Reports are coming in from across the country that mass ICE raids are under way. Here’s Keith Olbermann exploring what it would really mean if the Trump-thing actually tries to follow through on his promises of mass deportation.
In Austin:
Making its way around #ATX neighborhoods. #ICERaids pic.twitter.com/s8lZL9j5NO
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) February 10, 2017
The only people that will benefit from these raids are the private prisons. Wonder how much stock Trump and his family own.
re: #2 Anymouse
Is ICE detaining everyone or simply people with outstanding warrants?
re: #3 I Would Prefer Not To
The only people that will benefit from these raids are the private prisons. Wonder how much stock Trump and his family own.
Plenty, I would imagine.
I am late to the party but saw the post about Laura Ingraham (a few articles ago) telling police to arrest the protesters keeping DeVos out of the DC school (which I had to share with my Mother - former teacher - who is attempting to keep her spirits high). We cannot forget this little piece from the RNC and I am not too certain why it has not been run with to send that shill out on a rail.
Never leave a key in a classified lockbag in the presence of non-cleared people. #Classified101 (Original Photo @AP https://t.co/F4KaPbX9Hw) pic.twitter.com/4GmKK8dp5K
— Martin Heinrich (@MartinHeinrich) February 10, 2017
Trump doesn’t give a shit about security, even the basic variety. It’s still not clear whether he’s got a smartphone that has been cleared, but this is just more evidence they don’t know what they’re doing.
re: #4 Dr Lizardo
Is ICE detaining everyone or simply people with outstanding warrants?
In southern California, it was everyone present in the house.
The President’s Executive Orders
During his first two weeks in office, President Trump issued executive orders to secure our borders, enforce our immigration laws, and protect the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States. The President has gotten right to work, fighting on behalf of American families and workers—and these moves will strengthen our national security.
The purpose of the order on border security is to direct executive departments and agencies to deploy all lawful means to secure the nation’s southern border, prevent further illegal immigration into the United States, and to repatriate illegal aliens swiftly, consistently, and humanely.
[bullshit] and to repatriate illegal aliens swiftly, consistently, and humanely. [/bullshit]
STATEMENT: California Senate Leader on ICE Raids https://t.co/Z0S6yhwmYI #ICERaids pic.twitter.com/0ZSujezWrB
— CA Senate Leader (@CAproTem) February 10, 2017
The new head of Border Patrol pic.twitter.com/7Mv7DUhhoC
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) February 10, 2017
The widespread disconnect by GOPers from reality is scary - considering that many are in power and they push ever more radical lies. Like claiming that the Democrats are the ones who are Klanners - when actual KKKers, white supremacists and Neo Nazis flocked to Bannon/Trump during the campaign and continue supporting the Admin’s efforts to make America white again (by throwing out all the heathens who aren’t white, Christian, and well to do).
re: #4 Dr Lizardo
Is ICE detaining everyone or simply people with outstanding warrants?
Based on what is going on at Twitter (not an entirely reliable source but lots of people commenting), they are sweeping up just about anyone they want: with an outstanding warrant, those on deportation orders, those who are not, those who are citizens and green card holders.
It appears to be very equitable - if equality means you can be deported.
In Phoenix, the mother taken from her children yesterday that sparked protests is now in Mexico City.
#ICERaids (second-by-second updates, now trending on USA Twitter)
The ACLU is reminding people they do not have to open their doors or answer questions without a warrant signed by a judge.
re: #8 Backwoods_Sleuth
In southern California, it was everyone present in the house.
Wow.
I can see arresting people with outstanding arrest warrants or under deportation orders, but not everyone in the house. That’s seriously fucked up.
Every year, twice a year (usually in late May and again in August) the Foreigners Police here do major sweeps in Prague; apartment blocks, workplaces, bars, etc., where foreigners are known to congregate. If they find anyone here illegally, BOOM, off they go. I was working in a call center one summer that employed almost exclusively foreigners and they came in on one of their sweeps. Fortunately, there were no problems for anyone. I’ve even been stopped in the street by the Foreigners Police during a sweep - had to show them my permanent residence card.
Here, from time to time, it really is, “Your papers, please”.
re: #14 I Would Prefer Not To
A buck is still too much.
So these ICE raids are really a thing? I hate to be “that guy”, but I want to make sure this is actually happening before I start spreading the word.
And I’ll go here as well: As bang up of a job Olbermann is doing, and as big pieces of shit both Trump and the GOP are, it’s still Olbermann. He has a “Shoot first, ask questions later” habit that gets him trouble occasionally. I want to make sure this is actually happening.
That said, if these raids are happening, I’m sure Camden and Philly are in crosshairs and we’ll be hearing about them around here soon.
Keep your eye out for immigration agents in Austin.
