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Knowing a kid is going to leave, because they won't ever see the field, and giving them some tape to help them find a new home is radically different than broadcasting everything to the world and giving other schools a reason to tamper with guys you plan on keeping.

Me too.

Well the FBI and CIA have always been double-edged swords. The FBI has often been the only agency that could investigate and implicate corrupt politicians of all stripes, or enforce civil rights legislation that certain localities refused to honor. That same FBI could also blackmail civil rights leaders and gaslight anti-war protestors. The agency's record improved when it was freed from J. Edger Hoover, a closeted gay man who had no problem blackmailing other closeted gay men. The CIA has a horrible history of dirty tricks, election interference, regime change, and straight up assassination. It has a somewhat better history of intelligence gathering -- the CIA accurately assessed the hidden strength of the North Vietnamese and predicted the failure of the U.S. war efforts. Not anti-war exactly, but they were the guys on the ground who know how the real world works. They got better at figuring out the Soviet Union, where more of their accurate assessments went unheeded. They became marginally less skeevy after the Church Committee investigations into the CIA, FBI, IRS and NSA in the '70s created some publicity and oversight. One thing that recently unified all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies was the unanimous conclusion that Russia was interfering in the U.S. election on behalf of Donald Trump. This was backed by Trump Enterprises own admission it had become largely reliant on Russian investors, and inarguable evidence that Trump and cronies were neck deep in networks of Russian operatives who invariably answer to Vladimir Putin. None of this claimed campaign collusion. Much of it was technically legal. But it is the kind of highly compromised relationship with our historic global rival that U.S. intelligence has always been duty bound to report. And this was unprecedented for a Presidential candidate. The real world dangers have gone beyond the original intelligence warnings. When Donald Trump stood next to Vladimir Putin and said he trusted Putin over all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies, that should have been the game changer. Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative, that's a red flag that shouldn't go unchallenged. Yet here we are.

It's perhaps overly simplistic but true: Republicans use the levers and taxes of government to help the already wealthy, Democrats try to shore up the underclasses. Both rely on deficits, although one pretends not to and actually spends more. Both sides are far from perfect, but If you can get over the culture wars s#!t, the case for Democrats is more pragmatic and I dare say more American.

On the other hand, if you've been investing for years and this is precisely the time you need that investment for retirement and college funds, you get sick about the fact that this was a 100% avoidable; the work of a single idiot elected by people who refuse to wake the f#&% up.

Hey you’re the one that posted this tweet Many of the people who care passionately about due process in the Garcia case seemed not to care about the rule of law when millions crossed into the US illegally. and then commented “Ain’t that the truth” Anyone who doesn’t realize all the illegal crossings we’ve experienced are due to a broken immigration system because our lawmakers, both parties, have failed to address it is ignorant. Yet somehow you (ain’t that the truth guy) and that tweeter seem to think nullifying due process is the other side of that f#&%ed up situation. It doesn’t come anywhere close to meaning the people now complaining about due process and the rule of law were accepting of not fixing immigration and enforcement. Tell me, what have Trump and the Rs done with their newfound power to actually fix immigration? Their solution so far has been limited to trampling people’s rights, flaunting the law, sending people (some lawful US citizens or green card holders) to foreign gulags and exaggerating or lying about those they’ve deported. JFC that isn’t fixing anything, it’s just autocratic dictator bullshít enacted against human rights.

Give me a freaking break. Not enough resources to follow Jesus's teachings? Typical right wing christian ideology. Makes you feel better about yourself when you don't do s#!t to follow the teachings because you could just blame it on this and that. Pathetic. It doesn't take "resources" to say, you know what, maybe separating families and locking kids in cages is not the best way to go about deportations and we should be more humane about everything.

