So did youtube the Reagan Shooting. Jerry Perr - the SS agent with the white-tan overcoat - may have been carrying just about anything (and he was walking next to Reagan entering the conference and when the shots start he pushes Reagan into the limo and that’s the last we see him. The guy with the Uzi comes from somewhere and is pulling the stock back on what i reckon is the only Uzi seen.
Also youtubed Trump’s shooting. Ths SS in general screwed up as this guy got within 150 yards with an AR-15 - not quite the gun of choice for snipers but that is close. The SS snipers did their job yet not in a timely way - it looks like they should have seen this guy.
Trump is dragged off-stage mainly by a woman and four others. He does raise his fist a bit so quite a bit of dramatic license.
I knew when I saw that photo the election was over.
And honestly? I can’t believe I’m saying this but it’s fucking badass. I think only a true narcissist could look beyond the peril of the moment and, on instinct, think about their image, but what a shot.
Almost getting assassinated may have been the best thing that ever happened to him. Wish his would-be assassin had considered that.
If nothing else, it probably heightened the perception among the MAGAsses that they were targets of persecution (by extension), therefore they were more motivated to vote for their Messiah (emphasis on “Mess”).
He’s pissed me off today because I got drug into a debate on Facebook with the friend of a friend, who seems about a red armband away from thinking of 1930s Germany as “the good ol’ days,” and I can’t quite think how to rebut this particular comment (while discussing illegal deportation, due process, etc):
So I prostrate myself upon my fellow Teeming Millions for assistance in crafting a semi-coherent reply.
Umm. The are not getting due process guaranteed by the constitution.
Well… A lot of folks from Mexico come to help pick vegetables from farms. And then go home. It’s a very labor intensive job that Americans won’t do. Think the tariffs are bad? Wait until a head of US lettuce costs 5 bucks
We are not at war. If we where, Trump would legitimately be called a traitor by the words of the constitution. He is, for anyone that is following this shit show, still a traitor.
Your friend of a friend appears a bit confused by MAGA BS.
A declassified memo drafted by U.S. intelligence agencies contradicts President Donald Trump’s claims that Venezuela’s government controls the Tren de Aragua gang, an argument he has used to deport immigrants to an El Salvador prison. NBC News’ Dan De Luce reports on the information released from the U.S. intelligence agencies’ memo.
On the one hand, the last clause says “… any person …” which means it includes tourists and other non-citizens. On the other hand, the subject of the ylause is “No state …” which could, contortionally, be construed to exclude the federal government from being so constrained.
Which they aren’t getting. Which is entirely the fucking point.
And it’s not just “undocumented immigrants” this is being applied to - legal residents including registered asylum seekers, green card holders, visa holders and even a few actual citizens have been scooped up by ICE and removed from the country.
Hell, women (again - here in the country legally) are being grabbed off the street by masked men, transported to other states and held in detention there for daring to express a personal opinion at odds with the US government. Which “certain legal procedures” cover that, pray tell?
Ah, the “your papers are not in order” move. Always a favorite of authoritarian regimes.
Note that “due process” requires the US to demonstrate that the individuals are here illegally, because that’s what due process is. There is no exception for “unless you’re quite tan and speak Spanish in which case you’re guilty until proven innocent and possibly even afterwards”.
You mean “targeting people they claim are members of Tren de Aragua with no substantial proof that this is true, no due process to allow that proof to be seen and tested, and deliberate disinformation to justify deporting (or just straight out trafficking) people we know have never been members of that or any gang”? This is entirely the problem.
Also, the whole “this bullshit we made up about an invasion (that isn’t happening) justifies us invoking an act that doesn’t apply in this situation and wouldn’t even if there were vast hordes of undocumented immigrants coming across the border in order to circumvent some very clear and definitive parts of the US Constitution” argument is - as many courts have pointed out - not remotely legally valid.
We are not “at war” in any sense that allows legal action based on it.
Which the Trump administration ignored and continues to ignore.
Not actually true.
Which the Trump administration ignored and continues to ignore.
When’s Kilmar Abrego Garcia coming home?
Yes it is. This is not opinion. It’s fact. It’s not what I “believe and feel”. It’s what is happening right now.
Which is why there are cages full of young men in El Salvador, removed from the US and imprisoned for life in inhuman conditions without any due process in violation of the Constitution and multiple court orders, three-quarters of which have no criminal record and many of which were legal residents of the US.
You know who is promoting inaccurate claims about immigrants being deported? Trump and the Republicans and their pet media. Why aren’t you challenging them instead, if you’re so concerned about people acting illegally?
Kilmeade confronted Leavitt about the gift, prompting her to reply that “any donation to this government is always done in full compliance with the law, and we commit ourselves to the utmost transparency, and we will continue to do that.”
“Do you worry that if they give us something like this, they want something in return?” Kilmeade followed up.
“Absolutely not,” Leavitt insisted, “Because they know President Trump and they know he only works with the interests of the American public in mind.”
The bold portions (mine) are the most mind boggling deliberate lies I’ve heard in the last few days (I despair). WiskeyPete and Winebox Pirro must be toasting each other celebrating these whoppers.
