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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: May 02, 2025, 01:27:17 PM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on May 02, 2025, 12:11:19 PM
Are pre-pardons legal ?

The correct terminology is preemptive pardons. The answer appears to be yes, they are legal via the Supreme Court’s decision in Ex Parte Garland (1866): “The power of pardon conferred by the Constitution upon the President is unlimited except in cases of impeachment. It extends to every offence known to the law, and may be exercised at any time after its commission, either before legal proceedings are taken or during their pendency, or after conviction and judgment.”

Of course it only applies to federal offenses.




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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: May 02, 2025, 01:13:28 PM »
Quote from: Custard on May 02, 2025, 10:35:24 AM
They used the act to get rid of the worst of the worst right away.

That is what they are saying.

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Fighting Illini Basketball Forum / Re: Recruiting
« on: May 01, 2025, 11:48:40 PM »
High School: Ty Rodgers, Jason Jakstys, Brandon Lee, Keaton Wagler

Portal: Kylan Boswell, Ben Humrichous, Jake Davis, Zvonimir Ivisic, Andrej Stojakovic

Foreign: Tomislav Ivisic, Mihailo Petrovic, David Mirkovic,

Walkon: AJ Redd

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: May 01, 2025, 11:02:57 PM »
The point was not who got custody in LA. The point was the Trump Administration appears to deporting far fewer unlawful immigrants than they claim. They are seemingly denying them adequate due process. The deportees are not necessarily violent criminals. Often the only the law they broke was unlawful entry. Some didn't break any law at all.

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: May 01, 2025, 09:12:27 AM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on May 01, 2025, 08:24:21 AM
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/28/trump-immigration-family-separation-00185512

Good link

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 30, 2025, 11:38:43 PM »
Trump Admin is lying about who, how how many is / are being deported..

https://www.wjhl.com/news/local/local-legal-migrant-19-being-deported-to-mexico/


Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/25/us-citizen-deportation-donald-trump-00311631

White House touts nearly 140,000 deportations, but data says roughly half actually deported
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/28/trump-100-days-touts-deportation-surge/83280907007/

https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/numbers-show-no-mass-deportation-of-migrants-despite-trump-immigration-crackdown


U.S. citizen children, including 4-year-old with cancer, taken to Honduras on mother's deportation flight, legal advocates say.

Two siblings, ages 4 and 7, were flown out of the U.S. on their mother’s deportation flight before attorneys could reach them, according to the National Immigration Project.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/two-children-us-citizens-4-and-7-year-old-deported-honduras-rcna203208

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 30, 2025, 11:08:42 PM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on April 30, 2025, 09:46:52 PM
Actually I did comment on the content. And I read what was there.
The 1st sentence isn't a good way to open an opinion piece.

i disagree. I thought it was a great first sentence.

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 30, 2025, 01:43:38 PM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on April 30, 2025, 12:10:20 PM
The point is that the one immigrant who rapes and murders a U.S. citizen didn't appear to be part of a 'one is too many' argument on your part.
Instead, that person became the "scapegoat" in the leap to "Because all migrants who commit petty crimes are likely to commit murder."

Those are two completely different contexts.

If one white male socially conservative Republican molests a little boy; that is one too many. When that happens, there is admittedly a temptation to paint all Republicans as pedophiles, but that would obviously be unfair.

In the case I noted, immigrants in general, especially unlawful immigrants, become scapegoats for the misdeeds of the few.

One unlawful immigrant who commits a brutal murder is one too many, but that should not reflect on other immigrants, lawful or unlawful.

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 30, 2025, 01:25:10 PM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on April 30, 2025, 12:19:46 PM
I could have said he's just tossing shit out but ends with 'but I don't know what is going to happen.'

Maybe you should try reading for content and context instead of trying to read something in that isn't there. I interpret could more of a conditional; if Trump's protectionist policies continue.

Do you have any thoughts on the content other than parsing the meaning of could?

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 30, 2025, 11:37:40 AM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on April 30, 2025, 07:30:52 AM
That's a nice opening paragraph he's got there.
But I do enjoy when the writer saves the disclaimer for the last paragraph. Or in this case, the final sentence.

"Trump promised to unleash American energy. However, the president's heavy-handed, protectionist approach to trade and domestic production in his first 100 days could end up setting American energy back."

You are taking the word could as a disclaimer?


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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 30, 2025, 11:31:25 AM »
Quote from: No one in Mn on April 30, 2025, 08:52:36 AM
This you ?

"It's the same old story with new scapegoats.

"GOP congressman introduces 'Laken Riley Act' to require ICE to detain migrants arrested for theft"

Because all migrants who commit petty crimes are likely to commit murder."

That appears to me. Good post too. What is your point?

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 29, 2025, 09:59:56 PM »
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/man-led-project-2025-gives-assessment-trumps-first-100-days-rcna202199

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 29, 2025, 09:56:15 PM »
I used to be a fan of Reason. Not so much lately, but it's hard to argue with this take:

Quote
The first 100 days of President Donald Trump's second term have been tumultuous and marred by abhorrent trade strategies and legally dubious immigration policies. Trump's first 100 days have also disrupted energy markets and sparked uncertainty among energy producers.

https://reason.com/2025/04/29/trumps-100-day-energy-policy-scorecard-disrupted-markets-and-slowed-investment/

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 29, 2025, 09:43:56 PM »
One is too many, and don't try to tell me it was a mistake.

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The Deuce / Re: WTF happened to the WTF happened to the WTF happened with Trump today thread?
« on: April 29, 2025, 02:30:24 PM »
I don't agree with The Manhattan Institute on much, but they have this sort of right.

They acknowledge that the benefits of global  free trade weren't shared by all. However, they seem to oppose "Trump’s tariff policies—including the  troubling invocation of emergency powers to implement them" which they say "reflect a revolutionary impulse more commonly associated with anti-establishment movements on the left."

Trump’s Tariffs Are a Self-Inflicted Political Wound
The president’s trade agenda abandons conservative caution in favor of economic disruption.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/trump-tariffs-trade-manufacturing-economy-conservatism

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