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You are here: Home / Open Threads / Excellent Links / Late Night Open Thread: Don’t Get Our Hopes Up

Late Night Open Thread: Don’t Get Our Hopes Up

by Anne Laurie|  February 23, 20181:58 am| 34 Comments

This post is in: Excellent Links, Immigration, Open Threads, Republican Stupidity, Daydream Believers, Security Theatre

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"Awful nice state ya got here. Be a shame if, y'know, somethin' bad happened to it." https://t.co/Kr8hhjCAQl

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) February 22, 2018

The president says he is “thinking about” removing ICE from California so crime spikes to unprecedented levels and then California would have to beg him to bring ICE back. pic.twitter.com/7ENYBauNYl

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 22, 2018

Trump says he's thinking about doing tons of things he's not actually thinking about doing. But this is a good example of how he thinks.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) February 22, 2018

Excellent link:

Mr. Trump, Please Do NOT Pull ICE Out of California https://t.co/buQmnMpcZd

— automated libby bot. i am not here (@libbycwatson) February 22, 2018

… Mr. President, our plea to you is simple: Do NOT do this. We absolutely do not want you to pull ICE out of California, where the agency recently arrested more than 100 immigrants. It would totally embarrass us, and make you more popular and beloved among the millions of Real Americans who hate us and love you, if you did this. We love ICE and think it is good, even though we pretend to hate it (fake news).

I think I’ve talked to, if not 100% of the members of the liberal media, at least 97% of them by now, and we’re all in agreement: This would suck really hard… We would be forced to take to Twitter and plead with you, your supporters and your allies in the media, probably by posting thoroughly embarrassing crying selfies of ourselves—bring back ICE, Mr. Strong President, we’d plead…

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  1. 1.

    Just the Facts

    February 23, 2018 at 2:03 am

    I suppose this is grimly funny or something, but what a depraved, horrible man we now have as our president.

  2. 2.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 23, 2018 at 2:10 am

    As a native Californian, who’s lived in this state all my life except for 3 years in grad school, DO IT DONNIE! Bet you don’t have the balls to do it Trump.

    ETA: Hey Donnie, that golf course in PV that you have, would make a nice state park. Do it Donnie, you spineless cretin.

  3. 3.

    sukabi

    February 23, 2018 at 2:12 am

    @Just the Facts: I hope you’re not just coming to that conclusion. He’s been pretty much the same this year as last. He was always going to be a horrible, embarrassing, dangerous president. That’s what he is.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    February 23, 2018 at 2:13 am

    Oh no. Who will protect Scott Baio?

  5. 5.

    trollhattan

    February 23, 2018 at 2:13 am

    “If you don’t straighten up right now, young man you’re not getting broccoli on your pizza tonight. Do you hear me?”

  6. 6.

    JGabriel

    February 23, 2018 at 2:13 am

    Daniel Dale via Anne Laurie @ Top:

    The president says he is “thinking about” removing ICE from California so crime spikes to unprecedented levels and then California would have to beg him to bring ICE back.

    Reminds me of the time when conservatives swore that ending pervasive stop & frisk would increase crime in NY. We ended it anyway. Crime went down:

    In a January 2018 op-ed in the National Review, conservative writer Kyle Smith said that the steep decline in New York City’s crime rate since the reduction in the use of stop-and-frisk had shown him that he was wrong about stop-and-frisk; Smith had earlier argued that reducing stop-and-frisk would increase the crime rate.

    So go ahead, Traitor Donald, pull ICE out of CA. Pull ICE out NY too – we’ll thank you when the crime rate goes down even further, you treasonous jackass.

  7. 7.

    Ninedragonspot

    February 23, 2018 at 2:17 am

    I’d gladly bake some cookies for the ICE going-away party.

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    February 23, 2018 at 2:19 am

    Empty “I’m gonna take my ball and go home” blather.

  9. 9.

