@#99 ... #1...the threshhold ...

Huh?

Please be more specific.

@#95 ... I don't care who liked it. I didn't and I'm glad it failed. ...

Why, specifically, did you not like it?

@#95 ... Personally, what I read about that bill was it was weak and didn't solve problems. ...

So, you are saying that an immigration bill effectively written by and supported by the Trump admin's Mr Stephen Miller was weak on immigration?

Wow.

@#94 ... Why should it get passed if it has problems built into it? ...

The bill was basically written by Republicans, with the help of Mr Stephen Miller in the White House. It was largely what the Republicans wanted.

The only problem that was built into it was that it would have removed the immigration issue from Pres Trump's campaigning.

@#29 ... opens new tab ...

I usually try to remove those. Obviously, I didn't for that message.

Oops. :)

... and this is why I prefer to see these things decided in the Court, as opposed to being judged by public opinion.

@#27 ... It's just the talking point de jouer. ...

Yeah. That's what I suspected.

But I posted my comment anyway, to try to draw some manner of an intelligent response.

@#91 ... First off, ignoring that this problem had been going on for years, acting as if the "bill" somehow would negate all those years, doesn't cut it. ...

The bill was a proposed solution. Pres Trump killed it, apparently because he saw a political gain from the exploitation of immigration, as opposed to solving the immigration issue.

He seemed to have been correct in that political opinion.

... Also, the bill was poorly written and didn't go far enough, such as only kicking in at a certain threshold, among all the other problems with it. ...

Really, an immigration bill proffered by Mr Stephen Miller didn't "cut it?"

@#25 ... Blocking the Jet Blue merger certainly didn't improve Spirit's chances. ...

Why might that have been?

An all-time fav song (suite) of mine ...

@#89 ... Letting people still come over the border in ridiculous numbers was insane.

Democrats blew it on that. ...

Was it the Democrats who blew that, or Pres Trump?

There was a bi-partisan bill in Congress that was going to be enacted.

Then Pres Trump chimed in and told the Republicans not to pass the bill.

So it died.

Now, that was a bipartisan bill, Democrats and Republicans both supported it.

But Pres Trump told the Republicans to kill the bill because it would be politically beneficial for Republicans to do so.

So, yeah, the results of those efforts are quite apparent in your alias' comment.

But what say ye about Pres Trump's dictum to kill that bi-partisan bill?

More from the article ...

... Kathleen Naranjo was almost eight years into paying off her portion of $50,000 in student loans when a federal appeals court last month ended one of the most affordable loan repayment plans in history. That Biden administration-era plan had reduced her monthly payments to $92 and she was working toward the day when the remaining balance would be forgiven after 10 years of payments doing public service as a nurse.

Now amid soaring gas and food prices, Ms. Naranjo is enrolling in her next best option. Her monthly payment will triple, scrambling her personal finances at a moment when she is hunting for her first house.

"That's the only way that I can really do it, otherwise I'm going to be paying this loan until I die," she says.

More than 7 million borrowers who had been enrolled in the income-based Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) plan like Ms. Naranjo have been told that beginning July 1, they will have 90 days to get into a new loan repayment plan or be routed into one by the government.

The SAVE plan arrived in 2023 as millions of student borrowers were emerging from a three-year pause in payments during the pandemic. It was meant to chip away at the now more than $1.8 trillion in total student debt held by borrowers across the country by tying payments to income.

The plan lowered payments to $0 for many of the lowest earners -- preventing unpaid interest from accumulating and offering earlier loan forgiveness.

But many critics charged that American taxpayers were being saddled with debt. Republican-governed states challenged the executive action and ultimately the courts stopped it because Congress had not approved it. ...

@#34 ... If your answer to either of these questions is "no" then you are the racist" ...

Really?

Do you actually think that a Southern White Nationalist will properly represent non-white Constituents?

If so, why do Republicans seem to be going through great lengths to suppress the voting power of Black voters?

@#83 ... Here's how I see it.

Democrats didn't offer much in the way of clear direction. ...

Because you disagree with what they are espousing?

@#82 ... They need to find a center again that's less about social engineering and moral superiority, and more about issues people deal with every day... ...

Yup.

Affordability.

Front and center.

Affordability.

And, for the record ...

@#78 ... I think this last election was ... a broader focus on issues that didn't seem to match what a lot of people were dealing with day to day.

OK, going back to the promises of the last election ...

Has Pres Trump brought down prices on day one, as he promised?

That seems to be a major issue that people are currently dealing with day to day.

And speaking of the border (immigration) a major issue during the Trump campaign ... how does Pres Trump seem to be doing?

Let's look ...

@#1 ... The US Post Office even issued a commemorative stamp for the occasion. ...

I was in Louisville, KY for the 100th running of the Kentucky Derby. The US Post Office even issued a commemorative stamp for the occasion.

I will say that the city of Louisville goes crazy for the Derby.

I saw residents selling parking places in their driveway for multiple hundreds of dollars, so that the out-of-state participants could park their cars.

OK, maybe because it was the 100th anniversary of the Derby that occurred.

But friggin' wow. The city of Louisville went crazy back then ...

More from the article ...

