A cool boy
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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stancil calls the idea that US racism influenced hitler a "buzzy and incorrect take" in the replies to this, but hitler literally wrote about being influenced by US immigration policy in mein kampf. like he just says it outright, it's not an inference or a guess or anything. he wrote it himself!
April 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
stancil calls the idea that US racism influenced hitler a "buzzy and incorrect take" in the replies to this, but hitler literally wrote about being influenced by US immigration policy in mein kampf. like he just says it outright, it's not an inference or a guess or anything. he wrote it himself!
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If, as the Trump admin contends, the federal courts lack jurisdiction over a federal government flight over international waters, then there is nothing stopping the Trump admin from deporting American citizens. As soon as they reach international waters it is fait accompli.
"The Trump administration says it ignored a Saturday court order to turn around two planeloads of alleged Venezuelan gang members because the flights were over international waters and therefore the ruling didn't apply."
That legal "theory" won't hold up.
That legal "theory" won't hold up.
Exclusive: How the White House defied a judge's order to turn back deportation flights
"This is headed to the Supreme Court. And we're going to win."
www.axios.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If, as the Trump admin contends, the federal courts lack jurisdiction over a federal government flight over international waters, then there is nothing stopping the Trump admin from deporting American citizens. As soon as they reach international waters it is fait accompli.
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I think it has more to do with you might get locked up for absolutely no reason at all and then flown to El Salvador to die in prison even though a judge said you should be released
International travelers concerned about President Donald Trump’s trade policies and bellicose rhetoric have been canceling trips to the United States, depriving the U.S. tourism industry of billions of dollars at a time when the economy has started to appear wobbly.
Nervous about Trump, international tourists scrap their U.S. travel plans
International tourists are canceling plans to visit the United States, with Canadians leading the way.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I think it has more to do with you might get locked up for absolutely no reason at all and then flown to El Salvador to die in prison even though a judge said you should be released
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I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.
March 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I just heard this as well. The entire staff of the National Center for Education Statistics, created in 1867, has been fired.
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US Christians today might be the least persecuted group in any place at any time in world history
No. Christians feel persecuted because there is a vast media apparatus telling them that they are persecuted. There is no evidence whatsoever of large-scale discrimination against Christians in this country.
Interesting story that gets to the heart of why many Christians feel persecuted in the U.S.: The secular elite find many of their views abhorrent and uncouth
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/u...
March 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
US Christians today might be the least persecuted group in any place at any time in world history
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There’s no reason to have a Democratic Party if it won’t go to the mat to save the Department of Education. It’s a fundamental belief that children in America deserve better futures. It’s tremendously simple. You cannot continue funding a government that would close this.
The Department of Education will begin sweeping layoffs tonight with about half of its 4,400 employees expected to be let go, sources tell CNN.
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
Read more: cnn.it/41IhB4h
March 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s no reason to have a Democratic Party if it won’t go to the mat to save the Department of Education. It’s a fundamental belief that children in America deserve better futures. It’s tremendously simple. You cannot continue funding a government that would close this.
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As usual, Republicans do not object to "language policing," they object to terminology that represents greater societal acceptance of marginalized groups.
November 18, 2024 at 8:32 PM
As usual, Republicans do not object to "language policing," they object to terminology that represents greater societal acceptance of marginalized groups.
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All three branches of government are now controlled by a rapist who campaigned on purging the country of nonwhite immigrants and driving trans people out of public life, supported by a Nazi billionaire, I think maybe you can ease off the Has Woke Gone Too Far beat for a while
Is making a guy with a white nationalist tattoo who says diversity corrodes military fitness the Secretary of Defense one big power grab
November 16, 2024 at 4:53 PM
All three branches of government are now controlled by a rapist who campaigned on purging the country of nonwhite immigrants and driving trans people out of public life, supported by a Nazi billionaire, I think maybe you can ease off the Has Woke Gone Too Far beat for a while
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people love love love absolutely LOVE to explain why people who are doing the morally correct thing are actually doing the tactically wrong thing - but, nobody actually knows what the tactically correct thing is! so you might as well do the morally correct thing!
And that's why you never protest genocide. It might make the party doing it lose.
November 15, 2024 at 10:29 PM
people love love love absolutely LOVE to explain why people who are doing the morally correct thing are actually doing the tactically wrong thing - but, nobody actually knows what the tactically correct thing is! so you might as well do the morally correct thing!
