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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:29am On Apr 27, 2025
There have been more than 60 coordinated attacks on Tesla have resulting in an estimated $20 million in personal property damage and over $460 billion in market cap.

One of the most radical groups behind this domestic terrorism movement is The Disruption Project.

Well they are funded 💯 by the Tides Network. They even share the same floor in the same building.

The prominent donors who fund Tides are David Rockafellor Jr., George Soros and Susan and Nick Pritzker. Which means they are the prominent donors of The Disruption Project. Which means they are the architects of the Tesla Protests.

Again, sounds like a good RICO case.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:17am On Apr 27, 2025
nateevs:
What are you talking about?
Sounded Greek to you? That was the purpose.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:06pm On Apr 26, 2025
nateevs:
Tackle the facts. I have no time for megedefegede. Sebi the UK is inconsequential to the average American? Oya answer question.

As part of the isolationism you seek, do you or do you not want the UK to dump all the US debt it holds on the open market.
They dump the debt in the market st a lower price tfsn they paid for. What's the new best holder do with it?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:01pm On Apr 26, 2025
IjeBos:
1.)You probably haven't been to a US courthouse.<sarcasm> You aren't getting in the courthouse without going through tight security. These aren't free flowing places with multiple entrances/exists.

2.) The criminal complaint seems to be very contradictory. They didn't want to arrest him in the courtroom but spoke to the courtroom deputy. I don't think ICE should have any business doing that unless they have a judicial warrant.


There is no need to involve the deputy of the courtroom if they wanted to make this arrest as if the deputy was helping them to facilitate the arrest.

3.)But they still say that the individual was seen in a public place in the courthouse and in fact there was an agent on the elevator with him. Why didn't the agents make the arrest when he got off the elevator or even prior?
They could have arrested him. Before he got to court, they wanted to do zo in an orderly manner.
CNN is not with you on this, .....

CNN’s crime and justice correspondent Katelyn Polantz acknowledged that the government has a legitimate case.

“It’s unusual, but it’s not unprecedented,” she said, recalling a similar case from 2019 where a Massachusetts judge was charged for helping an illegal immigrant escape ICE agents. Polantz made it clear that federal prosecutors were serious this time: “The attorney general wants to make an example of this. And boy, are they.”
CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig stripped away any partisan fog. “Looking at the complaint, let’s strip the politics out of it. This is a crime,” Honig declared. He laid it out simply: “This judge—let's—let's strip the Trump of it all out. Let's strip the immigration of it all out. Let's say law enforcement shows up at a building with an arrest warrant. They’re looking for person A. Person B then says, ‘Hey, there’s a secret escape door out back,’ and ushers them out. That is textbook obstruction.”
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:12pm On Apr 26, 2025
Susan Rice lashes out after being removed from the Defence Advisory Council whose job is to advice the Sec if Defence on matters security.

Susan Rice: “Well, if you’re a white male Christian cisgender macho MAGA man, you can be as dumb as a rock and be deemed qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense. That’s apparently what we’ve learned from this episode.

But let’s also be clear, there’s a serious point here. DEI has been used as a slur to suggest that anybody who might be a woman, might be a person of color, might be a religious minority, might have a disability, might be a religious minority, might be a veteran of Native descent, anybody who has benefited in any way, shape, or form from the notion that we all should be treated equally and that we should be viewed on the basis of our merits and not discounted because we happen to be a woman or happen to be a person of color. Anybody who fits the mold of somebody who is not a white Christian cisgender male, is by definition in this administration deemed inferior. That is the vast majority of the people in this country.”


As a black woman she did the rounds on major TV networks lying that the Benghazi consulate attack that killed the ambassador and later 2 former marines was spontaneous and caused by some obsure video that had 20 views in YouTube. at the time she was just the Ambassador to the UN to lie about a matter that was not on her docket.


