Based solely on my reading of the article, Tijuana needs water so they get it via treaty from the Colorado river in the USA. Texas and probably other areas need water so Mexico provides it, under the same treaty, from the Rio Grande. That’s just my guess based on the article but there is a link to a PDF of the actual treaty in there if you want to read it.

Another reason it might seem familiar…

As am I, but there are different kinds and degrees of colorblindness. It is of course also true that he’s an idiot and maybe that is explanation enough.

I wonder if he’s actually colorblind and has no idea how silly he actually looks.

I’m fairly sure that cruelty is the only thing that gets them hard.

As someone posted elsewhere, remember that the measles is just one of the Ms in the MMR vaccine. Just wait until mumps puts in an appearance and all the unvaccinated post pubescent guys down there have their balls swell up like softballs.

Trump would be thrilled at the opportunity to send the military in to violently quell a succession secession.

As a former citizen of Illinois, I have some context for you. Yes he is a billionaire and I had to hold my nose when I voted for him over Rauner in 2018 because I thought the way you currently do. However, his performance as Governor of Illinois since then has been nothing short of amazing. The Illinois economy was in the shit at the time thanks to 20 years of horrible, sometimes criminal, management. The state was in junk bond status thanks to billions of dollars in unpaid debt. The previous Governor, Quinn, averaged one credit rating downgrade per 181 days in office. Rauner, the last Governor, actually managed to do worse averaging a downgrade every 101 days in office.

Pritzker came in a managed to turn it all around. In 2024, Illinois ranked near the top for economic development including number one in the Midwest for workforce development, and Fifth in the nation for cost of living. The bond status is vastly improved. As of November 2023, Pritzker’s policies had earned the state 9 credit upgrades over the prior two years. Economically, Pritzker has been a big win for Illinois, and not just for the wealthy.

Socially, he has also been progressive.

Pritzker, a billionaire once known to many voters as the Democratic rich guy running against the Republican rich guy in a dysfunctional state, has pursued a robust activism defined by the kind of Democratic social policies that marked the nineteen-thirties and sixties. That means more funds for schools, child care, health care, college tuition, and roads.

Pritzker has pushed progressive policies since being elected including using $10 million dollars of state funds to purchase and cancel $1 billion is medical debt for Illinoisans. He has pushed to increase minimum wage in the state to $15/hour, universal preschool, legalized weed and established a regulatory system for adult use. He pushed for and signed HB4664, the Healthcare Protection Act, which among other things, bans per-approval by insurance for crisis mental health care and protects health care providers and their patients who receive abortions, reproductive, or gender affirming care in Illinois from attacks neighboring states.

Frankly, if he chooses to run for President I would be giddy. I would love to see him do for this nation what he’s already done for Illinois.

Why has no one bitch slapped this idiot and pointed out that there has been no declaration of war and the law in question cannot be legally invoked? Honestly, how does this clown keep getting away with this shit?

I wish sites like this would verify their information better. Yes Trump ignored the judge’s orders and spouted insane legal claims, but the article leads off with a false claim that the poor guys got sent to a slave-labor camp. According to CNN, the prison is a different kind of nightmare.

In a recent visit, CNN’s David Culver and his team described cells “built to hold 80 or so inmates” where men are held for 23.5 hours a day and “the only furniture is tiered metal bunks, with no sheets, pillows or mattresses … an open toilet, a cement basin and plastic bucket for washing and a large jug for drinking water.”

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The CNN team that visited in late 2024 described the deprivation as “deliberate,” noting the men were allowed out of their crowded cells for just 30 minutes a day, that “there is no privacy here, no trace of comfort” and the lights are on 24/7.

“They do not work. They are not allowed books or a deck of cards or letters from home. Plates of food are stacked outside the cells at mealtimes and pulled through the bars. No meat is ever served. The 30-minute daily respite is merely to leave the cell for the central hallway for group exercise or Bible readings,” wrote CNN’s David Culver and his team.

Inmates are not allowed visits from family or friends and some of them must face the possibility that they will never be released.

The prison is an absolute hell, not even considering that some or all of the men sent there by Trump could be innocent of any crime. But calling it slave labor is false and just gives the other side a point of attack to discredit the whole article. We don’t need to lie about any of this stuff to make it seem worse. The truth is all we need.

If you believe the reporting, there have been violent attacks on Tesla dealerships. And even if you are not personally committing a violent act, if you are at a protest when it happens, you’ll likely get charged too.

On a side note, don’t forget that our justice agencies and far-right militias have been known to send agents provocateur to such events to commit violent crimes to turn peaceful protests violent.

Seriously good advice. Particularly since you can and will get charged with a terrorism offense. Let’s be honest here, people are going after Tesla because of what Musk is doing in the government. That means that people are using violence and intimidation in order to intimidate a civilian population or influence government policy. I really doubt that prosecutors will not have trouble making such charges stick. Just because you’re the good guys, doesn’t mean you won’t spend a lot of years in prison if you get caught.

(5) the term “domestic terrorism” means activities that—
  (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State;
  (B) appear to be intended—
      (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;
      (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or
      (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping; and occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States

Thanks for the link. Well worth the watch.

Don’t ask Lemmy, man. This is a time to see a doctor.

The seldom-used law that gives the president authority to detain or deport nationals of an enemy nation during wartime. It’s the first time the act has been used since World War II.

And the reason that it hasn’t been used since World War II is that Congress has not actually declared war since World War II.

Agreed that it’ll never pass in MN. The question is, how long until a copy of this is introduced in some red state where it could pass?

Lucero ; Drazkowski ; Wesenberg ; Eichorn ; Gruenhagen

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Silly bint probably thinks that if he just posts “I DECLARE THIS IS A WAR” on social media then it’s a declared war.

It’s because the President is letting him do it.

No, it’s because the President, both houses of Congress, and the Supreme Court are allowing him to do it. It really takes all four to allow this to happen. If any of them were doing the job their supposed to be doing, this wouldn’t be possible.

The simple fact that he walked out alive is proof positive that our security agencies are compromised. He is exactly what they are supposed to be protecting us against.

Trump’s policies are making our kids dumber, sicker, meaner and scared

Working as intended then. He’s manufacturing future MAGA voters.