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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 12:59pm On May 06 |
cococandy:Isn't that the reason a judge blocked the above ground works on the ballroom but allowed the military grade bunker construction to go on? He said Trump should get approval from Congress . Congress should approve a multistorey building housing enough ballrooms. An $850 million structure like this would make that judge happy and still leave $150 million.
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:11pm On May 06 |
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:24pm On May 06 |
BILLIONAIRE KEN GRIFFIN BLASTS NYC MAYOR MAMDANI’S “TAX THE RICH” STUNT AS “CREEPY AND WEIRD” — DOUBLES DOWN ON MIAMI INVESTMENTS Billionaire hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin just unloaded on socialist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani after the mayor filmed a viral “Tax the Rich” ad outside Griffin’s $238 million luxury apartment. “It was creepy and weird,” Griffin said. “Knock knock knock on the window. Huh? Mayor of New York City?” He went further: “Like how many times have you watched that video? Three. Like you literally look at the first time and you’re like, you gotta be kidding me! Okay… And then the second time you’re like you know what this is actually gone from creepy to… actually not really creepy. This has gotten frightening because the CEO of United Health was killed just a few blocks from my house and anything that creates an agitation in the extremist on either side of the aisle is a frightening dynamic.” Instead of running, Griffin announced he is doubling down on pouring millions more into his Miami ventures. Democrats voted in a socialist who wants to raise taxes to fund his freebies. When the wealthy all run away , he will tax his voters . |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by raumdeuter: 1:47pm On May 06 |
IjeBos:You point out the systemic racism in 2026, Anything that a white man can do and a black man cannot in Americ |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by raumdeuter: 1:48pm On May 06 |
IjeBos:Garbage as usual |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by BreakingNews21: 4:04pm On May 06 |
basilico:Hey pal, first generation (Nouveau riche) billionaires are moving to the Miami area and driving the working class out . They are coming with an "let them eat cake" mentality. Many of the knowledgeable know how that ended in 19th century France. I don't recall billionaire Warren Buffet driving the working class out of Omaha Nebraska. Gotta a couple of related news articles for you to read in your leisure time. Meet Miami’s 13 Richest Billionaires Thanks to a recent billionaire wave from the West Coast, some of the world's wealthiest will soon call Miami home. By Naomi Feinstein March 17, 2026 https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miamis-richest-billionaires-13110173/ Transportation No One Wants to Live in Miami-Dade Anymore, Apparently Except the rich? By Naomi Feinstein April 8, 2026 https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/no-one-wants-to-live-in-miami-dade-anymore-apparently-40537612/ While billionaires are migrating to South Florida in droves to flee tax legislation on the West Coast targeting the ultra-rich, it appears others are doing quite the opposite. In 2025, Miami-Dade experienced the third-largest population decline among U.S. counties, trailing only Pinellas and Los Angeles counties, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Between July 2024 and July 2025, the population fell by 10,115 people, from 2,812,144 to 2,802,029. Miami-Dade is still the seventh-largest county in the U.S. and the largest in Florida. The census data reveals that Miami-Dade County’s population is shrinking largely due to a decline in international migration — at a time when President Donald Trump is aggressively cracking down on illegal immigration and legal immigration pathways. Overall, the Census Bureau found that population growth slowed in most of the nation’s 3,143 counties and in Washington, D.C., from July 2024 to July 2025. “The nation’s largest counties like those in the New York metro area are often international migration hubs, gaining a large number of international migrants and losing people that move to other parts of the country via domestic migration,” George Hayward, a Census demographer, said in a press release. “With fewer gains from international migration, these types of countries saw their population growth diminish or even turn into loss.” Once again, Miami-Dade County saw the highest net domestic migration of all Florida counties, meaning more people left Miami-Dade than moved in between July 2024 and July 2025. More than 72,000 people moved out of