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It didn’t suddenly disappear. The pressure caused by Covid finally receded. I am not claiming that added security on the border doesn’t make a difference. Of course it does. But it doesn’t address the root of the problem and eventually the numbers will swell enough as to overwhelm the security again. This is inevitable.

Yes there’s going to be all kinds of anecdotal stories about companies coming to the U.S. investment in the U.S. etc. But they won’t come close to making up for the cost of these tariffs. According to the vast majority of economists from all sides of the political spectrum, there will be far more jobs lost than gained and the rise in prices will be extremely painful. Hope Im wrong since it appears we’re going through with this no matter what. I don’t think I am.

25% on all cars, including car parts made outside of the United States.

Hopefully the Democrats will publicize Elon’s involvement as much as possible. Talk about poison pill.

He didn’t. The Taliban, aided by Trump, killed 13 Marines. Joe was sadly unable to stop it.

It’s very unfair. And- something that nobody talks about- I’m convinced it’s unfair for transgender people as well. Most transgender people aren’t athletes, much less athletes competing for championships. They just want to be left alone to live their lives. But as long as these stories occur they are going to be grouped in with these few individuals which adds to atmosphere against trans.

The mission went great.

I’m happy they did it and I support President Trump’s decision. This was a win for us.

Once again you’re misreading the public: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/03/26/most-americans-including-60-of-republicans-say-military-leak-to-atlantic-editor-is-problematic-poll/

Some of these criticisms are fair. I did behave like a poor sport in the betting thing, I was really being a jerk, for which I apologized and offered to pay in full. I don’t welch. I also probably do rely on studies too much and make some claims I can’t back up. I don’t deliberately lie. I don’t pretend to be open minded, I honestly do try to be. But I have core convictions so there’s probably a limit. I also plead guilty to the ubiquitous charge. There’s about ten of us around here who are guilty of that. Anyhow @Engorgeous George I’m sorry you don’t like me. Too bad, I’m really a likable guy! Maybe we can try again at some point.

If we were in a class on journalistic ethics, and this exact scenario was offered, I honestly don’t believe that any fault would have been found with Goldberg’s actions to date. In fact I think he has an obligation to the public to perform exactly as he has.

@Engorgeous George is quite reasonable to many people here and I enjoy reading him. I don’t find him reasonable in his responses to me. I think he he has a poor opinion of me; I’ve tried to rectify that to no avail. It is what it is. But I’ll repeat that while he is certainly erudite and often witty, his views are hardly non-partisan IMO. As regards Crockett I seem to be on an island in my defense of her. But I stand by it; I honestly don’t believe she was intending to be offensive.

It’s buffoonery. HTH. And in this case the bounds are reasonableness and common sense. Have you spent time over the last year, as I have, listening to Jasmine Crockett? If you had you would know that she would never deliberately attack or insult handicapped people. That’s not her. She fights for the underdog in our society. I don’t agree with all of her economic views (like AOC she is too leftist there for me) but she is a really good, really bright leader. Hopefully she will go far.

I don’t find you restrained, ever, perhaps in tone but certainly not in intent. Your accusation of partisanship with regard to my opinions applies much more to yourself than it does to me. You wrote that her “tone is unmistakable”- a contradiction in itself since “tone” is highly subjective. And it can’t be unmistakable since I disagree with you rather strongly. The main reason I found her explanation plausible is because I reached the same conclusion reading what she said in the first place; I didn’t need her explanation. I knew from the first that she was talking about the infamous shuffling of refugeees from state to state because that is what Governor Abbott is best known for (to his great discredit.)

The border is secure because there is no current wave of people trying to get in. The border has been secure for the last 9 months or so. After the next crisis in Latin America the border will not be secure again.

Lol I don’t have an echo chamber. There’s only me.

Only if Trump agrees to this and there is no indication that he will. He has said repeatedly that his tariffs are NOT a negotiating tactic to get others to lower their tariffs. I know you and others don’t believe him and I hope you’re right.

I was right.

You sound like Bill Clinton. Pending military operations are clearly classified. Call them war plans, don’t call them war plans, who the fock cares?

It’s actually more like thuggery has arrived. Human is certainly a thug of the lowest order, but thankfully he is a performative thug. As I’ve asserted for months now this is for show, though the fear that it is spreading for innocent people is unforgivable. At the end of Trump’s term there will be more undocumented people in this country than there are now.

Lol

The White House is now trying to tell the public that what they’re reading is not what they’re reading: “It’s not war plans! It’s not classified!” No doubt this will work with many MAGA (including here.) Will it work with the public?

I don’t actually. And the word “hyperbole” should never escape your lips.

Sure. It was an unfortunate use of words. But it wasn’t deliberate and comparing it to the cruelty that Trump displayed with the journalist, for which these same people have repeatedly given him a pass for years, is outrageous.

No. You don’t get to have it both ways. There is no double standard here. She doesn’t deserve to be condemned for attacking the handicapped; Trump does. What’s more this entire story is a trumped up distraction from the scandal of Hegseth and others shamefully lying.