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Did you hear he appointed his (former?) butler to head the Naval Academy?

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The solution to the employment problem in Appalachia is a return to the 1900's. That's why they don't need a social safety net. /s

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Republicans want to officially classify ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ as a mental illness
Symptoms of the faux illness include ‘Trump-induced general hysteria’ where a person struggles to distinguish between ‘legitimate policy’ and ‘psychic pathology’

James Liddell
Monday 17 March 2025 11:08 GMT

Republican state lawmakers are set to introduce a new bill proposing that “Trump Derangement Syndrome” is officially defined as a mental illness.

Five Minnesota Senators are due to propose the legislation to the Health and Human Services committee on Monday, according to Fox 9.

The bill’s authors Eric Lucero, Steve Drazkowski, Nathan Wesenberg, Justin Eichorn, and Glenn H. Gruenhagen, described the faux “syndrome” as the “acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.”

Symptoms include “Trump-induced general hysteria,” where a person struggles to distinguish between “legitimate policy” and “psychic pathology,” which is expressed with verbal hostility or acts of aggression against Trump and his MAGA supporters, according to the proposed legislation.

If passed, TDS could be added to a lengthy list of mental-health-related definitions in Minnesota. The “syndrome” is not recognized as a mental illness in any U.S. state.

The bill is unlikely to be approved with Democrat-aligned parties having a one-seat advantage in the state senate.

Democrats were quick to condemn the new Minnesota Bill.

“This is why Minnesota Republicans have lost every statewide election in recent memory — every time they get an opportunity to try to improve Minnesotans' lives, they instead double down on an agenda that caters to their party’s most extreme right-wing activists,” a Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party spokesperson told the Minnesota Star and Tribune.

The highly-politicized term was coined in Trump’s first term to dismiss criticism against him as liberal hysteria, suggesting that people abandon all logic and reason due to their dislike of the president.

The term “Derangement Syndrome” was first used more than a decade earlier in 2003 by the late political commentator Charles Krauthammer to describe critics of Republican President George W. Bush.

The Minnesota proposal pulls the same phrasing that Krauthammer used to describe “Bush Derangement Syndrome,” which was described as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the presidency—nay—the very existence of George W. Bush.”

Trump supporters had revived the pejorative phrase while the president was campaigning for the 2024 election to mock and silence his critics.

In May 2024, former Trump attorney Alina Habba told Fox News that she believed the jurors in the president’s hush money criminal trial should have been sequestered over a holiday weekend to avoid them coming down with TDS and “forgetting all sense of reality.”

In October, Trump dismissed his former chief of staff John Kelly as having TDS after he branded the president a fascist and made damning claims about his views of Adolf Hitler.

Last month, Elon Musk revived the term and told Fox News host Sean Hannity he used to be “adored by the left” until they were infected with TDS.

The head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Trump’s government slashing force, added that when he mentioned the president’s name at a dinner party before his return to the White House, “it was like they got shot with a dart in the jugular that contained like methamphetamine and rabies.”

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl ... 16396.html

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Republican who introduced Trump derangement syndrome bill arrested for soliciting a minor
Minnesota state senator Justin Eichorn allegedly traveled to meet a 17-year-old he thought met online, but was instead a cop posing as minor


Minnesota state senator Justin Eichorn. Photograph: Flickr

Rachel Leingang
Tue 18 Mar 2025 17.05 EDT

A Republican state lawmaker in Minnesota who recently introduced a bill to create a mental illness category for liberals obsessed over Donald Trump was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly soliciting a minor for prostitution.

Minnesota senator Justin Eichorn was arrested and booked on Tuesday. He believed he was talking to a 17-year-old female, but was communicating instead with detectives from the Bloomington, Minnesota, police department, police allege.

Eichorn, a 40-year-old whose biography on the Minnesota Senate website says he is married with four kids, faces felony charges for soliciting a minor to practice prostitution.

“As a 40-year-old man, if you come to the Orange Jumpsuit District looking to have sex with someone’s child, you can expect that we are going to lock you up,” Booker Hodges of the Bloomington police department said in a statement.

The Minnesota Senate GOP called for Eichorn to resign, saying the reports were shocking. “Justin has a difficult road ahead and he needs to focus on his family,” the caucus said in a statement. The Republican party of Minnesota also called for Eichorn to resign because of the “seriousness” of the charges.

Eichorn is one of five authors of a bill introduced this week that would classify “Trump derangement syndrome” as a mental illness. The derogatory term is often used by Trump supporters to claim liberals are obsessed with Trump to the point of being mentally ill.

The bill defines the syndrome as “the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J Trump. Symptoms may include Trump-induced general hysteria, which produces an inability to distinguish between legitimate policy differences and signs of psychic pathology in President Donald J. Trump’s behavior.” Expressions of the syndrome could include “intense hostility” toward Trump or “overt acts of aggression and violence against anyone supporting President Donald J Trump or anything that symbolizes President Donald J Trump”.

The bill garnered national headlines and criticism from the left. State senate majority leader Erin Murphy called it “possibly the worst bill in Minnesota history” and said if it’s a joke, it wastes time and trivializes real mental health issues. If it’s serious, it’s “an affront to free speech and an expression of a dangerous level of loyalty to an authoritarian president”.


https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ting-minor

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Casablanca shocked.

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The American Psychiatric Association is the body that decides what constitutes a mental illness and the diagnostic criteria to be used for specific disorders. These disorders are described in detail in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders--not determined by five legislators in Minnesota--and the fifth edition was recently updated in 2022. The DSM-5 (TR) and its predecessor editions have been widely accepted worldwide with minor exceptions.

So add this to the "That's Not How it Works, Guys" file.

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But it is kind of funny that the people that suffer from this delusion that leads them to this Trump-Syndrome, are trying to introduce legislation claiming that is is the other side that is deranged.
Straight out of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether.

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Green Card Holders Warned Against Leaving the United States
Published Mar 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM EDT

By Nick Mordowanec
Staff Writer

he United States is not properly following national laws already on the books as it pertains to green card holders, international students and those with H-1B visas, according to multiple immigration attorneys who spoke with Newsweek.

The Trump administration, following the directive of a president who made immigration arguably his biggest issue on the campaign trail, is overhauling border protocols and has heightened security to prevent an overflow of illegal migrants that became customary throughout most of President Joe Biden's term.

Why It Matters
Trump's concerns during his campaign cycle were mostly relegated to preventing illegal immigrants with criminal histories or backgrounds from coming and staying in the U.S. and potentially committing or contributing towards crime or violence.

But recent cases have shone a light on how the administration is approaching traditional access for immigrants, notably green cards and their holders (also known as lawful permanent residents, or LPRs), who generally secure a legal immigration status barring histories of fraud, criminality or other illegal acts. Some have alleged to have been targeted by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

New measures have reportedly led to more disorder for some at security checks and points of entry, as well as for lawful permanent residents returning to the U.S. from abroad.

Green cards tend to be reviewed by immigration authorities if holders typically spend more than 365 days outside of the U.S. Attorneys discourage holders from voluntarily surrendering their cards if questioned.

"The Trump administration is enforcing immigration laws—something the previous administration failed to do," Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin of the Department of Homeland Security told Newsweek. "Those who violate these laws will be processed, detained, and removed as required."

Federal privacy restrictions prohibit discussion of specific cases. All persons arriving at a port of entry to the U.S. are subject to inspection on a case-by-case basis.

What To Know

A recent case that has drawn widespread attention involves Fabian Schmidt, a U.S. green card holder from New Hampshire who was purportedly stripped naked and "violently interrogated" at Logan Airport after returning from Luxembourg last week, according to Boston public radio station WGBH.

"These claims [regarding Schmidt] are blatantly false with respect to CBP," Hilton Beckham, assistant commissioner of public affairs at CBP, told Newsweek. When an individual is found with drug-related charges and tries to reenter the country, officers will take proper action."

Schmidt has reportedly held a green card since 2008, one year after moving to the U.S., according to his family. The card was apparently flagged once he reentered the country.

"The revocation of green cards and arrest and detention of individuals in the U.S. without giving them an opportunity to prove their lawful status is a violation of due process," Seattle-based immigration attorney Kripa Upadhyay told Newsweek.

She said that cardholders are arriving at U.S. ports of entry, including airports and border crossings, and not being provided such rights. She alluded to reports of returning green card holders who have been tricked or pressured into "voluntarily" abandoning their status.

U.S. law states that green card holders/LPRs outside of the country for more than 180 days consecutively are considered to be applying for admission—at which point a border officer has the right to question individuals regarding that long absence, in addition to demanding proof of continuing ties to the U.S.

The burden of proof then goes on an applicant or LPR, shown through items like tax payments, proof of bank accounts, home ownership or a job in the U.S.

"What the border officers cannot do is then put these individuals in a position where they are so tired of being held in custody for 8-10 hours (often after long haul flights of 16 hours or so) and tell them they can voluntarily choose to relinquish their Lawful Permanent Resident status," Upadhyay added.

