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[IdleRich]

So they can't or won't say how they determined these people are gang members, they admit that many of them had no criminal records and yet they were rounded up with no due process and sent to a mega-prison in another country.

 

[IdleRich]

It's literally "first they came for the Venezuelans" and lots of people are saying nothing.

 

[Mr. Tea]

It's literally "first they came for the Venezuelans" and lots of people are saying nothing.

Another lot of people are outraged and terrified, but have absolutely no idea what to do about it.

Progressive parts of the US internet keep making panicked references to the second amendment and armed insurrection, but most gun-owners vote Republican and presumably think this is all great, while all the actual organised militias (bar a handful of armed black radical groups) are on the far right, and would presumably be more inclined to take up arms to defend the regime than to oppose it.

 

[yyaldrin]

hearing more and more stories of tourists being detained

 

[luka]

all the dudes going this is normal nothing to see here

 

[version]

all the dudes going this is normal nothing to see here

They've all been detained.

 

[IdleRich]

all the dudes going this is normal nothing to see here

First they came for the Venezuelans and The Dudes did not speak out - because they were not Venezuelan.

 

[IdleRich]

When they came for @sus there was no-one left to speak for him.

 

[luka]

theyve chemically castrated him but no one is left to speak for him. it's sad when you think about it but maybe there is justice in it too

 

[yyaldrin]

there's also reports of people with tattoos getting deported they claim they are gang members. imagine working in the tattoo industry and carrying that guilt

 

[Mr. Tea]

Craner got Disappeared like one of @ver$hy ver$h's posts.

 

[version]

When they came for @sus there was no-one left to speak for him.

He was acting sus.

 

[IdleRich]

theyve chemically castrated him but no one is left to speak for him. it's sad when you think about it but maybe there is justice in it too

That's the irony

 

[IdleRich]

there's also reports of people with tattoos getting deported they claim they are gang members. imagine working in the tattoo industry and carrying that guilt

Well one of the guys they deported was covered in tats because he was a tattoo artist.

 

[Mr. Tea]

First they came for the Venezuelans and The Dudes did not speak out - because they were not Venezuelan.

Then they came for the Welsh:

Welsh tourist in US chained 'like Hannibal Lecter'

Becky Burke's parents say her legs, waist and hands were secured by US immigration officers.

www.bbc.com

 

[IdleRich]

Well one of the guys they deported was covered in tats because he was a tattoo artist.

His name was El Limburgo apparently

 

[IdleRich]

Is it just me or.... is this really supposed to be how things work?

Donald Trump rescinded an executive order targeting a prominent Democratic-leaning law firm after it agreed to provide $40m in free legal services to support his administration’s goals.
The White House has targeted law firms whose lawyers have provided legal work that Trump disagrees with. Last week, he issued an order threatening to suspend active security clearances of attorneys at Paul, Weiss and to terminate any federal contracts the firm has.
But the president suddenly reversed course following a meeting between Trump and Brad Karp, the chair of the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, over the White House order.
Trump’s order singled out the work of Mark Pomerantz, who previously worked at the firm and who oversaw an investigation by the Manhattan district attorney’s office into Trump’s finances before Trump became president. Pomerantz once likened the president to a mob boss.
To avoid the consequences of Trump’s order, the White House said, the firm had agreed to “take on a wide range of pro bono matters that represent the full spectrum of political viewpoints of our society”. The firm reportedly agreed to disavow the use of diversity, equity and inclusion considerations in its hiring and promotion decisions and to dedicate the equivalent of $40m in free legal services to support Trump administration policies on issues including assistance for veterans and countering antisemitism.
The firm, the White House claimed, also acknowledged the wrongdoing of Pomerantz, the partner involved in the investigation into Trump’s hush-money payments to an adult film actor. It was unclear whether Karp was aware of that claim.

Trump rescinds executive order after law firm agrees to provide $40m in free services

US president reverses threat to suspend security clearances and cancel federal contracts after meeting with chair of Paul, Weiss

www.theguardian.com

 

[version]

You see this too?

WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) - The FBI has cut staffing in an office focused on domestic terrorism and has scrapped a tool used to track such investigations, in a shift that could undermine law enforcement’s ability to counter white supremacists and anti-government extremists, according to sources familiar with the matter.​

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The moves, sources said, are an indication that domestic terrorism investigations, which in recent years have largely involved violence fueled by right-wing ideologies, may be less of a priority under FBI Director Kash Patel, a prominent critic of the effort.​

 

[IdleRich]

Then they came for the massive law firms and The Dudes said nothing - because they were not a law firm.
Then they came for the domestic terrorism branch of the FBI and... etc

 

[luka]

Pathetic joke country. Beneath contempt.