You are incredibly stupid, or incredibly dishonest. NAFTA did no such thing, and even a basic understanding of the issue would inform you of that. So you’re clearly a bad faith troll. That settles that question.

Ban this sick troll. 

That presumes Mexico counts as a safe third country, which is an assessment that fails even basic scrutiny. If you’re going to pop in and spew misinformation, at least pretend you’ve done the bare minimum to back up your bullshit.

The motivation for the dangerous risk was 100% because the lawless racists in the Trump administration and their willing authoritarian footsoldiers in the worst departments of the federal government have made it impossible to legally claim asylum, despite what US law says.

International law too, for what it’s worth. On that particular issue US law and international law are aligned. 

Imagine if we took every dollar Trump and his stable of corrupt buffoons has enriched themselves with and used it to fund immigration courts that could adjudicate asylum claims fairly and make it so people aren’t forced into lethal ways around intentionally abusive US policy.

I don’t know all the nuances of federal procurement law, but I’m not sure they could just arbitrarily refuse a contract, particularly a competitive one, on those grounds. But I don’t know. There’s always been issues of corruption in that process so I may be naive here. 

Very true. Donating the profits and sending everyone back to work is the path of least mess at this point. Smartly done. 

This is smart. This is getting enough press to make the executive suite take notice. In reality I doubt it’ll make a dent in the systemic rights abuses being carried out in these abusive camps but any press that shines a glare on the issue is good right now.

Innocent people are rarely harmed by the outcome of a game of rugby, and certainly not anywhere near on the level of a paid liar for a would-be authoritarian that has repeatedly sought to violate basic human rights and then lie about it to the press to avoid scrutiny. Framing it that way shows a startling naivete.

Trump probably couldn’t find Iran on an unmarked map why would he try and think about the complexity of policy in the region. He’s got a whole bunch of ideologically extreme staffers to read self-interested think-tank analysis from right-wing anti-Iran groups that will tell him whatever he wants to hear because…

Rapinoe should’ve been subbed earlier, she looked gassed well before she went out. Pugh has been coming in as a sub and would’ve been perfect for the game.

This is incredibly petty and bigoted bullshit. Federal workers are spending their days catering to the whims of incompetent bigots in the Trump administration instead of doing their actual jobs. Another waste of taxpayer dollars to join all the absurd corruption of this piss-poor tinpot regime. 

I know his lawyers are duty-bound to do their best for that steaming pile of excrement but...let the murderous neo-Nazi rot. I want his entire existence to be an unending series of monotony and regret. It’s better than filth like him deserve. 

Dismiss the troll “Max Contrarian”. I don’t want that bigoted troll in my subthread. 

My guess is Carlson’s knowledge of Iran is cribbed from Wikipedia, which he skimmed at best. 

Well now I just feel silly for not keeping up with those Turkish Duolingo lessons. 

I think in a world with much better laws and regulation constraining the bad behavior of lobbyists it wouldn’t be. I don’t fundamentally disagree though, I know among all the former politicians schmoozing there are actual experts who act as lobbyists. The problem is the wild west environment encourages dubious…

What a mess. So many political interests at odds. But I think recognition should be on a “prove they don’t deserve it” rather than a “prove they deserve it basis”. The argument that the Lumbee have made multiple claims about ancestry doesn’t hold water for me. The Catawba mentioned in the article were probably…

Historians and “pedantic discussion” are practically roommates. That’s a good point, but we’re just trained that way. I’ve seen a lot of historians supporting the point and trying to educate people but for most of them (myself included honestly) it’s incredibly difficult not to switch into “teach all the nuance” mode.…