conservative David Brooks calling for a revolution (basically): Whatβs Happening Is Not Normal. America Needs an Uprising That Is Not Normal. In the beginning there was agony. Under the empires of old, the strong did what they willed and the weak suffered what they must. But over the centuries, people built the sinews of civilization: Constitutions to restrain power, international alliances to promote peace, legal systems to peacefully settle disputes, scientific institutions to cure disease, news outlets to advance public understanding, charitable organizations to ease suffering, businesses to build wealth and spread prosperity, and universities to preserve, transmit and advance the glories of our way of life. These institutions make our lives sweet, loving and creative, rather than nasty, brutish and short. Trumpism is threatening all of that. It is primarily about the acquisition of power β power for its own sake. It is a multifront assault to make the earth a playground for ruthless men, so of course any institutions that might restrain power must be weakened or destroyed. Trumpism is about ego, appetite and acquisitiveness and is driven by a primal aversion to the higher elements of the human spirit β learning, compassion, scientific wonder, the pursuit of justice. So far, we have treated the various assaults of President Trump and the acolytes in his administration as a series of different attacks. In one lane they are going after law firms. In another they savaged U.S.A.I.D. In another theyβre attacking our universities. On yet another front theyβre undermining NATO and on another theyβre upending global trade. But thatβs the wrong way to think about it. These are not separate battles. This is a single effort to undo the parts of the civilizational order that might restrain Trumpβs acquisition of power. And it will take a concerted response to beat it back. So far, each sector Trump has assaulted has responded independently β the law firms seek to protect themselves, the universities, separately, try to do the same. Yes, a group of firms banded together in support of the firm Perkins Coie, but in other cases itβs individual law firms trying to secure their separate peace with Trump. Yes, Harvard eventually drew a line in the sand, but Columbia cut a deal. This is a disastrous strategy that ensures that Trump will trample on one victim after another. He divides and conquers. Slowly, many of us are realizing that we need to band together. But even these efforts are insular and fragmented. Several members of the Big Ten conference are working on forming an alliance to defend academic freedom. Good. But that would be 18 schools out of roughly 4,000 degree-granting American colleges and universities. So far, the only real hint of something larger β a mass countermovement β has been the rallies led by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But this too is an ineffective way to respond to Trump; those partisan rallies make this fight seem like a normal contest between Democrats and Republicans. What is happening now is not normal politics. Weβre seeing an assault on the fundamental institutions of our civic life, things we should all swear loyalty to β Democrat, independent or Republican. Itβs time for a comprehensive national civic uprising. Itβs time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power. The only way heβs going to be stopped is if heβs confronted by some movement that possesses rival power. Peoples throughout history have done exactly this when confronted by an authoritarian assault. In their book, βWhy Civil Resistance Works,β Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan looked at hundreds of nonviolent uprisings. These movements used many different tools at their disposal β lawsuits, mass rallies, strikes, work slowdowns, boycotts and other forms of noncooperation and resistance. These movements began small and built up. They developed clear messages that appealed to a variety of groups. They shifted the narrative so the authoritarians were no longer on permanent offense. Sometimes they used nonviolent means to provoke the regime into taking violent action, which shocks the nation, undercuts the regimeβs authority and further strengthens the movement. (Think of the civil rights movement at Selma.) Right now, Trumpism is dividing civil society; if done right, the civic uprising can begin to divide the forces of Trumpism. Chenoweth and Stephan emphasize that this takes coordination. There doesnβt always have to be one charismatic leader, but there does have to be one backbone organization, one coordinating body that does the work of coalition building. In his book βUpheaval,β Jared Diamond looked at countries that endured crises and recovered. He points out that the nations that recover donβt catastrophize β they donβt say everything is screwed up and we need to burn it all down. They take a careful inventory of what is working well and what is working poorly. Leaders assume responsibility for their own share of societyβs problems. This struck me as essential advice for Americans today. We live in a country with catastrophically low levels of institutional trust. University presidents, big law firms, media organizations and corporate executives face a wall of skepticism and cynicism. If they are going to participate in a mass civic uprising