So the French Scientist was randomly selected for screening and the TSA (mis-)characterized them as "hate and conspiracy messages" that the FBI investigated and dropped?
Seems like shockingly bad luck and sub-optimal, yes. I'm at least a little curious whether they were orangeman bad memes or kinda unhinged hate speech that would get you arrested in the UK -per links above - by way of comparison.
The other example from Newsweek was:
"Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a physician at Brown Medicine in Rhode Island, held a "valid" H-1B visa when she was detained at Boston's Logan International Airport last week. She was returning to the U.S. following a trip to Lebanon to visit family. U.S. officials said she had photos of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, whose funeral she attended."
Seems potentially optimal... she wasn't randomly searched, but rather either the DHS knew she attended the funeral and barred her entry or she voluntarily said she attended the funeral (reporting isn't certain on either of these points) and her case was referred to DHS.
I will, however, adjust my priors one-tick to the left that 'maybe' this is something keeping an eye on to see if it's a real pattern emerges.
My baseline assumption is that it's related to Mahmoud Khalil... which strikes me as a bad comp for tourists; are there other instances I should be looking at?
Strikes me as odd because *in England* you can be arrested for what is posted on Facebook; but while visiting America there is no real or imagined risk of being 'deported' while on vacation for something you might have posted on Facebook that wouldn't get you arrested in England in the first place.
The night before was 'The Incredibles' and was packed when we drove by (in our golf cart... which is something people do now -- in my day you took open sided Trams and liked it).
'Ways to be Wicked' is the opening to the Descendants 2 movie that cleared the room. Long Live Evil is more of a slogan, I guess.
This is a good way to put it; the Disney creative types kinda hate the Disney vibe.
Its funny, we were visiting my folks in FL and took an impromptu trip to Disney. We've been going to Fort Wilderness since 1973, and the new 'Cabins' are really nice for families. Anyhow, we went to the nightly Campfire where you roast marshmallows, sing songs, do the hokey pokey, and then watch a Disney movie. Pretty much the same thing since 1973.
The 'singer' is really a sort of stand-up act with corny G-rated jokes plus a few insiders for the Moms/Dads... actual Chip and Dale in costumes come up as props (my kids have no idea who Chip and Dale are). And everyone sings Country Roads and a bunch of other Americana. My 10yo boy laughed at the jokes, groaned at the puns, sang the songs and then did the big group hokey pokey (with Chip and Dale).
As I say, completely on-brand Disney lightly humorous Americana.
Then the Disney Movie started: Long Live Evil music video
Sure, the movie (Descendants 2) is a dreadful 'Saved by the Bell' quality tween drama, but dreadful cringe it is. Desperate to be cool and failing at every step. We left after act 1 (as did everyone else), but the drop off from 200 people dancing the hokey pokey with a 50yo guitar playing comedian? Couldn't be more clear when witnessed in person.
Anyhow, my 17yo daughter went to see Snow White last night with her friend because they like princesses and are a little ironic tuned; her friend is 'really' conservative (which, given us is, well, remarkable) so I'll get the 17yo conservative girl princess take when she gets back from work.
Here are two takeaways to give the Dems some hope (the others? not so much):
• Democrats’ most effective message in 2024 was an economically populist one.
• Donald Trump is leaning into the most unpopular parts of his agenda.
p.s. not sure if the link will work... google took me to msn.com but vox had it locked.
Sure, what's the official record that Biden pardoned those people?
It's the eSignature, no?
What's the process to verify that Biden executed the eSignature and not a staffer?
As I said above, I'd be fine if Biden publicly read from a list all the people he's pardoning... no signature required.
You guys are getting hung up on 'THE SIGNATURE' not what's the process to validate that the President 'granted' these pardons?
Otherwise, what's the ex-post facto defense in court that Trump privately pardoned me over the phone... as long as Trump - after he's president - says he pardoned me privately over the phone.
It's a lot like Trump claiming he declassified the documents in his heart as he was leaving the oval office.
But I'm not sure you'll get very far with the constitutional argument... the argument isn't for a signature, its for proof that the President issued the Pardon and not a staffer.
I could theoretically back this concept if the President were to orally pardon someone by invoking a clear statement of intent publicly witnessed and validated.
This is probably one of those things that doesn't constitute fraud prima facie as Trump seems to imply; *but* is probably one of those things that we either need to put very strict controls around verifying that the eSignature is executed directly by the Executive via a secondary validation - like video.
So, eSignatures could be a legitimate 'tool' for signing things, but the tool can't be automated to the extent that we're not sure that each and every signature was reviewed by the executive at the moment of signature.
To be clear, the signature can't be 'delegated' to a batch of things... each thing has to be signed, the button has to be pressed each time by the person authorized to push the button.
Anything else is something we should put explicit checks around (if we haven't already). So, I'll wait for statements as to how the process is actually managed before passing judgement.
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Thanks, hadn't seen that.
So the French Scientist was randomly selected for screening and the TSA (mis-)characterized them as "hate and conspiracy messages" that the FBI investigated and dropped?
Seems like shockingly bad luck and sub-optimal, yes. I'm at least a little curious whether they were orangeman bad memes or kinda unhinged hate speech that would get you arrested in the UK -per links above - by way of comparison.
