In so doing, you lump in Harris with, say, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who believes in inhumane torture tent cities and harsh punishment because he indeed is one of the “foremost devotees of the carceral state.” Harris just said that there’s a need to imprison some people who commit crimes.

What makes it buzzy is when you apply it to people who expressly don’t support the “enslavement of marginalized communities” but simply believe that incarceration should exist in some form for public safety reasons. You aren’t actually evaluating any of her stances against your rubric.

Buzzwords are fun!

This seems like a really disingenuous summary of her point, which conveniently is cut off before the part where she says she agrees that we should build more schools than prisons. She says that we can’t pretend that crime doesn’t exist or that schools alone can address safety.

Headline: Five Republican-led states sue over Biden’s new Title IX transgender protections Subheading: the new rules prohibit schools from banning transgender students and teachers from using restrooms that align with their gender identities, among other policies.

Date: May 2, 2022 Headline: DOJ just took biggest step yet to counter GOP‘s anti-trans agenda Text: the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Friday seeking to block an Alabama law that prohibits gender affirming care for transgender children. “All people, including transgender youth deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,“ the DOJ said in its complaint.

Date: January 17, 2021 Headline: the Biden administration just took legal action against states with anti-trans laws

Date: August 16, 2024 Headline: Supreme Court rejects Biden administration’s request to enforce new civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ students

I think “begrudgingly accepts [trans people shouldn’t be tortured]” isn’t an accurate description of Biden’s, Harris’s, or any other notable Democrat’s position on trans rights, though. Hasan’s view that they didn’t push back against the GOP is particularly false.

This strangely is phrased as a rebuke to Joe Biden, and not as a consequence of his policies being unwound (like the expiration of the ARP expanded child tax credit, which produced the largest reduction in child poverty on record). He asked Congress to extend them but they refused.

Spin move was CLEAN

The response was not “lightning quick” to his talk about primarying Dems because the challenge was raised before he said anything about that. They messed up the ballots in a way that violated the gender parity rules the DNC has.

This challenge was filed shortly after he won by one of the people who didn’t get elected. It has nothing to do with “fearing change” because it happened before he even said anything. It just took this long to play out.

I had the most wonderful flight home from Denver. I met the nicest young man who sat next to me. He offered to put my bag in the overhead compartment and helped me with my tray. He was always polite, saying "yes ma’am" or "no ma’am." Anyone would be proud to have him as a son or grandson—so polite. People walking by were saying congratulations, great job, or even taking pictures. I turned and asked him, “Who am I sitting next to?” I looked at his Jaguar pants, smiled, and asked, “Are you an athlete?” He smiled and said, “I’m Travis. Yes, I was drafted by the Jags.” I already told my sons I want his jersey. He’s so humble and down-to-earth—I would have never guessed he was a professional athlete. JACKSONVILLE JAGS, you did good! I will be buying tickets. United Airlines, thank you for my seat assignment!

This is too wholesome

Men are not constantly being told “you’re bad,” they are constantly being told “LEFT WING SJWS THINK YOU’RE BAD” by conservative propaganda. There’s a huge difference.

He certainly was a more relentless communicator, because he campaigned for 4 years nonstop, whereas Biden and Harris had jobs to do.

Rick Wilson on Marco Rubio's debasement "He’s become an obscene parody of the guy Marco Rubio once claimed to be."

New in PN: @therickwilson.bsky.social on Marco Rubio's great debasement

"He’s not only betrayed every value he ever claimed to have, but he’s profoundly — at a level I can barely articulate — harming the country. It’s an astounding comedown for a guy who was once thought of as someone of principle"

I disagree. Biden and Harris talked about what is right with America and rebuked Trump’s lies all the time *before* Trump won—so much that a conventional wisdom emerged that they were doing it too much instead of addressing the “vibes.”

"woke" meant

"being aware of injustice & inequality... individuals who are attentive to social issues, particularly race & discrimination"

so... a group of people turned "being aware of injustice & inequality" into an insult

I think often on what this says about so many ppl in this country

Are we supposed to? I thought we were supposed to buy them from places that knew what they were doing (before we decided buying things from other countries was bad, that is)

Unironically she’s one of my favorite characters on the show. What is wrong with my fellow straights

Any excuse to post this, any excuse at all

Thanks, I had never heard of beef before and was wondering what everyone was talking about

Okay but when *I* tell them that I’m being condescending?

Mom & minor daughters are citizens who just moved from MD to Oklahoma. This statement from the Mom should be read, absorbed & circulated. ICE cannot be allowed to terrorize vulnerable families. @housedemocrats.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social
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NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines” Subheader: “In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

Please highlight this story.

ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

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Warnock: I hear people attack poor people and act like it’s a crime to be poor, rather than to recognize it’s criminal for so many people to be poor. They do all of this in the name of Jesus… Jesus is the biggest victim of identity theft in the United States

Happy birthday! 🎊🎈🎁

“He is one of the top five, probably, most targeted people in the world for espionage.”

That seems accurate!

On being called DEI and why it isn’t the burn they think it is

these people hate DEI because they would be unemployable in any system where they couldn’t rely on favoritism and nepotism

Tricia McLaughlin & @TriciaOhio 0... The narrative being pushed about Jose Hermosillo is false. On April 8, Hermosillo approached Border Patrol in Tucson and stated he had entered the U.S. illegally through Nogales. He said he wanted to turn himself in and completed a sworn statement identifying as a Mexican citizen who had entered unlawfully. He was processed and appeared in court on April 11. Afterward, he was held by the U.S. Marshals in Florence, AZ. A few days later, his family presented documents showing U.S. citizenship. The charges were dismissed, and he was released to his family. This arrest was the direct result of Hermosillo's own actions and statements.

In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'. 's account was false. According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency. After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying. He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.

"You" re not from here. Do you have your papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer, "New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested. Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read. According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name. Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.

The officer also signed the document, which said Hermosillo "read" the document or had it read to him. But Hermosillo said no one read him the document. Other documents created by the officer have inaccuracies. For example, the criminal complaint says that Hermosillo was detained "at or near Nogales, Arizona." But Hermosillo was detained in Tuscon, which is more than 70 miles from Nogales. John Mennell, a spokesperson for the U.S. Border Patrol, said that it was an "unintentional" error. Hermosillo said he was detained with about 15 other men in a cell at the Florence Correctional Center. He was served only cold food. He said he contracted the flu because "they have it cold in there and everybody's getting sick." Hermosillo said he requested medicine but was not provided with any.

A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...