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So, they're not "illegal aliens." They're working through the legal immigration process. Makes you wonder why a certain poster constantly posts right-wing disinformation, and then has to backtrack when the rest of us explain the whole story. You'd think after one, two, fifty times of doing that, that they would learn to think more critically about the things they post.

Even after death capitalism is still owning communism.

Hey Michigan Huskers, tickets for the game are super cheap, some as cheap as $1 + fees. There's a pair in the upper bowl for $14.58 total! I picked up 2 pairs in the same section in the lower bowl for about $75. GBR!

I was thinking about other election alternatives than the current system in place because the primary process disenfranchises most states after the first 5-6 primaries. The primary election is basically over at that point. I kinda like how California did the Senate election with a jungle primary, but would it be even better if say the top 4 vote getters advanced to the general election and gave General Election voters a choice between all 4. May help eliminate only having the choice between extreme candidates for a general election. Combine that with @BigRedBustersuggestion of having only 2-3 primary voting segments for the entire country (I kinda think one is fine, every state does it on the same day in April/May) and we might have a better election process.

With the Michigan State win over Northwestern tonight, we are locked in for the number three seed in the BIG tourney as long as we take care of business this weekend at Michigan.

American Samoa sending a message! Newsweek: Joe Biden Is First Incumbent President to Lose a Primary in 44 Years

So what you’re saying is that both Canadians and 90s country singers are communists?

The flights weren't secretive, they were documented in the monthly reports. What "original" are you talking about? The right-wing link you provided? There are not "contradictory sources" to claims the flights were "secretive" or "illegal" because that was, apparently, made up out of whole cloth by the anti-immigration source you continue to use. At some point you have to realize you used a poor source for this latest outrage and walk it back. There's no evidence that any of their claims are true. They quote zero administration sources. The entire article you're using is extremely vague. I didn't know about this right-wing frothiness until you posted about it, no. And then just some basic research about the source of the froth, the openly available MONTHLY REPORTS that the government puts out about this program, and the lack of any quote or verifiable source for any of the claims your source makes was enough to show that this is yet another in a litany of outrages you put here that are based on basically nothing. How can a program be "hidden" or "secretive" when they have a website and they produce monthly reports that you can find with a five-second google search? This is where we apply critical thinking skills and realize our source for this outrage is not credible. Now you're just being silly. What are you even saying here? Drug cartels will use a spoon to "take advantage of unwary immigrants through Mexico" if it benefits them. Good tools can be used for bad by bad people. Do you still use spoons? Why do you support human trafficking? C'mon.

It can't be an accident that you continually post info from sources on the fringe of right-wing nationalism. Do you research your sources at all? CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES Founded in 1985 by John Tanton, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) has gone on to become the go-to think tank for the anti-immigrant movement with its reports and staffers often cited by media and anti-immigrant politicians. CIS’s much-touted tagline is “low immigration, pro-immigrant,” but the organization has a decades-long history of circulating racist writers, while also associating with white nationalists. While CIS and its position within the Tanton network have been on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) radar for years, what precipitated listing CIS as an anti-immigrant hate group for 2016 was its repeated circulation of white nationalist and antisemitic writers in its weekly newsletter and the commissioning of a policy analyst who had previously been pushed out of the conservative Heritage Foundation for his embrace of racist pseudoscience. These developments, its historical associations and its record of publishing reports that hype the criminality of immigrants are why CIS is labeled an anti-immigrant hate group. CIS reports have been widely criticized and debunked by groups such as the Immigration Policy Center and the CATO Institute. Alex Nowrasteh, an immigration policy analyst at CATO, said in early 2017: “Oh, I’m convinced that [CIS executive director Mark Krikorian is] wrong about all the facts and issues. They’re wrong about the impact of immigrants on the U.S. economy and on U.S. society.” Speaking about CIS to Univision in August of 2017, Illinois Rep. Luis Gutierrez stated: “Their research is always questionable because they torture the data to make it arrive at the conclusion they desire, which is that immigrants are criminals and a burden on the U.S. and our economy. It is the worst kind of deception, but politicians, the conservative media and some Americans eat it up because it always looks somewhat legitimate at first glance.” CIS has also defended the usage of “anchor babies” and released a report on “terror babies,” popular concepts among the nativist movement. @DevoHusker Can you name this program you posted about? Can you tell us why these are "illegal" immigrants? Can you find a source that discusses the Biden Administration's "admission" about this program? Can you find quotes from a Biden Administration official discussing this "admission?" Can you do any of the above without using a right-wing media source?

what does it say about the state of the "republican" party that freedom caucus members are not extreme enough to fit in?

