they'll give ICE more money and say anyone calling for prosecutions is being divisive
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
they'll give ICE more money and say anyone calling for prosecutions is being divisive
I love the claim that the poll "struck" him, like he hadn't thought of this angle until now or something, hasn't been making variants of this argument for years and wasn't planning on continuing to do so until he saw this one poll. The only thing it struck him with was a jolt of renewed smugness.
November 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I love the claim that the poll "struck" him, like he hadn't thought of this angle until now or something, hasn't been making variants of this argument for years and wasn't planning on continuing to do so until he saw this one poll. The only thing it struck him with was a jolt of renewed smugness.
(of course, that will be the story even if they *don't* hold anyone accountable at all, so 🤷♂️)
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
(of course, that will be the story even if they *don't* hold anyone accountable at all, so 🤷♂️)
On the one hand yeah. On the other hand I really don't want them to be able to claim "we've cleaned up this operation and now it's good" while it continues to do immeasurable evil, which it will. The new line from Dem hardliners will be "ICE is great now"
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
On the one hand yeah. On the other hand I really don't want them to be able to claim "we've cleaned up this operation and now it's good" while it continues to do immeasurable evil, which it will. The new line from Dem hardliners will be "ICE is great now"
I'd like to believe it re: ICE but if the Democrats are ever allowed to regain power, I don't think I'd put much money on them cutting a single dollar from the ICE budget, closing a single ICE detention center, or firing a single ICE agent
October 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'd like to believe it re: ICE but if the Democrats are ever allowed to regain power, I don't think I'd put much money on them cutting a single dollar from the ICE budget, closing a single ICE detention center, or firing a single ICE agent
you are literally just endorsing and spreading racist right-wing propaganda
October 31, 2025 at 2:21 AM
you are literally just endorsing and spreading racist right-wing propaganda
then there's the fact that this wave of snooty and undeserved Canadian national pride is aligning with our own conservatives and their anti-immigration, nationalist attitudes - while we build up our border security apparatus (in part because Trump bullied us into it!) and immigration police forces
October 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
then there's the fact that this wave of snooty and undeserved Canadian national pride is aligning with our own conservatives and their anti-immigration, nationalist attitudes - while we build up our border security apparatus (in part because Trump bullied us into it!) and immigration police forces
It also separates us from "Crazy" in the ways we don't want to be separated - plenty of Canadians have friends and family in the US, events we want to go to, cities we want to visit, etc. full of great people. But we now have to ask "do I want to cross that border into ICE's jurisdiction?"
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It also separates us from "Crazy" in the ways we don't want to be separated - plenty of Canadians have friends and family in the US, events we want to go to, cities we want to visit, etc. full of great people. But we now have to ask "do I want to cross that border into ICE's jurisdiction?"
why would you bother posting this while saying, in advance, "not going to engage with your political perspective"
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
why would you bother posting this while saying, in advance, "not going to engage with your political perspective"
this is an incredible detail
October 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
this is an incredible detail
The funny part is I suspect that line was born because he himself wasn't totally clear on what a pronoun is recently, until someone explained it to him amidst the discourse
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The funny part is I suspect that line was born because he himself wasn't totally clear on what a pronoun is recently, until someone explained it to him amidst the discourse
Reposted by Leigh Beadon
ICE has now sent at least 72 people to prisons in African countries where they have no ties.
Via two ICE flights to Rwanda, two to Eswatini, three to Ghana and one to S. Sudan.
Some had US convictions but had finished their sentences. None have convictions in the places where they're now jailed.
Via two ICE flights to Rwanda, two to Eswatini, three to Ghana and one to S. Sudan.
Some had US convictions but had finished their sentences. None have convictions in the places where they're now jailed.
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
ICE has now sent at least 72 people to prisons in African countries where they have no ties.
Via two ICE flights to Rwanda, two to Eswatini, three to Ghana and one to S. Sudan.
Some had US convictions but had finished their sentences. None have convictions in the places where they're now jailed.
Via two ICE flights to Rwanda, two to Eswatini, three to Ghana and one to S. Sudan.
Some had US convictions but had finished their sentences. None have convictions in the places where they're now jailed.
And yet what's funny is that people making these triangulation arguments are themselves trying to avoid just saying "you know what fuck it, throw immigrants under the bus" because even they aren't comfortable having that as an explicit stance. Because they know it's bad!
October 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
And yet what's funny is that people making these triangulation arguments are themselves trying to avoid just saying "you know what fuck it, throw immigrants under the bus" because even they aren't comfortable having that as an explicit stance. Because they know it's bad!
What's frustrating is that people who say this will also say the pro-immigration voters are being immature and naive for being alienated - no, it's their duty to still vote for the person giving anti-immigration speeches. It all boils down to: "everyone should just give up and be anti-immigration"
October 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What's frustrating is that people who say this will also say the pro-immigration voters are being immature and naive for being alienated - no, it's their duty to still vote for the person giving anti-immigration speeches. It all boils down to: "everyone should just give up and be anti-immigration"
I wonder if you'd feel the same way if it was about something that impacts you directly, criminalizes you, and takes away your rights
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I wonder if you'd feel the same way if it was about something that impacts you directly, criminalizes you, and takes away your rights
So... American democracy is simply incompatible with doing the right thing?
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
So... American democracy is simply incompatible with doing the right thing?
and those are the kinds of people you want to lead on immigration law?
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
and those are the kinds of people you want to lead on immigration law?
I find anyone who *is* willing to do that deeply suspicious.
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I find anyone who *is* willing to do that deeply suspicious.
Would you be willing to get up on a stage and talk about how border crossings are scary and must be criminalized to a crowd of people? Personally I don't know anyone who would do that - it'd make them sick to their stomachs to spread that kind of hate.
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Would you be willing to get up on a stage and talk about how border crossings are scary and must be criminalized to a crowd of people? Personally I don't know anyone who would do that - it'd make them sick to their stomachs to spread that kind of hate.
where does the fact that decriminalizing border crossings is good and a moral imperative for any decent person enter into this calculus?
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
where does the fact that decriminalizing border crossings is good and a moral imperative for any decent person enter into this calculus?
The problem is that the *tenure* of month-to-month tenancies is governed by the RTA, which they can change. The tenancies are still under the terms of the original lease, but the fact that they are ongoing on a month-to-month auto renewing basis is from the legislation.
October 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The problem is that the *tenure* of month-to-month tenancies is governed by the RTA, which they can change. The tenancies are still under the terms of the original lease, but the fact that they are ongoing on a month-to-month auto renewing basis is from the legislation.