I live in a country where young Republicans joke about loving Hitler; where a sitting president keeps musing about going for an illegal, anti-Constitutional 3rd term; where people are being beaten and disappeared from our streets without due process; where a sitting POTUS orders the murder of people in boats in international water; where a sitting president took a wrecking ball to the nation's White House without any consultation with proper historical committees (and who lied to the American people when he promised that no part of the WH would be touched!); where Americans' health care is in jeopardy because the Republican Party wants to kill the ACA ---
And the Party of Trump is going after a legal American citizen because he is on track to become the mayor of one of America's greatest cities, and Trumpers don't like his politics.
House Republicans want to strip Zohran Mamdani of his citizenship — and maybe deport him. That sentence should stop you cold. A sitting state lawmaker, now the frontrunner for New York City mayor, being targeted not for corruption or espionage, but for belonging to the wrong political movement.
The absurdity would almost be laughable if it weren’t so chilling.
Because this isn’t about Mamdani’s paperwork. It’s about the rebirth of a dangerous idea — that citizenship is not a right, but a privilege granted only to the “right kind” of American.
Representatives Randy Fine of Florida and Andy Ogles of Tennessee have asked the Justice Department to investigate Mamdani’s path to naturalization and to consider revoking his citizenship. Ogles even went so far as to post “Deport Mamdani!” — accusing him of being a “communist who will destroy New York.”
Their justification? That Mamdani joined the Democratic Socialists of America, and once called to free the “Holy Land Five,” a group of Palestinian-American charity leaders imprisoned since 2008. In their eyes, that’s enough to make him an “enemy within.”
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To which the America I love should in unison be saying... F**k You to the KS of amerika, his syncophants, and their fascist ideology.
OT... I just saw where the butcher netanyahu has ordered a strike on Gaza. Ramping up hus campaign to fabricate BS to justify his resumption of ethnic cleansing/genocide.
It did not take long for the butcher to do what he loves. Murder Palestinians.
DO the Chinese know that American citizenship is their "right"?
Shaw... you live in a country up is down, in is out and our Vice President puts out a statement today, as Israel is once again bombing the Gaza Strip, that the "ceasefire is holding".
This isn't from the nut job with senility Trump, this is from the sane one.
i get it, our government lies all the time during military operations. Vietnam is a good example. But back then it took a few hours at least for the film and photos to get to the evening news.
Now it's instantaneous. Literally as Gazans are dying under the bombs Netanyahu ordered, Vance proclaim it's not happening, the "ceasefire is holding".
I'm not sure what's worse. The actual bombing or Vance's Baghdad Bob slobbering all over the president's boots while he grovels and tries to p[retend reality is not happening.
And your point is?
For the record, Mamdani is a naturalized American citizen, just like Melania Trump.
Melania Trump was given an Einstein VISA, which is an EB-1A visa, a U.S. immigration pathway for foreign nationals with extraordinary ability in fields like science, arts, education, business, or athletics. Those who earn one must demonstrate sustained national or international acclaim and recognition, either through a one-time major award (like a Nobel or Oscar) or by meeting at least three out of ten specific criteria defined by USCIS.
Here are the criteria for obtaining an Einstein visa.
Melania could qualify as a performer, since modeling is considered a "performing art." But that's it. (And she was NOT a supermodel.)
Melania did NOT meet any other of the qualifications needed for an Einstein visa.
So, she cheated to get one.
As far as we can determine, Melania did not meet those requirements. "Melania Trump was not considered an international supermodel; she was a working model who gained significant media attention after meeting Donald Trump and marrying him. While she had a successful modeling career in Europe and appeared in major magazines like Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and British GQ, she was not at the same tier as supermodels of the era."
How did she get that very special VISA when she did not qualify for one? Also there is evidence that she worked while on a tourist visa:
" November 2016, the Associated Press reported on documents showing Melania Trump (then Melania Knauss) was paid for 10 modeling jobs between September 10 and October 15, 1996. These jobs occurred during a seven-week window after she first entered the country on a B1/B2 tourist visa in August 1996 and before she was granted an H-1B work visa in October 1996. Tourist visas do not legally permit employment in the U.S.."
It is not a crime to work in the US on a tourist visa, but it is a serious violation of your visa conditions with severe immigration consequences. If Melania Trump were brown and had a Latino name, she (and her anchor baby, Barron) would have been violently rounded up, thrown in a van and deported without due process because what she did was a violation of her visa permit.
