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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:30am On Jul 01, 2025
raumdeuter:
I try not to break rules, I won't drive when drinking, the time police stopped me was when I was using a cell phone will driving in New Jersey (It isn't a crime in Texas)

If you need suya, I can make one for you in America
Raum , there was a 2024 Bill passed in the Republican led house that made a single DUI deportable The bill applied to anyone including Green Card holders .
I think it's stalled in the Senate, so it's not an existing law.. I'm rational enough to see that it could be used as a witch-hunt
I knew someone in UK who was found drunk driving his kids to school. He was legally married to a white Briton with a single kid.. He was deported back to Nigeria after the wife decided they won't take away the child because of him.
Many of these white people deep down don't like us at all, but are forced to love us.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:52pm On Jun 30, 2025
feedthenation:
---Senator Thom Tillis, one of the very few Republicans who dared to show integrity and stand up to Trump---announced he won’t seek reelection---

---How did Felon 47 react? He celebrated. He called it “Great News!”---This is today’s Republican Party: loyalty to one man outweighs loyalty to country, truth, or principle---When a senator votes against reckless spending and Medicaid cuts, when he dares to put his constituents before a cult of personality, he’s pushed out and mocked---

---Tillis’s retirement isn’t just the end of a Senate career---It’s a warning sign of what happens when a party purges every last ounce of courage from its ranks---what will be the state of GOP after Felon 47 is long gone?---
Democrats have outsourced their thinking to Pelosi and the likes . There were literally no dissenters whatevetr major bill democrats bring forth. There is and was unanimous rejection of almost every bill tabled by Trump.
In summary democrats are brainless
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:43pm On Jun 30, 2025
budaatum:
I feel you. You'd hate school meals for the underprivileged too, and wouldn't mind them starving. Hopefully, New Yorkers won't unreason like you do.

Do let Amazontopaz know that UK that is not socialist has most of the same policies as Mamdani is proposing, and the lights stay on. While USA that is not socialist is curtailing civil liberties, though not where guns are concerned.


Bullseye.
Mamdani talks about socialism and seizing the means of production.

I doubt you'll respond to this by asking me how I know whether he means what he said.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:25pm On Jun 30, 2025
budaatum:
As I said, the underprivileged. I'm certain Mamdani is not proposing to feed the children of those who can afford to feed their own children. And New York policies will not be for the entire USA, I doubt.



My niece came to London from Manchester for Christmas, and was surprised their London nephews just got on the buses without paying. She said she'd do the same when she went back to Manchester, but I had to let her know London has a free transport policy for certain ages which Manchester seems to lack. Her mother told me a bus driver refused to let a primary school girl travel because she had no money. We'd burn the bus company if they do the same in London.
Water is wet.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:36am On Jun 30, 2025
budaatum:
According to Google, Whatsapp , Chatgpt, Grok, right?

Now show where Mamdani has proposed "social ownership and democratic control of the means of production" in New York.
Dinosaur aka fossil aka Cerelac . Use the same tools as I am.

[
Communist
City-owned grocery stores, centralized housing, public control of industries, wealth redistribution, free essential services.
Socialist
Rent freeze, free buses, universal childcare, public healthcare, worker rights, progressive taxes, affordable housing.
Marxist :
$30 minimum wage, wealth taxes, anti-corporate measures, collective bargaining, equitable distribution of resources.
Notes:
Communist: Emphasizes state ownership (e.g., city grocery stores) and centralized control, aligning with communist principles.

Socialist: Focuses on public welfare and equity (e.g., free buses, childcare) within a mixed economy.

Marxist: Targets capitalist structures (e.g., high minimum wage, wealth taxes) to redistribute power and resources.

Policies may overlap across categories due to Mamdani’s democratic socialist framework.

For full details, check Mamdani’s campaign site or MSNBC’s interview archives (e.g., YouTube clips).
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:37am On Jun 30, 2025
budaatum:
I don't want to know what Google, Whatsapp , Chatgpt, Grok thinks or knows, but what you actually know.

Define socialism please.
You just want to waste time trying to prove boys can be girls.

