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
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter or Bluesky if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.
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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
Joe Patrice is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. Feel free to email any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on Twitter or Bluesky if you’re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news.
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