And she and whomever got her the Einstein visa broke several immigration laws as well.
Melania Trump was NOT a US citizen when she gave birth to Barron Trump, so technically, he was like an anchor baby.
Melania Trump's parents received their American citizenship through what is known as "chain migration," a process that Trump and his goons want to stop.
These are all facts. Melania Trump got away with cheating the immigration process because she was involved with a rich New York real estate developer who later became POTUS.
Now some MAGAs want to find a way to deport Mamdani but have no interest in looking into the flagrant violations Melania Trump committed on her path to American citizenship.
This is why our system of justice stinks. There's one for the rich and powerful and another for the rest of us.
BTW, what does China and Chinese immigrants have to do with Mamdani?
Why would a feminist attack a female just because she is a republican married to a president. Is it jealously because the democrats gave us hillary and michelle while the republicans gave us Melania and Laura.
Couldn't be that could it?
They are equally bad as both cause harm.
One doing the bombing the other attempting to "cover" for him by lying.
Evil continues its religious march through the ME by the hands of Judaism supported by "Christianity".
Everything I posted about Melania is a fact. You label facts as an “ attack.”
I posted those facts about Melania’s questionable path to American citizenship because certain MAGA are seeking to deport a naturalized citizen, Mamdani, because of his politics and ethnic background.
IIRC, Conservatives lost their minds when Michelle Obama planted a vegetable garden on the WH grounds to promote healthy eating and exercise for America’s children.
Melania was caught on audio tape saying “f**k Christmas,” and MAGA/ Conservatives didn’t blink an eye.
Do you think White Privilege has anything to do with the difference in how Conservatives reacted to Mrs. Obama vs. Mrs. Trump? Hmmmmm?
Shaw... don't use that "facts" dodge on me and Skud. We know what you're doing. You're trying to become like fake news. Maybe we should call you Fake Blogger?
Us Conservative MAGA lovers know that Melania call never happened, because it was never in our Real News, Fox News! And never on a single real blog.
Facts schmacts. We know what's true.
Why yes, I've finally gotten it Dave.
Facts are fake and ignorance and delusions are reality. Thanks so much for enlightening all those who were hoodwinked into accepting truth as reality.
What a relief!! Thanks again!
I'll just say that my true feelings and thoughts about Skud are unprintable in polite discourse.
I'll just say he is everything I ever said he is.
I have spoken.
Exactly right Les! Facts are what you say they are, whatever you want. Once you choose to live there, nothing really matters anymore, to quote Mr. Mercury.
Gee Dave - your 'conversion' will make you welcome at the Mothership!! :)
Never gonna happen BB... anything that is negative towards the Boss is seen as nasty. It's like "fake news"... it's news that's fake, it's news you don't like, or don't want to talk about.
I remember an early iteration in my state of Nevada. Sharron Angle was running for Senate against Harry Reid. She had no chance of unseating him, but run she did. That was in 2010.
She had an "open house" interview session and during that event, she got mad at reporters about the questions they asked, saying you need to ask me questions "I want to answer".
It was a play on Sarah Palin riffing on Katie Couric asking her what she read regularly. That's a question I ask people all the time in interviews, because it tells you something about them. But Palin called them "gotcha questions".
Angle and Palin were the forerunners of "fake news".
Just dismiss it without comment and move on. Many conservatives, to quote Jack back in the day "can't handle the truth".
Because it's nasty.
Dave, No offense but you will make a lousy conservative. You have the mindset of a liberal and that is almost impossible to break. I have a daughter who majored in sociology, worked for headstart while in college, joined the Peace after graduating and now is a school principal. I realized years ago she was a lost sole but we get on just fine. She is not as filled with hate as most liberals but she still hates trump. I never try to change her to being a rational adult so we get along fine.
skud, I hesitate to say it but, as a conservative your views are by far more reified that what you claim is true of Dave.
BTW skud, that is what's known as projection.
Most suffer from a degree, including me. Dave on the other hand is as open to opposing views supported by receipts as anyone I've encountered on the highway of distractions and fake news (inaccurate information).
Perhaps, and maybe even likely, that your daughter is the rational one. Just saying...
skud: "She is not as filled with hate as most liberals but she still hates trump..."
Trump is quoted stating "Smart people don't like me." Kudos to your intelligent daughter.
