floofloof

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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/26331167

This is an utter failure of oversight in governance. And likely a misappropriation of government funds.

What a colossally shortsighted decision.

 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/26331167

This is an utter failure of oversight in governance. And likely a misappropriation of government funds.

What a colossally shortsighted decision.

[–] floofloof 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

People say Linux is more difficult, but I find Windows 11 both more difficult to make do what I need it to do and far more stressful because it's slow, unreliable and prioritizes what Microsoft wants it to do over what I want it to do. Sometimes I pop into a Windows VM but only for particular things. I recommend the move.

[–] floofloof 3 points 2 hours ago

Surely you guys can take out Stephen Miller before he takes out 225 million of you?

[–] floofloof 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Seems to me you're trying to use some evolutionary, survival-of-the-fittest just-so story to argue that society shouldn't take care of the less fortunate people, including those who vote for Trump because they're not so smart. It's a very fascist sounding position. In fact, most attempts to draw lessons for modern society from more or less cooked up evolutionary history are just right-wing propaganda dressed in a sciencey frock.

If you have time to watch a long but entertaining video about this subject, I recommend this one:

https://youtu.be/31e0RcImReY

[–] floofloof 13 points 8 hours ago

The rest of us have some catching up to do.

[–] floofloof 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

There's a serious chance they'll have the guy killed to get the judge off their back without having to be seen backing down, and to show judges what happens when they try to challenge the regime on a deportation case.

[–] floofloof 34 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (2 children)

I fear Trump will just ask his buddy Bukele to kill the guy, out of sheer spite.

[–] floofloof 9 points 8 hours ago

She means "they're all the same anyway."

[–] floofloof 28 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (3 children)

And if you are someone he doesn't like, for your views, your skin color, your accent, your sexual orientation, your gender, your education, your occupation, your ethnicity, the way you look at him, or how you don't fawn over him enough or fall behind with your protection payments, he'll have you "accidentally" kidnapped and imprisoned for life or until the Salvadoran authorities decide you're a waste of resources and kill you.

[–] floofloof 148 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (5 children)

The fucking balls of Donald Trump calling NPR and PBS grifters... and you just know he's reveling in people's anger about this.

[–] floofloof 2 points 12 hours ago

I'm responding to things like this:

Canada’s Tory leader vows to deport foreigners for antisemitic crimes

Now antisemitic crimes are one thing, but he includes pro-Palestinian "hate marches" which apparently means people protesting Israel's attacks on Gaza and the West Bank. Designating protests against Israel as hateful and critics of the Israeli government and military as antisemitic is very much a copycat Trump policy.

[–] floofloof 11 points 15 hours ago

It's what Pinochet did, and he was very much admired by Reagan and Thatcher. I certainly wouldn't put it past Trump's people to start doing this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_flights

[–] floofloof 20 points 16 hours ago

It's already resulting in them kidnapping random people out of the country.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28249577

Top Trump official Stephen Miller's recent declaration that anyone who "preaches hate for America" will face deportation has ignited alarm online, with critics warning the statement disregards First Amendment protections.

Social media users and legal analysts raised immediate concerns, pointing out that expressing dissent or criticism of the government is protected under the First Amendment. Some worried the administration was veering into authoritarian territory.

The backlash has reignited broader debates over the limits of free speech, especially as civil liberties fall under scrutiny. While immigration enforcement remains a core theme of President Donald Trump's platform, critics are increasingly questioning whether rhetoric like Miller's is a precursor to more aggressive suppression of dissent.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28259962

Email to Massachusetts lawyer warned her to ‘depart the US immediately’ even though removing US citizens is illegal

A Massachusetts immigration lawyer who is a US-born American citizen is speaking out after she received an email from Trump administration immigration authorities telling her she needed to leave the country.

Nicole Micheroni described receiving an email on 11 April – and that its heading was “notice of termination of parole”.

“It is time for you to leave the United States,” the email read. “If you do not depart the United States immediately you will be subject to potential law enforcement actions that will result in your removal from the United States.”

Micheroni told NBC Boston: “At first I thought it was for a client, but I looked really closely and the only name on the email was mine.

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