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 From Oregon's Fox 12 News : A former detention officer at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana pleaded guilty Monday to sexual abuse of a ward or individual in federal custody. David Courvelle, 56, entered a guilty plea before U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays as part of an agreement with prosecutors. The charge carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. According to court records, Courvelle worked as a contract detention officer at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile, which is operated by GEO Group Inc., between Jan. 1 and July 30. The facility houses women and detainees of various gender identities. Prosecutors said Courvelle began a personal and romantic relationship with a Nicaraguan detainee, who was being held on an immigration matter. Between May and July, Courvelle had sexual contact with the detainee multiple times while she was under his custodial supervision, according to court documents. Prosecutors said the encounters t...

So Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signed a fetal heartbeat ( six weeks , BTW) bill into law. Normally, left-leaning Americans would go after Governor Edwards hard for this, as a majority of those who vote Democrat range from being pro-choice to supporting abortion under specific circumstances (rape, incest, health of the mother, etc.). But we live in the Age of Team Politics , where you can be as conservative as you want even if you're a Democrat, and other Democratic voters/supporters will bend over backwards to justify deviations from traditional positions. Websites that have been referenced here in the past are a good example of how Team Politics has shrouded ideological perspectives. The reactions/comments on  Daily Kos and Democratic Underground , for example, has mostly ranged from   this is the price we pay for being a big tent    and better a Democrat than a Republican (although DU has, to be fair, more willing to challenge the status quo )...

Via TPM: " Operation Exodus ." Usually someone like Oliver Willis or jurrasicpork would comment on something like this. And to be honest, they'd probably have a better assessment than me. I will say this: for the X-Men fans, I think this puts us on the "US Government looks into mass Sentinel production" path that led to Days of Future Past.