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brianna wu is not an important or notable person. screenshotting her dumb opinions is akin to posting pictures of a dropped hamburger you saw on your walk
November 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM
brianna wu is not an important or notable person. screenshotting her dumb opinions is akin to posting pictures of a dropped hamburger you saw on your walk
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a really good way for this to all have been public record would have been for DOJ to prosecute him
BREAKING: Attorney for teenager at the center of Matt Gaetz sex trafficking allegations says "She was a high school student and there were witnesses." Calls upon Ethics Committee to release it's report which Miami Herald/McClatchy sources say is "highly damaging."
November 14, 2024 at 7:17 PM
a really good way for this to all have been public record would have been for DOJ to prosecute him
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I have an idea to improve government efficiency: don’t give a billionaire $50 million to write a blog post about how we need to cut social security
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 AM
I have an idea to improve government efficiency: don’t give a billionaire $50 million to write a blog post about how we need to cut social security
Wow, so the bucks didn’t completely suck ass against the Raptors? What a nice high bar we’ve set. Really though, if they are going to actually TRY then I’ll start paying attention to the games again
November 13, 2024 at 3:46 AM
Wow, so the bucks didn’t completely suck ass against the Raptors? What a nice high bar we’ve set. Really though, if they are going to actually TRY then I’ll start paying attention to the games again
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thrilled to see so much sports posting here the last few days. now we need an ESPN stats and info bot so we can all know just how historically bad 5 INTs is
November 11, 2024 at 4:13 AM
thrilled to see so much sports posting here the last few days. now we need an ESPN stats and info bot so we can all know just how historically bad 5 INTs is
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Viral conspiracy theories by some liberal accounts, which claim Elon Musk's Starlink was used to rig the election for Donald Trump, are among the wildest I've seen and on a par with right-wing claims Venezuela or Italy hacked voting machines to win the 2020 election for Biden.
November 11, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Viral conspiracy theories by some liberal accounts, which claim Elon Musk's Starlink was used to rig the election for Donald Trump, are among the wildest I've seen and on a par with right-wing claims Venezuela or Italy hacked voting machines to win the 2020 election for Biden.
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This can't be right. The Manhattan Institute tells me it's a myth that these sorts of attitudes pervade police culture.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/n...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/n...
December 7, 2023 at 4:54 PM
This can't be right. The Manhattan Institute tells me it's a myth that these sorts of attitudes pervade police culture.
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/n...
www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/n...
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fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you.
December 5, 2023 at 3:34 PM
fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you.
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people assume that i am hostile to MY because of politics but the real reason is that he tweeted this in the hours after uvalde and then got pissy when people rightfully went after him for it
December 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM
people assume that i am hostile to MY because of politics but the real reason is that he tweeted this in the hours after uvalde and then got pissy when people rightfully went after him for it
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This is a stunning detail about the Uvalde shooting from incredible reporting by The Texas Tribune and @propublica.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/u...
www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/u...
December 5, 2023 at 2:49 PM
This is a stunning detail about the Uvalde shooting from incredible reporting by The Texas Tribune and @propublica.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/u...
www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/u...
The US is just an insane country. Eminent domain these farms and be done with this nonsense www.propublica.org/article/cali...
November 10, 2023 at 3:39 PM
The US is just an insane country. Eminent domain these farms and be done with this nonsense www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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How could it cost $400 million to make Avatar 2 when the entire movie can fit on my phone!
I’m a genius, btw
I’m a genius, btw
October 23, 2023 at 1:36 AM
How could it cost $400 million to make Avatar 2 when the entire movie can fit on my phone!
I’m a genius, btw
I’m a genius, btw
🫣 I have an old ass house, waiting to find ghosts
October 22, 2023 at 7:53 PM
🫣 I have an old ass house, waiting to find ghosts
I took 2.5 hours off this afternoon because I heard that one of my best friends in the world had a seizure and is in the ICU. I still feel guilty about it, work culture is sickening, this shouldn’t be a big deal
I have the same problem with my sick days that I do with elixirs in RPGs: The constant fear that if I use them now, I won't have them later.
the real problem has been peoples fear of taking sick days at all tbh
October 18, 2023 at 11:07 PM
I took 2.5 hours off this afternoon because I heard that one of my best friends in the world had a seizure and is in the ICU. I still feel guilty about it, work culture is sickening, this shouldn’t be a big deal