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Syrian? Do you mean Sudanese? There isn't really a significant (like, less than 200) Syrian immigrant population in this state. There are at least as many Sudanese and Somali women in Nebraska. But if you're talking about these communities, you aren't talking about illegal immigrants.

46% of illegal immigrants from 2015-2019 were female. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/unauthorized-immigrant-population/state/US Where are you getting this "all single young men" information?

But we're the best country in the world, right? If you could choose, why would you settle? Are you implying that the only people emigrating to the US are single young men? That's not remotely true. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states What is the median age for immigrants? The immigrant population’s median age in 2022 was 47 years, making it older than the U.S.-born population, which had a median age of 37 years. One reason for this difference is that immigrants arrive largely as adults, whereas immigrants’ U.S.-born children contribute to the younger median age of the native-born population. Less than 1 percent of immigrants were under age 5 in 2022, compared to 6 percent of the U.S. born. Five percent of immigrants were children ages 5 to 17, as compared with 18 percent of the U.S. born. Seventy-seven percent of immigrants were of working age (18 to 64 years), a much higher figure than the 58 percent of the U.S. born. Close to 18 percent of immigrants and 17 percent of the U.S. born were age 65 or older. What is the sex ratio of the immigrant population? About 51 percent of all U.S. immigrants in 2022 were female, compared to 50 percent of the native born. The share has fluctuated slightly over the past four decades, but immigrant women and girls tend to slightly outnumber men and boys. They accounted for 53 percent of the immigrant population in 1980, 51 percent in 1990, 50 percent in 2000, and 51 percent in 2010.

This is a pretty chilling weapon. Report: US deployed microwave missiles that can disable Iran's nuclear facilities According to an exclusive report from DailyMail.com, the US Air Force has quietly deployed a new type of missile that can destroy the electronics of Iran's nuclear facilities using high-power microwaves, without causing any fatalities. The missiles, known as the Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP), were developed by Boeing's Phantom Works for the US Air Force Research Laboratory. After successful testing in 2012, around 20 of these microwave missiles became operational and were deployed to various locations around the globe in 2019. As DailyMail.com reports, the CHAMP missiles are air-launched cruise missiles fitted with an electromagnetic pulse cannon that generates a concentrated beam of high-power microwave energy. This energy can fry the computer chips and electronic systems of targeted facilities, rendering them inoperable. "We hit every target we wanted to," said Boeing's CHAMP Program Manager Keith Colman after the successful 2012 test, adding "Today we made science fiction into science fact." Mary Lou Robinson, former chief of the Air Force's High Power Microwave Division, confirmed to DailyMail.com that the missiles are "ready to take out any military target, including nuclear facilities." The key advantage of these microwave weapons is that they can penetrate buried bunkers and command centers through electrical and communications connections, disabling electronics without causing structural damage or loss of life. "The beauty of the HPM missile is that its microwave beam can penetrate bunkers where facilities are hidden without harming humans inside," DailyMail.com reports. They also have the ability to disable defensive radar systems, striking their targets undetected. "Most amazing of all, the missile renders inoperable any radar that might detect it as it flies to and from a target. Thus, a country cannot take out CHAMP before it strikes and has no way of knowing why its facilities have suddenly gone dead," according to DailyMail.com. While details are limited due to operational security concerns, the existence of this operational microwave missile capability highlights the stealthy options available to the US military to counter threats like Iran's nuclear program through electronic disruption rather than kinetic force.

Why?

Stay classy, Republicans.

You guys are going to believe this... BREAKING NEWS: The election fraud conspiracy theorists finally found real election fraud...and it was one of them. MAGA freedom caucus leader and Turning Point USA exec Austin Smith surrenders to the fraud allegations against him and quits his race for the legislature. Austin was accused of having over one hundred fake signatures on his nomination petitions, and he was personally the circulator for those petitions. At least two people signed sworn affidavits saying they did not sign Smith's petition, yet their names and fake signatures were on it. Many signatures looked the same and were strikingly similar to Austin's handwriting. It was egregious. Smith quit rather than defend himself, which is basically an admission of guilt. Why else would he surrender rather than fight. Turning Point and the MAGA faithful would have provided more than enough money to hire the best defense attorney available. This election fraud must be investigated and prosecuted. Hopefully, Secretary of State @Adrian_Fontes will make a criminal referral to @AZAGMayes to investigate what appears to be blatant fraud on our elections. I look forward to all of the MAGA election deniers calling for an investigation.

Rhule learned last year that even vague, tangential statements will be used by Colorado as rage fuel, so he made a point not to give the reporter anything. The whole gist of the article is manipulative. It was pretty obvious the reporter was trying to drum up controversy.

