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Looks more and more like the raid in Chicago was more than just a fascist terror raid but the use of federal violence to help a bank empty a building they held in receivership.

This is a scare tactic.

But most feds I know aren’t scared or traumatized.

We are just that much more passionate and committed to our missions.

this is so fucking gross i don’t even have words to process how fucking gross it is

Every Judge murdered by a Trump supporter is one that can be replaced by a Trump supporter.

In addition to the teargassings, ICE agents work for the people, the people don't work for ICE. We have an absolute right to know who they are. They have no fundamental right to know who we are unless we break the law.

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."

( ht: @mikenellis.bsky.social )

The Speaker of The United States House of Representatives stands before a microphone and states there's "new legal analysis" he learned from a headline saying they don't have to pay furloughed government employees because he doesn't want to admit its some shit Trump just made up yesterday.

These fucking guys

The very first statute authorizing domestic use of the military during domestic emergencies, enacted in 1792 by a Congress full of the same folks who wrote and ratified the Constitution, expressly provided for judicial review in certain circumstances *before* the President could even send troops.

God, but I fucking hate these people.

I do too. That's why Judges (ALL government officers, in fact) should have to wear them.

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?

I'm not at all comfortable with a Commonwealth country not having their judiciary wear wigs.
It's just wrong.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

This is comically unbelievable

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Same thing happened in LA, same thing happened in DC: prosecutors charged people with assaulting a federal officer and then furiously backpedaled when the evidence didn’t support it

If I see a 6-foot-tall frog shaking its ass at me, I'm definitely shitting myself.

I think it's not a coincidence that the age of consent in Argentina is 13.

I'd be fine with Ezra and Yggy dunking on DSA for 500 words. They'd probably make a lot of good points. But these two guys are both conservatives.

I'm not even a big DSA supporter, I'm sure there's plenty to criticize. But "I was a socialist 70 years ago when I was a kid and now I work for the Manhattan Institute, here's why I think DSA is bad" isn't worth reading.

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

400 troops could secure a mid-sized installation in a permissive/semi-permissive environment for a while.
But that's about it.

If Trump is deploying Texas NG units on federal duty status to Illinois, Abbott is irrelevant, they are federal forces then. Lots of other problems but that they’re from Texas doesn’t legally matter.

If Abbott is involved in “authorizing” it, that’s not federal. It’s Texas invading Illinois.

I'm not a lawyer, but this ruling by the Judge, in which she says "Deployment of federalized military is ultra vires and contrary to law, violating Title 10, section 12406. I also find it's likely that defendants violate 10th Amendment" would be enough to refuse the order to deploy as unlawful.

I don't know. I think a troop has a preponderance of evidence case that deploying to another state in this circumstance would be an unlawful order.

Also, Andy Ngo is a straight up lying sack of shit.

Well, I live in Utah now, and that's somewhat different, but not different enough.