Miami-Dade, according to the data. Perhaps residents have had enough of the traffic, affordability issues, and the lack of public transit. Former Miami Mayor Francis Suarez’s famous “How can I help?” tweet from 2020 only helped seemingly recruit the crypto bros, the rich, and the tech world to Miami-Dade, rather than the average person. As people flee Miami-Dade County, several billionaires have either snatched up property or relocated their businesses here. The newcomers include Palantir CEO Alex Karp, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, and Google cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Top U.S. Counties by Numeric Decline: Los Angeles County, California: -53,934 Pinellas County, Florida: -11,834 Miami-Dade County, Florida: -10,115 Queens County, New York: -8, 852 Orange County, California: -8,520 San Diego County, California: -5,294 Shelby County, Tennessee: -5,212 Kings County, New York: -4,694 Dallas County, Texas: -2,616 Ventura County, California; Bernalillo County, New Mexico: -2,580 Florida Domestic Migration: Miami-Dade County: -72,254 Broward County: -29,517 Orange County: -20,271 Hillsborough County: -15,620 Palm Beach County: -11,953 Pinellas County: -9,203 Collier County: -2,337 Monroe County: -1,931 Leon County: -1,279 Seminole County: -1,016 Naomi Feinstein is a staff writer of Miami New Times where she primarily focuses on news. Naomi started her career with New Times as a summer intern in 2019, then returned as a fellow in August 2022 before joining the staff full-time in February 2023. She graduated from University of Miami where she contributed to the student-run newspaper, the Miami Hurricane. She holds a master’s degree and graduated with honors from the Columbia School of Journalism. In 2021, Naomi was recognized as the College Journalist of the Year from the Society of Professional Journalists of Florida, and she placed second for Best General News Story in the 2021 Pinnacle Awards.
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by BreakingNews21: 4:21pm On May 06 |
For my thread buddy @basilico ![]() Part One: LITTLE HAVANA - FLAGAMI Little Havana residents fear ‘economic annihilation’ as trailer park closes By Max Klaver https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/little-havana/article315424707.html Awilda Suriel sat on the ground, her knees drawn and her head in her hands as she watched her neighbors file onto the patch of grass before her. They shifted uneasily, their arms crossed and eyes downcast. While most were silent, the few who traded muted pleasantries hushed as the homeowners of the Silver Court Trailer Park commenced their meeting. Bringing them together was the fact that they’ll soon be driven apart. Suriel, 43, purchased her trailer two years ago for $45,000, then sank what remained of her savings, $20,000, into making it a home — new siding, a carport, interior repairs — for her three kids. She had saved for seven years to buy the place, often driving 10-plus hours a day for Uber. “I thought I’d live here for the rest of my life,” she said. But a paper taped to her front door on March 11 shattered that dream. In it, Silver Court’s owner informed residents that the 65-year-old park in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood would be closing in six months. It’s the latest Miami-Dade trailer park to shutter in the face of development. Last year, thousands of residents of the Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater were ordered out, pushing some into homelessness. As in that case, many of Silver Court’s residents are about to lose one of the few vestiges of stable, deeply affordable housing in Miami-Dade. Most are unsure how they’ll navigate Miami’s expensive housing market. When asked what it intends to do with the Silver Court property, 1989 Sunny Court LLC, the park’s owner, didn’t specify. But whatever comes next will “bring value” to South Florida, said the company, which is part of a California-based real estate firm, Marquis Property Company, that in 2021 bought Silver Court along with the Sunnyside/West Haven trailer park in West Miami for a combined $50 million. Those who live there now have until September to leave. To encourage early departures, park ownership has offered $10,000 to those who leave by May 31. Anyone who stays through July 15 will get $5,000, and those leaving by the end of August can expect $2,500, all on top of some compensation provided by the state — between $1,375 and $6,000, depending on the size of the trailer and whether its owner decides to undertake the costly and logistically complicated process of relocating it. Resident Joseph Madera, a math teacher, has become the semi-official leader of a group of mobile home owners looking to challenge the terms of their eviction. “This is a