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We used to have a large population of conservatives in this country, a group that clung, perhaps too tightly, to tradition. A group who would have sounded every alarm and fought tooth and nail against such radical rapid change, particularly driven by an unchecked executive. It seems they've vanished. Replaced almost overnight by radicals. Turns out they never really believed in America after all.

I understand exactly what the order meant. It means that for lack of alternative, the person is legally allowed to remain and work in the US indefinitely. That IS his legal status. Such a person is not hiding. They are checking in with a case manager the same way a parolee does. They get jobs. They pay taxes. They have families. All done legally. Above board. He wasn't a fugitive. He was living and behaving legally, remaining here with the full knowledge of the legal system. That is the goddamn status he was granted. The Trump administration broke the law by unlawfully renditioning him to El Salvador. A district judge said it was unlawful and ordered his return. The farking SCOTUS said that it was unlawful and that the administration had to facilitate his return--unanimously, 9-0. And you're in here pretending that it wasn't illegal because the cult must over the Orange Overlord in all things. It's embarrassing.

You've "shown" me a lot of shit you don't understand. Withholding of removal is a legal status to remain here indefinitely. That's why the let him go. That's why they let him stay. That's why they gave him a work permit. You think that they are giving work permits to those who are here illegally? They want people to work if they are going to stay. They didn't make him a citizen. They didn't grant him asylum (because he missed the application deadline). But they DID give him a legal status to remain in the US indefinitely. Even if the administration had deported him to a different country (which is pretty bizarre) there is no cause to send him to a supermax nightmare prison. Again, no crime, no trial, no conviction. Just a dude driving with his kid--> straight to CECOT.

Back to Hegseth the clown. Good thing he's here to root out all the softness from the military. Tough as nails! (Well manicured and painted nails.)🤭 Hegseth orders makeup studio installed at Pentagon

WTF? You just tried to argue that there is only one component to the legal system: trials. Give yourself a well deserved and vigorous facepalm. He was living here legally. He was deported illegally. And the government authority to scoop people off the street and imprison them in foreign gulags without trial is exactly what you've been arguing this entire farking time. That's what happened. You say it's right. You support it. Jeebus.

You're just getting more vapid as you repeat this crap. Yes, the first immigration judge did indeed say that. As acknowledged multiple times. That does NOT make something proven nor it it conviction of a crime. Jeebus. It was not a trial. There is no explicit standard of evidence. The judge just decides if someone can stay or go. That's it. Yes, someone with a withholding of removal status is here legally. The legal system, legally and explicitly, said that they can remain in the country. They are issued a work permit. And you end with some epic bullshit there. He's not a proven gang member, but rather accused of being in a gang with very thin evidence. And there's no evidence whatsoever of him being involved in raping or killing women or girls, you asshat. He was just a guy with a job and a family, legally living in the US. -- Despite the accusations of being in a gang, in all the years he's been in the US (and on the planet) he's never been accused, tried or convicted of a crime. Even with all the scrutiny and regular check-ins (never missed) for his immigration status, never a whiff of him doing anything criminal. And again, whether he's the world's most super secret gang member when he's not at work or with his family, is irrelevant. Even people who ARE in gangs get a trial. They are not scooped up off the street and sent to prison in farking El Salvador. You are arguing that it's fine to scoop people off the street and just send them to a foreign prison. No need for a trial even! That's pretty goddamn monstrous--and about as unAmerican as it gets--but there you are.

