Friday, July 18, 2025

The world woke up

In less than six months, the entire world has been turned upside down. There is no longer such a thing as conventional wisdom or the status quo. The unthinkable has become the banal. Take illegal immigration -- remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under former President Joe Biden? Recall the only solution was supposedly "comprehensive immigration reform"--a euphemism for mass amnesties. Now, there is no such thing as daily new illegal immigration. It simply disappeared with common-sense enforcement of existing immigration laws -- and a new president. How about the 40,000-50,000 shortfall in military recruitment?

Posted by BellRinger at 09:23 AM | 42 COMMENTS | permalink

Comments

I don't 100% agree with the linked article. For example, it's way too soon to be celebrating the economy. I still think as the tariffs become more and more in place the economic setbacks may come to fruition. Also, a little to early to celebrate NATO's considerable increase in defense spending. Yes, at the moment they have ramped up spending but a 5% pledge? It's certainly nice but the due date to achieve that pledge is 10 years from now. To make a pledge is one thing. To actually follow through is completely different.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-18 09:27 AM

it's way too soon to be celebrating the economy.

| Posted by BellRinger

You think?

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-18 09:32 AM

Trump is creating political troops in the form of ICE. The United States is not made safer. ICE in the hands of Trump is infinitely more dangerous than migrants.

The only step you've ever taken towards critiquing Trump is to say that he is a "carnival barker". You ignore each and every reason why things such as Trump and ICE hurt the United States.

With the Epstein scandal you have another opportunity to exit that insane Trump pedophile highway.

Won't tkae it, wil you?

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-18 09:35 AM

"Political troops" is an overt reference to Hitler.

Hitler and Trump are the same tribe.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-18 09:36 AM

"Won't take it, will you?"

You're a true believer.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-18 09:39 AM

Trollolololio.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-18 10:52 AM

Hilarious that an imbecile like Jeff would claim Nazis are "woke"

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-18 10:54 AM

"remember the 10,000 daily illegal entries under former President Joe Biden"

Jeff, you are such a liar and so are your sources.

That's how many were detained trying to cross the border as Title 42 ended. Title 42 was only in place legally as long as the COVID Emergency was still in place.

That number is how many were detained, not how many got into the country illegally.

The number that high for ONLY two days RIGHT AS Title 42 was about to end.

That number was high because Title 42 didn't have legal repercussions for trying to enter illegally so it was there last chance to try to enter illegally without facing any sanctions.

Title 42 started under Trump.

Jeff, Fact-Checked into oblivion as usual.

#8 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-18 10:55 AM

"How about the 40,000-50,000 shortfall in military recruitment?"

Thank Joe Biden.

Biden's military in January 2023 expanded the Future Soldier Preparatory Course to help potential recruits meet the Army's physical or academic standards to enlist.

Good job, Brandon!

#9 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-18 10:58 AM

MAGA waking up about Trump and BBQing their red hats more like.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-18 11:30 AM

#8. Illegal crossings have dropped 95% sinceBiden left office. No amount of your spin is going to change that fact.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-18 12:10 PM

Illegal crossings have dropped 95% sinceBiden left office. No amount of your spin is going to change that fact.
#11 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

Of course!

And the riots in Los Angeles were 100 times worse than the Civil war!!!

Face it, you racist pos, you've got nothing to rely on but Rightwing, fascist, propaganda.

Meanwhile, keep trying your best to distract from all things Trump and Epstein.

You pedophile lover.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-18 12:17 PM

Won't take it, will you?
#3 | POSTED BY ZED

Why would he, he loves Trump.

He proudly wears a "Grab this pu**y!" T shirt with his red MAGA hat and his gold Trump sneakers.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-18 12:20 PM

#8. Illegal crossings have dropped 95% sinceBiden left office. No amount of your spin is going to change that fact.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Trump has a powerful motivation to lie about such things. I say he's lying, which is his normative behavior.

Not spin to tell the truth.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-18 12:26 PM

Meanwhile, keep trying your best to distract from all things Trump and Epstein.

#12 | Posted by ClownShack

He'll try his best but he won't have any luck.

The Trump/Epstein thing is fascinating.

It will turn out that there is an elite pedo right after all and that Trump is in it.

MAGA will turn out to be right and it will be the death of MAGA.

Hillarious.

#15 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-18 12:32 PM

" It will turn out that there is an elite pedo right after all and that Trump is in it."

This is why I don't believe that to be the case.

I watched the lengths Democrats went to trying to throw Trump in prison, have his name removed from ballots and to try and bankrupt him. If what you are alleging is actually true it would have been leaked during the Biden term.

#16 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-18 01:17 PM

---- off idiot. Everyone knows your a pedo- loving lying freak.

#17 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-18 01:46 PM

Technically speaking this is still Biden s economy. Trump's economy doesn't start until October the first. Just sayin

#18 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-18 01:48 PM

What extraordinary lengths BullBringer goes to in order to defend Trump.

Cultist will be cultists.

#19 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-18 01:50 PM

Most MAGAts traded in their white cloaks for red hats.

That's explains BullBringer.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-18 01:52 PM

The White House exaggerated how sharply illegal immigration has dropped. Here's what you should know
www.politifact.com

#21 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-18 01:53 PM

#16 | Posted by BellRinger

Donald Trump is engaged in a cover-up of Epstein.

Guilty people do that.

