Technically you can’t be on a ban list for ban evading if you didn’t let yourself be banned, and it obscures further a consistent record of astroturfing or rule-breaking, are my guesses.

It’s kind of amazing how Trump perfectly represents every type of narcissism, and there doesn’t even seem to be other dimensions to his personality except narcissism:

So yeah, this is what a narcissistic sociopath is. Some of us knew this before 2015 and so none of this is surprising. It’s just so so exhausting.

It’s like that point in a movie where you figured it how it ends and just want it to be over already, but it’s not over, and it’s your life, and also the movie might decide to kill you or kidnap you.

Legal Answer

The Fourth Amendment specifically says the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated” without a warrant showing probable cause and due process. It is settled law in the court system that this means a judicially-reviewed and -signed warrant is required to enter a home.

Basically, the Trump administration issued a May 12, 2025 DHS memo (signed by Todd Lyons) saying that no, the “warrant” and “due process” clause is satisfied if the DHS issues its own warrant.

This obviously violates the constitution because then judicial branch is meant to check the executive branch via review of executive action. DHS signing their own warrants means they are acting with inherent biased towards their own personnel, so there is no meaningful due process. It’s literally the law enforcement arm also being the judge.

A more detailed legal answer to your question is here: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/can-ice-enter-a-home-to-make-an-arrest-with-only-an-administrative-warrant , and it also links to the whistleblower complaint, which itself has the DHS May 12, 2025 memo as Exhibit 1 (page 17 of the file).

The DHS memo doesn’t appear to cite any actual case law (except a footnote that references a Central District of California case that “judicial” warrants are required in that jurisdiction, tellingly), but the link above notes the law is so clear that, to find an explanation, it theorizes that they are relying on dicta (non-binding, non-precedential discussion) in a court opinion from a 1960 case, that suggests (but again, doesn’t legally bind) administrative warrants could be considered. That dicta doesn’t hold they are valid, and has been contradicted by the Supreme Court multiple times since 1960.

Practical Answer

In short, the Trump administration likely knows this is a completely unconstitutional position. However, they also know it takes time for court challenges to force them to take any action (violate the constitution->victims possibly find counsel->file papers->trial court delays->trial->multiple appeals->Supreme Court).

Therefore, they are openly violating the law. We can’t prove their goals, but it seems obvious that Trump and his chief advisor, Stephen Miller are looking for an excuse to declare martial law. By illegally killing, kidnapping and abusing American citizens and residents, they assume the backlash will give them an excuse.

If it doesn’t, they will continue and assume that they will either be saved by the extremely right-leaning Supreme Court, or if not, will still have normalized a US gestapo acting with impunity for enough time to scare into silence any meaningful criticism, stop elections, or will simply “comply” with the decision two+ years from now continuing the process with minor changes to the policy that remain unconstitutional but restart the court process.

So… You’re not in favor of sane Americans?

I get it. But just like the UK isn’t Boris Johnson, China isn’t Xi Jinping, and Italy isn’t Giorgia Meloni, no country is going to show the reality and complexity from headlines generated by a handful of people.

What is happening here seems to be everyone taking out their frustrations on the exact people most likely to help.

The really striking thing about the contingent of non-Americans in this thread who are blaming all Americans, even specifically those who oppose Trump, is that I can’t imagine a psyop doing a better job of fracturing the American left and isolating the US.

I think Lemmy is still small enough that the people who are vomiting on the anti-Trump Americans and insisting on collective blame are probably real people, who don’t know how to direct their anger (which is quite depressing). But to explain, I actually can’t think of what Russia would do differently to accomplish (1) transposing anger against Trump into anger against all Americans, which helps (2) sever international support to internal American anti-Trump protesters, and thereby (3) weaken internal American resistance to Trump by making those of us here who opposed Trump feel and be even more isolated.

Solidarity across borders seems like a better approach. Seems like you would feed the tree you want to grow, and starve the invasive weed you don’t, instead of just relieving oneself on both. But what do I know, I’m just a stupid American.

Great, I agree with everything you just said. Constructive discussion! I’d like for that to be what we spend our energy on.

I understand it may remind you of that, but it’s not an apt comparison.

I’ve been advocating direct non-violent action here like MLK was doing (and, reminder, I assume non-violent protest won’t satisfy the angry non-Americans here who are telling us to “arm up”). I don’t think anyone is advocating for “wait[ing] for a more convenient season” - we know fascism is here, but the question is what is the move that (a) doesn’t cause it to dig in deeper like a tick, and (b) maximizes the good that we pay for with the risk to ourselves and others.

