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Fantastic news ladies, we are rejoining a super-team of likemindeds to promote women’s health! 
 

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Who are our partners in this women-forward exercise?  Only the best.  Don’t worry ladies, the men of America, Belarus, Pakistan, and Saudi are looking out for you! 

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1 Kingdom of Bahrain

2 Republic of Belarus

3 Republic of Benin

4 Burkina Faso

5 Republic of Burundi

6 Republic of Cameroon

7 Central African Republic

8 Republic of Chad

9 Republic of the Congo

10 Democratic Republic of the Congo

11 Republic of Djibouti

12Arab Republic of Egypt

13 Kingdom of Eswatini

14Republic of The Gambia

15Georgia

16 Republic of Guatemala

17 Republic of Haiti

18 Hungary

19 Republic of Indonesia

20 Republic of Iraq

21 Republic of Kazakhstan

22 Republic of Kenya

23 State of Kuwait

24 State of Libya

25 Republic of Nauru

26 Republic of Niger

27 Sultanate of Oman

28Islamic Republic of Pakistan

29 Republic of Paraguay

30 Republic of Poland

31 State of Qatar

32 Russian Federation

33 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

34 Republic of Senegal

35 Republic of South Sudan

36 Republic of Sudan

37 Republic of Uganda

38 United Arab Emirates

39 United States of America

40 Republic of Zambia

 

 

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This was first initiated by former SoS Mike Pompeo during the first term of Trump and central to its function is preventing access to abortion, so women having children they cannot feed in impoverished countries, women dying in hospital parking lots, women becoming infertile due to late stage complications, is so much about "allowing" women more opportunities to suffer, which is exactly what Pompeo's rapture based faith seems to promote. Given that many women from these countries experience hell on earth, maybe death is welcome.

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18 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

This was first initiated by former SoS Mike Pompeo during the first term of Trump and central to its function is preventing access to abortion, so women having children they cannot feed in impoverished countries, women dying in hospital parking lots, women becoming infertile due to late stage complications, is so much about "allowing" women more opportunities to suffer, which is exactly what Pompeo's rapture based faith seems to promote. Given that many women from these countries experience hell on earth, maybe death is welcome.

Looking at the signatories or members of any international grouping is a shortcut to judging it, the presence of Pakistan, Russia, Belarus, Saudi, The Gambia are huge red flags. 

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14 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Looking at the signatories or members of any international grouping is a shortcut to judging it, the presence of Pakistan, Russia, Belarus, Saudi, The Gambia are huge red flags. 

Definitely. I could've gone with a global list of rankings based on human rights abuses but many of the players listed above make the top 25 so it seemed pointless. The anti-abortion stance is central to the document and the rejoining may be a harbinger of the next four years w/respect to womens' reproductive healthcare in the US. Oral contraception, which many women take for reasons other than reproduction, is something I would not be surprised to see become forbidden.

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On 1/23/2025 at 2:58 PM, InkaUtexas said:

Dude I talk to regularly was on the JSOC planning team. They ran an exercise on how to fuck up the US. He got to be the bad guy. First thing he did was sink a boat in the canal. Not even a big one. The shipping lanes in the canal are narrow. Forget the locks.

Navy dudes all laughed, oh we will just clean it up. Had no way to get the equipment there. The delay in moving the fleet assets to the East and West coasts fucked up their plans. They were not happy with this dude. He was soon reassigned from the Pentagon and sent to the 5th SFG and on to Somalia.

Key take away. Don't piss off big DOD with little shit.

That would be a real fun job.  Channel your inner Bond villain/dictator asshole.  All for the good of America.v

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To really screw us (and the world), you'd take out all of the locks via drone, sabotage, missile, or whatever - no easy feat I'm sure, but the sudden draining of Lake Gatun (85 feet above sea level), grounding of any ships in the channels, and the loss of the locks would take years to recover from. 

Yeah just take out the dam.  Game over, Man.

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It is super fun while you are on the Red Cell, less fun when everyone ignores the lessons learned and is mad at you. 

9 minutes ago, Mrs Whiggins said:

Definitely. I could've gone with a global list of rankings based on human rights abuses but many of the players listed above make the top 25 so it seemed pointless. The anti-abortion stance is central to the document and the rejoining may be a harbinger of the next four years w/respect to womens' reproductive healthcare in the US. Oral contraception, which many women take for reasons other than reproduction, is something I would not be surprised to see become forbidden.

There is going to be an assault on women’s rights and it will not just be abortion. That signaling is clear. 

