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Brian
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Twitter refugee looking for news, civil conversation, and not a TEMU cup holder. I think Arsenal FC is pretty great and am a WW2 nerd.
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“.. They are the asylum seekers, the rule followers. They go into the federal building holding papers .. hoping for a measure of due process. Some leave the courthouse with a hearing date set months or years from now. Others disappear into ICE’s prison system.”

@nymag.com
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.
No mention at all of the fact that Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do this, that plans haven't even been reviewed (because the office is closed for the government shutdown), that the size and cost estimates keep changing, etc., etc.
Part of White House Is Reduced to Rubble. Trump’s Ballroom Will Rise in Its Place.
www.nytimes.com
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Just because he's acting like he's never leaving is no reason for you to act like he's never leaving.
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This is insane.

“It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of," Trump said in July. “It’s my favorite. It’s my favorite place. I love it.”

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
www.washingtonpost.com
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I know it's a faux pas on this site to post links to the other site, but this is such an outstanding thread breaking down absurdities of LAPD misconduct toward press last night.

@filmthepolicela.bsky.social posts here sometimes but his thread on the other site is a must-see:

x.com/FilmThePolic...
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Another lethal strike, this time allegedly against a vessel affiliated with the ELN.

And no, the ELN is not like al Qaeda.

The ELN has not attacked the United States like AQ did on 9/11.

And Congress has not authorized the use of force.
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Again, we are in a moment where the U.S. government appears to be claiming the authority to kill anyone involved with the drug trade, without any warning or due process.

That potentially includes a LOT of Americans.
Another lethal strike, this time allegedly against a vessel affiliated with the ELN.

And no, the ELN is not like al Qaeda.

The ELN has not attacked the United States like AQ did on 9/11.

And Congress has not authorized the use of force.
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With alt text.

Executive summary: the US killed at least 3 Colombian fishermen who’d put up a distress flag. In Colombian waters
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!!! Trump now says he's secured $20 TRILLION in investments in America. His fake number has increased by $2 trillion just since last Thursday! (The entire US GDP is $30 trillion)
As a card-carrying World War II nerd, I absolutely love this one
Way more people than I was expecting
Little ole Hartford showing out complete with a full drumline
Not having injuries would be a start. Many of these guys have not had much time to form partnerships. Continually disrupted. and most creative player is not there
Eze up to replace Trossard, Nwaneri in the middle. Need some kind of creative juice
Might be time to push Eze to the left and bring on Nwaneri.
He’s got an absolute cannon
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Hasan: The great irony is of course that Donald Trump is the son of an immigrant. The grandson of an immigrant and married to an immigrant. In fact two of his three wives were immigrants, proving yet again that immigrants will do the jobs that even Americans are not willing to do.
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They don't think they're public servants.

They think they're kings, princes, dukes, and barons. They control the government, and that makes them royalty, and that means our money should be used to buy them planes and gold-plated toys and gilded ballrooms