Jeebus. You are just full to the brim with crap. He has never had a criminal trial, let alone a conviction. 1. He was interviewed for loitering (day labor line at Home Depot) in 2019. He was not charged with any crime whatsoever and was instead referred to immigration because he was in the country illegally. 2. He was accused of being in a gang, but denied it. The evidence of him being in a gang is pretty thin, but Judge 1 --at hearing, not trial--found it plausible and was willing to deport him. He was then granted an order of withholding and was released with a work permit. At that point he is legally in the country and able to work. No "proven" gang membership because there was no trial. A judge simply found it believable at a hearing--which is a WILDLY different standard of evidence than a criminal trial. So, for five years he's fine, legally living and working in the US with a good job and a family. No trouble. No crime. No trial. No conviction. And then one day he gets pulled over, detained, put on a plane and shipped to a prison in El Salvador. AGAIN, without any trial or conviction. Just plucked out of a normal life and shipped to a gulag in another country. It's beyond farked up. It's insane that you people think this is justice or is a precedent we should set. I don't care if you believe deep down in your shriveled heart that someone has gang ties, in America we don't just grab that person off the street and send them to prison. Due farking process.

Of course I read it, weirdo. That's why I'm asking you to dust of your rotten old brain and think for a moment about what's actually happening. Hence the questions. Post hoc, ergo propter hoc. Tariffs are taxes that raise prices on targeted goods to shift demand elsewhere. Does that apply to a pharmaceutical market in which consumers have a) no earthly idea of prices, b) unabating need, c)little alternative? Oh, and meanwhile generics from China and India are targeted for even heavier tariffs. This is not about tariffs shifting demand. It's about Trump's deal to repeal the negotiated drug prices in the IRA. Trump continues to throw Americans under the bus to create a smoother ride for his rich buddies.

Jeebus. El Slavador has imprisoned the people we sent there because we paid them to imprison the people we sent there. It's not like they showed up in El Salvador and had a trial. The Trump administration literally just renditioned people to a third-world gulag and then is pretending it's out of their hands. No criminal record. No cause or evidence for being detained. No trial here. No trial there. Just pulled over while driving with his kid, detained, put on a plane and sent to prison. It's insane.

I didn't change anyything. I said the government broke the law, as adjudicated in court. You said they didn't, because Bondi could "overrule an immigration judge WRT withholding. But a) she didn't do that, and b) it's not an immigration judge that ruled that the administration broke the law, it's a district court judge. This is not hard. They broke the law. The district court said they broke the law and had to bring him back. The SCOTUS affirmed that they broke the law and had to facilitate his return. You now want to argue that he's safer in some El Salvadoran nightmare prison than he was living a regular life with his wife and 3 kids? GTFO. This is just next-level dishonesty. -- A man who was legally in this country, working a steady union job to support his family, without any criminal record in this country or any other was suddenly snatched up, put on a plane, flown to a foreign country and put in prison. Think about how farking insane that is. That's nothing remotely resembling justice. That's third-world dictator shit. And you're loving it. You're disgusting.

Has been addressed. Not my fault you can't follow a conversation. The vast bulk pharma revenue is from drugs that are protected, and in many cases don't have 1:1 replacements. The US pays about 3x as much for the same drugs as they do in other countries. And it's NOT because they are being manufactured less expensively elsewhere. So who is Trump trying to help by threatening to tax our already overpriced meds and offering to repeal drug price negotiation provisions? Big Pharma has Americans over a barrel because people like Trump protect their Big Pharma buddies. If he really wanted to help the middle class he'd fight to get us the same prices that they pay in other countries instead of making a deal to protect their lucrative situation.

To understand the world, you'd have to actually stop and THINK for a moment. 1. Your "champion of the middle class" threatened to add a 25% tax on people's medication 2. Do you think a 25% price increase has any meaningful impact on demand for medicine? Do you imagine these are recreational drugs? 3. Do you have any idea how much your medication actually costs? Do you know anyone who is paying for medication out-of-pocket? There aren't many markets less likely to be affected by tariffs. So what are the Big Pharma companies actually negotiating for? Oh, that's right, Trump has promised them to repeal drug price negotiation provisions in the IRA. To, again, raise the price of medicine and protect Big Pharma profits. Something like 90% of the generic medication is made in India and China. The price for generics will go up, while Big Pharma can continue to set exorbitant prices for brand name medication. Quite the windfall for Big Pharma. They also need Trump to protect the patents of their money factory. You sure have a funny idea of "helping the middle class."🤪

As much as you despise data, the numbers are the numbers. Trump is helping the middle class by whimsically multiplying the costs of the goods they consume while tanking their 401Ks? Soooo helpful. Your fantasy that investment is up based on tariffs that keep being put "on hold" is laughable. Investment has been up based on IRA and CHIPS incentives. The on-again-off-again tariffs haven't had any impact on real investment. Nobody is investing based on schizophrenic policy. The only things tariffs have accomplished is to scare the shit out of the markets, alienate allies, devalue the dollar, and drive trade to other companies. Pure destruction. There is no upside.

