"US to screen for ‘anti-Americanism’ in immigration applications"
Feels like "Americanism" here is a fig leaf for something.
https://us.cnn.com/2025/08/19/us/us-immigrants-screening-anti-american-hnk
People applying to live or work in the United States will now be screened for “anti-Americanism,” including having their social media checked, authorities announced on Tuesday, in a tightening of restrictions that has alarmed immigration advocates and lawyers.
The situation in #LosAngeles, #California is a new one. #Trump has called up the CA #NationalGuard, not another #state’s guard. So there’s no #FigLeaf despite the fact that both the #mayor & the #governor have objected to the action.
This SHOULD make the act illegal acc/to the #PosseComitatusAct without the express invocation of the #InsurrectionAct.
The fig leaf Trump is attempting to employ is the assertion that the guard will only be protecting #federal personnel & property.
That right is meaningless if the #president can simply approach a different #governor & ask her to deploy her state’s #NationalGuard into the unwilling governor’s #state. In this scenario, the cooperating governor becomes a #FigLeaf for the president to use the #military as a #police force anywhere in the country, free from the constraints of the #PosseComitatusAct.
#Trump #law #democracy #RightToProtest #authoritarianism #tyranny #Gestapo #LosAngeles #California #immigration
A #Venezuelan musician released a song critical of #Trump, then he was arrested by #ICE.
The Criminalization of Venezuelan Street Culture
#law #immigration #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression #AlienEnemiesAct #pretense #FigLeaf #Bullshit #authoritarianism #tyranny #WhiteSupremacy #dissent #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/the-criminalization-of-venezuelan-street-culture
The case before Judge Burroughs was filed after #KristiNoem revoked #Harvard's #SEVP certification to enroll non-US #students.
In announcing the decision, Noem, without providing #evidence, accused the #university of "fostering violence, antisemitism, & coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party." [#FigLeaf]
#Trump #law #immigration #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #RevengePolitics #idiocracy #BrainDrain
The Hardy Chicago Fig under the LED grow lights is growing. Just waiting for no chance of frost to put it out.
Photos from 5th, 8th, and 10th of April.
Antinous the Gay God
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