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Cake day: July 8th, 2023

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  • As part of the investigation, officials had contacted Morales Reyes and asked for a handwriting sample and concluded his handwriting and the threatening letter didn’t match and that the threat was not credible, the person said. It’s not clear why Homeland Security officials still decided to send a release making that claim.

    There’s no great leap of logic required here. It furthers their narrative that illegal immigrants are an immediate threat to the security of the country when they can point to one and say “See? This guy was plotting to assassinate the president!” It’s just like the whole hoax about Hatians eating pets. They knew that wasn’t true either. But It plays well with their audience, so they want it circulating in the news cycle as much as possible because it reinforces what those people already believe.






  • Also: THAT’S NOT HOW VACCINES WORK

    With a few exceptions, vaccines don’t give a person 100% immunity. They work on a population by making people less prone to infection thereby slowing the rate at which the virus can spread. If infections clear up (or in the worst case, kill the host) faster than the virus spreads, outbreaks get contained. That’s what herd immunity is.

    But that means you have to give the vaccine to as many people as you can for it to be maximally effective. Only giving it to people who are at “high risk” means only giving them minimal protection.





  • Khalil remains in a Louisana ICE detention facility. After he challenged his arrest in court, a federal judge asked the Trump administration to simply back up its grounds for arresting the permanent resident, and the administration responded with an objection, saying the order was "misguided.”

    Oh. Okay. It’s a “misguided” court order, so clearly they don’t have to abide by it. I’m gonna keep that one in my back pocket next time I’m in court. Your honor, I felt that the speed limit was misguided.