— Nancy Cárdenas Peña (@ncardenastx) February 10, 2017
They’re even in suburban neighborhoods outside Austin city limit. Yesterday, they were following a school bus as kids got off. https://t.co/BTXJLBHOvA
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) February 10, 2017
ICE was picking up parents as they were meeting their kids after school. They’re intentionally using children to get to parents. https://t.co/tFQQH2gwDW
— Katie Klabusich (@Katie_Speak) February 10, 2017
re: #16 Mattand
So these ICE raids are really a thing? I hate to be “that guy”, but I want to make sure this is actually happening before I start spreading the word.
And I’ll go here as well: As bang up of a job Olbermann is doing, and as big pieces of shit both Trump and the GOP are, it’s still Olbermann. He has a “Shoot first, ask questions later” habit that gets him trouble occasionally. I want to make sure this is actually happening.
That said, if these raids are happening, I’m sure Camden and Philly are in crosshairs and we’ll be hearing about them around here soon.
The raids started on Wednesday.
Update: Here’s what ICE had to say about the deportation sweeps in Southern California over the past several days: https://t.co/MR2o9wGpUc pic.twitter.com/B8BAbWA3zy
— Ian Gordon (@id_gordon) February 10, 2017
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
The raids started on Wednesday.
Christ, shouldn’t this have been plastered across every news outlet in the country?
Probably a rhetorical question, but still…
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Hey @realDonaldTrump - remember us? Since you won’t meet with vets at the WH, we’re airing this ad on #SNL this weekend to get on your TV. pic.twitter.com/ORNXbubx11
— VoteVets (@votevets) February 10, 2017
Hey @realDonaldTrump - remember us? Since you won’t meet with vets at the WH, we’re airing this ad on #SNL this weekend to get on your TV.
Remember Steve Bannon is trying to get control of VOA:
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty stops funding magazine critical of Russia.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a U.S. government-funded news organization, has cut funding for The Interpreter magazine, an online publication that has critically covered Russia.
Michael Weiss, a Daily Beast senior editor who also serves as editor-in-chief of The Interpreter, told The Huffington Post that RFE/RL’s management made the decision to stop funding the magazine last fall, before Donald Trump’s election victory.
While RFE/RL stopped paying Weiss’ three-person team for The Interpreter at the end of December, following the conclusion of a one-year contract, the news organization agreed to continue paying them for work on polygraph.info, a new fact-checking and propaganda debunking site launched with Voice of America.
Weiss was recently informed that his team would not get another contract for 2017 for work on Polygraph, but agreed to a short-term deal through the end of February. After that, the Interpreter staff can potentially freelance for the new site.
(More at Huffington Post)
Barack and Michelle Obama offer internships for their D.C. office. https://t.co/Cenfz4dIwW
— CNBC (@CNBC) February 10, 2017
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
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NOT SAFE FOR WORK BUT ENTIRELY GOOD FOR YOUR SOUL.
Crotchety Scotsman Michael Forbes regales @Amy_Hoggart with tales of antagonizing the Trump family tree. pic.twitter.com/CYADRe9daG
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) February 10, 2017
Remember that Public Policy Polling question about the Bowling Green Massacre that had fifty-one percent of Trump supporters considering the fictional massacre grounds for an immigration ban?
Huffington Post reminds folk (as I have here) that most people don’t play inside baseball with politics and therefore simply hearing about the “massacre” without context (such as the question) means they might agree:
That makes a splashy headline, and it’s catnip for liberals who want to laugh at how stupid they think Trump supporters are. But it’s not good polling practice and should not be reported without substantial caveats about how the question was written and likely perceived by respondents.
First, most of us who read polls live in a world focused on media and politics, and we should get out of that mindset. The average American doesn’t spend hours of their day glued to Twitter and cable networks watching all the latest developments in Washington, D.C. Most are busy living their lives, caring for families, working non-political jobs or all of the above.
In that frame of mind, how many Americans have probably heard of the Bowling Green Massacre, or know it’s a fake thing Kellyanne Conway made up last week? We don’t know. The poll didn’t ask that question. The question wasn’t even about whether people believed the fictional massacre happened ― that was simply asserted as a fact.
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My favorite Michigan pastime is having white people whose last contact with Detroit was in the 60s explain how Detroit got in bad shape
— sanctuary tweeter (@jesseltaylor) February 10, 2017
re: #7 lawhawk
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Trump doesn’t give a shit about security, even the basic variety. It’s still not clear whether he’s got a smartphone that has been cleared, but this is just more evidence they don’t know what they’re doing.
How do we know it’s not a prop, just like the folders full of empty pages?
re: #21 Eclectic Cyborg
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Spicer denies CNN’s reporting. pic.twitter.com/6eTB7viHq1
— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) February 10, 2017
re: #19 Backwoods_Sleuth
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If that’s true, then Mattand’s skepticism is correct. If.
re: #32 Anymouse
I’m worried that Mike Lee’s/Steve King’s bill to make those with undocumented grandparents un-citizens. If they do, I’m fucked.
