U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who also serves as acting field director of the St Paul Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office...
  • fulcrummed@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 hours ago

    In other news: water is wet

    Sorry, that’s a total smartass dick comment, just kinda gettin in the bandwagon and voicing my existing frustration.

  • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
    71·
    2 hours ago

    The “both sides” in the comments are exhausting.

    Trump administration is literally denying video evidence, and using AI to manipulate photos in newspapers.

    One is way more fucking bad than the other. And shame on you if you can’t tell the fucking difference.

    • kescusay@lemmy.world
      51·
      2 hours ago

      They can tell the difference. But you’d be amazed at the mental gymnastics someone with extremely strong motivations can engage in.

      You gotta remember that these are mostly people who went back to the Trump trough three times in a row, even as he’s been steadily destabilizing and destroying their lives. If they admit they fucked up now, they have to admit they’ve been fucking up for over a decade, non-stop. Many of them would literally rather die than do that.

    • robinhoode@lemmy.zipOP
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Lying to the public has been a thing since government existed.

      It’s just more blatant now.