social catastrophe,” Madera, 46, said at the meeting’s opening. Many of the park’s residents are older and on fixed incomes, and those who aren’t are largely low-income, said state Sen. Ileana Garcia, a Republican whose district includes the park. “It’s a very, very vulnerable population.” “I’ve walked my district, and I have never seen a more impoverished situation than that park,” she added. Still, many of Silver Court’s homeowners paid more than the $10,000 on offer for their trailers, their primary asset, whose market values they argue are double or triple the park owner’s largest buyout offer. The eviction, they say, marks a catastrophic loss of wealth and housing stability. “It’s economic annihilation,” said Madera. ‘Nowhere to go’ Suriel shuffled back to her home after the meeting, past colorful pastel trailers set just off the park’s narrow, cracked streets. Despite being just off Calle Ocho, Silver Court is quiet, even at rush hour. “You live peacefully here,” Suriel said as she passed a group of neighbors, laughing as they sat on folding chairs in someone’s driveway. “It’s the calmest place I’ve lived.” Tranquility notwithstanding, Suriel was exhausted. Her eyes were dark. She’d been struggling to sleep. Marilyn Hernandez, 62, stands inside her home with her dog Sammy at Silver Court Mobile Home Park in Miami, on Friday, April 17, 2026. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com Despite being called a “mobile home,” Suriel’s trailer is cemented into the ground, as most homes in the park are. That leaves it either structurally immovable or movable only at great — likely five-figure — expense. Like most trailer owners, Suriel owns her mobile home but rents the land beneath it. With no savings left and her only meaningful asset now unsellable — effectively worthless, beyond providing her a roof for the next few months — she has no idea where she, her partner and her three kids, ages 18, 14 and 4, will go. Money is an issue. They’re five people, and none of the many landlords she’s called are willing to lease them anything smaller than a three-bedroom, monthly rents for which she says are well over $3,000. At Silver Court, her lot fee is roughly $900 a month. She doesn’t think she’ll take the $10,000 offer to leave by June. First month, last month and security deposit payments alone would eat up almost all of the money, she explained. And between her and her partner, Suriel estimates the household pulls maybe $5,000 a month, depending on how many hours they each work. Plus, she said, “I have nowhere to go.”
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by tctrills: 4:30pm On May 06 |
DeepSight:This is super funny. I have become so important in the life of leftist that they go back 7 years to find dirt on me. I don't have to explain anything but have a business that consults for YouTube channels. But then I feel honoured, I never knew I was giving sleepless nights to leftist.. I know know that I was having an incredible impact and this only motivates me to do more. We are touching the lives of leftist I have meve considered any of you important enough to check you out. Thanks for always having me in your minds leftist. I am definitely doing something right |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by BreakingNews21: 4:36pm On May 06 |
Specifically for thread Oga @basilico ![]() Part 2 ... it was too much to C & P in one post. As Florida law stands, mobile home owners in parks undergoing a change of land use are, depending on whether they have a single- or double-wide trailer, entitled to $3,000 or $6,000, which they can use to physically move their homes to a different park. If they abandon their trailers, which Suriel likely will, the state pays out just $1,375 or $2,750 — also depending on the size of the unit. Beyond that, trailer owners are promised nothing under the law. Relocating her mobile home would certainly cost more than what’s guaranteed by the state. Even if Suriel could afford to — she can’t — and her home could survive being ripped from the ground and loaded onto a truck — it likely wouldn’t — she doesn’t know where she’d take it. Garcia, the state senator, who also represents what was Li’l Abner, said she is “dumbfounded by the lack of protections that mobile homes have.” Residents deserve at least nine to 12 months’ notice before being ordered to vacate their homes, she said. And while she didn’t give any hard numbers, Garcia said she would “definitely” be looking into revising the payment schemes to mobile home owners facing a park closure. Any payouts should take into account appreciation of the trailers’ value, she said. They’re all ideas Garcia’s looking to advance during the next legislative session — just over 10 months from now. How much appetite there is in Tallahassee for change