@#4 ... Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose ...

Lyrics that seem to just stay with you over decades ...

The title of the OpEd ...

... Here's How Many ICE and CBP Agents Allegedly Preyed on Children ...

More from the cited OpEd ...

... The Trump administration pledged to deport violent criminals"but instead, some of them have been on the payrolls of the federal government's most aggressive agencies.

ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection employed at least 30 people with sexual and violent criminal histories in recent years, according to a report published Monday by the Ohio Immigrant Alliance with research from the Pacific Antifascist Collective.

At least 20 of those individuals committed offenses with underage victims, according to the report. ...

During a recent interview with New York Magazine, President Donald Trump had "an unfortunately timed" memory lapse when struggling to remember the name of a disease perhaps best known for memory loss, ...

Oh, this ain't good.

... Ted Cruz trashed President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance in convers ations with GOP donors last year, explosive leaked recordings allege. ...

OK, My first question ...

When will all cell phones need to be "checked at the door" before someone is allowed to attend this these meetings?

@#7 ... They killed him because he had a gun and was irresponsible in its use. ...

OK, now do the 2017 Charlottesville "Unite the Right" demonstration, and the guns that were carried (and fired) there.

Quite curious (or not) the apparent down-playing of Nazi influence by some posters on this thread.

@#1

So, the lies of the Trump admin seem to be continuing?

More from the article ...

... Leavitt was peppered with questions during the White House press briefing about whether Trump agreed with sentiments of Pretti's killing that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller made over the weekend.

That included Noem saying Pretti "attacked" federal law enforcement while "brandishing" a firearm and saying the incident was an example of "domestic terrorism." Meanwhile, Miller referred to Pretti as a "would-be assassin" who "tried to murder federal law enforcement."

Multiple angles of video captured by witnesses of Pretti's confrontation with federal law enforcement Saturday show an officer shooting Pretti in the back after an altercation in which Pretti, filming the officers, sought to help a woman being pepper-sprayed before he was also pepper-sprayed. Video appears to show an officer taking Pretti's gun and walking away before he was shot.

When asked whether Trump agrees with Noem and Miller's sentiments on the circumstances, Leavitt said she has not heard the president "characterize Mr. Pretti in that way."

"However, I have heard the president say he wants to let the facts and the investigation lead itself," Leavitt said.

Leavitt did not give a definitive answer when another reporter asked whether Miller will be apologizing to Pretti's family.

"Again, this incident remains under investigation, and nobody here at the White House, including the president of the United States, wants to see Americans hurt or killed and losing their lives in American streets," she responded. ...

On the other hand, from what I have seen said in the Cabinet meetings, this is apropos ...

@#1

Looks AI-generated.

... President Donald Trump said he's closed his eyes during Cabinet meetings because they are "boring as hell." ...

Maybe because he as no intention of listening to the policy directions his Cabinet may be offering?

@#49 ... Anyone want to explain where this officers head is. ...

Based upon the picture your alias posted, it looks to me as if the ICE officer's head is attached to the top of his neck.

What else yer got?

@#39 ... It's what courts usually call evidence. ...

Agreed.

As opposed to the statements of the Trump admin that were proffered before ny evidence had been presented?

Tangentially related ...

More from the article ...

... Many modern Windows computers rely on full-disk encryption, called BitLocker, which is enabled by default.

This type of technology should prevent anyone except the device owner from accessing the data if the computer is locked and powered off.

But, by default, BitLocker recovery keys are uploaded to Microsoft's cloud, allowing the tech giant -- and by extension law enforcement -- to access them and use them to decrypt drives encrypted with BitLocker, as with the case reported by Forbes. ...

@#19 ... MAGATS are ------- retarded ...

I am not yet convinced of that.

What I do see, however, is that MAGA seems to want to (I'll be kind) cause grief for people with political views they do not agree with.

I remain to be convinced that this is the "new Peyton Place."

Or just a continuation of what has always occurred.

That is, sex for influence.

... "Enough already of Washington's orders over politicians in Venezuela," ...

But, didn't Pres Trump say that he now controls Venezuela?

"American First" or "America Whimsical" ???

@#3 ... s that actually earth return and not induction from the overhead line? ...

I do not see a "return line" on the poles here. Just the "feed line."

So, yeah, I'd say, it is earth return.

Stated differently, I see the transformers being fed from the wire on the pole, but I also see a line from the transformer down the pole into the ground. Combined with the lack of a return feed, classic earth return configuration.

@#10 ... letting a Fascist Admin run roughshod over US cities for political purposes. ...

Yup.

Even the Trump admin now seems to be realizing that.

OK, on my property, which is definitely not "rural electrification," I am subject to this single-wire earth return (inducing hum into the audio I listen to).

One thing I note, if I place voltmeter probes in the dirt of my yard twenty or thirty feet apart and in parallel with the power wires on the street, I see a significant voltage on the voltmeter. Single digit voltage.

Can I take advantage of that earth return? Maybe to charge batteries?