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Reader Rabbit

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30. Someone missed a bribe payment?

Reply to senseandsensibility (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2025, 05:17 PM

Sep 6

If the workers at the factory truly were undocumented—and that's a big "if," since we can't trust a damned word from the Trump Regime—then a lot of people in positions of authority had to look the other way. Knowing when and how to look the other way is a whole lot easier when someone is handing you plain brown envelopes full of cash.

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The South Korean "immigration bust" doesn't make sense to me [View all] senseandsensibility Sep 6 OP

With sincere apologies to the group... MiHale Sep 6 #1

I'm glad someone else had this thought. Diamond_Dog Sep 6 #2

Exactly. senseandsensibility Sep 6 #5

Actually KentuckyWoman Sep 6 #33

The mistake you're making is thinking *rump wants to do good questionseverything Sep 6 #3

Hyundai lapfog_1 Sep 6 #4

Bingo! Arrogance, ignorance, and incompetence. surfered Sep 6 #6

Doesn't make sense. markodochartaigh Sep 6 #7

Yes, I fear that you are right senseandsensibility Sep 6 #9

I certainly agree that we shouldn't shrug and look away. markodochartaigh Sep 6 #10

Your examples prove why adversarial journalism is a necessity senseandsensibility Sep 6 #14

What kind of Visas did they have? Greg_In_SF Sep 6 #8

Haven't heard. Igel Sep 6 #24

Thanks Greg_In_SF Sep 6 #31

Interesting that it's an EV battery plant leftstreet Sep 6 #11

More investigation needed senseandsensibility Sep 6 #12

There's no plan here. It's all performative. Ritabert Sep 6 #13

This smells of Stephan Miller. He doesn't seem concerned about the effects on geopolitical issues. alwaysinasnit Sep 6 #15

Why isn't the governor of Georgia speaking out if this was his project to bring more jobs to his state? Deuxcents Sep 6 #16

Afraid to criticize the senseandsensibility Sep 6 #17

Amazing. First, a raid on a company owned and employed with their nationals and then silence. 🤫 Deuxcents Sep 6 #18

Hyundai said they weren't Hyundai's employees. Igel Sep 6 #23

It's about destroying cleaner energy and killing EVs. It's about discouraging "woke" technology. It's a big FU. hatrack Sep 6 #19

Investigative journalism needed here senseandsensibility Sep 6 #20

Perhaps Hyundai didn't realize they were expected to present Donny with a block of gold tanyev Sep 6 #21

They get bonuses for "arrests" muriel_volestrangler Sep 6 #22

Idiocracy senseandsensibility Sep 6 #25

My Hunch! TACO wants a piece of Hyundai as a 'Tribute".... This is a protection racket by a mobster syndicate ... Bread and Circuses Sep 6 #26

" I'm starting to think that... WestMichRad Sep 6 #27

Yes I was being sarcastic senseandsensibility Sep 6 #28

My apologies! WestMichRad Sep 6 #29

Someone missed a bribe payment? Reader Rabbit Sep 6 #30

Revenge! Trump hates the gov, the sec of state, and Sen. Ossoff delisen Sep 6 #32

There is probably a lot of truth to that senseandsensibility Sep 7 #34