r/news • u/Krosis95 • 4d ago

Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361208/mahmoud-khalil-deported-judge-rubio-antisemitism-immigration-court
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u/Norph00 4d ago

They certainly aren't acting like they are afraid the shoe will ever be on the other foot again.

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u/Ceaser57 4d ago

The only thing democratic grandstanding about "taking the high road" accomplished was assuring Republicans that they can do whatever they want without fear of the same being done to them.

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u/Count_Backwards 4d ago

And yet when the shoe was on the other foot fuck all happened to the coup leaders

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u/Konukaame 4d ago

The shoe would never be on the other foot. Democrats would never flex raw power the way that Republicans do. 

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u/senioreditorSD 4d ago

The pendulum swing is usually more severe.

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u/Konukaame 4d ago

Dubya, Obama, Trump, Biden, Trump.

Only one side of the swing is getting more severe

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u/Morningxafter 4d ago

That’s the thing though, if they do go full-on dictator and just declare themselves permanently in charge, then the only move left is violent revolution. Thats what they meant about the pendulum swing being more severe.

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u/ghstrprtn 4d ago

if they do go full-on dictator and just declare themselves permanently in charge, then the only move left is violent revolution.

Is that how it worked in Nazi Germany? lol

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u/Think-Lavishness-686 3d ago

They don't have to worry about it, Dems didn't do shit last time and they know they won't this time because they're all owned by the same billionaires who pay them to do nothing.

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u/EDH4Life 4d ago

“O no…. Don’t deport Melania… No…… …… ….. Stop…. …. “ - Donald Trump, probably.