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This is a wise course of action: NYT subscriber content: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/world/africa/trump-somalia-garbage-reaction-immigrant.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20251203&instance_id=167411&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=211734&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28 On Trump’s Insults, Somalia’s Prime Minister Says ‘It’s Better Not to Respond’ Somalia’s leader said Wednesday that it was “better not to respond” a day after President Trump called Somali immigrants “garbage” during a xenophobic tirade. “We are not the only country that Trump insults,” Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre told an audience at an innovation summit in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, in response to a question about Mr. Trump’s comments, according to video published by Shabelle TV, a local media network. “Sometimes it’s better not to respond,” he said. Somalia, a nation of 19 million people in the Horn of Africa, has long regarded the United States as a key ally in the fight against the Al Shabab terrorist group. Though the Trump administration has slashed foreign aid budgets in recent months, the United States gave around $128 million to Somalia in the 2025 fiscal year. But on Tuesday, Mr. Trump said the country “stinks” and that he did not want Somali immigrants in the United States. “We’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country,” Mr. Trump said at a cabinet meeting at the White House. In Somalia on Wednesday, some people were angry that their government had not criticized Mr. Trump’s comments. “Somali leaders and politicians have to defend the nation and the national interests,” said Abdullahi Omar, 35, a trader in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. “Why have you kept your mouth shut about Trump’s hate speech toward our people?” Others were frustrated by what they saw as a pattern of disrespect toward Africa from Mr. Trump, who has a history of insulting Black people, particularly those from African countries. “We are not garbage,” said Ali Yahye, 24, a graphic designer in Mogadishu. “Trump’s remarks were baseless and the Somali community in the U.S. has made a lot of contributions to the country.” [...]

Listening to his recent speeches, he may indeed be suffering from dementia.

How did this country ever elect such a hateful racist? He is completely wrong of course, about the figure that 88% of Somalians get welfare. AI Overview Donald Trump's claim that 88% of Somalis in the U.S. receive welfare is incorrect. Recent data shows a high rate of labor participation among the Somali community, with no evidence to support the 88% figure. During a recent Cabinet meeting, Trump stated that Somali immigrants "contribute nothing" and that "the welfare is like 88% or something," but news reports and official data contradict this assertion. Factual Information Labor Participation: The Somali community in Minnesota has a labor participation rate of approximately 74%. Economic Contribution: Somalis contribute billions of dollars in taxes and operate thousands of businesses. Lack of Evidence: There is no official data or evidence that supports an 88% welfare rate for Somalis in the United States. The claim is a misrepresentation of the community's economic engagement and integration into American society.

If the sources went on the record, they would be fired, no?

I haven't kept up with the latest news...has Aurora, Colorado been taken over by the Tren de Aragua gang?

That doesn't make sense. Might be a good idea to see if your local Community College offers a course in logic.

No, liberals don't believe that.

Oh really? What are liberals peddaling these days that is as crazy sounding as claiming that Democrats were running a child sex trafficking ring out of the basement of a Pizza Place that didn't have a basement?

It is disturbing that neither he nor some of the others here seem to have a problem with this and may justify it by saying, "If (roughly) 4 out 5 are carrying drugs, the 1 out of 5 innocents who are killed are collateral damage and the price of doing business (so to speak).

So, the fact that 79% of the boats had drugs justifies the murder of the innocents in the other 21%? That will be a small consolation to the familes of those killed in boats that carried no drugs.

I was thinking magenta.

Well, actually there is, but one would think they could come up with a better explanation than that. AI Overview Question: Is there such a thing as a preventative MRI? Yes, a preventative MRI is a real practice, offered by some private clinics, that uses MRI technology to look for signs of disease before symptoms appear. However, major medical organizations generally do not recommend routine full-body preventative MRIs for healthy individuals because of concerns about false positives, unnecessary follow-up tests, cost, and a lack of proven benefit for most people. These scans can be useful in very specific situations, like establishing a baseline for someone with a known risk factor.

