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  • On the post: DHS Tells Reporter That Filming ICE Officers ‘Sounds Like Obstruction Of Justice’

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 02:44pm

    Even here in Canada, we know that your nutshell legal summary is simply wrong. It starts out half right, and gets wronger in every point.

  • On the post: DHS Tells Reporter That Filming ICE Officers ‘Sounds Like Obstruction Of Justice’

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 02:41pm

    Apparently, filming ICE from one's own front porch is terroism.

    Just saw a YouTube video this morning, in which a guy was assaulted and arrested on his own front porch, when he didn't obey a fully kitted ICE "officer"s order to stop recording and to go inside -- even while he was explaining that the order wasn't legal and the ICE mercenary didn't have that authority.

  • On the post: Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 02:32pm

    Some distant, grainy/blurry videos can be interpreted as Ross being struck by Good's vehicle. Clearer videos from closer up, make it clear that he wasn't struck. Ross's feet can be seen, well clear of the vehicle and clear of its path even if it wasn't turning. (There's also the awkward question of how a shooter struck by a moving vehicle manages to simultaneously stay firmly on his feet and shoot accurately.)

  • On the post: Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 02:22pm

    Oddly enough, self-endangerment on an officer's part, actually nullifies any ability for the officer concerned to claim "self-defense. And according to the Supreme Court, this specifically includes when an "officer" places themselves to the front of a vehicle and then shoots the driver "in self defense".

  • On the post: Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 01:57pm

    Not smarter than a 5th grader...

    If Good had hit Ross with her car right before he fired, hard enough to make an audible 'thump', his shot would have gone wild and he would have been knocked down.

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    And by the way, the Law (clearly laid out in an actual Supreme Court decision, more than a decade ago) is that officers simply can not voluntarily put themselves in front of a vehicle, and then claim self-defense as justification for shooting at the driver -- not even if the driver is an actual criminal with an actual warrant for their arrest. Additionally, Ross, as an experienced CBP officer at that time, is very well aware of this -- there was even a CBP inquiry and report on the issue, noting (with a number of specific CBP incidents) that this was known CBP practice.

  • On the post: Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 01:23pm

    You keep using words... but they don't mean what you think they mean.

  • On the post: Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2026 @ 12:53pm

    He did move out of the fucking way. We know this because some of the videos of the incident clearly show where his feet are in relation to the vehicle (not in line, and outside the turn).

  • On the post: Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2026 @ 09:33pm

    Jonathon Ross's contrived action not legal 'self-defense' (and he knew it). Renee Good's motive's not even relevant.

    The law is clear -- there was an actual Supreme Court decision on the matter -- that officers can not place themselves in front of a vehicle and then shoot the driver in "self defense" (not even if the driver is known to be an actual criminal). Note that there was also an official CBP report -- actually published during Jonathon Ross's tenure as a CBP agent -- about an observed, ongoing CBP practice (specific incidents were noted) of deliberately or voluntarily placing themselves in front of a "suspect" vehicle and then shooting the driver "in self defense" out of "fear for their own safety". The report noted that this was not only personally reckless, and not only that shooting the driver also endangered the general public, but also, last but not least, removes the shooting officers ability to plead self-defense. So even if Good had been trying to run Ross over (any objective examination of the available videos makes clear this was not the case), nonetheless, as Ross unnecessarily contrived to walk across the front of Good's vehicle and stand more or less in front of it, every shot Ross fired, even the first, was murder or attempted murder, not "self defense" -- and he damn well knew it.

  • On the post: Tom Homan: If Democrats Don’t Stop Calling Us Murderers, We’re Just Going To Be Forced To Keep Murdering You

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2026 @ 08:58pm

    When "self defense" is legally NOT actually self-defense

    There's an official DHS/CBP report (circa 2014/2015) if I recall correctly) -- with reference to a number of specific incidents -- about a practice in which CBP agents were deliberately positioning themselves in front of "suspect" vehicles to create an "I feared for my life" excuse for shooting the driver. The report also clarified that this tactic was not only stupid, and not only endangered public safety, but that it is also flatly illegal -- the Supreme Court had already established that by creating this otherwise arbitrary danger, officers nullify any right to claim a self defense justification for shooting the driver. Oddly enough it turns out that Ross, though an ICE mercenary today, was a CBP agent of several years standing when that report was issued.

  • On the post: RFK Jr., CDC Alter Childhood Vaccine Schedule To Mimic Denmark’s

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2026 @ 09:35pm

    Magical thinking:

    It's a bureaucratic version of a cargo cult -- superficial imitation of form, without actual knowledge or substantive understanding.

