The kids, they're hungry, who are we to deny them the opportunity to feed themselves via hard labor? That would be downright unchristian.

ICE wasn't laying siege to cities with the budget of a military and murdering Americans then. That's why there's majority approval for abolishing it.

Businesses never "had" to do them in the first place. Pride nights didn't start under Biden, nor are they being compelled by political forces. They're a simple ploy to engender positive feelings in a market so they can make more money. He's basically asking them to cut off a market so they can make less money. They can look to Target for how well that goes.

JFC, "Jonathan Cowan, president and co-founder of the centrist think tank Third Way". Paid advocate for centrism argues for centrism, and lies in the process. Democrats didn't coalesce around Defund, and Defund never had majority support. And you disingenuously quote him as expertise.

Even in the face of conservatives forming the fucking gestapo, with polls backing it up, you mealy mouthed losers can't scrounge up a principle.

There's lots of people planning to go to Delaney Hall with not the right intentions. They're ICE agents.

You can't be so circumspect about your asks when you're backing up the American gestapo.

So having been just wrong about whether abolish was a minority position and claiming Mamdani can't represent the Democratic party, now you've moved the goalposts to "the person who represents the Democratic party, should appeal to Republicans".

If only we'd had multiple examples of mealy-mouthed centrists losing to an extremist representing his party's base. Maybe being successful at politics isn't actually about trying to tack as hard to the center as possible with watered down positions.

Uh, most Americans are in favor of abolishing ICE. By your pure popularism political philosophy you're now on board too, right?

This thread literally started with demonstrating that "abolish ICE" is the preferred choice over "keep ICE the same". And that includes among independents. It's not an issue that turns off voters. The whole theory that triangulating centrism that says nothing so as to never turn off a voter had failed. Multiple times now. Your theory of politics is wrong.

Setting aside that you're just pretending your poll is right and mine is wrong, what do you think this poll says that supports "people won't support abolish"? Because giving a third option with reforms doesn't change that outright abolish is more popular than not. It's not an electoral loser. Especially in the demographics that vote for Democrats.

The Israel first Democrats are the ones mad about it.

If you're entering someone's property without their express consent, you're not being "approached" by a dog. If it's literally your job to do that, you need to be able to react reasonably to dogs who will act like dogs.

Just don't become a cop, then you can complain about dogs approaching you all you want.

If you're scared of dogs you simply shouldn't be allowed to be a police officer. Dogs can be dangerous, but a dog running at someone is a very normal thing dogs do and you need to be able to fucking handle that before you enter someone's property with a gun.

You can tell it's not a real progressive PAC because it has money and hasn't spammed you 3 times a day to get it.

And can't just fade away having gotten away with it all.

I'm pretty sure that's been the plan the whole time. Somehow the individual agents don't realize their primary purpose is to die. Too dumb and hopped up on racist rage I guess.

It doesn't seem like any subterfuge is needed about which ship is carrying oil since there aren't sanctions on it. The only challenge is actually passing the strait, and I wouldn't credit dimming your lights and not actively broadcasting your location as a special tactic. Though I'm skeptical Iran could actually be bypassed with such basic acts. Are they really down to just spotters with binoculars?

The only thing that surprises me about someone assassinating a CEO of a company that regularly ruins lives is that it's not more common.

The president has consistently denied any wrongdoing and has characterized efforts to release the full files as a "hoax." He has not been accused of criminal wrongdoing, and an appearance in the Epstein files does not suggest otherwise.

The fuck he hasn't. He hasn't been indicted for criminal wrong doing related to the files, but he's a felon and he most certainly has been accused in the files.

It wasn't until she called the number the next day that she learned the police had called immigration agents on her. The officer who answered the phone told her that the police report noted that ICE had been contacted, and advised her not to make a report in person or risk being detained, she said.

The only good cop is a cop that snitches and tells you not to trust the other cops.

Move sparks praise but chain says hotel independently operated and cancellations ‘not reflective of Hilton values’

I thought official press statements were supposed to cast the brand in a good light.

“Hilton’s position is clear: Our properties are open to everyone and we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.”

Words just don't mean anything anymore, do they?