Define socialism., communism, fascism and Marxism. One line for each no more than 13 words
Okay, here are the definitions you requested:

Socialism: Advocates social ownership and democratic control of the means of production.
Communism: A stateless, classless society where resources are owned communally.
Fascism: A far-right, authoritarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power.
Marxism: Socioeconomic analysis emphasizing class struggle and critique of capitalism.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:23am On Jun 30, 2025
Budaatum. Stop being a dinosaur. Use chat tools but remember they make up lies if they don't know the answer. There are several chat bits you can try eg Google, Whatsapp , Chatgpt, Grok.
For instance I asked chatgpt this following questions

One line only who can be described as RINOs

List names........

I want current house and Senate members .

When are the Trump cuts expiring and what will be the percent increase if it's not extended

Are American set for a tax increase this year. By how much for every bracket



And so on. Very specific questions that the chatbots dig up.
You sound like you feed your grandchildren on Celerac.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:10am On Jun 30, 2025
armyofone:
Are there any RINO or Rhinoceros left in the party ?
List them.
All in the party are Republicans. Stop making things up just because they disagree with BBB
Take Sebatir Tillis this year alone
_His vote blocked Ed Martin from being appointed DC US Attorney.
_ Votes no against the Big Beautiful
_ Voted against a bill that would cut USAID funding
_Social Security Fairness Act: Tillis voted against this act, which aimed to provide Social Security benefits to over 3 million retirees, including teachers and first responders

Clearly RINO.

Below is a list of current members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate (as of June 30, 2025) who have been labeled as "RINOs" (Republicans In Name Only) by various sources, including posts on X and web references. The term RINO is a pejorative used to describe Republicans perceived as insufficiently conservative or disloyal to the party's ideology, often associated with moderate stances or criticism of Donald Trump. Note that this label is subjective, often tied to specific actions like voting for Trump's impeachment, supporting bipartisan legislation, or opposing his agenda. The list focuses on current members of the 119th Congress and is based on available information from web sources and X posts.

Current Senate Members Labeled as RINOs
The Senate has 100 members, with 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and 2 Independents caucusing with Democrats in the 119th Congress. The following current Republican senators have been labeled as RINOs, primarily for actions such as voting to convict Trump during his second impeachment, supporting the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, or being perceived as moderate:

Susan Collins (Maine): Frequently cited as a RINO due to her moderate voting record, including support for bipartisan legislation and her vote to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial.

Lisa Murkowski (Alaska): Labeled a RINO for her independent streak, voting to convict Trump in his second impeachment, and supporting bipartisan measures like the Infrastructure Bill.

Mitch McConnell (Kentucky): Called a RINO by Trump supporters for criticizing Trump’s actions after the January 6 Capitol attack and supporting bipartisan legislation, despite his long conservative record.

John Cornyn (Texas): Cited as a RINO for his willingness to work across the aisle and occasional criticism of Trump’s rhetoric.

Thom Tillis (North Carolina): Labeled a RINO for his vote to convict Trump in the second impeachment and his dealmaking tendencies, such as supporting bipartisan immigration reforms.

Lindsey Graham (South Carolina): Occasionally called a RINO for his past willingness to work with Democrats, despite his strong support for Trump in recent years.

Bill Cassidy (Louisiana): Identified as a RINO for voting to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial.

Joni Ernst (Iowa): Mentioned as a RINO in some X posts, likely due to her occasional moderate positions, though less frequently cited than others.

John Thune (South Dakota): Labeled a RINO in some contexts for his leadership role and perceived establishment ties, though he avoids direct confrontation with Trump
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:48am On Jun 30, 2025
feedthenation:
---Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the US debt load, CBO says---

https://apnews.com/article/cbo-trump-tax-bill-republicans-senate-5f591bea21bd95eec45ba90c93c50687

Largest tax cut ever.

No tax on tips.

No tax on overtime.

Enhanced child tax credit.

Increased standard deduction.

Permanent 2017 tax cuts.

Boosted border security funding.

Modernized air traffic control.

Protected Medicaid benefits.

Promoted American energy dominance.