FFS. Dude.
re: #34 EmmaAnne
If that’s true, then Mattand’s skepticism is correct. If.
Weird. I clicked on #19 in that comment to go to it, and it opened it in a box I couldn’t close. I had to reload the page.
CNN reporting on Trump-Russia memos confirms USG has intel showing Russians plotted against HRC and for Trump. https://t.co/xU0940zj75 pic.twitter.com/hEDwROTa1z
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 10, 2017
re: #25 Mattand
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BREAKING: President Trump says he’s considering signing a `brand new order’ on immigration.
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) February 10, 2017
Good freaking grief. @AP_Politics https://t.co/OVZfPtB1S2
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2017
re: #34 EmmaAnne
If that’s true, then Mattand’s skepticism is correct. If.
Right now I believe any “official statement” from ICE as much as I believe in the War on Christmas.
re: #40 Charles Johnson
Oh great, what now?
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re: #38 jaunte
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This smacks of Nixon telling the leader of South Vietnam (who’s name escapes me at the moment) to kill the peace process with LBJ (note: Nixon didn’t get flak for this).
Also smacks of Raygun telling the extremists in Iran to hold on to US hostages and we would open the door to sell them weapons (Iran-Contra the result) and Ollie North (noted Fox “New” contributor) to have his secretary shred the evidence.
If this doesn’t rid us of a few Trumpkins in the Executive Branch will anything?
re: #38 jaunte
Translation -
USG- United States Government
Context - Intelligence Agency euphemism/shorthand for the CIA
re: #44 Scottish Dragon
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If Trump’s win was bought by the Russians, whole line of succession was bought. Presidency must not got to Pence or Ryan.
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 10, 2017
re: #49 The Vicious Babushka
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re: #40 Charles Johnson
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Could the Trump team’s trial balloons be any more ham fisted?
My grandmother (born in Pennsylvania to legal immigrants from Slovakia) lost her American citizenship when she married my grandfather (a Romani refugee from Hungary) in 1918. (There was some really freaky “we’re askeert of ‘certain’ immigrants” law put in place at the time.)
They had eight children, who in turn had many children. This angst about King’s wet dream to deport grandchildren of illegals is just that. There’s no freaking way they can find all of us. Just ain’t gonna happen unless you keep drawing attention to yourself, daring them to do it.
Detroit was the penultimate destination of the Underground Railroad.
BREAKING: Amid legal setback, President Donald Trump says he’s considering signing a ‘brand new order’ on immigration.
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 10, 2017
Because a president’s executive orders are just like Twitter. If you have a typo, you delete the original and tweet it again. No big deal. https://t.co/J04scva0OT
— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) February 10, 2017
You want to watch some shit?
Rep. Steve King’s “Birthright Citizenship” bill, now filed.
Shown Here:
Introduced in House (01/03/2017)Birthright Citizenship Act of 2017
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to consider a person born in the United States “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States for citizenship at birth purposes if the person is born in the United States of parents, one of whom is: (1) a U.S. citizen or national, (2) a lawful permanent resident alien whose residence is in the United States, or (3) an alien performing active service in the U.S. Armed Forces.
This Act shall not be construed to affect the citizenship or nationality status of any person born before the date of its enactment.
The last line is the caveat that would keep me from being deported to Poland. Presumably it could be stripped from the bill at any time (which would then make me subject to it), or the bill might die in committee. It has twenty co-sponsors.
Have Trump’s Mass Deportations Begun? Immigration Arrests Reported Around the Country https://t.co/h7SJcktQsN
— AlAnderson (@arawis) February 10, 2017
Drumpf started his deportations deporting woman, breaking up a family-meanwhile we are still waiting for his wife to prove she’s legal https://t.co/lYFpA5H1Hk
— Jacqueline Hines (@JacquelineHine1) February 10, 2017
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gaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
We’ve got enough trouble with tractors pulling farm equipment, logging trucks, and Amish buggies. Sure…let the ATVs on the roads, too!
Vroom Vroom: HB 288 would allow ATVs on state and county roads in unincorporated areas. ^DD
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 10, 2017
Raids underway in Calif.; Texas; Northern Va.; N.C.; Fla.; Hudson Valley region of New York; Kan. https://t.co/mdlGYZsHtE
— Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) February 10, 2017
BREAKING: White House doesn’t plan to take stay of Trump’s immigration ban to Supreme Court, plans to defend its merits - @NBCNews
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) February 10, 2017
Congressman Pascrell Wants Ways and Means to Formally Request Trump’s Tax Returns
“The Presidential campaign is over and the fear that a political opponent will try to use tax returns for electoral benefit is passed,” wrote Pascrell. “President Trump is now governing while also owning a business with international investments. The Constitution faces unprecedented threats due to this arrangement. I believe the powerful Ways and Means Committee has the responsibility to use that power to ensure proper oversight of the executive branch by requesting a review of President Trump’s tax returns.”
