Enterprise Crew has been through some shit, could use a counselor chat.

Either the treatment mostly works or turns Batel into a Gorn Zombie, either way would be interesting.

Trump is hoping the Wall Street journal messes up in the lawsuit on this technicality that he didn't actually make the letter himself, his staff did it for him.

So when Trump says 'HE' didn't make the sketches, he knows it's technically true. So Musk and MAGA have a point the letter probably wasn't made by Trump himself, but likely his staff made it on his instruction. But Trump always takes credit, or denies credit, whichever is convenient.

Seems like the whole point is to create a backlash so the far right can claim 'disorder' and create excuses for more violent crackdowns. Classic authoritarian tactics.

I wouldn't be too optimistic. Trump always finds another way to re-brainwash his supporters. But a seed of doubt is being planted for some of them finally.

The telegraphing here seems to be they have evidence he's guilty and probably they do but that isn't the point; the rule of law is. Deportations require court orders.

Autocrat MAGA thinks of these as clever authoritarian set piece moves but they're extremely boring and predictable If you know other creeping authoritarian societies.

This is SOP in creeping authoritarian societies. The state controlled authoritarian media will lie about what the opposition thinks & believes, and the real opposition has to overcome the propaganda to get any real message out that isn't from their dumbest members.