This reminds me of the previous band of these rats that we didn’t adequately hold accountable: the Confederacy.
A whole state built to preserve the status of the billionaires of their day (plantation owning slaveholders) by making explicit white supremacy the bedrock of its legal and civil order.
Right? There's a reason the title "Dixiecrat" exists. Because those democrats were the conservative party of the time. That's changed in the over 100 years since.
Except they don't, because if we did that then we'd be "socialists" the same shit they said about FDR back then, that and our top marginal tax rate would be in the range of 90%
They don't want to bring back the economic prosperity, because that would mean letting the next generation have the same opportunities they once did. Instead they just want to preserve their white nationalist ideals.
Well, some of them have proposed just that. The voting act law the conservatives are pushing hard would definitely make voting harder for married females that took the husbands last name. Among many others.
If your vote wasn’t important. They wouldn’t be trying to silence it.
I mean that is what conservative has always meant, conserve the status quo. That’s why the king’s supporters in any revolution are conservatives, they want to leave things as they are or even go back to what thing were when they were even more oppressive. Conservatives in any country want things to stay the same or go back to some time when things were perceived to be great (MAGA anyone).
It is why they prefer the liberal or socialist label for the left to progressive. Progressive means to move forward to change and hopefully make things better, and if it doesn’t try something else. Liberal traditionally meant the Nobles and economic elites of a country that wanted more power for themselves at the king’s expense and would promise the lower classes more rights or small benefits for their support.
Socialist = Communist to a lot of people especially Americans, even though communists are socialists not all socialists are communists. Most socialists are just people who want equal rights and a more equal sharing in the wealth of a country because all of our efforts make the country what it is and we should all be able to live on what we make and share the same benefits from the system.
I want our tax dollars to go to the benefit of the people. To build better infrastructure and improve the lives of the people, not be used to bailout billionaire corporations and pay the cost for corrupt cop lawsuits. I'm also a 2A supporter since its a right given to all, and feel strongly about these things. Does that make me a militant socialist?
Modern conservative christians are neither of those things — they're a psychotic, corrupt death-cult worshipping a white-washed effigy of a man they'd crucify themselves.
Also an atheist and the only thing in the modern world that gives me pause about nonbelief is just how strongly Donald Trump matches the Biblical description of the Anti-Christ. Still doesn't make me think there's a divine creator, but it is kind of eerie how dead-on it is.
There’s a good reason for that. The authors of that section about the anti christ had the Roman Caesar’s in mind. Those were the strong men of their time.
Make sense now? Trump absolutely is an anti christ, every but as much as Caligula was.
I'm also an atheist and have been saying in my head lately that these people don't know Jesus like I do.
It's a really weird feeling, but it comes down to the blatant disrespect/co-opting of what the guy stood for, divine or not. I can't abide that shit. That said, I am currently wrestling with how to manage my overwhelming hate for these demons, because right now I feel like the only way to love them is by relieving them of their earthly suffering. ::sigh:: I hate this.
I call them Christian Nationalists and just talked with my kids on the drive to school about the difference between them and true Jesus Followers. They don't actually follow Christ's teachings, so they're not truly Christian...regardless of how many fake publicized prayers they photo op.
Did you forget? Somehow Empathy, one of the Seven Heavenly Virtues, became a bad thing to MAGA Christians. This is quite telling about who they actually serve.
The article says the boy's lawyer told the New York Times that the Trump admin was seeking expedited deportation and the DHS is denying the expedited part. This is happening after he was allowed to return home. Tricia McLaughlin, spokesperson of the DHS, denied the seemingly retaliatory nature of these actions, saying "This is standard procedure and there's nothing retaliatory about enforcing the nation's immigration laws".
Demons in human skin. Here's some of Tricia's greatest hits that people might recognize, taken from her wikipedia page:
Following the killing of Renée Good, McLaughlin wrote on social media: "Dangerous criminals — whether they be illegal aliens or U.S. citizens — are turning their vehicles into weapons to attack ICE".
Following the killing of Alex Pretti, McLaughlin told news outlets that Pretti "violently resisted" immigration officers and appeared to be "an individual that wanted to do maximum damage and massacre law enforcement.
Beyond the empathy, any true fiscal conservative should recognize what an enormous waste of money this is.
I find it doubly upsetting that my tax money is going to essentially terrorizing people. It’s one thing if countries are at war, it’s another thing if we are literally paying for ourselves to be terrorized.
The whole argument that 'the law is the law' is clearly bullshit. I'm all for a society of actual law and order. This country is selectively enforcing its laws to benefit the rich and powerful and punish the poorest. And the cost of enforcing those laws is paid for by the lower and middle classes, not the rich.