Current law allows the House Committee on Ways and Means, the Senate Committee on Finance, and the Joint Committee on Taxation to make such a request to allow members of the committee to review the tax documents of any individual in closed session and consider their public release. This move would allow for important Congressional oversight of potential conflicts of interest, which up to this point has not been possible because of the President’s refusal to release his tax returns, Pascrell noted.observer.com
Just take a look at Japanese PM Abe’s repulsed face! Seems to say: ‘Oh God, this man is SO dumb & incompetent!’ pic.twitter.com/OWSZ1kVRwq
I warned against panicking prematurely on ICE stuff but this quote…. https://t.co/GJIWjYi9rg pic.twitter.com/9ka5ps3jdm
— Nick Riccardi (@NickRiccardi) February 10, 2017
This basically confirms the early read on executive order: it effectively prioritizes everyone for deportation, not just serious criminals https://t.co/ATv2h6tQ1z
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) February 10, 2017
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
gaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
We’ve got enough trouble with tractors pulling farm equipment, logging trucks, and Amish buggies. Sure…let the ATVs on the roads, too!
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When I was driving bunky big rigs on hilly, blind, back roads in Dead Deer County, I was always fearful of a carload of kids rocketing down the lane in a Camaro or PU truck having a beer or 5. ATV’s? Entrails in the trees.
re: #59 Anymouse
Rep. Steve King’s “Birthright Citizenship” bill, now filed.
The last line is the caveat that would keep me from being deported to Poland. Presumably it could be stripped from the bill at any time (which would then make me subject to it), or the bill might die in committee. It has twenty co-sponsors.
He’s planning on repealing the 14th Amendment, because it is VERY specific on who are considered citizens of the United States.
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
re: #70 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
He’s planning on repealing the 14th Amendment, because it is VERY specific on who are considered citizens of the United States.
And you just can’t do that by passing a law.
USA becomes a country of roadblocks:
Federal agents conducting sweeping immigration raids in at least 6 states https://t.co/yESueIpodW— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) February 10, 2017
re: #65 Backwoods_Sleuth
White House doesn’t plan to take stay of Trump’s immigration ban to Supreme Court, plans to defend its merits
Didn’t the 9th Circuit determine that it had no merits?
This is why I vacillate between thinking this administration is evil and comically inept.
re: #63 Backwoods_Sleuth
gaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
We’ve got enough trouble with tractors pulling farm equipment, logging trucks, and Amish buggies. Sure…let the ATVs on the roads, too!
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We already have those here (some ranchers use ATV’s instead of horses).
One fellow here who lost his driver’s license due to eyesight now drives around town on a lawnmower.
Gillian Christensen, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), confirmed that ICE agents this week had raided homes and workplaces in Atlanta, the Los Angeles area and two other cities that she declined to identify, as part of “routine” immigration enforcement actions. ICE does not use the term raids.
“That would be telling.”
re: #73 makeitstop
Didn’t the 9th Circuit determine that it had no merits?
This is why I vacillate between thinking this administration is evil and comically inept.
why, yes. yes they did!
@joshtpm A bruised orange.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2017
re: #50 Kragar
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Sucession scares me as well
Trump is horrid
Pence is a religious nut house
Paul Ryan will Ayn Rand the shit out of us
Rex Tillerson is owned by Russia (I believe to be Russia’s goal)
Then the rest of the cabinet of deplorables
Could America just ask for a revote (as I want Hillary to be seen legit and not just given it)
Edit: to fix spelling as auto correct kills me and doesn’t like me to cuss
re: #70 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
re: #71 Backwoods_Sleuth
Birthright citizenship for those after the XIV Amendment was adopted is determined by a Supreme Court decision, Wong Kim Ark v United States. The point of the legislation would be to overturn Ark.
re: #73 makeitstop
Didn’t the 9th Circuit determine that it had no merits?
This is why I vacillate between thinking this administration is evil and comically inept.
Trump is only watching the news shows that have his puppets on talking about how the EO “can win on the merits.”
re: #74 Anymouse
We already have those here (some ranchers use ATV’s instead of horses).
One fellow here who lost his driver’s license due to eyesight now drives around town on a lawnmower.
when I lived in Illinois, there was a guy who drove his riding mower around town because he lost his license due to multiple DUIs.
He eventually stopped after he failed to beat a train at the railroad crossing (and was riding his mower drunk at the time).
re: #69 nines09
When I was driving bunky big rigs on hilly, blind, back roads in Dead Deer County, I always fearful of a carload of kids rocketing down the lane in a Camaro or PU truck having a beer or 5. ATV’s? Entrails in the trees.