    JGabriel

    February 23, 2018 at 2:19 am

    BTW, anyone who thinks the idea that crime would go down in the absence of immigration enforcement is ridiculous, should keep in mind that undocumented immigrants are far more likely to report crimes and criminals when they don’t have to worry that law enforcement will arrest them instead of the criminals.

  10. 10.

    NotMax

    February 23, 2018 at 2:23 am

    Well, spent the better part of the day breathing in residual paint fumes.

    Not as much fun as advertised.

  11. 11.

    JGabriel

    February 23, 2018 at 2:27 am

    @NotMax:

    Well, spent the better part of the day breathing in residual paint fumes.

    I hear that can kill brain cells. Do you suddenly feel like maybe conservatives aren’t so bad?

  12. 12.

    Chet Murthy

    February 23, 2018 at 2:28 am

    @JGabriel: To further buttress your point, I believe it is on the record that whereas Obama’s ICE targeted violent criminal undocumented aliens, Biggus Dickus’ ICE has eschewed those to target law-abiding undocumented aliens.. B/c the latter don’t shoot back, natch.

  13. 13.

    (((CassandraLeo)))

    February 23, 2018 at 2:36 am

    @JGabriel: The biggest thing that surprises me about this comment is that a right-winger actually admitted he was wrong about something.

  14. 14.

    The Dangerman

    February 23, 2018 at 2:37 am

    ICE ICE Bu-Bye

  15. 15.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 23, 2018 at 2:39 am

    @NotMax:

    Not as much fun as advertised.

    You should move on to Tide Pods then.

  16. 16.

    Duane

    February 23, 2018 at 2:42 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: Trump needs to be called out continuously on his lies. The wall, tax returns, on and on. Use his own words against him and let him hug himself, a child who’s lying to you.

  17. 17.

    M. Bouffant

    February 23, 2018 at 2:52 am

    Trump accuses California police of being soft on street gangs, and cops fire back

    I wish they had fired back. Literally.

    Anyway, some response from actual public servants:

    Los Angeles officials expressed puzzlement and concern over Trump’s comments, saying local police have made significant strides against gang violence in recent years.

    “Nobody takes gang enforcement more seriously than I do or the Los Angeles Police Department does,” LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said in an interview Thursday. “I believe that we’re better at it than anybody in the nation.”

    Los Angeles was the birthplace of infamous gangs like the Crips and the Bloods, inspiring countless movie renditions. Today, it is far safer than it was during the height of the gang wars.

    Street gangs are still active, with more than 60% of the city’s homicides classified as gang-related last year.

    But gang members are no longer a fixture on street corners and in city parks — due in part to the efforts of the LAPD and other local agencies, who sometimes partner with federal officials but handle much of day-to-day gang enforcement on their own.

    LAPD officers chat up gang members to obtain inside information. Older men who have left the gang lifestyle work with police detectives to prevent disputes from escalating into killings.

    Homicides in Los Angeles have declined nearly fourfold in the last few decades, with 282 people killed last year, compared with 1,094 in 1992.

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    jl

    February 23, 2018 at 3:17 am

    I don’t know whether it was incompetence or malicious sabotage, but in SF Bay Area, some criminal undocumenteds had to be released by local authorities last year when ICE failed to show up to take them into custody.

    So, maybe if Trump decides to withdraw his ‘help’, might be good. I wonder how far he would have to go before CA had good grounds for secession, or our Congresscritters could add that BS onto articles for impeachment?

  19. 19.

    jl

    February 23, 2018 at 3:19 am

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: If you want Donnie’s golf course for a new park, you have to flatter him. Don’t be rude. And, after we leave, we probably want good relations with the US, at least after it gets decent leadership. California citizens should be ambassadors of good will to all nations, no matter how broken down and messed up.

    Edit: what would Father Jerry say about your foul mouth?

  20. 20.

    JGabriel

    February 23, 2018 at 3:23 am

    @(((CassandraLeo))):

    The biggest thing that surprises me about this comment is that a right-winger actually admitted he was wrong about something.