I love how quickly MTG goes from thinking the interview is going well, to the F off stage. MTG is horrible and deserves as many of these types of interactions as she can get

The Republican Party will denounce this inappropriate behavior in 58,865,784,436 seconds... 58,865,784,435 seconds... 58,865,784,434 seconds...

Naw I'm just that bad of a speller. My middle name is 'C', my Mom knew I'd never be able to spell Cristifur Christipher Christopher.

Obviously Bradley Cooper isn't doing his job

a massage?

James Palmer for President!!! Ha Who???

@DevoHuskerhmmm….still no answer to your direct question now after three chances.

That's called having no backbone or moral code. But that's nothing new for Mitch.

A sense of humor at least

Notice the delay and obfuscation to a pretty direct question that should be easily answered?

Just so I'm clear. We now DON'T want immigrants that use a legal system to come to the US where they are given the ability to find a job and contribute to the economy?

You may want to ask the person arguing with you to identify EXACTLY where in the CBP website those flights are documented at. He/she continually just gives the generic site and says “see it’s here”. However, from what I can tell, the stats are for southern and northern border encounters and not flights that originate from other countries and pass over the southern ports of entry straight into a US airport. Maybe you and I are missing the stat on the website, but if the poster has seen it, he/she would EASILY be able to link specifically to it.

Non-Capitalists are soooooo angry right now!

The program was not secretive, the flights carrying over 300k undocumented people into the US were. Every source I have seen quotes the original, which you say doesn't count because it's right-wing. Please provide your contradiction sources. Did you know about it prior to this recent release of information? I didn't, but perhaps I missed something. If so, provide your source please. The first I heard of it was when I shared the tweet. Perhaps it wasn't "hidden", but merely secretive. BTW, the CBP One program has been proven to be a tool used by the drug cartels to take advantage of unwary immigrants through Mexico...why do you support their human trafficking? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=2144244

Regardless of your position on immigration, the simple truth is that the numbers are overwhelming. There are not enough government employees in any capacity to either process or round up the undocumented. And anyone with a proposed policy knows it.

From last year about the controversial CBO One app https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/cbp-one-app-us-border-asylum-biden/ Currently, CBP One allows migrants to request humanitarian exemptions to Title 42. But after the pandemic-era rule is lifted, the app will allow migrants to avoid being subjected to a soon-to-be-published regulation that will bar migrants from asylum if they failed to seek refuge in a third country en route to the U.S. Those who fail to use the app and cross into the U.S. illegally will risk being promptly deported. Anyone with a smartphone can download CBP One. But migrants seeking an exemption to Title 42 can only secure an appointment if they are north of Mexico City, due to a geofencing limit placed by U.S. officials. The app, which is available in English, Spanish and Haitian creole, asks migrants to create a profile and submit a photo of their face and basic information, such as their legal name, nationality and date of birth. On paper, the app says Title 42 exemptions are only available to those with a physical or mental illness or a disability; pregnant women; migrants lacking safe and stable housing in Mexico; those under the age of 21 or over the age of 70; or asylum-seekers who have been threatened or harmed in Mexico. The app, however, does not require migrants to prove they are part of one of the vulnerable groups. so where are the flights originating from? Where are they landing? https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-directory/cbpone If asylum seekers have to present themselves at the following ports of entry, why the need to fly people into the US in secret? Now I could be wrong, but the CBP.gov website isn’t “far right wing” CBP One™ is available now to schedule appointments. CBP One™ and the Advance Submission and Appointment Scheduling process are free to use. Noncitizens located in Central or Northern Mexico who seek to travel to the United States may use the U.S. Customs and Border Protection CBP One™ app to submit information in advance and schedule an appointment to present themselves at the below Southwest Border land ports of entry (POEs): Arizona: Nogales Texas: Brownsville, Eagle Pass, Hidalgo, Laredo, and El Paso California: Calexico and San Ysidro

"The Administration was keeping it hidden" We cannot be talking about CBP One, then. They literally put out monthly reports describing the program and its results. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That’s a pretty easy answer. They don’t like the factual information provided, can’t refute it, so they try and demonize it using organizations like the extreme left SPLC to spread disinformation or claim “fruit of a rotten tree” about legitimate facts, etc…..It’s a playbook as old as time. Providing your factual basis is all you can do.

https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/other-resources/unlawful-presence-and-inadmissibility This seems to indicate that that term doesn't have anything to do with them being bad people that we don't want here. It simply is the status of not being given permission yet. So...they go through the legal channels to get permission and they are let in. I'm not seeing a huge issue with this.