... As a solar eclipse swept across North America on April 8, 2024, there was a lull in seismic vibrations across the continent, a new analysis shows -- at least in places where the spectacle stopped human observers in their tracks.

Seismic activity dipped during the eclipse in cities that were in the path of totality, where the moon completely masked the sun.

But that pattern did not appear in rural areas or cities outside the path of totality. This hints that the seismic changes were due to human hustle and bustle coming to a standstill during the eclipse, Benjamin Fernando reported April 17 at the Seismological Society of America annual meeting in Pasadena, Calif.

While Fernando watched the 2024 eclipse with friends in Cleveland, he was struck by how quiet the world seemed during the few minutes of totality. As a seismologist, he immediately wondered whether that sense of the world holding its breath would show up in seismic signals. ...

@#8 ... I thought some n the left want to ban beef. ...

Got names and links?

Yer up.

@#13 ... Nothing like seeing soy latte drinking, vegetarians all up in arms about the price of beef. ...

And, what percentage of the US population might be those who your current alias so castigates?

And how does that castigation substantiate what Pres Trump seems to be doing to the Country?

Yer up.

@#12 ... Is that your idea of supporting the Democratic US Senators in Georgia, Lamp? ...

Really, you seem to be lowering your posts to that level?

This is a highly charged political season.

And the comment you quote just shows that aspect o it.

And, for the record, no, I do not consider what your posted as facts.

For starters, what in the world is the "The American Islamophobia Propaganda Action Committee" noted in the comment you ask is factual?

I'll say it again ... This is a highly charged political season.

Try to stay rational.

OK, I have questions ...

1) Pres Trump has already said he ended the war via the ceasefire. Is that prior statement not correct?

2) Pres Trump has stated that there was no one in charge in Iran, that the leadership of Iran was nebulous. So, who is he now talking with in Iran?

@#7 ... I'm sure our local slurpers will be by any second now, to condemn this familial grift with the same fervor they condemned Hunter Biden. ...

That troll farm seems to be unusually quiet of late.

I wonder why?

@#74 ... which will be confiscated as taxes paid by Americans. ...

Yup, tariffs are paid by Americans.

And the brunt of tariffs seem to be paid by working Americans, and not the billionaires of Pres Trump's Cabinet ...

imo, that the world's largest container carrier seems to be re-routing their cargo around the Strait of Hormuz indicates that have concerns.

OK, that may be an understatement.

@#10 ... two of the "facts" presented would seem to indicate that the voters in Georgia should not vote for Ossoff this November (too AIPAC), and the voters in Georgia shouldn't have voted for Raphael Warnock last election (also, too AIPAC). ...

Good that you put the word facts in quotes in your comment.

Facts don't "seem to indicate," facts state facts.

@#6 ... To hear them tell it, all of the faults of the country are not Trump or MAGA or the Republican Party.

Nope.

To hear them tell it, all of the faults of the country are 100% on the "DNC" and, of course, AIPAC (natch). ...

yeah, when I read the comments and learn from them, I do not necessarily look at the opinions presented, but more the facts presented.

Stated differently, I learn not from the opinions presented, but from the facts presented.

I do try to read views that present facts that run counter to my current opinions.

That is one reason why I, gasp, read Fox News articles.

@#2

Yeah, Mr Musk seems to be less than supportive of his case as presented to the Court.

@#69 ... Which is EXACTLY what some of us predicted... since it's Americans who pay Trump's tariffs. ...

Pres Trump still is saying that the foreign countries pay the tariffs ...

To wit ...

OK, one from the Imagine Dragons before they became the IMAGINE DRAGONS ...

@#4 ... But, what is the motivation of these people... ...in their singular determination, to destroy the only viable solution to Trump, MAGA and the Republican Party ...

I think that those folk give a good reason why the Democrats should not be so giddy about the mid-term elections.

I also think that their opinions and views they express here have been helpful for me to learn.

But, that's just my opinion.

@#62 ... No...I don't know how Trump's actions will play out in the long run. ...

Thanks for bringing up "the long run" as related to Pres trump's actions.

Apparently, Pres Trupm does not care about the long-term ramifications of his actions, but only the short-term gain he may get.

The "quick win."

... What worries me is this. For decades, America has been making short term decisions and then acting surprised when long term consequences show up. ...

And you apparently think that Pres Trump has changed that?

I'd proffer that he has only made it worse.

@#58 ... you can put a width attribute in the tag. ...

I did.

The tempplate I used was...

(img src= h t t p s : / / example.com/example.png width="500" height="500")

with the greater than or less than signs instead of the parens, and spaces in the h t t p part removed.

Do try harder ...

:)

The grift of the Trump presidency continues.

Quelle surprise.

@#2 ... What have you done ...

I vote in every voting opportunity held in my town. That comes to two to five voting opportunites each year.

... working to ensure that Democrats have an overwhelming majority in the next Congress ...

I still remain to be convinced that such a majority will occur.

The Dems seem to be getting too confident of it occurring.

I doubt if this will lower the price of the goods that formerly had been shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

@#54 ...You can't even defend Trump anymore ...

You noticed that also?

@#48 ... Did I read Corky is a moderator? ...

I dunno.

But, I do have to ask, why does your current alias seem to admit that it does not know what it reads?

That might explain a lot ... ;)