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I've posted the following comments in another thread—they're included here for your convenience. Another good week for the country!
The Trump administration attempted to illegally deport a group of migrant Guatemelan children (ages 10-17) in the dead of night over the Labor Day weekend. A federal judge issued a temporary restraining which halted these deportations. Is this what our country has become—we're now using children as political pawns?
"In their complaint on Sunday, the National Immigration Law Center and Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights said the deportations would be a 'clear violation of the unambiguous protections that Congress has provided them as vulnerable children.' The complaint said that in Guatemala, the children 'may face abuse, neglect, persecution, or even torture, against their best interests.'"
"Schwarzenegger was the Republican Governor from 2003 - 2011. These taxes and fees did not change."
Yes, he was. And he got my vote multiple times. A good and decent man. We could sure use a lot more like him in the Republican rabble today.
The reverse is true as well—find me Clinton or Kennedy Democrats, and I’d vote for them. But today’s Democrats can’t even define what a woman is, they support men competing in women’s sports, they’ve allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country (including criminals and terrorists), and they’ve spent billions housing them in hotels. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians—like those in Chicago—refuse to get crime under control. They had no problem deploying the National Guard to protect the DNC convention, but won’t use it to protect their own citizens and claim there is no problem.
"Schwarzenegger was the Republican Governor from 2003 - 2011. These taxes and fees did not change."
Yes, he was. And he got my vote multiple times. A good and decent man. We could sure use a lot more like him in the Republican rabble today.
The reverse is true as well—find me Clinton or Kennedy Democrats, and I’d vote for them. But today’s Democrats can’t even define what a woman is, they support men competing in women’s sports, they’ve allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country (including criminals and terrorists), and they’ve spent billions housing them in hotels. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians—like those in Chicago—refuse to get crime under control. They had no problem deploying the National Guard to protect the DNC convention, but won’t use it to protect their own citizens and claim there is no problem.
But today’s Democrats can’t even define what a woman is, they support men competing in women’s sports, they’ve allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country (including criminals and terrorists), and they’ve spent billions housing them in hotels. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians—like those in Chicago—refuse to get crime under control. They had no problem deploying the National Guard to protect the DNC convention, but won’t use it to protect their own citizens and claim there is no problem.
"Gold is hitting new highs and silver is having its moment. Silver has surged past $40 an ounce for the first time in 14 years, climbing nearly 40% year-to-date. These twin rallies underscore the enduring value of precious metals as a hedge against economic and political uncertainty".
BS1000, economic and political uncertainty. Get it?
1) Are you concerned about recent inflationary trends and the impact on your investments?
2) Donald J. Trump was reelected in part by promising to help the middle class. Instead, his policies have exacerbated financial disparities by disproportionally benefitting the very wealthy. Is this good for the country as a whole?
3) Will you be engaged in efforts to rebrand the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act for your president?
4) What have your sources stated about the latest developments regarding the release of the Epstein files?
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American.
"In 2024, Trump ran on the argument that Democrat Joe Biden had not adequately addressed inflation—although the U.S. managed the post-pandemic inflation spike better than any other developed economy—promising that he would make prices come down 'immediately.' Instead, his tariffs and deportations have sent inflation upward again, and the budget reconciliation bill he forced through Congress is already pushing people off their healthcare insurance and threatening the survival of rural hospitals."
"The law Trump and the Republicans dubbed the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill Act' is profoundly unpopular, with about two thirds of Americans opposed to it. So today, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio, and Trump political director James Blair met with Republican congress members to tell them that people will come to like the law if 'they completely rebrand it and talk about it differently.'”
"The nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities notes that under the law, a family earning less than $50,000 a year would get less than $300 in tax cuts in 2027 while losing access to Medicaid and food assistance, while a filer earning more than $1 million would receive about $90,000 in tax breaks. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 10% of Americans at the bottom of the economy will lose about $1,200 a year."