U.S.-born man from Georgia held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law Any MAGA bootlickers want to step up to the plate and defend this bulls#!t? This is exactly why I’m 100% of burning ICE to the ground and starting over. No accountability for blatant profiling and trampling civil liberties like this. All the conservatives who crowed and moralized about Laken Riley - whose parents f#&%ing despised you for turning their daughter into a political football to score points, by the way - where is your humanity now? Have you no soul? Or does the prerequisite for that have something to do with the color of skin or language spoken by the person affected? The reason to call out horses#!t like this is never ONLY to protect the individual victim, which of course, we should do anyway. It’s because if they’re comfortable pulling this s#!t on this young man today, it may well be you tomorrow.

Didn't the supreme court vote unanimously to have the US government take every possible action to bring him back as soon as possible? 9-0? Wtf are you arguing at this point. You say hey if it's wrong it will go to the courts. Well it went to the highest court and was shown to be wrong and you still are arguing they were right? Insane work. Stay consistent man.

Holy f#&%. You want to talk about blind partisan spite? What literally happened, chief, is that the economy tanked during the Covid pandemic and economic shutdown, which happened during the Trump administration and was not the president's fault, being an unprecedented global pandemic and all. That same global pandemic created a massive supply chain disruption, that when combined with huge federal payouts by both the Trump and Biden administrations caused an inflationary spike that was both predicted and global. The stock market responded in predictable ways. We were told it was transitory because it was and despite the U.S. economy emerging from the pandemic better than virtually every other country on Earth -- actually increasing our leverage on countries like China -- blind partisan idiots shrieked about inflation not shrinking fast enough and utterly refused to acknowledge the impressive performance of the U.S. economy as long as Biden was in office. If you're trying to cherry pick numbers from the unprecedented global pandemic with numbers from the 100% avoidable and mystifying inflationary actions of Donald Trump, just admit it's a fools errand run by people addicted to carrying Donald Trump's pisswater.

This administration has been such a disaster that instead of bragging about all the great things that are being done, we are instead going back to the archives of…checks notes…1996 to find something someone who is universally despised by both parties said. #winning! #ididnothavesexualrelationswiththatwoman!

A reason not to attend the spring games IMHO is if Trump actually attended. Why would they even consider politicalizing such an event? Some other pretty lame ideas listed below. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/nebraska-football-pitched-trump-pelini-visits-to-promote-spring-game-report/ar-AA1C1sw8?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=a7850e529e9c4a55b8bc6a4989fd19f4&ei=9 Apparently, there were a ton of options on the table for what to do with the spring date, brought up by Nebraska associate athletic director Brandon Meier, as revealed by CBS Sports. Some, but not all of those ideas, included... ─ An open practice and a 12 to 45 minute scrimmage ─ Invitation to President Donald Trump to attend the stadium ─ Welcome back former Cornhuskers football coach Bo Pelini ─ Tractor pulls ─ A 7-on-7 flag football game ─ Football skills competition ─ Autograph session where fans can meet players and coaches ─ Sand volleyball featuring Nebraska players against football alumni ─ Punt, pass, kick competition for kids ─ John Cook roping exhibition, named after the former Huskers volleyball coach ─ BMX bike exhibition ─ A musical concert ─ Cornhuskers “garage sale” on the concourse ─ Fastest student on campus foot race ─ Tug of war involving sorority sisters ─ Free car/truck giveaway ─ BBQ competition ─ Go cart races ─ Dunk tank ─ Pancake feed on the concourse ─ Bring in the National Guard or other military formation in a game or other competition

At least they’re being honest with how little they care how much he abuses his power?

The only fact that matters, which is conveniently being distracted from by "Bill...defender of 91 Jan 6th clients", is that the Trump regime continues to defy the Supreme Court by not facilitating Garcia's return to the US. If you haven't figured that out yet and what the ramifications are for the country then you fully support an authoritarian regime or you're woefully ignorant of how authoritarian regimes come to be. It doesn't matter at all if Garcia is an MS 13 member or not. Has that been established definitively anyway or are we just taking MAGA Bill's word for it?

This really isn't that hard to understand is it? A rogue regime is a threat to all Americans. Yet some how the point keeps flying over supporters of said regime.

