Source of news: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/7/ice-launches-military-style-raids-in-los-angeles-what-we-know
This is Stephen Miller's (White House Deputy Chief) response to Karen Bass (Los Angeles Mayor).
So much for "state's rights."
Fascists are never to be taken seriously when they say that they're very worried about protecting anything.
Another 5-10 years in power and they'll legalize conversion therapy and honor killings against gay and trans kids and call it "parental rights".
I will be shocked if it takes that long.
Time for the Sartre quote:
Never believe that ~~anti-Semites~~ fascists are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The ~~anti-Semites~~ fascists have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past."
Irony & Stephen being an arch-ghoul notwithstanding, federal law does supercede state law (Art 6 Sec 2). Like, Nebraska couldn't just legalize murder. They could stop enforcing that law, but it'd still be illegal and the federal gov't could take action.
federal law does supercede state law (Art 6 Sec 2)
Only to the extent that the Federal law is constitutional (ie within its powers) and valid
And to the extent that they are actually following the federal law, regardless of its constitutionality.
The Feds aren't even following federal law.
A 30+ felon who tried to overthrow the government, and stole enough classified docs to be imprisoned for millennia, is the president.
There is no "federal law". There is only a fascist dictatorship — a kakistocracy with nothing but the illusion of authority — and the millions of people who let this failed-state clown show continue.
Like, I am genuinely baffled that in the most heavily armed county on Earth, with hundreds of thousands of veterans with PTSD, shat on for decades... How is the attempted murder of the people in charge not a daily occurrence? Shit's wild yo!
- Known Nazi and self described white supremacist, Stephen Miller
Nice, if there's ever a democratic president again, let's use that precedent to completely fuck Texas and the other theocracies when they try to make bible shit into law again
Lmao they'll change their tune very quickly if that happens
No they won't, they'll claim they're being persecuted and play victim
gaslight, obstruct, project
This has been the game for the GOP for decades. They cry “states rights” when they don’t have the presidency, then want the president to be a king when they have the presidency.
Biden could have arrested Trump on day one.
Democrats set this coarse.
I love how the liberals dreams of "revenge" are of not allowing others to be oppressed by some fucked up law.
I mean. I get it. Don't get me wrong. But if the dream of liberals in power is just "things aren't getting much worse for awhile" I really think we need to reprioritize.
My idea of left seizing power and being "authoritarian" is enacting universal healthcare, high speed rail, billionaires in jail, ending garbage AI waste, and much more material actions.
If our idea is just to "stick it" to some racist people in Texas I think we need to rethink that plan. I want those racist people in Texas to have all of the things above too. I want the material conditions to improve for everyone because I know that that is what helps to end these manufactured divisions of race, gender, or religion.
Our goals can't be to just play whackamole with fucked up laws in red states.
Optimistic of you to assume their mission won't be a return to normalcy.
Sorry, the senate parliamentarian will say it’s not allowed and so the dems will pout about it some then just settle for sending a strongly worded letter about the matter.
The party of "small government", trampling over the rights of the state of California, one of the largest economies in the world.
The party of "state's rights".
States rights...to own slaves. Individual rights...to extract profit. Divine Federal right to smash dissent.
States rights! Until I see anything I DONT LIKE, then unlimited power federal government!
The "states' rights" crowd is not very supportive of states' right, right now.
They never were. It was always cover to do awful shit like overturn Roe.
Where are all the right wing states rights mouthbreathers now?
They're the ones firing rubber bullets at news reporters.
It's somewhat hyperbolic to say a lot on the right are actual nazis, but this dude is the most neo-Nazi motherfucker and deserves everything that should come to Nazis.
It’s a terrible system when fucking dorks who got bullied by classmates and never moved on get this kind of power. Some Latino kids beat him up or pantsed him or whatever and it’s been his mission to target the ethnicity of those who made his life as a teenager unpleasant rather than focusing on something more productive. We are being ruled by emotionally unstable babies who never got over whatever hardship occurred in their formative years and now see themselves as arbiters of retribution. We are under a bunch of stunted Eliot Rogers-esque dorks.
What a shithead, we've fought rebellions in this country over goddamn stamps and whiskey, and they really imagine material conditions are good enough that this sort of behavior will be tolerated amidst their ill advised trade war?
I would expect nothing less from a literal nazi.
Everyone hates you, Stephen.
That's a good quote democrats should use if they're ever back in power.
Stop paying taxes. Let miller figure out how he’s gonna pay the military to keep up this supreme leader bullshit.
Oh, the cretin whose wife is off banging Elon at spacex? Get your cuck on, Stevie.
Anarchy is the supreme law and will remain as such till heat death of the universe.
Try to hard to enforce your own and whatever order you thought you had will collapse.
In slightly different words: “Federal law is supreme” says who? Federal law?
And he's right, as long as the "resistance" continues doing nothing.
Every day these people aren't afraid to leave their homes is a day Americans have failed.
That's a weird way to spell "heil Trump".
What a big tough guy
LA should join Canada honestly.
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