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49 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

It is super fun while you are on the Red Cell, less fun when everyone ignores the lessons learned and is mad at you. 

There is going to be an assault on women’s rights and it will not just be abortion. That signaling is clear. 

Next announcement. The international right to food consortium. Co-sponsored by Sudan, Ethiopia and Bangladesh.

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3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Fantastic news ladies, we are rejoining a super-team of likemindeds to promote women’s health! 
 

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Who are our partners in this women-forward exercise?  Only the best.  Don’t worry ladies, the men of America, Belarus, Pakistan, and Saudi are looking out for you! 

 


Poland sticks out on that list 

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Poland sticks out on that list 

Poland signed it under the previous Law and Justice (PiS) party rule which is very much a reactionary Catholic culture war organization.  Tusk would not have most likely but also was not going to pick a needless fight by withdrawing signature when all he has to do is nothing as the declaration doesn’t have any obligations or anything. 

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I went to the website and clicked on the little dots just to see what's up and the two in the US are thus:

The  one on the right:

Heightened political antagonism in the United States following the reelection of Donald Trump leads to acts of domestic terrorism and political violence. Likelihood: Moderate. Impact: High

The one on the left:

A highly disruptive cyberattack on U.S. critical infrastructure by a state or nonstate enitity. Likelihood: Moderate. Impact: High

 

The dot on the border between U.S. and Mexico:

Deployment of US forces to the southern border triggers a humanitarian crisis among migrants and heightens tensions with Mexico. Likelihood: High. Impact: High

 

 

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We've got a kerfluffle with Colombia now.

Trump Hits Colombia With Tariffs in Feud Over Military Deportation Flights
Gustavo Petro said that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

Colombia refused to accept military deportation flights from the United States, setting off a furious reaction from President Trump, who on Sunday announced a barrage of tariffs and sanctions targeting the country, which has long been a top U.S. ally in Latin America.

The United States will immediately impose a 25 percent tariff on all Colombian imports, and will raise them to 50 percent in one week, Mr. Trump said on social media.

The Trump administration will also “fully impose” banking and financial sanctions against Colombia, and will apply a travel ban and revoke visas of Colombian government officials, the president said.

The move reflects how Mr. Trump is making an example out of Colombia as countries around the world are grappling with how to prepare for the mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants that he has threatened.

“This looks like a pretty bold and daring escalation on both sides,” said Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, citing Colombia’s economic reliance on the United States, which is still the South American country’s largest trading partner even as China has been making inroads.

“But equally, for Trump to threaten Colombia this way is pretty bold itself,” Mr. Freeman added. “That’s because Colombia remains historically the longest standing, the deepest, strategic ally in the region.”

Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, said earlier Sunday in a series of social media posts that Colombia would not accept military deportation flights from the United States until the Trump administration provided a process to treat Colombian migrants with “dignity and respect.”

Mr. Petro also said that Colombia had already turned away military planes carrying Colombian deportees. While other countries in Latin America have raised concerns about Mr. Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Colombia appears to be among the first to explicitly refuse to cooperate.

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“I cannot make migrants stay in a country that does not want them,” Mr. Petro wrote, “but if that country sends them back, it should be with dignity and respect for them and for our country.”

He said he was still open to receiving deportees on nonmilitary flights.

Mr. Petro’s stance put him on a collision course with Mr. Trump, who since taking office last Monday has issued a series of executive orders and made other moves aimed at laying the groundwork to try to deport an enormous number of migrants.

The tariffs alone could deal a significant blow to Colombia’s economy. The United States is Colombia’s largest trading partner, with top Colombian exports including crude oil, coffee and cut flowers.

Mr. Petro also cast attention on Americans living in Colombia. In a social media post, Mr. Petro said that more than 15,000 Americans were living in the country without authorization, and called upon them to “regularize” their immigration status.

The U.S. Embassy in Bogotá did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mr. Petro did not include details about when or how many military planes and migrants had been turned away.

There were 190,000 unauthorized Colombian immigrants living in the U.S. in 2022, according to the most recent data available from the Pew Research Center.

A representative for Mr. Petro confirmed that the planes had been turned away, but did not immediately respond to other questions. Representatives for Colombia’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The United States typically sends back deportees in planes resembling commercial jets that are operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. After Mr. Trump signed an executive order to allow the military to assist in securing the border, the acting secretary of defense, Robert G. Salesses, said in a statement last week that the military would provide airplanes to support with deportation flights.

The Trump administration is sending the military planes in addition to the usual flights operated by ICE, meaning that they do not replace the typical flights that land several times a week in countries throughout the region, and which Mr. Petro referred to as “civilian flights.”

