Left wing activists did a July fourth noise protest outside an ICE detention center where they shot off fireworks. One of them went rogue and left the main group and vandalized the facility with spray paint. Police were called, and this man and the officer had a shootout. The officer was shot, but not killed.
The Trump administration successfully charged the activist group with terrorism and gave them lengthy prison sentences.
The group’s ideology was used to claim that they were all terrorists, even though it looks like one guy got into a shootout and there wasn’t an actual plan to shoot anyone.
Most of the group is guilty of trespassing and illegally shooting off fireworks. Some harbored the shooter on the run. One guy was convicted of terrorism charges and he wasn’t even there; he was convicted of terrorism because he had left wing material in his vehicle. Lengthy terrorism convictions in response to these actions are acts of tyranny. I’ve advocated prosecuting protestors who regularly cross the line into illegal activity, but, they should be prosecuted for what they have actually done, not Trumped up terrorism charges.
The prosecutors overcharged under directives from the Trump administration.
The damage to the US military in Iran is higher than the Defense Department is saying.
A public execution is what tyrannical regimes do to instill fear into their people. While this will be in the military justice system, by the US government killing someone, and intentionally showing it to the world, they are saying that they can come for you too, this is what will happen to you if you defy us. It’s a way to say violence against our enemies is okay, and if you challenge the regime, you will die. It gives a public nod to the acceptability of violence. Taking steps in the direction of tyranny is bad. If an execution is warranted, let’s do it in private, then calmly report the results of justice, not give a gory public display of state violence.
There’s a problem in academia on the left and the right where people are reluctant to publish studies, or even work on studies, where the findings will be unpopular with their professional or social circle. Social scientists need to publish findings they think contribute to our knowledge on the topic, ignoring how it will make people feel.
It sounds like the holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy Jury was a liar who didn’t vote on the law. Whether you like it or not, defense by insanity is part of the law. If you don’t like it, write your representative.
A woman gained popularity in the online right-wing space by pushing back hard against Metoo. She then hung out with Andrew Tate and got raped and assaulted.
We’ve got to be able to recognize the excesses of certain movements without championing actual bad guys, or downplaying how bad they actually are.
Tucker Carlson had Andrew Tate on and acted like criticism of him was all about wokeness and people being anti-man and censoring, and Tucker even said that it’s not like he was accused of rape or selling anyone or pimping, when he had been! Tucker didn’t even do basic research on his guest and said false things about him.
Tucker had a soft interview acting like Tate’s message was just about traditional masculinity, when Tate advocated women being simple-minded lesser humans who should be used, and advocated manipulating them into online sexwork where the man keeps most of the money. Tucker didn’t do basic research into what his guest was advocating and mislead his audience about Tate’s message.
“Key GOP senators — John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina— have indicated they’ll withhold their needed votes to confirm Blanche until they get written assurances that the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund won’t be resurrected, along with certain commitments about tax investigations.
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Blanche has already said the controversial fund is “dead” and the Justice Department told courts the program was abandoned, but officials have previously declined to put the commitment in writing. The fund, originally established by a settlement agreement between the Internal Revenue Service and Trump’s personal lawyers, would have offered taxpayer money to those who claimed they were victims of weaponization by the federal government — including those involved with the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot.
Cornyn has been adamant that he also wants Blanche to clarify an addendum to that agreement that offers the president and members of his family tax immunity. The senator wants Blanche to explicitly acknowledge that it only applies to past tax investigations against the president and those listed in the lawsuit that was settled.
The demands have left Blanche in a difficult place since putting limits on the tax addendum could anger the president.”
The government has charged many ICE protesters with crimes, but many of these prosecutions have fallen apart, indicating that the charges were more about government intimidation than legitimate criminal justice.
“In a major policy shift, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are being instructed to end “most” vehicle stops nationwide, effective immediately.
According to multiple federal sources, ICE agents will cease making traffic stops, which have played a significant role in the agency’s operations till now. A federal source told Fox News that ICE will continue conducting vehicle stops only for those considered to be the most egregious targets with serious or violent criminal histories.
This comes after two people were killed in ICE officer-involved shootings in Maine and Texas last week.”