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  1. Yeah, this is some bullshit. El Paso County Sues Texas in a Bid to Block New Migrant Arrest Law The county said the sweeping new law, signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, violated the Constitution and would result in thousands of arrests in El Paso alone. El Paso County and two immigrant rights groups sued Texas officials on Tuesday to challenge a sweeping new law that allows state and local police to arrest migrants who cross from Mexico, setting up a legal showdown over federal immigration policies. The federal lawsuit came a day after Gov. Greg Abbott signed the bill, which he called “so extreme” that he believed it would drive migrants away from Texas. Civil and immigrant rights groups and Democratic officials said the law violated the Constitution and invited racial profiling of Hispanic citizens in Texas. In the suit, El Paso County and the two nonprofit groups argue that the state law should be struck down in its entirety because the federal government has exclusive authority over immigration matters. The suit, filed in federal court in Austin, names as defendants the Texas Department of Public Safety, whose officers would be newly empowered to make arrests under the law, and the district attorney for El Paso, Bill Hicks, whose office would prosecute the offenses. The American Civil Liberties Union is representing the plaintiffs. Mr. Abbott, a Republican, anticipated such a challenge. He has presented the law as a necessary reaction to what he has called the failure of President Biden to enforce existing federal law against crossing into the United States without authorization. A spokesman for Mr. Abbott did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the lawsuit, nor did Mr. Hicks, who has said his office would not prioritize migrant arrests. A spokesman for the Department of Public Safety referred questions to Mr. Abbott’s office. Republicans have blamed President Biden for the surge of migrants who have entered the United States in record numbers the past three years, a trend that has become a political liability for him as he seeks re-election. Over the last two years, Mr. Abbott, a third-term Republican, has steadily ratcheted up a strategy of state border enforcement, challenging the Biden administration to take Texas to court over it. The governor and the Republican-controlled state legislature have increasingly been at odds with the municipal governments of Texas cities, where Democrats are mostly in charge. Mr. Abbott has sparred publicly with mayors and urban district attorneys in Texas over a range of policies, including coronavirus restrictions, enforcement of abortion bans and police accountability. The top officials in El Paso County, which includes the city of El Paso, are Democrats. Before the law was signed, the sheriff’s office in El Paso, a county agency, said that it opposed the new law’s approach and would not make arrests under the law. Mr. Abbott has tried to put pressure on Democratic leaders in several of the nation’s largest cities outside Texas by busing tens of thousands of migrants from the Texas border to destinations like New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago. The new state law, known as Senate Bill 4 and scheduled to take effect in March, makes it a misdemeanor to cross into Texas from Mexico without using an authorized port of entry. A person arrested under the law could be ordered by a court to return to Mexico or face prosecution if they did not agree to go. A second unauthorized crossing would be a felony. A claim of asylum would not shield a migrant from arrest or prosecution for illegal entry under the new state law unless asylum had already been granted. But the process of reviewing an asylum claim often takes years. “It’s likely that it will create a dragnet that ensnares not only undocumented immigrants, but also Americans and legal permanent residents,” said Representative Joaquin Castro, Democrat of San Antonio, who has asked the Justice Department to intervene to stop the law from taking effect. According to the lawsuit, the Texas law is an attempt at “grasping control over immigration from the federal government and depriving people subject to that system of all of the federal rights and due process that Congress provided to them.” Mr. Abbott said on Monday that while he believed the law would withstand legal scrutiny, it presented an opportunity for the federal courts, and ultimately the Supreme Court, to reconsider a 2012 decision, Arizona v. United States, that narrowly ruled in favor of the federal government and against state efforts to enact their own immigration laws. In the complaint, lawyers for El Paso County estimated that the law could result in 8,000 additional arrests each year, creating steep costs for county courts and jails and upending the relationship between the county government and its large immigrant community. The county, which has 869,000 residents, estimated that new jail facilities would cost more than $160 million, along with another $24 million each year to house the migrants arrested under the law. The two nonprofit groups that have joined with the county in filing the suit — Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and American Gateways, both of which provide legal services to migrants — said the law would harm their ability to assist migrants, including those seeking asylum. “Governor Abbott’s efforts to circumvent the federal immigration system and deny people the right to due process is not only unconstitutional, but also dangerously prone to error,” Anand Balakrishnan, senior staff attorney at the A.C.L.U.’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, said in a statement.
