President Trump is planning to invoke a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 as soon as Friday to authorize the summary deportation of some migrants, including to Guantanamo Bay, escalating his government-wide immigration crackdown, multiple U.S. officials familiar with the plan told CBS News.

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    23 hours ago

    America: Thanks to trump, it’s now the greatest shithole on earth.

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    So, not that it matters anymore, since this is now a dictatorship, but that law is only applicable during a declared war. I wonder who Congress declared war on?

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      Trump has been talking about making Canada the 51st state, annexing Greenland, going to war with Mexican cartels, and is actively telling the military to start making a plan for taking the Panama canal by force. He clearly doesn’t give a shit about who is allowed to formally declare war, he’s pushing to make this happen regardless.

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      According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the President can invoke the act without a war declaration if a foreign government threatens or attempts an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” against US territory. Invasion in that context has historically been defined as large-scale attacks, while “predatory incursion” has been defined as small skirmishes. And it’s the latter that Trump is hinging his argument on by declaring that the gang he’s claiming to target is working on the orders of the Venezuelan government.

      https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/alien-enemies-act-explained

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    Hey did everyone know that Russian soldiers rape other Russian soldiers of lowest rank/caste? That’s male on male rape but according to Putin Russians aren’t allowed to be gay, so in my opinion that’s even more fucked up.

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      It’s also irrelevant here.

      Dedovshchina happens in most post-Soviet states.

      Ukrainian troops conduct this on Ukrainian troops of lower rank.

      Also practiced by Azerbaijanis in Azerbaijan.

      Practiced by Armenians in Armenia.

      Turkmenistan had to formally declare the practice of Dedovshchina illegal in 2014.

      It also became less common in Russia since 2008 due to the 2008 military reforms.

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        You heard it from the source folks. Male on male rape by Russian soldiers is irrelevant. Given to you by our very own Russian.

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          Unless you can tell me how anal rape is at all related to Trump thinking of invoking (and has now invoked) wartime Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to carry out deportations to Guantanamo, then yes it is irrelevant.

          How do you feel about 2 Ukrainian troops raping a poor Russian POW?

          It is also not only relevant to post-Soviet states