PS. At Charlie Kirk's memorial service, after his widow forgave the man who killed her husband, Trump said this:
"President Trump at Charlie Kirk Memorial Service: "He did not hate his opponents. He wanted the best for them. That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponentS and I don't want the best for them."
This came from the Conservative/Republican president of the USA!
I would like you to find a Democratic POTUS who has ever told the country that he HATES his fellow American opponents.
Your characterization of hateful Liberal/Democrats is not well informed, since the leader of the Republican/Trumpublican Party proclaimed his hatred of Americans.
That's REAL HATRED, skud. And it came from the REPUBLICAN POTUS!
I have a feeling you don't know half of what Trump says and does.
Yeah Skud, I have another friend like you. His kid studied hard and got his degree in social work. Worked in that field for years. Then got a graduate degree in theology. After awhile of trying to be not gay, common in conservative Christianity, he came out. He works hard, pays his bill and tries to help people. His dad would call him a lost soul too. But his son is not welcome at his home. Because his dad loves God and his son is living in sin.
And hates Trump.
Interesting parallels.
I don"t know what it means to you to be conservative. I think we should balance the budget, I generally think informed and smart religion is good for society, I'm a fan of virtue, morality and a strong defense. And believe if you can't do the time, don't do the crime. I believe the US and any country really, has both a right and duty to protect her borders. But I also believe we need to treat people humanely, whether they are a citizen or not. I believe our politicians need to speak clearly to us, but with honesty and respect. But I accept campaigns are campaigns and sometime the truth gets stretched there. But once in office, I expect honesty. I don't believe leaders should espouse violence or encourage it. I believe in three co-equal branches of government. I also believe that there are some problems only the feds can serve. Racial policy is one of those. Without federal involvement, those kids in Arkansas never would have been allowed to safely attend school. Without federal action, my marriage would still be illegal in some states. Without federal action, seniors would not have social security as part of their retirement.
All of that apparently, in your mind makes me a lousy conservative. You're right though, my conservative Floyd R Turbo were terrible. But are they as terrible as people like you, Mustang, Geeez, -FJ and the rest of the Mothership crew's words? Because they actually believe them. And if I posted like that, I could actually post there. With the good America loving conservatives.
BTW, I try not to hate Trump. My faith tells me hating someone is the same as murder. I believe that. But dang, it's hard as he fans flames of discontent that put my family and people I love in jeopardy. But at least I'm honest about my struggles. Living the Christian faith the last ten years has been harder than I could've imagined. Somedays I'm better than others.
Dave Miller, you are, in my opinion, the very definition of a good Christian. You follow the words of your leader, Jesus Christ. I'm not sure you appreciate how rare you are. I can count in the hundreds the number of people in my life who are real about their faith. Most folks just pay lip service to get along. Not you. Don't mean to embarrass you but when a thing needs saying I tend to say it.
For the record I don't hate Trump. I gave up hatred when my medical condition demanded I account for every bit of energy I spend. Hatred is a high energy item and when a person can't do the things they used to do high energy items are on the list of To Be Reviewed and hatred was jettisoned a while back. Too bad because hatred of Trump, while exhausting, would feel very justified here/now.
Instead I view Trump and his minions as a symptom of a disease the world is suffering under. Every century or so the extreme religious humans decide they are tired of not being in charge and the mount a campaign to take over the world in the name of their specific deity. It happens in every faith and every land. History may have been written by the victors the but arts are created by the survivors.
I'm more progressive that you Dave Miller and from my "lofty" perch I can say with authority that you are a very good conservative. My mom would approve not that you need her approval, just saying, she misses good conservatives. I'll let her know of your existence when we talk next.
Dave, Very comprehensive response and we have similar views on many things. I am a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. You believe more in a handout and I believe more in a hand up. It is none of my business who sleeps with who and a women has the total authority what she does with her body. Men should not be able to compete in women's sports and only adults should be able to have a sex change. On my fiscal side we will never balance the budget as long as there are no consequences for the actions of our politicians. Trump is not a conservative and like bloomberg he is a RINO who did whatever it took to get elected.
We have become a nation of hate and that really started with -- and now trump has taken it to a new high. I always believe everyone has an opinion and debate is healthy. Now we have society that is so divided politically they cast out friends and even family because of their political beliefs.
We do need age and term limits for politicians and SCOTUS because the way the system works now is they have a job for life and a pension to match.
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