so they really wanted FEMA camps they just didn't want to be the ones IN them

when they close it all up, I do believe this will go down as the funniest video on the internet

i posted this thread on the other app last yr but wanted to put it over here bc ive been thinking again about the iraq war and the "torture debate" which was really an eye opening event politically for me....

That there’s a police state.

Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."

I'm already seeing centrists and leftists sniping at each other but the blame for this is 100% on the Republicans. This is what they do with power and it is imperative that we work together to keep them as far from it as possible, forever.

Their baby had a preventative disease. They prayed instead of calling a doctor. She died. Now they're going to prison for 20 years. Christianity should never be a legal defense for child murder. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

In a democracy, shitty people get to vote too, and you have to outvote them every. single. time. That's just how it works. There is no "win condition" after which you have permanently defeated bad politics people and you can just ignore politics for the rest of your lives.

It’s true, as many have suggested, that if they can do this to Sen. Padilla, they can do it to others. I’d only add that they already have been doing this to others. A mass deportation regime, sooner rather than later, becomes contemptuous of civil liberties and basic decency.

The administration's goons are now manhandling United States senators for asking questions at a press conference.

look who learned what 86 means

Periodic reminder that every day is STFU Friday Also, sharing the location of cops in the public performance of their jobs is ironclad First Amendment-protected expression If you're concerned something you've said has you on the Government's radar, call your lawyer instead of posting through it

Again, why do they dress like a band of highwaymen instead of a properly constituted police force? They’re inside the security envelope of a public courthouse.

Tell me: if these dudes show up with guns in an unmarked van to grab someone, why don’t the Second Amendment fans think they should be shot?

Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"

I remember when everyone made fun of Bernie Sanders (justifiably) for saying we don’t need 30 kinds of deodorant

That would be Secretary of Education Linda McMahon who's being sued for aiding and abetting systemic child molestation, just to be clear

there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch

Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"

Someone should ask Homan if it would be ok to send him to a gulag if a completely different white guy he has nothing to do with commits murder bsky.app/profile/atru...

Insurrectionists who got every jot and tittle of American due process and then were systematically sentenced below guidelines could only dream of being hustled off in a windowless aircraft to El Salvador without so much as a show trial to spend the rest of their life in a slave labor camp.

Q: "How do you respond to Governor Newsom?" Sen. Van Hollen: "I think Americans are tired of elected officials or politicians who are all finger to the wind...Anybody who can't stand up for the Constitution and the right of due process doesn't deserve to lead."

Van Hollen: "This case is not only about one man...It is about protecting fundamental freedom and the fundamental principle in the Constitution for due process that protects everybody...This should not be an issue for Republicans or Democrats...This is an American issue."

Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.

These people are weird!

the fundamental problem with these people (not jonathan) is that they don’t seem to believe in anything. if you’re willing to sacrifice one of the foundational rights of constitutional government on the altar of “buh this might not be popular” then what won’t you sacrifice?

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

This could happen to you

Several House Republicans were granted access but they’re blocking a Senate Democrat.

oh there aren’t any true fascists well but there are so few fascists well but they aren’t ALL fascists how can you say “fascist” about millions of people ok they do talk fascist but they can’t act fascist ok maybe they can but I’m sure they won’t you saying “fascist” made them be fascist

REPORTER: Powell says he won't leave even if you ask him to TRUMP: Oh, he'll leave. If I ask him to he'll be out of there ... I'm not happy with him. If I want him out, he'll be out of there real fast. Believe me. REPORTER: Are you trying to remove him? TRUMP: Yeah, next question.

We were just denied entry into CECOT — the notorious prison in El Salvador where Mr. Abrego Garcia is being illegally held. We were there for one simple reason: to check on his well-being, which his family and lawyers have not been allowed to do. We won’t stop fighting.

I'm also advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia FWIW

Just to be clear, I'm advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Without due process for everyone there is no due process for anyone. When they scoop you up and don't give you a chance to prove you're a citizen before shipping you to El Salvador you are going to suddenly understand the entire fucking point.

when in court and under oath: it was a mistake to deport garcia who committed no crimes when on fox news:

JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)

I stand with Chris Krebs 1,000%, and you should, too. Not because it is convenient or politically expedient. Because it’s the right thing to do.

I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia. I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.

If you are a Republican wanting a photo-op you get a VIP visit to the prisons. If you are a Dem asking about someone wrongly jailed, you are turned away.

Oh my god you want me to find "evidence" before putting someone in jail? Every time?? Do you have any idea how long that would take

We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president

pretty crazy watching the american president on live tv in the oval office planning the construction of concentration camps in a foreign country to house americans

I don't really have anything especially profound to say, but yeah man this is it. They won't obey even the most milquetoast SCOTUS orders and are talking about sending US citizens to foreign gulags. It's happened here.

So some people are plainclothes ICE agents interrogating small children, other people are random sociopaths impersonating ICE agents but everyone is supposed to know the difference, surely this won’t get even worse

this is how the american economy is going to work for AT LEAST two entire years

Just a reminder: Congress could reverse these insane tariffs TODAY. Republicans are just choosing not to. Every Republican in Congress who refuses to do something is endorsing Trump's tax hike on YOU.