Reduced small business taxes.

Simplified tax filing process.

Expanded school choice options.

Strengthened national defense budget.

Supported veteran healthcare access.

Lowered prescription drug prices.

Incentivized job creation domestically.

Streamlined federal regulations significantly.

Funded infrastructure rebuilding projects.

Enhanced cybersecurity for elections.

Promoted rural broadband expansion.

Strengthened intellectual property protections.

Encouraged domestic manufacturing growth.

Reformed criminal justice system.

Increased funding for HBCUs.

Improved trade deal fairness.

Expanded apprenticeship program funding.

Protected Social Security benefits.

Promoted space exploration initiatives.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:41am On Jun 30, 2025
budaatum:
Mandami is proposing similar policies that UK has thrived on, so if you call him socialist you must claim UK is socialist too, since he is not proposing to abandon capitalism in New York.

But as I asked Amazon, define socialism please.
_Govt opens retail stores and sells st wholesale discounts.
_Tax the wealthier billionaire neighbourhoods higher.
_Free public bus ttransport.

The lies often quoted by those who believe in socialism is that it's never been tried in it's purest form.

Socialism is a scheme to transfer wealth from the rich to themselves.Hoe many poor so isotsy national leaders you know of?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:05pm On Jun 29, 2025
feedthenation:
---A recent Fox News poll shows that 59% of voters oppose Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” while only 38% support it---

---What the bill propose---
- Increases defense spending
- Cuts taxes (especially for the wealthy)
- Reduces support for healthcare and social services
- Cuts education funding
- Slashes environmental programs

---What would happen---
- Adds $3–$5 trillion to U.S. debt over 10 years
- 16 million people could lose health insurance
- Likely leads to higher interest rates on mortgages, car loans, and credit cards
- The wealthiest Americans benefit the most, including a $15 million estate tax exemption and expanded deductions
- Low-income families are hit hardest, receiving minimal tax relief while facing deep cuts to Medicaid
964 pages definitely has some hidden.
You could do us a favour by also enumerating the good parts.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:01pm On Jun 29, 2025
benalvino3:
Justices Clarence Thomas is 76 and Samuel Alito 75, these candidates are due for retirement due to age. And also strategic timing to ensure likeminded successors.

Chief Justice John Roberts 70 and is less likely to retire, given his relatively younger age and he has expressed commitment to serving longer.

Raumdeuter, Basilico, LordAdam16, LordReed: who should replace these judges?

2 judges that could replace the retired judges are:

Judge James Ho, 52, Appointed by Trump in 2017,
Ho clerked for Justice Thomas.

Judge Andrew Oldham, 45, Appointed by Trump in 2018, Oldham clerked for Justice Alito and has a jurisprudence described as Alito-esque.
Don't know who is the best but if the have to retire let them do while while Trump still has the Senate. Trump complained about the recommendations he got from the Federalist Society a few weeks ago.

Democrats made a mistake. Sotomayor refused to retire hoping Hillary would nominate her successor .
Mitch McConnell refused to advance Garland nomination to SCOTUS after death of Scalia. No wonder Garland went after Trump with everything he had.
Foreign AffairsRe: World News! Events Happening Around The World by basilico: 11:55am On Jun 29, 2025
iykofias:
Iran's military and political leaders "killed" by Israel have begun to come back to life

▪️First, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, General Ismail Qaani (the successor to Soleimani, who was killed by the Americans in 2020), whom Israel declared killed, appeared at the celebration of the "victory over Israel" in Tehran.

▪️Then, the top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, whom Israel declared killed, turned out to be alive. The media published a photo of Ali Shamkhani in Tehran with a cane and surrounded by security guards.

▪️Israel announced his death on June 14, it was reported that he "died of his wounds."
You might also want to believe not a single Iranian General was killed. They buried empty coffins.
Foreign AffairsRe: Netanyahu Might Attack Turkey , Then The United States by basilico: 11:49am On Jun 29, 2025
Total nonsense. Israel would never atta k Turkey
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 11:47am On Jun 29, 2025
WritterNg:
⚡Russian forces seized the Shevchenkivske lithium deposit in Donbass, the same one Kyiv tried to sell to the U.S.