"Trump’s policies are working well for his family, though. Angus Berwick of the Wall Street Journal reported that the Monday launch of their WLFI cryptocurrency netted them about $5 billion on paper. Today Eric Trump launched American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency mining company; Kyle Khan-Mullins and Dan Alexander of Forbes reported today that he is now worth at least $3.2 billion."
"Trump has reason to be afraid of the American people for another reason, too: they want to see the files from the federal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, especially now that they know Trump is mentioned in those files. Speaker Johnson dismissed the House early for its August break this year to avoid having to deal with the demands of members for the release of the files, but now Congress is back in session and the demands are right back on the table. Trump has tried to stop Republicans from asking for the files by warning such a demand would be seen as a hostile act against the administration."
Dems and Reps are both screwed up, but it's certainly not so that they are equally screwed up. Repugnants sold their souls decades ago and are no longer a legitimate Party. They are acting in bad faith on The Hill and in the WH. Play-acting at gov't while disemboweling our democracy.
Dems and Reps are both screwed up, but it's certainly not so that they are equally screwed up. Repugnants sold their souls decades ago and are no longer a legitimate Party. They are acting in bad faith on The Hill and in the WH. Play-acting at gov't while disemboweling our democracy.
-1. Reread my questions above: What’s a woman? Men competing in women’s sports? Controlling crime? My wife often says, ‘We fought for decades for women’s liberation, and now we’ve given it up.’ If you can’t even define what a woman is, then you’re effectively stripping away women’s rights. The extreme left has hijacked the Democratic agenda.
1) Are you concerned about recent inflationary trends and the impact on your investments?
2) Donald J. Trump was reelected in part by promising to help the middle class. Instead, his policies have exacerbated financial disparities by disproportionally benefitting the very wealthy. Is this good for the country as a whole?
3) Will you be engaged in efforts to rebrand the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act for your president?
4) What have your sources stated about the latest developments regarding the release of the Epstein files?
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1) No—I’m a flexible investor who knows how to make money and avoid market meltdowns. My record proves it. I retired with enough for both of us to live to 104, and then I doubled our portfolio. The market hit a new high yesterday; nobody cares about Dems' obsessions. If things were as bad as Dems claimed, markets would reflect it at a 30% drop. The Dems want the economy and everyone to suffer, just to prove their point.
2) Capitalism created today’s gap. In the 1980s, the average CEO made 30 times their employee’s salary; now it’s over 300 times.
3) Both parties have spent too much and lied—nothing new there.
4) Epstein is just another distraction Democrats are hanging their hopes on. Who cares? How about focusing on the economy, crime, and security at home and abroad? How about both parties working together on common-sense issues? I never cared what Clinton did either.
Instead, Democrats scream about every little thing—and that’s why people stop listening. You can’t treat 20 problems as if they’re all 10 out of 10. How about answering my questions instead of dodging? I’m done responding to distractions. This thread is about good things happening, and that’s what we should be recognizing.
Another example: A typical headline from the Democratic agenda—‘White House grounds for strike on alleged drug boat is a murky legal issue.’ Really? Who raises a legal issue when the bad guys are taken out? No common sense—just resist and fight Trump on every issue.
4) Epstein is just another distraction Democrats are hanging their hopes on. Who cares?
A Washington Post poll conducted in late July found that 86% of Americans supported releasing all files from the Epstein case. The poll showed high levels of support across party lines, including 90% of Democrats, 86% of Independents, and 83% of Republicans.
Many of the issues brought forth could be considered distractions when one doesn't believe that violating the laws of our nation and failing to uphold the Consitution are major concerns. The same could be said if one disregards the foundational separation of powers principle which facilitates checks on executive power and overreach. Stock markets returns are but one indicator—our national well-being is dependent on numerous, more significant factors. You initiated this thread to evangelize Trump's alleged victories. There is a vast difference of opinion regarding what constitutes "good things happening." It behooves everyone to consider the following maxim whenever the Trump administration disseminates information: falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.
