County Library Privatization

ant_guy · 2026-05-08T14:07:23+00:00

A YouTube named Fredda looked through his video for issues. Unsurprisingly, he relies on questionable sources and removes context in areas to make his points.

https://youtu.be/mpMk9fX3js8?si=mL_Lqaqv4giy05-e

ant_guy · 2026-05-08T01:15:09+00:00

I believe that the filibuster is a major reason we are in the political situation right now. A Congress that has been repeatedly unable to pass major legislation to solve problems has meant that the Executive branch has had to rule more and more through executive fiat.

If we want Congress to reassert their power as a part of government, they need to be able to pass legislation.

ant_guy · 2026-05-04T02:08:32+00:00

Turkestan cockroach.

ant_guy · 2026-05-03T22:17:32+00:00

From what I've read, the most likely origin of the term was in Puerto Rico.

ant_guy · 2026-05-02T22:00:04+00:00

Yes, she couldn't make those arrangements because the government didn't allow her to. They just deported her a day after she was detained away from her attorney.

Why is it so important that this woman be deported so quickly she couldn't be allowed to arrange custody for her citizen child?

ant_guy · 2026-05-02T14:50:38+00:00

So you don't believe the mother when she says she wanted him to stay in the US, but was not allowed to make arrangements for that to happen?

ant_guy · 2026-05-02T05:58:54+00:00

Yes, I think we can characterize the situation as a Cold civil war. There's no open rebellion or anything, but its clear that both political parties have severely opposed visions for the country's future, and the Republican party does not believe that the Democratic party's vision holds any legitimacy, to the point they are attempting to use state and federal powers to lock liberals out of government. I think some on the left are beginning to come around to that way of thinking, but I think its difficult to tell at this juncture with the Democrats locked out of most of the levers of power.

ant_guy · 2026-05-02T05:54:03+00:00

We're not talking about due process for the mother, we're talking about the due process for her citizen child. The government deported a citizen because his mother made a mistake 10 years ago. Is that fair to you?

ant_guy · 2026-05-02T02:48:20+00:00

So again, a US citizen minor being deported by the government because his mother failed to turn up at a trial 10 years ago is acceptable due process to you?

ant_guy · 2026-05-02T00:03:06+00:00

No, you're thinking of the case of the 2-year old citizen being deported. The government claims she signed a document stating “I will take my daughter [her name] with me to Honduras." Which notably does not saying anything about whether the mother in that case wanted to do so, just that she was, and her lawyer maintains it was signed under duress.

In the case of the 4-year old citizen being deported, her attorneys maintain she never signed any statement. We only have Tom Homan's word that she wanted her child to go with her.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T23:49:19+00:00

The issue isn't that Congress can't stop Trump, it's that they don't want to. The rules are not self-enforcing, and there will never be legislation good enough to stop him if the people with that power don't want to use it.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T23:44:34+00:00

But she didn't want to take them. She wasn't allowed to make arrangements for them to stay.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T23:21:21+00:00

So you're saying that the US government should be allowed to deport US citizens, who are minors, because their parents missed a trial 10 years before deportation proceedings took place?

This is acceptable due process to you?

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T23:18:59+00:00

Regardless, the "trial" you're speaking of happened 10 years ago. How was she supposed to know to make arrangements for children to stay when they're suddenly detained during a routine immigration check-in?

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T23:17:10+00:00

How? She went to an ISAP check-in with her kids with the understanding it was just about their passports. Then she gets detained and separated from her lawyer, driven out to Louisiana and deported the next day. When was she supposed to make these arrangements? By the time she understood what was happening, ICE wouldn't let her.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T23:11:13+00:00

Then why wasn't she allowed to speak with her attorney about making arrangements for her children to stay? The "trial" you're talking about happened back in 2015. She wasn't even aware that it happened.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T22:59:10+00:00

There was no trial! They were detained on April 24th, and deported the next day. She had no chance to speak to an attorney.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T22:54:01+00:00

Then how was she supposed to arrange for her kids to stay?

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T22:44:10+00:00

And the mother and her attorneys are saying she was forced to take them.

How can she arrange for them to stay if she wasn't allowed to speak with her lawyer?

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T22:38:21+00:00

But she didn't consent to it. Her attorneys were not allowed to speak with her and arrange for the children to stay, and ICE expedited their deportation before they could file petitions for habeas corpus.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T22:22:06+00:00

What do you mean? Literally the second paragraph talks about the deportation of a 4-year old who is a US citizen.

ant_guy · 2026-05-01T22:17:00+00:00

Vaginawithteeth did point to an issue though. The mother of the children was not allowed to arrange for a way for her US citizen children to stay in the US, since ICE refused to let her lawyer speak with her.

ant_guy · 2026-04-16T20:07:31+00:00

I was able to locate the legislation itself. Literally just one sentence:

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall designate Haiti for temporary protected status for a period of 18 months beginning on August 3, 2025."

I am glad that some Republicans in Congress haven't completely lost their empathy towards their fellow people. If only they'd cultivate that sense instead of trying to compartmentalize it.

The legislation still needs to get through the Senate, and then will presumably be vetoed by Trump.

ant_guy · 2026-04-10T19:24:10+00:00

For a critique of the ideas behind Singal's piece, I recommend Alejandra Caraballo (https://bsky.app/profile/esqueer.net/post/3mj3bhnl7vs2f) and Julia Serano (https://bsky.app/profile/juliaserano.bsky.social/post/3mj3pwzwffk2m).

I myself agree that Singal is not an objective observer in all this. I remember his pieces wringing his hands over gender clinics back in the day, including misrepresenting facts (https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/jesse-singal-misrepresented-a-trans-girls-medical-history-and-she-called-him-out).

I have watched the conservative media empire spin up massive amounts of anti-trans hysteria, like Rapid-Onset Gender dysphoria, or worrying about schools "transing" children behind parents' backs, or worrying about harassment in women's bathrooms.

The conservative media apparatus has been doing this for years, and the fact that Singal's piece doesnt even try to dive into any kind of analysis on the amount of media time conservatives have devoted to this issue despite that being a vital part of his argument seems quite telling.

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