The actual reserves remain uncertain, but the political effect is significant.
If Zelensky had accepted the peace deal Russians would not have touched the lithium mines. He prefers listening to the EU and UK.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 11:37am On Jun 29, 2025
FoolishBoy419:
Sure. The good news is that the facility is still there. When next Israel comes, Iran will have a juicy target. There's no point respecting humanitarian laws when you're fighting a wild dog.
Israel didn't attack the Bushehr nuclear plant. It's operational and produces electric power. Attacking it would have resulted in a radioactive fallout. The others are just enrichment sites for the Persian bomb.
Iran would not attack Dimona because of the radioactive fallout ,that would affect a large area including the 'blessed Palestinians" and neighbouring countries Lebanon , Syria,Egypt etc. I guess if Iran attacked it ,Israel would retaliate with their nuclear bomb.
My bet is that through diplomatic channels Israel had warned Iran not to dare think about Dimona. Israel has a nuclear triad ,wiping them off the map means you have to deal with the nuclear capable submarines
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:35am On Jun 29, 2025
Democrats are liars. If they told the truth about their intentions they would never win any election.
It's that simple.
To cover up they are experts in attacking every conservative opinion.Their vote is usually uniform on early every matter ,if they are in power they nearly always vote for any bill they push forward.When out of power they will always vote No for almost every Republican bill.

Republicans are also not helpful. They always want to grandstand ,most bills pass through narrowly with a few RINOs taking turns to oppose many bills in quite a large number of cases.
My guy feeling is that RINOs want Trump to lose the house in the midterms.
At least 8 will quit Congress next year.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:15am On Jun 29, 2025
100% deductions on the investment of any new production or manufacturing facility. That's sounds a good incetive.

The Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill includes a temporary tax break designed to accelerate investment in American manufacturing and energy infrastructure. A little-noticed provision—Section 70307 of the legislation—would allow businesses to immediately deduct 100 percent of the cost of new “qualified production property” placed in service over the next three years.

The incentive covers a range of assets, including new buildings and facilities used for manufacturing, natural resource extraction, electricity or natural gas production, water systems, and waste disposal. To qualify, the property must be new, used within the United States, and placed in service between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2026.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:58am On Jun 29, 2025
happney65:
Jf the supreme court can remove or stop birthright citizenship directly or indirectly. Something that is written in black and white in the constitution.

A Dem President will definitely come tommorow too and try and remove the right of Americans to bear Guns. Most especially dangerous guns as Americans have used it to cause more deaths to themselves even more than actual war zones

Two can play the game.

We wait and see what ends all of these
They won't remove it. The SCOTUS is supposed to interpret the law as written and not make up their own laws.
As written birthright citizenship by Trump argument was meant for children of slaves. At the time it exempted those living in America but citizens of another nation or jurisdiction . That leaves a lot of room for interpretation. I really don't think it meant anyone could cross no man's land give birth and that child becones a citizen entitled to all benefits. Another example , if an army invades Ametica mainland , do children borne of the invading army get instant citizenship?

Politically this is a very hot tomato , it needed someone with brass balls to take this all the way to the Supreme Court .
Excuse my language .
I've seen arguments about Obama birth certificate. They say he was born in Kenya, which I don't think makes any difference because his mom was an American citizen. They demand it to make him look forger or fraudster (I don't hide this: IMO , he is a political fraudster who should be under criminal investigation yesterday)
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:40pm On Jun 28, 2025
nateevs:
Clown. You don't even know what you are talking about.
They lost all their nuclear plants, 30 Generals, 17 nuclear scientists . The IDF operated hundreds of planes over their airspace , not a single plane was lost. They bombed the igrc and Basij headquarters.
But Iran defeated Israel because their rather precise ballistics missiles that escaped Israel air defences
What a victory.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:33pm On Jun 28, 2025
ObaIgwe1:
Yeah I know about Trump's greed in cutting deals well, countries presently not in conflicts are also seeing him for who he is and for what he is now portraying US to be, and they are taking note. He is not even diplomatic about it. But that is fine.

