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There is *no* sense in which that claim could be true. Universal passports only date to 1920. The organization of the Weberian state with fixed borders and the capacity to control them by force doesn't really exist before 1450. The division of the world into a shared system of states, 1948 or 1648.
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This article is from last week. It is worse now.
In three weeks, the detention population has gone up by 5,000 people. ICE is arresting people so fast the holding cells in ICE’s LA officer overflowed—and rather than release anyone, they locked people in the basement of the federal building.
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We were "alarmist" and "unpatriotic" to protest the foreverwars and creation of DHS. We were "too idealistic" to demand higher wages and taxing rich people. We were "unrealistic" to demand accountability and alternatives to policing. And we were always "protesting wrong."
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Disqualification of insurrection participants from holding office is not an option that Biden and Dems could've availed themselves of, it is REQUIRED by the United States Constitution and was ignored.
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He also mentioned the Mayor of LA, and the troops *booed.*
Never seen anything like this. Growing up, it was heavily impressed upon me that troops generally did everything they could to avoid overtly political moments like this.
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I think we (broadest possible sense) need to be honest about what is happening here. California is in a legal black hole.
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Schatz tells Bhattacharya “I know you have to survive in this administration.”
Uncomfortable chuckle in response.
Again, the NIH director cannot justify the cuts to research. It’s happening on his watch. He’s responsible.
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If you are an elected dem and doing anything other than demanding the executive branch stop doing lawless things that will get people killed, I simply do not think you are fit for this moment. You do not understand or don’t want to understand or worse, want things this way.
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This is quite straightforward, and makes it clear, absolutely clear that what is going on is illegal. He cannot legally do this. That should be front and center in the reporting.