The Trump administration came to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, asking the justices to allow it to enforce an executive order that directs government officials to quickly remove, without a hearing, noncitizens who are designated as members of a Venezuelan gang. The order relies on a 1798 law that until now has only been invoked during wartime.

  • barneypiccolo@lemm.ee
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    The MAGAs will just do what Republicans did long ago, when they declared a “War on Drugs.” Most citizens thought it just meant that they were taking the issue seriously, but what it really meant was that by declaring a “War,” they could take advantage of numerous policies that were only intended to be used during wartime.

    So MAGA will declare a War on Illegal Immigrants, and use that to justify their cruel, unAmerican behavior.

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      Based on his rhetoric toward Greenland and Canada, I think he definitely wants to annex something. A cartel-governed central/south american country makes a pretty tempting target for imperial conquest.

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        Putin has said that he wants Alaska back. They’ve probably been talking about HitlerPig giving Alaska to Putin as a show of good faith for their new alliance with China and North Korea (after he quits NATO, or is kicked out), and Putin has probably said HitlerPig can have Canada in exchange. It would be just like him to think he can negotiate the sovereignty of a separate nation.