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Spray painting and vandalizing a vehicle is not considered a riot, liberal or otherwise.

I was told by the OP of the thread that calls Khalil an Antisemitic Jew Hating Palestinian Student "Your Pro-Hamas, Anti-Israeli rhetoric has no place here. Take your hate elsewhere" So per request, future news about Mahmood Khalil's deportation situation shall be posted here. Here is the latest about this Columbia University student: https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1925549712729354567 ICE officials and a prison contractor have refused to grant a contact visit between Columbia grad student Mahmoud Khalil and his family, according to the ACLU, denying him the chance to hold his newborn son. His son was born last month while Khalil remained in ICE custody in Louisiana.

I can't believe it...in the Father Trump thread people are saying invoking the Insurrection Act is "exactly what I voted for"

From NYT subscriber content: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/15/us/trump-news?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260115&instance_id=169321&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=213703&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28 President Threatens to Invoke Insurrection Act After Minneapolis Protests President Trump threatened in a social media post Thursday morning to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell the protests in Minneapolis that have grown after an immigration agent killed a woman in the city. Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to invoke the law, said he would do so “if the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrections from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E.,” referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The act authorizes the president to use the military to suppress an insurrection if a state government requests it. Hours before President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell protests in Minneapolis, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche posted on social media about the opposition to immigration raids in the state, referring to it as a “Minnesota insurrection” that was “a direct result of a FAILED governor and a TERRIBLE mayor encouraging violence against law enforcement.” The Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, has been begging for ICE to leave the city, saying it’s been overrun by agents who outnumber local police forces.

Listening to his recent speeches, he may indeed be suffering from dementia.

What she said was quoted in its entirety, which you had neglected to do in the OP. How is that moving the goalposts?

Context is everything. She was talking in a broader sense about the contributions of immigrants as a whole in the history of this country, which would include Europeans. Context of the Statement During a December 2025 appearance, Jayapal, an immigrant from India herself, made comments about the importance of immigrants to the United States. Her full quote, as cited in several reports, was: "The majority of Americans across the country, regardless of political party, know that immigrants from all over the world—Somalia, India, wherever they're from, Latin America, Africa—that immigrants have built this country and make this country what it is today". The statement was made in the context of criticizing President Trump's rhetoric and policies on immigration, which she characterized as "cruel and dehumanizing"

Correlation does not imply causation. Cancer survival rates have been increasing for many reasons, but I don't know if we can attribute that drop to anything specifically that Biden did.

Obtuse? I can read what the Geneva Convention plainly states and what the US did falls under that definition of perfidy.

I fell for The Geneva Convention? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfidy Geneva Conventions Perfidy is specifically prohibited under the 1977 Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, which states: English Wikisource has original text related to this article: Protocol I of the Geneva Convention Article 37. – Prohibition of perfidy Article 38. – Recognized emblems

Yeah, war crime by international law. So...if US soldiers donned the Red Cross emblem and used that disguise to kill enemy soldiers, that would be cool with you?

It appears you have no idea what perfidy is. For your edification so you don't embarrass yourself any further. AI Overview Perfidy in war is a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and a war crime, defined as acts that invite an adversary's confidence to betray it, like faking surrender, wounds, or civilian status to launch a surprise attack. It's distinct from lawful ruses, which don't abuse protected status, and blurs lines between combatants and protected persons, increasing risks for civilians and surrendering soldiers. Examples include misusing emblems like the Red Cross or pretending to be a civilian to attack.

What do you base that on? I simply asked why Niger wasn't on the list. How is that question racist?

So? And what is your point?

Yeah, Guess Dey Color.

