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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:31:19 GMT -8
I became a fisherman, but discovered that I couldn't live on my net income.
He Spoke to Them. It's Just That They Were Hundreds of Miles Away and Didn't Hear It
Former President Donald Trump made migrant crime a centerpiece of his speech with law enforcement in Grand Rapids, Michigan — and particularly the case of Ruby Garcia, a young woman believed to have been murdered by an immigrant.
But aside from getting Garcia's age wrong in his speech, Trump may have lied about speaking to Garcia's family.
While Trump said he had spoke to Garcia's family, her sister Mavi Garcia told a local news outlet, “He did not speak with any of us, so it was kind of shocking seeing that he had said that he had spoke with us."
Commenters on social media called it a new low for the former president.
"Trump has done more abhorrent things than I can count, but this is one of the most despicable," wrote USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on X. "He lied about talking to the family of a murder victim, p---ing them off with his anti-immigrant rhetoric."
"Trump lied about meeting with the family of a slain woman," wrote former Chicago Tribune editor Mark Jacob. "Because he’s a liar who exploits human misery. And the people who support him are partners in his despicable conduct."
"Trump doesn’t care about the people he uses for his demagogic rants," wrote political commentator and Minnesota State House candidate Will Stancil. "They’re completely disposable. He just needs fuel to fire up his hate mobs, so he can stay the center of attention."
"Who is surprised that he would use crime victims as props — and lie about them to boot?!" wrote filmmaker Melissa Jo Peltier.
"I'm old enough to remember Howard Dean making a weird noise in a [post]-primary speech and it ending his career as an elected official," wrote the account "DoomerVonDoomington." "This a------ is in the running for Worst Human Ever and Republicans swear he's like Reagan and Jesus had a baby."
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:33:27 GMT -8
Previous Guy Promises to Deport Himself
Former President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric turned against him Tuesday when he promised to deport anyone whose home had been invaded by an "illegal alien."
Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee in the upcoming presidential election, made this strange pledge at a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
"If your constitutional rights have been violated we will defend you," Trump said. "If you have illegal aliens invading your home, we will deport you."
YouTuber Brian Tyler Cohen was among the first to catch the error, posting on X: "Ok time for bed grandpa."
Others piled on to ridicule the remarks.
"Says the man who has employed 'illegal aliens' at Mar a Lago and his other properties," tweeted @radicalwoman. "When do we get to deport him since he has them in his home?"
David Bowman nearly echoed the same sentiment, writing: "How many illegals working at Mar-a-largo [sic] and golf courses?"
And Leasha Wright made sure there was no ambiguity with the message: "Better keep those illegal aliens out of your home or you're going to be deported!"
Indeed, back in 2019, The Washington Post reported that the Trump Organization had under their employ “roving crew of Latin American employees” working gigs from masonry and maintenance at his winery and various golf resorts all over the country without legal status.
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:36:23 GMT -8
Old Chinese is More Than Ming VasesAsk 72-year-old farmer Huanchun Cao about his pension and he reacts with a throaty cackle. He sucks on his home-rolled cigarette, narrows his brow and tilts his head - as if the very question is absurd. "No, no, we don't have a pension," he says looking at his wife of more than 45 years. Mr Cao belongs to a generation that witnessed the birth of Communist China. Like his country, he has become old before he has become rich. Like many rural and migrant workers, he has no choice but to keep working and to keep earning, as he's fallen through a weak social safety net. A slowing economy, shrinking government benefits and a decades-long one-child policy have created a creeping demographic crisis in in Xi Jinping's China. The pension pot is running dry and the country is running out of time to build enough of a fund to care for the growing number of elderly. Over the next decade, about 300 million people, who are currently aged 50 to 60, are set to leave the Chinese workforce. This is the country's largest age group, nearly equivalent to the size of the US population. Who will look after them? The answer depends on where you go and who you ask. China's ageing population: A demographic crisis is unfolding for Xi70-Year-Old Xi Probably Isn't Worried About His Retirement
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:38:10 GMT -8
There Are Monkey Torture Enthsiasts?A ringleader in a global monkey torture network exposed by the BBC has been charged by US federal prosecutors. Michael Macartney, 50, who went by the alias "Torture King", was charged in Virginia with conspiracy to create and distribute animal-crushing videos. Mr Macartney was one of three key distributors identified by the BBC Eye team during a year-long investigation into sadistic monkey torture groups. Two women have also been charged in the UK following the investigation. Mr Macartney, a former motorcycle gang member who previously spent time in prison, ran several chat groups for monkey torture enthusiasts from around the world on the encrypted messaging app Telegram. The groups were used to share ideas for custom-made torture videos, such as setting live monkeys on fire, injuring them with tools and even putting one in a blender. The ideas were then sent, along with payments, to video-makers in Indonesia who carried them out, sometimes killing the baby long-tailed macaque monkeys in the process. Ringleader of global monkey torture network, 'The Torture King', is charged
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:39:46 GMT -8
Why Didn't Governor Ab-Butt Think of This? Send Immigrants and Elephants to Northern Cities.
