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  1. To find the one out of ~150 million instances of a non-citizen voting, sure, yeah.
  2. Blinding glimpse of the obvious there.
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    RIP Mike Peters

    I really enjoyed that period of martial British rock.
  4. Well, UK got their taste with Brexit, Boris, and Truss. The parliamentary system allows a quicker reaction than ours and less time for the dullards to engage their recency bias.
  5. Many of the lies that propagate do have a tiny nugget of truth somewhere in them. I'm not talking about Trump lies, he'll lie about any goddam thing that makes him look or feel better about himself. We need to do similar things. Lie and exaggerate about DOGE. Lie and exaggerate about immigration. Lie and exaggerate about tariffs. Connect everything to billionaire immigrants that are little geeks.
  6. Some of the language like "best practices" is emblematic of performative everywhere it's used. The epitome of a nonce phrase. As we have observed, the major federal tool for local law enforcement is money. So we'll probably get more MRAPs and Stingers and other weapons in the hands of local cops. That's not good, but probably doesn't change much. Also, the budget gon' 'splode.
  7. I could be wrong, but as noted above, although they're transactional, I think very few have egos that let them go 100% financial. Or the brains, probably.
  8. I'm gonna guess that some of the guys that start portaling become 100% transactional, seeking more time or a bigger bag or the best combination of the two. I kind of doubt that most of them are seeking entirely the bag because their egos make them believe they deserve all the starts and playing time, which is why they deserve the bag. Others retain some concept of team loyalty and earning their playing time.
  9. Well, one phenomenon of aging is that the elderly get vaguely (or sometimes militantly) paranoid. For example, they lose shit all the time, and then blame it on the help or whoever's around. My aunt declared that the people at her assisted living "would steal the horns off a billy goat." Her problem wasn't memory, though, it was macular degeneration.
  10. Mostly performatave shit. A couple of things stand out. The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law. This mechanism shall include the use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such law enforcement officers. a) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement. (b) Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.
  11. Yes! And another name involving "coach" I believe.
  12. I guess this means we have to stop bitching and retrogrouching about social medial and GET ON BOARD. Goddammit.
  13. There was a crazy Trumpy guy in Ohio, I believe, whose wife left him for someone she met in rehab.
  14. Under the EO, that interpretation is prospective only, as of a certain date. However, if SCOTUS buys their argument, there won't be an "effective date." And Barron won't be a citizen. And neither will be Donny Jr., Ricky and Vanky.
  15. According to the arrest warrant, apparently the judge did talk to them in the hallway, rather than the courtroom. So, I recollected that wrong. Nonetheless, the point stands that judges, and probably mostly the Chief Judge, are entitled to set rules or protocols for things like arrests occurring on courtroom floors, while the presiding judge of a courtroom is pretty much entitled to exclude offices or forbid arrests in a courtroom. She could simply say, "I don't want arrests occurring in my courtroom, and probably not even on my floor, but that's ultimately the Chief Judge's call, not mine, so that's why I sent them to the Chief Judge." And the "cops" would probably admit that they are often deferential to courthouse staff, courtroom personnel, and judges on such matters. But, it's not directly relevant to the offense, except maybe as proof of an overall intention to interfere with the arrest. Possibly the most telling part of the prosecution is that this is a misdemeanor offense. And there's probably some DOJ guidelines on prosecuting judges and a judge might well have official immunity for courtroom decisions and actions, just like they have absolute immunity for deliberative judicial actions.
  16. They were talking to the trial judge, who referred them to the Chief Judge. If they wanted to just loiter in public spaces outside the courtroom, they could have without ever approaching the judge. Regardless, different jurisdictions attempt to be respectful of each other and their rules for things like serving process, and the Milwaukee County Circuit Court is entitled to establish such rules. Regardless of how that went down, that is absolutely not harboring or concealing a fugitive. It could be delaying or interfering with officers, but that isn't addressed by the statute. Directing him through a nonpublic exit to public areas might be.
  17. The part about the chief judge is no big deal. There are legitimate issues about whether a court should permit another jurisdiction or private party to serve process or warrants IN A COURTROOM. The judge controls the courtroom and pretty much everything that goes on there, subject to any local rules or practices that emanate from the Chief Judge. Plus, that is not concealing or harboring the witness. It may be interfering with the officers, but that's not what the statute addresses. It boils down to the private exit.
  18. Seems like the key question is going to be whether shuffling a defendant to a private courtroom exit, that still exists to public hallways and elevators, is "harboring or concealing." There's possibly a question whether an immigration warrant satisfies the language of the statute, which itself seems pretty broad: The government must establish that a Federal warrant was issued for the arrest of the fugitive. In United States v. Silva, 745 F.2d 840, 848 (4th Cir. 1984), cert. denied, 470 U.S. 1031 (1985), the Fourth Circuit stated that the government should prove this element by introducing the warrant itself into evidence. The warrant must, of course, be issued "under the provisions of any law of the United States." It has been held that an arrest warrant issued by a judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court is one issued under a "law of the United States" within the terms of Section 1071. See United States v. Boettcher, 588 F.2d 89 (4th Cir. 1978). Incidentally, it's a misdemeanor unless it's a felony criminal warrant.
  19. It also has almost nothing to do with immigration warrants or judicial criminal arrest warrants. Yes, immigration warrants have very little force. But what the judge did, although commendable in some senses, comes pretty close to running afoul of the criminal law, objectively, before you ever consider the Trump administration's policies. This guy would have been deported to Mexico post-haste by the Obama administration, which still holds the record, and probably would have been detained using a similar warrant.
  20. How do grocery contracts work? What's their term? Also, more broadly, how are tariff increases typically handled in commercial contracts? My guess would be the buyer is responsible for all applicable taxes applied by the destination country.
  21. This alone probably cemented hundreds of thousands, if not millions of goombah votes from Staten Island, North Jersey, and similar places.
  22. This Martin guy might be the biggest dumb asshole in the Trump universe. Definitely giving Navarro a run for the money.
  23. When Gasparino appeared to shove him? Or was that at another point in the game?
  24. So, I missed the GaspoGash altercation and just saw the replay. Was Gash standing in the baseline?
  25. Dammit, I have had espn site open for half an hour and it still says waiting to start.
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