Nicole Sandler
emptywheelThe entire presser, INCLUDING Bukele's video, was staged defiance.
It shows that Trump is not facilitating Abrego Garcia's return--SCOTUS' order.
It was staged to precede the status hearing tomorrow.
It was also staged to present the claim of terrorism in unquestioned fashion for media to parrot.
DOJ has said they may claim all this is classified, even while they just put it into a packaged video, like they did the arrival of the planes.
Which is to say, they went ALL IN on this stage set.
Yvonne ‘looks undocumented’@emptywheel.bsky.social Are they getting advice from Mark Burnett?
Take something tawdry, dress it up and lie about it, add lighting and action—voila! we have our newest reality TV show!
T.Wllms@grammasaurus @emptywheel.bsky.social
....we have our newest reality TV show!
every day a new G-damned episode... and they all suck....
Old Man in the Shoe@emptywheel.bsky.social someone should stop him
Pooka🍸Boo 👁🫣🫵@emptywheel.bsky.social I predicted he would ignore SCOTUS.
Thumptastic3@lednaBM @emptywheel.bsky.social I predicted SCOTUS to sit on their thumbs.
@Thumptastic3 @emptywheel.bsky.social Sitting on their thumbs and then sucking them is how they roll...
He still has some defying to do with SCOTUS, given the wishy washy way they wrote the order.
@emptywheel.bsky.social absofinglutely... true