Well even if you don't think Trump hates black, just don't tell me he is doing it for the love he has for blacks. He also didn't broker peace in Iran for the love he has for Iran nor is he trying to broker peace in Ukraine because of his love for the Ukrainians. We know his motives. I have no issue with that but let no one tell me the bs that Trump is a lover of blacks because of his intervention in Congo conflict, that is my issue with raumdeuter.
Okay but Let's just say he loves himself , flesh and blood. And he also hates to see blood being shed needlessly.
We know blood doesn't know race .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:37pm On Jun 28, 2025
ObaIgwe1:
I know the war is about the control of mineral resources in some area of Congo, reason Rwanda and SA were also involved on opposite end. I read about the offer from Congolese President to Trump if Trump should end the war in his favour. I am not even particular about all these minerals deals (good or bad) and I prefer peace even at the cost of mineral exploitations from US or other places.... But for raumdeuter to tie this to Trump now being a lover of blacks and Africa is a bs taking too far.
Give it to Trump . A peacemaker through strength and a deal broker per excellence. Knows how to use leverage to achieve his plans.
Of course you think he hates black people , I don't think he does .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:34pm On Jun 28, 2025
raumdeuter:
I was going to post that Justice Kagan already supported the ruling from her speech in 2022 but opposed her own opinion yesterday

Shows many of these judges are not acting in good faith
The democrats are working in unison ie the media, non profits, politicians and judges to derail and hamstring any Trump achievement.
Add Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell “Too Late—Powell is the WORST. A real dummy, who is costing America $Billions!” .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:25pm On Jun 28, 2025
ObaIgwe1:
lol... That lady is smart. She knows Trump's mumu-button grin Just praise him a bit, tell him everyone loves him, tell him he is better than Biden and he is most qualified for Nobel Peace Prize and Trump will do your wishes even though he hates your face and gut. Someone who cried openly for Iran's 'thank you' is only a baby in an old man's body. Imagine Trump wishing all the journalists covering him are like the lady, who will only praise him and say beautiful things to him grin

The lady is a loyal Congolese and she knows just what to say to get Trump dance to Congo wishes and end the war in Congo.

If I get a chance to get the racist Trump do something for Africa, I will also have to say all that and even more. cheesy
Are you aware that Chinese control mining in Congo. DRC is very rich 67% natural forests, 11% arable land and minerals are found in almost 35% of it's 2.35 million sq kilometers.

The conflict are from external forces with Rwanda being a big player fueling it. They want the minerals . There are ethnic groups that were separated by colonial borders during the Scramble for Africa that reside in both countries.

Trump is after cobalt for batteries that's found in plenty .
They had proposed a security guarantee similar to Ukraine.

Trust Trump to demand something big in return.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:11pm On Jun 28, 2025
Bemeruca Raumdeuter
Justice Kagan dissented in SCOTUS decision on district judges and national injunctions.
In 2022 when Joe Biden was president she said.

“It just can’t be right that one district judge can stop a nationwide policy in its tracks and leave it stopped for the years that it takes to go through the normal process.”
She also commented on the practice of "forum shopping," stating:
“You look at something like that and you think, that can’t be right. In the Trump years, people used to go to the Northern District of California, and in the Biden years, they go to Texas.”



Translation.
Some of Her decisions are based on political partisanship first then looking for relevant laws for justification.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:09am On Jun 28, 2025
budaatum:
And they will dictate what is read in schools.
When it comes to discipline cases in a schools teachers blame the parents.
When it comes to lbgtq teaching in schools the teachers demand parents drop off their kids at the gate and leave the teachers to do what they know best .
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
feedthenation:
---Don't worry he will soon be taken by ICE and deported to El-Salvador---as US Rep. Andy Ogles (R) sent a letter to AG Pam Bondi calling for the denaturalization and deportation of NYC Democrat mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani---Rep. Andy Ogles cites that Mamdani may have concealed "material in support for terrorism" when he obtained U.S. citizenship---
I'm supposed to believe you and not what this learned man is saying.



