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Leo's first appointment since becoming Pope.... which should tell us something about where the church is going and how it's probably going to end up crossways with this administration at some point.

48 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

When Jack Morris apologized to Shohei Ohtani, he called him Jose Ohtani, before correcting himself.  I think that was an accident.  However, I think you are right that this was no accident.  He most likely said it for the racist base, although he will surely say later that it was an accident.    

Does the general public even know who Jose Padilla is?

This is one of those instances where JV thinks he's being hilarious and ironic but, instead, outs himself as a weirdo who has had his brain baked by Twitter.

The fact that actual citizens are continually having their lives impacted in the most underreported part of this whole action by the administration.

Every single one of these instances is *unacceptable*

10 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

its just another form of  gaslighting.

Yep, pretty obvious what he's driving at on this one.... you would never catch him posting this on Columbus Day

It's been funny to see people on my FB feed object to terms like "Gestapo" when every seemingly every single day presents new examples of this administration sending thugs out to disrupt otherwise non-political and benign events.

Like seriously, a ****ing baseball stadium? Is literally nothing sacred?

Well, if ol' Senator Twonames is saying it, it must be true haha

If our old friend were still around, I'd be asking him what this administration's plan is to deal with this looming crisis.

I'd honestly just settle for actual journalists asking members of the administration at this point... 

3 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

I don’t know how anyone with a straight face can say this is who should be running our country. 

Jake Tapper, call your office

1 hour ago, ewsieg said:

It really doesn't matter what MAGA has claimed, MAGA isn't based on principle, it's based on what dear leader says and does.  If he decides to join the fight with Israel, the only people on his side complaining about it will be cast aside until they find a way to reconcile with dear leader by doing something else horrible.

Cults gonna cult

25 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

Yes, that is the one thing he gets right.  MAGA has claimed that they want that too.  We will see what they think if their leader gets us involved in a new war.  

The most interesting part isn't the exchange on the ear but that it illuminates the problems that the GOP are likely to have if/when Trump exits the scene.

What a tremendous waste of money and resources 

47 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Tucker ****ing Carlson doing what the mainstream media should be doing. Everything is upside down right now. 

 

Say what you want about Tucker, but his ethos is very much all about no new wars.

Can't say the same about the MSM

20 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

it is the Trump-curious people - who voted for him on a lark or because he was an "outsider" or because he was entertaining or because he is a super successful business man or because he was going to cut the price of everything all at once - that he will lose a lot of support from.

Kirk's reaction in particular, with his focus on younger voters, is notable. Because a big component of this cohort is younger voters, specifically young men.

They may have voted for Trump, but this I'm sure isn't what most of them had in mind. If anything, it was the opposite.

The fatal flaw in Bibi's strategy here.... sure, almost all of us would like to see the regime fall, but there's absolutely no guarantee that whatever fills the void left behind will be much better. Especially with how this has been undertaken

Sweet Jesus

I was reliable told there would be no new wars

There's a lot going on here, from him fumbling the papers, to the papers being blank sheets, to him mistakenly referring to the EU instead of the UK. To Kier Starmer wishing he were anywhere else.

1 hour ago, Tiger337 said:

I look at the person, not their status.  If an immigrant is working hard, contributing to society and not harming anyone, then I don't care how they got here.  Undocumented status does not at all suggest to me that someone is a bad person or harmful to society.  Most immigrants don't come here to start trouble or to take advantage of us.  They come here because they left bad situations and want to make a better life for themselves and their families.  Once they get that, they are not going to turn themselves in and be returned to hell.  They are going to take a chance of not getting caught.  I am pretty sure you would too.  

That is not to say I want "open borders".  That would cause all kinds of logistics problems.  What I would like to see is a better immigration system moving forward.  

In some cases, there are people who were brought here through no fault of their own, as unemancipated minors (ie. DACA kids). This administration treats these individuals just like everybody else, and on a moral level, it is just wrong.

There's no sugar coating it. A person shouldn't be locked up and sent to El Salvador or Libya or wherever under any circumstances, but this is especially true of people who ended up here through no fault of their own. Seems like a pretty obvious point.

1 hour ago, gehringer_2 said:

My point is that merely arbitrarily deporting people doesn't get you any closer to fixing the broken system. The country has a decision to make if it's going to maintain any moral consistency. We must either stop employers from hiring illegals (and bear the cost increases that will follow), which would pretty much end the influx of economic refugees (the vast majority) in about 10 minutes, or we legalize the people that are here and set up a system that gives enough people to keep agriculture or whatever else that need to keep going a way to come here and become citizens.

Everything else is 🐮💩

I've said it a bunch back around the beginning of the year when Tigeraholic was still showing up, the big problem with immigration as a political issue in this country is that there is really little consensus on what the problem actually is.

Most Americans want a more secure border. But beyond this very narrow part of the puzzle, is the issue that we have an archaic immigration system that cannot handle the adjudication or processing of those trying to enter this country? Same question in regards to asylum claims as well? Or is the issue that we just shouldn't have more immigration at all?

The administration, represented by Stephen Miller, comes down on the side of the latter question... And for as much as immigration was helpful during the last election and to the extent on the very narrow question of the border they still have an advantage politically, they are starting to lose ground beyond the border issue and into the adjudication issues because Americans largely DO NOT come down on the side of the latter question.... 

The same goes for those that are already here.... nobody wants criminals who are illegal, but the public has much more circumspect views on deporting a bunch of law abiding immigrants without due process. It shouldn't be surprising to anybody.

10 minutes ago, oblong said:

Bill Burr opened his podcast on Thursday with a rant that even for him was harsh.  Basically with all the **** going on in the country... why this?  We're going after "little people".  Laborers.  The people who pick our food and build our stuff.  Who are they hurting?  Isn't there other problems that could be addressed?  What happens now when all these people are gone?

All of this to what end? What does any of this do to make people's lives materially better?

It's not even about the bigger macro picture, even on the micro, individualistic level.... what does this do to make your life better?

Burr's absolutely spot on in focusing on this... if we are electing politicians who aren't even going through the pretense of trying to make people's lives better, than what are we doing exactly? Is all this **** just gladiator games?

9 hours ago, GalagaGuy said:

Speaking of deportations, Agent Orange is openly trying to create more problems.  

 

At the risk of sounding like I'm downplaying, this reads like a temper-tantrum after the past week which, overall, didn't exactly play out like they would have wanted.

11 hours ago, Kacie said:

The act never changes, no matter what the horror.  He's simply dead inside.

The rallies on Saturday gave at least a tiny glimmer of hope.  Shocked that there were 5 separate rallies within like 30 minutes of where I live, very solid red areas.  The energy and enthusiasm were encouraging and amazingly high numbers of people.  Attended my first Pride as well a supporter of the community since it was going on just before the rally.  Just a great day all around. 

It's good to be reminded that you aren't alone when you live in a more red area.

Considering how much deference they give this administration, you know it's bad when the Times is calling it low-energy...