The Rose Garden and White House happenings: Listening to voters’ concerns
In other news the latest in the saga of the Martha's Vineyard 50.
"Based upon the claims of migrants being transported from Bexar County under false pretenses, we are investigating this case as possible Unlawful Restraint," Salazar
said in a statement to GBH News. "We have submitted documentation through the federal system to ensure the migrants’ availability as witnesses during the investigation."
The documents are key parts of applications for U-visas, which are reserved for crime victims, or people who witnessed crimes. Immigration attorneys like Self are seeking these visas for the mostly Venezuelan immigrants on the grounds that they were brought to the Vineyard under false pretenses.
“These certifications will ensure that the migrants can continue to help our law enforcement officials, and that they will be able to process and heal from the incredibly traumatic experiences they have suffered as a result of the cruel, heartless acts committed against them,” Self said in a message to GBH News.
mtierney said:
Keeping Biden in saran wrap for 27 more days will be a challenge!
typical stupidity.
name me one Democratic who is campaigning on Trump.
drummerboy said:
mtierney said:
Keeping Biden in saran wrap for 27 more days will be a challenge!
typical stupidity.
name me one Democratic who is campaigning on Trump.
I think most of them are running on the backlash to Dodd.
ml1 said:
I think most of them are running on the backlash to Dodd.
Good way to pick up the votes of women who actually care about other women.
ridski said:
You know we have a whole thread about Tulsi Gabbard, right?
Yes, of course. So?
Saw this early this morning and was amazed about the boldness and audacity of the crooks. Perhaps a sign of the times, fleecing the rich, absentee owners of American properties.
mtierney said:
Saw this early this morning and was amazed about the boldness and audacity of the crooks. Perhaps a sign of the times, fleecing the rich, absentee owners of American properties.
Don't you have enough things that you're scared about?
Here's a decent link to the story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11305103/Florida-couple-arrested-running-multi-million-dollar-property-scam-Miami.html
It's so weirdly karmic, I almost feel bad that they got caught.
drummerboy said:
Don't you have enough things that you're scared about?
Didn’t imply I was scared, DB, as I have no empty mansions or Lamborghinis to fret over being stolen. Rather impressed by the crooks’ complicated ability to pull off house steals and identity thefts so boldly.
They should write a book on how to get mortgages on properties you don’t own.
Unoccupied, foreign national-owned apartments and mansions, are common in our large cities and vacation destinations. One would think it would be wiser for the over-burdened rich folks to hire house sitters.
Perhaps a way to help solve our homeless issues has been uncovered?
Perhaps, a bridge too far? Is this the direction we want to take in the arts?
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/10/31/inside-the-shameful-cancellation-of-jihad-rehab/
mtierney said:
Perhaps, a bridge too far? Is this the direction we want to take in the arts?
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/10/31/inside-the-shameful-cancellation-of-jihad-rehab/
please change the name of this thread. You are another one just getting your kicks out of trolling people. Go read the book of Mathew, it might help alleviate the urgency to aggravate people.
ridski said:
Here's a decent link to the story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11305103/Florida-couple-arrested-running-multi-million-dollar-property-scam-Miami.html
It's so weirdly karmic, I almost feel bad that they got caught.
Seriously.
One of the few crimes I can think of where I can't work up even a little sympathy for the so-called victims.
mtierney said:
Perhaps, a bridge too far? Is this the direction we want to take in the arts?
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/10/31/inside-the-shameful-cancellation-of-jihad-rehab/
I am NOT going to pay for the bilge water published at NR.
Interesting trend toward the right by veterans….
Exercpt…
“A new breed of veterans, many with remarkable biographies and undeniable stories of heroism, are running for the House on the far right of the Republican Party, challenging old assumptions that adding veterans to Congress — men and women who fought for the country and defended the Constitution — would foster bipartisanship and cooperation. At the same time, they are embracing anti-interventionist military and foreign policies that, since the end of World War II, have been associated more with the Democratic left than the mainline G.O.P.
“Alek Skarlatos, 30, a Republican candidate in Oregon, helped thwart a terrorist attack on a packed train bound for Paris, was honored by President Barack Obama and played himself in a Clint Eastwood movie about the incident. Mr. Skarlatos now says the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has been used as an excuse “to demonize Trump supporters.”
“Eli Crane, 42, running in a Republican-leaning House district in Arizona, saw five wartime deployments with SEAL Team 3 over 13 years — as a sniper, manning machine-gun turrets and running kill-or-capture missions with the Delta Force against high-value targets, some in Falluja. Mr. Crane presses the false case that the 2020 election was stolen.
“And Derrick Van Orden, 53, who is favored to win a House seat in Wisconsin, retired as a Navy SEAL senior chief after combat deployments in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Horn of Africa and Central and South America. Mr. Van Orden was at the Capitol on Jan. 6, hoping to disrupt the certification of President Biden’s election.”
