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Following an apparent hack, it looks like the site is back up. The 4chan blog also got its first post in 8 years, but it doesn’t really say anything.

The March 14 directive, signed by Attorney General Pam Bondi, uses an obscure 18th-century law — the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 — to give law enforcement nationwide the power to bypass basic constitutional protections.

According to the memo, agents can break into a home if getting a warrant is “impracticable,” and they don’t need a judge’s approval. Instead, immigration officers can sign their own administrative warrants. The bar for action is low — a “reasonable belief” that someone might be part of a Venezuelan gang is enough.

In the absence of opposition party challenges and disempowered labor, courts are one of the few sites of meaningful pushback on Trump’s agenda.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250425202345/https://theintercept.com/2025/04/25/judge-arrest-trump-immigrants-deport/

Idk if media rants are allowed on here but didn't know where else to post.

For context righteous gemstones is a comedy about the children of a mega church pastor who try to succeed him and lead the church despite there horrible personalities. Generally makes fun of the hypocrisy of these rich church pastors pretty well.

The first episode of the newest season is a flashback to the civil war and the origins of the family. It opens with the ancestor of the gemstones shooting a southern pastor preaching about "states rights" after the service. At first I thought this would be great, this guys gonna go around killing confederates like django. Sadly no he just did it to rob the pastor then goes on to impersonate him as a pastor for the confederates on the Frontline. The rest of the show centers on him being a horrible pastor and focuses on how bad this con man is compared to the soldiers. It then ends with the union capturing his unit and committing a war crime by executing all of them except him.

The depiction of the civil war is completely white washed and focuses on making the confederate soldiers sympathetic children suffering and dying for there country. Slavery is never mentioned, there are no slaves or black people shown, none of the confederates even say anything racist.

I understand that portraying all the confederates as ultra racists with every other word out of there mouth being the n word would be inaccurate. It would've been funnier if they did and then we watched them get mowed down by the union, but for some reason this episode they tried to be serious. If you are going to be serious and pretend like this is an accurate portrayal then whitewashing them is just as bad as painting them as evil racists. I get there trying to humanize people often cast as the bad guys but removing there flaws isn't humanizing, it's veneration.

The rest of the season seems to be fine and pretty unrelated, so if you do want to watch it go ahead and skip the first episode, wont miss much unless you want to learn about the lost cause myth and how a lot of southerners still view the war.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01216-7

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28713320

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/37237712

Great powers often decline through self-inflicted blows. By starting a trade war he was unable to follow through on, Donald Trump may have just dealt a severe one to the United States.

This is the second time, I've denazified a dangerous link to a known fash website

At first I thought it was a mistake, but twice, is a trend. This is the best time to practice anti authoritarian interlacing. It won't occur overnight, so take your time. But be extremely aware they want you dead, and cornered.

THE HAGUE, April 25 (Bernama-WAFA) -- The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday rejected a request to cancel or suspend the arrest warrants issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Army Minister Yoav Gallant.

According to Palestine News and Info Agency (WAFA), in its statement on Thursday the ICC clarified that while it accepted Israel's appeal for a reconsideration of the Court's jurisdiction over crimes committed in Palestinian territories, this did not affect the standing arrest warrants.

The Appeals Chamber emphasised that the arrest warrants remain valid and unaffected by the jurisdictional review, which will now proceed with further examination of Israel's legal arguments.

Deadline confirms that the King of the Hill revival will be released this summer on Hulu. The news was revealed as part of the announcement that the cast and crew of the fan-favorite animated show will reunite at the ATX TV Festival in May, including co-creators and executive producers Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, executive producer and showrunner Saladin K. Patterson, in addition to actors Pamela Adlon, Lauren Tom and Toby Huss. Their panel will include a discussion about the original series, as well as a sneak peek of the revival.

Een verjaardagsfeestje kost een flinke duit, dus ook dat van de koning. De gemeente Doetinchem betaalt 3 miljoen euro voor de festiviteiten rond het koninklijk bezoek. Toch nemen landelijk gezien veel burgers en ondernemers de kosten zelf voor hun rekening.

Witless Witkoff. What an embarrassment this picture is to the USA.