The goal was/is to make money via insider trading.

The [1952 Immigration and Nationality Act] also has an exemption that prohibits an alien's removal "because of the alien's past, current, or expected beliefs, statements, or associations, if such beliefs, statements, or associations would be lawful within the United States." But the law allows the government to proceed with a deportation if the Secretary of State "personally determines that the alien's admission would compromise a compelling United States foreign policy interest."

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconstitutioncenter.org...

Does the INA only apply to people who are attempting to immigrate to the US (e.g. green card holders) or does it apply to visa holders as well? The citation I was trying to find said student visa holders were also covered. The fact that Marco Rubio is personally signing all of the visa revocations is a very strong indication that the law does cover them.

From the Wikipedia page on Bouarfa v. Mayorkas:

revocation of an approved visa petition under s1155 based on a sham-marriage determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security is the kind of discretionary decision that falls within the purview of 8 U.S.C. s1252(a)(2)(B)(ii), which strips federal courts of jurisdiction to review certain actions 'in the discretion of' the agency."

That's not a blank check. I don't know what's in the cited section, but I doubt 'wrote an op-ed' is one of the 'certain actions'.

If I do find more information, I'll be sure to not let you know, since you asked so nicely.

Nostromo?

They really should check to see what the Weyland-Yutani Corporation has hidden in the ice.

Following up would have been watching the video, realizing the statement was not even close to meeting the threshold laid out in Counterman v. Colorado, and moving on. It's almost unheard of for US Attorneys to send letters like this; if this were a real case, his statements would have made it almost impossible to prosecute. Apparently he sent a copy of this letter to WaPo but did not send one to the congressman:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com...

Ed Martin is rather famously a hack - already at least six prosecutors have resigned rather than follow his order to lie to the court about why they were dismissing the charges against Eric Adams.

Trump's DOJ is sending letters to members of congress who called Musk a 'dick':
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Frober...

From whitehouse.gov: people with autism, asthma, auto-immune disease, and ADHD are a "dire threat to the American people and our way of life."

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.whitehouse.gov%2Fpre...

Wago lever nuts are absolutely better - you can visually inspect the connections, and reconfigure a box without degrading the integrity of the wire. They work better with stranded wire, can be installed correctly by almost anyone, and have a host of other benefits.

They are not used much in the US due to cost and tradition. The cost difference is substantial; you can something like five to ten times more wire nuts for the same price as wagos. But in several European jurisdictions lever nuts are the standard; using twist-on nuts is considered poor and shoddy work.

This also happened in Manhattan that week:

Migrant teen killed, another injured, after being asked if they spoke English: New York police

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fabc7chicago.com%2Fpost%2Fm...

Obviously this isn't getting near the same level of effort as the CEO case.

By that logic, you have to believe the 'representative of the government' who showed us proof that the drones are actually Tie Fighters:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FSenMastriano%2Fsta...

(hint: "congressional representative" refers to representing the people - they are not de facto representatives of the government).

It's a federal crime, so there's nothing a DA could do.

The US government could go after Musk, of course, and revoke his citizenship. But denaturalization is a severe penalty for what might be a simple misunderstanding or filing error. So historically, that has only been used in severe cases, like war criminals and people who lied about things like murder convictions.

In the first Trump administration, Stephen Miller set up an entire effort to find people to denaturalize and report. SCOTUS cut that down a bit, but they are planning an even bigger effort this time around. The real goal, of course, is to make naturalized Americans into second-class citizens.

When the Justice Department goes after someone for filling a form incorrectly, but ignores Musk's overstay, there will be no shortage of sycophants willing to 'explain' how the cases are different. Don't be one of them.

More reading:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fopinion%2Fim...

Someday, maybe, you'll use 'ad hominem' correctly.

Today is not that day.

You must really need that dopamine hit or whatever weird satisfaction you get from replies to your trolling, because you've really dialed up the asshole component in this thread up to eleven. Maybe the intense cognitive dissonance required to rationalize your vote for tfg is getting to you.

But hey, I'm a bit bored, so I can be an enabler.

Anyway, it's downright comical how you're accepting Bezos's claims at face value. WaPo has been endorsing candidates for years, including in this election cycle. The editorial team had already created an endorsement for Harris. Suddenly, a couple weeks before the election, the owner unilaterally and without really discussing the plan with anyone on the editorial board, decides to kill the whole thing.

Yeah, sure, it's all about 'neutrality'. Anybody who buys that should avoid bridge-shopping; it probably won't end well.

Much more plausible: Bezos knows that if WaPo had endorsed Harris and Trump is elected, he would hold a grudge. He has already threatened government action against multiple media outlets, and could easily retaliate against Bezos's other interests; declaring Amazon to be a monopoly would be an easy way to do that, for instance. Bezos also knows that Harris wouldn't do the same, so the easy answer was what he came up - pull the endorsement, and pretend it someone how make WaPo appear 'neutral'.

What Bezos missed (and might have heard from some people if he had bothered to have a discussion with someone other than the former Murdoch guy he just hired) is that the unilateral way he went about this decision cast more doubt on WaPo's integrity than any endorsement would have. If the owner can just pull the plug on content on a whim, how do people know he isn't going to do that on anything else that he finds uncomfortable? How do we know he hasn't done that already? We already have an example of a billionaire doing stupid stuff with platforms they own.

No small number of WaPo's subscribers were paying for it because they wanted to actually support journalism. If it's just going to be a Bezos newsletter, they can find better places to put their money.

Trump raised $250 million dollars to prove the election was "stolen" in 2020.

Where is the proof?

Where did the money go?

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus...

"He was only using bigotry to bring attention to the problem" was a stupid excuse back when Vance used it about Haitians, and is stupid now.

BTW, it wasn't just one joke. Here's a partial list of the crap spewed at the rally:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2024%2F1...

created a situation where this has brought a lot of attention to immigration

It's brought death threats, bomb threats, vandalism, and actual nazis matching in their streets.

It's stochastic terrorism, and Trump and Vance are encouraging it - hell, Trump wouldn't even condemn the bomb threats when the softball question was offered to him.