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@StephenM Not to mention the tens of thousands who received asylum status and then immediately return to the country they claim “fear” from. They should lose that status based on retuning to that country.

A little primer on “asylum”: 1. There are no “asylum seekers” on the Southern Border. “Asylum” is limited to individuals fleeing extremely narrow categories of state persecution (eg high-ranking Soviet defectors during the Cold War) — none of the groups illegally crossing the border fit that criteria. No one in Mexico or Ecuador or Honduras etc live in nations where there is any state persecution of any protected class. It’s all fake, all the way down. 2. All non-Mexican illegals have transited through additional countries on the way to America where there are no forms of state persecution, thereby further disproving any hypothetical claim 3. As yet further proof the claims are fake, aliens turn down the opportunity to avoid this fabricated persecution by being safely resettled in another nation 4. Illegal aliens receive free and functionally unlimited legal services. When facing deportation, they and their lawyers (as a matter of course) automatically file fake asylum applications. It’s a multibillion dollar fraudulent industry. It’s gross, unethical, and deeply immoral. Everyone involved in this system understands and knows these claims are false. Adjudicating these knowingly false claims is a full-time job for thousands of people. 5. Federal law requires illegal aliens to be detained pending a hearing for their (fake) asylum claim. These are not prisons. They are not being punished. No one is being sentenced. Civil detention and removal is not part of the Article III justice system (in fact, Congress stripped Article III of jurisdiction over civil immigration procedure). The goal of the US government is to send aliens home immediately (they get cash and a free plane ticket) with the fewest days in custody as logistically possible. Any delay is caused by the fake asylum claim. 6. When the fake asylum claim is heard on the “non-detained” docket the illegal aliens rarely show for their hearings. Those few who do show stay in the country regardless after losing (unless placed into detention). Removal orders are ignored as a matter of course. If and when absconders are eventually found (at great time and expense) they still have to be detained to actually effectuate the removal. At this point in time their lawyers will file a motion to reopen their asylum claim or otherwise appeal the finding and seek release again. Regardless, no removal of any alien anywhere can occur unless in a detained setting. If the alien has children they are, by law, supposed to stay in a family residential center (that costs more per night than a high-end hotel, and includes full medical, dental, scholastic and other services). 7. Biden officials did not even bother with the pretext of performing intake interviews for the millions and millions and millions they released into the US. The aliens were simply released on sight, no questions asked, with court dates years away, in the hope and expectation that by the time their fake asylum claims were adjudicated and rejected years later, Democrats would be able to scream that these illegals have now lived here for X years and they and their children must be allowed to stay at our permanent expense. No one in the prior Administration responsible for these decisions actually believed the or now this has anything to do with asylum. To them, it is just useful propaganda in service of infinite mass migration.

@Mets 2 Home grown talents and All Stars gone. I feel betrayed; just like with Seaver. This sucks. I want to win, but I also want familiar faces, that grew up with my team. Last year wasn’t on Pete, Nimmo or Diaz. Pitching sucked we couldn’t hold a lead, that’s on Stearns.

Thanks for everything, Pete.

@SNYtv Born in 63, lifelong fan. Former season ticket holder. I like homegrown players, who grow up with the team. Nimmo was Mr. Hustle, Pete wore Orange and Blue on his heart. Diaz, arguably best closer in baseball…gone. Added Soto, great hitter, poor defense/hustle. We’re weaker now.

Pete Alonso is leaving the Mets to sign a five-year deal with the Orioles on.sny.tv/sQvOiro

@jonesjay @JasonMiyaresVA Have some decency, spare your family the shame you’re putting them through and drop out. Go seek mental health and spiritual counseling.

While Trump and his allies play games with Virginians’ livelihoods, @JasonMiyaresVA refuses to stand up to him. As AG, I’ll take action to stop any illegal firings, because our federal workers deserve better than to be pawns in Trump's political games. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…

@dinklemann @bdomenech

@bdomenech Dave is a Muslim, so he wasn't planning to say anything controversial about the moors anyway.

Dave Chappelle agreed in advance not to keep it real, lest anything go wrong. And the Saudis knew it, and were happy to pay for it: because it's not about comedy, it's about compliance. thespectator.com/topic/the-joke…

@Exodus90App Is there a glitch in the app this morning? When I logged in this morning I can access messages from my maternity and it looks completely different

Following the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross yesterday, we also observe the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows today. Mary, more than anyone else, united her heart to that of her son when he gave himself for us on the Cross. Like her, together with St. Francis, we seek to conform our bodies, minds, and souls to Christ, allowing the power of the Cross to transform us in love.

@HowieRose 10 and the Mets City Connects make no sense, our colors are blue and orange, not purple and black.

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@SNYtv Move Soto to DH, he’s costing us in the outfield.

"Bottom line, we've got to start playing better. Especially when you get the lead, you've got to shut those games down. Too much talent back there. They're going through it right now. Our job is to get them back on track" - Carlos Mendoza on the bullpen

@SNY_Mets @fangraphs Move Soto to DH, he can’t play the outfield.