Gaffes or no gaffes, we successfully rebuilt the economy under Biden, going from Trumpster fire to the envy of the world. And now Trump is back in office, mashing buttons and yanking levers he CLEARLY does not understand, and we're tanking.

No, exactly as I said, district court judge Paula Xinis ordered his return. The administration has broken and continues to break the law, as affirmed by the SCOTUS. This is the United States of America, not yet Trumpistan. A court order is a court order, and the executive can't ignore it and the AG can't overturn it or retroactively deem actions legal. Whatever bullshit you read on Twitter, this is reality.

Sure, just keep on pretending that what's been confirmed by multiple independent new outlets didn't happen. You weren't IN the chat so there's no possible way for you to gain information about it. No dignity. A. Bondi did not refer the case for reversal or appeal or change of status or anything else. They simply scooped up a man who was legally living and working in the United States and shipped him to a prison in El Salvador. The exact same due process that protects every American citizen applies to Abrego Garcia. And if he can be disappeared to a foreign gulag then anyone can. There is no question that they broke the law. B. The order to return him is NOT from an immigration judge, but from a district court judge. In no way, shape or form can the AG overrule a district court judge. Again, not even in the same branch of government. They are breaking the law. C. The SCOTUS has confirmed that the administration is breaking the law, upholding the district court ruling but asking for clarification of one word. The administration is refusing to comply. They are breaking the law. They ignoring the SCOTUS. We are watching a constitutional crisis unfold in real time.

Q: How many smart people does it take to teach BASIC economics to a giant orange toddler? A: A lot! It's like we've given a child the captaincy of the world's biggest airplane mid-flight. He's banging all the buttons and levers in the cockpit without a clue what they do, while the grownups around him patiently explain that he's headed for the ground--and we simply hope he can be persuaded of basic reality.

No, quoting irrelevant portions of my links back to me is stupid, but not dishonest. The dishonest part is that you claimed those articles confirmed the existence of the chat but not the content of the chat, which is untrue. Every on of those articles also stated that their respective outlets had confirmed the content. You lied about it, and then tried to cover it up with bogus citations. Abrego Garcia has maintained all along that he is not in a gang. You are making up the idea that he argued otherwise. His position was that he and his family had been threatened by a gang, not that he was in one. And WTF are you even talking about. No, the AG cannot overrule a judge. They aren't even in the same goddamn branch of government, FFS. Do you not have any idea of how our government operates?

Jeebus. I can post links, but I can't make you be honest about what's in them. It says the NYT was the first to report because the NYT was the first to report. That's how journalism works. Rather than just repeating the NYT story, each of those outlets has independently confirmed that the second chat is real AND confirmation that the contents were as described. It's right there in each article. You just deny, deny, deny while the world moves by. Hope Trump is worth your dignity! These are the exact same goddamn links. AP A person familiar with the contents and those who received the messages, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters, confirmed the second chat to The Associated Press. ABC Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared details about an imminent attack on Houthis in Yemen in March in a second group chat using the messaging app Signal that included his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer, two sources familiar with the contents of the chat told ABC News. NBC Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used his personal phone to send information about U.S. military operations in Yemen to a 13-person Signal group chat, including his wife and his brother, two sources with knowledge of the matter confirmed to NBC News. A. This is America. We don't arrest people for what other people think their tattoos might mean. B. Again, a judicial ruling is the formal decision on a specific legal question. It is not comprehensive of the rationale that led there. And his order of withholding was based on threats against himself and his family, not on gang affiliation. He has consistently denied any gang affiliation. -- He's a man with a family, legally living in the US, working a union job as a tradesman, with no criminal record whatsoever. A nation of laws does NOT just put this man on a plane to another country. C. Deportees are almost always sent back to their home country. This idea of, essentially outsourcing undesirables to third-party nations is rather novel. What an amazing invention by this upstanding administration. And, again, NONE OF THAT MATTERS. We are a nation of laws, for the moment at least. And this administration is breaking both the spirit and letter of those laws. While you clap and fawn over it.

