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I think this is pretty hilarious, too. Stinky is in even more trouble.
BREAKING: A DC federal appeals court has just ruled that Donald Trump does NOT have presidential immunity from a lawsuit being brought by police officers for his role on January 6th. More terrible news for Donald Trump, but great news for justice & accountability.
— Victor Shi (@Victorshi2020) December 29, 2023
I follow peer-reviewed science and you believe in fairy tales from obscure junk science sites. Period.
The one university cited, not the three you claimed, is an obscure, unsubstantiated source from Korea. Try a little harder to find something with scientific credibility.
Magat sausage party.
The Rebel News Christmas After Party pic.twitter.com/dsZqG8TE3i
— Mister Race Bannon (@MrRaceBannon) December 28, 2023
A lot of them pay taxes and into SS that they will never be the beneficiary of. Just sayin'.
If you think that is why they come here, for the mythical "free stuff" you have a vivid imagination. People come for better opportunities, even knowing they run the risk of being screwed over by red states and republicans. Being abused at Mar-a-Lardo or other places that employ illegals is more likely an outcome than getting handouts.
Building 900 miles of useless wall and the insane COVID crap is like building a huge trench to dump taxpayer money into.
got a link? the house repubicans are incapable of sending a clean bill anywhere, they are incapable of participating in governance. fewest bills ever, these trumpsters.
Here we go again.
It is only a matter of time before the House republicans block any legislation designed to help, so they will have something to still complain about before the election.
Sorry you feel that way. I would characterize your rejection of reality as sad more than anything.
The usual culprits, the GOP House would not even put the Bill on the floor to debate. We could have had all this working for us the past 10 years.
The Gang of Eight was a bi-partisan group of eight United States Senators—four Democrats and four Republicans—who wrote the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013.[1]
In June 2013, S.744 passed the Senate with a strong majority—68–32, with 14 Republicans joining all Democrats. The United States House of Representatives under Speaker John Boehner did not act on the bill, however, and it expired at the end of the 113th Congress.[2]
https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2013/04/18/177780665/bipartisan-senate-gang-prepares-to-sell-immigration-plan
"We're either gonna get a bill," Graham said, "or have one hell of a fight."
Here are some highlights from the legislation:
Path To Citizenship And Border Security
Temporary status available to qualified undocumented immigrants when border security and fencing benchmarks are reached.
Require background checks, fingerprints, $2,000 in fines, pay taxes, prove employment and physical presence in U.S. before 2012, and a start at the "back of the line" to qualify for temporary status.
Permanent resident status available after 10 years, provided border security and employment verification "triggers" met; no federal benefits during temporary status; and applicant proves he or she is earning 25 percent above poverty line.
Status revoked if applicant commits serious crime, fails to comply with work, tax, and physical presence requirements.
DREAM Act Young Undocumented Immigrants
Create five-year path to citizenship for young undocumented immigrants brought by parents to U.S. illegally or in the country on expired visas.
Revamp Visa Programs, From Farm Workers To Entrepreneurs
Up to 10,000 new "start up" visas for foreign entrepreneurs who create a minimum of five jobs and raise a half million dollars from investors.
More visas for highly skilled foreigners with advanced degrees.
Increase the number of H-1B visas awarded annually from 65,000 to 110,000, in part to bump up to 25,000 visas available for those in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Eliminate "certain categories" of family immigration preferences, and eliminate diversity visa lottery.
Require business owners to use a Labor Department posting website to seek out American workers before taking foreign workers.
Establish low-skilled guest-worker program and new agricultural-guest-worker visa program that allows undocumented farm workers to obtain legal status.
h/t blackhawks
I don't smoke lies like trumpsters do. If you bothered to check the factual information, you would realize you are just parroting wing nut chanting points. But that is your lot in life... chanting bullshit. The policies need to be updated but guess what... the republicans block every bill so that they have something to whine about.