remains to be seen. Last session, bills in the House and Senate sought to more than double relocation and abandonment payouts. Both initiatives died in committee. But whatever sums the Florida Legislature cooks up, they’d need to be many times greater than what’s currently offered to be meaningful, said Madera, the leader of the park’s organizing homeowners. The $10,000 offered by Sunny Court LLC technically goes above and beyond what’s required by state law. Still, “it’s a pitiful amount,” he said. “It’s maybe three months’ rent.” During the homeowners meeting, attendees debated what a fair buyout would entail. “We know they’re the owners of the land,” said Madera, “but there are ways of going about this that’re not so emotionally, psychologically, economically crushing.” Numbers flew, until one homeowner shouted, to applause, “$60,000 and three years.” Having more money and more time to find a new place would be hugely helpful to Suriel. But neither would offset the immeasurable costs — both familial and emotional — of losing a home. For years, Suriel had dreamed of homeownership. Of course, she would have loved to have purchased a house or condo. She actually had the cash for a down payment. “But I drive Uber,” she said. “I work a lot, but how is the bank going to give me a loan?” Buying the trailer in cash, she figured, was her only option. As she turned the corner onto her street, Suriel stopped in the middle of the road, taking in the view of her home. It was the evening golden hour, and the setting sun bathed the bone-colored trailer in warm light. She thought of the days and nights she spent driving people around Miami to save enough to buy the place. The countless hours spent away from her kids — time she’d never get back. “Thinking about what I built, about all of my sacrifices … just to see it vanish …” She trailed off. Maybe this closure doesn’t mean much to the park’s owner, Suriel reasoned. “To us, it’s everything.” This story was produced with financial support from supporters including The Green Family Foundation Trust and Ken O’Keefe, in partnership with Journalism Funding Partners. The Miami Herald maintains full editorial control of this work.
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by IjeBos(m): 4:58pm On May 06 |
tctrills:Self-described Christian man says he is owning leftists by promoting erotica which may or may not be an entry to other scams/sexual scams/trafficking. Yup, sums you up nicely. |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 5:00pm On May 06 |
GloriousGbola:What you say here is what I am hoping most would recognise, that most of the maga here grab what their maga master grabs, so in defending him they are really justifying their own grabbing. Arguing with them is like arguing with a satan that theft and murder is bad, when those are the tools a satan would need used so its burning hell is filled. |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by IjeBos(m): 5:02pm On May 06 |
raumdeuter:After days of lying about what the SPLC indictment said and what the SPLC did, this is the best you could muster? Bets are open for what Raumdeuter's conspiratorial excuse will be when the SPLC indictment crashes and burns. A.) It was a leftist Judge B.) It was a leftist Jury C.) Blanche purposefully made it fail because of _________ (insert conspiratorial reason) D.) More than one of the above |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by THEDEEPSIGHT: 5:04pm On May 06 |
tctrills:Not even you can fail to see the hypocrisy in being a purveyor of audio erotica, essentially a p i m p, and at the same time wailing about absentee fathers and abortions among black American communities. Well done to Ijebos for this detective work and we now see that Obrigardo's instincts are razor sharp. IjeBos:Scandalously laughable to say the least! What a shame! |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by THEDEEPSIGHT: 5:08pm On May 06 |
budaatum:It s so pitifully shameful. I am sure he is ashamed at being outed but is merely trying to put up a brave front. I cant believe this is the person I have been discussing Christian theology with. |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 5:11pm On May 06 |
DeepSight:You have been provoking my spirit to anger, and it has asked me to kindly inform you with the specific following words. Why are you calling JESUS CHRIST OF anywhere when it is you who did not dig deep to find out who you discuss with? Now you are asking those who do dig deep if they have seen what they themselves are showing you! It asked me to call you IR, but I said I shall not do that! |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by IjeBos(m): 5:12pm On May 06 |