  2. h/t to @Ted Lange This live feed is incredible right now.
  3. In Iceland, a Fiery Show of Lava and Smoke Icelanders had been girding for an eruption. When it happened, they wanted to see it.
  4. What to Know About Iceland’s Volcanic Eruption The eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula sent lava gushing into the night sky. Air travel did not appear to be affected. After weeks of anticipation, a volcanic eruption in Iceland’s most populated area sent lava spewing into the night sky late Monday and pushed the authorities into action mode Tuesday. The eruption, which was larger than volcanologists had predicted, happened not far from an evacuated town and a power plant. Iceland is no stranger to volcanic eruptions, and the authorities quickly moved to reassure the public that there was no immediate threat to life. “We are prepared and remain vigilant,” President Gudni Johannesson wrote on the social platform X. They also stressed that travel was not affected — a clear attempt to fend off concerns of a repeat of 2010, when an ash cloud from another eruption in Iceland snarled flights across Europe. Here’s what to know about the eruption.
  5. Wordle 913 2/6 ⬛🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #191 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Daily Quordle 694 7️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Sequence Quordle 694 4️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣9️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, December 19 Letters: C E H T I N S My score: 398 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌹 🌸 🌼 🌺 💐 🏵 🌷 🌻 💮 🌹 🌸 #Worldle #697 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #370 (10/17) ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ https://imois.in/games/travle/ @bernorange I got greedy and foolishly waited for a Z that never showed. When it was evident that wasn't going to happen, I just had to clean up the best I could but was still left with five unused tiles when it ended. ClickWord.org Daily 318: 453 points (top 30% 🎉) 12 words: 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟧🟧🟨🟩🟩 💪 Best word: 76 points 🔥 Streak: 5 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily318
  6. Those videos are fuckin' metal. Ah-ah, ah! Ah-ah, ah! We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow The hammer of the gods Will drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde, sing and cry Valhalla, I am coming On we sweep with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore Ah-ah, ah! Ah-ah, ah! We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow How soft your fields so green Can whisper tales of gore Of how we calmed the tides of war We are your overlords On we sweep with threshing oar Our only goal will be the western shore So now you'd better stop and rebuild all your ruins For peace and trust can win the day despite of all your losing Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ahh, ah Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
  7. I was too. One part of it *might* be how many Hispanics have left the Catholic Church and joined those Hispanic Evangelical churches like "Agape something or 'nuther" or moved over to non-denominational places (but still Evangelical). At least, that's pretty common in Texas, but I realize this is a national survey. Then you also sometimes come across the stray Baptist, like my former neighbors, who are quietly Democratic. I think my uncle/aunt and cousins' Church of Christ family are all too, but I've never asked. One of the cousins is even a *gasp* lesbian. So, yeah, there are some, but that share does seem high.
  8. I'm no vulcanologist, so don't hold me to any fancy science words. But if I recall correctly from doing extensive wikipedia and twitter research, they expect this one to be the oozing kind and not the 'splosive. In other words, it shouldn't be like that unpronounceable volcano from a decade ago.
  9. Check here: https://www.instagram.com/austinmugshots/ or https://www.facebook.com/Austinmugshots/ I just found these today when googling one of the latest arrestees.
  10. Good point about her squawking out the anthem and then spitting on the ground and grabbing her crotch (I think that's how it went down but am not going to go looking it up). My memory of it was that it was the conservatives who were most vocal about being openly offended by it.
  11. I agree with a lot of this but tend to think the really bad shit is mostly the Evangelicals and the hardcore Catholics (the ones mostly concerned with abortion and who want mass in Latin or whatever).
