The federal government’s criteria for being considered a member of Tren de Aragua is 1. being Venezuelan and 2. having any tattoo - despite the gang not using tattoos as an identifying marker. So, I’m gonna need more than “unspecified ties” from the police to consider this anything more than justifying another attempt to murder someone trying to escape the US gestapo.

The only purpose of DHS is to repress Americans. The excuse they used to create it (to resolve lack of communication between intelligence services) could have been solved with a minor office in the FBI for a tiny, tiny fraction of the cost. They wanted a tool of repression and so they used a terrorist attack to fund one.

It is not illegal, it is a de facto result of how our trials by jury work. It is not a good idea to mention it before a judge if you are on a jury though.

Pathetic.

Exactly. The saying isn’t “We’re here! We’re queer! Thanks for having us!”

I suspect they are worried about weakening their current Gerrymander.

If you can’t even meet the low bar of an indictment, you are unprepared for a trial.

Then why don’t you just declassify the video and let us all see how ‘righteous’ your actions were?

That’s some dedication to fighting ‘woke’.

Considering I can barely get into the CostCo parking lot for all the people there, I suspect their boycott will amount to little.

It makes me nauseous that my government is responsible for this senseless horror. The military can make no claim to honor when they bomb unarmed men clinging desperately to the burning wreck of the boat that was already illegally bombed.

Oh yeah, dad did say that he wasn’t taught anything like that until he went to OTS.

That’s what my dad always told me when I was growing up as a brat; refusing to obey an illegal order isn’t a choice, it’s a requirement. You must not follow illegal orders, if you do you are committing a crime.

It is so predictable that conservatives would end up in “Pedophilia isn’t that bad” once it became undeniable that Great Leader raped little girls.

Paid for by alcohol industry groups.

Mine is the rotator cuff - and I already had arthritis in that shoulder so now I am a human barometer. Fun party trick. I am punished for not doing my dailies but I do different stuff every other day. I suspect I will never regain full mobility in that shoulder - and it’s my dominant arm too. Wear and tear, I guess.

Been in PT for the last 4 months due to my inability to remain 28 forever so I will let you know when I figure it out.

I can only assume you don’t know what the whips job is.

Dick Durbin is the minority whip. There is no chance that the whip votes against the wishes of the senate minority leader. Despite Schumer’s no vote, he supported the capitulation.

Davis’ case was poor and she is intrinsically unlikable. I would expect a case with a novel argument to be taken up.