this is a full-blown constitutional crisis and the mask is off.

the supreme court ordered the government to facilitate the return of a man it wrongfully deported. the administration shrugged. bukele parroted trump's line, calling the return "smuggling a terrorist." they admit it was an error, but won't correct it. this is defiance of the judiciary in broad daylight.

if the executive can ignore a court order by blaming foreign policy, the constitution is dead letter. and if that foreign leader is coordinating the excuse? it's a show trial without the trial.

this isn't about one man. this sets the precedent: the government can disappear someone, ignore due process, then blame someone else for not letting him come back. if they can do that to him, they can do it to anyone.

CECOT is becoming a legal black site. if this stands, the next step is american citizens sent abroad to rot in foreign prisons with no recourse. and trump is already floating that publicly.

this isn't theoretical. this isn't hyperbole. this is the state testing how far it can go. and the answer so far is: as far as it wants.

the courts have no power without enforcement. congress won't act. the people are stunned or paralyzed. but make no mistake, we are past the line. the only question left is what anyone is willing to do about it.

EDIT:

"[they will] need to build 5 more places" - Trump
"[they will] need to build 5 more places"
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/president-el-salvador-wont-return-deported-man-kilmar-abrego-garcia-rcna201136

#uspol #fascism #canary

El Salvador's president says he won't return mistakenly deported man to U.S.

President Nayib Bukele told reporters he would not return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man the Justice Department said it mistakenly deported to El Salvador.

NBC News

****we are post-constitutional now****

start building real community, where you live. in physical space, not online. learn who lives around you. look them in the eye. check on the vulnerable. check on the quiet ones. this is the time for proximity, not posts.

who's at risk? immigrants. black and brown folks. trans people. poor people. outspoken dissenters. anyone with a record. differently abled. people with drug issues. anyone who ever got flagged by a system. anyone who doesn't fit the image of "real american" they're pushing.

they're testing the edges. the rest of us are next.

MSN

"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Fool me once, shame on...shame on you.' Fool me—you can't get fooled again." - Bush Jr.

this isn't just a one-off thing:

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ap-press-freedom-court-gulf-caffd32aa8ec6b04a50b8c5277d7c9cb

White House bars AP from Oval Office event despite court order

The Trump administration has turned a reporter and photographer from The Associated Press away from covering an Oval Office news conference involving President Donald Trump and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. The decision comes less than a week after a federal judge said the administration should stop denying AP access to events in retaliation for the news outlet's decision not to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Trump's team is appealing U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden's decision. Both the administration and AP are also arguing in court about whether McFadden's ruling should take effect before appeals are exhausted.

AP News

again, this is *today*

>"Yes he will, as will anyone who preaches hate for America," Miller said. "Under this country, under this administration, under President Trump, people who hate America, who threaten our citizens, who rape, who murder, and who support those who rape and murder are going to be ejected from this country."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-official-declaring-anyone-who-preaches-hate-for-america-will-be-deported-worries-users-they-just-skip-the-first-amendment/ar-AA1CTYuA

#uspol #politics #fascism #fascismwatch #news

MSN

@pixelnull @staringatclouds So, just so I’m clear on this, does putting your name on an op-ed in a student newspaper advocating for divestiture of funds to #Israel equal hatred for America? Apparently it does. #WhatATimeToBeAlive
@pixelnull Yay retro pink triangle! Somehow, it’s always felt like a more urgent symbol of solidarity to me.
@pixelnull ...yes....the "homegrowns" are next....
@pixelnull Also the old, and the disabled. Anyone not of use to this regime.
@pixelnull Constitutional crisis is such a belittling word for fascist takeover and the abolishment of democracy.
@pixelnull Also of note: Trump called the reporters "sick people" for wanting such a thing
@pixelnull constitutional cataclysm more accurately