Ideally she would have issued the order on what facilitate means last week. But instead gave 5 days for the Trump admin to lie about what it means. RE:
Buried at the bottom of the article is the guy they detained and hassled (a US citizen) claiming: "I really thought things would change after this administration, when we have Mr. Trump in office, things would change to the better." RE:
Made the mistake of posting something right before going to sleep last night that caused a million or so people to start arguing in my replies. My notifications are garbage today. So if you're saying something to me, I'm not going to see it.
I wrote about how the Trump admin has zeroed in, much later, on a new (completely bullshit) defense of illegally trafficking Abrego Garcia to a Salvadoran torture camp: "we totally meant to do it, and he deserved it." [www.techdirt.com/2025/04/15/t...]( ) [Trump Admin’s New Defense For ...]( )
Jon Stewart admits folks here were right & he wasn't: "I did not think he would get this authoritarian this fast. I really didn't. I'm sorry. Who could have known? Maybe if someone out there had yelled at me on Bluesky about this, I would have known. But no one did. Except every day. In all caps." RE:
Yup. They'll send a legitimately awful US citizen to CECOT, and anyone who criticizes it will be accused of supporting the awful person... and then they'll send someone slightly less awful. Eventually, they'll have established that they can send anyone. RE:
Had been gearing up to regret my association with Cornell if they caved... so this is nice to see. RE:
I did include the Fourth Circuit statement, but haven't seen many others in the media do so. [www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/t...]( ) RE: [Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen...]( )
I was kinda quiet on here the last week (mostly just reposting stuff when I had a chance) as I was traveling, including some time in Mexico, where I visited a museum and saw this bit of artwork. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do&cid=bafkreic5wej3ddjetvqrvn5teuutojs7hkrmhmj3ea4i634k2uog3w5d5e
Again, the contract the US signed with El Salvador directly says that the long term disposition of those it sends to El Salvador is at the discretion of the US. RE: View quoted note β†’