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And when you're blaming the spectators as the cause...

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Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social)

When people get arrested not because they did anything wrong but because their arrest is politically useful to the regime, that means you’re living in a dictatorship. https://people.com/former-olympian-david-hearn-arrested-for-touching-reflecting-pool-amid-trumps-claims-of-vandalism-12003496
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Had to roll my eyes when I read this.
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Donald Trump to attend final, present World Cup trophy​

From https://www.cp24.com/news/sports/2026/06/23/donald-trump-to-attend-final-present-world-cup-trophy/
FIFA president Gianni Infantino confirmed plans to include U.S. President Donald Trump in the trophy presentation ceremonies at the World Cup Final during an interview with Fox and Friends on Tuesday morning.

“We will be together with the president, enjoying the final, and handing the trophy to the winner -- of course, together,” Infantino said.

Asked to clarify that he and Trump would present the trophy together at the match on July 19 in East Rutherford, N.J., Infantino added: “Of course. We are together all the time.”

Trump notably participated in the ceremony at last year’s Club World Cup final when Chelsea defeated Paris Saint-Germain 3-0 at the same venue.

He remained on stage as Chelsea lifted the trophy. Later, the trophy was spotted in the Oval Office, with Chelsea reportedly having received a replica version.

According to The Athletic, citing FIFA sources, Infantino has been aiming to attend as many matches as possible at the tournament. So far, that’s been up to two a day. Trump has yet to attend any matches in this year’s World Cup.
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Dictator Donald Trump gets his way...

8 protesters accused by feds of antifa ties get up to 100 years in Texas immigration center shooting​

From https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/23/us/texas-immigration-detention-center-shooting-sentencing

Fort Worth, TexasAP —

Eight protesters accused by the Justice Department of having ties to antifa were sentenced Tuesday to decades in federal prison over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and prosecutors called an act of terrorism.

One of the defendants, a former US Marine Corps reservist convicted of opening fire during the July 4 demonstration outside the Prairieland Detention Center near Dallas, was sentenced to 100 years in prison, the maximum punishment.

The lengthy sentences were condemned by family members and supporters in a news conference outside the federal courthouse in Fort Worth. Hope Song, whose son Benjamin Song received the heftiest sentence, disputed prosecutors’ claims that her son shot the officer and said he didn’t intend to hurt anyone.

US District Judge Reed O’Connor, one of two judges overseeing the proceedings, said what happened wasn’t a protest but “an assault on democracy.”

“The need to deter this type of conduct is high,” O’Connor said.

The seven other protesters received prison terms ranging from 30 to 70 years.

Prosecutors said the eight are members of antifa, a decentralized anti-fascist organization and a target of the Trump administration. Antifa is not a single organization but rather an umbrella term for far-left militant groups that confront or resist neo-Nazis and white supremacists at demonstrations.

President Donald Trump last fall signed an executive order designating antifa a domestic terrorist organization, even though there is no domestic equivalent to the State Department’s list of foreign terror organizations.

The defendants deny any affiliation with antifa and maintain they attended the demonstration in support of detained immigrants.

Prosecutor Frank Gatto urged the judge to impose stiff penalties.

“People with that kind of extremist beliefs need extra time in prison,” Gatto said. “They believe violence is justified.”

Phillip Hayes, Song’s attorney, said outside the courthouse that he takes issue with the idea that the protesters are extremists.

“This is a bunch of kids and young adults who really have a really big heart and really wanted their voice to be heard,” Hayes said. “It was never intended that anybody get hurt. It was never intended that any shots would be fired.”
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Prosecutors said in court that Song had yelled “get to the rifles” and opened fire, striking a police officer who had just pulled up to the center.

Hayes argued that Song’s shots were “suppressive fire” and that a ricochet bullet hit the officer after he arrived on the scene and “aggressively” pulled out his firearm. He said his client will appeal the 100-year sentence.

“Song, aside from this day, has had an impeccable life. A former Marine. A good student,” Hayes said. “He had a lot of good qualities that were just ignored. The judge went ahead and gave as much as he could.”

Other defendants and their family members pleaded for leniency in court.

Autumn Hill said the gathering “seemed more like a party to me than anything else” and that she and others who participated “didn’t expect or want any violence or destruction of property to occur.”

Amber Lowrey told the judge that her sister, Savanna Batten, is a compassionate person with dreams of opening a bakery. She said Batten’s activism started with animal rights and evolved into anti-war and human rights advocacy.

“She’s the best person I know,” Lowrey said.

Hill and Batten both received 50-year sentences.

Other defendants previously pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists rather than take their case to trial.

Critics warn the case could have wide-reaching impact on protests given that organizations operating within the US are supposed to be protected by First Amendment free-speech rights.

Last week, federal prosecutors charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota. They claimed the demonstrators were members of antifa who conspired against the federal government to block arrests and deportations by setting up blockades around government buildings and throwing chunks of ice at federal vehicles, among other actions.
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It's a song that everyone will likely be singing at his funeral though. Both Handel's and Cohen's versions...
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
It's a song that everyone will likely be singing at his funeral though. Both Handel's and Cohen's versions...
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Aside from all that, it follows a long trend of Conservatives not ever actually paying attention to lyrics (see; "Born in the U.S.A"., "Fortunate Son"). I'm not sure Trump even knows what the song is about.
 
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided along ideological lines, 6-3, to quash lower court rulings that impeded the U.S. President from revoking the temporary protected status of Haitians (and others) in the U.S.


This decision and its impacts must be watched closely here as it could, in theory, force up to 350,000 Haitians to leave the U.S.

Obviously, this is potentially terrible for those affected; but I would imagine many may feel an impulse to try Canada, given our significant Haitian ex-pat community in Quebec; and the less than desirable conditions in their homeland.

But neither Canada nor Quebec is in a position to absorb any significant number of people from the above community in the current housing and jobs environment.

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This was one of at least 3 decisions issued today that favoured the President's admin/right-wing views, another, on immigration, allowed 'metering' of asylum claims at the border; and another struck down restrictions on guns in Hawaii.

Several more decisions are expected next week, with a strong sense they may be every bit as controversial.
 
...it's not really "controversial" when they are ruling with an obvious white supremacist/racist narrative. And in doing so, twisting The Constitution and interpretation thereof in ways it was never intended (also see: moving goal posts). Instead it's the right side of history being scaled back by an entity with zero moral grounds currently. That's pretty black and white to me.
 
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