Other members of the Defense Advisory Council shown the door by Hegseth were all deep state swamp creatures who served under Obama ,Biden ,Clinton and Bush.
Gen Austin had also fired everyone in 2021 setting the precedent.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:35pm On Apr 26, 2025
IjeBos:
So, I'm not reflexively "whatever a judge does is right" and do believe in obeying the laws.
But, I can see real issues with this, the worst being The Executive branch using administrative warrants in courtrooms thereby putting the imprimatur of the Judicial branch on the arrest. How does a judge know that the warrant is on the up and up?

I agree with the Massachusetts policy. And if she was trying to get them to make the arrest outside the courtroom, but inside the courthouse, I not only don't see anything wrong with what she did, I think she did the right thing.

I am interested in seeing how this plays out.

On or about April 17, 2025, an authorized immigration official found

probable cause to believe Flores-Ruiz was removable from the United States and issued a warrant
for his arrest. The warrant provided, “YOU ARE COMMANDED to arrest and take into custody
for removal proceedings under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the above-named alien
[Flores-Ruiz identified on warrant].” Upon his arrest, Flores-Ruiz would be given a Notice of
Intent/Decision to Reinstate Prior Order. He would then have an opportunity to contest the
determination by making a written or oral statement to an immigration officer.
9. The Milwaukee ICE ERO Office was aware that on April 18, 2025, Flores-Ruiz
was scheduled to attend a hearing in his criminal case. The hearing was set to take place in
Courtroom 615, in front of Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge HANNAH C. DUGAN. Based
on the above information, on April 18, 2025, members of the Milwaukee ICE ERO Task Force
traveled to the Milwaukee County Courthouse, with Flores-Ruiz’s arrest warrant in hand, for the
purpose of executing the warrant.
10. I am aware that law enforcement routinely executes warrants and makes arrests in
the public areas of buildings such as the Milwaukee County Courthouse. The reasons for this
include not only the fact that law enforcement knows the location at which the wanted individual
should be located but also the fact that the wanted individual would have entered through a security
checkpoint and thus unarmed, minimizing the risk of injury to law enforcement, the public, and
the wanted individual. As such, members of the Milwaukee ICE ERO Task Force developed a plan
to arrest Flores-Ruiz in a public area outside of Courtroom 615 following his scheduled criminal
court appearance before Judge


They were not arresting him in the courtroom. Public area.
Stop your lies.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:27pm On Apr 26, 2025
GloriousGbola:
https://www.nairaland.com/8409472/trump-administration-reverses-termination-visas


time for someone to release a banger

america jaga jaga
everything scatter scatter
trump dey were waka
That will ensure they spend all their useful time getting relevant knowledge not to be used by antisemitic and American hating liberals .
Good move , they have been warned.
Many go to America and after 15 years they have nothing to show except for road trips to nowhere.
I've got relatives there on study visa , they will oncetrate on studies now first .
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:31pm On Apr 26, 2025
IjeBos:
There was a case something like this, not entirely similar in MA during Trump's first term.
Being curious where the line is, I looked up Massachusetts procedures and found this.
Rubbish There were 6 agents They told the judge to hear his domestic violence first they would wait outside.
She led 2 agents to the chief Judge office , then returned and smuggled him via backdoor.
Noone is above the law.
Kash Patel.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:39pm On Apr 26, 2025
lalasticlala , Mynd 44 ,Dominique, Seun

This post in a reply to is not allowed. May I know why?
Thanks.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:31am On Apr 26, 2025
cococandy:
You know good and well their arrest warrant for that immigrant was more than likely invalid. Or their process of enforcing it was inappropriate at the very least.

I’ve never in my 30+ years of life seen an external arrest warrant carried out in a courtroom. Except when the sitting judge rules that someone is in contempt of courtroom decorum and orders the bailiff to remand them. But I’ll defer to your legal expertise.
Couldn’t they have waited until court was over to arrest the immigrant outside the courthouse?
Democrat judges protecting illegals.

It’s deja vu all over again. In 2018, District Court Judge Shelley Joseph allegedly helped a twice-deported illegal immigrant who appeared in her court on a drug charge escape using the back door of her courthouse in order to evade a waiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. She was indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice, as was Wesley MacGregor, her chief court officer.

