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"War normalizes insanity―the kind that does not hesitate to annihilate human beings like so many insects, and tears all that is human and humane to shreds, that destroys nature itself."
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Alex Nelson 📎
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Alex Nelson 📎
@anelson_os
Software developer; tweets reflect my opinion, not my employer's...and rt≠endorsement. AMS Subject Class.: 68V15, 68V20, 20Exx.
LA Katılım Ekim 2012
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@BartAndrews @mattyglesias @ChrisVanHollen I know you're illiterate, but rejecting everything proposed because it doesn't explicitly refer to USC clauses to amend...well, that's not much of an argument.
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Alex Nelson 📎@anelson_os
Some things @SenSchumer can be doing right now, but is not: - Screaming over medical care and access to facilities. - Going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019. - Lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention.
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@anelson_os @mattyglesias @ChrisVanHollen And you’ve yet to make an actual argument. Thinking is hard but you should try it sometime
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Another "The Gestapo is good, please don't abolish it" piece from the centrists.
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He shouldn't pretend body cams are a real concession. He should follow the example of Van Hollen, whose visit to Kilmar Abrego Garcia was instrumental in triggering a national shift on attitudes toward Trump immigration actions.
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Some things @SenSchumer can be doing right now, but is not:
- Screaming over medical care and access to facilities.
- Going to detention facilities himself and putting his body on the line, as he did at the border in 2019.
- Lean into stories about New Yorkers in detention.
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@anelson_os @mattyglesias @ChrisVanHollen Well Alex you’ve yet to make an actual argument so when you get your head out of your ass, I guess you’ll finally make one? Until then, ridicule is all you deserve
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Apparently @chuckschumer and @RepJeffries don't know items 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8 are already required in law or policy and are not being followed so this is already half dead on arrival.
Why these guys so useless?
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur
Schumer & Jeffries lay out the Democratic demands for a DHS funding deal in a letter to the top Republican leaders
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I mean, ICE isn't abiding by the laws right now, why should anyone believe they'd adhere to these 5 recommendations?
.@GregTSargent
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told: DHS must cooperate with state probes (big) CBP stays at border warrants for arrests IDs, bodycams ICE out of churches, schools "That unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod: newrepublic.com/article/205723…
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Alex Nelson 📎 retweetledi
We are at a tipping point on ICE and immigration enforcement. The shootings are so unpopular that Trump appears to have lost his edge on both deportations and immigration more broadly. Abolishing ICE is now net popular with independents. & Bovino is out! gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-immig…
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@anelson_os @mattyglesias @ChrisVanHollen LMAO - nothing says stupid like an appeal against authority. Like Alex you know that’s not an argument, it’s eighth grade dipshit cliquery. Make an argument or move on FFS. God you guys are so funny like who buys this crap?
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@BartAndrews @mattyglesias @ChrisVanHollen You clearly have no understanding of...well, anything. What should anyone expect from an Yglesias stan?
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@anelson_os @mattyglesias @ChrisVanHollen Voters are absolutely not incoherent on border security.. They absolutely get squishy when they see folks abused/constitution violated but there is a stable and sizable majority who want aggressive enforcement even when it’s an economic loser. You have no plan, obviously.
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@BartAndrews @mattyglesias You seem to be living in your own reality. Voters are very incoherent when it comes to border security. The Democrats stumbled into a good strategy when @ChrisVanHollen fought for Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Schumer and Jeffries quickly abandoned it. So I don't see a good way forward.
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@anelson_os @mattyglesias Alex, please share your plans and how this fits with the voters… you know, those folks that actually decide which politicians get to shape our immigration policy? How does your plan connect with voters who don’t like Trump’s approach but still prefer Rs on border/immigration?
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This is what centrist Democrats are fighting to defend...
Dave Peasant, Aspiring Lorax@aspiringpeasant
They deported a 5yo US CITIZEN to Honduras. This is child trafficking.
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Alex Nelson 📎 retweetledi
In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant.
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LOL that poll was a week before the DNC convention, get the Hell outta here with your poor data abilities!
Neera Tanden🌻@neeratanden
There is nothing that indicates the online world is in a bubble than the argument that the country thought Kamala was too moderate.
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For the past year, centrist Democrats have used the talking point: "We're not against concentration camps, we just want the *right* people sent to them."
Now that "Abolish ICE" is extremely popular in the polls, they're doubling down on the, "But are the camps *that* bad?"
Jeremiah Johnson 🌐@JeremiahDJohns
There's been debate about how Democrats should deal with ICE. I'm not going to pretend I know the exact perfect message, or the precisely correct method of immigration enforcement. But there is a smart way and a stupid way to do this, and it makes me very nervous when some folks act like there's no chance of a backlash. Trump faced a backlash for how he handled the border, and it cost him. Biden then faced a backlash for the surge in illegal immigration, and it cost him. And Trump's now facing another backlash for ICE's lawless, thuggish behavior. That gives Dems a big opportunity. But just like every other time, there's risk of a backlash if you handle immigration badly. Voters don't want ICE goons beating people in the streets, but they do want a secure border and some form of enforcement. And I would really like Dems to not face another giant backlash, because I'm not sure our democracy would survive it.
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Alex Nelson 📎 retweetledi
“Imagine the chaos”
ABC News@ABC
Thousands of people have been arrested during ICE operations in Minnesota over the past two weeks. Multiple attorneys allege that for some of those detained, including at least one U.S. citizen, DHS is denying their constitutional right to see an attorney. abcnews.link/DkI8rEI
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Alex Nelson 📎 retweetledi
At the peak of the Gilded Age in 1910, the richest 0.00001% of the US population owned wealth equal to 4% of national income.
Now, the richest 0.00001% owns 12%.
US billionaire oligarchs today are even wealthier than the original robber barons.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/p/…
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