Sometimes you hear politicians say things that you know are just to get your vote. Often times it will come back around to bite them.
Obama once said “we’re the change we’ve been waiting for”. My question is why were you waiting?
Another Obama saying “elections have consequences but at the end of the day I won”! (Sounds like a trumpism)
I guess the Nobel Prize was awarded to Obama not for his potential actions but for his fancy rhetoric.
How about Kamala saying “I will be the president for all Americans”? Yet buried in her fine print across the headlines it was implied “unless you’re MEGA”. When she along with her party made it clear that being an undocumented migrant carried more weight vote-wise than mere US MAGA citizens.
What really pains the liberal left is Trumps idea of “America First” or “Make America Great Again” because it implies that America is a really great place to live as attested by the number of people migrating here from virtually every point on the globe.
Reagan once said “the worst words ever spoken; I’m here from the government and I’m here to help.” How right he was.
Trump said to rally goers about joining the MAGA movement “What do you have to lose?” – RTM
Exodus 20:7, “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
Did you know that Jesus did not speak English, so it may be easier than you think to use the God’s name inappropriately?
How many languages are there in the world today?
Ethnologue lists 7,139 living languages: 2,294 in Africa, 1,061 in the Americas, 2,144 in Asia, 287 in Europe, and 1,313 in the Pacific. [That may not even be counting regional dialects.]
Exodus 3:14, God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
John 8:58, Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
When we talk (ordinary conversation) we use the word “I” and “am” together as a means of identifying ourselves in the process of doing or about to do something. We don’t give it a second thought. We can see in scripture that one of the names of God is “I AM”.
I challenge you to THINK before you SPEAK and then be sure to pick your words wisely grasshopper. – RTM
Recently on a conservative talk show a very liberal NYC influencer said what “everyone” wants is a politician who can deliver on more money in our pockets and lower prices and that would guarantee more voters.
So I began to think, who has promised and delivered on:
Peace through Strength by building a stronger and more lethal military.
Lower prices (ie eggs and gas)
Lower taxes
Eliminate more unnecessary or restrictive government regulations
Cut fraud, waste and abuse in government
Eliminated entire government agencies
Removed (voluntarily and involuntarily) government employees-in-name-only
Secured the US southern border
Back the Blue, strengthen and support of law enforcement at every level
Reset international trade imbalances with ALL trading partners of the US
Actively engaged in stopping war in at least five hotspots around the globe
Stimulate US based industries (new jobs)
Produce, use and export US oil production at home and abroad
Removing undocumented, illegal criminal migrants (while fighting democratic “resistance” efforts to prevent their removal using misinformation through the media, legislative, courts and street demonstrations bordering on sedition and treason)
Actively promote America First, but not America Only
I believe Americans want to be recognized as valuable productive members of society, where they are free to worship God, raise their families in the safety and security of peaceful neighborhoods, work and save their hard earned money to strive for and enjoy the American dream which can now be realized by the vision, actions and policies of President Donald J. Trump.
Would you allow someone into your momma’s kitchen to “inspect” her food preparation skills?
How about allowing government into your bedroom to determine “appropriate” behavior?
Making it more personal, doing your business on the toilet and a government “inspector” pops in to insure you’re using the “proper” amount of toilet paper and the “proper” amount of water during the flush, would you simply sit there and take it?
I didn’t think so.
Nobody disputes that Congress has the authority to perform oversight of the Executive Branch. However it is the manner in which members of Congress choose to perform that oversight that appears questionable (to say the least). There are normal procedures to be followed like scheduling an oversight visit and then conducting the legitimate oversight inspection professionally.
In the news are the failed attempts of House Democrats to force their way into I.C.E. facilities across the nation. They show up demanding to be let in because they are members of congress. Then they block the entrance and remain there until forced to leave, automatically doing a press conference to show the world how foolish they have become.
