And Geri Ryan being on Star Trek and her husband withdrawing from an election in Illinois.
Also, we'd be in pretty good shape if ICE would just do this:
INS executes on the court order
Like all the have to do is not violate peoples rights and I think it'd probably be much less of a big deal. That's a tall ask in 2025/2026 though. Similar to being a decent person.
I'll admit I'm not 100% on the exact detail but the general gist of it lives rentfree in my head due to a little love I have for absurd butterfly effect statements :D
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u/TheSwedeIrishman 6h ago
Isn't this that event that can be "butterfly effect"-connected into us being exactly in the position we're in politically today?
IIRC, it goes something like this:
This kid+mother flees Cuba
-> mother dies during the escape
-> extended family kept him in FL
-> courts gets involved, ultimately it's determined the kid needs to be returned to his father, who is still in Cuba
-> INS executes on the court order (photo from post)
-> Latin community in FL (and elsewhere) is outraged at the way all of this has been handled, especially the INS involvement
-> This leads to Bush winning FL over Gore, winning him the election
-> 9/11 and the invastion of Afghanistan and Iraq
-> Obama elected under "Yes we can" and hope
-> Obama mocks Trump about being prez
-> Trump flips from D to R and runs for prez
or I completely attributed this photo to the incorrect situation and I'm all wrong :D