What will Congress look like by 2024? I believe Senator McCain would be proud to watch fellow warriors bring their experiences to the halls of Congress — deluting the career politicians influence in Washington.
mtierney said:
I believe Senator McCain would be proud to watch fellow warriors bring their experiences to the halls of Congress — deluting the career politicians influence in Washington.
You literally missed the point of the article, if you think they're like the late Senator McCain.
nohero said:
mtierney said:
I believe Senator McCain would be proud to watch fellow warriors bring their experiences to the halls of Congress — deluting the career politicians influence in Washington.
You literally missed the point of the article, if you think they're like the late Senator McCain.
I’m pretty sure McCain would never believe that Trump won the 2020 election like these 3 idiots do.
mtierney said:
Interesting trend toward the right by veterans….
...What will Congress look like by 2024? I believe Senator McCain would be proud to watch fellow warriors bring their experiences to the halls of Congress — deluting the career politicians influence in Washington.
Your brain is a remarkable thing.
mtierney said:
Talk about missing stuff…
https://www.nationalreview.com/author/caroline-downey/
if we’re talking about missing stuff you seem to be missing the fact that republicans want to cut your social security and Medicare. Perhaps you like punching yourself in the face.
Jerseyperson said:
if we’re talking about missing stuff you seem to be missing the fact that republicans want to cut your social security and Medicare. Perhaps you like punching yourself in the face.
By the time Biden gets done giving away the store, spending trillions of dollars, on his pet projects, there won’t be enough money for SS and Medicare anyway.
mtierney said:
Jerseyperson said:
if we’re talking about missing stuff you seem to be missing the fact that republicans want to cut your social security and Medicare. Perhaps you like punching yourself in the face.
By the time Biden gets done giving away the store, spending trillions of dollars, on his pet projects, there won’t be enough money for SS and Medicare anyway.
The sad thing is that you probably actually believe this.
drummerboy said:
The sad thing is that you probably actually believe this.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/business/democrats-economic-aid-midterms.html
mtierney said:
drummerboy said:
The sad thing is that you probably actually believe this.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/business/democrats-economic-aid-midterms.html
Why do I doubt that article has anything to do with my point?
What is the Republican plan to lower energy prices?
Going back once again to the Fentanyl lady and mtierney's regurgitation of what she hears/reads versus actual real-life.
From that well-known leftist organization The Cato Institute:
https://www.cato.org/blog/fentanyl-smuggled-us-citizens-us-citizens-not-asylum-seekers
Fentanyl overdoses tragically caused tens of thousands of preventable deaths last year. Many politicians who want to end U.S. asylum law claim that immigrants crossing the border illegally are responsible. An NPR‐Ipsos poll last week found that 39 percent of Americans and 60 percent of Republicans believe, “Most of the fentanyl entering the U.S. is smuggled in by unauthorized migrants crossing the border illegally.” A more accurate summary is that fentanyl is overwhelmingly smuggled by U.S. citizens almost entirely for U.S. citizen consumers.
Here are facts:
- Fentanyl smuggling is ultimately funded by U.S. consumers who pay for illicit opioids: nearly 99 percent of whom are U.S. citizens.
- In 2021, U.S. citizens were 86.3 percent of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers—ten times greater than convictions of illegal immigrants for the same offense.
- Over 90 percent of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points or interior vehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes, so U.S. citizens (who are subject to less scrutiny) when crossing legally are the best smugglers.
- The location of smuggling makes sense because hard drugs at ports of entry are about 97 percent less likely to be stopped than are people crossing illegally between them.
- Just 0.02 percent of the people arrested by Border Patrol for crossing illegally possessed any fentanyl whatsoever.
- The government exacerbated the problem by banning most legal cross border traffic in 2020 and 2021, accelerating a switch to fentanyl (the easiest‐to‐conceal drug).
- During the travel restrictions, fentanyl seizures at ports quadrupled from fiscal year 2019 to 2021. Fentanyl went from a third of combined heroin and fentanyl seizures to over 90 percent.
- Annual deaths from fentanyl nearly doubled from 2019 to 2021 after the government banned most travel (and asylum).
It is monstrous that tens of thousands of people are dying unnecessarily every year from fentanyl. But banning asylum and limiting travel backfired. Reducing deaths requires figuring out the cause, not jumping to blame a group that is not responsible. Instead of attacking immigrants, policymakers should focus on effective solutions that help people at risk of a fentanyl overdose.
(well, hard to Like anything about it, but thanks for posting facts, ridski)
mtierney said:
drummerboy said:
The sad thing is that you probably actually believe this.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/business/democrats-economic-aid-midterms.html
Thanks to Trump we never got those taco trucks on every corner we were promised if Hillary won and now I have to make my own lunch.
Update, it was good, but even though it's not Tuesday I still wanted tacos.
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