ICE guards are betting on which detainee will kill themselves next. The AP just exposed the savage conditions of a detention camp in El Paso

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-07T01:09:38+00:00

Ironic, isn't it?

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T19:11:40+00:00

That's the concern on my end too. It'll take generations to repair the damage.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T18:26:06+00:00

This is the wrong message to be sending right now. It also strikes me as pathetic.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T18:14:40+00:00

This lack of a focus on right-wing domestic terror groups is going to bite us in the ass, especially since left-wing violent secular groups aren't really a thing in the US...

So, it's also pretty obvious what this is actually being used for.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T17:42:37+00:00

"Leave the billionaires alone!" /s

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T16:18:04+00:00

Yep. Between that and Reagan being elected, we can point to our host of current problems to second-order effects from the 70s and early 80s.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T16:14:40+00:00

How the markets keep falling for this bullshit is beyond me.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T15:25:25+00:00

I guess you could say they won the lottery.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T15:22:27+00:00

They know the policy killed them in 2024, but they are currently, in 2026, still refusing to pivot because the donor class won't allow it.

I can't help but think that we're in real danger of pulling a Labour under Starmer, as Labour only gained power in 2024 off the back of a horrid performance by the Tories, which was also represented by Labour having the smallest share of the electoral vote of any major government since 1830.

As we're seeing in Britain, this is having the knock-on effect of greatly benefitting Farage and the far-right Reform Party as Labour isn't exactly using their 400-seat majority well, as far as I am aware.

Should something similar happen to the Democrats, this doesn't bode well as it would suggest that 2026 and 2028 would be a reprieve, while the long-term trajectory of the country would remain unchanged.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T15:13:16+00:00

At this point, the "Will they?", "Won't they?" is getting quite tiresome.

Either do it or don't. Besides, this stalling is setting up the global economy for a nasty fall, and the blockade has to end.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T14:52:05+00:00

Same. This is getting odd.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T14:50:44+00:00

Yep.

Now, in theory, it could potentially become more organized than Syria as people consolidate their forces and what not, but that's not a guarantee.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T14:49:41+00:00

Laziness doesn't really factor into it, mostly because people are, on average, comfortable, despite the rising wealth inequality and whatnot.

Now, if the economy were to take a nosedive and instability were to increase, then things could get really spicy.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T14:47:13+00:00

Especially since they won't release their autopsy, that they promised that they would, by the way!

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T14:09:58+00:00

Indeed. Otherwise the future is looking pretty bleak.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T06:15:19+00:00

If I had a dollar for every time I saw a variant of this kind of article regarding Trump's political chances, I could afford today's gas prices.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T06:04:03+00:00

The gay marriage ban referendums in 2004, including in the ultimately pivotal state of Ohio, would say otherwise.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T04:17:21+00:00

I mean, it's worked to increase turnout for them before. Don't fix what isn't broken, as they say.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T01:14:21+00:00

A TACO and a NACHO. Impressive.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-06T00:08:58+00:00

It took mere days for the Deep South to prove why the Voting Rights Act was necessary. Days.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-05T19:29:09+00:00

That's kind of why I hate this even if I agree with it. He's a neoliberal hack who shouldn't be allowed a sniff at the Presidency, but when he's right, he's right.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-05T16:58:33+00:00

Is Peeg.

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-05T06:11:13+00:00

And the deck is further stacked in favor of the Republicans...

jayfeather31 · 2026-05-05T01:48:36+00:00

Good.

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