There are already Muslim patrol cars in New York. In future they will be arresting those liberal hotheads who won't wear a headbag .

https://sahlahacademy.net/muslim-community-patrol/

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
bemeruca:
Jackson is a DEI appointee
She was purposely put in place. Garland nomination was scuttled by McConnell. He was made AG to give way specifically for her. Jim Clyburn demand was Biden appoints a black woman to the SCOTUS.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/inside-jim-clyburn-s-biden-election-endorsement-how-biden-almost-ncna1255414
You've had a couple of opportunities to mention naming a Black woman to the Supreme Court," Clyburn lectured his friend of nearly half a century, like a schoolteacher scolding a child. "I'm telling you, don't you leave the stage tonight without making it known that you will do that
There would be s constitutional crisis if it's proven that
_ Biden wasn't running the show
_ Biden didn't win 2020.

Would her nomination be revoked. She better be careful, her job is to interpret the law as written not to make up laws on the fly.
Obama and Jim Clyburn had ganged up way back in Feb 2020 to whittle down Bernie Sanders popularity, to have a puppet they could control. In other words Ketanji Brown was an Obama idea. Obama is the one who called up other contestants to drop out in favour of Biden during the democrat primaries.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:12am On Jun 28, 2025
PDPGuy:
We need the Supreme Court to issue a DEFINITVE substantive opinion on whether or not Trump’s Birthright citizen EO is in compliance with the 14th Amendment..

Today’s ruling, although purely procedural, practically sets different citizenship standards in different states/judicial circuits.
Will be deferred to Congress. There are many cases of pregnant women crossing the border to give birth on American soil.
Like this Chinese birth tourism scheme
https://apnews.com/article/california-birth-tourism-china-pregnant-travelers-citizenship-b22eb4efe701ae0083b1b335c35fbf47

There does seem to be some loophole in birthright citizenship, kudos to Trump to take this upto the Supreme Court to settle the matter once and for all. I can see some useless posters here claiming that they want America to be a White Man's land , yet there are generational black people and Latinos whose ancestry goes back hundreds of years.
If am American citizen gets a child anywhere in earth the child is automatically granted citizenship, almost every country does that to its citizens.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury on Friday convicted a Southern California couple of running a business that helped pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States without revealing their intentions to give birth to babies who would automatically have American citizenship......
The case against the pair went to trial nine years after federal authorities searched more than a dozen homes across Southern California in a crackdown on so-called birth tourism operators who authorities said encouraged pregnant women to lie on their visa paperwork and hide their pregnancies and helped the women travel to deliver their babies in the United States .


The judges by the arguments I've seen will ask Congress to make it law,If the intent of the framers of the constitution is interrogated,I believe they didn't intend for birthright citizenship to anyone who gave birth on American soil.
I'm willing to state on record that it's the black people here who want the white man be a minority in his own country and not vice versa
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:49am On Jun 28, 2025
Budaatum. This case went to Supreme Court ,a 6-3 decision in favour of the parents

The case surrounded a controversial policy in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland. Several parents wanted the option to opt their children out of curriculum with LGBTQ+ themes. The parents wanted this option due to their religious beliefs.

However, the school system did not allow the parents to opt their children out of these lessons.


Liberals must teach your kids about Lbgtq. Did this have to go SCOTUS?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia-Ukraine War: World News, Weapons & Battlefield Discussions - Live by basilico: 4:33am On Jun 28, 2025
LordAdam16:
Iran's gains

1. Iran preserved its nuclear program.
2. Iran foiled USreal regime change operation and gained more legitimacy after 90m Iranians rallied around the flag. Out went anti hijab protests. In came "strike Tel Aviv" protests.
3. Iran found a legitimate reason to stop all cooperation with the IAEA. The IAEA forwarded names of Iranian nuclear scientists to Mossad to be assassinated. For the foreseeable future, Iran can now build, transfer, and expand its nuclear program without IAEA interference.
4. Iran demonstrated that it could singlehandedly destroy Israel by conventional means. No nukes necessary.
5. Iran demonstrated that all US bases in every Gulf country can be destroyed in a confrontation.