The president of Botswana has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over conservation.
Earlier this year, Germany's environment ministry suggested there should be stricter limits on importing trophies from hunting animals.
Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi told German media this would only impoverish people in his country.
He said elephant numbers had exploded as a result of conservation efforts, and hunting helped keep them in check.
Germans should "live together with the animals, in the way you are trying to tell us to", Mr Masisi told German newspaper Bild. "This is no joke."
Botswana is home to about a third of the world's elephant population - over 130,000 - more than it has space for.
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:41:24 GMT -8
Has Jack Smith About Had It With Crazy Cannon?
Special counsel Jack Smith strongly criticized a recent order by the judge presiding over the case of former President Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, saying that her request for jury instructions from his office and Trump's lawyers is based on a “fundamentally flawed legal premise.”
In a court filing Tuesday, Smith argued that the legal premise behind Judge Aileen Cannon’s request is “wrong” and that it would “distort” the trial, potentially leading to a directed verdict in Trump's favor. The special counsel urged Cannon to “promptly” decide whether the legal premise in question represents a “correct formulation of the law,” and indicated that federal prosecutors would appeal if the judge rules against them.
Cannon last month directed Trump and the special counsel to submit jury instructions framed with two competing scenarios concerning the Presidential Records Act as it relates to the charges brought against Trump under the Espionage Act accusing him of mishandling of classified documents.
The first scenario Cannon outlined allows the jury to review records and determine which documents Trump retained are “personal” or “presidential” under the Presidential Records Act. In the second scenario, Cannon instructed lawyers to draft instructions based on the assumption that presidents have the “sole authority” under that act to lawfully retain documents at the end of their term by declaring them as “personal” or “presidential” records, aligning with Trump’s defense in the case.
“Both scenarios rest on an unstated and fundamentally flawed legal premise — namely, that the Presidential Records Act (‘PRA’), and in particular its distinction between ‘personal’ and ‘Presidential’ records determines whether a former President is ‘authorized,’ under the Espionage Act to possess highly classified documents and store them in an unsecure facility,” Smith's team wrote in the filing.
Does She Have Kids He Can Criticize?
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:42:54 GMT -8
Tex-Ass Goes After the Real Criminals
A Texas stay-at-home mom said she was trying to renew her driver's license when she learned there was a warrant for her arrest stemming from overdue library books.
"I was so angry. I was sad and mad," Kaylee Morgan told NBC News in a phone call Wednesday. "The whole week leading up to court I couldn’t decide if I wanted to laugh or cry."
Morgan, a mother of five children, said she took five or six books out from the Navasota Public Library in Navasota, about 115 miles east of Austin, last March for her homeschooled children.
At the time, Morgan said she was pregnant and experiencing hyperemesis, extreme morning sickness, and placenta previa, when the placenta covers the opening in the cervix. It can cause bleeding around the start of the second half of pregnancy and mild cramping or contractions, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Morgan said the books were between a few weeks to a month late when her husband dropped them off, except for one that did not fit in the library's drop box. Her stepson later dropped the book off inside the library, she said.
NBC affiliate KPRC of Houston obtained a copy of the overdue notice from the library that showed Morgan had two books due on March 31, 2023. The notice, dated April 10, 2023, said she owed a fee of $1.
