Vegas is the cultural shithole of white culture. The Iranians, whose children we are killing (accidentally I hope), would never visit there. I sometimes enjoy playing blackjack and craps while observing the cultural degradation. I’m a sinner too so I fit in fine.

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We don’t have a lock on our front door. All friends always welcome. America still has much goodness.

We game this stuff out endlessly because we can’t believe our wonderful neighbors voted for this conman. So I just painted my truck.

Trump’s attack on Iran and the plot against your vote Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms.

Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms. The fact that the attack violates the Constitution won’t stop him from trying. It is our job to expose this plot and ensure that it does not succeed. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

It’s the best insurance any US citizen can have right now, regarding citizenship and the ability to vote. It should be considered a “must have” by anyone serious about either of those issues.

Amazing. ICE was evil enough under this guys tenure. Completely Nazi now.

a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf ALT: a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf

I hope ICE never reads this post because I am rooting for Canada and I am a US guy.

Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down ICE critics? I’m one of them | Robert Reich The homeland security department is reportedly seeking information on critical social media accounts. Look no further

Dear Kristi Noem: you’re tracking down ICE critics? I’m one of them
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/19/kristi-noem-ice-google-meta

George, what is the intersectionality between political figures and their acting?

Pritzker Booker etc all better.

Dog kicked by Memphis Safe Task Force member on the mend as US Marshals defend action The dog’s owner told Action News 5 that the deputy U.S. marshal seen punting her pup had no reason to do so, but officials with the U.S. Marshals Service say otherwise.

Small dog suffers broken rib after being repeatedly kicked by U.S. Marshals deputy. "Action News 5 obtained two videos that show the marshals service employee kicking Yoshi not once, but twice." www.actionnews5.com/2026/02/07/d...

Exactly how fascism is defeated... Refusing to participate!! Thank you Americans!!!❤️🇺🇸

Well stated. In Aden Yemen in 1998, we stocked up our 31 foot sailboat at the fancy store which stocked expired western goods. We continued on up the Red Sea thankful to eat this “expired” food. The third world subsists on expired food and it’s not so bad. Circumnavigation without refrigeration.

Should we close our Prime accounts?

Never do business with ANY commission salesperson ever. I quit them all about 15 years ago.

Bezos COULD finance WaPo forever and still be obscenely rich.

This is clearly a plan to trash WaPo to protect his own interests.

Just like how Musk purchased Twitter so he could ruin it.

Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...

I just got off the phone with Elizabeth's dad...she and her mom were freed tonight! Updated story: sahanjournal.com/education/co...

%75 white men voted trump. It’s our fault regardless of the circumstances you reference. We chose a shitbag loser. Our elections are pretty fair. Our electorate chose the baboon in huge numbers. We are mutually responsible and you are trying to shift the blame just like trump by slamming democracy.

In Johnny Cash’ famous words: "Don't take your guns to town, son
Leave your guns at home, Bill
Don't take your guns to town"

Let the people vote. It’s particularly hard to predict anything. Especially the future!

I’m unfamiliar with this particular fascist. Does he play a musical instrument or something? Actually, I don’t want to know as he is just a misguided kid.

Ella no dijo que se necesita prender a las cameras, solo llevárselas.

"On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1 More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].

So says the official responsible for overseeing the TPS program. And one of those (her word) “damn” countries is Haiti. Relevant here, three days before making the above post, Secretary Noem announced she would terminate Haiti’s TPS designation as of February 3, 2026. See 90 Fed. Reg. 54733 (Nov. 28, 2025) (Termination). Plaintiffs are five Haitian TPS holders. They are not, it emerges, “killers, leeches, or entitlement junkies.” They are instead: Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot, a neuroscientist researching Alzheimer’s disease, Dkt. 90 (Second Am. Compl. (SAC)) ¶ 1; Rudolph Civil, a software engineer at a national bank, id. ¶ 2; Marlene Gail Noble, a laboratory assistant in a toxicology department, id. ¶ 3; Marica Merline Laguerre, a college economics major, id. ¶ 4; and Vilbrun Dorsainvil, a full-time registered nurse, id. ¶ 5. They claim that Secretary Noem’s decision violates the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2), and the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The Government counters that the Court does not have jurisdiction, and, in any case, the Secretary did not violate the law. Plaintiffs seek to stay the Secretary’s decision under 5 U.S.C. § 705 pending the outcome of this litigation. See Dkt. 81 (§ 705 Mot.). To decide their motion, the Court considers first whether it has jurisdiction. It does. See Part II. It then considers: whether Plaintiffs have a substantial likelihood of success on the merits; whether they will be irreparably harmed absent a stay; and whether a merged balance of the equities and public interest analysis favors a stay. See Part III. Each element favors Plaintiffs. See Parts IV, V, and VI. Plaintiffs charge that Secretary Noem preordained her termination decision and did so because of hostility to nonwhite immigrants. This seems substantially likely. Secretary Noem

has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up, twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all. See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id. The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes, the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary, Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A. As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]

Dkt. 100 (§ 705 Reply) at 20–21.4 “Do not travel to Haiti for any reason” does not exactly scream, as Secretary Noem concluded, suitable for return. And so, the Government studiously does not argue that Plaintiffs will suffer no harm if removed to Haiti. Instead, it argues Plaintiffs will not certainly suffer irreparable harm because DHS might not remove them. But this fails to take Secretary Noem at her word: “WE DON’T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.” See Section IV.B.2.b. Finally, the balance of equities and public interest favor a stay. The Government does not cite any reason termination must occur post haste. Secretary Noem complains of strains unlawful immigrants place on our immigration-enforcement system. Her answer? Turn 352,959 lawful immigrants into unlawful immigrants overnight. She complains of strains to our economy. Her answer? Turn employed lawful immigrants who contribute billions in taxes into the legally unemployable. She complains of strains to our healthcare system. Her answer? Turn the insured into the uninsured. This approach is many things—in the public interest is not one of them. For the reasons below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Renewed Motion for a Stay Under 5 U.S.C. § 705, Dkt. 81.

Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

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I’m much more interested in the person than the policy. I donate monthly to Crocket.

PORTLAND MAYOR WILSON:

“.. To those who continue to work for ICE: Resign. To those who control this facility: Leave. … you have lost all legitimacy and replaced it with shame.”

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You had asked me for an explanation. And this post explains more clearly my point of view than had I written it myself. I firmly believe we will have elections and we will win. Yes I am worried that your point of view may be correct. But I sure hope not. Thanks for the discussion!

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