Can’t defend Ukraine or the Middle East, but puttie ain’t taking Bedminster without a fight.
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Is that real
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Let’s not victim blame. A lot of people in the United States, some of whom are permanent residents or even citizens, still are not proficient enough to not need an interpreter for legal purposes.
- Local Law 30 of 2017 (LL30) in New York City is one of the strongest laws in the country and requires that covered city agencies appoint a language access coordinator, develop language access implementation plans, provide telephonic interpretation in at least 100 languages, translate their most commonly distributed documents into the 10 designated citywide languages, and post signage about the availability of free interpretation services, among other requirements.
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At least it’s not two weeks.
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Appears to be. There are a couple of angles of it floating around and no obvious ai tells.
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Agreed. Social conversation is one thing and that gets you through the day. Legal conversation or anything out of a judge or lawyer’s mouth is another.
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Paranoid Much. Lol!
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So. Trump is being protected against drone attacks?
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If it isn’t obvious already, the cruelty (and profiting from the cruelty) is the entire Republican playbook. Nothing else matters to them. They are despicable.
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But they said that 4 years ago.
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Well done? I say charred and blackened beyond recognition.
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Even without the interpreter, had they let his lawyer in, that might have made a difference. But the judge didn’t think that was necessary either. I’m willing to bet this is one of the new “replacement” immigration judges.
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But not before gutting. Otherwise the stench would overwhelm even the Tepublicans.
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EXACTLY! Besides all the courtroom hearings going on is Faustino Pablo Pablo rotting in a US gov’t jail, or is more likely a private prison/jail? How much tax money has these private prisons received since Trump II started?
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We’s got to look out fer us white wimmins!
weekend.
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OT Action alert:
Action Alert
The Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) proposed adding language to the 2028 delegate selection rules that effectively bans state parties from using Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in their own presidential nominating processes. State parties that use RCV in their presidential primaries — either by choice or because it’s required under state law — were neither notified that this was being considered nor allowed to share their experiences and expertise with the RBC.
You have the opportunity to sign a petition opposing this possible change.
The petition will go to California’s delegates at the full DNC meeting, where they will vote on August 15th.
The petition is at: https://www.texasprogressivecaucus.org/stoptheban
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“The best characterization of the economy in Trump’s second term, based on the main measures, might be ‘so-so.’ Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.9% annual rate over the six quarters ended in June, which compares with 2.4% during former President Joe Biden’s final year in office. The unemployment rate has barely budged, edging up from 4% in January 2025 to a still-low 4.1% as of July, although job growth has slowed markedly.”
“Inflation is the sorest point: Consumer prices were 3.5% higher in June than a year earlier, according to the Labor Department, versus a January 2025 inflation rate of 3%. That ate away at wage gains—average hourly earnings were up 3.5% on the year in June.”
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