New Data Show Migrants Were More Likely to Be Released by Trump Than Biden. According to new data published last month, the Biden Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has removed a higher percentage of arrested border crossers in its first two years than the Trump DHS did over its last two years as of Nov 2, 2023
While Donald Trump’s presidency is perceived as being the most active on immigration, touching nearly every aspect of the U.S. immigration system, President Joe Biden’s administration has far outpaced his predecessor in the number of executive actions taken during his first year in office. Yet the Biden administration’s pace of change has largely gone unnoticed, with immigrant-rights activists accusing it of going too slowly to unravel Trump actions and conservatives harshly critical of what they see as inattention to rising flows at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Migration Policy Institute (MPI) logged 296 executive actions on immigration taken by the administration as of January 19—one day before Biden’s first anniversary in office. By contrast, the Trump administration carried out 86 executive actions during its first year and 472 over its four-year term, MPI analysts have found.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/biden-one-year-mark
No EVs in my yard. Hybrids, though, to extend the range and mileage as it is 150 miles to nearest full service town.
No snow here this year, an oddity. Santa had to make his rounds in his EV. Happy Happy to you in this Solstice season.
And to you and yours! Is that a noble fir?
Kinzinger speaking for the sane posters here
The Perpetual Victimhood of MAGA is Weakness Defined
I’m over it, and so is the country
Too bad you continue to pine for treason weasel Orange Hitler.
ADAM KINZINGER
DEC 16, 2023
https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-perpetual-victimhood-of-maga
I’m over it. I’ve had enough, and it’s time to share.
This weekend while doing some light perusing of twitter, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I really, honestly, have never had an epiphany so sudden and profound that I have decided to write about it shortly after. But I did this time.
The whining, weak, brittle, fragile, delicate, feeble, puny, victim mentality of the MAGA movement is one of the most transparently sad, snowflakey, and pitiful movements really in American history. The incessant whining followed by the usual deflection of some harsh attack that reasonable adults would eschew has really reached a boiling point in my tolerance of typical and normal political dialogue.
I was attracted to the Republican party for many reasons, but chief among them was my belief that a man could set his own destiny, defend his own family, live his own life, and leave others alone to live theirs. I was always taught that bad circumstances happen, as does loss and failure, and those are parts of life we need to learn from and learn to manage. Sometimes you lose your whole corn crop, that’s life. Sometimes you lose elections, oh well. YOU, and you alone, are responsible for your mindset and path.
The MAGA movement has become an infectious disease of helplessness and victimhood unlike any I can remember. Donald Trump himself is a master victim, suing everyone, everything, yelling loudly about how he is a poor victim of the “deep state,” Rinos, DOJ, FBI, China, Germany, Mars, the sun, and any other possible force of nature. But his victim mentality has spread to the GOP at large, and its the most annoying and destructive force in the nation.
Seriously. This infection has destroyed the GOP.
The victims are everywhere. They believe their man to be the strongest alive, who has the courage to push back against dark forces coming to destroy America. Nevermind that many evangelicals specifically have been preaching this message for decades, THIS TIME it’s real. Their heroes of the Bible are not the Apostles, or even Jesus himself. No they are old testament kings who in one case, slept with his neighbors wife and had her husband killed. King David is supposed to be a story of redemption, and instead he’s become a model citizen, PRIOR to his repentance, because after all, that is Trump.
The Jesus I follow, as a believer, teaches us to not put our faith in this world, to be citizens of heaven, kind and just, and to FEAR NOT. He is in control, and he’s got this. He hasn’t lost an ounce of calm because of tax rates, Disney, or wokeism.
MAGAs strong hero is only doing one of two things. If what he says is true, that he is the most investigated and attacked man in history, how in the world could he be strong at all, given that while he actually was the most powerful man in the world, he couldn’t stop these forces or do anything about them.
I’d have to believe that given the levers of power and his amazing strength inherent to his DNA, he should have crushed the evil forces already.
Or maybe, he’s just a whining, weak, brittle crybaby who absolutely cannot operate without a group of people who likewise feel helpless, giving their power to him. This broken weak man, Donald Trump, leads an absolute movement of sheep who believe that in collectively complaining and belly-aching about everything out of their control, they somehow are strong. They are not.
Strength comes from a sense of self, purpose, and a love for justice. Not justice in the sense of the sword, but in the righteous use of the law and fairness to give everyone a chance. Strength comes from having the courage to stand for the weak and voiceless, loving even your enemy, and shedding tears at the plight of the homeless, or the poor migrant trying desperately to provide for his family. That is strength.
