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AFnobodyinteresting.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:27pm

Currently writing a motion for reconsideration from a Court of Appeals opinion holding that Georgia's anti-SLAPP law does not always protect statements of opinion, because the standard is "low." /1

GJgalacticjourney.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:24pm

Not at all! Our statements are not at odds. ^_^

Nnditf.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:23pm

I'm sure there were intelligent people who found his statements totally unbelievable and said, "Well, that's just Adolf being Adolf. No one would actually do those things."

MCchadbourn.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 3:37pm

Still watching US media’s coverage of the Trump campaign with slack-jawed disbelief. Last night he said he’d use the military against American citizens - “the enemy within”. At any other point in history that would have been a TV/headline storm. Today: “Oh, that’s just Trump.” No, it’s fascism.

nowbreezing.ntw.appOct 14, 2024 4:20pm

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RMrevmagdalen.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:18pm

People will seriously ask questions like "Why can't the press put in the headline that Trump told vicious lies?" Well, that would violate their ethical principle of neutral reporting, for one thing. They can certainly report that the statements are not true, but they can't call him vile for it.

FRfelicerivarez.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:18pm

Oh, you pretend to be an anti-genocide Zionist. But who voted for Netanyahu, and what ideological base is he standing on? You realize there is not a single Jewish party in the Knesset that opposes the occupation? And that the genocidal statements come from up and down Zionist society?Oh, you pretend to be an anti-genocide Zionist. But who voted for Netanyahu, and what ideological base is he standing on? You realize there is not a single Jewish party in the Knesset that opposes the occupation? And that the genocidal statements come from up and down Zionist society?

Ddebbshock.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:17pm

true. it's all persuasive, propaganda, statements like that, to a greater or lesser degree. I'm gonna make sure I vote and I hope you have a wonderful day. you're great, I always look up when I pop up in the timeline

GDducugavril.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:14pm

The difference would allow us to clearly see what the author actually said versus what he wanted us to believe. If the gap is too wide, it’s a clear signal that the author needs to back up his statements with more facts. And only then should we consider emotionally investing in their message. 10/11

AIadamisacson.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 4:01pm

Daily #Border borderoversight.org/news

Republican candidate Donald Trump visited Aurora, Colorado on October 11, where he called for a campaign of mass deportations of migrants that, if elected, he would call “Operation Aurora.” The deportation blitz would rely on the Alien Enemies Act, part of the rarely used Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

The Denver suburb has received much attention in conservative media and Republican politicians’ statements because of the alleged presence of members of the Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal organization, in an apartment block.

The city’s mayor and other Republican officials have said that the presence of Tren de Aragua is minimal, and mayor Mike Coffman (R, a former congressman) criticized Trump for exaggerating it. “The mayor said they were exaggerated. That means there’s gotta be some element of truth here,” Trump’s vice-presidential running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), said on ABC’s This Week.

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The candidate proposed a 10 percent pay raise for Border Patrol agents and a $10,000 signing bonus for recruits, in order to add 10,000 new agents to a force that currently has just under 20,000.

Border Patrol already had enough funds appropriated in 2024 to maintain a workforce of 22,000, but has barely been able to hire more agents than it loses to retirements and other attrition. CBP continues to struggle to find recruits who can pass background checks, including a polygraph exam with a high failure rate. Already, the Washington Post pointed out, “new Border Patrol agents could be eligible for as much as $30,000 in incentives.”

Several news reports noted that in February, Trump urged Republican legislators to kill a compromise Senate bill that, among other provisions, would have hired about 1,500 new Border Patrol agents and CBP officers.

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Darién Gap migrants, along with Central Americans and people who take aerial routes into countries like Nicaragua, continue to arrive in large numbers at Mexico’s southern border. Spain’s El País reported from Mexico’s southern border zone city of Tapachula, Chiapas, where people trying to use the CBP One app to obtain appointments at the U.S. border are subject to “heightened violence” while they struggle to earn money to survive. Many arrive already traumatized by the journey through the Darién and Central America.

The number of in-transit migrants passing from Nicaragua into Honduras so far this year stood at 318,771 in 2024 as of October 7, about 12 percent less than at the same point in 2023, reported the independent Nicaraguan media outlet Confidencial, citing Honduran government data. Venezuelan citizens make up 49.6 percent of this year’s registered migrants.

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At USA Today, Lauren Villagrán examined Mexico’s crackdown on in-transit migration, which began at the beginning of the year. “Mexico is holding the line, analysts say, thanks to a carefully negotiated—but unwritten—agreement” with the U.S. government.

The Huffington Post published a thorough review of human rights abuse allegations associated with Texas’s “Operation Lone Star” border crackdown. It focuses on Texas forces’ excessive use of force against non-threatening asylum seekers, many of them families, at the borderline. The alleged perpetrators are often National Guard military personnel.

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LFlizzz-818.bsky.socialOct 14, 2024 3:53pm

I got that. I just think you're making a leap that doesn't serve anyone, instead of pointing out the absurdities of the statements.