Happy five-year anniversary of the release of the Mueller report, and this ringing endorsement of Orange Man Bad's virtue: "As set forth in our report, after that investigation, if we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that. We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the President did commit a crime."

The word they should have used was "reallocate," because the non-crazy people pimping "defund the police" wanted to use some of the public funds that go to police for things like first-responder mental health intervention. Basically, instead of the police having to deal with people experiencing mental health crises, trained mental health professionals would be the first responders. But "Reallocate funds currently given to law enforcement to instead be distributed to better mental health responses" isn't as catchy as "defund the police!" That's where Republicans have just run circles around Democrats, for decades now. They absolutely understand how to provide succinct, easy-to-remember phrases to their constituents that convey a clear, direct message.

I'm curious why everyone is willing to throw NPR into the trash heap of biased journalism based on one person's statement. How much vetting has been done on Berliner's allegations? Here's one thread about that. These are just the first few posts. It's a long thread. Berliner does regurgitate Republican talking points that we keep seeing right here on HuskerBoard from everyone's favorite goalpost-mover. Why does someone who's apparently willing to fudge facts get so much up-front credibility?

This is a race issue. They've said it out loud - they want more White babies being born in America.

Anyone watched Resident Alien? I just finished season 1 on Netflix. Is season 2 & 3 worth watching?

Without looking it up, can anyone tell me why people were gluing their hands to countertops? Without looking it up, can anyone tell me why protesters were throwing soup on paintings? I just don't think these kinds of protests move the needle in a direction the protesters want it moved.

The House GOP is a complete clown show. They're going after yet ANOTHER Speaker. Granted Johnson is about the bottom of the barrel, but dang, this is a mess. This never happened when Nancy Pelosi was running the show. She had her caucus in line.

Twice impeached. And now this. The ultimate Republican.

Don Snoreleone

I thought Joe was supposed to be "sleepy."

Correct. But Congress lacks the will to do so (or are being actively encouraged not to do so).

This happened in the Bay Area today, too. I don't think the reactions on HB are much different than the rest of the country. Yes, we're aware that these activists want a positive outcome for their cause. And yes, we are more aware of their cause because of these actions. But are they changing minds by blocking traffic to O'Hare, or the Golden Gate Bridge? Did climate activists change anyone's mind by throwing soup on paintings? I'm not thinking so. I think a lot of these annoyance/vandalism actions are detrimental to their cause. Protesting creatively isn't always the answer. 'Free Palestine' protesters block part of I-880 in Oakland, Golden Gate Bridge OAKLAND, Calif. - ‘Free Palestine’ protesters blocked several sections of freeway around the Bay Area on Monday, including a section of I-880 in Oakland and the Golden Gate Bridge. Traffic was snarled after the demonstration took over the northbound lanes of Interstate Highway 880 at 5th and Embarcadero in Oakland on Monday and the southbound lanes of the Golden Gate Bridge. The CHP said the Oakland protest began about 6:30 a.m. Dozens of CHP officers were seen in riot gear watching as protesters waved flags near where they had painted the colors of Palestine on the highway's center median. Traffic was backed up past the Coliseum.

The article explains better than the tweet. Pfizer, which is headquartered in New York and received billions of dollars from the federal government for its COVID-19 vaccine, reported an overall 2023 loss of $4.4 billion domestically, bringing its effective corporate income tax rate to -105.4 percent, the company reported in a recent regulatory filing. Conversely, Pfizer reported more than $31 billion in revenue from international market sales, netting more than $5.4 billion of income for 2023. Pfizer has more than 300 subsidiaries in more than 60 different countries, with 98 subsidiaries based in known tax havens such as Ireland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the British Virgin Islands, Singapore, and Puerto Rico, according to a Lever review of Pfizer’s recent 10-K filing. The 2017 tax law championed by Trump cut the federal corporate income tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, but many corporations offshore profits and exploit other loopholes to pay even less. From 2018 to 2022, the Trump tax cuts allowed 342 of the largest U.S.-based corporations to pay just $562 billion in taxes on nearly $4 trillion in profits, an effective average rate of 14.1 percent, according to a recent study from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a non-partisan tax policy organization. Pharmaceutical companies comprise a significant portion of the companies engaged in tax avoidance. In 2022, major U.S. pharmaceutical companies reported more than $214 billion in revenue and only $10 billion in profits in the U.S. Those same companies reported more than $171 billion in foreign revenue and more than $90 billion in profits overseas, despite the fact that Americans pay the highest pharmaceutical costs in the world, said Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. “A large number of American pharmaceuticals report getting the bulk of their revenue from the U.S., earning no income in the U.S., and earning very substantial sums outside the U.S.,” Setser told The Lever. “And that same set of companies typically tends to report the bulk of their profits that they earn globally are in some combination of Ireland, Switzerland, Singapore, and Puerto Rico.”