"Today we learned that in June the US economy lost jobs for the first time since 2020. We haven’t seen this kind of net job loss since - well, since the last time Trump was in charge." – Pete Buttigieg
Dems and Reps are both screwed up, but it's certainly not so that they are equally screwed up. Repugnants sold their souls decades ago and are no longer a legitimate Party. They are acting in bad faith on The Hill and in the WH. Play-acting at gov't while disemboweling our democracy.
-1. Reread my questions above: What’s a woman? Men competing in women’s sports? Controlling crime? My wife often says, ‘We fought for decades for women’s liberation, and now we’ve given it up.’ If you can’t even define what a woman is, then you’re effectively stripping away women’s rights. The extreme left has hijacked the Democratic agenda.
I do not subscribe to that "woke" agenda, either. Apart from that, the Dems and Reps are both screwed up. But the Repugnants are anti-democratic. They can see they are shrinking and not likely to win, nationally. So... they cheat. Check out the Texas redistricting, and the threat to do the same from out of Red Missouri. And where else? The Repugnant Party can be found in the dictionary between regurgitation and rot. The cutthroat partisan gamesmanship goes back to Gingrich the Newt, Ronny Ray-guns and on up through McConnell's "leadership." Orange felon holds a cult-following of neutered males on The Hill. They are spectators to the regime's coup d'etat from within. Disgraceful.
>> Who raises a legal issue when the bad guys are taken out?
There we have it: the authentic hardcore voice of fascism. Sickeningly bald for this forum and for this guy, actually.
David was quoting FD1000. And his characterization is perfectly expressed. It is fascism. I don't want to leave where I'm living now, but I'm very glad I have a 2nd passport and an alternative, if the need arises. Of course, if it were my own wife or brother or niece already getting detained and deported, this would feel much more urgent. In the meantime, there's not much we all can directly do to stop the coup, from where we sit in the back-benches. But we do have a voice, a say. Until that's taken from us.....
The Orange regime is screwing with people as if they were just chess pieces on the board.
4) Epstein is just another distraction Democrats are hanging their hopes on. Who cares?
A Washington Post poll conducted in late July found that 86% of Americans supported releasing all files from the Epstein case. The poll showed high levels of support across party lines, including 90% of Democrats, 86% of Independents, and 83% of Republicans.
BTW, why didn't the Dems release all the info about Epstein?
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Again, several responded, none about what I posted about. Typical. None of you can admit that Chicago has had a huge crime problem and the Dems have done very little. 8 killed, 51 more injured in Labor Day weekend shootings in Chicago. The Dems' great solution was to defund the police.
With recent indications of job weakness and Inflation numbers coming this week and the markets going higher, this feels a bit like the Dotcom situation, only with AI. Could we be on the heels of a huge correction? Will it be "good week" if/when the bubble pops?
Will we blame Biden, after the SHTF, nearly a year later with Trump in full control? Forcing rate decisions, imposing export and import taxes on businesses. Taking government ownership of corporate interests. No, he owns this economy. For good or for bad. And a reckoning is certainly a distinct possibility.
And in 6 months, when Israeli intelligence reports that Iran is on the cusp of having a nuclear weapon, that the bunker buster did not accomplish the primary goal, will Trump's Iran policies end up being a proximate cause of a true Israeli existential crisis?
What excuses and rationalizations will be forthcoming from this administration? They exited the original Iran agreement, spurring Iran's nuclear program to new heights. They chose to fling bomb's instead of work out a new agreement with Iran. This is Trump's work right from the get go! Israel is not safer.
The salad days may soon be over for this administration, in many ways. Economics, global relations, jobs, inflation. the stock market. The delays in covid vaccines may end up killing larger numbers of at-risk people. Those over sixty, who have respiratory and heart and other pre-existing conditions and other issues. The clock is ticking!
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Another good week for the country!
The Trump administration attempted to illegally deport a group of migrant Guatemelan children (ages 10-17)
in the dead of night over the Labor Day weekend.
