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tardigrada OP , to U.S. News in The Texas National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, and is denying U.S. Border Patrol agents access to the area

Three migrants drowned near Eagle Pass park after Border Patrol was denied access

A woman and two children drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande, near the Eagle Pass park that Texas troopers have taken control over, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed on Saturday.

LallyLuckFarm , to U.S. News in The Texas National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, and is denying U.S. Border Patrol agents access to the area
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So, arrest them?

It is a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 111 forcibly to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with Federal law enforcement officers, including Secret Service agents, in the performance of their duties.

justice.gov/…/criminal-resource-manual-1562-obstr….

Eventually Texas will run out of national guardsmen willing to commit felonies

sonori , to U.S. News in The Texas National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, and is denying U.S. Border Patrol agents access to the area
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The best part is from my understanding their new law allows cops to arrest anyone out walking their dog without ID as a possible ‘illegal’ until their family or the cops can break into their houses, shoot the dog, and then maybe find their birth certificate or passport.

That’s right, the same people who freaked out about private companies checking vaccines cards during a pandemic are now raving about how the courts are blocking them from arresting anyone who leaves their house without government permission. But of course, the leopards will know to only eat the brown peoples faces.

May I present the party of ‘small government’ ladies, gentlemen, and others, the party of small government.

TigrisMorte ,

Don't worry, they'll only use it against brown people so no problem, right? /s

Moira_Mayhem ,

Can we please stop pretending republicunt hypocrisy is new or funny?

sonori ,
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No. That the Republicans are just populist with no consistent moral or policy positions is too important to just leave unsaid.

Moira_Mayhem ,

Ok I have to admit you are right on that fact. Just I wish the articles weren’t written as if this was some recent development in an otherwise moral party with reasonable differences in perspective that was willing to work on common ground.

Because republicunts are not that at all and the framing makes it seem like ‘well they used to be up until this shocking moment’, and we get those moments 2 or 3 times a month these days…

dylanmorgan , to U.S. News in The Texas National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, and is denying U.S. Border Patrol agents access to the area

Dang, two awful groups at odds with each other. I find myself more and more frequently wondering “is there a way both parties can lose here?”

HumbleFlamingo , to U.S. News in The Texas National Guard has seized control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas, and is denying U.S. Border Patrol agents access to the area

On Thursday, Abbott was subject to widespread criticism when asked where the line was for him in terms of border enforcement mechanisms he suggested the only reason Texas is not shooting migrants crossing the border “is because of course, the Biden administration would charge us with murder.”

uhhh what?

alyaza Mod ,
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the Texas GOP is basically a fascist party and has been for awhile, and this permeates even its upper echelons. its members even meet with fascists like Nick Fuentes at this point

Deceptichum ,
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Someone should shoo them.

mo_ztt , to Politics in Michael Cohen Pulled Fake AI Court Cases for a Very Real Legal Motion
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“It did not occur to me then — and remains surprising to me now — that Mr. Schwartz would drop the cases into his submission wholesale without even confirming that they existed,” Cohen said. “Accordingly, when I saw the citations and descriptions I had sent Mr. Schwartz quoted at length in the draft filing, I assumed that Mr. Schwartz had reviewed and verified that information and deemed it appropriate to submit to the court.”

Bro:

Even if this is true, don’t throw your goddamned lawyer under the bus. Just say we’re very sorry, we fucked up, I was the one that researched it initially, we won’t do it again. This whole statement does 0% good and a whole lot of bad.

I like Cohen because he manned up and admitted he was wrong but this was a little reminder to me that POS is still in his DNA.

000 ,

This isn’t exactly something you can simply apologize for and move on. His lawyer filed a motion with obviously false case references, and could wind up facing disbarment.

crsu , to Politics in Michael Cohen Pulled Fake AI Court Cases for a Very Real Legal Motion
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Wow corrupt and dumb

jonne ,

He only got the job with Trump because it’s the only place that would hire him. There’s that saying that definitely applies here: A’s hire other A’s, B’s will hire C’s.

queermunist , to Politics in Michael Cohen Pulled Fake AI Court Cases for a Very Real Legal Motion
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he thought it was a “super-charged search engine.”

