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Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked DHS/DoD Memo Shows: LA "hasn't been perfect" but indicates what's coming "for years to come"

Man Regrets Trump Vote After CBP Drags Him From Truck: ‘Worst Decision’

Willy Aceituno, 46, a Honduran-born United States citizen, described being stopped twice by Border Patrol agents while on his way to work in North Carolina's largest city, according to the Associated Press.

He said that during the second encounter, agents broke his car window, forced him out of the vehicle and placed him on the ground. Aceituno was released after officers verified his U.S. citizenship.

"It was the worst decision of my life," Aceituno told MS NOW. When asked why he voted for Trump, Aceituno cited the president's stance on border security and the economy.

"He said he was going to catch the criminals, but right now, he doesn't follow criminals. He goes specific to Latino people," Aceituno told the outlet.
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Turning Point Action official (and Arizona state Rep.) resigns from TPA after accusation of election-related fraud, drops out of race [Indicted!]

Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud

Former Republican state legislator Austin Smith pleaded guilty Monday to what he previously called “ludicrous” charges that he personally forged more than 100 signatures on his petitions for reelection last year.

The Republican from Surprise was a member of the far-right Arizona Freedom Caucus, which has a history of spreading false claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and pushed for election law changes in the state legislature.

At the time he was indicted, Smith was strategic director of Turning Point Action, Turning Point USA’s advocacy arm. TPUSA is a far-right organization based in Phoenix that aims to mobilize young conservatives founded by Charlie Kirk, who was shot and killed in September while speaking to a group of college students in Utah.

Smith pleaded guilty to the reduced charges as part of a plea agreement that gives him the possibility of avoiding a felony conviction.
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Worst Possible Uses for AI imaginable

...Driver facing cameras inside company vehicles are a control violation, because the modern ones detect how many times you yawn, and they check your eye movements... This technology forces drivers to behave a certain way while driving, which is not assisting the driver, but rather controlling the drivers behavior. So it fails the test.
Not really a problem in the long run after AI replaces commercial drivers altogether.
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Trump pardons Giuliani, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Mark Meadows, all fake electors for their attempt to overturn 2020 election, pardon official says

Well, I've named one before, namely pardoning his son. I haven't forgiven him for that.
Biden probably got word that his son's life was in danger, and wanted to prevent another "suicide" like Epstein that happened on Trump's watch.
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Another shake-up at ICE as agency lags behind quotas; two more top officials removed

‘Everyone is being screamed at’: Insiders say Stephen Miller irate as deportations lagging

Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers.

A DHS source told The Daily Beast on Monday that President Donald Trump's push to "throw money around" while "panic at the top of government” has unfolded with Miller's disappointment over agents not reaching Trump's goal of 3,000 deportations per day.

Hiring within the agency has also presented other problems — agents joining before badges, system access or guns are available.

"some of them taking home north of $250,000 for office-based shiftwork, per multiple sources who spoke to the Beast," the outlet reports.

Government efficiency at work!
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NBC: Gov. Abbott asks USDA to approve waiver banning junk food purchases with SNAP benefits

My wife and I eat very well and spend about $300 per month on food. We avoid buying processed food since it is so expensive. (Also not as healthy for you.) We could spend less if we tried to, but we like our fancy dinners!
Very nice!
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Protest erupts as bill protecting underage girls from forced marriage passes in Pakistan province

Oh my goodness!

When I saw "protests" in the OP, I assumed it was locals. It was not. It was lawmakers protesting, saying the change was un-Islamic

From the article linked in the OP.....


‘Un-Islamic’

The presentation and passage of the bill triggered heated scenes in the provincial House, with opposition lawmakers shouting slogans and creating a ruckus. During the chaos, opposition members encircled the speaker’s dais and tore copies of the bill, claiming the legislation violated Islamic law.

Speaking on the floor of the House, opposition leader Younus Aziz Zehri criticized the legislation, reiterating that his party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), would not support any law they believe violates Islamic teachings.

“The law has been approved merely to please non-governmental organizations,” he claimed.

Opposition lawmaker Asghar Tareen said that although the bill had been passed, the opposition would challenge it in court. Following their protest, opposition lawmakers staged a walkout while shouting slogans against the newly adopted bill.
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The rise of menace as a mainstream political tool

GOP sends 'menacing texts' to voters ordering them to un-sign petition opposing gerrymandering: report

Missouri is one of a handful of Republican-controlled states that redrew their maps in a demand from Trump. However, voting rights activists responded by gathering signatures for a ballot measure to repeal it. If that measure qualifies, the altered map is automatically suspended until and unless voters approve it.

The text, paid for by the Republican National Committee, stated, “Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has declared TENS OF THOUSANDS of petition signatures IMPROPERLY COLLECTED. Did you accidentally sign this? Text back or call 417-612-9044 to withdraw your signature before it’s too late.”
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What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

In some progressive circles of Christianity in the United States, the term "Kin-dom" has become increasingly used in recent decades as another name for "Kingdom," as in "God's Kin-dom" or "the Kin-dom of Jesus."

At the United Methodist Church General Conference held last year, for example, openly lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto preached a sermon to delegates that referenced the phrase.

In an article published last month, Presbyterian News Service, the news outlet of the Presbyterian Church (USA), quoted a pastor who spoke of "standing on the kin-dom side of history."

But where does the term come from, and why was it created?

The first confirmed use of the term came from Catholic modernist theologian Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, a theological liberal who spoke of the concept in a 1996 book titled Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century.

The phrase has gained popularity among those who seek what they believe is a less patriarchal or imperial description of the Kingdom of God.

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Note: Apparently, Ada Maria Isasi Diaz was a Cuban Catholic involved with Liberation theology. She was controversial because she ministered to her nephew's same-sex wedding at a Unitarian Church and supported the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. She died relatively young at 69. Hmmm.....
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Border Czar Tom Homan caught accepting $50K bribe; investigation shut down under Trump

So, nothing has come of this blatant corruption. What a surprise.
His supporters love it him.
And because they love him, it is okay.

But if anyone else would do it it would be problematic. Defending his children and hounding Hunter....par for the course.
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