CURRENT EVENTS February | Cartel Uprising in Mexico

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nycfan said:
“… American retirees normally spend the day walking the boardwalk or enjoying the cafes and restaurants in the Zona Romantica. On Sunday, they were huddling at home, peeking out of their windows at the unfolding violence.

… Like other drug-trafficking networks in Mexico, Oseguera’s organization acted as a de facto government in impoverished parts of Jalisco and other states, handing out food and medicine in a part of the country where the central government wields little control.

Berl Schwartz, 79 years old, who used to run a newspaper in Michigan and has a home in the center of Puerto Vallarta, said he and his partner were considering leaving, fearing the violence could turn worse at night. He saw fire damage across the horizon and worried as local authorities warned people to shelter in place….”
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Probably a good idea to stock up on mezcal.
 
Icky Mettle said:
How is this still being allowed to happen?
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Republicans, and especially the SCOTUS majority, have allowed the core constitutional principles of separation of powers and judicial review to be obliterated, Iran nuclear program style. We are now living in a divine right absolute monarchy. We still have time to change it, but not much. And anyone who has supported Trump — Ramrouser and Pandemic Blue, for example — will presumptively be opposed to a restoration of our constitutional order.
 
Icky Mettle said:
How is this still being allowed to happen?
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Because too many men in the United States just can't bring themselves to vote for a woman. You know, just like 1996. As long as significant sectors of the Democratic Party refuse to vote for a woman, we will deserve EVRYTHING that happens to us.
 
lawtig02 said:
Republicans, and especially the SCOTUS majority, have allowed the core constitutional principles of separation of powers and judicial review to be obliterated, Iran nuclear program style. We are now living in a divine right absolute monarchy.
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Eh, I wouldn't go that far. As craven as the court has been in some cases, they still rule against the admin sometimes (and the lower courts do so often). Trump absolutely has been able to largely do what he wants in some respects, but mostly only in places where it really is sort of unclear how to stop him under our existing legal framework. There's never been any clear constitutional mechanism, other than impeachment, to remedy "President committing war crimes." The current Congress has simply abdicated many of its core constitutional functions.
 
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