against Trump, they have to show the rest of the country that they understand the establishment sins that gave rise to Trump in the first place. They have to show that they are democratically seeking to reform their institutions. This is not just defending the establishment; itβs moving somewhere new. [NOTE: This is a point that Buttigieg has been making in the last couple of weeks. There's no rebuilding what will have been lost if/once this is all over. We're going to have to build something new to replace some of the shit that kinda didn't work anymore for everyone.] Letβs take the universities. Iβve been privileged to teach at American universities off and on for nearly 30 years and I get to visit a dozen or two others every year. These are the crown jewels of American life. They are hubs of scientific and entrepreneurial innovation. In a million ways, the scholars at universities help us understand ourselves and our world. I have seen it over and over: A kid comes on campus as a freshman, inquisitive but unformed. By senior year, there is something impressive about her. She is awakened, cultured, a critical thinker. The universities have performed their magic once again. People flock from all over the world to admire our universities. But like all institutions, they have their flaws. Many have allowed themselves to become shrouded in a stifling progressivism that tells half the country: Your voices donβt matter. Through admissions policies that favor rich kids, the elite universities have contributed to a diploma divide. If the same affluent families come out on top generation after generation, then no one should be surprised if the losers flip over the table. In other words, a civic uprising has to have a short-term vision and a long-term vision. Short term: Stop Trump. Foil his efforts. Pile on the lawsuits. Turn some of his followers against him. The second is a long-term vision of a fairer society that is not just hard on Trump, but hard on the causes of Trumpism β one that offers a positive vision. Whether itβs the universities, the immigration system or the global economy, we canβt go back to the status quo that prevailed when Trump first rode down the escalator. Iβm really not a movement guy. I donβt naturally march in demonstrations or attend rallies that Iβm not covering as a journalist. But this is what America needs right now. Trump is shackling the greatest institutions in American life. We have nothing to lose but our chains.21 points
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I love the prominent USAA sign out front. "Look at us! We're covering this!*" * "We know the coverage will die down soon, and won't catch us trying to fuck TK over as the project goes forward." Surly to TK: Remember, your property damage claim is ALSO a huge news story in a town that actually runs short of big stories from time to time. If USAA starts to fuck you over, calling someone at KVUE and saying "hey, remember when that house blew up? How about you do a follow up story on how our insurers are fucking us over?"19 points
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So an underappreciated (at least by me) aspect of the road to fascism is that there is apparently a large percentage of the population who don't realize how dire the situation is because they don't want it to be that bad. Because it would make them uncomfortable if the country they love is in that bad of a situation. We've all known about and talked about the two main groups that get focused on that lead to authoritarian states. There's the group that loves it and wants it, the fascists. And there's the group that just doesn't care enough about anything as long as they have their comforts, which while they suddenly disappear once it's too late they're still there on most of the journey. This group is the morons. A third group in the modern version is the team sport politics dunderheads who will believe anything their team says. We all know about that newer third group. I had not realized how big the fourth group is. Fairly intelligent people who simply can't believe what's happening so they don't believe what's happening. "But how can that be? This is my country, we don't do that." We've got a few around here in that group for sure. And while @immamac doesn't like it, that group has to be woken up. Kind coddling isn't going to make them understand, because they inherently and deep within their minds don't want to understand.18 points
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(commits to UNC) "Why did we even bring that jag in? His film is terrible." (commits to Texas) um...17 points
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Noooo oneee drinks like Gaston. Stops and thinks like Gaston. Blows off his own head with hijinks like Gaston. RIP17 points
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Well he's only lied about both the facts and the law. I guess we're supposed to pretend he's not doing that?16 points
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Loyal Longhorn who hit a slump. I hope we kick better as a team next year but totally disagree with the hate.16 points
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Is it? Also, blacks could never catch up to the atrocities whites committed against blacks in US history. But now you wanna clutch your pearls? Fuck off.15 points
