A Deeply Fractured US

[Halifax Tar]

Personally, I agree.

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[brihard]

Conservative commentator SE Cupp, who worked with Lemon and did not like him at all, had an interesting take on his situation.

On Don Lemon.

I thought about this all day, and wanted to get my thoughts together before I weighed in on the arrest of Don Lemon, a former colleague of mine, by President Trump’s Justice Department.

secupp.substack.com

Even though it sounds like she really detests him, she thinks he was arrested for committing journalism.

Good read, thanks for that.

 

[Remius]

Conservative commentator SE Cupp, who worked with Lemon and did not like him at all, had an interesting take on his situation.

On Don Lemon.

I thought about this all day, and wanted to get my thoughts together before I weighed in on the arrest of Don Lemon, a former colleague of mine, by President Trump’s Justice Department.

secupp.substack.com

Even though it sounds like she really detests him, she thinks he was arrested for committing journalism.

The man was poison in my mind when he was at CNN. I’d change the channel when he’d be on. He was demoted to morning tv and didn’t get along with his co hosts and was subsequently let go. He’s been trying to stay relevant. Looks like he found a way to stay in the news…

 

[daftandbarmy]

Meanwhile, in Norway, a few fractures also appearing...



Norwegian crown princess' son detained ahead of rape trial

Just days prior, newly released US documents revealed Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, maintained extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014.

Police in Oslo detained the stepson of Norway's crown prince on Sunday, accusing him of assaulting a woman, threatening her with a knife and breaching a restraining order just two days before he faces trial on multiple rape charges.

Marius Borg Høiby, 29, will appear in Oslo district court on Tuesday charged with 38 offences including four alleged rapes and attacks on former partners. Prosecutors are seeking to hold him in custody for four weeks, citing concerns he may reoffend.

"Oslo Police District can confirm that Marius Borg Høiby was arrested by police on Sunday evening," authorities said in a statement Monday.

Just days prior, newly released US documents revealed Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, maintained extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014.

Her name appears at least 1,000 times in the documents released by the US Department of Justice on Friday, according to Norwegian media.

Mette-Marit apologised on Saturday, calling her contact with Epstein "simply embarrassing" and saying she showed "poor judgment". The palace confirmed she stayed at Epstein's Palm Beach residence for four days in 2013 and met him on several occasions, although she never visited his private island.

Mette-Marit married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, bringing her son from a previous relationship into the Norwegian royal family. The crown prince is heir to the throne.

Norwegian crown princess' son detained ahead of rape trial

Just days prior, newly released US documents revealed Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, maintained extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014.

www.euronews.com

 

[Halifax Tar]

Meanwhile, in Norway, a few fractures also appearing...



Norwegian crown princess' son detained ahead of rape trial

Just days prior, newly released US documents revealed Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, maintained extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014.

Police in Oslo detained the stepson of Norway's crown prince on Sunday, accusing him of assaulting a woman, threatening her with a knife and breaching a restraining order just two days before he faces trial on multiple rape charges.

Marius Borg Høiby, 29, will appear in Oslo district court on Tuesday charged with 38 offences including four alleged rapes and attacks on former partners. Prosecutors are seeking to hold him in custody for four weeks, citing concerns he may reoffend.

"Oslo Police District can confirm that Marius Borg Høiby was arrested by police on Sunday evening," authorities said in a statement Monday.

Just days prior, newly released US documents revealed Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, maintained extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014.

Her name appears at least 1,000 times in the documents released by the US Department of Justice on Friday, according to Norwegian media.

Mette-Marit apologised on Saturday, calling her contact with Epstein "simply embarrassing" and saying she showed "poor judgment". The palace confirmed she stayed at Epstein's Palm Beach residence for four days in 2013 and met him on several occasions, although she never visited his private island.

Mette-Marit married Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, bringing her son from a previous relationship into the Norwegian royal family. The crown prince is heir to the throne.

Norwegian crown princess' son detained ahead of rape trial

Just days prior, newly released US documents revealed Høiby's mother, Crown Princess Mette-Marit, maintained extensive contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 2011 and 2014.

www.euronews.com

Its 2026 and we still believe in royal family's.

Anyways... Back US to stuff

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/politics/trump-calls-on-republicans-to-nationalize-future-elections

 

[PrairieFella]

Its 2026 and we still believe in royal family's.

Anyways... Back US to stuff

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/politics/trump-calls-on-republicans-to-nationalize-future-elections

That is so fucked. Every accusation of stolen elections was probably a confession eh?

 

[daftandbarmy]

Mod deletion

"All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions."

William Butler Yeats

 

[FSTO]

Minnetoba! No, Minnesota you can keep your name, but we'll let you in non the less!

 

[FSTO]

ICE kidnaps a Corrections Officer (candidate) in Portland Maine and leaves car on the highway. What absolute shyteheads!

 

[PrairieFella]

They arrested a New Orleans cop on duty too.

 

[FSTO]

They are out of control.

Victim’s testimony at congress

Can Congress gain a backbone?

 

[The Bread Guy]

Politics has turned us all into someone else's others.

Everyone is someone’s “those people.”

 

[Lumber]

Not that I think this is going to actually happen (I hope), especially considering Banon is just taking out of his ass (as usual), but it got me thinking. US elections are known for having long lines. What if during the next election, ICE sticks to its current tactic if racially profiling people and starts nabbing random Latinos from polling lines?

It's a terrifying thought. I mean, the law regarding it doesn't matter: they don't give a damn about the law. But what about the follow on effects? Scary thought.

Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections

Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump said. “I don’t know why the federal government doesn’t do them anyway.”

www.democracydocket.com

 

[ModlrMike]

Not that I think this is going to actually happen (I hope), especially considering Banon is just taking out of his ass (as usual), but it got me thinking. US elections are known for having long lines. What if during the next election, ICE sticks to its current tactic if racially profiling people and starts nabbing random Latinos from polling lines?

It's a terrifying thought. I mean, the law regarding it doesn't matter: they don't give a damn about the law. But what about the follow on effects? Scary thought.

I think this is exactly the tactic they're counting on. Make going to vote too perilous to risk the chance of apprehension, notwithstanding your legal status. ICE can arrest you, and take hours to days to release you, well past the point where the polls have closed. I would expect an ICE surge in districts expected to flip from red to blue. I hope the ACLU and the individual states seek a federal injunction. Not that I have any confidence that POTUS or ICE would actually obey it.

 

[PPCLI Guy]

I think this is exactly the tactic they're counting on. Make going to vote too perilous to risk the chance of apprehension, notwithstanding your legal status. ICE can arrest you, and take hours to days to release you, well past the point where the polls have closed. I would expect an ICE surge in districts expected to flip from red to blue. I hope the ACLU and the individual states seek a federal injunction. Not that I have any confidence that POTUS or ICE would actually obey it.

Given that "illegals" do not have the right to vote (and so will not be in line at polling stations) this will be about intimidation rather than enforcement