The Boston Herald explained, however, that under the Biden administration, those charges will be dropped:
Joseph, who had been suspended with pay after she indicted, will be returning to the bench soon now that fellow woke Rhode Island U.S Attorney Zachary Cunha recommended that federal charges against her be dropped. The outlet noted that while Jose Medina Perez was in Joseph’s court facing drug charges, he was also wanted in Pennsylvania for drunk driving and had a federal warrant out for his arrest for being in the U.S. illegally.

An ICE agent attended the proceedings and was in the courtroom ready to take the migrant into custody after deliberations. However, the judge ordered the agent out of her courtroom. While the agent waited outside the front door to the courtroom, Joseph arranged for Perez to be released through a back door, which took place after Joseph held a sidebar with the migrant’s attorney. During that sidebar, Joseph ordered the clerk to shut off the courtroom recording device so as to ensure there would be no record of her comments, the Boston Herald continued.

She then allowed Perez, who was being accompanied by MacGregor, to flee, thereby evading the ICE agent.
The Trump Justice Department indicted Joseph, and she unsuccessfully tried to argue in federal district court that she was protected from prosecution by “absolute judicial immunity.” The federal judge said she had no such immunity and as such, ordered her to stand trial.

How come everyone has forgotten about the fact that this is not new.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:33am On Apr 26, 2025
The hit pieces on Hegseth keep coming. His number is privately available on the internet FBI and other apps , hence could be a target for hackers. His phone has the signal encrypted chat .

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/us/politics/pete-hegseth-phone-signal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CU8.xhLf.zsSwzSzs8lRj&smid=nytcore-android-share
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:12am On Apr 26, 2025
nateevs:
How does Tariff reduce interest rates? What are you talking about?
Interest rates depend on how much you are repaying. When you have more money you repay the loan and so pay no interest in the end.Tarriffs increase federal revenue.
Didn't know you are that whacked out
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:37pm On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---What had DOGE and President Musk achieved in the past three months---nothing but misery---how many trade deals amongst the 75 nations begging to kiss Felon 47's ar5e has bee done in the last 3 weeks---
I don't know where you are basing the nothing but misery from. .Have you checked the DOGE website or are you vomiting what Rachel Maddow and Co say?
Whatever goodies they detail here amounts to zero.
https://www.doge.gov/

Department of Government Efficiency
@DOGE
Contract and grant update!

Over the last several days, agencies have terminated 269 wasteful contracts with a ceiling value of $845M and savings of $255M, including a $50k @Interior consulting contract to “provide facilitation and collaborative problem solving services”.

Great work by @NSF canceling 402 wasteful DEI grants ($233M in savings), including $1M for “Antiracist Teacher Leadership for Statewide Transformation”.

See the NSF update below. Grant awards will be based on merit, competition, equal opportunity, and excellence.



Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:35pm On Apr 25, 2025
Ibime:
I don't think you understand what you are typing. Interest on Bonds alone as a result of nobody wanting to hold US treasury will wipe out any tariff upside, add in tax cuts and the deficit becomes much deeper. DOGE ain't delivered nothing material except political posturing. Like I said, we will review the deficit at year end.
It's not the same as no extra revenues accruing from excise and customs.
There is no budget. Continuing Resolution means you start with the money allocated last year and continue spending the same while adding new expenditures.
The CR took in Zelensky aid, this year there won't be any. Similarly Biden gave Hamas $2B to continue fighting Israel . Not there.
Same expenditures as last year , but this time there will no eg USAID cash $60B? That money will be used more efficiently not for fulfilling lofty leftie dreams like Green Energy scams.

Overall the debt will still rise there will be more increased revenues for IRS. What they do with that money is what will determine the overall economic performance.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:22pm On Apr 25, 2025
budaatum:
Investigators believe Lopez was hired by Nancy to work on the home and then later offered their place for Lopez to stay.