Strength doesn’t come from large rallies of people at the sunset of their life feeding on the drug of helplessness. Waving abnoxious signs or putting large Trump flags on their truck and driving around the neighborhood. Strength is not making expert memes and trolling people on the internet. Strong people don’t fear Disney or books. They don’t lose sleep over the outrage of the day, and they certainly don’t like Putin. Strong people defend those who need defending, like Ukraine.
Strong and healthy people don’t willfully ignore truth. Weak victims do, because accepting lies is required for belonging, and belonging makes you feel better and safer.
MAGA, is weakness.
The GOP has had control of the House, the courts, and at one point every legislative and executive component of government, but still, MAGA believes their are helpless victims that only survive with Trump. Well, either he is completely incompetent to still be on the receiving end of every injustice, or maybe, just maybe, he’s a fraud.
I’m going to recommit myself and my movement to reminding people that in this great country you can chart your own path and set your destiny. Strength is beautiful, and strength is kind, and loving, and charitable. Strength is the opposite of Donald and his victim parade.
I’m so over it. The weakness of MAGA is un-American. Perpetual victimhood is un-American, and my kid will be taught the opposite of everything they claim to believe, because he will be strong.
America will come through this time. We will come out so much stronger in fact, because I truly believe we will vomit out the putrid infection of weakness and cultism. Doing this will require a few things, but mostly, pointing out the victim mentality constantly and consistently. They will wither under the truth, and come back to an understanding that in this nation, they can be strong, and they don’t need an insecure narcissist to help.
h/t blackhawks
I wish everyone a very happy christmas. Most all of us have memories burned in of when it was a kinder, gentler world to be a child in. Creating that feeling for the next generation is job one nowadays. Baking and decorating and being busy is how it goes now. And knowing that the power to create memories is in the palm of our hands. Board games and story telling are the new imperative. Have a great weekend everyone.
Gaetz, the known pedo and child trafficker, is about as sharp as a bowling ball.
BREAKING: Donald Trump says if Jack Smith's prosecution keeps going, he may have to tell all his supporters to boycott the 2024 election.
I can not think of any better threat he could issue. If he can't get what he wants, he will take his neanderthals and go home. Is he really so far gone that he thinks Jack Smith is going to drop his prosecution because of that kind of bullshit?
The interception to ice it was a ballet move.
City of Plowed Shoulders
I have watched maher for decades, used to nod my head yes to most everything he said, but in my opinion he has been moving farther and farther away from my views but sometimes still strikes the good notes. I still subscribe to HBO mostly for his show.
The person I have watched him with on many occasions have noted and joked about many times is the guy in the audience that yells "YEAH!" very loudly in support of him every time there is some maher pronouncement, and often a beat too soon, but he somehow seems to get tickets every week, for years. The crowd often reacts with the cue. It is an occasion for a sip in my household. I doubt one can find an episode without that guy outside of covid times.
It is funny that the topic has come up, as it is a running gag to us.
Which Arab country could absorb 5 or 6 million refugees?
I don't know. To me, being interested in the ME is like picking scabs. I just fell back to the basic ecological principle that when an organism comes under pressure, the only options are adapt, migrate, or die. There are certainly some oil money places that could help out, but then it gets into which sects are compatible, etc. I always felt there were more important things to think about than religion-based animosities. I find rocks much more interesting, actually.
Gym Jordan and the other magats that ignored legitimate subpoenas made a joke of the process. Good luck.
I think that the idea of other Arab countries taking in Palestinian refugees could be a workable solution, but I guess Israel isn't allowing it and perhaps the other ME countries view it as capitulation to Israel?
Long term, yes I agree. But with the situation at hand, Palestinians aren't pushing the Israelis anywhere, they are mostly just trying to survive the onslaught.
He presented the Israel point of view very well. No rebuttal allowed. He kind of neglected to say where the Palestinians are supposed to move to with a sealed border and not being allowed to. Lots of time spent on the right of Israel right to exist, which I don't think is the primary issue at hand.
Are you high or just cannot read? The post you are responding to didn't even mention hunter biden. Your Trump Devotional Syndrome is causing you to hallucinate.
Google Lens is an app that is incredibly good at plant taxonomy, particularly if there are flowers or fruit present, but not always necessary. I know most of the native plants here, but rely on it for exotics a lot.