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This proves how ignorant Stump and his administration and supporters are. This doctored photo looks so fucking obviously fake it makes you wonder how anyone could really be so fucking stupid. This looks like something someone would have done with the windows 95 version of paint photo editor, unreal!
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-touts-seemingly-doctored-photo-of-abrego-garcias-hand-in-attempt-to-prove-maryland-man-is-gang-member/
Some small tidbits of interest. Trump is introducing evidence, like uncledad mentioned, with a disclaimer… "seems to be authentic." or something equivalent. The problem is that Senators are visiting Mr. Lopez and can testify to the tattoos. SO that's Trump, pitching to MAGA.
Second, a day or two after the dictator of El Salvador visited the WH to play marionette to Trump's obvious string-pulling, Trump said (re a question on Mr. Lopez, "I have nothing to do with that." That's a tell that Trump dol doesn't want to be too closely married to a lost cause.
It seems Mr. Lopez has been transferred to a different detention facility, which has to be an improvement and MAY suggest that El Salvador does not want to bear the future brunt of US anger if anything happens to Mr. Lopez. IMO, Trump would love for Lopez to die so Trump does not suffer a legal defeat, but El Salvador may have enough sense to not take sole responsibility to solve Trump's screw-up when the punishment from the US might last decades.
Last night, the USSC handed down a temporary stay to prohibit any expulsions under the wartime act. No, it's not a final decision but it undermines the absolute authority Trump wants to claim.
The foreign student from Tufts who got abducted to LA will have to be returned to Vermont for a hearing. Her crime was an op-ed against Israel for the genocide in Gaza. Note to trolls: Israel is a country, not a religion. It's not antisemitic to oppose genocide.
From what I read, the Ivy-league colleges have agreed to coordinate against attempts by the administration to force compliance to their racist policies.