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Post by DotRen on Jul 24, 2023 15:13:01 GMT
lani, Abbott has declared a state disaster just so he can circumvent the federal ruling. He's a snake.
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Post by birdgal on Jul 24, 2023 15:52:47 GMT
I wouldn't put him in the same category as a snake. Snakes don't deserve that!
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Post by lani on Jul 24, 2023 18:05:02 GMT
DotRen, of course he did. In addition to the barbaric policies of some of these Repub Govs, they are positively gleeful about their actions. It all started with the former First Idiot's speech about the people "Mexico is sending." I mean the fear of immigrants was there among a number of people, but all of a sudden the pols could come right out and say it out loud.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 24, 2023 19:18:49 GMT
That’s the both good and bad parts about trump and his minions. It emboldened them to say the quiet parts out loud (bad) but at least we all know who we’re dealing with now and can choose to disassociate with those types of individuals (good). My BIL and SIL are squarely in the cult and at least now I know how they feel about pretty much every marginalized group because they now literally voice it out loud.
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Post by lani on Jul 24, 2023 20:45:23 GMT
finreporter, that is so true. I suppose it's time to see how people really think about things. I suppose I was happier living in my bubble. <POP>
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Post by DotRen on Jul 24, 2023 20:52:01 GMT
The thing is, I don't have a problem with the idea of the buoys - keeping migrants from the dangers of crossing the river and forcing them through the port entrances so they can be documented.
I have a serious problem with them putting barbed and razor wire UNDER the water where it can't be seen; refusing medical aid to those who get cut up by that wire; withholding water when it's 100 degrees out -and everything else about it.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 24, 2023 23:06:11 GMT
No one would have to use the river to cross and could use the official entrances if we didn't such a messed up way of handling things. We as a country seem to find some sick perverted glee in putting immigrants between a rock and a hard place in as crude a manner as possible. So we try our hardest to keep them out but yet we have to live with the jan 6 insurrectionist crazies who smear poop on the walls instead.
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Post by bbbearsmom on Jul 25, 2023 20:53:27 GMT
Just read something today that our country needs immigrants as workers, not having a better immigration system is hurting us.
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Post by amyrs on Jul 26, 2023 19:55:16 GMT
I can hardly wait till August 1 on the agenda fair maps under state constitution. We need them fast we almost have a supermajority in Wiscsonin. We need those fair maps we had in 2008.
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Post by lani on Jul 26, 2023 20:52:36 GMT
Mitch McConnell "froze" at the mic at a presser and had to be led away. He returned (I think it was only about 12 min. later) and said he was fine. Speculation running rampant about fallout from his concussion a while back.
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Post by finreporter on Jul 26, 2023 21:45:07 GMT
My advice for Mitch is to leave politics and take care of his health 😁. Safety first!
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Post by lani on Jul 27, 2023 13:47:59 GMT
finreporter , yeah, he's done his damage with the SCOTUS. He really has no reason to hang on. Oh wait, there's the power, the fear that the next Repub Senate leader will be a nut job...
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Post by amyrs on Jul 27, 2023 20:51:14 GMT
But Senator Dianne Feinstein had a hard day urging her to say ay. She say yeah and finally an ay urged by Senator Patty Murray and Senator Feinstein;s helper. it was so said to that fine lady.
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Post by birdgal on Jul 28, 2023 16:38:52 GMT
I'm disgusted with the way we treat immigrants. Actually I'm disgusted with the way we treat almost everyone who isn't a white male but don't get me started.
If your ancestors were not Native Americans you come from an immigrant family too.
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Post by lani on Jul 28, 2023 18:03:06 GMT
But Senator Dianne Feinstein had a hard day urging her to say ay. She say yeah and finally an ay urged by Senator Patty Murray and Senator Feinstein;s helper. it was so said to that fine lady. Apparently Feinstein was thinking it was still time for commentary, but that had ended and a simple vote was called for. She started speaking in favor of whatever it was; she was always going to vote "aye". |
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