Politics Current Events Feb 28 - March 2
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Mulberry Heel
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5 Social Security offices in Georgia slated for closure, per DOGE website | FOX 5 Atlanta
The Trump Administration is shutting down multiple Social Security Administration (SSA) offices nationwide, including five in Georgia, the most of any state.www.fox5atlanta.com
But, but, but - Trump posters here said that this would never happen! They said there was no way that Republicans would go after SS and Medicare or Medicaid! And yet these same people will soon be along to tell us that cutting those programs is "necessary" and pretend that this is nothing drastic or unusual.
Silence Dogood
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Sickening! Should of never happened!
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Heinous crime against his own (adoptive / extended) family. Sounds like the guy may have serious mental health problems.
Silence Dogood
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Crazy to think he was flown into this country
StrangePackage
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I see the presumption of innocence no longer applies to immigrants.
Silence Dogood
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This the hill you're going to die on? I just posted the story. Did you apply the same reasoning to fake charges against Trump?
StrangePackage
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The convicted felon?
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This case is not a great presumption of innocence example, TBH — dude was at the scene covered in blood of victims with weapon nearby, according to reports anyway. [He still gets the presumption and should as a legal matter, but details look extremely damning] But we don’t have much info about the guy and reasons why his (extended — details are fuzzy) family was providing him shelter as a refugee from the catastrophe in Haiti when the crime happened.
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Authorities say Mackendy Darbouze answered the door with blood on his face, hands and pants when Fayetteville police responded to a 911 call of a stabbing at his family's home on Bell Arthur Drive Friday. Police then found the bodies of 77-year-old Beatrice Desir, as well as a 13-year-old and a 4-year-old with multiple stabbing wounds.
Three other children were also in the home at the time.
Authorities say Darbouze can be seen in the home surveillance footage walking around with a knife. A knife with blood on it was later found in Darbouze's room, according to investigators.
The mother of the 13-year-old killed in the incident tells ABC11 Darbouze is an adopted relative with more distant ties to their family. He was living in the home with his relatives at the time. Desir was a grandmother to children in the home. …”
Man charged with killing woman, 2 children in Fayetteville tells judge he's innocent
The man is accused of stabbing and killing a 4-year-old, 13-year-old and a 77-year-old at a Fayetteville house.
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I have no opinion about the facts of the case. I haven't even read the link.
I just have noticed that the presumption of innocence only applies to Trump and never to others accused of crimes- especially those who are minorities.
I feel like you treating this like a good faith discussion is a serious problem. I get that you're trying to be fair and hands off, but at what point does that become complicity in their xenophobia?
Your call.
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My view is that understanding the facts of the underlying case (which is obviously being exploited by Xenophobes when you review the comments to the link) is important to others who may see the link without context, and important for countering an effective PR narrative without appearing to defend the alleged crime itself. These kinds of stories were very effective in the recent election in part because ignoring people’s visceral response to the underlying crime to jump to the attack on the exploitation of the crime was easy to frame as Dems are so crazy they knee-jerk defend murderers rather than criticize immigration policy.
If you consider that “complicity in Xenophobia” I respectfully disagree.
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Another idiot who doesn't understand statistics. Or basic math.
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Trump Signs Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S.
The order did not require changes to federal programs but was a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has ties to efforts to restrict immigration and bilingual education.
Trump Signs Order to Designate English as Official Language of the U.S.
The order did not require changes to federal programs but was a victory for America’s English-only movement, which has ties to efforts to restrict immigration and bilingual education.
“… The order did not require any changes to federal programs and appeared to be largely symbolic. But the pronouncement was the biggest victory yet for the country’s English-only movement, which has long been tied to efforts to restrict bilingual education and immigration to the United States.
More than 30 states have already designated English as their official language.
… The executive order rescinds a Clinton-era mandate that required agencies and recipients of federal funding to provide language assistance to non-English speakers, but allows agencies to keep current policies and provide documents and services in other languages.
… News of the planned order also brought resistance from the American territory of Puerto Rico, where 94 percent of residents speak Spanish. …”
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The Canadian government has reinforced border operations to stop migrants going to the United States, a major Trump complaint. But early data shows people are, instead, starting to flee the United States for Canada.
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“… The number of illegal crossings into the United States from Canada was relatively low to begin with, and has now plummeted, indicating that Canada’s response to Mr. Trump’s pressure is working.