And the Guardian (linked in original update), and NBC, and the AP, and ABC, and on and on... It's real. The guy's a total flop. The Houthi's have shot down two of our drones, and Hegseth, the buffoon, is texting his buddies--and a journalist--about the attack flight times of piloted aircraft. He has to go. He does not have a tattoo that says MS13. A pathological liar told you that his tattoos should be interpreted as MS13. The same guy who used a sharpie to "edit" the path of a hurricane to be more convenient. Photos taken at the same desk, even. So that's not worth much. Judges did not "rule" that, though they may have believed it. And he was picked up at Home Depot with the other day laborers... in 2019. Again, wife, kids and no criminal record. AND NONE OF THAT REALLY MATTERS. Whether he was at one time or even is affiliated with MS13--which seems like a stretch to conclude--he was protected against deportation by a court order and is entitled to due process. That's the crux of it. I don't know Abrego Garcia at all and have no investment in him, but I care deeply that we have a nation of laws and due process. Everyone should care about that essential element of our democracy. But Dear Leader did something obviously illegal again, and you'll choose him over the law every time. When the executive admits it made a mistake, is court ordered to correct the mistake, and even escalated to the SCOTUS to correct the mistake, AND STILL WON'T CORRECT THE MISTAKE then we have a constitutional crisis. Like a toddler testing boundaries, he's trying to see if there are still functional restraints-- if there are still checks an balances. To see if they've sufficiently undermined checks and balances enough to do whatever they want.

As a fan of the network upon which Pete Hegseth was recently a pundit--another job for which he had no real qualifications, but at dramatically lower stakes--it's clear that you have no idea of journalistic standards. If multiple outlets are confirming it from multiple sources, it happened. And the irony of your post is over the top hilarious. You "knowing" and it being "proven" that Garcia is a gang member based on a tip--no evidence. You call him a wife beater? Hegseth's own mother called him an abuser in writing. Abrego Garcia has been in this country 16 years with steady employment, no criminal record and a lasting marriage. While Hegseth has been certainly accused of rape, sexual harassment, alcoholism and more. And Abrego Garcia has never put our military at risk. Maybe Hegseth should be deported? He should definitely be fired. --and let's not let it go unmentioned that you're trying to hand-wave away a court order in favor of executive fiat. Poo-poo to the rule of law! Bring on the dictator!

Kennedy is a certified kook. That's been known for a long time. I'm just now finding out that he's also an a-hole. His characterization of people on the spectrum is unbelievably tone deaf. And frankly, mean spirited. But back to the kookery... The guy who is overflowing with science misinformation thinks that after decades of autism research, he's going to crack the code by September? That's just nonsense. What's actually happening is that he's given himself to September to pretend like they've figured it out and craft an outcome that suits his preconceptions. That is the only point of such a timeline. If he really just wanted to prioritize autism research he would fund it and let science take its course.

The official cause of death was stroke. Unofficially? Disappointment. "Like, seriously, world?"

MAGA can't stand education. Critical thinking ruins people for thoughtless following.

The "soft little bìtches" are you gutless wonders, who lack both courage and conviction. Who will sell out the American experiment entirely just to get your way. Pete Hegseth is a haircut. And, evidently, a massive security risk. If you think putting someone utterly unqualified--and dangerously so--in charge of the military makes it a "strong military," you're even dumber than you seem. I'd take a trans service person with strength of character over you creeps any day. They're worth 10 of you.