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re: #80 jaunte
Trump is only watching the news shows that have his puppets on talking about how the EO “can win on the merits.”
Win on the merits WHERE???
re: #20 Mattand
Christ, shouldn’t this have been plastered across every news outlet in the country?
Probably a rhetorical question, but still…
WaPo had this story yesterday about a mother of two who’d been arrested. I just checked the NYT and didn’t see any headlines about it.
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
when I lived in Illinois, there was a guy who drove his riding mower around town because he lost his license due to multiple DUIs.
He eventually stopped after he failed to beat a train at the railroad crossing (and was riding his mower drunk at the time).
Yike. My uncle was killed the same way, but riding a horse. He attempted to beat a train after a long night at the bar. Horse lived, he didn’t.
re: #78 CongoJack
We COULD ask…but there’s nothing in precedent, law, or the Constitution for it. Literally, the founders of this country never conceived of something this fucking crazy.
re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg
Win on the merits WHERE???
IN the conversation I watched, the Trumpists were claiming it would win on the merits at the Supreme Court.
re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg
Win on the merits WHERE???
In other words, they’ll tell their goon squads to just keep throwing brown people out of the country.
re: #83 Eclectic Cyborg
Breitbart. They’ll win on the merits on Breitbart.
re: #78 CongoJack
Sucession scares me as well
Trump is horrid
Pence is a religious nut house
Paul Ryan will Ayn Rand the shot out of us
Rex Tillerson is owned by Russia (I believe to be Russia’s goal)Then the rest of the cabinet of deplorables
Could America just ask for a revote (as I want Hillary to be seen legit and not just given it)
We’ll likely get Acting President Mattis after the entire cabinet and GOP leadership is locked up for acts of sedition and the military stages a coup d’etat.
re: #85 Anymouse
Yike. My uncle was killed the same way, but riding a horse. He attempted to beat a train after a long night at the bar. Horse lived, he didn’t.
Here in the Backwoods, there’s a guy who has a motorized wheelchair and he’s constantly riding that thing on the highway at the county seat.
(Fun fact: He flies a flag on the back of the wheelchair and he’s missing a leg, which he likes to claim he “lost it in Nam”. But we all know how he really lost that leg (and this is the truth): he jumped out of a second-story window when the husband of the woman he was boinking came home unexpectedly.)
re: #82 makeitstop
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Trump and his fellow affirmative action legacy hires are vexed by challenges, scale of government https://t.co/PZdpWLqTpX
— space cat félicette (@felicianista) February 10, 2017
re: #90 Myron Falwell
And I can see all those RW nuts taking that well. Though it sounds almost like a junta… which I’m sad to say I might take at this moment (given the constitution is upheld in the process)
re: #91 Backwoods_Sleuth
Here in the Backwoods, there’s a guy who has a motorized wheelchair and he’s constantly riding that thing on the highway at the county seat.
(Fun fact: He flies a flag on the back of the wheelchair and he’s missing a leg, which he likes to claim he “lost it in Nam”. But we all know how he really lost that leg (and this is the truth): he jumped out of a second-story window when the husband of the woman he was boinking came home unexpectedly.
I’ve seen motorised wheelchairs on the streets of our county seat. That said, most of the streets are dirt and the traffic moves slowly.
re: #80 jaunte
Trump is only watching the news shows that have his puppets on talking about how the EO “can win on the merits.”
You’re probably right on that.
re: #86 I cannot.
We COULD ask…but there’s nothing in precedent, law, or the Constitution for it. Literally, the founders of this country never conceived of something this fucking crazy.
There’s all sorts of ways this could end. None of them are good, and some of them are frightening on a Reign of Terror/Thermidorian Reaction scale (where basically people exact vengeance on everyone in power and then some).
JUST IN: Pres. Trump on Flynn report: “I don’t know about that. I haven’t seen it. What report is that? … I’ll look into that.”
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) February 10, 2017
In some cities ICE agents in unmarked cars have been asking people at random for proof of citizenship or ID https://t.co/PmUhBYcubv
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 10, 2017
what’s your favorite part of being American? Mine’s either that Lee Greenwood song or carrying my passport at all times to prove citizenship https://t.co/vPNGMKYDXO
— dan solo (@dansolomon) February 10, 2017
“People at random” using a handy color chart.
re: #95 Anymouse
I’ve seen motorised wheelchairs on the streets of our county seat. That said, most of the streets are dirt and the traffic moves slowly.
and y’all have those sandtraps that can swallow them up.
re: #92 nines09
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re: #94 CongoJack
And I can see all those RW nuts taking that well. Though it sounds almost like a junta… which I’m sad to say I might take at this moment (given the constitution is upheld in the process)
With the GOP rank-and-file doing nothing to uphold the Constitution, it’s as worthless as a used McDonald’s napkin.
re: #100 Backwoods_Sleuth
and y’all have those sandtraps that can swallow them up.