The other example from Newsweek was:
"Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a physician at Brown Medicine in Rhode Island, held a "valid" H-1B visa when she was detained at Boston's Logan International Airport last week. She was returning to the U.S. following a trip to Lebanon to visit family. U.S. officials said she had photos of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, whose funeral she attended."
Seems potentially optimal... she wasn't randomly searched, but rather either the DHS knew she attended the funeral and barred her entry or she voluntarily said she attended the funeral (reporting isn't certain on either of these points) and her case was referred to DHS.
I will, however, adjust my priors one-tick to the left that 'maybe' this is something keeping an eye on to see if it's a real pattern emerges.
My baseline assumption is that it's related to Mahmoud Khalil... which strikes me as a bad comp for tourists; are there other instances I should be looking at?
Strikes me as odd because *in England* you can be arrested for what is posted on Facebook; but while visiting America there is no real or imagined risk of being 'deported' while on vacation for something you might have posted on Facebook that wouldn't get you arrested in England in the first place.
Specifically:
Communications Act (2003)
Online Safety Act (2023)
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/127
The night before was 'The Incredibles' and was packed when we drove by (in our golf cart... which is something people do now -- in my day you took open sided Trams and liked it).
'Ways to be Wicked' is the opening to the Descendants 2 movie that cleared the room. Long Live Evil is more of a slogan, I guess.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX6g_cm2rM4
This is a good way to put it; the Disney creative types kinda hate the Disney vibe.
Its funny, we were visiting my folks in FL and took an impromptu trip to Disney. We've been going to Fort Wilderness since 1973, and the new 'Cabins' are really nice for families. Anyhow, we went to the nightly Campfire where you roast marshmallows, sing songs, do the hokey pokey, and then watch a Disney movie. Pretty much the same thing since 1973.
The 'singer' is really a sort of stand-up act with corny G-rated jokes plus a few insiders for the Moms/Dads... actual Chip and Dale in costumes come up as props (my kids have no idea who Chip and Dale are). And everyone sings Country Roads and a bunch of other Americana. My 10yo boy laughed at the jokes, groaned at the puns, sang the songs and then did the big group hokey pokey (with Chip and Dale).
As I say, completely on-brand Disney lightly humorous Americana.
Then the Disney Movie started: Long Live Evil music video
Sure, the movie (Descendants 2) is a dreadful 'Saved by the Bell' quality tween drama, but dreadful cringe it is. Desperate to be cool and failing at every step. We left after act 1 (as did everyone else), but the drop off from 200 people dancing the hokey pokey with a 50yo guitar playing comedian? Couldn't be more clear when witnessed in person.
Anyhow, my 17yo daughter went to see Snow White last night with her friend because they like princesses and are a little ironic tuned; her friend is 'really' conservative (which, given us is, well, remarkable) so I'll get the 17yo conservative girl princess take when she gets back from work.
Dang it... here's the msn.com one that isn't paywalled.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/elections/this-is-why-kamala-harris-really-lost/ar-AA1B9iF3
Are we ready to relitigate why Harris lost the election?
David Shor and Vox are... Why Kamala Harris Really Lost
Here are two takeaways to give the Dems some hope (the others? not so much):
• Democrats’ most effective message in 2024 was an economically populist one.
• Donald Trump is leaning into the most unpopular parts of his agenda.
p.s. not sure if the link will work... google took me to msn.com but vox had it locked.
Sure, what's the official record that Biden pardoned those people?
It's the eSignature, no?
What's the process to verify that Biden executed the eSignature and not a staffer?
As I said above, I'd be fine if Biden publicly read from a list all the people he's pardoning... no signature required.
You guys are getting hung up on 'THE SIGNATURE' not what's the process to validate that the President 'granted' these pardons?
Otherwise, what's the ex-post facto defense in court that Trump privately pardoned me over the phone... as long as Trump - after he's president - says he pardoned me privately over the phone.
It's a lot like Trump claiming he declassified the documents in his heart as he was leaving the oval office.
That's a good point too. I don't think Carter signed a pardon for every draft dodger.
But, he did sign a document that pardoned a class of people. So he did sign/issue a pardon.
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/proclamations/04483.html
But I'm not sure you'll get very far with the constitutional argument... the argument isn't for a signature, its for proof that the President issued the Pardon and not a staffer.
I could theoretically back this concept if the President were to orally pardon someone by invoking a clear statement of intent publicly witnessed and validated.
Did that happen?
This is probably one of those things that doesn't constitute fraud prima facie as Trump seems to imply; *but* is probably one of those things that we either need to put very strict controls around verifying that the eSignature is executed directly by the Executive via a secondary validation - like video.
So, eSignatures could be a legitimate 'tool' for signing things, but the tool can't be automated to the extent that we're not sure that each and every signature was reviewed by the executive at the moment of signature.
To be clear, the signature can't be 'delegated' to a batch of things... each thing has to be signed, the button has to be pressed each time by the person authorized to push the button.
Anything else is something we should put explicit checks around (if we haven't already). So, I'll wait for statements as to how the process is actually managed before passing judgement.