From NYT subscriber content: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/14/us/trump-news#section-332871333 Denmark and Greenland left a meeting with Vance and Rubio with no agreement. Denmark, Greenland and the United States have a “fundamental disagreement” over the future of the territory in the North Atlantic, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the Danish foreign minister, said on Wednesday after a meeting with top Trump administration officials. The meeting in Washington — hours after President Trump said the United States “needs Greenland” — was the first among the three governments to discuss Mr. Trump’s desire to buy or take the semiautonomous Danish territory. Mr. Rasmussen and Vivian Motzfeldt, the Greenland foreign minister, met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Afterward, Mr. Rasmussen called the discussion “frank” and “constructive” even as he underscored that Denmark has no interest in changing the status quo. “Our perspectives continue to differ,” he said. “The president has made his view clear. And we have a different position.” But, he said, there was also progress: The governments will form a working group, likely within weeks, to try to find a path forward that accommodates Mr. Trump’s security concerns, without violating the territorial integrity of the Danish kingdom or the Greenlanders’ right to self-determination. And while the Americans did not apologize or back down from Mr. Trump’s threats, Mr. Rasmussen said that he hoped the governments could begin to “take down the temperature” after more than a year of trading barbs on social media instead of meeting face to face. “We, therefore, still have a fundamental disagreement, but we also agreed to disagree,” he said. “We will, however, continue to talk.” [...]

From NYT subscriber content: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/hegseth-mark-kelly.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260105&instance_id=168826&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=213149&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28 Hegseth Starts Proceedings Against Sen. Mark Kelly Over His Remarks Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military had started administrative actions against Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, that could result in a reduction in his retirement rank and military pension. In November, Mr. Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers who served in the military or the intelligence community released a video reminding their still-serving counterparts that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders. In a social media message issued on Monday, Mr. Hegseth called the video “seditious” and criticized Mr. Kelly for a “pattern of reckless misconduct” aimed at undermining good order and discipline in the ranks. Mr. Kelly and his lawyers maintained last month that the senator was simply articulating a fundamental principle of military law. They noted that Mr. Hegseth had made similar statements in the past. “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that,” Mr. Hegseth said in a speech to the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley in 2016. “That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief.” In the video that prompted Mr. Hegseth and President Trump’s ire, Mr. Kelly said: “Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.” Mr. Kelly, who retired from the Navy as a captain, flew 39 combat missions as a naval aviator and four spaceflights as an astronaut. As a retired naval officer, Mr. Kelly is subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and therefore can be recalled to active duty and disciplined. The other Democratic lawmakers in the video did not serve long enough to retire and do not receive a pension or fall under military law. Mr. Hegseth also said he had issued a “formal Letter of Censure” that will be entered into Mr. Kelly’s permanent personnel file. The decision on whether to reduce his retirement rank and pension will be made over the next 45 days, Mr. Hegseth wrote in his message on social media. [...]

Future voters and they won't forget:

Noah Knigga's last name is pronounced "Ka-nay-guh" (kə-NAY-guh), with the emphasis on the second syllable, a pronunciation clarified by the athlete himself in interviews with Robert Griffin III, despite its spelling.

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/jimmy-kimmel-reacts-trump-minneapolis-fake-protests-claim/ Jimmy Kimmel Sounds Off on Trump’s Claim the Minneapolis Protests Are ‘Fake’: ‘Another Bananas Speech’ | Video Jimmy Kimmel laid into Donald Trump after the president suggested the protests in Minneapolis following the fatal shooting of a woman by ICE were “fake.” The comedian blasted the president’s latest comments on the growing situation in Minnesota during Tuesday’s monologue for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” During his address, Kimmel sounded off on Trump giving “another bananas speech” and accused the president of trying to twist the truth. “First they want us to believe that we did not see what we all saw happen to [victim] Renee Good,” he said. “Now he wants us to believe the protests aren’t real. It’s like the ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ in reverse. He’s telling us we’re the ones who are naked while they do their best to cover everything up.” As Kimmel went on, he ripped into Trump’s Tuesday morning rant, in which the president asked if the people of Minnesota wanted to live in a “community in which there are thousands of already convicted murderers, drug dealers and addicts, rapists, violent released and escape prisoners, dangerous people from foreign mental institutions and insane asylums, and other deadly criminals too dangerous to even mention.” The late night host was noticeably baffled by Trump’s social media post, as he compared the president to “the Undertaker at Wrestlemania.” He added: “I mean, seriously, would somebody get this hypoglycemic 5-year-old a fidget spinner? He needs something to do with his hands. I really don’t know what this old nut is rambling about, but the protests in Minneapolis are real enough for the MAGA-verse media to descend upon them.”

No, saying "That's what I voted for" meaning a vulgar gesture from Trump in public is not a violation of forum rules.