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- Heβs been dragged out of the cell and dressed in brand new clothes. - Meets for a photo op in a nice hotel or government building under the watchful eye of a minder. - Interlocutor clearly under strict instructions not to say anything embarrassing about the host country while he is still on the ground in El Salvador. - No film, only stills from an official photog. Yeah, this is classic stage-managed dictator shit. They could have let him go back on the senatorβs flight.15 points
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@JBJ You're wrong about literally everything you posted. 1. There has been zero factual determination that he is in fact a gang member. There was simply an order denying him bond based upon an affidavit from an officer that said he was a gang member. There was no full adjudication of that claim. There was no criminal charge. There was no jury. Procedurally, the only thing that order is evidence of is that he was denied bond. That's it. It isn't a fact finding. 2. There was a literally an order from a judge that said he could not be deported. The government ignored that order (allegedly accidentally). Why you believe some other sort of order would have prevented deportation is fucking beyond me. 3. The cop that signed the affidavit saying he was a gang member was fired for being a corrupt asshole. 4. The fucking Supreme Court has said the government has to try and bring him home. This is a crisis. It isn't created by the poor guy sitting in prison, it was created when the governmentally kidnapped him and then illegally deported him DESPITE a fucking judge ordering the government could not to do. While the government claims this was an accident, it literally did the same thing for a whole fucking plane full of people (and probably more people that we don't know about). The government is ignoring the law, ignoring due process, and imprisoning people for life that are convicted of absolutely ZERO crimes. Fuck you for excusing this shit. The exact same mechanism the government used here could be used to disappear you "accidentally". I fucking hope it happens to you. Maybe then you'll give a fucking damn. Go fuck yourself and burn in hell. AND YET THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THAT YOU FUCKING IGNORANT ASSHOLE.14 points
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He did not get close to $1M. Not even vaguely close. Donβt just make shit up on here, especially with something that makes us sound really stupid. Miss us on that shit.14 points
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Yes now letβs do the White on Black statistics from the year 1600 to today and see what you come up with.14 points
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I can see that angle but we're past the being nice stage. The reason JBJ's feelings are hurt is that his position is 100% created by his feelings even if he doesn't realize it. He was completely wrong on the facts, completely wrong on the law, and his response after that is "this isn't the right place to discuss it." Not because he was wrong, but because now that he's aware that he's completely wrong about the facts and the law he's getting uncomfortable that his government really is illegally disappearing people.13 points
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Shooter thoroughly radicalized by white supremacism, @fattyflattie drops in to redirect thread to black on white crime.13 points
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Biden's corpse propped up next to the fireplace while his staff and cabinet run the country would be far better than what we have going on right now so you can take criticisms of Biden and stick them where the sun don't shine. And really what needs to start happening here is have reporters say shit like "People are saying you're weak by not being able to force Bukele to return Garcia to the united states. Do you think some of this projected weakness is going to affect your ability to negotiate with other countries for new trade deals?". Make it his idea to get him back to project strength since that's all he cares about anyway.13 points
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Oh he lost your respect? No wonder he left. Couldnβt live with that13 points
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My son is at FSU and he was texting with us while it was happening from the Union. It was all surreal. His cousin (there for a campus visit) was upstairs and he and his aunt and uncle were downstairs. I guy came running down the stairs, fell and dropped all his stuff then got up and kept running leaving all his stuff. Then they could hear a stampede upstairs, then gunshots, so his uncle ran up for his daughter and my son followed to help. They got word the cousin was safe so they went back downstairs and tried to get to a safe place. Two girls noticed the cousin outside clearly not a student (sheβs a jr in HS) and took her and her friend to safety. Pretty amazing in the midst of chaos someone had the sense to notice they needed help and got them to safety. So wild.12 points