The new planes sent by the military can only depart from the United States if the receiving nation has approved them. Mr. Salesses said that before the military sent flights, the State Department would first “obtain the requisite diplomatic clearances and provide host-nation notification.”

It is unclear which countries may have agreed to receive military planes carrying deportees, or if Colombia had agreed — and then revoked its agreement.

Brazil’s foreign ministry complained of “degrading treatment” of its citizens after 88 migrants arrived handcuffed on Friday on a flight from the United States.

Early on Friday, Guatemala received two U.S. Air Force jets carrying around 160 deportees in total, making it one of the first countries to publicly receive such flights. The Guatemalan government sent the country’s vice president to oversee the arrival of the deportees on the C-17 aircraft and the Trump administration hailed that effort in messages on social media.

Officials in Mexico, the source of the largest number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States, have said they remained open to receiving deported citizens and routine deportations have taken place to Mexican cities along the U.S. border in recent days.

“When it comes to repatriations, we will always welcome Mexican men and women back to our territory with open arms,” Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on social media on Friday night.

Still, Mexican authorities have not disclosed whether they plan to accept military flights or whether they will receive deported migrants from other countries, as Mexico has sometimes done in the past.

On Friday, news outlets reported that Mexico had turned away a military plane carrying deportees, an account that could not be independently confirmed.

Honduras, which like Colombia has pushed back against the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations, has said it is open to receiving military flights.

The foreign minister, Enrique Reina, said in an interview on Saturday that it was “open to receiving our compatriots as long as the conditions are appropriate and have been properly coordinated.”

He said that the government had been in conversation with the U.S. Embassy in Honduras about deportation flights but it had not formally been asked to authorize the arrival of military planes carrying deportees.

About four million unauthorized immigrants from Mexico live in the United States, representing about 37 percent of the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center.

But while Mexico is still the most common country of birth for unauthorized immigrants in the United States, that number is down from a peak of 6.9 million 2007.

The unauthorized immigrant population from other countries has grown in recent years, especially from the Caribbean, South America and Asia.

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

We've got a kerfluffle with Colombia now.

Trump Hits Colombia With Tariffs in Feud Over Military Deportation Flights
Gustavo Petro said that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and that he had already turned away U.S. military flights carrying deportees.

Colombia refused to accept military deportation flights from the United States, setting off a furious reaction from President Trump, who on Sunday announced a barrage of tariffs and sanctions targeting the country, which has long been a top U.S. ally in Latin America.

The United States will immediately impose a 25 percent tariff on all Colombian imports, and will raise them to 50 percent in one week, Mr. Trump said on social media.

The Trump administration will also “fully impose” banking and financial sanctions against Colombia, and will apply a travel ban and revoke visas of Colombian government officials, the president said.

The move reflects how Mr. Trump is making an example out of Colombia as countries around the world are grappling with how to prepare for the mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants that he has threatened.

“This looks like a pretty bold and daring escalation on both sides,” said Will Freeman, a fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, citing Colombia’s economic reliance on the United States, which is still the South American country’s largest trading partner even as China has been making inroads.

“But equally, for Trump to threaten Colombia this way is pretty bold itself,” Mr. Freeman added. “That’s because Colombia remains historically the longest standing, the deepest, strategic ally in the region.”

Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, said earlier Sunday in a series of social media posts that Colombia would not accept military deportation flights from the United States until the Trump administration provided a process to treat Colombian migrants with “dignity and respect.”

Mr. Petro also said that Colombia had already turned away military planes carrying Colombian deportees. While other countries in Latin America have raised concerns about Mr. Trump’s sweeping deportation plans, Colombia appears to be among the first to explicitly refuse to cooperate.

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“I cannot make migrants stay in a country that does not want them,” Mr. Petro wrote, “but if that country sends them back, it should be with dignity and respect for them and for our country.”

He said he was still open to receiving deportees on nonmilitary flights.

Mr. Petro’s stance put him on a collision course with Mr. Trump, who since taking office last Monday has issued a series of executive orders and made other moves aimed at laying the groundwork to try to deport an enormous number of migrants.

The tariffs alone could deal a significant blow to Colombia’s economy. The United States is Colombia’s largest trading partner, with top Colombian exports including crude oil, coffee and cut flowers.

Mr. Petro also cast attention on Americans living in Colombia. In a social media post, Mr. Petro said that more than 15,000 Americans were living in the country without authorization, and called upon them to “regularize” their immigration status.

The U.S. Embassy in Bogotá did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Mr. Petro did not include details about when or how many military planes and migrants had been turned away.

