It's not a great phone, I can buy a phone with those same specs on Aliexpress for about $100 shipped. I'm assuming he'll be ordering a lot so the price will go down for him. Selling a $100'ish phone for $500 + his monthly service sounds like a resonable grift to me. The phone has pretty good specs, but it's not anywhere near what I'd call a good phone. It does show how overpriced Samsung, Apple & Sony phones are.Apparently they are now saying they will be built in America 'eventually'. (lol no they won't)
There is no way they are selling a phone with the reported specs for that price. Either the specs will go down or the price will go up or, maybe most likely, nothing ends up showing up at all. This is yet another scam.
It's clear that immigrants have no safe path to gain permanent legal status as they are being arrested at the very immigration hearings, appointments, etc, that are part of the LEGAL path to do so. Those that attempt to try to protect these people's constitutional and legal rights, and defend their attemp to follow the legal pathway per our laws, face arrest and possible jail time. As of now, Brad Lander hasn't been charged, but that could change once the DOJ "reviews" what happened. So lets say it staight out: immigrants are fucked, and those that try to help them (or protest against) are now under the vail of fear of being arrested and jailed.More fascism on display from the ICE gestapo
Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at ICE court hearing | amNewYork
City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested and accosted by masked federal agents at immigration court in Lower Manhattan.www.amny.com
My guess is if they get a few negative feedback they will use them to justify eliminating the sites.Trump using yet another means to whitewash history.
Visitors to Colorado historic sites urged to report “negative” information about America, per order
Signage seeking visitor feedback went up last week at the Amache and Sand Creek Massacre sites, prompting concern stories could be sanitized.coloradosun.com
They've placed these signs at Manzanar as well, https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm . Destroying the memory of a place like this would be so disrespectful to the people forced into the camp and the story of their resilience. So of course this administration will do what they can to whitewash the history.Trump using yet another means to whitewash history.
Visitors to Colorado historic sites urged to report “negative” information about America, per order
Signage seeking visitor feedback went up last week at the Amache and Sand Creek Massacre sites, prompting concern stories could be sanitized.coloradosun.com
My guess is if they get a few negative feedback they will use them to justify eliminating the sites.
Levitsky, said the administration – spearheaded by Stephen Miler, the powerful White House deputy chief of staff – had adopted a practice of declaring emergencies to acquire potentially dictatorial powers.
“In the US constitution, almost every existing constraint on executive power can be circumvented in a state of emergency,” he said. “And it’s becoming clear that the administration is learning that emergencies are the easiest route to circumvent the law and not be blocked by the courts. The supreme court is very reluctant to say, ‘No, that’s not an emergency, Trump, you lied. You made that up.’ It’s sort of a free pass for circumventing the rule of law.”
The White House used economic emergency legislation to impose sweeping trade tariffs, while invoking the 1798 Alien and Sedition Act, passed in anticipation of a war with France, to justify summarily deporting alleged Venezuelan gang members. Miller repeatedly called last week’s protests in Los Angeles an “insurrection”, implicitly justifying the invocation of the Insurrection Act, which enables a president to use military forces to quash a rebellion on US soil.
Writing in the Atlantic, David Frum, an anti-Trump conservative commentator, warned that the penchant for emergencies could be applied to next year’s congressional elections, when the Democrats hope to regain control of the House of Representatives, an outcome that could curtail his authoritarian power grab.
Ah yes, the "state of emergency". The state that was described by Miller's favorite Nazi, Carl Schmitt, who wrote "The Crisis of Parliamentary Democracy", and was characterized as a way for the executive to bypass legislative checks.I suppose by the Mid-terms it will become clearer where this is all going, though it might be too late by that point.
‘He’s moving at a truly alarming speed’: Trump propels US into authoritarianism
A senator handcuffed, people snatched in public, military deployed – Trump’s slide to authoritarianism has come quicker than critics fearedwww.theguardian.com
Authoritarians love erasing history they don't like.They've placed these signs at Manzanar as well, https://www.nps.gov/manz/index.htm . Destroying the memory of a place like this would be so disrespectful to the people forced into the camp and the story of their resilience. So of course this administration will do what they can to whitewash the history.
Lawmakers are allowed to access DHS facilities “used to detain or otherwise house aliens” for inspections and are not required “to provide prior notice of the intent to enter a facility”, according to the 2024 Federal Appropriations Act.
Previous language surrounding lawmaker visits to such facilities said that “Ice will comply with the law and accommodate members seeking to visit/tour an Ice detention facility for the purpose of conducting oversight,” CNN reported.
However, in the new guidance, the DHS updated the language to say that Ice “will make every effort to comply with the law” but “exigent circumstances (e.g,m operational conditions, security posture, etc.) may impact the time of entry into the facility”.
Authoritarians love erasing history they don't like.
What was that comment about 'the road to fascism being lined with people telling you not to over-react'?
Outrage as DHS moves to restrict lawmaker visits to detention centers
Election officials told to give 72 hours’ notice before visiting immigration facilities, with some sites completely off limitswww.theguardian.com
So, you know, we'll probably obey the law, but only if we feel like it.
Why not just put ACME bombs in the water?Straight-up cartoon villains
Republican proposes new ICE detention center surrounded by alligators
Florida's attorney general proposed constructing a new facility in the middle of the Everglades.www.newsweek.com
Republicans are just jerking themselves off on committing acts of inhumane cruelty. It's pretty sick.Straight-up cartoon villains
Republican proposes new ICE detention center surrounded by alligators
Florida's attorney general proposed constructing a new facility in the middle of the Everglades.www.newsweek.com