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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago

I knew this would be the spin.

Get bent, corporate news.

[-] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 17 points 1 year ago

I have an idea, let's build a big Migrant Processing center close to the border. Staff it and stock it with everything required (ie medical, security, temporary housing), treat people like people. And call it Latin Island.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Giant 'statue of freedom'. They could use the sombrero from South Of The Border.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Meh...

Article list three "democrats" by name:

Enrique Roberto "Henry" Cuella, who unsurprisinfly just goes by Henry.

Claims to fame:

He fired a staffer for being pregnant, was appointed as Texas secretary of state by total shitstain Rick Perry, and recently described himself as a "conservative democrat", wants abortion to be illegal, and his house was searched by the FBI last year for taking bribes from Azerbaijan...

Eric Adams, I don't think I need to explain to anyone why he isn't really a dem.

J.B. Pritzker, stupidly wealthy... like, just an obsence amount of inherited wealth he never earned.

His family has been in the top 10 for Forbes "wealthiest families" since they started reporting that 40 years ago. More importantly he's on an FBI wiretap talking to the then Gov of Illinois about what political appointment he wanted in exchange for a shit ton of donations. To become the Gov, he spent over $171,500,000 of his own fortune. He's literally just been using his family wealth to buy his way into power for decades.

I'm far from a fan of Biden, but I don't care what any of these chucklefucks have to say.

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

He fired a staffer for being pregnant, was appointed as Texas secretary of state by total shitstain Rick Perry, and recently described himself as a “conservative democrat”, wants abortion to be illegal, and his house was searched by the FBI last year for taking bribes from Azerbaijan…

And the party supported him in a recent primary, ostensibly because he was the incumbent, but really because his opponent was progressive and the party preferred this guy.

[-] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Moderate politics always reminds me of a basketball game where half of the players on one team bet they'd win, but not cover the spread

So they end up still trying to beat the other team, but also sabotaging their own team so they don't win by too much and lose their bet.

Then when they end up losing, they blame the half of their teammates who were just trying to win.

[-] autotldr 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


But with tens of thousands of migrants now attempting to settle in blue states and cities around the country, the ground has shifted in the national immigration debate, with Democrats increasingly calling on President Joe Biden to take action on the border.

Late Wednesday, the Biden administration took an extraordinary step of waiving a slew of environmental laws to move forward with construction of a roughly 20-mile stretch of new border wall in southern Texas.

Though the White House says the decision to move forward with new border wall construction was not tied to calls for action from blue state governors, it comes after their agitation grew to a crescendo.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, has lashed out at the Biden administration and the Department of Homeland Security, which in turn criticized his handling as “not an operationally sound effort.”

For its part, the White House has said that it’s deployed 800 new active-duty military personnel to increase enforcement at the border, as well as recently granting Temporary Protected Status to Venezuelan migrants who arrived before July 31, allowing them easier access to work permits.

In an interview, Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas — who has long accused the federal government for not paying enough attention to border communities — said Democratic officials in northern cities like New York and Chicago had underestimated the problem that migrant influxes pose.


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