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Rustynaerduwell's JournalI don't know how many Afghans were allowed into the US. Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands?
Every time I see the number, especially in Facebook memes, it gets bigger. The right has vilified every Afghan brought in under that program and they've vilified President Biden for letting them all in.
And somehow, the more they say he let in, the more they vilify. The worse they make it seem.
But here's the thing. Out of that huge number, whatever it is, how many Afghan immigrants have committed an act of terror or violence that made headlines in the last five years?
I don't remember any.
That fact that no one has mentioned this program or the Afghans invited here, or have been in the news since they arrived speaks to me of its success. I haven't seen many talking heads pointing this out.
Is this lasting pace, or just a glorified ceasefire?
Because I've seen no hint of a structured settlement both sides could live with.
I'm ignorant about most everything, so tell me why we shouldn't just let Trump's government shut down.
Let the deadline pass. Most every die hard MAGAT wants every Democrat and every liberal they can identify in jail. That's not an exaggeration. And it seems, so does Trump.
We are losing everything that was American Democracy. The government is all his now. Hand it to him on its deathbed. Kill it dead so he can't bring it back to life.
I know the idea is ridiculous, but someone's gotta tell me why.
How I feel: We're done. Toast. The coup is almost complete. And so
fuck funding a government that is lost to us. I'd rather have an economic disaster than a fascist takeover.
And I'm convinced nothing, now, except an economic disaster will disrupt his plans and finally bring him down.
Those text messages have made everyone following Kirk's death a conspiracy theorist. Everyone.
"Nobody's buying any of this" has been said by everyone from Steve Bannon to Cenk Uiger. And I really don't know what to think anymore. Well, I'll tell you. I read all the texts available. I bought it. Sounded ligit. The guy text confessed to his lover. Cut. And. Dried.
And then I watched my usual political channels on YouTube, on all sides on the political spectrum. None of them are "buying this".
The texts are too conversational. with complete sentences dominating. Weird especially for a 'terminally online' 22 yr old.
The confession is too complete, giving Prosecutors everything they need to convict. An added bonus is letting everyone know his father is super-pro-MAGA, as if Robinson's yearlong live in lover wasn't well aware of that all ready.
There are no timestamps provided, hinting that Robinson had knowledge of things going on that he couldn't have had.
I don't know the truth. I don't know what to think. If the whole country feels this way, I only fear that so many - including me- are ripe for manipulation. And they are better at that.
I keep hearing the same three words being used to describe the recent past of Kirk's killer- "more politically active".
As vague as the phrase itself is, two facts bear hint that what is not being said tells you enough.
1- The phrase is ubiquitous. It showed up in every breaking news article I could find from shortly after his capture on. So neutral a phrase repeated so often softens and minimizes what happened to him. He was so obviously radicalized, but this phrase has eclipsed the use of that word.
2- It really doesn't look like he really did ever become "more politically active". No joining anything political. No real social footprint on any platform. Certainly no manifesto.
I think he radicalized himself, almost completely.
He turned hard right in a very rightwing state. Very easy to get 'more politically active' towards the right without pushback. It doesn't look like he got any pushback at all from his "Very MAGA" family. Also, you could probably veer very hard right in Utah without raising any eyebrows, let alone alarms.
Had he gone left, they'd be using a different phrase.
Please, someone do a Photoshop of Putin and Kim Jug Un on the USDA building photo
between Lincoln and the orange menace.
Would make a great meme.
The replies- on his own social platform- to TSF's 'This is Biden's stock market' are relentless and scathing.
It made me feel good after going on his TruthSocial and seeing only two kinds of reply. More than 90% were variations on laying the blame squarely on tRump for screwing up a healthy economy. Many included charts and graphs with real information rebutting his post and even calling it an outright lie. More than a few pointed out that he claimed the market was his when it was soaring just a year ago. The rest were just the usual memes extolling his greatness. None in agreement with his post. And none arguing with the dissenters. He's losing his followers as they stop believing his lies. He's losing. Bigly.
If you watch Faux News' DOW ticker this AM, all you see are gains.
It comes down when the DOW goes negative.
Wanted to post this on latest breaking news. ICE has taken 3 children from Homan's home town.
Protests are planned at his home this Saturday.
https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/03/30/3-sackets-harbor-students-taken-fed-farm-visit/.
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