But now a new dynamic is emerging at the border: Asylum seekers are fleeing north to Canada as Mr. Trump has embarked on his plan for sweeping deportations.
… [Canada has] tightened requirements for temporary visas that some visitors used to arrive in Canada legally but then enter the United States illegally.
The Canadian government says its recent measures have driven down the number of unauthorized crossings into the United States: About 600 migrants were intercepted at the border in January, down from about 900 in January 2024, according to U.S. data.
… Canadian authorities say they have been intercepting more people arriving from the United States, but because of the schedule Canada follows in releasing data, no numbers are yet available for the weeks since Mr. Trump’s inauguration in January. But government news releases suggest the numbers are rising.
In Alberta, preliminary calculations show that up to 20 people have been apprehended crossing illegally so far this year, including children as young as 2.
By contrast, only seven people were apprehended crossing the border illegally in Alberta in all of 2024.
…The removal of Venezuelans has emerged as a priority in Mr. Trump’s deportation push. Venezuelans described as criminals have been sent to the U.S. facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, while others been deported back to Venezuela.
The Venezuelan government has recently begun arresting not just political activists, but also bystanders at protests, and it’s unclear how it will treat returned migrants.
As a result, Canada has a policy of not deporting Venezuelans. …”
Canada Curbed Illegal Migration to the U.S. Now People Are Heading to Canada.
The Canadian government has reinforced border operations to stop migrants going to the United States, a major Trump complaint. But early data shows people are, instead, starting to flee the United States for Canada.
“… The number of illegal crossings into the United States from Canada was relatively low to begin with, and has now plummeted, indicating that Canada’s response to Mr. Trump’s pressure is working.
But now a new dynamic is emerging at the border: Asylum seekers are fleeing north to Canada as Mr. Trump has embarked on his plan for sweeping deportations.
… [Canada has] tightened requirements for temporary visas that some visitors used to arrive in Canada legally but then enter the United States illegally.
The Canadian government says its recent measures have driven down the number of unauthorized crossings into the United States: About 600 migrants were intercepted at the border in January, down from about 900 in January 2024, according to U.S. data.
… Canadian authorities say they have been intercepting more people arriving from the United States, but because of the schedule Canada follows in releasing data, no numbers are yet available for the weeks since Mr. Trump’s inauguration in January. But government news releases suggest the numbers are rising.
In Alberta, preliminary calculations show that up to 20 people have been apprehended crossing illegally so far this year, including children as young as 2.
By contrast, only seven people were apprehended crossing the border illegally in Alberta in all of 2024.
…The removal of Venezuelans has emerged as a priority in Mr. Trump’s deportation push. Venezuelans described as criminals have been sent to the U.S. facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, while others been deported back to Venezuela.
The Venezuelan government has recently begun arresting not just political activists, but also bystanders at protests, and it’s unclear how it will treat returned migrants.
As a result, Canada has a policy of not deporting Venezuelans. …”
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“… Mr. Hegseth’s instructions, part of a larger re-evaluation of all operations against Russia, have not been publicly explained. But they were issued before President Trump’s public blowup in the Oval Office with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday.
The precise scope and duration of the Defense Department order is not clear, as the line between offensive and defensive cyberoperations is often a blurry one.
Still, retaining access to major Russian networks for espionage purposes is critical to understanding Mr. Putin’s intentions as he enters negotiations, and to tracking the arguments within Russia about what conditions to insist upon and what could be given up.
Former officials said it was common for civilian leaders to order pauses in military operations during sensitive diplomatic negotiations, to avoid derailing them. Still, for President Trump and Mr. Hegseth, the retreat from offensive cyberoperations against Russian targets represents a huge gamble.
It essentially counts on Mr. Putin to reciprocate by letting up on what many call the “shadow war” underway against the United States and its traditional allies in Europe. The leading European powers continue to say their support of Ukraine is undiminished even as Mr. Trump, who has sought to portray himself as a neutral arbiter in seeking to end the war in Ukraine, has at times sided openly with Mr. Putin.
U.S. officials have said Russia has continued to try to penetrate U.S. networks, including in the first weeks of the Trump administration. But that is only part of a broader Russian campaign.
Over the past year, ransomware attacks on American hospitals, infrastructure and cities have ramped up, many emanating from Russia in what intelligence officials have said are largely criminal acts that have been sanctioned, or ignored, by Russian intelligence agencies. …”