There were 190,000 unauthorized Colombian immigrants living in the U.S. in 2022, according to the most recent data available from the Pew Research Center.

A representative for Mr. Petro confirmed that the planes had been turned away, but did not immediately respond to other questions. Representatives for Colombia’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The United States typically sends back deportees in planes resembling commercial jets that are operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. After Mr. Trump signed an executive order to allow the military to assist in securing the border, the acting secretary of defense, Robert G. Salesses, said in a statement last week that the military would provide airplanes to support with deportation flights.

The Trump administration is sending the military planes in addition to the usual flights operated by ICE, meaning that they do not replace the typical flights that land several times a week in countries throughout the region, and which Mr. Petro referred to as “civilian flights.”

The new planes sent by the military can only depart from the United States if the receiving nation has approved them. Mr. Salesses said that before the military sent flights, the State Department would first “obtain the requisite diplomatic clearances and provide host-nation notification.”

It is unclear which countries may have agreed to receive military planes carrying deportees, or if Colombia had agreed — and then revoked its agreement.

Brazil’s foreign ministry complained of “degrading treatment” of its citizens after 88 migrants arrived handcuffed on Friday on a flight from the United States.

Early on Friday, Guatemala received two U.S. Air Force jets carrying around 160 deportees in total, making it one of the first countries to publicly receive such flights. The Guatemalan government sent the country’s vice president to oversee the arrival of the deportees on the C-17 aircraft and the Trump administration hailed that effort in messages on social media.

Officials in Mexico, the source of the largest number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States, have said they remained open to receiving deported citizens and routine deportations have taken place to Mexican cities along the U.S. border in recent days.

“When it comes to repatriations, we will always welcome Mexican men and women back to our territory with open arms,” Mexico’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a statement on social media on Friday night.

Still, Mexican authorities have not disclosed whether they plan to accept military flights or whether they will receive deported migrants from other countries, as Mexico has sometimes done in the past.

On Friday, news outlets reported that Mexico had turned away a military plane carrying deportees, an account that could not be independently confirmed.

Honduras, which like Colombia has pushed back against the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations, has said it is open to receiving military flights.

The foreign minister, Enrique Reina, said in an interview on Saturday that it was “open to receiving our compatriots as long as the conditions are appropriate and have been properly coordinated.”

He said that the government had been in conversation with the U.S. Embassy in Honduras about deportation flights but it had not formally been asked to authorize the arrival of military planes carrying deportees.

About four million unauthorized immigrants from Mexico live in the United States, representing about 37 percent of the estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States, according to the Pew Research Center.

But while Mexico is still the most common country of birth for unauthorized immigrants in the United States, that number is down from a peak of 6.9 million 2007.

The unauthorized immigrant population from other countries has grown in recent years, especially from the Caribbean, South America and Asia.

Colombia is the one ally we need in that region.

And shit is flaring up there and coming from the Venezuelan side of the border.

Are they going to put sanctions on Cocaine? That would piss off a lot of washington elites.

Just got this from State.

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01/26/2025 03:42 PM EST
 

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

President Trump has made it clear that under his administration, America will no longer be lied to nor taken advantage of. It is the responsibility of each nation to take back their citizens who are illegally present in the United States in a serious and expeditious manner. Colombian President Petro had authorized flights and provided all needed authorizations and then canceled his authorization when the planes were in the air. As demonstrated by today’s actions, we are unwavering in our commitment to end illegal immigration and bolster America’s border security.

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1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

...Colombian President Petro had authorized flights and provided all needed authorizations and then canceled his authorization when the planes were in the air. ...

 

Riiiiight Marco. You expect me to believe you? This is the administration that campaigned for four years while in office, including a presser at Four Seasons Landscaping courtesy of Rudy G., and now returning to office is the same administration that didn't like the fact that there were call logs kept between officials (including the President) and transcripts of those calls, and thus having likely learned their lesson this go round will either: not keep transcripts or falsify transcripts because oversight is now nonexistent. So Marco, I suspect everything you say is ass and the military was ordered to just drop 'em off OR you got played by the President of Columbia who called your bluff and now you look stupid...and are throwing a temper tantrum because you look stupid. Unfortunately that reflects upon all citizens of the US, more than half of whom will likely cheer the stupidity. Great. Wonderful. It makes me miss Angela Merkel and her expressions whenever she appeared at a function with DT.