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This. The idea that we are shipping people off to foreign countries to be indefinitely detained in a facility with no oversight and rampant human rights violations should have everyone in this country up in arms. I donβt care where you come down on the complex and nuanced issue of immigration, the idea that America, a country that was built on immigration, is imprisoning people in foreign countries should be unthinkable.11 points
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Man, there are a few things you have to keep in mind here. First, the judge that determined Abrego Garcia is MS-13 was an immigration judge. This was not a criminal case. The police/district attorney in Prince George did not bring any charges against him. Immigration judges/courts are very different from criminal courts. They are making administrative determinations. Second, the hearing where this determination occurred was a bond hearing by the immigration judge. It was to determine if he should be granted bail or held until his immigration case is complete. In this situation, the standard is that ICE/DHS claims Abrego Garcia is a threat or flight risk. It is up to Abrego Garcia to prove to the judge that he is not a threat to the community. It is a very high bar putting the onus on the defendant to prove a negative. And the judge is completely reasonable in being cautious and not granting release. But it is a very different standard than anything we'd see in a criminal case. Third, Fox News, Pam Bondi and the White House keep talking about "two judges determined he's MS-13". The second judge was handling the appeal of the bond hearing. Still an immigration judge, still not a criminal case. In this appeal, the judge is not tasked with determining whether he's MS-13. Instead, the appeal judge has a narrow task of determining whether they original judge clearly erred in making the bond decision. Denying the appeal just means the judge determines that there was some evidence originally presented and the original judge was being reasonably cautious.11 points
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I read this, after watching this tub of goo trade actual talent into the portal with a bunch of JAGs out of the portal and Iβm momentarily perplexed. Does The Elk really believe that heβs got a great roster? Or does he just realize that thatβs the only thing he can say to aggie reporters and fans that will keep them quiet for the most part? This a bad team heβs about to field. Dumbasses who donβt follow them will drive by and say βyeah, yeah, yall say that and then they always go 8-4β. No, sometimes they go 5-7. The ceiling for this team in 2025, barring something wild in the portal in the next few days, is 7-6. The schedule is unforgiving, they lost key talent, and the roster is hilariously overrated. I fully expect the lazy AP voters to have them in the top 20 and I am excited about it.11 points
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Olin shares the crisp articulation of Ivy League Elko. Elko dapper as ever. I think the dark baby boy look really sets off his figure. Olin gets us rolling with a paraphrase of Elko. Mike is "peeved." He's demanding perfection. He is the model of perfection himself! How peeved is he? He's pissed. He's a bad man. He's incoherent! He's just trying to drive it. He really is. Really. Driving it. Yea, boy. Cookin' with gas! And the guys are still lifting weights, going to practice on time, putting the used towels in the right bin, throwing the pig back and forth. Like a lethal Dorito: crisp and sharp. Mmmmm, Doritos. Now lay some Ivy League education on us. He wasn't just a football player, ya know. Concerning the portal, Elko channels Yogi Berra. On adding: Now who can disagree with that?11 points
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Please explain. My understanding of the facts is that there was NO trafficking of anyone. As in none, whatso ever. If you have any evidence supporting trafficking, I'd love to see it. I mean, if having 7 people in the car is evidence of trafficking then I guess there are probably a dozen or so times during college that I would have been guilty. But who cares? Let's say he is a criminal, for the sake of argument. That still doesn't give the government the right to send him to prison in another country without due process. THAT is the point.10 points
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This is where I am at on Auburn. He made more money last year than 99.9% of the 20-21 year olds in this world and he fucking choked repeatedly and cost us a SEC title and altered the way they had to gameplan for the playoffs. Go look like an idiot and miss field goals somewhere else, Sideshow Bert.10 points
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Nice work Van Hallen. If Dems actually Try. And. Do. Something. We. Can. Win. All this defeatist Gavin Newsome/Gretchen Whitmer shit is the fucking worst. If you are a Dem Rep or candidate get up out of bed and fight for the people that voted for you. Fight for the people ineligible to vote. Fight for the dumb fuckers that voted for the other guy because they watched a tik tok 10 minutes before they went to vote. If you donβt want to fight than donβt run again. Or get your lazy ass primaried and lose.10 points
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Fuck yes! Drinking OU's milkshake today. Hope his aggy grad wife enjoys wearing burnt orange.9 points
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