I’m beginning to get a better handle on your difficulty with all these concepts. You are unable to sort the bulls#!t from facts. In your world, a source has to always be right or always be wrong. Independent critical thinking never enters into the equation. Jeffrey Sachs, an educated economist, who has forgot more about economics than Trump ever knew just spoke truth and all you can do is complain that some other time you tried to use him to make some point and people pushed back. I have no idea what the other time was but he just explained trade deficits in the simplest of terms and rather than agree with his summation you chose to discredit it because it accurately casts dear leader in a bad light. This is a prime example of partisan selection of what you will and won’t listen to or believe. Nobody is right all the time and most are not wrong all the time. This is why we must engage our brains and perform some critical thinking tasks instead of blindly following the company line. I have confidence you can do it if you try. But much less confidence that you will actually try.

Don't underestimate the information bubble these people are living in. My elderly mother only gets information from Fox News and whatever right-wing Russian disinformation my dad can dredge up, print, and hand to her. The same sources we see on this board. She would 100% believe everything Burchett said in that clip. I try not to bring up politics with either of them because it does no good and both are in their twilight years. But every now and then I can see my mom waivering in her MAGA commitment but by the next day she's fully immersed in the tribalism again. It's infuriating and depressing. I'll always carry with me the fact that my parents helped usher in the demise of democracy and the rise of the authoritarian state.

Lost in the noise of the partisan rancor of this debate is who this man appeared to be as a human being. A husband, a father (reportedly of children with special needs) and a productive member of society without a criminal history to his name, other than what appears to be a bogus claim he’s a gang member propped up by the flimsiest evidence imaginable, just allegations of a confidential informant. He appears to be, by all accounts, the type of immigrant we actually claim to want in this country. I get that the easy layup for conservatives is to say he’s here illegally which is a crime by itself and thus he deserves to be deported. But the dehumanization of him and other immigrants swept up in this mess is disgusting. Just morally abhorrent. There’s a special circle in Hell for people like Leavitt and Homan and others constructing the palace of lies used to justify their treatment of Garcia and other immigrants.

All of those labels apply. The part that everyone should keep in mind is that he knows he's a fraud. He knows going into every transaction, he knows he's going to lie to you and tell you things he KNOWS are not true. And.....to him, every relationship is a transaction. So, if you want to do business with him? Just remember that he's already planning on how he's going to screw you. Same with his politics. What amazes me is that so many people have fallen for it....and still do. Heck, even the people who say stuff like...."OK, I know he's not a nice guy and he's not honest, but I support his policies." No....every single one of his policies are nothing more than to benefit him. He doesn't give a s#!t about you.... and he never has.

All of which makes the Steele Dossier seem quaint in hindsight. By every metric that matters, the Trump collusion with Russia is much worse in real life. Watching the GOP provide cover for the most un-American agenda imaginable is not going to end well for anyone. When will you encourage your Republican representatives and friends to finally take a stand?

Your lies are getting old. https://apnews.com/article/who-is-abrego-garcia-e1b2af6528f915a1f0ec60f9a1c73cdd

Not discussing the tax breaks and more direct government assistance these companies enjoy, while preferring to make an example of welfare recipients doesn't work either. Of course it's worthy of discussion, and the comparisons are pretty much. unavoidable. These large companies with generous executive compensation hide behind their status as Jobs Providers, hoping to make workers and politicians feel worried and threatened should they in any way challenge their methods of making money. When we back off, de-regulate, and just let them pursue their business, these Providers have a tendency to outsource to foreign countries, automate their workforces, and hide those much needed corporate tax dollars in offshore havens while padding their own private nests. How a political party got hardworking Americans to see the billionaire class as victims is among the most dubious achievements in our history.

