WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO AMERICA?

Zohran Mamdan was democratically elected to be the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City. Trump isn't happy with that, so he's going to send his personal lawyer, Pam Bondi, and the DoJ to look into denaturalization because he said so.

America, open your eyes. An American president threatens to denaturalize a duly elected citizen because he disagree with that citizen's politics.

Why are you allowing this??? Why aren't you marching the streets against Trump and his anti-American administration???

President Donald Trump called the citizenship status of Zohran Mamdani — the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City — into question at a Tuesday afternoon press conference in South Florida, falsely implying that he could be in the country illegally. 

 “A lot of people are saying he’s here illegally,” Trump said of the 33-year-old democratic socialist. “We’re going to look at everything. And ideally, he’s going to turn out to be much less than a communist, but right now, he’s a communist.”

 

From Alternet:

"Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tennessee) is calling for Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani, who was born in Uganda but is a naturalized U.S. citizen, to lose his citizenship — a proposal he made in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. 

And Ogles isn't the only far-right MAGA Republican who is pushing for the denaturalization of people they disagree with politically. The Trump Administration is not only pushing for an end to birthright citizenship, but also, for ramping up denaturalization and stripping more people of their U.S. citizenship. 

 In an op-ed published by MSNBC's website on July 1, law professors Cassandra Burke Robertson and Irina D. Manta argue that the denaturalization push from MAGA Republicans is at odds with "constitutional principles." 

The Trump Administration made denaturalization a priority during the first term, creating a special Justice Department section to pursue these cases," the legal experts explain. 

"The Administration now appears positioned to expand these efforts with a policy requiring that denaturalization be pursued wherever legally possible. As the apparent next step in the Trump Administration's mass deportation regime, this rarely used but potentially far-reaching government power is getting newfound attention." 

 Robertson and Manta add, "As legal scholars who study denaturalization, we believe the new Justice Department policy could significantly expand the circumstances under which naturalized Americans might lose their citizenship in ways that raise serious constitutional questions." 

 The attorneys point out that denaturalization "was relatively rare" during "most of American history." "It spiked during the Red Scare era when the government targeted alleged communists and Nazi sympathizers but largely disappeared after the 1960s after the Supreme Court imposed constitutional limits on the practice in Afroyim v. Rusk," Robertson and Manta note. 

"In that case, the Court held denaturalization was unconstitutional in most circumstances, leaving open only cases in which someone 'illegally procured' citizenship by not meeting requirements or obtaining it through fraud or concealment of material facts. 

In the half-century after this decision, fewer than 150 Americans were denaturalized, mostly former war criminals who had hidden their pasts." 

According to Robertson and Manta, MAGA Republicans' denaturalization push could lead to troubling violations of constitutional liberties. 

 "Civil denaturalization cases provide no right to an attorney, meaning defendants without resources often face the government without representation," the legal scholars argue write. 

"There are no jury trials, with judges making citizenship determinations alone. The burden of proof is 'clear and convincing evidence' rather than the criminal standard of 'beyond a reasonable doubt.' 

Additionally, there is no statute of limitations, allowing the government to build cases on decades-old evidence that may be incomplete or unreliable." Robertson and Manta continue, "We believe this procedural framework violates constitutional principles. 

The Supreme Court has recognized citizenship as a fundamental right, with Chief Justice Earl Warren describing it as the 'right to have rights.' Taking away such a fundamental right through procedures that would be inadequate for minor civil disputes appears to violate basic due process protections. More fundamentally, we argue that aggressive denaturalization policies conflict with constitutional principles of citizenship." 

Trump’s BBB is very unpopular with the American people.

 

“If Republicans vote to pass this bill they are TOAST in the next election. According to the latest polls, this is the most unpopular legislation maybe ever: "Washington Post, -19 points, Fox News -21 points.”

HISTORY

 

It cost US taxpayers over $25 million to strike Iran.

 

Via Reddit:

 

Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says 

 "Preliminary classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.  

Before the attack, U.S. intelligence agencies had said that if Iran tried to rush to making a bomb, it would take about three months. After the U.S. bombing run and days of attacks by the Israeli Air Force, the report by the Defense Intelligence Agency estimated that the program had been delayed, but by less than six months.

 The report also said that much of Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was moved before the strikes, which destroyed little of the nuclear material. Iran may have moved some of that to secret locations."

Will Trump and Bibi bomb the sites again in 3 months? And then in another 3 months again?

 

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Sent to me in an email by a friend:

"President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran (JCPOA) took effect in January 2016. Its term was for 15 years. Iran, China, France, Russia, Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union, and the United States all signed the agreement thanks to the diplomatic leadership of President Obama. Iran agreed to stop enriching uranium, and to stop developing a nuclear weapon. As long as the deal lasted, Iran would be held at a point where they were several years from even beginning to build a nuclear weapon. The Middle East, and the entire world, were a safer place. The signatories all insisted on rigorous independent inspections to ensure that Iran complied. The deal would've lasted until 2031. Unfortunately, Trump pulled out of the deal in his first term. Now Israel attacked Iran, and the US dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bombs in the world. But the experts are saying that it may have only set back Iran's nuclear program by three to six months. President Obama had Iran in a place where in 2031 they would be several years from developing a nuclear weapon. Trump has Iran in a place where their nuclear program is set back until the end of this year. But hey, 'Operation Midnight Hammer' sure sounds like the tough guys are in charge."

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So was Trump’s “Completely and Totally Obliterated” just Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” but in a louder font?

America's most successful Con Man:

 

Carrick Ryan:

I must admit, there's a part of Trump that's kind of impressive.

He convinced the party of Reagan to advocate for tariffs and market intervention.

He convinced the party of law and order to celebrate the first convicted felon President, and the pardoning of violent insurrectionists.

He convinced the party of family values that it didn't matter if he cheated on his pregnant wife with a pornstar.

He convinced millions of women to vote for him even when they've heard him brag about sexually assaulting them.

He's convinced Epstein conspiracy theoriests to somehow accuse anybody but him, despite mounting circumstantial evidence of his complicity.

He's convinced evangelical Christians to vote in the least religious President in US history.

...and now he's convinced isolationists, who called Obama a "neocon" and cheered the "end of foreign wars", to now openly support yet another foreign war.

But he's not a salesman. A salesman actually gives you what he's selling. Trump is conman, someone who promises big but never comes through with the goods.

What has Trump promised that he's actually delivered?

Did he build the wall? And did Mexico pay for it? Did he lock her up? Did he enact a "Muslim Ban"? Did he repeal Obamacare? Did he eliminate national debt? Or add to it? Did he end the war in Ukraine or Gaza? Did he decrease the cost of groceries? Did he keep the US out of foreign wars?

Did he make America great again?

...or a global pariah?

I've done a lot of fraud investigations in my time, and there's almost always a devastating moment when someone realises with horror they've been conned. But there's also always a few that just don't want to believe it... no matter how much evidence you show them.

...and the conman usually just continues to con them, until they've fleeced them of everything that they've got.