"We are living through a revolutionary change, a broad shift away from the transparency and accountability mandated by most modern democracies, and toward the opaque habits and corrupt practices of the autocratic world"

On Kleptocracy Inc, in the Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-kleptocracy-autocracy-inc/682281/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK31IaZ6rKrlSr_YVHIOs-fHQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

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"
"[they will] need to build 5 more places"
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"[they will] need to build 5 more places"
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"[they will] need to build 5 more places"

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/president-el-salvador-wont-return-deported-man-kilmar-abrego-garcia-rcna201136

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Pienkeräys Äidinkielen opettajain liiton Nuori Aleksis -palkinnon yläkoululaisten raatien mahdollistamiseksi on avattu.

https://www.aidinkielenopettajainliitto.fi/uutiset/tehdaan-ylakoululaisten-valtakunnal/

Typerää, että tätä se vaatii, mutta toisaalta, tämä on nyt pragmaattista realismia kulttuurivihamielisessä yhteiskunnassa. Mieluummin näin kuin ei ollenkaan; teen mieluummin jotain tekoja nuorten lukuharrastuksen tueksi kuin olen tekemättä.

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