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nature-lover's JournalTrump listens to a question and recognizes a word - then he off with his usual spiel on that one word.
If the question is, "Who would pick the vegetables if the migrants were deported?" He heard the word "migrant." His answer is his usual immigrants are criminals and finishes with his open borders tirade. No need to answer the actual question, "migrants" have now been addressed.
If the question is about any aspect of the economy, this triggers his $$$ response. Then he gives his addled tariff plan, bringing down energy costs ideas, and proudly (but erroneously) declares how the economy was the best ever when he was in office. Again, no need to remember or answer the question. The economy answer is now complete.
He has approximately five canned responses that he uses for everything. He then randomly sprinkles in disparaging comments about Kamala and whoever else pops into his head who has wronged him.
Now the event is over and he congratulates himself on great job he did of answering all of the questions and of addressing all of the issues.
Takeaways from Texas Tribune-Associated Press report on 24 hours along the Texas-Mexico border
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/09/25/texas-24-hours-border-takeaways/---snip---
Illegal crossings are way down
Arrests for illegal crossings fell nearly 80% across the southern border from December to July as well as in the Border Patrols five Texas-based sectors. More enforcement by Mexican authorities within their own borders and new U.S. asylum restrictions the Biden administration launched in June are widely considered the main drivers, along with the typical lull that happens during the heat of summer.
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Cross-border commerce is up from COVID lows
Nearly 3 million trucks entered the United States through Laredo last year, roughly triple the number in 1996. Commercial traffic at the nations busiest cargo crossing fell in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time since the 2008 recession but trade has rebounded since.
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Shelby Park in Eagle Pass is ground zero for Operation Lone Star, Texas unprecedented, $11-billion challenge to the long-standing principle that immigration policy is the federal governments sole domain. Texas argues that it has a constitutional right to defend against an invasion and that the migrant influx has been a drain on public coffers.
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A big piece of Lone Star is nearly 45,000 arrests and nearly 40,000 felony charges, often for trespassing on private property.
Are there ramifications for Sen. John Kennedy's racist tirade? Horrifying and unacceptable.
Apologies if you have seen this. Previously posted in wrong forum.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/20/senators-islamophobic-john-kennedy
Clip from Sept. 17, 2024
Are there ramifications for Sen. John Kennedy's racist tirade? Horrifying and unacceptable.
link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/20/senators-islamophobic-john-kennedy
Wouldn't it be irresponsible for Harris to take a contrary position on Israeli/Hamas during current negotiations?
No matter what my personal feelings on the subject, I understand why she is being vague.
Is the treatment of the Springfield immigrants foreshadowing? Who's next?
Both Trump and Vance are still promoting this debunked story. Turning neighbors against neighbors in minority communities is not new. It is a strategy. Dovetails nicely in the immigrant round-up plan proposed by Trump's henchman, Stephen Miller.
Some examples:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/22/trump-immigration-deportation-miller
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/11/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-plan-gives-biden-opportunity-to-do-better
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/11/politics/trump-stephen-miller-immigration-detention-deportation/index.html
Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Donald Trump To Take Cognitive Test After Debate
Hakeem Jeffries Calls For Donald Trump To Take Cognitive Test After Debate
link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2024-election-live-updates_n_66db15a1e4b0abbb7b4491c1/liveblog_66e3135ae4b0056e82916d4d
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Trump should have to undergo a cognitive test following his disastrous performance in this weeks presidential debate.
Should we demand that Trump take a cognitive test? the New York Democrat posted on social media the night of the debate. Dude is stumbling, fumbling and bumbling on the debate stage.
Jeffries repeated his call on Wednesday, telling reporters its not clear to me that hes actually mentally fit to do the job.
The congressmans comments hearken back to earlier this year, when Trump and his allies repeatedly demanded Biden take a cognitive test. Biden, 81, was running for reelection at the time amid increasing bipartisan scrutiny over his age.
Trump himself took a cognitive test as president at his own request in 2018 and performed exceedingly well, according to then-White House physician and current Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas). Jackson is one of Trumps fiercest defenders.
With Biden withdrawing from the race, Trump, 78, is now the oldest presidential nominee in U.S. history.
Flag Etiquette- Federal Flag Code
From the U S Dept. of State
]https://usinfo.org/enus/life/symbceleb/flagcode.html
(PUBLIC LAW 94 - 344) Sec. 4
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(d) The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker's desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general.
(e) The flag should never be fastened, displayed, used, or stored in such a manner as to permit it to be easily torn, soiled, or damaged in any way.
(f) The flag should never be used as a covering for a ceiling.
(g) The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature.
(h) The flag should never be used as a receptacle for receiving, holding, carrying or delivering anything.
(i) The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever. It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard. Advertising signs should not be fastened to a staff or halyard from which the flag is flown.
(j) No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform. However, a flag patch may be affixed to the uniform of military personnel, firemen, policemen, and members of patriotic organizations. The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing. Therefore, the lapel flag pin being a replica, should be worn on the left lapel near the heart.
More information from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
https://www.vfw.org/community/flag-etiquette
Trump won't get rid of Vance. Vance is the back-up plan.
Vance's selection was a strategic move. It was to ensure that the Republican agenda will be enacted if Trump wins and then steps aside for health or other reasons. He is younger, energetic and committed to the cause.
Trump said, "You won't have to vote any more." This is about the apparatus being put in place by the elite Repubs.
This isn't about more terms for Trump. Repubs. control the Supreme Court; McConnell made sure that happened. Citizens United guarantees a free flow of money, The Pres. has immunity and so on. The Heritage Foundation and Federalist Society have been working for years to set this up. We thought that Bannon was just spewing crap, but he was really telling us what was planned. We have to hold all down ballot Repubs. responsible and vote them out to stop this movement before it is too late. MAGA is a useful tool but not the underlying plan.
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