  • On the post: SCOTUS Says Trump Can’t Commandeer Illinois National Guard Troops

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 29 Dec, 2025 @ 04:12pm

    Re: Compromised

    the fully compromised majority of the Supreme Court.
    It’s kind of amazing how you can say that in an article where Trump doesn’t get what he wants from them.
    The Supreme Court is quite thoroughly compromised, just not by Trump. The Court has been ideologically captured by a loose coalition of special interests (wealthy interests, corporate interests, religious zealots, and racists) that have found Trump to be a useful (albeit erratic) tool for achieving their own agendas. They have been working towards these goals since before the Reagan administration. When Trump's desires are perceived as compatible or at least not too problematic, the Court finds some way to enable Trump's success, as this coalition finds him a useful catalyst for advancing their causes much more quickly than they had believed possible. When they decide that Trump's actions serve neither their agendas nor their concept of excusable jurisprudence, they find some way to thwart him. SCOTUS doesn't serve Trump. They are merely allies -- when they find it convenient.

  • On the post: RFK Jr. Exacts Revenge On The AAP: Claws Back Millions In Approved HHS Grants

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2025 @ 11:38am

    As the old saying goes:

    "You can fool some of the people all of the time"

  • On the post: Nobody (Including Advertisers) Cared About Bari Weiss’ New CBS ‘Town Hall’

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2025 @ 04:11pm

    Of course. Her whole schtick is, "Ack-shull-y, I'm really just this deeply serious, very progressive journalist who simply asks some questions and reports certain truths -- inconvenient questions and awkward truths that unfortunately most liberals are reluctant to face and unwilling to deal with". You might say she's a "conservative", in liberals clothing. Shifting the Overton Window right is her agenda, and doing so under the guise of rescuing the left from itself is her modus operandi.

  • On the post: Nobody (Including Advertisers) Cared About Bari Weiss’ New CBS ‘Town Hall’

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 16 Dec, 2025 @ 03:51pm

    Well, yeah. After all, the whole "I'm really just this progressive liberal who simply asks hard questions and speaks inconvenient truths that leftists don't want to face" narrative is Bari Weis's whole schtickt.

  • On the post: Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2025 @ 07:37pm

    I've actually been expecting a story along these lines. In fact, I'm surprised it took so long. And I expect there will be more. After all, Trump is a poster-boy for the GOP/MAGA stereotype of "every accusation a confession".

  • On the post: Elon’s Crying Censorship Over An EU Fine That Has Nothing To Do With Censorship

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 08 Dec, 2025 @ 11:15am

    Well... "Everyone is 12 now" would explain why more than half of Americans can't read or write at the 6th grade level.

  • On the post: Colorado Judge Says ICE Can’t Arrest People Without A Warrant

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2025 @ 12:17pm

    If they posed a flight risk, there would be no reason to arrest them in the first place.

  • On the post: Lawmakers Want To Ban VPNs—And They Have No Idea What They’re Doing

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2025 @ 02:36pm

    This only goes to show that these efforts aren't actually about "protecting children", but about banning porn (and not incidentally, imposing their own puritan definitions of 'obscene materials' as well).

  • On the post: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2025 @ 10:11am

    If they do broadcast the same in Portland, any remaining Fox viewers in that city may well believe every word of it, over what their own lying eyes tell them is going on.

  • On the post: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops

    BernardoVerda ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2025 @ 05:17pm

    Question(s) re: the ongoing conflict in Portland and environs:

    With all this rampant rioting, violence, fire and destruction going on all around the city, I have to ask:

    • Where are all the refugees fleeing the uncontrolled, endless violence pervading Portland?
    • Where are all the heart-wrenching interviews with all those distressed refugees forced to abandon their homes, jobs and business because of the collapse of Law and Order in conflict-wracked Portland?
    • Where are the Red Cross emergency aid efforts to feed and shelter all those hungry, homeless, often wounded, uprooted refugees from Portland and environs? Where are the fund-raising drives to supply their needs?
    • Where are the resettlement programs in the destination cities and towns that these desperate refugees are fleeing to?
    • Where are the demands from city Mayors and state Governors for Federal emergency funding assistance to help provide the resources needed to cope with continuing influx of these displaced, jobless, homeless refugees from war-torn Portland and environs?
    • And last but not least... Why is Fox News ignoring all these poor displaced refugees? (Of course, that the "left" media is ignoring the flood of refugees fleeing war-torn Portland is obviously just a completely predictable and expected part of their blatantly "woke" agenda.)

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