No logic needs to be involved when the only goal is to ruin the lives of marginalized people.

The title should be "Trump took in $240 million in bribes under the guise of being for his inauguration".

They probably got sucked in like that reporter. You know how contacts work when you have a high profile government job with a work phone, all sorts of people just get sucked into your contacts like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon.

When it comes to lead, there is no "safe" level of lead in ones body. I think the reason the FDA has a limit is because we know it's everywhere, so having a standard limit lower than where the average person may begin to see noticeable side-effects is important. Although, as everyone's body chemistry varies, what is "safe/tolerable" for one individual may not be for another.

Lead is also one of those things that from research I have read affects children to the greatest degree while their little brains are growing. In children it can cause things like aggression, learning disabilities, and slow growth and development amongst other things.

Also this is only one source of lead children (or any of us) may be absorbing, which would make you wonder about a compounding affect when looked at in aggregate. We know it's in a LOT of chocolate, spices (cinnamon being the current one doing kids in), toys, and environmental things like paint in places like old homes and schools (read a story not long ago about a kid they figured out was being poisoned from lead paint dust on a windowsill at school).

I think it's probably more like they know that a destabilized government makes taking complete control easier. He has Musk and company dismantling all the checks/balances, and his economic yo-yo is working on crippling the masses financially, which in the end means less resistance when he moves against the courts with force instead of social media.

That whole scene could be cut from the film and nothing of value would be lost. If it wasn't for the Tiktok hype, that scene would have been forgotten as filler in an otherwise amusing movie.

“The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’ “

That kind of shit should get these agents charged with kidnapping. You shouldn't be able to take a "we'll sort it out later" approach to shipping people off to a terrorist prison in a foreign country.

I wish Anonymous or someone could start adding the family of these agents to these scoop up lists, then see how long it takes their family members to come back home. Almost like SWATing, but using all the layers of Immigration against themselves.

That is Trump's whole schtick, he bullshits everyone around him, and if called on it he is all deny/deflect/delay.

An no doubt they would have kidnapped these kids if the school had let them in.

They advertised and argued that they had no proof before, and that when you have no proof they just lie to further their agenda.

Ex. - JD actually said she quiet part out loud when asked about the pet eating myth during the campaign.

The robotic amoral Zuckerberg that we have come to know as a villain, surely not that one!?

And to deny women, minorities, and the poor their right without spelling it out.

Except we have a Justice department that bends to Trump's impulsive and racist demands, instead of actual law enforcement. And the reason for sending them out of the country is to avoid any and all oversight, and this is what people knew he was going to do, and more people voted for it than against it/him.

They just had an election for Gates' congressional seat. 😩

And, they battle each case in court where people in the US are trying to get them back showing they were illegally kidnapped. So even when provided evidence they disappeared someone illegally, they are still fighting to keep them in one of these unregulated death camps.

Due process is dead, ICE is now the Kings Guard sweeping up dissidents, minorities, and whoever else they/he want(s).

Slam!

duh duh duh, duh duh duh

Let the boys be boys!

My hope is we (NY) withhold what we would get in school funding from our federal taxes, or maybe we just stop paying them. Get all the Blue states to stop paying for the Red ones and maybe we can stop letting this asshole use economic threats to get States to submit to his bullshit.

Edit - Also what about all that "States Rights" bullshit these mouth breathes were spewing when they were banning books and bullying trans kids?

"Those suckers are less important than my grifting." - Donald "Fuck the Troops" Trump

I remember when department stores ruled, and had actual pull. The "right" store could anchor your plaza/mall and they could demand aot. One of the oldest, but fun ones, was Service Merchandise. Even within the store you found what you wanted and filled out a ticket and brought it to a counter, your item would then come out of the warehouse on a conveyor belt which as a kid was like magic lol. Also going to a Kmart or similar store and putting that "must have" item on layaway was also cool.

This place was the cats pajamas!

So the same as last time. Did they scrub (or just not record) who was visiting also like last time?