#22 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-18 01:59 PM

The White House exaggerated how sharply illegal immigration has dropped.

They lied? Unfathomable!!!

Deplorables have stated all Trump did was become president and all undocumented immigration ceased. Like Magic.

They had zero explanation for why.

They seem to believe Trump is magic.

Either that or the propaganda they're consuming is lying to them.

#23 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-18 02:00 PM

Trump killed Epstein and the Epstein list.

BullBringer blames it on democrats.

Of course, BullBringer also blames democrats for his abysmal health and impotence.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-18 02:03 PM

Donald Trump is engaged in a cover-up of Epstein.

Dropping Nixon into second place. Who would have thought that was even possible?

#25 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-07-18 02:03 PM

The world is waking up to how fond Trumpers, like BullJohnson and BullBringer, are of pedophiles.

All it took was pedo Trump to get them embrace raping children.

If only they were younger and 500 pounds skinnier, no child would be safe.

#26 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-18 02:16 PM

I watched the lengths Democrats went to trying to throw Trump in prison
#16 | Posted by BellRinger

Is Trump a convicted felon?
Do convicted felons belong in prison?

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-18 02:23 PM

- the lengths Democrats went to trying to throw Trump in prison.

Yeah! Dems and a few patriot Republicans got the sworn testimony of his traitorous crimes from his own Staff.

How terrible of them!

#28 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-18 02:34 PM

- the lengths Democrats went to trying to throw Trump in prison.

Because that's where hateful criminals belong?

How dare they!!

#29 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-07-18 02:55 PM

#8. Illegal crossings have dropped 95% sinceBiden left office. No amount of your spin is going to change that fact.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Wrong again, idiot.

Contact with people entering without legal authorization have gone down 95%.

Why?

Because you idiots got rid of scheduling interviews with border officials.

Yeah idiot, the vast vast vast majority of the contacts that you call illegal crossings with immigrants were literally scheduled meetings where they met with a border agent to discuss getting in with asylum or for some other reason. They literally had an app for it to make the meetings easy to schedule at the border.

Its been literally pointed out repeatedly!

Factchecked again, Jeff. How dumb are you?

#30 | Posted by Sycophant at 2025-07-18 03:33 PM

Jeff is a pathetic clown.

#31 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-18 03:35 PM

" Trump's economy doesn't start until October the first."

You're talking about fiscal budget years. It became Trump's economy the moment he brought up tariffs.

If inflation jumps by the end of September, that's on Trump, not Biden.

#32 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-18 03:50 PM

#32

Yup. Usually I would agree that it is not the presidents economy yet.

Usually presidents don't bypass congress to cut funding and implement tariffs mid fiscal year. Since Trump has repeatedly changed both the budget and trade terms ignoring congress and the budget the fiscal year no longer means much.

#33 | Posted by TaoWarrior at 2025-07-18 05:09 PM

You're talking about fiscal budget years. It became Trump's economy the moment he brought up tariffs.
If inflation jumps by the end of September, that's on Trump, not Biden.

#32 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-18 03:50 PM | Reply | Newsworthy

Point well taken dear.

#34 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-18 05:51 PM

The world woke up: America is not an ally to be trusted

#35 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-07-18 06:13 PM

" #30 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2025-07-18 03:33 PM | FLAG: "

Do you revel in making an ass of yourself. You are so friending dishonest and pull crap out of your rear. Go gaslight somewhere else. It ain't working here.

#36 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-07-19 11:57 AM

The garbage that is stinkerbell and his garbage ilk have turned this page into an irrelevant joke.

#37 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-07-19 07:59 PM

"How about the 40,000-50,000 shortfall in military recruitment?"

They dropped many of the restrictions based on being involved with gangs, obesity, drugs.

#38 | Posted by sentinel at 2025-07-20 10:44 AM

To those of you just woke up that Donald Trump is a sexual predator connected to Epstein, he also:

Lost the 2020 election
Caused an insurrection
Stole national security secrets Is a convicted felon
Did not make you rich with tariffs
Did not release a healthcare plan in two weeks, two years, or at any point during his two terms.
Massively increased the national debt and continues to do so.
Did not bring peace through strength
Did not stop the war in Ukraine within 24 hours
Is a terrible businessman who has a laundry list of bankruptcies.
Is only rich because his parents gave him an insane amount of money, which he handled worse than if he had just stuck it in an index fund.
Turned to corruption to build his wealth further
Didn't get Mexico to pay for a wall.
Didn't solve the debt with tariffs Didn't get 90 trade deals in 90 days. He got zero
Had his son and campaign staff meet with Russian agents during the 2016 campaign
Attempted a quid pro quo with Ukraine during his first term
Said he could terminate the Constitution and that he wouldn't rule out using the military against US citizens prior to sending Marines to LA and threatened to revoke citizenship from Americans
Lied over 30,000 times during his first presidency
Is still lying
Praises dictators and gangsters
Doesn't care about you at all
Now that you're starting to see Trump for who he is, make sure to see the whole picture.

#39 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-07-20 10:58 AM

Go gaslight somewhere else.

Says the self-admitted HOF level troll

#40 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-07-20 11:06 AM

#38

Since the advent of AI in it's current form, the largest need of the job market is for electritions, welders and mechanics. The easiest way to get training is through the military, That's why the numbers are up. Practicality.

#41 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-07-20 11:09 AM

Traitors of a feather... F over the country together.

#42 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-20 11:10 AM

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