Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News: “The President's federal deployment of the National Guard over the official wishes of a governor is bad for all Americans concerned about freedom of speech and states rights. The governor has the authority and ability to respond to the civil disturbances with law enforcement capabilities within his state, augmented as necessary by requesting law enforcement assistance from other governors. There are over a million badged and trained members of law enforcement in this country for the governor to ask for help if he needs it. While this is presently a legal order, it tramples the governor’s rights and obligations to protect his people. This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
Major General Randy E. Manner, former Acting Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau statement to Fox News:
"This is an inappropriate use of the National Guard and is not warranted.”
09.06.2025 03:18 — 👍 20796 🔁 7335 💬 300 📌 256
I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
09.06.2025 21:28 — 👍 12644 🔁 5695 💬 214 📌 248
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
They've always been thinly veiled, but the audacity is really incredible now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
27.05.2025 17:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I was just about to post this. This is absolutely batty. This is from a President who ran a corrupt for profit “university” smh
22.05.2025 19:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This is getting perfectly Chicago?
18.05.2025 02:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
RFK Jr., the Health Secretary, Says Not to Take Medical Advice From Him
If you don’t think people should take medical advice from you, the country’s top health official…. MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP OFFERING IT. And also maybe stop influencing policy about it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/u...
15.05.2025 18:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Agreed. Bernie is center left compared to much of Europe. His positions are mostly “moderate” in general and becoming increasingly middle of the road for many
15.05.2025 02:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
this is the issue - the liberals have backed away and have been cast as incompetent and also just (probably rightfully so) lining the pockets of the rich. The right sells a different story. Bernie and those crew sell this story and people buy it - but then the dems blackball em
14.05.2025 00:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
there's no "or not" - we are gonna have flesh eating maggots everywhere because of MAMA. Make America Maggot Again!
14.05.2025 00:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Look what the "states rights" folks have cooked up here - sneaking in something absolutely ridiculous... again...
13.05.2025 01:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This alone is huge, but that the Register if Copyrights was canned right after this release is even bigger.
www.copyright.gov/ai/Copyright...
12.05.2025 14:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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07.05.2025 15:04 — 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
US federal judge on Meta's AI copyright fair use argument: 'You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work'
"I just don't understand how that can be fair use."
Oh this is positive.
"You are dramatically changing, you might even say obliterating, the market for that person's work, and you're saying that you don't even have to pay a license to that person… I just don't understand how that can be fair use."
www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/...
02.05.2025 23:08 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m here for this!
02.05.2025 15:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Instead of “we think you violate human rights so we won’t deal with you” the message is “if you protect human rights we won’t deal with you”
16.04.2025 17:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked
The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.
As of this morning, we've tracked over 600 student visa revocations at more than 100 colleges.
That's double yesterday morning's count. Send updates to me or @amowreader.com and follow @insidehighered.com interactive visa map here: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...
10.04.2025 14:10 — 👍 36 🔁 37 💬 0 📌 3
Rubio boasts of canceling more than 300 visas over pro-Palestine protests
Secretary of state called those with revoked visas ‘lunatics’ as video shows masked immigration officers sweeping people off streets
The free speech fanatics have…. *checks notes* …. cancelled 300 visas because of… *checks notes* … expressing free speech in a lawful way. Brought to you by the same people who defend people protesting with nazi flags…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
28.03.2025 00:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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