My whole county is a sandtrap - we’re the Inland Coast.
re: #99 jaunte
I’m wondering if I should break out the bleach to blanch my dark-olive skin… .
For the first time in many years, the Congress and the Presidency are united in defense of the unborn. pic.twitter.com/NN1iIQMZgm
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) February 10, 2017
Then are we to look forward to your legislation mandating free prenatal/maternity care& protection from pregnancy discrimination? Or nah? https://t.co/W5h6CWnZy8
— Amanda (@ms_emmalyon) February 10, 2017
re: #101 makeitstop
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Really, I gotta ask (and I’ll probably regret this): if trump isn’t going to appeal to SCOTUS, then where and in what reality is his administration going to “win on the merits”?
Oh wait…
It just occurred to me that “SEE YOU IN COURT” could mean Trump plans to sue the 9th Circuit.
Hey — anything’s possible with this dolt.— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 10, 2017
In some cities ICE agents in unmarked cars have been asking people at random for proof of citizenship or ID https://t.co/PmUhBYcubv
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 10, 2017
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
…but fuck those who carry the child. And fuck the kids once they are born unless it is into a world of rich WASP privilege.
The only reason the GOP hasn’t openly persecuted the Catholics is because of teh fetuses. Otherwise they would be rounded up like everyone else they don’t like.
The Kremlin denies reports that Trump adviser Michael Flynn discussed sanctions with the Russian ambassador https://t.co/QBLLCqmUQD pic.twitter.com/KT9DU1X8oK
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 10, 2017
That’s it! Means it’s all true. https://t.co/azOIwSvjmR
— Gus™ (@Gus_802) February 10, 2017
“Being president harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides/allies. he’s growing increasingly frustrated” https://t.co/WAG7myFqxl
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 10, 2017
It’s almost as if electing an unstable Fox News viewer in his 70s with no governing experience wasn’t a great idea. https://t.co/EArEEoUDBB
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) February 10, 2017
re: #59 Anymouse
Rep. Steve King’s “Birthright Citizenship” bill, now filed.
The last line is the caveat that would keep me from being deported to Poland. Presumably it could be stripped from the bill at any time (which would then make me subject to it), or the bill might die in committee. It has twenty co-sponsors.
It’s patently Unconstitutional, as no Bill can override the 14th Amendment.
re: #107 Backwoods_Sleuth
I think “see you in court” is just more of Trump’s kneejerk you’re-not-the-boss-of-me reaction to any resistance. He didn’t know what he was going to do when he said it, it just sounded good.
What does a white guy have to do to get called a terrorist in this town. pic.twitter.com/86888lebc0
— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) February 10, 2017
re: #112 goddamnedfrank
It’s patently Unconstitutional, as no Bill can override the 14th Amendment.
They’re consulting the Alternate Constitution.
re: #113 jaunte
I think “see you in court” is just more of Trump’s kneejerk you’re-not-the-boss-of-me reaction to any resistance. He didn’t know what he was going to do when he said it, it just sounded good.
“DON’T YOU KNOW WHO I AM??!!??” Falls down flight of stairs…..
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
what a bunch of dumbasses
Latest WH clarification: “We COULD take the temporary restraining order to the Supreme Court.”
— Ashley Parker (@AshleyRParker) February 10, 2017
re: #110 Backwoods_Sleuth
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When I was the WH Deputy COS I would have walked into #MICHAELFLYNN office & said “resign or be fired by 5 pm”.
— Jim Messina (@Messina2012) February 10, 2017
We now live in a country where people are organizing to circumvent LEO to protect their neighbors
Beautiful & terrifying at the same time— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 10, 2017
re: #112 goddamnedfrank
It’s patently Unconstitutional, as no Bill can override the 14th Amendment.
The bill doesn’t seek to override the XIV Amendment. It seeks to overrule a Supreme Court decision (see above). That is legal.
Oh brother.
NBC News Exclusive: Russia is considering handing Snowden over to U.S. to ‘curry favor’ —U.S. official https://t.co/obp1MInu9v
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 10, 2017
Prob been posted earlier, but the protests are separating the people from the asshole yam.
On Revolution Day, Iranians turn out in huge numbers to defy threats & insults by US govt; praise American people for rejecting #MuslimBan. pic.twitter.com/lTW50x7Wql
— Javad Zarif (@JZarif) February 10, 2017
re: #122 Anymouse
The bill doesn’t seek to override the XIV Amendment. It seeks to overrule a Supreme Court decision (see above). That is legal.
No, it isn’t. Who told you this and why do you believe it? If overturning a Supreme Court decision was as simple as passing a bill into law then Roe v. Wade would’ve been history a long time ago. Wong Kim Ark clarifies the 14th Amendment, Congress can’t undo that without passing another Amendment to the Constitution and getting enough States to ratify it.
