What about illegals from Venezuela, China, Haiti, Africa, etc etc… “Do not come to US” wink wink. But if you do come, we will let you in and provide you with everything you need. Who cares about the disabled vets on the streets or the homeless in general. If she and the administration really meant that, things would not be as bad as they are now in some of these cities. I believe in immigration, however, if you come over illegally, you should be sent back. You are just spitting on the faces of immigrants who did it the correct way.
Again, I am having a conversation with you guys, must who don’t actually live here in the United States. You only listen and hear to what THEY want you to hear. You don’t understand the struggle of the inflation for gas, groceries, interest rates, restaurants, etc etc…There’s plenty of independent news coverage on YouTube that cover everything.
Says one comment about Obama being not that bad, that no one is meant to take seriously
15 minute diatribe about how awful he he and how he really should be in jail for his crimes [no actual crimes are cited and no evidence is presented supporting the claims of criminalty] and “jokes” that in some countries he’d be executed for them
bookends with comment that Obama isnt that bad
Wapo and NYT
Trump moderates position towards Obama
Fox
Trump the brave statesman attempt to heal county’s rifts by gesturing towards Obama [inserts subtext that we know he is still a muslim communist pedo]
Trump fans
God, fuck that Obama. He SHOULD be in jail or executed
Normal People
Holy shit, that was deranged. I cannot believe he is a major party nominee with a possibility of getting back into office
Trump fans
OMG, why do you always believe the media’s lies about Trump. He clearly said “obama wasnt that bad” [ignores the rest of the diatribe and pretends it didnt happen only long enough for the normal person to go away for them to go back to fantasizing about Obama being jailed, just as Trump told them he wanted to make happen]
I am an immigrant who did it the “right way”. The way that was required of me is nothing at all like the “right way” that is available for the people coming across the southern border. As an immigrant, now naturalized citizen, I am well aware that the two situations are not remotely comparable. Not only I do not feel resentful about them doing what they feel they need to do, the awfulness of my experience in what should have been the simplest case (brit with a qualifying job offer in academia, where the standards are very easy to demonstrate) - the ridiculously absurd inefficient bureaucracy, the ridiculous timelines, the needless repeated embassy visits only to confirm details already included in the forms they’ve had for months - it makes me incredibly sympathetic to people having to go through an even more over-burdened part of the immigration system.
So ignore what the administration did say, and instead just make up allusions to what they were really signaling and somehow make that reconcile with their record on deportation that says the exact opposite (or just ignore the actual data)?
I genuinely dont understand that segue, but if one is concerned about veterans or social safety nets then Project 2025 will be of interest to you.
The blog and podcast era has enabled a fantastic emergence of independent news outlets, but for every valuable independent source that has emerged there are 100 that are terrible and make you actively less informed from engaging with them. Choose your sources wisely, and I’ve said a few times, once you have been treated as a mark by your preferred news sources I cannot comprehend going back to them when they clearly think so little of me as a consumer.
There was a behind the scenes tell about the Apprentice published a few months ago. In interviews with the writer, Trump told the guy repeatedly that Joan Rivers voted for him in the election. He never said which election, but Joan Rivers died in 2015.
For whatever reason, Trump is allowed to be a rambling nutcase, but Biden isn’t.
However, having a candidate who can string a sentence together would bring Trump’s gaffes into focus. At the moment the narrative is that they’re as bad as each other.
I’ll think you’ll find a very strong correlation between science denial, mob mentality, and Trump supporters. You will probably find a correlation similar with Tory supporters.
How do you reason with people that live life based on fear and hate and not facts? You can’t.
It’s not worth thinking that both candidates are held to the same standard as that will never happen in the world we are living in now.
I’m kind of relieved he’s made two mistakes like this now. Because it means his family might actually drop the selfishness and do what’s right to ensure Trump is at least challenged. There’s surely no coming back after today and they can’t blame a cold or travel on it.
There needs to be an intervention. It may be that Jill is the key to this situation. Surely she can’t stand by and watch her husband publicly disintegrate.