    Honestly, that was the most surprising thing to me too. I literally pinched myself to make sure I wasn’t dreaming or otherwise imagining it.

  21. 21.

    kattails

    February 23, 2018 at 3:23 am

    Maybe Trump could like “withdraw” himself, from the Presidency, you know, so we could be so sorry and beg him to come back. HAHAHAHAHA *snort*

  22. 22.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    February 23, 2018 at 3:42 am

    Drumpf is so afraid of immigrants who can’t speak english that he keeps marrying them.

  23. 23.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    February 23, 2018 at 3:44 am

    @jl: Bullshit, just evict his dumb ass.

    ETA: I do have a nice photo of his golf course.

  24. 24.

    prostratedragon

    February 23, 2018 at 4:00 am

    Bulk mailing of dead canaries?

    “400 kilos of cocaine discovered in Russian embassy in Argentina”

    She told reporters that Russian and Argentine police had decided to mount a sting operation after the Russian ambassador informed them of the drugs find in December 2016.

    “The cocaine was replaced by flour and monitoring devices were placed to monitor delivery” of the 16 bags of the drug, Bullrich said. She said the sting had resulted in the arrest of five suspects — two in Argentina and three in Russia.

    The drug, of “very high purity,” was destined for Russia and probably also Germany, where the suspected mastermind lives. “We believe the German police will arrest this fugitive,” Bullrich said.

    The minister said Russian security service agents “came to Argentina on three occasions to assist in the investigation”, which took more than a year.

  25. 25.

    Montanareddog

    February 23, 2018 at 4:39 am

    @(((CassandraLeo))): Biggus Dickus wanks vewy highly in Washington

  26. 26.

    Frodo

    February 23, 2018 at 5:37 am

    Hey! Don’t call Twump Biggus Dickus I have a good fwiend in Wome called Biggus Dickus…

  27. 27.

    Gvg

    February 23, 2018 at 5:45 am

    Everyone would be happy if ice was gone of course but spitefully treating a state like that, depriving them of any resource or protection strikes me as unconstitutional and should be removed from office. Interesting delimma.

  28. 28.

    Cermet

    February 23, 2018 at 5:49 am

    You do understand that the orange fart cloud no more understands sarcasm than he can read past page one of his daily security briefs? Asking him to keep the ICE thugs in CA means he will do that! You need to dare him to pull the agents to prove he isn’t a coward but will follow through – that will get the orange fart cloud to remove those thugs.

  29. 29.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    February 23, 2018 at 6:01 am

    @Cermet:

    I’m going to have to call bullshit on your first question with your assumption that tRump can read. :)

  30. 30.

    Ascap-scab

    February 23, 2018 at 6:24 am

    Yes, please do remove your ICE from the state. Then all the awful brown people will cross into California unimpeded and instead of a 1500 mile border wall, your remaining confederate states will have to build a 2300 mile border wall. But I’m sure you can get Mexico to pay it!

  31. 31.

    lgerard

    February 23, 2018 at 9:18 am

    Trump says he’s thinking

    Fake news!

  32. 32.

    Miss Bianca

    February 23, 2018 at 10:24 am

    Oh, noes, not the BRIAR PATCH, Br’er Trump! Anything but that!

  33. 33.

    wevrmom

    February 23, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    Pretty much nails my exact reaction, here in CA.

  34. 34.

    Tehanu

    February 24, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    @(((CassandraLeo))):

    @JGabriel: The biggest thing that surprises me about this comment is that a right-winger actually admitted he was wrong about something.

    Maybe he’ll go the whole John Cole route. One can but hope.
    @M. Bouffant:

    Trump accuses California police of being soft on street gangs, and cops fire back
    I wish they had fired back. Literally.

    Me too!
    @lgerard:

    Trump says he’s thinking…
    Fake news!

    This is going on my list of Handy Retorts to Idiot Assertions. Thanks!

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