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining which halted these deportations.
Is this what our country has become—we're now using children as political pawns?
"In their complaint on Sunday, the National Immigration Law Center and Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights said the deportations would be a 'clear violation of the unambiguous protections that Congress has provided them as vulnerable children.' The complaint said that in Guatemala, the children 'may face abuse, neglect, persecution, or even torture, against their best interests.'"
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-judge-blocks-government-deporting-unaccompanied-guatemalan-children-2025-08-31/
But today’s Democrats can’t even define what a woman is, they support men competing in women’s sports, they’ve allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country (including criminals and terrorists), and they’ve spent billions housing them in hotels. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians—like those in Chicago—refuse to get crime under control. They had no problem deploying the National Guard to protect the DNC convention, but won’t use it to protect their own citizens and claim there is no problem.
But today’s Democrats can’t even define what a woman is, they support men competing in women’s sports, they’ve allowed millions of illegal immigrants into the country (including criminals and terrorists), and they’ve spent billions housing them in hotels. Meanwhile, Democratic politicians—like those in Chicago—refuse to get crime under control. They had no problem deploying the National Guard to protect the DNC convention, but won’t use it to protect their own citizens and claim there is no problem.
"Gold is hitting new highs and silver is having its moment. Silver has surged past $40 an ounce for the first time in 14 years, climbing nearly 40% year-to-date. These twin rallies underscore the enduring value of precious metals as a hedge against economic and political uncertainty".
BS1000, economic and political uncertainty. Get it?
1) Are you concerned about recent inflationary trends and the impact on your investments?
2) Donald J. Trump was reelected in part by promising to help the middle class.
Instead, his policies have exacerbated financial disparities by disproportionally benefitting the very wealthy.
Is this good for the country as a whole?
3) Will you be engaged in efforts to rebrand the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act for your president?
4) What have your sources stated about the latest developments regarding the release of the Epstein files?
From Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American.
"In 2024, Trump ran on the argument that Democrat Joe Biden had not adequately addressed inflation—although the U.S. managed the post-pandemic inflation spike better than any other developed economy—promising that he would make prices come down 'immediately.' Instead, his tariffs and deportations have sent inflation upward again, and the budget reconciliation bill he forced through Congress is already pushing people off their healthcare insurance and threatening the survival of rural hospitals."
"The law Trump and the Republicans dubbed the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill Act' is profoundly unpopular, with about two thirds of Americans opposed to it. So today, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Trump pollster Tony Fabrizio, and Trump political director James Blair met with Republican congress members to tell them that people will come to like the law if 'they completely rebrand it and talk about it differently.'”
"The nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities notes that under the law, a family earning less than $50,000 a year would get less than $300 in tax cuts in 2027 while losing access to Medicaid and food assistance, while a filer earning more than $1 million would receive about $90,000 in tax breaks. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 10% of Americans at the bottom of the economy will lose about $1,200 a year."
"Trump’s policies are working well for his family, though. Angus Berwick of the Wall Street Journal reported that the Monday launch of their WLFI cryptocurrency netted them about $5 billion on paper. Today Eric Trump launched American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency mining company; Kyle Khan-Mullins and Dan Alexander of Forbes reported today that he is now worth at least $3.2 billion."
"Trump has reason to be afraid of the American people for another reason, too: they want to see the files from the federal investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, especially now that they know Trump is mentioned in those files. Speaker Johnson dismissed the House early for its August break this year to avoid having to deal with the demands of members for the release of the files, but now Congress is back in session and the demands are right back on the table. Trump has tried to stop Republicans from asking for the files by warning such a demand would be seen as a hostile act against the administration."
Reread my questions above: What’s a woman? Men competing in women’s sports? Controlling crime?
My wife often says, ‘We fought for decades for women’s liberation, and now we’ve given it up.’ If you can’t even define what a woman is, then you’re effectively stripping away women’s rights.
The extreme left has hijacked the Democratic agenda.
