what unrest

3/6/2025 3:25:21 PM

The MAGA’s are now calling Amy Coney Barrett a DEI hire because she dissented against some of Trump’s EO’s:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/maga-world-turns-supreme-court-justice-amy-coney-barrett-rcna194283

Who are the snowflakes again?

3/7/2025 9:14:41 AM

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"Federal prosecutors who investigated Eric Adams put on leave by Justice Department Also put on leave were the prosecutors who prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell and former crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried. https://abcnews.go.com/US/federal-prosecutors-investigated-eric-adams-put-leave-justice/story?id=119565695"

Imagine anyone else going after the people who took down Epstein

I bet trump (or maybe musk?) is more deeply connected to Epstein than we know… and we know he’s deep.

3/9/2025 3:10:30 PM

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"A sad day for America—Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University activist, has been arrested by ICE, not for any crime, but for his political activism. The Trump administration claims he was involved in “pro-terrorist” activities, yet no formal charges have been filed. This marks a dangerous shift where student activism can now be grounds for detention. Like McCarthyism before it, this moment signals that dissent is no longer safe."

3/10/2025 2:39:47 PM

^^ he and Epstein were best friends. There's no secret to what's going on there.

3/10/2025 2:41:17 PM

^^just to follow-up on that

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"This is Mahmoud Khalil. He graduated from a leadership program at Columbia University in December, and is still in university housing. He's married, and his wife is eight months pregnant. Mahmoud is passionate about education, and has had a variety of jobs involving education and disadvantaged youth. He's particularly interested in creating programs that help educate out-of-school youth in developing countries. Mahmoud has a green card. He is a lawful, permanent resident of the United States. Remember that, it's going to be important in what's about to happen. Last night (Saturday) as Mahmoud and his wife walked into their university-owned apartment building, two men in plain clothes slipped in the door behind them. The men claimed they were ICE agents. They also claimed that they had a warrant for Mahmoud's arrest on their phone, and that his student visa was being revoked. Reminder: Mahmoud has a green card. He's no longer on a student visa. Mahmoud told them he had a green card, and his wife went up to their apartment to get it. When she returned, the agents, confused, made a phone call where the agents were told "we're revoking that too." The agents refused to give Mahmoud's wife a reason why he was being detained. When Mahmoud's lawyer called, ICE refused to say why Mahmoud was being detained and that his "student visa was revoked." When the lawyer (again) pointed out that he had a green card, ICE representatives said that also would be revoked. You may be wondering, "Hey, isn't it illegal for ICE to come onto private property -- the university -- without showing a warrant to the university for the arrest? Wouldn't the warrant necessarily say something about why he was being arrested?" Great question. Columbia University has publicly said that ICE requires a warrant to enter non-public areas of campus (like housing), but also as of the moment has refused to answer whether ICE contacted them before slipping into the apartment building behind Mahmoud and his wife. Meanwhile: Mahmoud has been sent to a for-profit prison in New Jersey with no official charges. Nevertheless, we know why Mahmoud was arrested. Mahmoud has been involved in peaceful protests at the university, asking that the school stop investing in weapons manufacturing and, in particular, that the school stop investing in companies that are helping to fund the killing of people in Gaza. So, just to make this very clear and simple: A lawful, permanent resident of the United States has been arrested for exercising his freedom of speech. The US government doesn't like some of his OPINIONS and so they have arrested him and are making plans to deport him. Maybe you don't like Mahmoud's opinions. Maybe you don't agree with him. Fine. But the point is: the US government is arresting LEGAL IMMIGRANTS -- PEOPLE WITH GREEN CARDS -- for *exercising their freedom of speech*. This is not the behavior of a nation that is the "land of the free and the home of the brave." It's an act of profound cowardice and an arbitrary and cruel exercise of power. ETA: Mahmoud's wife, an American citizen, attempted to see him at the New Jersey facility today and has been told that he's not there. His lawyer says he may be as far away as Louisiana, but the point is this: he's now not only been "detained" without charges, but neither his wife nor his lawyer know where the US government is holding him."

