In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting
        • rozodru@pie.andmc.caEnglish
          25·
          10 天前

          for the same reason the Jews had a hard time fleeing Germany.

          All that being said I’m very happy for you that you were able to get out. Good luck I’m hoping the best for you.

          • 𝕱𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍@lemmy.world
            14·
            10 天前

            They won’t renew passports with “incorrect” genders but also won’t process passports with a gender marker change, and are actively looking into revoking our passports. They already stopped recognizing passports with an X marker, for those who have them.

            They’ve been hitting lots of legal stumbling blocks but are persistent if nothing else

    • Lembot_0005@lemy.lol
      3·
      11 天前

      I live in a poor war-torn country. We don’t have many immigrants but those immigrants who still come to us (our education is miraculously still not destroyed by our esteemed masters) are behaving nice. The “secret” is obvious: let students, engineers, etc in and keep bandits out.

      • vpol@feddit.uk
        10·
        11 天前

        But they can’t add skin colour requirements yet, hence - no immigration for all.

  • thewebroach@lemmy.world
    102·
    10 天前

    I kind of wonder if the shooting was planned when looking at the facts

    • shooter background was an Afghan CIA operative
    • shooter was vetted and given asylum by Trump administration in April 2025
    • months ago Trump deployed National Guard to DC without justification citing “crime”, despite crime rates dropping
    • a week ago, a judge ruled the National Guards deployment in DC was unlawful and he lacked authority or cause for it
    • two days ago, operative shoots 2 guardsmen not far from white house and immediately surrenders
    • Trump and Hegseth immediately respond saying not only are the national guards presence there legitimate and justified, but they are activating 500 more to head to DC

    Curious.

    • Mastengwe@sh.itjust.works
      12·
      10 天前

      I’ve no doubt in my mind that this was entirely purposeful. Just like his “attempted assassination”. I’m fully convinced that that kid was promised a load of cash and had no idea he’d be taken out.

    • Jorn@sh.itjust.works
      10·
      8 天前

      Both National Guards had been sworn in just 24 hours prior.

      Edit: Looks like it was corrected.

      “During the press conference on Thursday, Pirro said the two Guardsmen were sworn in 24 hours prior to being shot. A joint task force spokesperson later said the two Guard members were deputized less than 24 hours before the shooting to “maintain their status to conduct presence patrols,” according to a joint task force spokesperson.”

      https://abcnews.go.com/US/2-national-guard-members-shot-white-house/story?id=127909642

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        16·
        9 天前

        Gonna need a source because that’s definitely not how it normally works. If true that’s wild.

        Edit: a cursory Google says they were in DC since August, so this is most likely bullshit. Also to reiterate, that’s not how any of that works.

  • Fit_Series_573@lemmy.world
    93·
    10 天前

    But we are a third world country… Last month there were churches all over the world raising money to help feed American children while our government was shut down and couldn’t help cover subsidies for food.

    Make it make sense 🤡🌎

  • watson@lemmy.world
    63·
    11 天前

    Does he even have that power? I feel that’s a very important question that no one is asking.

    • Lucky_777@lemmy.world
      48·
      11 天前

      Per all his bullshit. He can get a little done until the courts stop him, then endless legal battles. He has no real policy and it all can be erased by the next admin.

      • Mirshe@lemmy.world
        17·
        10 天前

        Then he can keep doing it even if the court blocks it because “defies court order” is the most common phrase proceeding “Trump DOJ”.

      • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
        13·
        11 天前

        In the same way that I can resume making a desk that i began carving 3 years ago, after running my wood chipper continuously for the last 3 years, destroying all of my lumber. It’s not just building the table, it’s finding new sources for materials, motivation, resetting tools, remembering plans. He’s loaded president 48 with labors. None of them Herculean but all of them frustrating and time consuming.

    • Catma@lemmy.world
      16·
      10 天前

      Who is going to stop him? Congress aint doing shit. Maybe the courts will rule against them but who is going to enforce the ruling?

            • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
              1·
              10 天前

              What does any of that have to do with the issues in question? How does suing help when he ignores the courts? How does pestering your congressperson help if they don’t, or can’t, do anything?

              This kind of “Just rise up!” thinking downplays the very real hurdles to effective mass organization. We need specific, scheduled actions with points of contact and well-defined scopes.

              • grindemup@lemmy.world
                2·
                9 天前

                Why can’t your congress person do anything? Of course they can. If nothing else they wield power through influence, and at present they are not using that power to push back against these actions in any meaningful way. Clearly they are not being pressured enough by their constituents. And yes, you do need specific scheduled actions. Be part of that change and push back against the government who ultimately answers to you, the people.

                edit: like c’mon, the response to your president enacting illegal & fascist orders is not to say “well who is going to do anything?”, it’s to speak out and act up. Are y’all really that defeatist?

                • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
                  1·
                  9 天前

                  That’s not what I’m saying at all. I think you’ve lost the context here. Let me summarize the exchange:

                  “Who is going to hold him accountable when Congress and the courts won’t?”

                  “The people should rise up”

                  “How?”

                  “By using the courts and Congress”

                  This is where I’m confused. I’m not saying those aren’t things we should do, but this was explicitly a question about what to do when those methods are failing.

    • 4gramsEnglish
      9·
      10 天前

      Does he even know what words mean?

      Some maybe, most probably not.

    • Mastengwe@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      10 天前

      Both he and he’s loyalists think he defeated a hurricane with a sharpie. I’m not really sure we all exist in the same reality as they do.

  • Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca
    51·
    10 天前

    Does this whole scenario seem sus to anyone else? There was NOTHING about this on Wednesday and by the time I saw reporting on Thursday they’d already resolved thr situation, somehow captured the guy without killing him (he’s got the wrong skin colour to be captured alive), and spun the whole thing into their typical escalation of anti-immigrant rhetoric.

    Am I slow in hearing about this, or did they work with this formar governmental collaborator? Seems like a false flag?

    • WanderWisley@lemmy.world
      30·
      10 天前

      Sadly everything that’s happening during this administration is highly questionable, even if it’s 100% legit it will always come with a shitload of questions.

      • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        10 天前

        It’s not “hard to believe” per se, it’s just uncharacteristic for how law enforcement in this country tends to work. There are a lot of shootings here for data points, so it’d be interesting to see alive arrest rates for active shooters across all metrics/demographics.

        • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
          1·
          10 天前

          It’s not “hard to believe” per se,

          Then maybe we should hold of on pushing conspiracies as facts then.

          it’s just uncharacteristic for how law enforcement in this country tends to work.

          Not really. Several mass shooters have been taken alive, include the CO moviee theater psycho.

          • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            10 天前

            Who’s pushing facts? People are expressing doubt at the narrative pushed by an openly mendacious administration.

            And what’s the percentage of non-white shooters captured alive? US law enforcement doesn’t expend much effort in bringing non-white suspects in warm. In fact, they seem to prefer it cold.

            • MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world
              1·
              10 天前

              Who’s pushing facts?

              Several people in this very thread.

              People are expressing doubt at the narrative pushed by an openly mendacious administration.

              People think that their rightful opposition to Trump makes it ok for them to lie. It’s unsubstantiated conspiracy and every bit as mendacious as the Trump administration.

              And what’s the percentage of non-white shooters captured alive?

              I don’t know, probably depends on the police force involved and conditions like whether or not the shooter was still holding the gun and such. This can’t possibly be basis to purport that this was some false flag. There’re just way too many other more reasonable possibilities. What purpose would that even serve?

              US law enforcement doesn’t expend much effort in bringing non-white suspects in warm. In fact, they seem to prefer it cold.

              I have plenty of criticisms of US police using excessive or unnecessary deadly force and I think there should be a much higher level of accountability. That said, the fact remains, most criminals are taken alive.

    • rozodru@pie.andmc.caEnglish
      17·
      10 天前

      Of course it was. Just like all previous attempts to get the American people angry enough to revolt. They’ll keep doing it until they have enough justification to issue complete nation wide martial law. The end goal here is to get the country to the point where the administration and republican party decides that holding elections are “unsafe” until “all this blows over” thus granting the cheeto a third term. It’s about solidify power for the next several decades.

      Someone read the Watchmen and took it as a playbook.

      • manxu@piefed.socialEnglish
        4·
        10 天前

        That would certainly explain why the administration leaned so heavily on Zelenskyy to allow for elections. It wasn’t (only?) because Putin told them to, but also because the obvious refusal would serve as later explanation for the potential indefinite delay in voting in America.

    • CptOblivius@lemmy.world
      13·
      10 天前

      Should be noted this is a lunatic brought back from Afghanistan, who Trump threatened to vet refugees from before the attack. If returned back to Afghanistan now would likely be put to death. That adds a lot of fear into these people. And life and death level of fear is dangerous.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      9 天前

      Weird how language works. There’s so many words for so many things but I certainly can’t think of anything that could express “permanently paused” in a better, more concise way…

      /s (if it wasn’t obvious)

  • P00ptart@lemmy.world
    11·
    9 天前

    Trump couldn’t even accurately describe what a third world country is. He’s a special needs toddler trying to do a 4 pc puzzle of a much more complex picture.