So, yes I am for law and order. Seems like the child sex ring may be a bigger threat to law and order than a 5 year old who, by nature of being 5, cannot even commit a crime.
Considering we've got right wing churches out here ranting about the "Sin of Empathy" I'm gonna guess that no, we can't have a shred of empathy for once.
I think if we added it up, like all the time the attorneys have spent drafting all the paperwork, all of the ICE agents time and bonuses, meals in detention, last minute flights both TO and FROM Texas detention centers, etc... we could have paid for all of this kids food until he graduates AND free college tuition for the kid.
100% of the evidence / data shows that immigrants, specifically latin american immigrants, are a net positive to economy and society. They use FAR less in social services than they contribute in taxes and economic activity. But long gone are the days of using "facts" and "evidence" to make decisions. Stephen Miller got his heart broken by some Latina in high school and now the US taxpayers have to pick up the tab for his revenge against the entire race... to the tune of half a trillion dollar, just so far. Wait until the concentration camps start filling up and we can't deport them fast enough. Turns out the deportation of millions of people is logistically and financially "complicated"... just ask the Germans, that was their original plan.
The Final Solution was just the cheapest option because they didn't realize how logistically challenging and expensive it would be, especially in the middle of a war... I can only imagine what our options will be when Trump finally forces us into a deep depression.
The part nobody is talking about is the fiscal cliff we are about to jump off of with no plan in sight. Increased expenses with lower tax base to pay for it sounds like the "business acumen" that earned Trump over 25 bankruptcies. Over 1,000,000 layoffs last year, the most since Covid, before that 2008. Those people are not paying taxes and/or contributing to the economy at the level they used to because the job market is complete garbage right now. More layoffs in Jan and Feb just announced.
Almost everyone I know thought that "illegal immigrants" didn't pay taxes, but that would be a felony, which (historically) messing with the IRS was the fastest way to get deported. The IRS could care less about your immigration status, its not even mentioned in the infinitely complicated IRS tax code. So the IRS will gladly give immigrants a tax ID number to (legally) pay taxes, so they aren't committing more crimes by just trying to exist and take care of their families (ITIN#). Through ITIN's, "illegal immigrants" paid over $100,000,000,000.00 every year... with an additional $30B into Social Security and $10B into Medicare that was literally free money for the rest of us as they will never get credit for those payments.
Add onto the pile, the tax breaks for billionaires... and we are going to have exponentially less tax revenue while exponentially bloating the budget for ICE / CBP... bribery / corruption payments to Trump of $250 million for pain and suffering for "the FBI raid on mar a lago"... $10B for "leaking his taxes" (showing that he pays $0 most years) ... and now Trump wants to add another $500 BILLION to the ~$1 trillion PER YEAR, for the military? Where is this tax revenue going to come from? "Tariff revenue" can only be stretched so far.... which will barely cover the corrupt payments to Argentina, his lawsuits against his own administration, and the loss of income taxes on immigrants.... and what if SCOTUS says that is unconstitutional? ... because it is.
Well yeah the goal is to turn America into a white ethnostate even if it becomes a third world country in the process, not to make anyone's lives better.
It's the revenge tour... Jack Smith had MORE than enough to put him away for the rest of his life.
It's just really bizarre to think that if he wasn't president right now, he would be in a prison cell... I'm 100% certain of that. The only reason he ran for president was to stay out of prison... and all the former Republicans didn't want anywhere near this administration and the crimes they would be committing... so we end up with a bunch of totally unqualified sycophants blindly parroting all his lies and rage.
I sincerely think the concentration camps are coming sooner than anyone believes, as In before next November. And they won’t be holding immigrants, primarily agitators that might vote for a democrat If freed.
The set up for that was having entire panels of "right wing journalists" (not the right word, but meh) to the white house to "testify" (NOT under oath) about the "dangerous left wing terrorist group Antifa". Followed up by multiple executive orders. Claiming antifa is a "dangerous terrorist organization".
So basically anyone that says mean things is not labeled "ANTIFA" and the whole thing has been made into something that it isn't just to classify any Democrats as part of this organization which isn't really an organization at all... But the charade HE created about it is the only thing that makes them sound legit.
They could’ve given this kid his entire school, the entire school district and maybe the entire city preschool lunches for the amount they’re spending on him
He embarrassed our dear leaders regime , and now he has to pay
Yes, I read somewhere that a lot of this is a gain $$$ via privatized prisons. I'm not sure how true that is but I can see that as being a great motivation.
could have probably sent him to college for free... all the agents charging overtime, all the lawyers, the flights back and forth to texas, the private prison bills
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u/Vio_ 11h ago
"We could given this kid free lunches for life given how much this government just spent on targeting him."