Earlier: Congress, at this point under the current speaker, is basically nonfunctional. Everybody says, ‘Oh, Congress can pass a law.’ And they can. But they won’t. Let’s not waste much effort.
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Slovak interior minister has appeared on an online channel hosted by Slovak #FarRight#conspirator Daniel Bombic*, opposition PS party MP and the former police president, Jaroslav Spišiak wrote on Facebook. Slovak courts have issued 3 international arrest warrants for Bombic, who lives in the UK, on charges of #extremism, #cyberbullying and disclosure of #PersonalData. British courts are expected to decide on his extradition to Slovakia at the end of March. #SNFF
The #SupremeCourt on Tues cleared the way for Texas to immediately begin enforcing one of the nation’s harshest immigration laws, which opponents say would disrupt more than a century of #federal control over #international borders.
The divided decision was preliminary & urged a lower court to quickly decide whether to allow the #law to remain in effect while appeals continue. That approach drew dissent from the 3 liberal justices, 2 of whom said the majority was inviting “further #chaos & #crisis in #immigration enforcement.”
“The Court gives a green light to a #law that will upend the longstanding #federal - #state balance of #power & sow #chaos,” wrote Justice SoniaSotomayor, joined by Justice ##KetanjiBrownJackson. They noted that a lower court judge had concluded “that it is likely #unconstitutional.”
#Biden WH blasts #SCOTUS ruling letting Texas #SB4 immigration crackdown law take effect. 'We fundmentally disagree' with the high court's order per the WH PressSec.
I don’t understand how Kyle Rittenhouse can walk onto a college campus. Where I went to school, with a bunch of hippies, he would have needed the riot squad to escort him onto campus or be beaten to death and left for the otters. As a student I would have gladly copped and assault charge to keep that shitbag off campus. Besides, you can always claim defense — he’s a known mass shooter.
A local right wing asshat has threatened to “lose respect” for me, and warned that “you don’t want to experience that.” He is upset that I shared data showing US citizens commit far more violent crime (absolutely and per capita) than undocumented immigrants. The far right is completely spineless when confronted with reality. #USPol#Extremism#Immigration#Petaluma
An account using the name & photo of #Michigan#BarryCounty Sheriff lawbreaker & [#ConspiracyTheorist] #DarLeaf released >2,100 pages of emails from employees of Dominion; the company says Leaf improperly accessed internal msgs via breach of a #CourtOrder.
"Dominion seeks the court's immediate assistance in addressing a flagrant & ongoing breach of this court's order that has already, & will continue to, irreparably harm Dominion, including, but not limited to, jeopardizing the physical safety of #Dominion employees," lawyers for the company wrote in their Fri motion.
“From social media calls to lynch Dominion personnel to a man #armed w/a #rifle who came to their offices, Dominion's employees have directly suffered the consequences of the lies spread by #PatrickByrne & his fellow defendants," #Dominion's lawyers wrote. "They now fear further threats due to conduct of his counsel done at his direction."
#Dominion's lawyers said the documents #StefanieLambert released showed no evidence of criminal activity.
"Best Dominion can tell, Byrne & Lambert's #xenophobic conclusion is that any email from non-U.S.-based Dominion personnel is conclusive evidence of criminal activity," the attorneys' emergency motion said.
It’s a message sounded in recent years from church pulpits, #conservative think tanks, right-leaning colleges & the #1776Commission report, released in the final, chaotic days of #Trump’s presidency. This sense of loss has become a central part of Trump’s 2024 campaign & his outreach to conservative #Christians. Like his #MAGA movement, the #PatriotAcademy was calling for a restoration.
The #PatriotAcademy classes urged participants to run for local office, especially #SchoolBoard, & to fight back against the “secular leftists” & “Marxists” in their country & communities. In Nov, Wenhold won a seat on the Palisades School Board. The position was unpaid, but it gave her a little bit of power. She wanted to use it to make sure students…were taught #America’s “true history” as a #Christian nation, as she had come to understand it.
Wenhold led the class through a lesson that discussed how the country was abandoning the #FoundingFathers’ egalitarian vision— initially limited to #WhiteMales —of a govt that existed to protect #Americans’ “inalienable rights” as individuals. Instead, the govt was providing special rights & benefits to groups based on their race, class, sexual orientation & countless other categories.
#Trump said it would be a "bloodbath" if he didn't win this year's US presidential election.
"You screw us & we'll screw you," he said. "It's very simple, very fair."
Trump said he would hit cars made in Mexico by Chinese companies w/a 100% tariff, double the levy he has previously said he would put on automobiles made south of the US border.
#Trump addressed Chinese President #Xi Jinping directly during a rally speech in Dayton, Ohio, on Sat when threatening the tariffs.
"Those big monster car manufacturing plants you are building in Mexico right now & you think you are going to get that - not hire Americans & you're going to sell the car to us, no," Trump said.
"We are going to put a 100% tariff on every car that comes across the lot."
#Trump continued by saying it would be a "bloodbath" if he didn't win this year's US presidential election.
Earlier this month Trump threatened a 50% tariff on Chinese cars. He has also proposed tariffs of as much as 60% on all Chinese goods & 10% on goods made anywhere in the world. He said he's not worried about retaliatory measures from #China or other countries.
"You screw us & we'll screw you," he said. "It's very simple, very fair."
"Who decides what is and what is not an acceptable opinion? Undoubtedly, Michael Gove would count among his British values support for the Union under the crown. I support neither – does that make my values less respectable than his?"
"Any functioning democracy must have a way to register and adjust to public opinion and desire, a dynamic relationship which allows for policy change. This one only has denial."
Lee Rowley, let's slip on Wednesday's #QuestionTime when they were discussing Gove's #extremism
"This is the first part of a series of a plan. Micheal has announced, the broad outline, and we will be back in a few weeks' time to talk about the specific groups"
"Gove thinks racist jokes are funny, has elevated scientific racism within the Department for Education, and worked with an organisation – the Henry Jackson Society – which for years has acted as a transmission belt amplifying mainstream far-right white nationalist ideas into the centre-right of UK policymaking"
I recall govt spent tons of money in the 90s on pretty much exact same studies. Why are we paying to do it - again? This freaking govt 🤡
#Canada federal government announced Wednesday funding of more than $300,000 to examine how #gaming communities can potentially create environments conducive to #radicalization and violent #extremism.