I’ve said it many many times…..Omnibus bills are horrible for the country, but the power centers love them and unfortunately for society they won’t be going away

Why is it always about the "source"....and not the information? I can find "sources" that say the SPLC is a liberal mouthpiece, but it doesn't change the fact that over 300,000 inadmissible foreign citizens were flown, in secrecy, to 43 undisclosed airports within the US borders in the past year, by the current administration. Because they filled out a form on an app. Then to be released from 43 airports with a promise to appear in two years for additional hearings. That doesn't even make sense. Did you know that 25%- 40% of those awaiting additional hearings don't even show up? They have simply disappeared within the US. That is a low ball estimate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/26/how-many-migrants-show-up-immigration-court-hearings/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/234386/failure-to-appear-for-us-immigration-court-proceedings/ CBP One? Because they would not qualify for admission if they presented in person at the border. Not sure what you mean. All the information regarding CPB One has come from a Freedom of Information Act request. No, because the Administration was keeping it hidden.

What does "inadmissible" mean? I like the bolded part. I'm guessing these aren't the millions of rapists and murderers that Trump claims are being cleaned out of their prisons and sent here. These people are actually using a legal way to get into the country.

I gave Yellowstone a season and a half, but couldn't push any further. I need shows/movies/games where there's at least 1 person I can root for, and everyone in Yellowstone is absolutely awful; not even one Walter White-type character where you know they're the bad guy, but you can cheer for them. Alongside that, the writing is horrible, the acting is wooden by 90% of the cast, and by the point I got to, I wanted the super volcano under Yellowstone to erupt and end everyone.

If you were coming from another county…what state would you pick to end up in?

Appreciate you providing the clarification and correct info for us. I know I was uncertain why this program was secret and didn’t realize these illegals were inadmissible through normal processes.

I would be perfectly fine with that.

I assume you are making reference to me, since I shared the post. It's okay to let me know directly. These folks were "inadmissible" with regards to current statutes/regulations. https://cis.org/Bensman/Government-Admission-Biden-Parole-Flights-Create-Security-Vulnerabilities-US-Airports And, if you pay attention, I am definitely not against expanded legal immigration, and realize that the backbone of the Midwest could not function without them. However, you have to secure the Federal border first. "Aliens who cannot legally enter the U.S. used the CBP One to apply for travel authorization and temporary humanitarian release from those unnamed airports. Under this parole release, migrants are able to remain in the U.S. for two years without obtaining legal status and meanwhile are eligible for work authorization." "The Center for Immigration Studies found last year from January 2023 to December 2023, at least 320,000 illegal immigrants were allowed to fly into the U.S. from their home country through a controversial program of the Biden administration using the Customs and Border Patrol app, the CBP One app that was created to let migrants apply for parole into the US. The Parole program allows for two-year periods of legal status during which adults are eligible for work authorization." "The unusual program, kept from the public, involved at least 320,000 illegal immigrants the administration admits are “inadmissible” immigrants, far more than previously reported. Despite facing a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from the Center for Immigration Studies, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has refused to identify the 43 airports it is dumping immigrants at after direct flights from Latin America."

Gee, it sure would be nice if he would now explain to the American people what the Republican party is lying to them about.

I think the data about repubs not voting for Trump is interesting to watch. I am guessing the GE will be interesting because if everyone is completely honest, they don't want either of these people. Elections are now about fear and little else. Too many people on both sides feel like the world will end if the other guy is elected. Ohio primary is in a few weeks. I will vote against Trump. However that looks. I may write in Nikki. After all she personally texts me now.

I feel the same way about voting in Colorado. We are a blue state headed the way of Cali. My vote for Haley in CO didn't mean much either. Trump got 63%. It surprised me that Trump hit 70+% in states like Cali and Mass.

So, flying "someone that filled out an app" to interior regions of the US is better? In what way

I am not a fan of it either. If it was such a good deal, why the secret status that had to be "revealed"?

Right - regarding Reagan - the guy who joked wt doctors after the assignation attempt. In the video above, no flinch and he didn't miss a beat with the 'missed me' line.

I might be wrong but that seems really high.

I bet this kid drinks 3 raw eggs every morning, and washes it down with a bowl of milk and grape nuts. And then he eat breakfast.

I taught with a math teacher once. At a meeting she was talking about a student who started off "bad" and then became "good" At the meeting she said "Cara has done a great job, a total 360" I looked at her and said "wait, doesn't that mean she is back where she started?" We all died.