According to Fangraphs' playoff odds, the Mets (64-57) currently have a 74.9% chance to make the postseason

@SNY_Mets Move Soto to DH, he can’t field.

The Mets have won just 2 of their last 15 games In MLB history, 10 teams have endured a 2-13 stretch at any point of their season and still earned a postseason berth 🔹 2017 Dodgers (Lost WS) 🔹 2006 Dodgers (Lost NLDS) 🔹 2005 Padres (Lost NLDS) 🔹 2000 Yankees (Won WS) 🔹 2000 Mariners (Lost ALCS) 🔹 1996 Padres (Lost NLDS) 🔹 1982 Braves (Lost NLCS) 🔹 1976 Phillies (Lost NLCS) 🔹 1930 Cardinals (Lost WS) 🔹 1914 Braves (Won WS)

@SNY_Mets Make Soto DH. He can’t play the outfield. People are going to start to tune out.

Ryan Helsley's struggles continue out of the bullpen

@StevenACohen2 A lifelong fan I appreciate the things you’ve done to improve the team. I do take offense at the Mets replacing the US Flag with the pride flag during the National Anthem. At other times, it’s your business what groups you support, but during our Anthem no other flag should fly.

Tough stretch , no sugarcoating it . I didn’t see this coming . I’m as frustrated as everybody else . We will get through this period . Our injured pitching will come back over the next few weeks . It is unlikely the team’s hitting with RISP will continue at this weak pace. Keep the faith!

@CynicalPublius I had the same type of journey. Born Catholic, left for a biblical fundamentalist church, Sola Scriptura, read Hislops Two Babylons. Then, dug deep into John 6:22-59. Rome Sweet Home, Surprised by Truth and Born Fundamentalist Born Again Catholic all helped in my journey Home.

I guess it took a new Pope for all the rabid, exclusionary Evangelicals to come out and let me know I'm a Hell-bound Satanist pagan heretic for being Catholic. Let me tell you a bit about myself. I was born and raised in the Catholic Church, altar boy and all. I spent 19 years in Catholic schools and universities. As a young adult I became disillusioned with Catholicism and spent a 30+ year in a vision-quest journey through various evangelical Word churches. I saw it all and was part of it all, from writhing on the ground speaking in tongues, to 5-hour Sunday services, to tiny cups of Welch's grape juice instead of wine. I know what you are saying and why you are saying it. My quest never was fulfilled in those Word churches. But when Saint Pope John Paul II died, I felt a calling to come back and re-investigate the Catholic Church. I learned that so many of the things I was taught in the Word churches about Catholicism were lies. Catholics do not believe Mary or the Pope are gods. Catholics do not worship saints. Catholicism is not a "works-based" religion. Catholics read and believe in the spoken Word of God in the Bible, just like you. Just like you Evangelicals, Catholics believe that the only path to salvation is to be washed in the blood of Jesus Christ, to repent, to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, and to live the life Jesus commanded. I returned to the Church and stayed there, because to me the majesty and holiness of the Eucharist is not something that is ever matched in Word churches. I could sit here and spend hours tearing down the foibles and blasphemies of so many independent Christian Word churches, from the wholly un-Biblical "Word/Faith Movement" to the scandals that rock those small churches just as surely as they do a Catholic parish. But I would never do that because I know that your intentions are good and you seek the same path to God as I do. So howzabout if you want to engage in the above anti-Catholic form of blood libel bigotry, you just put a sock in it and keep it to yourself????? I respect your beliefs. I merely expect the same from you. kthxbai

@Rantaramic Cardinal Sarah

The Vatican Conclave will commence soon, and these are the prime contenders #vatican #popefrancis #Pope #rippopefrancis #Easter2025 #Easter

@alessabocchi The darker one with white highlights

@CynicalPublius Skypilot by the Animals. m.youtube.com/watch?v=laSJI5…

For me it's "Love Vigilantes" by New Order. I listened to this A LOT in Iraq on my first-generation iPod. Here: youtube.com/watch?v=-VFWqL…

So I was just listening to some random tunes and David Bowie's "Space Oddity" came on. It occurred to me that this song must be the theme song for all astronauts, and then I wondered: What is the theme song for U.S. veterans (and their families)? I'll post my choice (New Order) one post below, because the algorithm hates third party links. What's your veteran song? (No fair to pick one specifically chosen for veterans or patriots, such as "American Soldier" by Toby Keith or "God Bless the USA" by Lee Greenwood.) Well?

@MeghanMcCain Were Jeffrey Toobin’s hands visible? 😂

Why do republicans go on CNN at all? What is the point with this level of disrespect towards us?

@Freddy_Chopin @alessabocchi Or Calabrese

@alessabocchi Those stereotypes also come with some great cultural icons, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Tony Bennet, Brando, DeNiro, Pacino, Marciano, Graziano, DiMaggio, Berra, Al D’Amato, Geraldine Ferraro, Fiorello LaGuardia, Giuliani. One more who hailed from Nothern Italy, Mother Cabrini

@alessabocchi I’m a Trump supporter, but agree with you on this one. I’ve seen the harm to marine life from plastic straws.