The market hit a new high yesterday; nobody cares about Dems' obsessions. If things were as bad as Dems claimed, markets would reflect it at a 30% drop.
The Dems want the economy and everyone to suffer, just to prove their point.
2) Capitalism created today’s gap. In the 1980s, the average CEO made 30 times their employee’s salary; now it’s over 300 times.
3) Both parties have spent too much and lied—nothing new there.
4) Epstein is just another distraction Democrats are hanging their hopes on. Who cares? How about focusing on the economy, crime, and security at home and abroad? How about both parties working together on common-sense issues?
I never cared what Clinton did either.
Instead, Democrats scream about every little thing—and that’s why people stop listening. You can’t treat 20 problems as if they’re all 10 out of 10.
How about answering my questions instead of dodging? I’m done responding to distractions. This thread is about good things happening, and that’s what we should be recognizing.
Another example: A typical headline from the Democratic agenda—‘White House grounds for strike on alleged drug boat is a murky legal issue.’ Really? Who raises a legal issue when the bad guys are taken out? No common sense—just resist and fight Trump on every issue.
4) Epstein is just another distraction Democrats are hanging their hopes on. Who cares?
A Washington Post poll conducted in late July found that 86% of Americans supported releasing all files from the Epstein case. The poll showed high levels of support across party lines, including 90% of Democrats, 86% of Independents, and 83% of Republicans.
You are delusional.
This thread is about good things happening, and that’s what we should be recognizing."
@FD1000,
Many of the issues brought forth could be considered distractions when one doesn't believe
that violating the laws of our nation and failing to uphold the Consitution are major concerns.
The same could be said if one disregards the foundational separation of powers
principle which facilitates checks on executive power and overreach.
Stock markets returns are but one indicator—our national well-being is dependent
on numerous, more significant factors.
You initiated this thread to evangelize Trump's alleged victories.
There is a vast difference of opinion regarding what constitutes "good things happening."
It behooves everyone to consider the following maxim whenever the Trump administration
disseminates information: falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus.
And @FD1000 IS PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN !!!
There we have it: the authentic hardcore voice of fascism. Sickeningly bald for this forum and for this guy, actually.
And talk about sucking up.
Story: Big Tech elite lavish praise on Trump at White House dinner
"Today we learned that in June the US economy lost jobs for the first time since 2020. We haven’t seen this kind of net job loss since - well, since the last time Trump was in charge." – Pete Buttigieg
The Orange regime is screwing with people as if they were just chess pieces on the board.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx
BTW, why didn't the Dems release all the info about Epstein?
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Again, several responded, none about what I posted about. Typical.
None of you can admit that Chicago has had a huge crime problem and the Dems have done very little.
8 killed, 51 more injured in Labor Day weekend shootings in Chicago.
The Dems' great solution was to defund the police.
To protect/shield the victims and not to impede the investigation into Maxwell.
There are many other polling organizations other than Gallup who are in alignment with the WaPo poll. What is your source for the info on Chicago?
Trump is still a sexual offender and groomer, who fits the legal definition of a rapist!
Jobs going away as a result of Trumpenomics.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-says-names-two-associates-epstein-wired-100k-250k-stay-secret-rcna229408
Will we blame Biden, after the SHTF, nearly a year later with Trump in full control? Forcing rate decisions, imposing export and import taxes on businesses. Taking government ownership of corporate interests. No, he owns this economy. For good or for bad. And a reckoning is certainly a distinct possibility.
What excuses and rationalizations will be forthcoming from this administration? They exited the original Iran agreement, spurring Iran's nuclear program to new heights. They chose to fling bomb's instead of work out a new agreement with Iran. This is Trump's work right from the get go! Israel is not safer.
The salad days may soon be over for this administration, in many ways. Economics, global relations, jobs, inflation. the stock market. The delays in covid vaccines may end up killing larger numbers of at-risk people. Those over sixty, who have respiratory and heart and other pre-existing conditions and other issues. The clock is ticking!