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The original tweet from... the right-wing anti-immigrant source? That original tweet?

Where are the direct queries the administration isn't responding to? Who is making that claim?

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.

"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)_/¯

CBP One can't be the answer, because that is neither secretive nor illegal. There's an easily-findable government web page describing the program. "Because they would not qualify for admission if they presented in person at the border." Can you verify this statement? If the program we're talking about here is actually CBP One, that's verifiably false. The SOURCE you're getting this claim from is an anti-immigration organization. That's why sources matter. "Not sure what you mean. All the information regarding CPB One has come from a Freedom of Information Act request." Again, you're paraphrasing from a known anti-immigration organization. That's why I specifically asked you for a source that isn't right-wing. "No, because the Administration was keeping it hidden." And again, you're paraphrasing from a known anti-immigration organization.

It's about the source because the only people calling them "inadmissible" are right-wing anti-immigration nutters, and their right-wing disinformation news mouthpieces. And then you quote them, using their terminology ("inadmissible" ""secrecy" "undisclosed") without doing even basic fact-checking. As @BigRedBuster just pointed out, these people are going through a legal process to come here and work.

My dad absolutely loved that show. So much so that when I was visiting him toward the end, he wouldn't turn it off. That show HAD to be on the whole time I was there. Dad was quirky.

Depends on the immigrant, I suppose. Georgia has a large agricultural sector, so there's lots of migrant workers there depending on when harvest is. Remember a few years ago when they changed their immigration laws in 2011 and farmers had no one to help with harvest? Immigrants, especially the southern border immigrants we've been talking about so much lately, spread all over the country, following lower-wage blue collar jobs that Americans don't want to do anymore. Personally, I'd never live in Georgia or Florida, or Texas, on a permanent basis, mostly because half the year the climate is WAY too hot for me. I don't know how people live in Georgia. Florida at least has ocean/gulf breezes. Texas, even Houston, is just too freaking hot. Georgia is hot and humid as hell. Ugh.

Euphoria.

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?

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.

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

She was a Jewish immigrant whose parents were killed in the Holocaust. She was a dental assistant, heard the commotion outside her office and went to see what was going on. This random dude grabs her and kisses her. People want to believe it's this romantic celebratory photo because it fits the narrative in their head. Reality tends to hurt a lot of people in their feels when it doesn't conform to their pre-conceived notions.

Now we're upset that a photo of a non-consensual kiss is no longer being used by the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs?

The ruling basically says while states can ban candidates from holding offices within their particular state based on the 14th Amendment, they can't ban federal office candidates.

I've been boycotting Wendy's since 1989.

Not to big-time you guys, but I just got a text from Nikki Haley.

@Mavric is a huge Billy Joel fan.

The pentagon is working on a new laser. But for realsies, there are actual anti-drone weapons out there. https://www.popsci.com/technology/pentagon-anti-drone-weapon/ https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/military-culture/2021/06/22/this-enormous-drone-gun-can-pluck-uavs-right-out-of-the-sky/

I'm surprised any armor can survive on the battlefield. There are so many ways to take out a tank these days. I know the M-1 is a tough SOB, but every piece of armor has a weak point, and there are drones like flies on manure in Ukraine.

It's unreal seeing Nebraska in the top third of the conference, with our three remaining opponents at the bottom of the standings. And that two of them are Ohio State and Michigan, teams we beat by double digits earlier. We need to win out, avenge that loss to Rutgers, and we'll be good. Nebraska in excellent shape for not only an at-large bid, but a decent seed following their 18 point win over Minnesota. Every single team in the NET era Top 40 in all metrics has earned a single digit seed. Huskers should be Top 40 in NET (currently #43) following tonight's victory. Nebraska can likely get in finishing 1-2, but would be a lock if they can finish 2-1 or 3-0. Meanwhile, Minnesota is eliminated from at large contention.... Gophers will need to win B10T.

Fair points. We'll have to see what else comes out.