3/10/2025 3:16:48 PM

They are probably about to find something about isis on his computer!

Or something!

3/10/2025 3:27:44 PM

^^ to be clear, he was involved in protests that were decidedly not peaceful. but also, to be clear, what's happening to him is highly disturbing. I'd want to see a lot more evidence from the government that he was involved with the Hamas-adjacent portions of these protests before i'd get on board with this. I'm also betting they didn't bother to actually get a judge to sign off on it, so it's shady as hell. Just like sticking his ass in Louisiana so he's far away from his family and attorneys is shady as hell.

3/10/2025 4:56:06 PM

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"The moment is hardly one for downplaying the crisis in Washington. "I would argue that the road towards authoritarianism has been paved with people saying, 'You're overreacting, Walz told me. "I don't think you can underestimate how far [Trump] will go. And I think you should assume a worst-case scenario. If I'm wrong, that's O.K., democracy holds. If I'm right, then we need to be prepared that he'll continue to make these moves. As governor, my job is to make sure the firewall is there." "

https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/does-tim-walz-have-any-regrets

3/12/2025 10:00:29 AM

Last line… ouch

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"Days after immigration officers arrested a prominent pro-Palestinian campus activist, administrators at Columbia University gathered students and faculty from the journalism school and issued a warning. Students who were not U.S. citizens should avoid publishing work on Gaza, Ukraine and protests related to their former classmate's arrest, urged Stuart Karle, a First Amendment lawyer and adjunct professor. With about two months to go before graduation, their academic accomplishments - or even their freedom — could be at risk if they attracted the ire of the Trump administration. "If you have a social media page, make sure it is not filled with commentary on the Middle East," he told the gathering in Pulitzer Hall. When a Palestinian student objected, the journalism school's dean, Jelani Cobb, was more direct about the school's inability to defend international students from federal prosecution. "Nobody can protect you," Mr. Cobb said. "These are dangerous times” "

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/nyregion/columbia-university-trump-protests.html

3/12/2025 8:17:57 PM

So... does that count as a "chilling effect?" Asking for a friend

3/13/2025 11:02:50 PM

it was musk who said you can’t call them Nazis until they start killing masses of people

Well trump musk are worse than the Nazis in that case

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"The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought: - 1.65 million deaths from AIDS - 500,000 from lack of vaccines - 550,000 from lack of food aid - 290,000 from malaria - 310,000 from TB "

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/15/opinion/foreign-aid-cuts-impact.html

3/15/2025 5:23:29 PM

something behind a paywall i actually want to read! can you paste how they calculated those values?

3/18/2025 8:07:09 AM

^
https://archive.is/VUIA4

Looks like just took the number of people taking whatever aid and assuming they would all die. Was discussed in the Elon thread a bit.

They offer no comparison of with/without aid (or even if the aid makes it to the recipients who need it) and don't mention alternatives (like stopping the practice of sand in vagina sex) to reduce AIDS.

3/18/2025 9:01:15 AM

Are you a middle schooler from the 90s?

3/18/2025 9:21:00 AM

^ who got sand in your vagina?

3/18/2025 9:42:45 AM

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"And here we go -- Fox News is now saying we should get rid of "due process" because it's too cumbersome. Brian Kilmeade: "But I also think it's not practical to think that we can do due process on 8 million people." https://www.mediamatters.org/brian-kilmeade/foxs-brian-kilmeade-its-not-practical-think-we-can-do-due-process-8-million-people"

This idiocy is spewing out into the masses

It’s almost amusing how close it is to German Nazis. You have Stephen miller on one side aggressively pro-white, and you have musk on the other side aggressively anti-gay and theyre working together.

[Edited on March 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM. Reason : ]

3/24/2025 12:28:32 PM