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[–] taco@piefed.social 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"The facts speak for themselves, and they reek of human trafficking," [DHS spokesperson Tricia] McLaughlin said in the statement, adding that "the media's sympathetic narrative about this criminal illegal gang member has completely fallen apart.

The facts do speak for themselves, such as him not being a criminal until/unless he's found guilty at his trial, and his not having had a trial.

We straight up lost the War on Terror™️.

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The terrorists are in the white house now lmao

[–] dhaonna_aontaithe@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not to downplay trump BUT... when weren't there terrorists in the whitehouse? I can think of one time in the past 28 years

[–] Auntievenim@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I'm certainly not disagreeing with you there lol

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 3 days ago

Another example of deliberate targeted harassment by a government agency under this admin. This is unprecedented.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Just casual terrorism. Perfectly normal non-fascist behaviour.

[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 8 points 3 days ago

Yet if someone does the same thing to them, they get raided by a multi-agency federal hit team with armoured vehicles

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Arm yourselves.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives