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It
seems
deporting
people
into
El
Salvadoran
slave
labor
isn’t
the
only
decision
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
makes
without
bothering
to
do
their
research.
Having
admitted
that
it
sent
Kilmar
Abrego
Garcia
to
hell
prison
accidentally
—
and
then
immediately
firing
the
lawyer
for
refusing
to
lie
to
the
court
—
DHS
has
since
fought
to
reverse
engineer
a
justification
for
their
mistake.
Will
they
bring
that
same
energy
to
their
intellectual
property
woes?
Under
the
direction
of
Kristi
“Canine
Killer”
Noem,
the
Department
has
launched
a
cringe
recruitment
campaign
to
bring
in
more
thugs
willing
to
hide
behind
masks
and
brutalize
citizens
for
their
skin
color
—
something
Border
Czar
Tom
Homan
actually
talked
about.
Now
that
Congress
authorized
spending
more
on
America’s
immigration
enforcement
than
most
militaries,
they’ve
got
to
find
people
willing
to
take
on
these
unpleasant
jobs.
And
migrant
workers
are
a
non-starter.
So
the
PR
blitz
is
on.
Out
of
the
gate,
DHS
released
a
slick,
overtly
Christo-nationalist
video,
calling
for
soldiers
to
take
up
the
call
of
a
Bible
verse.
Aside
from
offering
a
preview
of
the
Supreme
Court’s
eventual
decision
declaring
the
Establishment
Clause
mere
“prefatory
language,”
the
quote
itself
is
from
Isaiah,
which
is
all
about
how
Jerusalem
needs
to
be
destroyed
to
usher
in
the
end
times
—
exactly
the
sort
of
doomsday
shit
you
want
senior
government
officials
saying
they
like
to
“think
about
sometimes.”
Anyway,
the
Department
paired
the
video
with
“God’s
Gonna
Cut
You
Down”
by
Black
Rebel
Motorcycle
Club.
The
band
chose
to
cut
DHS
down:
“It’s
obvious
that
you
don’t
respect
Copyright
Law
and
Artist
Rights
any
more
than
you
respect
Habeas
Corpus
and
Due
Process
rights,”
the
band wrote.
“Not
to
mention
the
separation
of
Church
and
State
per
the
US
Constitution.”“For
the
record,
we
hereby
order
@dhsgov
to
cease
and
desist
the
use
of
our
recording
and
demand
that
you
immediately
pull
down
your
video,”
the
statement
continued.
In
Noem’s
defense,
it’s
not
that
she
doesn’t
respect
habeas
corpus,
she
just
has
no
clue
what
it
is.
“Well,
habeas
corpus
is
a
constitutional
right
that
the
president
has
to
be
able
to
remove
people
from
this
country,
and
to
suspend
their
right
to
advancement,”
Noem
explained
to
the
Senate
recently,
having
missed
accidentally
trading
her
staff’s
prep
flashcards
for
a
vintage
Village
People
outfit
to
wear
for
her
next
photo
op.
“Oh,
and
go
f–k
yourselves,”
the
band
added.
While
we
can’t
confirm
that
DHS
complied
with
that
part,
the
song
is
no
longer
available
with
the
video.
One
might
think
DHS
would
have
learned
its
lesson
here,
but
they
immediately
followed
up
with
a
Twitter
post
captioned:
“Remember
your
Homeland’s
Heritage”
showing
a
white
—
obviously
—
couple
in
the
back
of
a
covered
wagon
holding
a
newborn.
As
propaganda
goes,
it’s
very
“Make
America
Die
Of
Dysentery
Again.”
But
it
turns
out
DHS
didn’t
have
the
rights
to
post
that
either.
Artist
Morgan
Weistling
has
this
message
posted
atop
his
website:
Gotta
say,
for
all
the
rhetoric
about
criminal
immigrants,
it
seems
as
though
it’s
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
that
isn’t
sending
its
best.
Earlier:
Kristi
Noem
Thinks
Habeas
Corpus
Is
A
Deportation
Spell
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