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Geriatric Gardener<p>“Confirmed: Trump Is Working With Betar USA To Deport People Over Speech”</p><p>by The Dissident on Substack </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/israel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>israel</span></a></span></p><p>“A New Court Ruling Found That The Trump Administration Is Relying On The Vile Betar USA group to deport people”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/the307/p/confirmed-trump-is-working-with-betar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/the307/p</span><span class="invisible">/confirmed-trump-is-working-with-betar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Betar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Betar</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Worldwide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Worldwide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JewishFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JewishFascists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Terrorist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/HateGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HateGroup</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Apologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apologists</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FakeAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FakeAS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Canary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canary</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Mission" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mission</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deportation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Khalil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Khalil</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ozturk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ozturk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kahane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kahane</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kach</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Oh no, my dearest Andreas, fuck you and fuck the Zionist, genocidal horse you rode in on.</p><p>And now, as is custom, also fuck right off.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/settlerColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>settlerColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/apologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apologists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@AndyGER/112480403901391241" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@AndyGER/11248</span><span class="invisible">0403901391241</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP </p><p>The GOP chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee <br>— Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex.) <br>— said that <a href="https://c.im/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> had “infected a good chunk of my party’s base.”</p><p>McCaul suggested conservative media was to blame.
“There are some more nighttime entertainment shows that seem to spin, like, I see the Russian propaganda in some of it <br>— and it’s almost identical [to what they’re saying on Russian state television] <br>— on our airwaves,” McCaul said.<br>
He also cited “these people that read various conspiracy-theory outlets that are just not accurate, <br>💥and they actually model Russian propaganda.”</p><p>
Asked which Republicans specifically he was talking about, McCaul said it was “obvious,” before staff intervened and asked that the conversation go off the record.</p><p>
These comments are the most significant to date, but they’re not the only ones.</p><p>
A GOP impasse over additional funding for <a href="https://c.im/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>’s defense against Russia<br> — combined recently with Tucker Carlson’s deeply weird promotion of Russia and Trump’s comments about not defending NATO allies from Moscow <br>— has apparently occasioned some self-reflection among Republicans about their colleagues and allies:<br>
• Former vice president Mike Pence, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and a top aide to Sen. Todd Young (R-Ill.) have warned their party against serving as <a href="https://c.im/tags/apologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apologists</span></a> for Russian President Vladimir Putin.<br>
• Recent presidential candidate Nikki Haley said Trump’s comments about not defending NATO allies, among others, “<a href="https://c.im/tags/empower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empower</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a>.”<br>
• And Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) shot back at criticism from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) about Cornyn’s support for Ukraine, urging Paxton to “spend less time pushing Russian propaganda.”</p><p>Around the same time, former congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said there is now “a <a href="https://c.im/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wing</span></a> of the Republican Party.”
In 2022, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called the pro-Putin sentiments in some corners of his party “<a href="https://c.im/tags/almost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>almost</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/treasonous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treasonous</span></a>,” while allowing that perhaps his fellow Republicans were just <a href="https://c.im/tags/attention" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attention</span></a>-<a href="https://c.im/tags/seekers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seekers</span></a>.<br>
“It’s unthinkable to me, it’s almost treasonous and it just makes me ill to see some of these people do that,” Romney said. </p><p>“But, of course, they do it because if they get shock value and it’s good to get more eyeballs and maybe make a little more money for them or their network. It’s disgusting.”
<br>And then there is what may be the most famous example: when House GOP leaders in 2016 privately joked about Trump being <a href="https://c.im/tags/compromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compromised</span></a> by Russia, as later reported by The Washington Post<br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/06/when-top-republican-says-russian-propaganda-has-infected-gop/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">24/04/06/when-top-republican-says-russian-propaganda-has-infected-gop/</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@TomMarcinko" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TomMarcinko</span></a></span> When I read Lash's article, I immediately thought of the 17th century arguments about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HowManyAngelsCanDanceOnTheHeadOfAPin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HowManyAngelsCanDanceOnTheHeadOfAPin</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apologists</span></a> have their heads so far up their asses that they are staring into a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blackhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackhole</span></a> and have traveled that far back in time. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin%3F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_many</span><span class="invisible">_angels_can_dance_on_the_head_of_a_pin%3F</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“I always wondered about the leftist intellectuals who supported Stalin, &amp; those aristocratic sympathizers &amp; peace activists who excused Hitler. Today’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apologists</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atrocity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atrocity</span></a>-deniers, w/their robotic denunciations of ‘settler-colonialism,’ belong to the same tradition but worse: They have abundant evidence of the slaughter of old people, teenagers, &amp; children, but unlike those fools of the 1930s, who slowly came around to the truth, they have not changed their views an iota.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> mayoral <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/candidate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>candidate</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GabrielleHanson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GabrielleHanson</span></a> from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a> (of course) has openly embraced <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a>, and is welcoming their support with open arms. This is exactly the sort of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ignorant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorant</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hateful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hateful</span></a> "<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> doesn't need. We don't need <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/antisemitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitic</span></a>, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/whiteSupremacists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whiteSupremacists</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/apologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apologists</span></a> working the levers of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>. Literally nothing good can come from pretending these people aren't human garbage. A vote for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> is a vote for the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> of America.</p><p><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/maga-nazis-support-2665886200" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/maga-nazis-suppor</span><span class="invisible">t-2665886200</span></a></p>