Dumbasses like this never have to work for a living while I have to bust my ass welding car parts to pay off loans. 🫠

dingdongmetacarples , to Politics in OpEd: Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies

🥳

drwho , to U.S. News in Pop Star Pink to Give Away Banned Books at Florida Tour Stops
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“As a famous person once said, ‘You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.’ And as I - another more famous person - once said, if you don’t teach them to read, you can fool them whenever you like.” –Max Headroom

TheFriendlyArtificer , to U.S. News in Pop Star Pink to Give Away Banned Books at Florida Tour Stops

They say that history is written by the victors.

But what the idiots in charge of Florida, Texas, et al. forget is that it can only be written by people who have the ability to write.

BeardedSingleMalt ,

The “idiots” leading those places are usually educated so they can write the narrative to keep the real idiots uneducated so they’ll keep voting them in

bedrooms , to U.S. News in Pop Star Pink to Give Away Banned Books at Florida Tour Stops

This from a person with traumatic experiences in school days. I like her even better now.

athos77 , to Politics in Jan. 6 Rioter Tackled by Feds While Attempting to Flee Court

From a different article, with more details:

Sent harassing and threatening messages to a DC Police detective assigned to the FBI task force that worked on Gossjankowski's case, including antisemitic, homophobic and racist epithets and suggested the officer should be violently sexually assaulted

Instagram posts referring to FBI agents and law enforcement in antisemitic and homophobic terms and called them "animalistic subhumans." The posts also contained the names, email addresses and phone numbers of prosecutors, law enforcement and even court staff involved in the case. At least one post urged Gossjankowski's followers to "inundate" Valentini's inbox with messages.

jordanlund , to Politics in Jan. 6 Rioter Tackled by Feds While Attempting to Flee Court
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Surprised this hasn’t happened more often.

Sludgehammer , to Politics in Jan. 6 Rioter Tackled by Feds While Attempting to Flee Court
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Okay… maybe gonna display out of touch geezer-ness here, but when did Orc become a trendy insult?

remotelove ,

It has been used frequently by Ukrainians describing Russians in recent times. I have to admit, the description is fitting for an invader from the perspective of a Ukrainian.

orc - a member of an imaginary race of humanlike creatures, characterized as ugly, warlike, and malevolent.

ArugulaZ ,
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Joke's on them! Russians may be ugly, warlike, and malevolent, but they're sure not imaginary!

echodot ,

Only their air force is imaginary

Jessvj93 ,

The old USSR coming back is imaginary.

Maestro ,
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I think it's a really bad term. Orcs are born evil. They can't really help themselves. Russians are humans. They choose to be evil. That's worse IMHO

P1r4nha ,

Agreed, any kind of dehumanization like this is not okay, but I get why you would call an invader that.

Corkyskog ,

Are orcs actually evil? I thought they were only evil when they congregated into a horde. Alone they kind of just hunt and do basic survival things. Maybe I am misremembering.

Maestro ,
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Probably depends on the setting. LotR, Warhammer, D&D, etc.

Omega_Haxors ,

Originally it was but when someone pointed out how racist it was, they realized it was fucked up and went back on it.

Sterile_Technique ,
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Orcs are generally depicted as being overwhelming in number, but individually kind of worthless. Wave after wave is sent into the meat grinder until the meat grinder breaks.

Kinda perfect for Russia’s approach to invading Ukraine.

Send more meat grinder parts.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

I think it’s also worth noting that Tolkien’s orcs were individually cowardly and undisciplined, who could only be motivated into a horde by being more afraid of the consequences of refusal.

CADmonkey ,

How very USSR of them.

Floon ,

I think you’re thinking of zergs. Orcs are just ugly, evil brutes. Zergs are endless and individually worthless.

Sterile_Technique ,
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The only zerg I’m familiar with are StarCraft’s. Zerglings match what you’re describing, but the zerg as a whole vary a ton.

And zerglings are pretty much the orcs of the StarCraft universe, so kinda interchangeable if we’re comparing to large groups irl idiots like the J6 crowd, or invaders like Putin’s cannon fodder

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