Chris Bandicoot

believe the hype.

[Chris Broad @AbroadInJapan]

1. Spend 20 years convincing the UK to leave its biggest export market.

2.Succeed.

3. UK economy loses £100 billion annually

4. Come back 10yrs later, point out the wrecked economy & road potholes.

5. Voters go "Yeah!"

6. Win elections.

British politics is a black comedy.

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Massive Attack 👏👏👏👏👏

[Paul Williams @freemonotheist]

Speechless

[Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) @adamscochran]

Trump has done *a lot* of criminal, horrible, impeachable shit.

But, if the Trump administration fails to return Garcia, or if any harm has come to him, it will be hands down the most illegal and deplorable action of any US president.

Let's be clear:

-Garcia, while a minor, fled gang targeting in El Salvador and illegally entered the US.

-While here, he eventually married a US citizen, testified against the Barrio 18 gang (even though it risked him being deported) and attempted asylum claims.

-In 2019, he was granted a "Withholding of Removal" and a work permit and so was living in Maryland legally.

-Whenever you are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, whether legally or illegally, you have inalienable rights - the very ones the President's oath of office claims to uphold and defend.

-Garcia was arrested on suspicion of gang activity, and departed with foreign prisons in El Salvador.

The problem is:

-There was no proof given.
-He had a "Withholding of Removal" which meant he could not be deported.
-The government argued they were aware of this withholding order but that he had been departed "by mistake" without any further hearing in court.

Courts had ordered the planes turnaround, an order which according to a passenger affidavit the pilots were aware of, but they were given instructions to ignore.

A Maryland court ordered him returned by no later than April 7th.

The government failed to return him.

The Supreme Court reviewed the case on April 10th and unanimously ordered that the US government must facilitate Garcia's return.

Since then Trump's administration has continued to play games, making excuses of why he cannot be returned, or failing to give updates - with many speculating that Garcia, who testified against gangs he was now in prison with, may not even be alive any more.

At the direction of the President:

-People subject to US jurisdiction were rounded up and deported without time for habeas hearings.

-Including *legal* US residents, against a judges order, who are subject to all rights and protections within the United States.

-Instructions to return the plane were ignored.

-Instructions from a state court were ignored.

-Now the Supreme Court has been ignored.

And the President who is supposed to be the most powerful man in the world, who has a duty to defend and protect those subject to US jurisdiction from wrong-doing, claims that he can't get this man back from El Salvador.

If any harm has come to Garcia, it is blood on the President's hands.

The protections he has ignored would have led to the direct harm of a US resident.

And it will forever be a stain on America, this shameful president, and on the court of John Roberts who allowed for a tyrant to exercise such authorities so repeatedly unchecked.

[PAiDA👽Color Your What? @GingaGirlPaida]

If it nots been clear to you yet we’re on the cusp of an anti-intellectualism era

[Anime Aesthetics @anime_]

This four second crowd scene from Studio Ghibli’s The Wind Rises (2013) took animator Eiji Yamamori 1 year and 3 months to complete

[‏Martyrs of Gaza @GazaMartyrs]

He was an inspiration to children 💔

[ZAYNA🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINE @HorrorHijabi]

again let me reiterate, a man that was on stage accepting an oscar this month was just LYNCHED AND KIDNAPPED BY ISRAELIS and everyone isnt currently freaking out. that should scare you. if an oscar winner isnt safe, what makes you think they treat regular Palestinians any better.

[Briahna Joy Gray @briebriejoy]

Before she died, someone dressed this little baby -- picking out the rainbow onesie, coaxing chubby legs and arms into their respective holes with love & care. Someone survived an entire pregnancy in a genocide to bring this baby into the world. Then Israel & America killed her.

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

Absolutely fantastic journalism from @guardian, here 🙃

[Chris Bandicoot @packetofchris]

@someshhh_xyz @iAnonPatriot @AskPerplexity It’s fake, there are hundreds of videos filmed in this same tiny mock classroom with these videos designed to upset people. You can always recognise the map of the world on the left wall

[Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🟧🌊🌈 @piyushmittal]

How Trump and Vance treated Zelenskyy …

[Gritty is the Way @Gritty20202]

We don't hate him enough.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

You, me and everyone is now bailing out Thames Water…

They paid a WHOPPING £195.8m in dividends in October 2023 and March 2024

And now we pay for their recklessness

Always the same….

Privatise the (non)profits, socialise the losses

When are we going to WAKE TF UP?!

[rebecca jennings @rebexxxxa]

starting the second half of your sandwich is like hell yeah baby let’s run it back

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Victoria Derbyshire, "How would President Trump go about forcing those millions of Palestinians into Egypt and Jordan"

Heritage Foundation, "He hasn't said anything about forcing anyone to go anywhere"

VD, "But if people don't want to leave, and he wants them to leave, then obviously they would be forced"

HF smirks then says, "I don't think he said anything like that.. The offer on the table if to build something new for them.. If they don't want it they can reject it as they rejected peace and prosperity"

VD, "Sorry, President Trump made it clear they would need to go because he wants a US take over of Gaza.. To rebuild it.. How would he get those two million Palestinians out of Gaza?"

HF, "A port in the northern part of the strip and by bus to the airstrip in southern Israel"

VD, "But how? Forcibly putting people on buses?"

HF, "Nothing like that, you're just going down a rabbit hole"

VD, "This is a legitimate question"

HF, "If you don't like my answer I apologise, you can't put words in my mouth"

VD, "How would President Trump get the Palestinians out of the Gaza strip?"

HF, "How would you get them out?"

VD, "President Trump has suggested moving them out of the Gaza strip, I'm asking you as somebody who works at the Heritage Foundation that has an influence over his foreign policy. How he would do it"

HF, "That is a question for him to answer.. Just because somebody has proposed an out of the box solution.. You can either accept my answer or not"

VD, "Egypt has rejected President Trump's proposal saying Gaza can be be rebuilt with the Palestinians there. What happens now?"

HF, "Ongoing conversations with the Egyptians.. President Trump has leverage over the Egyptians.. It's an ongoing conversation on how we get to a day after solution"

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

Hang it in the fucking Louvre.

[Jesse Hawken @jessehawken]

The thing that sucks the most about this trade dispute is that it validates what Lucas was saying in THE PHANTOM MENACE