I have a solution, let House Democrats “experience” for full effect the process of detention starting with an individual “strip search” and change into prison clothes, fingerprinting, and the mug shot before being held in their own cell for 12 hours. That would give them a “birds eye view” of what actually happens to each and every person brought into the facility.
I have visited a number of prison facilities and I can assure you that once those gates shut behind you there is no other feeling of helplessness like hearing the locks click. The one thing you don’t do in prison is “demand” anything, that can lead to solitary confinement.
I’m sure that one experience would be enough. – RTM
I cannot imagine the pain and suffering a parent goes through to lose a child. The death of a child must leave a gaping hole in a parent’s heart that can never be filled. They’re memory is never replaced, but lingers on for a lifetime. What about when a child goes missing? The uncertainty the horrors they may be facing must tear that hole even more?
In America an Amber Alert goes out over the airwaves, across the internet and on cell phones throughout the affected area when a child disappears. Occasionally the child is found and returned to grateful parents, who are overjoyed at their reunion. Quite often that reunion never takes place.
During the Obama administration the “dreamers” were allowed entry into the US under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals; during the Biden administration out of the more than 20M undocumented migrants, more than 130,000 were unaccompanied children simply disappeared after being “absorbed” into the US; in the first six months of the Trump administration more than 13,000 unaccompanied minors have been “recovered” but to what end?
Among the questions that come to mind is, “Where are the parents?” Have there never been any investigative reporters or law enforcement investigations to determine where they came from? We’ve seen the pictures of 2 year old migrant children coming to the US Southern border wearing new clothes, sometimes brandishing a handwritten sign with the name of a city, state and a contact phone number, but has anyone followed up as to who is at that number? Has anybody documented names, cities and countries of origin for any of these children? Why have there not been heartbroken parents besieging the embassies of the United States around the globe with pictures, information, birth certificates, dates and circumstances of the disappearance of these children? Where is the worldwide clamor for affecting the return of these missing children?
How many of these children died enroute to the US? Who mourns for them? Who cares?
What are the circumstances for parents to give their children into the hands of strangers, never to be seen again? I thought international human smuggling was a major criminal offense? – RTM
When asked why not assist I.C.E. one New York City Democrat answered, “……we will not help ICE put our neighbors, friends, gardeners, etc. etc. in Alligator Alcatraz” (Paraphrased). Failed logic of democrats is they do not want a wide net cast upon their city by I.C.E. (I call that willful ignorance) yet by their actions the narrow focus of I.C.E. becomes a wide net by necessity.
If you knew your neighbor was a bad hombre i.e. bank robber, drug dealer, or murderer evading police would you want them to remain at large? What if you were to become their next potential target? What if you were taken hostage, held for ransom and nobody came to your rescue? Worst case scenario, what if local law enforcement decided you weren’t worth their effort to save you?
Politicians and the media have tainted the reputation of I.C.E. by casting them in the light of Nazi storm troopers who kidnap people off the street for no reason. Not true (and you know it). They chastise and attempt to prevent I.C.E. from covering their face while performing their assigned duties, citing (falsely I might add) that they are out of uniform, in unmarked vehicles and act like armed thugs (who enjoy the freedom to mask up and use automatic weapons). They say that I.C.E. randomly goes into schools, churches, hospitals and job sites simply searching for brown skinned individuals.
Show me the evidence?
I.C.E. is a federal law enforcement agency serving active warrants for the arrest of specific individuals who have been issued orders for removal by an immigration judge. It is in the best interests of everyone that I.C.E. supported by local law enforcement go into the community and apprehend, arrest and remove those individuals, and ANY OTHER PERSON SUBJECT TO DEPORTATION in the vicinity. The only way out for illegal migrants is to self-deport using the CBP HOME APP or face deportation.
What local city council members, mayors and state legislators fail to understand is that by ordering law enforcement NOT to assist I.C.E. the repercussions of their actions insure the flooding of the community by I.C.E. agents IS A SURE THING. The primary responsibility of elected/appointed or law enforcement is for the safety and security of all members of the community. Failing to enforce federal immigration law has consequences.
