Nonilex · @Nonilex
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The filed suit in July, arguing that the barrier violated a that prohibits structures in navigable waterways w/o federal approval.

It said the barrier, placed in a section of the river in the border city of , , endangered , hampered the operations of the & relations w/ .

#doj #federal #law #eaglepass #texas #migrants #borderpatrol #harmed #diplomatic #mexico #abbott #inhumane #thecrueltyisthepoint

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
595 followers · 2321 posts · Server masto.ai

That work at Heritage dovetails w/plans on the campaign website to expand that were drafted primarily by 2 of Trump’s advisers, VincentHaley & RossWorthington, w/input from other advisers, including , the architect of Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda ( )

#trump #presidentialpower #stephenmiller #thecrueltyisthepoint #familyseparation #authoritarianism #tyranny #dictatorship #illiberal #vote

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Jonathan Kamens · @jik
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At some point you have to concede that the Supreme Court isn't ruling the way they are despite the harm it will cause, but rather because of it.

#thecrueltyisthepoint #politics #uspol #scotus #Racism #injustice #fairvharvard #vra

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Dendromecon · @dendromecon
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Lee · @solvethehousingcrisis
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When you think that the snail's pace of the police department in being able to run the tests that will help them finalize the report and let you know how your child died is *not* due to them not spending money where it will help people but is "just god" teaching you patience, your religion is f*cked up sh*t.

#religion #whyimanatheist #christianity #thecrueltyisthepoint

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ZhiZhu · @ZhiZhu
1334 followers · 5648 posts · Server newsie.social

"The state legislature, with the support of the supermajority, was poised to approve some of the nation’s harshest restrictions on SNAP. They include asset tests and new eligibility guidelines.

By the state’s own estimate, will need to spend nearly $18 million in administrative costs during the first three years — to take in less federal money."
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20

#republican #Iowa #thecrueltyisthepoint #gop #republicans #usa #uspolitics #News #food #hunger

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Nonilex · @Nonilex
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U.S. CITIZEN CHILDREN AT BORDER UNDER & PUT IN FOSTER SYSTEM

While foreign-born children were transferred to shelters operated by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, where they were entered into federal databases & eventually allowed to speak w/their parents by phone, there was no such system for children dispatched to state systems.


nytimes.com/2023/04/11/us/migr

#separated #trump #fostercare #familyseparation #thecrueltyisthepoint

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Derek Kompare · @dkompare
491 followers · 1578 posts · Server hcommons.social

Red state governments going all-out to attack and drive away everyone they don't want around them with the expected zealousness and subtlety of a suburban gated community HOA.

#thecrueltyisthepoint

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PJ Coffey · @Homebrewandhacking
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Kraken3dfx · @Kraken3dfx
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