.@POTUS was asked on AF1 about Flynn talking sanctions with Russian amb: “I don’t know about that. I haven’t seen it. What report is that?
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) February 10, 2017
“You mean the bombshell report that was all over the front pages and the media? Nope. Haven’t seen it.” @ElizLanders https://t.co/1blHSOJmIt
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2017
re: #122 Anymouse
The bill doesn’t seek to override the XIV Amendment. It seeks to overrule a Supreme Court decision (see above). That is legal.
And it will immediately be challenged and be unenforced until such time that SCOTUS rules on it.
A new law can’t just immediately take effect overriding the Constitution OR a SCOTUS ruling.
Geez, I wonder what Assange and Greenwald have to say….
EXCLUSIVE: Officials tell @NBCNews that Russia is considering handing Snowden over to the U.S. to “curry favor.” https://t.co/1TUgF7HJqB
— NBC News PR (@NBCNewsPR) February 10, 2017
re: #97 Myron Falwell
There’s all sorts of ways this could end. None of them are good, and some of them are frightening on a Reign of Terror/Thermidorian Reaction scale (where basically people exact vengeance on everyone in power and then some).
How it will end will be up to us, the American people.
The source material for this post is excellent.
When Intent Matters https://t.co/W7gEzsi0zK
— gocart mozart (@HarryTuttle11) February 10, 2017
Border wall policy, circa 1904 https://t.co/Led7NjHQ7l pic.twitter.com/V8jv2ey84q
— The Nib (@thenib) February 10, 2017
re: #126 TedStriker
If true, Snowden is so fucked.
How? Unless he’s flat out released into the wild, sounds like a win for Snowden. He’s taking advantage of a corrupt and compromised federal government and will never get his comeuppance.
Fun fact: per Federal law I am required to have my green card on me at all times in public.
At rowdy town hall, ex-teacher asks Chaffetz — chair of House oversight — “what’s your line in the sand” for Trump? pic.twitter.com/8U7IkpZtsS
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) February 10, 2017
Republicans have no balls to stand up to Trump. They should ask Warren to borrow hers.#russiagate #iceraids #EASYD #ImpeachTrump https://t.co/De8HJ5DM3I
— Mommy Dearest (@MommyDearest64) February 10, 2017
re: #40 Charles Johnson
I’ll hazard a guess —change the 100mi limit (proximity to physical border or port of entry, for ICE CBP authority) to maybe 900mi. It’s only a tiny change! Just one digit.
re: #130 FormerDirtDart
Geez, I wonder what Assange and Greenwald have to say….
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NBC News Exclusive: Russia is considering handing Snowden over to U.S. to ‘curry favor’ —U.S. official https://t.co/obp1MInu9v
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 10, 2017
And remember - Donald Trump has called for Snowden to be executed. @kylegriffin1 https://t.co/YvBIxldL8g
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 10, 2017
re: #108 Backwoods_Sleuth
Time for some lawsuits.
re: #127 goddamnedfrank
No, it isn’t. Who told you this and why do you believe it? If overturning a Supreme Court decision was as simple as passing a bill into law then Roe v. Wade would’ve been history a long time ago. Wong Kim Ark clarifies the 14th Amendment, Congress can’t undo that without passing another Amendment to the Constitution and getting enough States to ratify it.
Numerous bills have been advanced to overturn Wong Kim Ark and have all failed due to lack of votes, not trying (see Wikipedia for that).
Wong Kim Ark clarifies the XIV Amendment - but a bill directly challenging it can go to the conservative Supreme Court. No amendment required.
re: #136 Eclectic Cyborg
Fun fact: per Federal law I am required to have my green card on me at all times in public.
That may be true, but you aren’t required to provide it on demand without just cause. The Fourth Amendment guarantees that right:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Notice that it does not limit this right to citizens, but to everyone in the United States.
If Nixon had smoked bath salts, shot meth and downed 200 cups of coffee he MIGHT have equaled what 45 has done to the office in three weeks.
— Mark Frost (@mfrost11) February 10, 2017
re: #143 Anymouse
Numerous bills have been advanced to overturn Wong Kim Ark and have all failed due to lack of votes, not trying (see Wikipedia for that).
Wong Kim Ark clarifies the XIV Amendment - but a bill directly challenging it can go to the conservative Supreme Court. No amendment required.
And it will have to win 7-2 (because Wong Kim Ark was decided 6-2).
Not. Gonna. Happen.
9th Circuit judge (identity unknown) asked the court to consider rehearing travel ban case en banc. Briefs due 2/16 https://t.co/6w6EJRlJwN pic.twitter.com/1aL86inKJM
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) February 10, 2017
re: #144 Don’t Blame Me, I Voted for Kodos
That may be true, but you aren’t required to provide it on demand without just cause. The Fourth Amendment guarantees that right:
Notice that it does not limit this right to citizens, but to everyone in the United States.