  12. As I've said before, I grew up Southern Baptist, but because of the aggressively anti-Enlightenment nature of that particular religious group, I'm not especially defensive when someone wants to come down hard on Evangelicals. In general, though, I'm not a fan of shitting on people's religions in spite of no longer being a believer. ETA: Here's a more recent survey from Gallup which basically reflects the one from Pew, concerning the broad religious groups that make up the two main parties.
  13. Using the same data in the table above, I did one other quick table showing the share that each "religious tradition" had for Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. It shows that "Christians" are the majority in each, but that the GOP is dominated by them (84%), white Protestants specifically. The Democrats have a much more diverse background, with no specific group comprising a majority. Even including Black Protestants, the Protestant share is only about 43%. But the single largest group are heathens, much like myself. Still, we irreligious folks can't piss off the Christians, as they're 2/3rds of our voters (or were in 2014).
  14. I got you fam. If you click on the "table" tab above the chart he provided, you get the percentages along with the sample sizes. Quick results below for Christians w/o Mormons included (yellow shading) and Christians w/ Mormons included (orange shading). According to the survey, which I believe is from 2014, 43-44 percent of Christians were Republicans or leaned that way 9 years ago, while 39-40 percent of them were Democrats or Democratic leaners.
  15. Then, we have the truly terrible Americans, like Frank Drebin (fka Johnny Sack), who say they didn't vote for Trump in 2016 but liked what they saw, so they ended up voting for him in 2020.
  16. Where are you getting the 37/44 split for Christians? The chart you've provided shows that split for Catholics, and it doesn't reflect Evangelicals or even boring old Mainline Protestants. And it certainly isn't the case for Mormons, whom many would argue aren't "real" Christians. Wanting to see what I might be missing, I clicked the link and found another 37/44 split in the topline chart but was it for ALL ADULTS, irrespective of religious beliefs. If you're going to get in a tizzy about other people's "ignorance" regarding demographics, you might want to look a little more carefully at your data (from 2014 btw). If I'm somehow missing something from the source you've provided, I apologize in advance.
  17. A decent, fairly quick read outlining the ongoing debate in the Pentagon: https://www.semafor.com/article/12/16/2023/us-is-considering-striking-yemeni-group tl/dr: escalation avoidance
  18. Wordle 912 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ ⬛🟩⬛🟩⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #190 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Daily Quordle 693 7️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Daily Sequence Quordle 693 5️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, December 18 Letters: A C L E N R U My score: 299 points My longest word: 9 letters 🌸 🏵 🌹 🌷 💮 💐 🌺 🌼 🌻 #Worldle #696 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #369 (6/11) ✅✅✅✅✅✅ https://imois.in/games/travle/ ClickWord.org Daily 317: 558 points (top 20% 🎊) 11 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟥🟧🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 112 points 🔥 Streak: 4 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily317
  19. Weird copy/paste job by the new guy. Does he know Shreveport is over 300 miles away from New Orleans?
  20. Wordle 911 3/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #189 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Daily Quordle 692 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟩🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Struggled with NW Daily Sequence Quordle 692 7️⃣8️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨🟨🟨 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, December 17 Letters: A E K S R T Y My score: 305 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌺 🌼 🌻 🌹 💮 💐 🏵 🌸 🌷 🌺 #Worldle #695 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #368 (3/7) ✅✅✅ https://imois.in/games/travle/ ClickWord.org Daily 316: 527 points (top 30% 🎉) 11 words: 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟥🟧🟨🟩🟩 💪 Best word: 96 points 🔥 Streak: 3 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily316
  21. Now, you're talking sense. Sure, we have a few adolescent bravado blowhards on this board, but all we've seen thus far from your side are a bunch of overconfident pricks invading this site, downplaying any shot that Texas might have based solely off of your win last year. I can't keep you guys straight, but you came across as being part of that category when you were shitting all over Texas's strength of schedule earlier this evening, only to be shown that yours was arguably worse based off of two of the main stats keepers of CFB. Most over here have been predicting a really good, closely matched game. Any of us who've visited the Hardcore Huskies site have only seen a bunch of trollish try-hards talking like pre-teen tits talking shit. So, you'll forgive the forgive the skeptical nature of our more reactionary, and admittedly defensive, posters. It should be a good one.
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