I love catching little flashes of trans life in Proust. Like, he writes that a lot of closeted gay men are married to very butch women, with whom they have the same sex they'd have with men. One guy discovers his boyfriend is having an affair with a lesbian who addresses him with she/her pronouns.
people who say this act like if they weren't at the airport they'd be at home curing cancer. what exactly are your big plans for your extra 45 minutes at home you fuckin loser
NYT headline that says “Mamdani Endorses Lindsey Boylan, Who Accused Cuomo of Sexual Harassment.” The lede says “the endorsement, in a special election for a city council seat on Manhattan’s West Side, comes as the mayor seeks to build influence within the Council"
First & foremost, @lindseyboylan.bsky.social is more than deserving of this endorsement.
Second & just as important, fuck this headline. Lindsey didn’t accuse Cuomo of harassment. Cuomo harassed Lindsey. Period. She is not an accusor. She is a survivor-advocate. Show some respect. Report the truth.
Yes. "Justice involved" and "justice impacted" are not uncommon language among advocacy organizations, at least in NYC.
I don't think I've ever heard an elected official use either, though. And whether you like these terms or not, whining about them is weak stuff. Just use the language you want.
to expand on this: the reason some legal or advocacy groups use "justice involved/impacted" instead of just, say, "inmate" is because they are describing a population that is broadly than people who are currently incarcerated.
this race-bending the new musketeers thing is taking it way too far, next they'll be claiming Dumas was black or something
God forbid men have hobbies
[normanrockwellguy dot jpg] i think corporations should be held responsible for failing to follow laws intended to protect consumers
An FR24 map showing Journey Aviation’s N588TN landing in Algiers. This was an ICE flight.
An ADSBx map showing Talon Air’s N50JE going from Accra to Addis Ababa. This was an ICE flight.
An ADSBx map showing Journey’s N62FF landing in Nairobi. This was an ICE flight.
An FR24 map showing Omni’s N207AX landing in Kinshasa. This was and ICE flight.
A particularly evil week for ICE flights in Africa. Since Tuesday, ICE has deported people to Algeria, Ethiopia and Kenya, plus two possible third-country removal trips to Ghana, and one confirmed third-country removal trip of 15 Latin American nationals to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
So many stories about immigration use photos taken at 26 Federal Plaza that I see it across my screen at least once a day.
I know three people in this photo pretty well; I know the exact hallway they're in. Two of these people I saw at immigration court this week!
this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.
I see Bluesky has once again heeded the counsel of its scheming eunuch.
I just got back from Europe. Anti-American sentiment is on the rise
It was midday just before Easter in Paris. My niece and I walked past the city’s famous opera house, where tourists were relaxing on the wide steps. French soldiers armed with assault rifles strolled around, a comforting sight given the warnings about Iran-backed sleeper cells and potential retaliatory attacks. A busker with a guitar and a microphone entertained the crowd with a Coldplay cover. Between songs, he asked, “Anyone here speak English?” Unbelievably, not a single hand went up. The busker shrugged, turned both thumbs down in the universal gesture of disapproval, and said, “America, eh?” I felt him.
Ma'am that is not "anti-American sentiment." That is Paris.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/i-ju...
Oh, you want to put a meeting on my otherwise-clear afternoon? Sure! That doesn't bother me at all! No worries!
Matter of M-K-, Respondent Decided by Board April 9, 20261 U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review Board of Immigration Appeals (1) The Secretary of State’s letter that the respondent’s presence in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences is presumptive and sufficient evidence that the respondent is removable under section 237(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(4)(C)(i) (2024). (2) The respondent’s failure to disclose his involvement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees on his Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, constitutes a material misrepresentation rendering him removable under section 237(a)(1)(A) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(A). (3) The Immigration Judge properly denied the respondent’s application for a waiver under section 237(a)(1)(H) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(1)(H), where equities in his case were outweighed by the negative factors, including the Secretary of State’s letter that the respondent’s presence in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences. FOR THE RESPONDENT: Marc Van Der Hout, Esquire, San Francisco, California FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY: Numa Metoyer, Deputy Chief Counsel BEFORE: Board Panel: MALPHRUS, Chief Appellate Immigration Judge; HUNSUCKER and GEMOETS, Appellate Immigration Judges. MALPHRUS, Chief Appellate Immigration Judge:
NEW: The Board of Immigration Appeals, fresh off of a complete purge of all Board members not aligned with Trump's mass deportation agenda, has released its decision from last week denying Mahmoud Khalil's appeal.
Decision: www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
it just lifts my heart to feel heard. thanks, ICE lawyer. 💜
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https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-has-cut-legal-immigration-more-illegal-immigration
Trump has cut legal immigration more than illegal immigration, as I predicted. While illegal entries have fallen, they continued a prior trend, falling more before he came back. Meanwhile, Trump has drastically cut legal entries, reversing the prior upward trend. www.cato.org/blog/trump-h...
This chart is stunning.
I am not joking when I say that the NY-10 primary is tearing the immigration court observer community apart.
'the pope is an American because the Vatican is out to get me' is terrific because it's both a thing an insane person would think and also probably true.
You all are talking about “the Pope is weak on crime” and I feel like the real gem is “should get his act together as Pope.”
It’s profoundly ignorant to suggest that the Pope should be fighting crime on behalf of the Catholic Church. Anyone who was remotely familiar with Roman Catholicism would know that that’s what Daredevil is for
Be cringe. Kill the part of you that cringes. Hope and sincerity are what'll get us through this.
Yes. We are at the point where respondents may have to brief fundamental due process challenges on the grounds of a rigged system.
/it will be a very, very hard challenge to win, but we’re reaching the point where it might become winnable.
Well the escalation chain is the guy who wants us leaving private information on a bench in a worship house, so -
"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope." Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war. A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic. Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"
first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note
Locked in a cold war with the volunteer coordinator who keeps getting someone's pronouns wrong.
I will KEEP CORRECTING YOU EVERY TIME, ANN, SO GET IT TOGETHER.
