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https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1900684663104172080 Trump just called for his perceived enemies to be jailed — while he was speaking at the Justice Department. He called his courtroom opponents "scum." He said judges were "corrupt." He labeled the prosecutors who investigated him "deranged."

I might if he didn't run the country.

The complete quote: https://x.com/atrupar/status/1900640888067440812 (video clip at link) Trump at the DOJ: "I believe that CNN and MSNDC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they are really corrupt and they are illegal. What they do is illegal."

Did Putin write this for him? https://x.com/atrupar/status/1900642326453670341 (video clip at link) Trump on Ukraine: "You don't want to pick on somebody that's a lot larger than you."

Provocatively dressed? The two shown dancing in the video were dressed as a ballerina and a cowboy. That's being provocatively dressed?

Dancing Transgender Hecklers would be a great name for a band.

How can this happen in the US in 2025? This is like the worst of the McCarthy era where people were imprisoned and deported just for suspicion of being a Communist.

https://x.com/bestofchappell/status/1900188855904473114 (video clip of Chappell Roan at link) “I can’t call myself the midwest princess and not acknowledge country music straight up. I’m not trying to convince a country crowd that they should listen to my music. I just think a lesbian country song is really funny.” — Chappell Roan on ‘The Giver’ for Amazon Music

Let the witch hunts begin!

That is absurd. And yes. you have a right to that opinion, no matter how ridiculous it seems. According to that logic, any students who participated in that rally at Columbia are also terrorists and presumably should be jailed and/or deported. Thankfully, few in this country share your views and we haven't yet returned to a McCarthy era persecution/prosecution of people simply because they have a political point of view we disagree with.

You're labeling him a terrorist. What terrorist acts has he committed?

It is a McCarthy era Act from1952 designed to deport someone suspected of being a Communist that has rarelly been used, probably not in decades and might not withstand a present day court challenge. https://theconversation.com/can-the-trump-administration-legally-deport-palestinian-rights-advocate-mahmoud-khalil-3-things-to-know-about-green-card-holders-rights-252019 The Trump administration argues that they can deport lawful permanent residents like Khalil under the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, which states that a lawful permanent resident can be deported if the secretary of state has reasonable ground to believe that this person “would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.” The Trump administration had initiated deportation proceedings against Khalil on this ground. U.S. law also provides that any non-citizen can be deported if the secretary of state and the attorney general jointly determine that the person is associated with terrorism, or poses a threat to the U.S. In addition, the law says an immigrant can be deported if they “endorse or espouse terrorist activity or persuades others” to endorse or espouse terrorist activity or support a terrorist organization. Still, lawful permanent residents are entitled to certain basic rights, such as retaining a lawyer to represent them in administrative hearings and court before they are deported.

"The sky is falling!" - Chicken Little (1844) "Liberals are trying to overtake the US! - jbycho (2025)

And the contention seems to be that he doesn't have to be, DHS can just label him a terrorist or aligned to Hamas and deport him on those grounds alone with out having to offer any evidence to a magistrate. That seems pretty clearly a violation of the Constitution.

If that is all DHS says he has done and doesn't give any specifics as what those leading activities were, and what is meant by "aligned to Hamas" then that is clearly a Constitutional due process violation along with not being allowed to talk to his defense counsel.

Yes, it is worse than I thought. From the NYT: Columbia Activist Has Not Been Allowed to Speak Privately With Lawyers.

What law did he break? Is leading activities aligned to Hamas illegal? It does not appear the DHS has defined what exactly they mean by that. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj5nlxz44yo After Mr Khalil's arrest the Department of Homeland Security accused him of "leading activities aligned to Hamas" but did not provide further details.

No. Not with Trump.

Apparently not. Under their definition, Martin Luther King, Jr. was a terrorist for his sit in at Rich's Department Store in Atlanta in 1960, which led to his arrest.

How can a peaceful sit-in a building open to the general public be considered an act of terrorism? It is probably illegal and they can and should be arrested but it is not terrorism, please.

If you believe that I got a bridge to sell you.

Winning! https://x.com/kylegriffin1/status/1900231679715016789 SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Judge in mass firing case orders Trump administration to reinstate probationary federal workers across multiple agencies.

A sit-in in now considered domestic terrorism? You can't make this stuff up.

A sit-in is an insurrection? Are they attacking police officers like on Jan 6, with clubs, bottles, tire irons, flag poles and bear spray? (Maybe I missed that part in the clip)

Of course it is. Habitat for Humanity in now a criminal organization for receiving grants from the EPA under the Biden administration? You have got to be kidding.