Here's a real story that just happened in the last couple months. We got a new employee that, from all early opinions, was a pretty good employee. He had fallen on some hard times and really didn't have a pot to piss in. So....he started working here, showed up every day, really appreciated his job, was willing and able to learn. Then, all of a sudden, his house burned down one night. Because he was in such horrible financial shape when he started, he didn't have insurance. It actually caught on fire because he was using a wood burning stove to heat his house because he couldn't pay the utility bill. He and his family were literally homeless. He came in and told us he was quitting. We asked why. He said that he can't get any assistance if he's working and earning money. So, he has to quit so he can get enough assistance to take care of his family. We tried coming up with every way possible to help him so we could keep him as an employee and he could continue trying to rebuild his financial life. But, he couldn't wait because he needed the assistance. There is so much wrong with this. A) This can be looked at as the liberals wanting him to be on assistance so they forced him to be. or, B) This can be looked at as the conservatives are tired of able bodied people being on assistance so cut those bastards off if they are able to work. It sure looks more like B to me. There should be gradual weaning from assistance as people build their lives. And....when tragedy happens, there should be the ability to still get more assistance while not stepping back from the steps you had made to rebuild your life. I'm still just sick about this guy.

Yeah doing great, important work. Today they showed up at two elementary schools in LA to “interview students” because they “had permission from the parents”. School admins say that was bogus. Last week they arrested two 3rd grade siblings and threw them into an adult detention center. Also, all the terrible criminals that had no criminals records sent to El Salvador. Really doing a standup job, maybe for you but not for people with a soul.

Keen eyed analysts might look at that chart and notice a continuation of the deflationary trend under Joe Biden, and that the small spike came with Trump's election before returning to the level Republican voters considered outrageous at the time of the 2024 election. Not to be a noodge about it, they might also point out both the likelihood of a tariff-driven inflationary hike and the GOP suddenly going all mellow about inflation being a minor sacrifice you just have to live with.

He is okay with crime as long as he can benefit from it. But if it was Joe Biden who committed this flagrant of a crime in broad daylight, he would be calling for his head, even if he did benefit.

They keyed on Democrats because they couldn't find any viable rational Republican DNA to work with.

Good question.

A tractor pull? Seriously? 🤦‍♂️ To think, we could have just played the Spring Game AFTER THE PORTAL CLOSED.

While we're all watching American wealth evaporate, let's consider some reasons why an administration would willfully tread down such a path against the terrified warnings of almost all economists, Peter Navarro notwithstanding. Let's toss out the idea that Trump is doing this for the good of American society in the long term and that he is willing to patiently take his political lumps while the tariffs bring us to the "Golden Age" of the Republican utopia. This notion would require the belief that Trump cares two shïts about anyone other than himself and he has zero patience. He's a verifiable malignant narcissist. That's not name calling. That's fact. His cavernous soul is devoid of either empathy or patience. Also toss out the idea that he's a business genius and master negotiator. How many times did he go bankrupt including casinos? Remember he sold his minions that the war in Ukraine would end "Day 1". Right now he's getting punked by his besty. His narcissism is the tell to understanding why he's inflicting this much pain on not only the United States but the world at large. It's pretty simple really. He gets off on it. He feels aggrieved. He's displaying the classic signs of narcissism: holding a grudge, taking revenge, finding pleasure in the suffering of others, and satiating his thirst for power. He told as much during the campaign. But his followers thought he was talking about them, not everyone. The chilling part is that neither he nor his handlers, the architects of Project 2025, are showing any signs that they are the least bit concerned about the calamity they've kicked off. Normally when faced with a tanking economy an administration would say "oh fück" and try to reverse course. This regime is in no way displaying any concerns about losing power through the legitimate election process. If they were, they'd be trying to put their collective finger in the dyke. This regime is going to cling to power in anyway possible. They're following the Orban/Erdogan playbook. If you think they have any intention of facing the electorate straight up you're underestimating just how deep the rot runs.