Additionally those officials who break federal immigration laws in the process of resisting I.C.E. face felony charges which when charged and convicted range from hefty fines and/or lengthy prison time could follow which governors do not have the power to override or issue pardons.
There is no justification for breaking the law to seek lawful residency status or citizenship. – RTM
This incident recently reported in the news was about an illegal (undocumented) alien migrant working as a ride-share driver in the San Diego, California area who while driving passengers entered the border crossing to Mexico and in effect “accidently” self-deported.
Those on the right say, right on man!
I’ve seen where American citizens have made the same mistake and when found to be carrying contraband, i.e. drugs and/or weapons (both are a huge no-no) got no special exceptions, but paid the consequences for their actions.
This case should be no exception either.
While those on the left cite it’s a massive mistake that has consequences like separating this husband and father from his family in the US. One California Democratic congressman acknowledges that US immigration laws are broken, but we must encourage and make it easier for migrants to come here to work.
There are specific steps that immigrants can take in order to enter the US to work, to obtain legal residency (green card) and a pathway to citizenship, if they meet existing immigration requirements.
However there should be no pathway to citizenship for those who enter the US illegally. That is what makes the Trump administration’s Self-Deportation CBP Home App a great way to allow those who voluntarily leave the country with documentation that does open the door for a future return to the US AND a pathway to citizenship.
As for the unfortunate ride-share driver, his only choice at this point should be having his family join him in Mexico so they can go thru the process correctly in order to return legally. If his family self-deports using the CBP APP, they could even get a stipend and documentation that will help them return in the future.
Otherwise they are open to future deportation which could ban them from returning to the US.
As the left so aptly puts it we are a nation of immigrants and we need those farm workers, hotel workers and food service workers, however they must come here legally.
Why not focus on those Americans (there are plenty) who are unemployed and homeless who could step up, do the work and enjoy the benefits of contributing to our society, instead of being overlooked, passed over and forgotten by our politicians, the news media and US.
Tom Hanks starred in The Terminal, a movie about an immigrant without a country stuck in an airport terminal? And didn’t Will Smith also starred in a movie, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) about a man who found himself unemployed and homeless with his son living on the streets of a major US city?
Hollywood entertainers produce a movies about problems to be solved and then in many cases side with liberal democrats, who working together in real life fail to solve anything except highlighting the number of democrat politicians see themselves as entertainers?– RTM
Bad actors behind the scenes have been steadily advancing their silent march toward a world without borders while Americans argue the political pros and cons of mass migration with no clear end in sight.
It’s no surprise that the United Nations is located in New York City, USA. The UN has orchestrated leaders from across the globe, but primarily in the Americas as they promote The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2012 signed in Brazil and The UN Global Compact for Migrationsigned in 2013 by then President Barack Obama representing the United States. These documents are reported to be non-binding agreements honoring nation state’s sovereignty.
Believe it or not there WAS a reason for President Joe Biden’s open border madness.
The United States rule of law is in the US Constitution, not the New World Order or other concoctions of the United Nations.
Maybe President Trump should consider removing the United Nations from the United States altogether? After all who’s footing the lion’s share of the UN bill? – RTM
Let me be honest, I don’t give a crap about the Epstein Files or who did what to whom.
That means a meaningful investigation into a number of questions:
When did Jeffrey Epstein begin his depraved “adventure” into (for lack of a better term) sexual pleasures for profit?
Who were his accomplices?
Where did this “adventure” lead him, (when and where did he purchase his properties)?
How did he communicate to his “co-harts” in crime?
Where and how did he obtain his sexual play toys (girls and boys)?
Who were the play toys?
Who were the participants?
How was transportation arranged and used?
What kinds of monies were involved?
When and how did this “adventure” end?
