The Political Thread

[Samoa Looch]

 

[Chris]

Not that it's a pressing issue (I obviously don't live in New York) but congestion pricing is a scam, I hope people don't jump on it as a good thing just bc Trump is fighting it.

It literally just puts the pressure of bad traffic on citizens' pockets instead of offering any incentive for the city to fix their roads or public transportation which would actually fix the problem of bad traffic. They say the money for the tolls will be used for that but lol are we gullible

 

[Samoa Looch]

 

[CraigPelton]

In other news:

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www.reuters.com

A shame our justice system dropped the ball so hard. Trump and his co-conspirators should've all been in prison long before the election. We really are a joke of a country.

 

[Samoa Looch]

Bluesky

bsky.app

NEW: WIRED can confirm that Edward "Big Balls" Coristine is now listed as a staffer at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is exactly what it sounds like, along with another DOGE technologist. This is by @kimzetter.bsky.social

DOGE Now Has Access to the Top US Cybersecurity Agency

DOGE technologists Edward Coristine—the 19-year-old known online as “Big Balls”—and Kyle Schutt are now listed as staff at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

www.wired.com

 

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Oh yippee, a 19 year old cyberterrorist.

 

[Samoa Looch]

The US is flying 200 people from Asia—50 of them children—to #CostaRica, which will bus them "from the capital San Jose to a migrant facility some 223 miles away, near the border with Panama." They won't be able to leave. They'll be warehoused there, pending repatriation, for "4, 5, 6 weeks."

On a U.S. deportation flight of mostly Asians to Costa Rica, half will be minors

A flight carrying primarily Asian undocumented migrants, 65 of whom are minors, is expected to land in San Jose, Costa Rica on Thursday afternoon.

www.nbcnews.com

"Migrant facility"

 

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80 years ago we just called them Concentration Camps.

 

[Comrade Khan]

80 years ago we just called them Concentration Camps.

It still is by definition

 

[Chris]

I believe America called them internment camps when they did them to Japanese people during WWII

 

[Y2Jayne]

The poor kid lived longer in those tunnels than outside. What an absolute tragedy.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/middleeast/hamas-israel-hostages-to-release-bibas-family-intl/index.html

 

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[Professor Booty]

 

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