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Extortion: Judge rules, can’t require states to help on immigration to get transportation $

Word of the day. Extortion:

The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

Such a gracious bunch of folks in that D.C. town.

PBS article

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  • Slimeball Repugnants.
  • A recent Fox News poll reported that Trump was way underwater with everyone, including Republicans on the topic of refusing to follow court directives. It seems that even for MAGA, ignoring judges is seen as unacceptable. Whodda thunk?
  • edited June 21
    catch22 said:

    Word of the day. Extortion:

    The practice of obtaining something, especially money, through force or threats.

    Such a gracious bunch of folks in that D.C. town.

    Extortion + The Art of the Grift is Dump's entire life model. Without it, he'd be lucky to have a job picking up trash on highways.

  • trump to MAGA, judges, and everyone else :
    'so what? do something. seems awfully ungrateful for the entertainment people voted for'.
  • edited June 23
    Such a gangster move. Steve Miller’s finger print is all over this awful immigration policy. Sean Duffy is an others one of their henchman.
  • Miller would be right at home in the Third Reich. He even looks the part.
  • Old_Joe said:

    Miller would be right at home in the Third Reich. He even looks the part.

    Ironically, he is Jewish.

    But he is also the evil creep behind the curtain.

  • MAGA = Miller Actually Governs America
  • Hi @PopTart Excellent !!!
  • Good one!
  • Off topic....but a little color on Stephen Miller:

    https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/stephen-miller-hatemonger-biography/

    "In middle school, Miller was already drawn to right-wing subcultures that distinguished him from his peers, purchasing a subscription to Guns & Ammo magazine and finding himself inspired by the writings of Charlton Heston and Wayne LaPierre on the Second Amendment. His father was also moving right, alienated by bad relationships and burned bridges with his liberal Santa Monica cohort, and Stephen seems to have inherited his father’s contrarian streak. By the time he enrolled in the public Santa Monica High School, which Guerrero portrays as neatly internally segregated between professional-class, college-bound whites and working-class Hispanics, he was a full-fledged conservative provocateur.


    Miller’s provocations became more outlandish as he advanced through his teens. He cultivated a mid-century gangster affect: He listened to Frank Sinatra, enjoyed gambling, and styled himself after Ace Rothstein, the Robert De Niro character in Casino. He was known for arguing with teachers, hijacking school events, and winning attention with his outrageous antics.

    In both high school and college, he would be repeatedly observed throwing trash on the floor and then insisting that the custodial staff pick it up. (“Am I the only one here who is sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us?” he is quoted as saying at one point.)..."
  • Thanks! It's sad that metaphors like that are appropriate.
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