However, what investigative tools have been used or conducted?
Was anybody charged with a crime?
Did Jeffrey Epstein really commit suicide in prison, on suicide watch, and nobody saw nothing?
Due to the nature of Epstein’s activities and the length of operation and there is no punishment this side of the grave for the dead.
So FBI & DOJ show us your work? Where did the paper trail lead? What is the concluded conscience?
While speculation that some very big name US politicians and others were among those listed on JE flight logs to his “Island” may be useful, but unless they have confessed or were tried and convicted of sexual misconduct it is all accusations and hearsay.
I think the DOJ should release ALL non-sensitive documentation and investigative work so the public can move on. – RTM
According to Google, Ice is water that has frozen into a solid state; occurs naturally on Earth; plays a significant role in the water cycle and climate.
If you listen to many of the left leaning democratic politicians you will hear that ICE are mask wearing, no identification thugs kidnapping our neighbors off the streets, at school, work and in city parks and splitting up families by sending them to some godforsaken third world countries.
What you won’t hear is the reality that when ICE goes out to arrest criminal illegal migrants it is with an arrest warrant for a specifically named individual signed by a judge. And in places where local politicians refuse to allow (order LE not to cooperate with ICE) there are generally present individuals paid to obstruct ICE, which is a federal offense.
Also due to the fact that some individuals are DOXing, releasing to the public the names, addresses and phone numbers of ICE agents and their families it is often necessary for ICE to mask up while performing their duties to enforce federal immigration law.
One more tidbit is the fact that when apprehending criminal illegal migrants they are often in the company of other illegal undocumented migrants, who may or may not be on a BOLO report or simply may be in the wrong place at the wrong time, yet are fully eligible to be deported.
ICE has made it possible for any illegal undocumented migrant to “SELF DEPORT” by using the app and therefore being able to apply from their home country for legal documented status to return as an asylum seeker, student, tourist, or resident alien. However once they have been deported by ICE they are banned from entry into the U.S. again.
Most of the political hype centers on the roundup of criminal illegal aliens by ICE’s ERO division:
Formally known as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and commonly referred to as I.C.E. was created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the former U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The agency is primarily devoted to three operational directorates – Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), while a forth directorate Management and Administration (M&A) supports the three operational branches to advance the ICE mission.
Enforcement and Removal Operations
The ERO directorate upholds U.S. immigration law at, within, and beyond our borders. ERO’s work is critical to the enforcement of immigration law against those who present a danger to our national security, are a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine the integrity of our immigration system.
ERO operations target public safety threats, such as convicted criminal undocumented aliens and gang members, as well as individuals who have otherwise violated our nation’s immigration laws, including those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed and immigration fugitives ordered removed by federal immigration judges. ERO deportation officers assigned to INTERPOL also assist in targeting and apprehending foreign fugitives or Fugitive Arrest and Removal (FAR) cases who are wanted for crimes committed abroad and who are now at-large in the U.S.
ERO manages all aspects of the immigration enforcement process, including identification and arrest, domestic transportation, detention, bond management, and supervised release, including alternatives to detention. In addition, ERO removes undocumented aliens ordered removed from the U.S. to more than 150 countries around the world.
The progressive democrats on the left, their legacy media broadcasters, hire “paid political protestors” and others who react without any idea of what they are protesting. These “protestors” should understand that facing off with law enforcement puts them directly in the crosshairs of apprehension, arrest and/or further investigations which could result in substantial criminal charges for interfering with law enforcement.
Might I remind congressional democrats that as the Legislative Body it is their constitutional responsibility to write the bills that would create change or modify new or existing laws when signed by the president and it is the constitutional responsibility for the Executive Branch to enforce the laws.
Voters – YOU alone are responsible for your vote. If your elected official spends his/her time in office resisting instead of legislating YOUR wants and desires, it is YOUR responsibility to vote them out of office. Remember you get what you vote for. – RTM
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