And yes, we’re all talking online, that’s what Lemmy is. I have called what I am doing “therapy” which I would suggest it in fact is, rather than “masturbation.” Living in the US and not being MAGA right now feels like being a battered family member, but usually participating here at least reminds me of sanity. (Though maybe not when we’re being told we’re awful because our abuser made a mess while they were abusing us.) I come here to vent and commiserate - that’s not mutually exclusive from taking action.

I wake up and go to sleep (very poorly) fighting learned helplessness and awful emotions because I see the same headlines we all do here, and whatever the world feels seeing it, it’s happening here to us first.

I’m not asking to be a victim, not that anyone is offering any empathy to non-Trump Americans in this thread. I’m just saying, hey, maybe those of us in the US who are doing what we rationally can to stop Trump don’t need another abuser? I guess that’s my message for comrade_twisty and others gleefully (but definitely not masturbatorily!) piling on the “all Americans can fuck themselves” bandwagon.

The sane Americans here are saying, “Hey, we’re your allies in this, we are trying to help,” and you’re literally saying, “No, you’re the enemy.” This is basically moral reasoning on the level of “my daughter crashed the car so I’m going to hit my son with a baseball bat.” It’s too much work on your part to distinguish between innocent and guilty? That’s some very firm moral high ground you’re lobbing spears from.

Not only is that nonsensical from a moral standpoint, but it’s terrible strategic thinking. You just prefer it if we’re all to be enemies? You’re asking both you (who is allegedly so infuriated because you are demanding a solution) and us (the people best positioned to try to help solve this) to waste our time fighting amongst each other. Great idea.

But to be clear, I understand when you spew hatred like this, you’re not thinking. You’re lashing out emotionally because you’re upset. Now the question is, will you acknowledge this, or will you respond by increasing the volume and digging in deeper?

Fortunately Trump has enough stupid for all of us.

So basically, they are our tired, our poor, our huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of the teeming shore? They are our homeless, tempest-tost to us? Certainly we shouldn’t lift our lamp beside the golden door, right?

This might be the most thoughtful and kindest reply I’ve received online. Thank you, I’ll definitely look into her.

It’s thinking through and planning random things for the most part. It could be a work-related issue, or a random thing I just realized I had an idea about how to do better than I had planned, or a specifically-worded challenging google search I need to do to troubleshoot something.

The thoughts themselves aren’t usually high-stress, but my brain starts working on them regardless. Strategies to take my attention off of them might work for a time (counting, imagining a journey, etc), but even if I fall asleep I wake right back up soon enough. I suspect right now the main mental issue is symptoms of burnout, but I have physical eye dryness issues layered on it (all being separately worked on with different specialists - tried all the drops, treatments, strategies…).

I could go on and on, but thanks, exhausting myself during the day is not a bad idea all things considered. At least it may reduce my physical capacity to wake up.

Morning for me, because actually exercise for me compensates for the lack of sleep, “wakes” me up. But thanks, I’ll try anything at this point.

Thank you, sorry for you as well. I have no trouble getting to sleep, it’s staying asleep that’s the issue. Seems to ultimately stump everyone.

Above 40 and get roughly 3-4 hours after being in bed 9. Exercise daily (and have been since age 20), am at a healthy weight, eat (relatively) right. Been seeing specialists and trying a dizzying array of things for 9 years, but I’m pretty sure this is just me now. Sometimes you just get dealt a bad hand.

To be honest, you will never find a generalized site/service that has many types of niche content like Reddit unless people coalesce to a single platform and the scale allows it.

I think it’s fine if you end up finding your niche community on some esoteric website/forum, more power to you. But for a single one-stop collection of niche communities, I think the best way to get there is just to sit tight with Lemmy/Piefed/Mastodon, honestly, because at some point those communities will reach critical mass and be self-sustaining (but not if people don’t stick around long enough for it to happen).

Of course also starting/contributing to your niche community speeds things along.

Sounds like… You gave up on you? It’s really not important information, but I tried.

When you pinch the ends. You’re effectively bending the two-dimensional space of the paper towel into three dimensional space encompassing the bug.

Put a paper towel flat on a table (long side left to right, if you have a half size towel). Take your pointer finger and thumb on each hand, and touch the left thumb to the bottom left corner of the towel, left pointer to the top left, and mirror on the right hand. Keeping the left-right length of towel taut, slowly pinch both hands. From the side view, the towel’s center will rise on the left-right axis (the U-shape). Finish pinching to complete the motion.

The bug’s center of gravity is above the feet, so it turns out that as long as you keep the paper towel taut, the body is lifted and it quickly attaches its feet to the towel.