Trump wants these shootings in the news. It doesn't matter if ICE/CBP are caught as there is no DOJ Civil Rights Division mandate to investigate police use of force killings as of April 2025. That means no accountability, no arrests, no charges, or any form of punishment can be brought against the agencies or individual agents who commit crimes of any magnitude.
I’m not sure about that. Trump & Co. already face actions in federal courts; the news coverage may be proof against Trumpian bluster and misinformation
The only case which could be reopened, because it was dismissed with out prejudice due to the court not wanting to prosecute a sitting president is the United States of America vs Donald J. Trump about his involvement with the Jan 6 capital building attack and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, which is being presided over by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. However due to the 6-3 Landslide decision of the US Supreme Court in the case of Donald Trump vs the United States he is more than likely now immune to any criminal charges related to this case and it might not be reopened.
Echos the early years of Pinochet's Chile and Videla's Argentina...when will Bovino's boys start disappearing people, later to drop them from helicopters over the Great Lakes? "Oh, come on, man, WTF? This is America...we don't do shit like that...YET!"
A dark cloud of oppression has descended over our country. Setting aside the knowing and willing impotency of Congress, the Supreme Court, the last bastion in the preservation of our liberties, is either blind to it or willing enablers of it. Being on the cusp of being an octagenerian. I may not live to see the restoration of our democracy, but I have no doubt that posterity will view this Congress and this Supreme Court with contempt for allowing Trump and his thugs to oppress the American people and the American dream.
“Conservatism has always been based on deception, hypocrisy, and lies. But they’re lies of convenience, logical fallacies that allow selfishness to feel like moral superiority for those who spout them.”
All praise and gratitude to the doctor, all of the lawyers, and the witnesses for doing what must be done, and for doing it with dispatch. For all of us, another tsunami of grief and rage...
I'm confused by this. My understanding is that CPB has pretty much carte blanche at the border. Within the "border region" (an extremely generous 100 miles), they can atop and ask "are you an American citizen?" - but only if reasonable suspicion exists. They can also setup checkpoints on major highways heading out of the "border region" asking about citizenship and walking around your car with drug dogs.
If they ask about citizenship and you lie, that is a major offense. But, if you answer "yes", they can't ask for proof (if you answer "no", they can ask you for proof of your status (like a green card or a passport with an I-94).
WTF are they doing in Minneapolis. That's 150-ish miles from Duluth (the nearest port) and a lot further than that to International Falls (and the Canadian border). Are they considering international airports like MSP "the border" now?
Thank you for this report.
Once again, Trump is infuriated — not that a citizen was shot by ICE … but because ICE was caught at it.
Trump wants these shootings in the news. It doesn't matter if ICE/CBP are caught as there is no DOJ Civil Rights Division mandate to investigate police use of force killings as of April 2025. That means no accountability, no arrests, no charges, or any form of punishment can be brought against the agencies or individual agents who commit crimes of any magnitude.
I’m not sure about that. Trump & Co. already face actions in federal courts; the news coverage may be proof against Trumpian bluster and misinformation
The only case which could be reopened, because it was dismissed with out prejudice due to the court not wanting to prosecute a sitting president is the United States of America vs Donald J. Trump about his involvement with the Jan 6 capital building attack and his attempts to overturn the 2020 election results, which is being presided over by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. However due to the 6-3 Landslide decision of the US Supreme Court in the case of Donald Trump vs the United States he is more than likely now immune to any criminal charges related to this case and it might not be reopened.
I hope I am wrong though.
Echos the early years of Pinochet's Chile and Videla's Argentina...when will Bovino's boys start disappearing people, later to drop them from helicopters over the Great Lakes? "Oh, come on, man, WTF? This is America...we don't do shit like that...YET!"
They’ve already started disappearing people without legal status.
Then they die in DHS gulags.
A dark cloud of oppression has descended over our country. Setting aside the knowing and willing impotency of Congress, the Supreme Court, the last bastion in the preservation of our liberties, is either blind to it or willing enablers of it. Being on the cusp of being an octagenerian. I may not live to see the restoration of our democracy, but I have no doubt that posterity will view this Congress and this Supreme Court with contempt for allowing Trump and his thugs to oppress the American people and the American dream.
Thank you for this timely and powerful summary of these developments.
Thank you for your honesty
I’m in tears reading this and I am afraid
Afraid of what comes next
Watch the poll numbers. That's going to be the trll.
"the tell".
This report is so timely and so valuable that in good conscience I had to subscribe to- at least for a while. Thanks again.
Stick around, friend. It's well worth it.
“Conservatism has always been based on deception, hypocrisy, and lies. But they’re lies of convenience, logical fallacies that allow selfishness to feel like moral superiority for those who spout them.”
Thank you for the clear writing.
All praise and gratitude to the doctor, all of the lawyers, and the witnesses for doing what must be done, and for doing it with dispatch. For all of us, another tsunami of grief and rage...
I'm confused by this. My understanding is that CPB has pretty much carte blanche at the border. Within the "border region" (an extremely generous 100 miles), they can atop and ask "are you an American citizen?" - but only if reasonable suspicion exists. They can also setup checkpoints on major highways heading out of the "border region" asking about citizenship and walking around your car with drug dogs.
If they ask about citizenship and you lie, that is a major offense. But, if you answer "yes", they can't ask for proof (if you answer "no", they can ask you for proof of your status (like a green card or a passport with an I-94).
WTF are they doing in Minneapolis. That's 150-ish miles from Duluth (the nearest port) and a lot further than that to International Falls (and the Canadian border). Are they considering international airports like MSP "the border" now?