That would be the same CBP that was gathering up people’s green cards on commercial aircraft, based presumably on flight manifests.
I am guessing here, but it would appear that the various agencies involved in this are banking on people not knowing their rights under the law.
re: #146 gwangung
And it will have to win 7-2 (because Wong Kim Ark was decided 6-2).
Not. Gonna. Happen.
Huh? It can be decided 5-4 and be law.
re: #128 Charles Johnson
Obviously Fox ignored it.
Wash Post has the most specific list I’ve come across of cities reportedly hit by ICE sweeps over last couple days. https://t.co/h9PfgHuTRr pic.twitter.com/BnIynemz46
— Leighton Woodhouse (@lwoodhouse) February 10, 2017
re: #122 Anymouse
The bill doesn’t seek to override the XIV Amendment. It seeks to overrule a Supreme Court decision (see above). That is legal.
And the SCOTUS will take it up again.
re: #135 Myron Falwell
How? Unless he’s flat out released into the wild, sounds like a win for Snowden. He’s taking advantage of a corrupt and compromised federal government and will never get his comeuppance.
That’s entirely possible, but, remember, Snowden’s currently where he is at the pleasure of the Russian government and his usefulness to Putin has pretty much expired, hence why Putin seems willing to give him up to us now. The Trump administration could then let him go or they could instruct the DoJ to throw the book at him is a “show of strength”.
Plant City Florida is where a lot of your orange juice come from.
In the next few hours we have a full moon, lunar eclipse and a comet. (The comet is best seen with good binocs or a decent scope.)
re: #146 gwangung
And it will have to win 7-2 (because Wong Kim Ark was decided 6-2).
Not. Gonna. Happen.
It would have to win 5-3. (Or if another conservative reaches the bench, 5-4). They don’t need more votes than they had last time, they only need a majority.
re: #128 Charles Johnson
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re: #128 Charles Johnson
It’ll have to be reported by CNN.
re: #154 jaunte
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For those wondering what’s “Pflugerville?”
Getting kinda close to home there….
re: #159 Anymouse
It would have to win 5-3. (Or if another conservative reaches the bench, 5-4). They don’t need more votes than they had last time, they only need a majority.
Well, crap, I obviously am getting something confused here.
But I still think it’s going to be hard to find good juris prudence to overturn Wong Kim Ark (that is, for Roberts and Kennedy. Alito and Thomas has show no respect for precedence).
re: #67 Kragar
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Alone in a Bathroom: The Fear and Uncertainty of a Post-Roe Medication Abortion Angel tucked two white pills into each side of her mouth, bracing herself as they began to dissolve. Her deepest fears and anxieties took over. Angel had wanted to talk to a doctor before she took the pills to ...
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They Were Desperate to Get Pregnant. Then IVF Gave Them Extra Embryos. One morning last spring, Ashley Harrolle put her 1-year-old daughter down for a nap and went to the kitchen. She pulled up her fertility clinic’s contact information. It was time to make the call. In a freezer several hundred ... Cheechako
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March FavoritesYou've seen these all already but looking back, just because. These are my favorite shots of this last month. That 1937 Zeiss Sonnar is such a gloriously wonderful bit of glass. Thanks for looking.
William Lewis
Russia’s New Combat Robots Blown Up by Drones Near Avdiivka When we landed on the moon, I thought about how science fiction had become real. Now, the robot wars have begun. It's more poignant somehow on the ground than in the missile wars we have in the air as ...
Rightwingconspirator
Why Did More Than 1,000 People Die After Police Subdued Them With Force That Isn’t Meant to Kill? An investigation led by The Associated Press has found that, over a decade, more than 1,000 people died after police subdued them through physical holds, stun guns, body blows and other force not intended to be lethal. More: Why ... CheechakoKGxvi
Abortions Outside Medical System Increased Sharply After Roe Fell, Study Finds The number of women using abortion pills to end their pregnancies on their own without the direct involvement of a U.S.-based medical provider rose sharply in the months after the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right to abortion, according ... Cheechako
Detroit Local Powers First EV Charging Road in North America The road, about a mile from Local 58's hall, uses rubber-coated copper inductive-charging coils buried under the asphalt that transfer power to a receiver pad attached to a car's underbelly, much like how a phone can be charged wirelessly. ...
Backwoods Sleuth
Texas County at Center of Border Fight Is Overwhelmed by Migrant Deaths EAGLE PASS, Tex. - The undertaker lighted a cigarette and held it between his latex-gloved fingers as he stood over the bloated body bag lying in the bed of his battered pickup truck. The woman had been fished out ... Cheechako
