fatpiggy said:

I've noticed a lot of things that you think are witch hunts are issues that seem to be front and center during the election. For example, immigration. For a long time you and nytigerfan tried to tell us that immigration wasn't a problem and that it was only an issue because republicans kept bringing it up.

Now you say that DEI is a witch hunt in search of a problem. This was another big issue during the election.

The people spoke loud and clear. Maybe you should reconsider what is important to the electorate.

DEI should not even exist as a thought in our military, schools, or any other taxpayer funded activity. It is poison.

MSM no longer gets to define what is important to the people. With free speech platforms like X, the people decide what is important.

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fatpiggy said:

For a long time you and nytigerfan tried to tell us that immigration wasn't a problem

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dpic73 said:

I don't represent all liberals when I say this, but the border is the one area that I believe the new admin has fumbled. I do believe they are taking constructive steps to address the root of the problem but I don't agree with catch and release and I liked the stay in Mexico policy personally. I don't approve of taxpayer funded housing for illegals either. So in short, we agree on this issue for the most part.

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dpic73 said:

He's mostly just following the law but to be real for a moment, we probably agree a good bit on this issue. Not sure what he can do without a bill from Congress but at the very least, he needs to speak up like a leader and address the issue head-on. He's way too quiet when he needs to be forceful.

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dpic73 said:

Just because I lean left doesn't mean I support everything a Dem official does, nor do I support every Democratic policy. I'm a lot more of a hardass on crime and the border than the average Democrat and my opinion is this should never have gotten to this level in the first place. As much as I hate to say it, it was a smart move on behalf of Abbott to ship them to sanctuary cities to bring the border crisis home to every state.

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fatpiggy said:

Now you say that DEI is a witch hunt in search of a problem. This was another big issue during the election.

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fatpiggy said:

MSM no longer gets to define what is important to the people. With free speech platforms like X, the people decide what is important.

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Elon Musk's AI turns on him, labels him 'one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X'

His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."

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Broheim said:

A bill wasn’t needed to enforce our border and immigration laws.

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Dadar said:

What jobs do the illegals crossing the border work in that Trump keeps ranting about?

I believe most are in areas that would be easy to find employment if physically able.

Yardwork, roofers, wmt deliveries, .... All honorable jobs that are better than where they came from.

Regime fees are going to jump through the roof.

Population demographics are important to capital markets. Balance within the population by age is a key factor for the economy. The US is very different from a country like Japan which has little culture diversity and now has an aging population. Japan addressed the aging population by basically moving production to other countries farming out the labor needs.

Agree the border needs to be controlled, but there is a lot more to this.

What Trump is pushing is autocracy.
Is that what our population really wants. I totally agree change is needed, but not what he is pushing.

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