OMFG! From the above link: "Between 7 p.m. and midnight, the president reposted roughly 150 tweets — averaging about one post every two minutes for five hours — from what appeared to be a random assortment of unknown figures on X and his close allies discussing an unpredictable range of topics. The heaviest concentration of posts occurred between 11 p.m. and midnight, with about 100 posts in the final hour alone." Did he start this posting frenzy because he ran out of ketchup bottles to throw against the wall? How many people here could average one post every two minutes for five hours? I don't think even seafoam, edjr., or HT could manage that.

Thank heaven for small favors.

I doubt that anyone is surprised by this news.

Considering that is from "Gays Against Groomers" wow is the appropriate response: From Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gays_Against_Groomers Gays Against Groomers (GAG)[5] is an American far-right[1][2][3] and anti-LGBTQ[1][5][6][7] organization known for campaigning against gender-affirming care for minors,[1] protesting school curriculum content with LGBTQ themes,[8] criticizing Drag Queen Story Hour events,[4] and opposing LGBTQ representation in children's media.

Reading is fundamental. Which is why I said that they are rarely funny, as a few of their satires have made me laugh.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/trump-democratic-lawmakers-sedition-00661504 Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’ President Donald Trump on Thursday called for six Democratic lawmakers to face arrest and trial after they made a video encouraging U.S. service members and members of the intelligence community to refrain from following orders if they broke the law. “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” Trump charged in a post on Truth Social. “Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand - We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET.” The president then reposted 16 Truth Social posts, including one that advocated for hanging the Democrats, like “GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD.” “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” he later wrote. Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), as well as Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Penn.) were featured in the Tuesday video. They are all either military veterans or worked in national security-focused roles before taking office. “We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now,” they said. “Americans trust their military. But that trust is at risk. This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear, you can refuse illegal orders.” In a joint statement Thursday, House Democratic leadership condemned Trump’s “disgusting and dangerous death threats” and called for him to delete the posts, urging their Republican colleagues to say the same. The statement — co-signed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar — said House leadership had been in contact with the House sergeant at arms and the United States Capitol Police to “ensure the safety” of the members mentioned in Trump’s posts. “Donald Trump incited a violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th as part of a treacherous attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election,” they wrote. “The President’s violent and unhinged rhetoric against American patriots is consistent with his well-documented history of attacking prisoners of war, Gold Star families and war heroes. There is no bottom when it comes to Donald Trump.”

Most everything from this right wing satire website is rarely funny and usually embarrassing (but not to the targets of their parody pieces).

Sure seems that way. This appears to be a rather cold-hearted and mean-spirited group of people. Have any of the MAGA crowd here said that maybe some sort of exception should be made here out of compassion for her and her family? I don't think so, as they all seem to be cheering this deportation.

It does, although Trump wants to end birthright citizenship and some folks in this forum agree with that.

Any proof that she cost an American born the spot at this college? You don't usually hear that claim about students from foreign countries who are accepted at most major univesities.

From NYT subcriber content: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/trump-boat-strikes-war-crime.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20251201&instance_id=167294&nl=the-morning&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=211615&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28 Lawmakers Suggest Follow-Up Boat Strike Could Be a War Crime A top Republican and Democrats in Congress suggested on Sunday that American military officials might have committed a war crime in President Trump’s offensive against boats in the Caribbean after a news report said that during one such attack, a follow-up strike was ordered to kill survivors. The remarks came in response to a Washington Post report on Friday that said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given a verbal order to kill everyone aboard boats suspected of smuggling drugs, and that this led a military commander to carry out a second strike to kill those who had initially survived an attack in early September. “Obviously if that occurred, that would be very serious, and I agree that that would be an illegal act,” Representative Mike Turner, Republican of Ohio and a former chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said on “Face the Nation” on CBS. Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, said on CBS that if the report was accurate, the attack “rises to the level of a war crime.” And on CNN, when asked if he believed a second strike to kill survivors constituted a war crime, Senator Mark Kelly, Democrat of Arizona, answered, “It seems to.” [...]