Trumpism's main pillars have collapsed:
*Mass deportations widely hated/didn't create jobs for native born
*America First foreign policy (unchecked militarism/contempt for int'l alliances) = disaster
*Trade wars not restoring manufacturing/are hurting countless ordinary people
There's a whole slew of really important Civil Rights cases from 1932 to 1953 that started at the Fed. Dist. Houston. The findings of fact in all which were basically "are you fucking crazy, Texas? You can't do that!" -OS
Yes, you have a right to film police.
But can you vindicate that right if police violate it?
No, thanks to #QualifiedImmunity in the Second Circuit's Massimino v. Benoit.
All signs are pointing to a bigger Russian provocation against NATO - and potentially another mobilization for drone-fodder to send to Ukraine.
Periodic reminder that it can always get dumber.
I have a sneaky suspicion tensions between Russia and NATO are a whole lot higher than is publicly known or is being let on possibly in connection with hybrid attacks in Europe.
Seems likely this is the case.
With the recent uptick in Russian provocations, and NATO’s show of force response around Kaliningrad, it would be wise to turn down the temperature.
Skeptical that Russia will play ball, though.
If you're an 80-year-old President w/awful polling numbers and don't talk to the press, they'll end your presidency. If you're an 80-year-old President w/awful polling numbers and do talk to the press, they'll kiss your ass. I don't make the rules
Let's review. Trump has assured people over and over that he loves legal immigration.
Meanwhile, his administration slashed student visas, paused green cards for certain countries, suspended refugee resettlement, and all but eliminated asylum claims. They tried to deport someone over an *op-ed.* They're attempting to add a $100,000 tax for international student workers & another $103,000 tax for H-1B visas. And that's to say nothing of the mass-termination of TPS, which is sending some important industries, like home health care, into chaos.
It's a backwards, self-defeating immigration policy that hurts America. The Trump administration likes to talk about economic growth, but it is opting for degrowth and decline. That's a choice.
Seven students stood silently in ICE OFF FIU shirts for five minutes. Florida International University charged them with misconduct and demanded a reflection video or no diploma. Charlie Kirk died fighting for free speech on campus so... where are his followers on this?
yes, the problem isn't just that Boomers had fewer kids than prior generations, but also that they are taking out from the system FAR more than they ever paid in
the biggest entitlement we need to reform is their sense of entitlement
predicting that Donald Trump would attempt to arrest Democrats in Congress was often seen as a hysterical overreaction
are there any red lines left to cross?
Almost the entirety of the deficit is caused by the Bush and Trump tax cuts. It’s actually pretty easy to fix, just requires Republicans to stop being the Free Candy party
Wild how the Supreme Court basically stopped Biden from doing basically anything on his own, yet has given Trump almost every single thing he has asked for, without any pushback.
Balls and strikes, though!
One major takeaway from this? According to the data shared by Bill, 70% of the people arrested by ICE in this operation had NO criminal record at all; no prior convictions or pending criminal charges.
The "worst of the worst" narrative is disintegrating even further.