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:45:12 GMT -8
Did You Know a Steering Wheel is an OPTION on a Tesla?Wall Street analysts expected Tesla to report weak numbers, but the company’s reported numbers Tuesday, after the close of the bell, were far worse than anyone envisioned. Don’t expect Tesla CEO Elon Musk to take the obvious blame. Analysts were expecting deliveries of 457,000 vehicles in the first three months of 2024. Tesla came in significantly lower, at 386,810—a 15% miss. In the year-ago quarter, Tesla delivered 412,376 cars, and in the last three months of 2023, Tesla delivered 484,507 cars. No matter how you slice it, it was a disaster for Tesla and Musk, and the stock has been hammered accordingly. Having shed around a third of its price, Tesla is the second-worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 Index this year. Tesla sales collapse, Musk blames everyone but himself
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:46:35 GMT -8
Good News
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:48:00 GMT -8
First They Came for Abortion, and the QOP Said Nothing
Republicans are rushing to defend IVF. The anti-abortion movement hopes to change their minds.
The groups are not advocating banning IVF but want new restrictions that would significantly curtail access to the procedure.
Anti-abortion advocates worked for five decades to topple Roe v. Wade. They’re now laying the groundwork for a yearslong fight to curb in vitro fertilization.
Since the Alabama Supreme Court ruled last month that frozen embryos are children, the Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups have been strategizing how to convince not just GOP officials but evangelicals broadly that they should have serious moral concerns about fertility treatments like IVF and that access to them should be curtailed.
In short, they want to re-run the Roe playbook.
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:50:48 GMT -8
Previous Guy Got 79% of the QOP Vote in Wisconsin's Primary.
Over 20% voted for people who are no longer running.
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:55:10 GMT -8
This is the Closest to Truth that Russia Gets. Bailing Out Previous GuyDonald Trump’s social media company Trump Media managed to go public last week only after it had been kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans provided in part by a Russian-American businessman under scrutiny in a federal insider-trading and money-laundering investigation. The former US president stands to gain billions of dollars – his stake is currently valued at about $4bn – from the merger between Trump Media and Technology Group and the blank-check company Digital World Acquisition Corporation, which took the parent company of Truth Social public. But Trump Media almost did not make it to the merger after regulators opened a securities investigation into the merger in 2021 and caused the company to burn through cash at an extraordinary rate as it waited to get the green light for its stock market debut. The situation led Trump Media to take emergency loans, including from an entity called ES Family Trust, which opened an account with Paxum Bank, a small bank registered on the Caribbean island of Dominica that is best known for providing financial services to the porn industry. Through leaked documents, the Guardian has learned that ES Family Trust operated like a shell company for a Russian-American businessman named Anton Postolnikov, who co-owns Paxum Bank and has been a subject of a years-long joint federal criminal investigation by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into the Trump Media merger. Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:58:29 GMT -8
"My Name Is Chuck and I Am a Trump-aholic." "Hi, Chuck."
Donald Trump’s swing through the Upper Midwest on Tuesday got plenty of local media coverage, but it also came with something that he likely didn’t expect: a former supporter speaking out against him.
The group Republican Voters Against Trump launched a media blitz in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, that was timed to the former president’s rallies in the two cities.
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Post by mhbruin on Apr 3, 2024 8:59:40 GMT -8
He's Like the Scorpion. It's In His Nature.
Donald Trump is suing two co-founders of Trump Media & Technology Group, the newly public parent company of his Truth Social platform, arguing that they should forfeit their stock in the company because they set it up improperly.
The former U.S. president’s lawsuit, which was filed on March 24 in Florida state court, follows a complaint filed in February by those co-founders, Andy Litinsky and Wes Moss. Their lawsuit sought to prevent Trump from taking steps the two said would sharply reduce their combined 8.6% stake in Trump Media. The pair filed their lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery.
Trump’s lawsuit claims that Litinsky and Moss, who were both contestants on Trump’s reality-TV show “The Apprentice,” mishandled an attempt to take Trump Media public several years ago, allegedly putting the whole project “on ice” for more than a year and a half.
But it also targets the pair over their Delaware suit against Trump, saying that it was one of several attempts they made to block Trump Media’s ultimately successful plan to go public. Trump Media accomplished that goal by merging with a publicly traded shell company called Digital World Acquisition in March.
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