 

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Riiiiight Marco. You expect me to believe you? This is the administration that campaigned for four years while in office, including a presser at Four Seasons Landscaping courtesy of Rudy G., and now returning to office is the same administration that didn't like the fact that there were call logs kept between officials (including the President) and transcripts of those calls, and thus having likely learned their lesson this go round will either: not keep transcripts or falsify transcripts because oversight is now nonexistent. So Marco, I suspect everything you say is ass and the military was ordered to just drop 'em off OR you got played by the President of Columbia who called your bluff and now you look stupid...and are throwing a temper tantrum because you look stupid. Unfortunately that reflects upon all citizens of the US, more than half of whom will likely cheer the stupidity. Great. Wonderful. It makes me miss Angela Merkel and her expressions whenever she appeared at a function with DT.

 

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Perhaps. Add to that our Mil flight could not get to the final destination in Brazil and had to land in Manaus.

And the brazilians are pissed.

One week and we are pissing off an entire hemisphere. One we should be courting and best friends with.

 

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Rubio made some big statements about the US in Africa. These two stories are ongoing and have not heard a peep. Did not hear much from Biden to be fair. But this is going to spread fast. Remember all those new stories back in the 1980's about Ethipia? Yeah, that is happening again, this time with artillery and drones. Would move to Global Spring thread, but other than the atrocities, Rubio is on record about them.

Sudan (Darfur)- Cannot remember the last march for Darfur security lately. Oh, and this is Russia vs. UAE/KSA bullshit.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday, part of a series of attacks coming as the African nation’s civil war escalated in recent days.

https://apnews.com/article/sudan-war-hospital-attack-fasher-53f41de57ca442ed5dd3a8a1312f4052

DR Congo (vs. Rwanda). Goma Region. Shit has gotten real bad, more than usual.  13 UN Peacekeepers killed by Rwandan backed rebels (M-23)

UN Secretary General António Guterres has called on Rwanda to withdraw its forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo's territory and on the M23 rebel group to stop its advance on the eastern city of Goma amid intense fighting.

At a UN Security Council emergency meeting on Sunday, Congo's foreign minister accused Rwanda of declaring war by sending its troops over the border to help the rebels.

Rwanda's representative did not deny backing M23.

The calls come after 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DR Congo were killed in clashes with M23 rebels, UN and army officials have said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l07e550qko

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Why did Colombia refuse it's people back, though? Did we try to stick Colombia with the bill for the costs of returning their people (I can see that being disrespectful and antaganostic)? Otherwise, I mean, they are your people and your issue and it's not a great look to be like "nope, they got through the border illegally so they are yours to deal with now!"

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Why did Colombia refuse it's people back, though? Did we try to stick Colombia with the bill for the costs of returning their people (I can see that being disrespectful and antaganostic)? Otherwise, I mean, they are your people and your issue and it's not a great look to be like "nope, they got through the border illegally so they are yours to deal with now!"

They didn't "refuse their people back."  They refused to receive a flight on which their people were subjected to inhumane treatment.

Get your news from sources other than Fox/the right wing social media ecosystem.  That would be a great starting point for you.

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4 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Y'all remember when Vegas64 disappeared around these parts for four years and is suddenly back posting a lot of "reasonable Republican"ish stuff? 

This is dumb. I'm not a republican and I didn't vote for the orange cheetoh. 

I am an independent and do think immigration reform is a big deal. I hadn't read that those on the plane were treated inhumanely, that's horrific. I'm also all about taking care of the little ones who are here illegally with compassion because they are innocent! 

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12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

They didn't "refuse their people back."  They refused to receive a flight on which their people were subjected to inhumane treatment.

Get your news from sources other than Fox/the right wing social media ecosystem.  That would be a great starting point for you.

BTW, just read on aljeezera.com the row and what was inhuamne treatment was the pictures the Colombian president saw of them with their hands and feet restrained. It would be better to not treat them like narcos and known criminals and just let them board the plane like you or me on a business trip. Maybe they will do that moving forward to avoid issues, I think that would be smart.

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He accused Trump of not treating the deported migrants with dignity or respect. Petro reposted a video on X showing deportees in an airport in Brazil, with their hands and feet restrained. “I cannot allow migrants to remain in a country that does not want them; but if that country sends them back, it must be with dignity and respect for them and for our country,” he wrote.

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/1/27/how-trump-coerced-colombia-to-accept-deportees-by-threatening-us-tariff-war

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Colombia accepted 475 deportation flights coming from the U.S. under the Biden administration. In 2024 alone, the country accepted 124.  They just don't want them treated like animals.

I hate that this is being framed as a win for the Trump administration.  Colombia got it's terms met, so they allowed a clearly established precedent to resume.

It's really that simple.

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