Yeah just like they arrested Netanyahu!

...oh wait.

Oh I agree totally. I'm just wondering if this legal structure could be hijacked to build a leftist city state instead though. The independence from the existing state could be very helpful, if you can get them to let you make one.

Could these be hijacked to create autonomous leftist city states? I'd be down for that but I'm not sure the fascists will just let it happen.

This is what made me suspicious. Usually when a politician supports someone there's no need to make vague statements like this because you can easily find a quote from her explaining her positions in her own words. The lack of such quotes seems conspicuous.

Regarding the Latinas for Trump claim, I can't find any other sources making this claim, so I suspect this is just misinformation. I did find several statements from the real Latinas for Trump founders criticizing Trump's immigration policy, though none had people close to them harmed directly. It seems to be a US based organization founded by local US politicians, so it would be quite surprising if this Colombian woman was involved, especially when she's not mentioned as a founder elsewhere.

Here's an article on one of the actual founders: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5708999-garcia-criticizes-trump-midterms/

I believe he did have a visa and applied for asylum, although being the son of a politician unless there are some very unusual circumstances, his asylum claim seems dubious.

That said, he was following the rules as they exist and should not have been arrested.

In all the coverage of this I have not seen a single statement from her that is supportive of Trump or his immigration policy. I'm not saying she's a good person but I'm starting to suspect people just want to force this story to fit the narrative they find gratifying instead of learning what actually happened.

And then, even if she did support this it doesn't mean her son did, who is the real victim here. I wish people would have a little more compassion for victims of state violence. But it seems this is rare even on the left when there is a more convent narrative.

Spying is a bit different from being compelled to share data though. Probably everyone is vulnerable to secret surveillance, I'm not sure how to mitigate against that. But the information from such efforts will be more limited.

They've got a long way to go before they can claim such a title. If it's even possible to be a "green superpower". Seems like a contradiction to me.

They're the next evolution of police. Yes, they're worse, but it's the fruit of the same ideology taken further.

True... I guess I'm not too knowledgeable about the situation in Australia. How would the US approach them and what legal avenues for resistance exist?

They're not a fascist government but they also don't seem to have the same free speech protections the US does. Not that that has helped us much,

All the more reason to be on a non-US based server right now.

Worth noting that a lot of their subpoenas are BS though and could be fought successfully. Big tech is too scared to do even minor things to protect their users because the regime will retaliate in other ways that could cost them money. Small hobby servers don't have the same avenue of attack, although they might be more vulnerable in other ways.

I often wonder if DHS is aware of the threadiverse. I would assume so but who knows? At least I don't think our admins would cooperate with them for the most part.