Obama supposedly fixed healthcare. Remember the “big f#&%ing deal”? The deal that made everyone’s healthcare costs skyrocket. But yeah, I agree it would be nice to solve those issues you mentioned, along with skyrocketing debt, permanent illegal immigration fix for when a Dem is back in office and can’t manipulate the border again, and making SS and Medi/Medi solvent for decades to come. I think we kinda know most of those won’t get solved until term limits is a thing because all both sides of the isle care MOST about is getting re-elected. Once we have enough term limited politicians, then they won’t be afraid to cross the aisle and compromise. I fully agree that BOTH sides are the problem when it comes to compromise. When Dems are in charge they want to ram their agenda in whole down our throats and Repub’s want to do the same. When it’s split Gov, they tend to compromise on issues that really don’t even matter much.

There’s one other notable thing Heaven’s Gate did that would be extremely nice if Fox News and the Trump administration would emulate.

I think the issue is that HRC's use of a private email server was enough to cost her the Presidency. In the Trump administration, similar scandals barely last a new cycle before they're replaced with something categorically worse, none of which earns Donald Trump a lick of consequence.

I laughed the other day when the WH press Secretary complained about Trump having like 4x the injunctions placed against his administration in the first two months than Biden had in four years. I don’t think that makes the argument you think it makes… Its almost like people who drive drunk tend to have more DUIs than people who don’t even drink.

Again, the radical left finds it absurd that anyone would accuse elected Democrats of a radical left agenda. It would take someone like Americans for Limited Government to equate "marginally higher taxes on the wealthy" with High Taxes, blame Dems for trade policies initiated by Republicans, cite "political violence" that comes nowhere near J6, throw in the Men in Women's Sports quasi-issue that Dems strategically avoided, and accuse diversity, equity, and inclusion -- the Declaration of Independence stuff -- as being a radical threat that normal Americans don't believe in. And anyone who knows the Americans for Limited Government gang know they have no interest in moderation, nor does the current administration. Their strategy is portraying traditional moderates as radical leftists while ignoring their own historical extremism.

If we're talking verbal flubs and things said on a live mike that should have been left unsaid, Joe Biden was famous for them even as a young man. When it came to actual decision making, it appears Joe Biden was both competent and surprisingly successful on balance, right up to the end. The two years of which you speak were a continuum --- State of the Union Joe in January 2024 was still competent, but like our own dads he went into a more rapid decline that definitely concerned insiders. The party was paralyzed about replacing the incumbent this late in the game, and some put on a brave and dishonest face, knowing Joe still had good days. The debate gave them no place to hide, and the Biden loyalists quickly gave way to Democrats who wanted Joe off the ticket. Their incumbent President was not fit to serve another four years. Significant difference than saying "Donald Trump lies and distorts the truth more than most" but let's get him back in office for a second and possibly third term, surrounded by people who have been hired to lie and distort the truth on an epic scale while we pretend nothing is wrong and the babbling idiot is, in fact, a genius. At no point has Joe Biden's decision making and mental wandering been worse than Donald Trump's. It's another false equivalency, like choosing to be shocked by a submerged boat battery or getting eaten by a shark.

U.S. citizen in Arizona detained by immigration officials for 10 days The drumbeat of fascism in America is unperturbed by silly things like the Constitution or civil liberties.

Why post that in here when you don't know who the arsonist is? It could have been an anti-Semitic hammy supporter.

They seem like they’re those things because you gorge yourself on right-wing agitprop that screws up your frame of reference so you can’t tell people who are politically sensible from the caricature of insane far leftists you think are ruining the country. Based on your stated political beliefs, you don’t really have the credibility to call out others for not being politically moderate.

And he’s never been convicted of a crime. So, now we just deport people if some source claims they are a gang member with no proof?

It is a couple of clips without context - give the kid a chance.

What? I don't know this means. The funniest part about you, and Republicans in general, is the ability to just ignore reality. You act like the entirety of conservatism isn't just unserious people fighting to rip off the legion of idiotic supporters. Like Elon wasn't shilling Teslas at the White House a week ago, or that Trump isn't hawking s#!tcoin to his moronic voters, or that he has any real plan other than blowing up the global order we spent 7 decades building because they're getting f#&%ing played by the Kremlin. Please for the love of God, stay away from any civic participation. Stop voting.

Well, when you only have to move one inch, it’s not a dig accomplishment.