Israel's losses

1. Israel's air of invincibility has been irreparably shattered.
2. Israel threw the first sucker punch, retained the element of surprise, had active assistance from the US + NATO + Gulf Vassals with land-, air-, and sea-based air defense systems. Regardless, it incurred more damage in 12 days than it sustained in 2 years of war prior to the 12 day war. Satanyahu came on air and admitted that he could not continue a war of attrition. Iran did this alone.
3. 17,000 Israelis were displaced. Citizens were held hostage. Nationals escaped in yachts. Tens of thousands of buildings were destroyed. Port, Refinery, Military Facilities, Government installations, Research facilities, Office complexes were all targeted and destroyed. Iran reserved the capacity to destroy 80% of Israel's water supply but held back for obvious reasons. All of Palestine was Iran's canvas.
4. Iran was open to making compromises on enrichment. Iran has walked back those moves. It now pursues a steely strict red line on enrichment, its missile program, and its relations with regional paramilitary allies.
5. Iran's nuclear program, formerly visible to the West-controlled regulatory organization has gone dark. Enrichment and indigenous weaponization will continue unabated.
6. Israel's decades-in-the-making spy network in Iran has suffered the worst setback in Mo$$ad history. This will continue. Iran will deport Israeli intelligence ready supply of illegal aliens, uncover cells and execute the agents, destroy Israeli cache of drones and sabotage equipment, and more.
7. The Iranian liberal Western-aligned bloc that had accumulated decades worth of political capital and infiltrated all the way up to the President has lost its momentum. As in Russia, the fifth column have been exposed as collaborators of the enemies of Persia. All of the effort built over decades with the assistance of Western intelligence and Diasporan monarchists/liberals/westernophiles. Poof. Gone in smoke in 12 days.

The Iran of June 1, 2025 and the Iran of June 27, 2025 are two very different entities. The former treated Israel an irritant that it had to be careful with because it wanted closer relations with the West through sanctions relief. The latter will treat Israel as an existential threat to its 5,000 year civilization. Sanctions be damned.

It will expand its missile arsenal with one goal in mind. Congratulations, y'all played yourselves.

-Lord
In summary Iran military doctrine will be to study how Israel managed to bomb Iranian targets via land or sea. Will spend the next decade designing strategies to defeat Israel in their next conflict
Aran countries have done that before starting after 1967. Six Day war. Spent years sealing the loopholes Israel used to defeat them. A fool's errand because Mossad and IDF are thinking far ahead . Example.
Who'd have thought pagers and walkie talkies would blow up? Hesbollah thought cellphones could be hacked, didn't know pager batteries bought from Eastern Europe carry explosives.
Who would have thought 4 batteries of S-300 would be taken out by IDF? Giving IDF complete air superiority
Who'd have thought 20 Generals would be tricked into a meeting by IDF?
If there is another war ,I guess IDF will send autiomous 100,000 Terminator robots as ground troops Iran will spend another decade researching on how to blow up AI robots. Then resume hostilities
Next conflict IDF sends 2 trillion locust drones to block Iranian airspace Tehran spends another decade developing anti locust drone air defence system. Then next hostility.
And so on ad infinitum. Living for the next conflict
***Spits****
Iran spent decades building missiles to strike Israel. What for, Israel is 2,000 km away . Iran has spent billions arming it's proxies to attack Israel Again , what for? A country 20,000 square kilometers against Iran millions of square kilometers.
You don't see a problem here? Iran is not ipart of the green shaded countries.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:04pm On Jun 27, 2025
budaatum:
The Israeli military has launched an investigation into possible war crimes following growing evidence that troops have deliberately fired at Palestinian civilians gathering to receive aid in Gaza.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/27/idf-opens-inquiry-into-possible-war-crimes-after-deaths-near-gaza-aid-sites
That's what a proper army does. I doubt the whole story , Maybe taken out of context. I don't know whether you are aware that Hamas never releases nanes of the dead women and children When they did that a lot of those names phone numbers were active, some were actually calling and texting while dead.

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