"A LPR's status can only be revoked by an immigration judge, unless the individual voluntarily relinquishes it. What is happening at the airports/land borders is not voluntary. It is coercion, as was the case of [Schmidt]."

New York City-based immigration attorney Naresh Gehi agrees, saying that the Trump administration is "abusing the law" by not providing cardholders without criminal records with proper issuance of notice to appear before a judge as outlined in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

"The judge has the authority to decide whether the person is eligible to live or should be ordered removed/deported from the U.S.," Gehi told Newsweek. "The administration is taking the law in their own hands with blatant disregard to the judiciary of the nation."

He said he's personally seen clients who have been fearful of traveling due to these recent cases, adding that many Indians who maintain their green cards but spend most of their time in their native countries are being questioned more than before.

Buffalo-based attorney Rosanna Berardi told Newsweek that CBP "maintains significant legal authority to determine admissibility." Per the Immigration and Nationality Act, the applicant's burden of proof is usually on the government.

CBP officers determine the admissibility of foreign nationals using longstanding U.S. immigration law under INA, which lists more than 60 grounds of inadmissibility divided into several categories.

Nationwide, CBP processes more than 1 million travelers daily who arrive in the U.S. by air, land and sea.

While the Trump administration has "certainly intensified scrutiny" at points of entry, Berardi said the underlying legal framework has remained consistent for decades.

"Border officials have long possessed the authority to conduct comprehensive inspections, including searches of electronic devices," she said. "The recent case involving the Brown University professor denied entry after officials discovered funeral photos of a Hezbollah leader on her phone exemplifies how these inspections can affect admissibility determinations."

That's a reference to the deportation of Rasha Alawieh, a doctor who was about to start work at Brown University as an assistant professor of medicine but was deported last weekend, according to the Associated Press. She had a visa but "openly admitted" to supporting a Hezbollah leader and attending his funeral.

"Foreign nationals who promote extremist ideologies or carry terrorist propaganda are inadmissible to the U.S., plain and simple," Beckham said. "A visa does not guarantee entry; CBP has the final authority after conducting rigorous security checks.

"Officers act swiftly to deny entry to those who glorify terrorist organizations, advocate violence, or openly support terrorist leaders and commemorate their deaths. Anyone found with extremist materials linked to a U.S.-designated terrorist group will be removed."

An even bigger case involves ICE detaining Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder who helped lead pro-Palestinian protests at the college amid the Israel-Gaza war.

Regarding Schmidt's case, Berardi said such decisions typically stem from specific factors such as criminal history (domestic or foreign), past immigration violations, or misrepresentations on previous applications—information that isn't always publicly disclosed but significantly influences CBP's decision-making process.

Asked if self-deportation could be a legal workaround for individuals afraid of being questioned or losing their status, the attorneys had different perspectives.

"I strongly advise against individuals taking such action without professional legal consultation," said Berardi. "Departing the U.S. without understanding the full legal implications can trigger lengthy bars to reentry and seriously complicate future immigration applications.

"Each situation requires individual assessment by qualified immigration counsel to ensure compliance with legal requirements and preserve eligibility for future immigration benefits."

Upadhyay mentioned how professionals in the U.S. working in fields like AI and machine learning are choosing to leave and explore opportunities outside the U.S. rather than go through the rigor and uncertainty of the domestic immigration process where status could ultimately be rejected.

"I know of a case of an Indian national executive who was entering on a B-1: Temporary visitor for business for a round of business meetings," she said. "He was on his fourth trip to the U.S. within the last year and was accused of having the intention to work illegally and was returned from the airport."

Self-deporting should be inquired, though it's not being asked about enough.

"It is not connected to criminal activity on their parts; rather, to the fear of being without status because of excessive delays in immigration processing," Upadhyay added. "Particularly for children who are now approaching 21 and can no longer remain a dependent on a parent's application."


https://www.newsweek.com/green-cards-im ... sk-2047844

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Steve Herman
‪@newsguy.bsky.social‬



CBS News - Trump administration will be revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of Latin American and Haitian migrants welcomed into the US under a Biden-era sponsorship process, urging them to self-deport or face arrest and removal.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-to-rev ... ants-chnv/

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Nicole Chung
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“Food banks across the country are scrambling to make up a $500 million budget shortfall after the Trump administration froze funds for hundreds of shipments of produce, poultry and other items that states had planned to distribute to needy residents.”

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As it stands now, no one in government is hearing these people outside of a few progressive democrats.

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