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Polybius's JournalNYC Mayor Adams requests meeting with Trump's border czar Homan
Source: ABC News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- New York City Mayor Eric Adams long hampered by the Biden administration's immigration policy said on Tuesday that he has requested a meeting with incoming border czar Tom Homan.
"I would love to sit down with the border czar and hear his thoughts on how we are going to address those who are harming our citizens," Adams said during a news conference. "Find out what his plans are, where our common grounds are. We can work together."
Adams has for months been calling for violent migrants to be deported and seemed to welcome the Trump administration's differing philosophy.
"If you come into this country and this city and think you are going to harm innocent New Yorkers, and innocent migrants and asylum seekers, this is not the mayor you want to be under," Adams said. "I'm an American. Americans have certain rights. The Constitution is for Americans. I'm not a person who snuck into this country."
Read more: https://abc7ny.com/post/new-york-ctiy-mayor-eric-adams-requests-meeting-trumps-border-czar-tom-homan/15620163/
What type of Coquito do you prefer around the holidays?
'Tis the season once again! My favorite drink, Coquito, is back! Which flavor do you favor? Recently, I have observed a variety of new flavors emerging. Up to this point, I have only prepared the traditional and Nutella versions. While both are delightful, I prefer the latter. So, how about you? 
Some Democrats are frustrated over Joe Biden reversing course and pardoning his son Hunter
Source: Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Already reeling from their November defeats, Democrats now are grappling with President Joe Biden’s pardoning of his son for federal crimes after the party spent years slamming Donald Trump as a threat to democracy who disregarded the law.
“He believes in the justice system, but he also believes that politics infected the process and led to a miscarriage of justice,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who along with Biden and other White House officials insisted for months that Hunter Biden would not get a pardon.
That explanation did not satisfy some Democrats, angry that Biden’s reversal could make it harder to take on Trump, who has argued that multiple indictments and one conviction against him were a matter of Biden and Democrats turning the justice system against him.
“This is a bad precedent that could be abused by later Presidents and will sadly tarnish his reputation,” Colorado Gov. Jared Polis wrote of Biden on the social media platform X.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-pardons-his-son-hunter-biden-267044df999f1944c05e0ed6c95957cd
Mayor Dies in Police Chase Days After Entire Force Resigns
Source: Yahoo! News
A South Carolina mayor died while being pursued by law enforcement on Tuesday, just days after the town’s entire police force quit due to a “hostile work environment.”
McColl Mayor George Garner II veered into eastbound traffic and collided head-on with an 18-wheeler during the police chase. Garner was connected to an active investigation by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, sources told WBTW, though details of the investigation are not clear.
“The pursuit not related to any laws being broken. The pursuit was taking place in an effort to protect the well-being of Mr. Garner,” the coroner said, adding that more information will be released in the coming days.
On Nov. 21, just five days before the crash, police chief Bob Hale and his five officers resigned from their post. Hale announced the departure in a Facebook post, where he said he left because of “repeated acts of harassment” and “personal attacks” on his character by a town council member.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/mayor-dies-police-chase-days-184154570.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=YW5kcm9pZC1hcHA6Ly9jb20uZ29vZ2xlLmFuZHJvaWQuZ29vZ2xlcXVpY2tzZWFyY2hib3gv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJjL21ECiWHyd58ZFATV8RxKNLa-qG5xdL--fwR58cRS2BMBCCp3-XdjXoDeGl2Wv8VY51nO2iAs0OYGhmfbEoqPiRxyq2YfMeCjFV7K2NpW5qY64xiuiaR8HSqPp6hN7gkv_O0g5-dYgN1Z2aGVoomMCFOln3Vj21qOg1EzqaFF
Harris to supporters: 'Don't you ever let anybody take your power from you'
Video in link.
“I just have to remind you: Don’t you ever let anybody take your power from you. You have the same power that you did before Nov. 5, and you have the same purpose that you did, and you have the same ability to engage and inspire,” Harris said in a video shared by the Democratic Party on the social platform X.
“So don’t ever let anybody or any circumstance take your power from you,” she added.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5011766-kamala-harris-democratic-party-campaign-donors-dnc/
Will Pete Hegseth become the next Secretary of Defense?
Simple poll. The more bad press he gets, I just don't see it happening.
A far-right populist shocks Romania by heading into the presidential runoff
Source: Associated Press
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania is reeling after a little-known, far-right populist secured the first round in the presidential election, beating the incumbent prime minister.
Calin Georgescu, who ran independently, will face reformist Elena Lasconi in a Dec. 8. runoff after most local surveys predicted he would win less than 10% of the vote. Georgescu, 62, was ahead after nearly all ballots were counted with around 22.95%.
According to local media, Georgescu in the past has praised Russian President Vladimir Putin as “a man who loves his country” and called Ukraine “an invented state.” He has also sparked controversy for describing Romanian fascist and nationalist leaders from the 1930s and 1940s as national heroes.
Lasconi, of the progressive Save Romania Union party, or USR, followed with 19.17%. She beat by a slim margin incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu of the Social Democratic Party, or PSD, who stood at 19.15%.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/romania-elections-president-far-right-europe-40e369c404cbcb0ada3527c0aaf939b8
EarlG, I believe the moment has arrived to convene a Postmortem forum for 2024
It appears that the General Discussion forum has recently been dominated by internal conflicts, conspiracies regarding election fraud, and similar topics. Additionally, I have been summoned for jury duty significantly more often than in the past, as the number of cases has markedly increased.
A postmortem forum was conducted in 2016 following Clinton's defeat. It seems appropriate that some of the more contentious topics, such as the reasons for our loss, be addressed in a 2024 Postmortem forum.
Philippine vice president says she would have Marcos assassinated if she is killed
Source: CNN
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on Saturday she would have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assassinated if she herself were killed, prompting Marcos’ office to vow “immediate proper action.”
In a dramatic sign of a widening rift between the two most powerful political families in the Southeast Asian nation, Duterte told an early morning press conference that she had spoken to an assassin and instructed him to kill Marcos, his wife and the speaker of the Philippine House if she were to be killed.
“I have talked to a person. I said, if I get killed, go kill BBM (Marcos), (first lady) Liza Araneta, and (Speaker) Martin Romualdez. No joke. No joke,” Duterte said in the profanity-laden briefing. “I said, do not stop until you kill them and then he said yes.”
She was responding to an online commenter urging her to stay safe, saying she was in enemy territory as she was at the lower chamber of Congress overnight with her chief of staff. Duterte did not cite any alleged threat against herself.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/asia/philippines-duterte-marcos-intl-hnk/index.html
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