In the words of that great iconic band Queen
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low
Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me
I have now read the entire 388 pages of the DOJ Special Counsel Report by Mr. Hur.
The question and rightfully so, why do we need a Special Counsel. Even the special counsel has a hidden agenda. Even the average citizen can see this. If nothing was found. Just say so. No need to take shots at the president regarding his memory or anything else. Hey DOJ just let the agents do the reports because every time you use a Special Counsel, they muddy the water more.
Hur found nothing period! Hur's report says they wouldn't put Biden on the stand because he is an old man and would get sympathy from the jury. WELL, THAT AINT WORKING FOR OLD MAN TRUMP. No, you won't put Biden on the stand because the defense would eat you alive. Seems like a lot of lawyers these days, especially the republican ones have no faith in the juris portion of the court or the jury. It seems to be that everyone wants to prejudge what the jury will do and once a decision is made, they want to say the jury didn't understand or the jury was biased. No, we the citizens understand and when you present the facts we understand even more. The facts are that Special Counsel Hur found nothing. Unlike Jack Smith who has found everything. Which is why Jack Smith has no problem with taking it to the people’s court.
Why this Special Report Really mattered to the GOP. Because it undermine what President Biden is getting done and why the GOP is trying to throw a cog in the wheel.
Under President Biden
The economy added more than 14 million jobs. The number is now nearly 4.9 million higher than before the pandemic.
The unemployment rate dropped back to just above the pre-pandemic low; unfilled job openings again outnumber unemployed job seekers.
For the third straight year, gun purchases declined, as measured by background checks for firearm sales.
Crude oil production is up 12.7%; imports are up 8.7%.
The trade deficit for goods and services is about 20.9% higher.
The number of people without health insurance has gone down; enrollment in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans is at its highest point yet. (Despite the attempted sabotaging of the ACA by the Trump Adminstration).
The number of people receiving federal food assistance has declined by more than 700,000.
Source FactCheck.org.
And then there is the Border:
All Americans should be concerned about the border. But let’s remember we have more than a Southern Border. We have more than illegal immigrants coming in from Mexico. We have immigrants here on Work Visas, Student Visas, Tourist Visas, and these folks aren't coming in from the Southern Borders.
Since May 12, 2023 to January 31, 2024, DHS has removed or returned over 520,000 individuals, the vast majority of whom crossed the southwest border, including more than 87,000 individual family members. The majority of all individuals encountered at the southwest border over the past three years have been removed, returned, or expelled. Total removals and returns since mid-May exceed removals and returns in every full fiscal year since 2013.
In January 2024, the U.S. Border Patrol recorded 124,220 encounters between ports of entry along the southwest border, a decrease of 50% from December 2023.
Among CBP’s 176,205 total southwest border encounters in January 2024, encounters with single adults decreased by 35% compared to December 2023, encounters with unaccompanied children decreased by 37%, and encounters with family unit individuals decreased by 51%.
View all CBP statistics online.
The United States shares land borders with two countries. We have maritime borders, and not to mention those who cross through our controlled air space.
The two land borders are-Canada to the North and Mexico to the South.
1. Canada: The U.S.-Canada border is one of the longest international borders in the world this border stretches 5,525 miles with 13 U.S. states (including Alaska) sharing this border with Canada.
2. Mexico: The US-Mexico border stretches 1,933 miles with 4 U.S. states—California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas—form this southern boundary.
And numbers have increased at the northern borders as well.
The northern border of the United States has seen an increase in migrant crossings, particularly from Canada.
Facts:
1. Swanton Sector (Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire):
The Swanton Sector, which includes parts of Vermont, New York, and New Hampshire, has witnessed a significant rise in apprehensions.
From October 1 to December 31, 2022, there were 1,146 apprehensions in this area, compared to just 136 during the same period the previous year.
Source: cbp.org/
What of those who enter legally and by other means and have received one of the many visa’s and then overstayed.
A 2006 Pew Research Center report estimated that half of all unauthorized migrants living in the U.S. entered legally through a port of entry (such as an airport or border crossing) and were subject to inspection by immigration officials.
The share of Visa overstayers was as much as 45% of the total unauthorized migrant population at that time.
There were over twenty-three million nonimmigrant admissions to the United States through air or seaports of entry with expected departures occurring in FY22. Of those, most departed in accordance with the terms of their visas. However, the rate for overstays has increased, up from 1.21 percent in FY19 to 3.67 percent in FY22.
In Fiscal Year 2022, there were 853,955 overstays, at a rate of 3.67 percent.
About 98,000 visitors who entered under the Visa Waiver Program, which allows nonimmigrants from pre-approved and cooperative countries to visit the United States without a visa, overstayed in 2022.
Spain had the largest number of overstays (from visa waiver program countries) with 28,356 overstayers and a rate of 5.6 percent.
In the B1/B2 visa category (business travelers and tourists), Venezuela had the highest number of overstays with an overstay rate of 44.27 percent.
For nonimmigrants who entered on a student or exchange visitor visa (F, M, or J visa), the overstay rate was 3.5 percent. More than 9,000 Chinese nonimmigrants overstayed, accounting for more than 16% of all student and exchange overstays reported.
Source: fairus.org
When the US Congress has a chance to deal with the border Issue. The GOP Republicans chose trump rather than fix the border. They had a border deal.
There were good faith negotiations for months.
Bill Overview:
The bill, known as the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, aimed to address border challenges and immigration issues.
It had a budget of $118 billion and included provisions for various aspects of border security and immigration reform.
Key Provisions:
Border Barriers: The bill allocated funds to build more border barriers.
Detention Facilities: It aimed to greatly expand detention facilities.
Personnel: The bill intended to hire more Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents, as well as asylum officers and immigration judges. This was crucial to reduce the backlog in asylum cases.
Asylum Process: The bill sought to expedite the asylum process, effectively ending the “catch and release” policy.
Evidence Standard: It would have increased the standard of evidence needed to win asylum status.
Interdiction Efforts: The bill also provided funding to combat fentanyl trafficking and human trafficking.
Foreign Aid: Additionally, it included $60 billion in aid for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel.
Then the grifter, the “Big Baloney and Thief”, the Bootleg Billionaire said no. So his agents of lies set out on their task to gaslight, neonlight, and flashlight the world into believing the propaganda they begin to spit. The lies from maga pundits and Putin puppets began and the deal fail through.
Trump Art of the Deal is no fragging deal. Seems President Biden is not the only one with alleged cognitive deficiencies going on.
Well I checked by TIAA today and I am doing pretty good. So, give me the guy who has my stocks up, my retirement solid, my job secure and doesn't want to be dictator for a day. That is the one that will get my vote.
The American Voter is now paying attention Welcome to the 2024 Election. is now paying attention Welcome to the 2024 Election.
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Whoever coined the phrase “confederacy of dunces” overestimated us……🤷♂️😉🙈
I do have one question. Do you realize the DOJ could have ended the special councils assignment at any time? That’s another question we should be asking. Why? Rather, why did they not? No government entity should be motivated by image or optic to do anything.