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Tuesday, April 15th, 2025

    Time Event
    8:39a
    A ruling in the Mahmoud Khalil case

    *US judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported [solely] for his views.*

    (I believe this was the specially selected judge for whom they sent Khalil to Louisiana instead of holding the hearing near New York.)

    This ruling is worse than it purports to be. Supposedly the Secretary of State can deport any non-citizen who perse claims is somehow harmful to the country. But since there is no requirement to demonstrate that is true, the Secretary of State could fabricate anything. The result is a totally arbitrary non-process which can be used at any time against any non-citizen.

    A Secretary of State could print up form letters with duplicated signatures with a blank for adding the target's name.

    Requiring "due process of law" is the method used by US law to make the government demonstrate grounds for decisions that deny a person's rights. But a proclamation by an official is no proof, and citing it is no real process. If courts accept that as satisfying the requirement for "due process", due process becomes a sham and a pretense.

    8:39a
    Mahmoud Khalil legal struggle

    Mahmoud Khalil's continuing legal struggle against being deported, perhaps for his political views or for no known reason at all, is complex since two parallel court systems are working on it. It is impossible to predict the outcome, except that it's clear that the bully is out to get him.

    8:39a
    Urgent: Money over-influencing politics

    US citizens: call on Congress to get billionaire money out of politics.

    If you phone, please spread the word! Main Switchboard: +1-202-224-3121

    8:39a
    Thousands SS numbers changed to "dead"

    The persecutor has listed 6,000 immigrants as dead to inactivate their social security numbers.

    How is it that these immigrants have social security numbers? Because Biden gave them temporary protected status because of chaos or repression in their home countries, and that includes permission to work in the US — therefore, social security numbers.

    The persecutor abruptly canceled this permission to work. That could deny them access to their bank accounts and pensions. This is gratuitous cruelty.

    If a country is no longer suffering from chaos or repression, its refugees may no longer be entitled to temporary protected status. But it is gratuitous cruelty to rush them to leave quickly. TPS has an expiration date, so why not let them stay that while so they can return home with a good plan?

    That is assuming that a country's situation has improved enough to end TPS for its refugees. As far as I have heard, nothing has improved in Cuba, Haiti or Venezuela. The persecutor is piling one gratuitous cruelty on another on another.

    With the persecutor, it's cruelties all the way down.

    2:38p
    Mahmoud Khalil appeal for free speech

    *I disagree with Mahmoud Khalil’s politics. But the deportation decision is abhorrent.*

    8:38p
    Federal prosecutors ordered to ignore cryptocurrency corruption

    The corrupter ordered federal prosecutors to avert their eyes from cryptocurrency corruption.

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    8:38p
    Chinese captain charged with damaging undersea cables

    *Taiwan charges Chinese captain with damaging undersea cables.*

    Bravo for taking action against this covert form of warfare.

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    8:38p
    White House may seek legally binding control over Columbia

    *White House may seek legally binding control over Columbia through consent decree – report.*

    I don't think the wrecker aims to destroy Columbia; he wants to make it subservient. I wonder if New York State could pass a law forbidding the accreditation of a university that doesn't respect academic freedom, such that agreeing to such a consent decree would force it to cease to operate. (This would be something like the liberty-or-death-for-this-code clause of the GNU General Public License.)

    If the wrecker wants to destroy that university, he could do it this way, but that changes little since he could destroy it in other ways. But if what he wants is to have it continue to exist in a subservient way, this could prevent it.

    8:38p
    Accusations US troops were sent to Panama

    Panama's opposition party accuses the bully of sending US troops to former US military bases in Panama — in effect, a clandestine invasion, though the government denies that it is one.

    It reminds me of Putin's conquest of Crimea, though there are differences.

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    8:38p
    Israeli army unit that attacked ambulances

    The Israeli army unit that attacked a column of ambulances in Rafah, and murdered captured paramedics afterward, is under the command of a general who has encouraged killing any Arab whatsoever, and so have other officers.

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    8:38p
    How much did Congress make off market turmoil?

    *How Much Did Congress Make Off Market Turmoil and Why're They Allowed to Make Anything at All?*

    </li>
    8:38p
    People asking for return of donations to Senator Fetterman

    People who made small campaign contributions to Senator Fetterman's campaign when he pretended to be progressive are asking for return of their donations.

    </li>
    8:38p
    Republicans' love for children of unauthorized immigrants

    Republicans love the children of unauthorized immigrants … until they are born.

    </li>
    8:38p
    Ships required to pay carbon emissions in 2028

    Starting in 2028, ships will be required to pay for their carbon emissions.

    This is important for pressuring to make ships more efficient.

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    8:38p
    Unusual tattoo listed as supposed gang tattoo

    A British man who has no connections with Venezuela or gangs found his own unusual tattoo listed in the Department of Horror and Suffering's supposed gang tattoo photo catalog. The tattoo depicts a clock showing the hour of his daughter's birth.

    Now he is afraid to visit Miami with his family, afraid he might be imprisoned by the bully's cunning nincompoops.

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    8:38p
    Wrecker eager to do damage to California

    The wrecker is eager to do damage to California. Could that be one of his reasons for provoking trade war?

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    8:38p
    (satire) Pregnancy test comes with flight voucher

    (satire) *[Pregnancy] Test Comes With Flight Voucher In Case Result Positive.*

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