raumdeuter:Meet systematic racism and sexism. About 60% have been Black or female, an approach seemingly driven by the administration’s proclaimed onslaught against “DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion] hires”.What percentage of the Military leadership is black or woman that 60% of the people fired would be black or woman? That stat is deceptive, because I'm sure the firings would look even worse if it were a percentage of the overall black and woman distribution in the military in ratio to the non black or woman. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/60-are-black-or-females-bigot-hegseth-gets-exposed-when-jack-reed-brings-up-the-officers-that-he-fired-in-senate-hearing/vi-AA227vsb
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 5:13pm On May 06 |
THEDEEPSIGHT:Stop deceiving yourself please, by creating them in the image of what you think they must be. They have no shame to be ashamed at or of! |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 5:16pm On May 06 |
DeepSight:Does a person with any shame write what you responded to here, for whom the USA-Iran conflict must have begun in 1970 like October 7 must have begun the Israel-Hamas conflict? You know very well already that they will never shattap and sit down so they may learn in your school what those who paid their fees in full know. https://www.npr.org/2019/01/31/690363402/how-the-cia-overthrew-irans-democracy-in-four-days https://theconversation.com/decades-of-hostility-between-iran-and-the-us-were-preceded-by-a-little-remembered-century-long-friendship-279636 The below is anecdotal. Think, Nigeria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI4g1Bt0HFM?si=dVoScOHL-mbV1D2T
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by THEDEEPSIGHT: 5:17pm On May 06 |
budaatum: ![]() What is IR please? And no, I generally dont go reading into the past of each person I discuss with. |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by IjeBos(m): 5:20pm On May 06 |
GloriousGbola:Good catch. I didn't even think of the romance scam perspective. |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by DeepSight(m): 5:31pm On May 06 |
BreakingNews21:Makes the heart bleed. |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by raumdeuter: 5:39pm On May 06 |
IjeBos:Is it not logical that when getting rid of DEI policies, those that came in through DEI would be the most affected |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by raumdeuter: 5:40pm On May 06 |
IjeBos:Read and learn
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by budaatum: 5:59pm On May 06 |
Is DeepSight, THEDEEPSIGHT? |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by BreakingNews21: 5:59pm On May 06 |
DeepSight:Real estate prices started heading towards the stratosphere when the electorate sent a real estate mogul to the White House. Obama fixed Bush 2's mess but Biden didn't address the issue in his 4 years in office after the mogul's first term. I think health issues had already set in and he was more concerned with bringing train loads of illegals into the country via Central America and Mexico. The facts and truth must be stated. Also, I think 47 had clandestine help with tech support in winning the 2024 election.
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by IjeBos(m): 6:04pm On May 06 |
raumdeuter:And they took the information the informants gave them and gave it to Trump's FBI. Trump's FBI sat on the information, and did nothing with it. And instead, Trump comes out following the violence and said they were very fine people on both sides. Below are two legal filings both under oath. The first: DOJ admitting that Branche lied when he said that SPLC did not give information to law enforcement and that Branche corrected himself already The Second: SPLC stating they sent the information from the informants to the FBI But, I'm not going back and forth with you on something you readily lie about. I am taking bets on what your excuse will be when the indictment fails. If you want to put your money on SPLC will be found guilty of giving money to Racist groups like you've been saying since this indictment began, I'll take that bet. If you lose and they aren't convicted, you admit you are a loser and a liar and you stay out of this forum for 3 months. Let's add some accountability for how readily you lie.
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| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by IjeBos(m): 6:07pm On May 06 |
raumdeuter:Scooby snack seeking Black man who supports Drunken hire Hegeseth defends racist firings of black people who had impeccable credentials and were up for promotion. |
| Re: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by cococandy(f): 6:13pm On May 06 |
I thought it was all about squashing Hamas? Now all of Palestinians have to go? Where?
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