"Later offered" could be, he rented their home they let, but trust you to disingenuously twist facts to tell untruths.
Why you didn't include that he was firing guns with the judge, there were other gang members staying. Judge has been banned from holding any position.

Leaving out the juicy parts , similar to the "Maryland Father deported'

https://www.newsweek.com/joel-cano-democratic-judge-arrested-venezuelan-gang-members-2063985
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:09pm On Apr 25, 2025
Someone tell me Trump has no legal advisors who know the law.
A total of 209 legal suits filed against him this year.

https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/

This qualifies to be a judicial coup

Obama 12 injunctions
Trump1.0 64
Biden 14
Trump2.0 209 injunctions sought
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:00pm On Apr 25, 2025
nateevs:
The US, even at $800bn dollars defense spending is already over 123% debt to GDP ratio.

GDP is on course for a crash from a combination lower output, a crisis of consumer confidence (lower than covid, capital flight from the stock market, high yield on govt issued bonds, sharp decline in shipment docking at US ports (ocean container bookings out of China dropped by 60%), huge disruptions to supply chains, and possible higher interest rates depending on how the Fuhrer continues to go about his stupid tariff policy.......

On the other hand, debt is going up by increased govt defence spending, but the dollar is crashing in value to a 4-year low at the same time.

.... Do you even understand what question you are asking me?
Tariffs will increase the federal revenue and eventually reduce the interest. DOGE should save a few hundred billions per year ,further reducing the deficit
Trump will have to continue past 2028 until a suitable successor free from Silicon Valley is found.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:58pm On Apr 25, 2025
budaatum:
Investigators believe Lopez was hired by Nancy to work on the home and then later offered their place for Lopez to stay.

"Later offered" could be, he rented their home they let, but trust you to disingenuously twist facts to tell untruths.
Did the tenant have tattoos?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:47am On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---Felon 47 will never release the Epstein files---and that's a fact---because of his closeness to Epstein---
You think Clintons were regular visitors to Paedo island?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:38am On Apr 25, 2025
armyofone:
5k per month ? Great! I will go get pregnant tomorrow grin and born next week cheesy

If one time 5k ? That's not enough to feed baby wild salmon talk less of childcare.

No childcare less than 1k per month.

So 5k to encourage people to born is not a good idea.

Make better deal on the art of borning.
Democrats use the data on families having fewer or no children to promote immigration.
If families are incetivised to get more children, it will defeatthe purpose of immigration.
Current fertility rate per woman is 1.67 , it should be 2.1 to ensure growth.
Feminism ,drugs , economy and attacks on traditional family values in my opinion are to blame.
I've seen women refusing to get children because it has visible effects on their bodies. Oprah Winfrey was capable of borning and rearing a whole city ,what God gave her naturally is now just a total waste smiley smiley
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:25am On Apr 25, 2025
New Mexico county judge arrested for harbouring armed known illegal alien, who were tDA gang member. The illegals possessed several firearms which the judge knew about
No need to mention the obvious,the judge is a democrat.

https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/home-of-ex-judge-raided-after-claims-of-hosting-tren-de-aragua-gang-member-in-las-cruces-cristhian-ortega-lopez-dona-ana-county-venezuela-joel-cano-nancy-tda-nm-hsi-homeland-security#
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:15am On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---Barack Obama 2028---because the Constitution no longer matter---
What party will he vie on? The democrat party will have been proscribed for having too close ties to Epstein.
His divorce will have ruined the good image his CIA handlers carefully cultivated.
In short he is damaged goods.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:02am On Apr 25, 2025
feedthenation:
---Fox News Poll: The first 100 days of President Trump's second term---


https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-first-100-days-president-trumps-second-term
Because Epstein files have not been released
Hillary Clinton is still walking free. So are other top people who broke the law in order to prevent 47.
Joe Biden reign has not been invalidated.
That's what is causing republicans to disapprove.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Maeve7:
The Art …
Official Trump store is selling this now. Orders yours quickly.
Eric Trump donning one.

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