According to the Department of Homeland Security, the suspect opened fire at the entrance of the federal government building, and border patrol agents and local police “helped neutralize the shooter.”

I wonder if they’ll learn empathy, or just outrage.

My union-member partner is constantly horrified at the shenanigans my non-union employer pulls are not illegal. Starting with the whole “at will” employment contact setup.

Vice President JD Vance, during a visit to Los Angeles on Friday, said [sanctuary city] policies have given agents “a bit of a morale problem because they’ve had the local government in this community tell them that they’re not allowed to do their job.”

“When that Border Patrol agent goes out to do their job, they said within 15 minutes they have protesters, sometimes violent protesters who are in their face obstructing them,” he said.

Keep protesting!

From the ACLU, it sounds like having an attorney’s number and asking for a supervisor might have been helpful steps. Still seems like obvious free speech suppression by CBP though.

Refusal by non-citizen visa holders and visitors to answer questions may result in denial of entry.

If the officers’ questions become intrusive or improper, you should complain and ask to speak to a supervisor. (This goes for citizens, lawful permanent residents, or non-citizen visa holders and visitors.) Although CBP takes the position that you are not entitled to an attorney during primary and secondary inspection, we encourage you to have the telephone number of an attorney or legal services organization with you and ask to contact them if you feel your rights are being violated or if you have been detained for an unusually long period.

Sure, which served to help with cruelty and embarrassment, but there’s no clear connection to some legal condition for deportation being met by finding anything on his phone. Possibly the CBP agent’s bluff about drug use was easier to pull off with the phone in hand.

Ultimately, Trump grew impatient with the diplomatic option

Ah, bully want use fists not words.

a couple hundred

Are electricians very cheap where you live? In the US Northeast, I was quoted several thousand for an EVSE install that was about 30’ from the breaker and had room in the panel. The hardware is only a couple hundred.

Years ago, the family immigrated from El Salvador, in part to seek medical care for the 14-year-old, who has a debilitating heart condition. Three weeks before we spoke, the mother heard from a friend that ICE was looking for her. Ever since, she and the kids had been in hiding. They hadn’t left the house, afraid even to take out the trash. The boys had missed weeks of school and doctor’s appointments, living off food brought by relatives. The mother was trying to pass the time in a way that felt light for the kids, watching Superman and having pajama parties, but she could tell the boys were scared and stir crazy. They longed to go outside, to play in the park.

Not much difference left from Jews hiding in cellars and attics.

If you’re not part of a targeted class, it’s privilege to be able to choose not to put yourself out there, saving yourself the worry of individual visibility while also feeling no risk of ongoing class/race based oppression.

Unless your country is devolving into a fascist dictatorship and everyone will be carted off to concentration camps sooner or later for political expression.

Whoops, thanks!

Wait what? Rapid policy change in response to gun violence?

Good job Australia Austria!

The Louvre’s spontaneous strike erupted during a routine internal meeting, as gallery attendants, ticket agents and security personnel refused to take up their posts in protest over unmanageable crowds, chronic understaffing and what one union called “untenable” working conditions.

It’s rare for the Louvre to close its doors. It has happened during war, during the pandemic, and in a handful of strikes — including spontaneous walkouts over overcrowding in 2019 and safety fears in 2013. But seldom has it happened so suddenly, without warning, and in full view of the crowds.

Depraved. Not one mention of de-escalation, nothing but celebration for the bad people killed. Not that I expected to find it.

“As Trump moves to expand military deployments, possibly using protests in L.A. as a pretext for more broadly silencing free speech or even imposing martial law, I’ll be reintroducing reforms to the Insurrection Act that check potential abuse or overreach,” Blumenthal posted to X, formerly Twitter, late Monday.

TIL. Seems to be a rigid scope, so:

Rigid cystoscope: These cystoscopes don’t bend. Your provider may pass instruments through the tube to perform biopsies or remove tumors. This cystoscope is usually only used with sedation or general anesthesia.

Doesn’t explain the other hand though.

Birmingham AL, 1963

detain

seize as political hostages *

I’m sure money is only one small piece, but there’s u24.gov.ua if you want to help with the 2x-10x (I do!).

Like, wherever the latch(es) is/are?

They cut through a wall to reach the safe, sounds like some inside knowledge anyway.