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The Supreme Court Just Let ICE Detain Americans Based on Race (slate.com)

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On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to use racial profiling in its militarized immigration raids across Los Angeles, halting an injunction that had barred officers from targeting Latinos based on ethnicity. The court did not explain the reason for its shadow docket order, which appeared to split 6–3 along ideological lines. In dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned that the decision was “unconscionably irreconcilable with our nation’s constitutional guarantees,” opening the door to violent persecution of Latinos—including American citizens—by “masked agents with guns.” The majority did not respond to this extraordinary charge, perhaps because it is so obviously true.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

People are mad and know they are being screwed if not by whom. The right is misdirecting their anger, while the Democrats do not even try to direct it playing the currents the right set.

With real leadership, it would make public opinion. It would Channel the anger towards its actual sources.

By allowing these Democrats to be the opposition we have surrendered the field and waste our efforts on doomed strategies.

People want reform, if we do not give it to them, the right will.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

They give them the illusion of change. They tell them that they are changing things but they're actually taking things to their absurd extreme. We're going to publish the democrats by selecting a theocratic autocrat is the same mistake that Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan made. How did that turn out for them? That's the future of the US.

[–] hector@lemmy.today 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

We already knew continually selling the party as we are better than the other guys while constantly ratcheting to the right was not enough to win elections.

The right is offering Solutions and we know the voters do not know any better. We are not, that we is everybody not supporting the right wing.

It is not a new phenomena that voters have been seduced to the dark side and led into alternate realities. Not just the right wing either. The Democratic sheep are just as responsible for what is happening due to my effort mentioned arguments.

They knew what we were facing and they refused to change. Now the political monster they declined to stop will destroy them, if Democrats were stealing elections for decades systematically, they would have to be punished.

Any assurances they have gotten from Republican power Brokers that that is just performative mean nothing.

I predict indictments will come down this time of the year in 2027 on the Democrats for bogus election rigging charges.

[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

It isn't the people who refuse to change. Given understanding and choice most people would choose socialism (not the bullshit socialist boogieman sold by the rich and powerful but actual socialism) over 0.1% of people owning everything and everyone else barely surviving. The people need to tear down the system, to take back all the money that has been stolen by the 0.1% and to rebuild the society to benefit the workers, not the wealthy. I read that if wealth were distributed evenly in the US that every person would have half a million dollars of personal wealth.