He was dressed in brand new clothes. We didn't need the drinks to know the photo was staged.
this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2025
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Yeah but the masses now think he's at some all inclusive resort, and that's how this gets blown to the wind.
Don't assume stupidity when malice will suffice
(3) that he was engaged in “human trafficking” (just completely made up bullshit).
Technically, he is involved with human trafficking... now.
"Technically"...???
As opposed to blatantly, obviously, openly, brazenly, and defiantly...???
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As in...he's the "victim" of human trafficking.
An appropriate response from that senator to that shitbird of an aide would have been to forcefully slap the drinks off of the table
Van Hollen shouldn't have publicized those pictures at all, everything from the setting to the clothes they gave Garcia was a misrepresentation of what he's going through
The president of el Salvador publicized them first, while the meeting was ongoing.
They staged the meetup for propaganda. They weren't going to let that go to waste.
Theres no way Garcia wasn’t rushed through makeup and wardrobe hours before and only beaten with car antennas for a couple days prior so he could still get up to do the photo op.
If they had come back and not had something resembling visual proof then it would have been conspiracy central. "Sure you did, we believe you."
He should have had an armed escort and brought Garcia back to the US.
Seriously what a pussy. Should have surrounded him with security and walked back to the plane the second they were out in the open.
It would be to slap both the boss and his AIDES
Careful - that could be construed as… gang activity
Anything they dont like will be fingered as gang activity even tho its anti-gang activity
Undercooked chicken? Gang activity.
Overcooked chicken? Gang activity.
You make an appointment with the dentist and you don’t show up? Believe it or not, gang activity.
Edit: Downvoting because you don’t understand the joke? Absolutely gang activity.
It is, as we have noted, all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis, but it may present an opportunity as well. We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos. This case presents their unique chance to vindicate that value and to summon the best that is within us while there is still time.
You stupid motherfucker, you and your kind caused this. Sit there and act like the Executive are a bunch of civil-minded policy wonks instead of a bunch of deadly jackbooted criminals empowered by YOUR GODDAMN RULINGS. What a load of horseshit.
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Never had cherries in a Margarita... 🙄 🤡 🤦♀️ 🖕
There are more kinds of bad margaritas in the Americas than are drempt of in hell. Everyone wants theirs to be unique and that is the path to ruin.
They're pretty clearly water glasses with salted rims and cherries jammed on the edges like an orange slice. I've never seen that before either.
I have. It wasn’t a very good margarita
Bold of you to assume people still have employment with this shitshow
It's really odd to assert that nobody has jobs when that is demonstrably untrue. The economy is quickly swirling the drain, but there are still millions upon millions of working Americans. Shutting down the economy via general strike is the last real resort we have.
I'm not going to sit here and let you demean the one real tool we the people have left.
how many blasts equals a slam?