Trump is right on the homeless

Tuesday, July 29, 2025

When the ambulance arrived in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia two years ago, an angry EMT got out and barked at the crowd, "Who called this in?" Standing next to my cameraman and above the prone body of a shirtless soul bedecked in boils and not moving, I said, "I did." He didn't say a word, he looked at me, then down the street at the dozens of strung out bodies, then back at me as if to say, "Look at all this, what do you want me to do?" I had no answer.

Posted by boaz at 09:46 AM | 39 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry |

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The status quo is NOT acceptable. At least Trump is trying something new.

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I don't give a rat's @$$ about your cherry-picked stories and comments, Boaz.

And it's my bad that I feed your attention-whoreness by commenting on them.

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-07-29 09:52 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Bo-ass the country bumpkin is wrong about everything.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-07-29 10:46 AM | Reply

Trump is right on pedophilia too.
--Boaz

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 11:12 AM | Reply

"Trump is trying something new."

Boaz doesn't know how Trump's plan for the homeless of going to play out. Nobody really does.

But that doesn't matter.

According to Boaz, Trump is doing it, and that makes it right.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 11:50 AM | Reply

"Trump is trying something new."

New? I trained at a hospital that had been an asylum from 1895 1976. The conditions were horrific.

#5 | Posted by mattm at 2025-07-29 01:12 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Locking up the homeless isn't a good idea. Giving them a chance to rehabilitate themselves is. Including but not limited provide them with a tiny house to call their own would help greatly.

#6 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-29 01:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Nonviolent offenders who are imprisoned are significantly more likely to recidivate (i.e., reoffend) violently.

#7 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-29 01:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Again, you liberals aint doing shit but making things worse.

Newsome actually spent 20 BILLION and still couldn't fix SF or LA's homeless? What's the problem?

#8 | Posted by boaz at 2025-07-29 01:48 PM | Reply

BOAZ wants more violent criminals. Justifies the police state he's been begging for.

#9 | Posted by rstybeach11 at 2025-07-29 01:54 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

One of the main problems is that Corporations don't pay a living wage to their employees; they only pay what they have to.

The hand of the Market, the Invisible Hand, is an Iron Fist.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-29 02:02 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Locking up the homeless isn't a good idea. Giving them a chance to rehabilitate themselves is. Including but not limited provide them with a tiny house to call their own would help greatly.
#6 | Posted by LauraMohr

You get right on that. Stick 100 drug addicts in tiny houses right next to each other and see how that plays out for all concerned.

Or maybe stick them in adjoining smaller houses inside a big building. With bars on the window until they rehabilitate themselves. Because junkies DGAF about anything other than getting high. And some libs expect the rest of society to tolerate it as fine and dandy until they set up a community next door to their home.

#11 | Posted by censored at 2025-07-29 02:03 PM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

"With bars on the window until they rehabilitate themselves."

I love how firmly you miss the mark here.

It's obvious you've spent years thinking about this as a problem that can only be solved by making a certain type of person... just go away.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 02:24 PM | Reply

You get right on that. Stick 100 drug addicts in tiny houses right next to each other and see how that plays out for all concerned.
Or maybe stick them in adjoining smaller houses inside a big building. With bars on the window until they rehabilitate themselves. Because junkies DGAF about anything other than getting high. And some libs expect the rest of society to tolerate it as fine and dandy until they set up a community next door to their home.

Posted by censored at 2025-07-29 02:03 PM | Reply

We have Oxford houses here. They are large homes that house drug addicts right next to residential communities. It does work if you try it.

#13 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-29 02:27 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

No it doesnt Laura. That's wishy washy bullshit.

And even a tiny home to call their own is expensive. It has to be earned and not given.

#14 | Posted by boaz at 2025-07-29 02:50 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Boaz stick with what you know. I know what I am talking about. Look them up.

#15 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-29 02:52 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

LOL. You dont know shit.

#16 | Posted by boaz at 2025-07-29 03:01 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

At least Trump is trying something new.

As expected, small government "conservatives" go right along with the biggest government of our lifetimes.

#17 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-29 03:49 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Donald Trump raped children.

Asylums are fantastic for making political rivals disappear.

#18 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-29 03:57 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Boaz doesn't know what he's talking about. Again

#19 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-07-29 04:00 PM | Reply

We have Oxford houses here. They are large homes that house drug addicts right next to residential communities. It does work if you try it.
#13 | Posted by LauraMohr

He is a segregationist at heart.
It doesn't matter if it works.
It's not what he wants.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 04:05 PM | Reply

Can we get a mental hold on the lily white racist Russian redneck that is comrade Boazo?
He's not right in the head.

#21 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-07-29 04:06 PM | Reply

Can we get a mental hold on the lily white racist Russian redneck that is comrade Boazo?
He's not right in the head.

#22 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-07-29 04:07 PM | Reply

The comments on this thread by some liberals just shows how clueless they are.

The first thing that came to my mind too when I read about this was Trump is essentially reviving the old system of dealing with the mentally ill. Hopefully we'll learn from the mistakes of the past.

On the plus side, people will finally get a chance to get off drugs and perhaps get the right medication to help them even if it is against their will.

If they are mentally ill they won't have to live on the streets.

In the long run, perhaps cities may find themselves being able to attract businesses and customers.

This is a win/win proposition.

Who is losing? The parasites who get paid millions of taxpayer dollars feeding off the the misery of mentally ill drug addicted people virtue signaling pretending they are being helped.

#23 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-07-29 09:31 PM | Reply

"Trump is essentially reviving the old system of dealing with the mentally ill."

Not sure it's his to revive...

Those are old State systems which were kept afloat with Federal dollars until Reagan ended that three generations ago.

Now you stupid twats want that back, expect instead of any pretense of medical treatment, you're just sending them to camps.

#24 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 09:36 PM | Reply

Frankly, I suspect there's a lot of functional mentally ill drug users who will object to this idea because it hits a little too close to home.

#25 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-07-29 09:37 PM | Reply

"Who is losing? The parasites who get paid millions of taxpayer dollars feeding off the the misery of mentally ill drug addicted people virtue signaling pretending they are being helped."

Can we get some names here.

Salvation Army?
Red Cross?
The aforementioned Oxford House?

#26 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 09:38 PM | Reply

Frankly, I suspect there's a lot of functional mentally ill drug users who will object to this idea because it hits a little too close to home.
#25 | Posted by BillJohnson

Is anyone surprised these Trumpers advocate "treating" drug use and mental illness with incarceration?

They think the War on Drugs just didn't go hard enough.

#27 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 09:40 PM | Reply

Snoofy,

Take off your blinders and look around at the filthy cities democrats have created.

What do you think should be done that hasn't been tried.

Some people are simply not able to help themselves and its really cruel leaving them on the streets.

If you would think about it, instead of this knee jerk partisan reaction, you might be able to have a bit of compassion.

Should we wait until they commit crimes and go to prison?

I'm not going down a rabbit hole with this topic. I said all I'm going to say.

#28 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-07-29 09:43 PM | Reply

Snoofy,

There are plenty of real parasites.

Salvation Army and Red Cross will continue to operate and help people.

Bringing that up is a dumb deflection.

Enough of this....I'm not reading more of this thread because I don't want to read the disappointing miserable comments I see from people.

#29 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-07-29 09:47 PM | Reply

go read your trump bible, and fuck off moron.

#30 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-07-29 09:48 PM | Reply

Bathhouse Bill, when are you red state parasites going to stop leeching off of blue cities?

#31 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-29 09:49 PM | Reply

Take off your blinders and look around at the filthy cities democrats have created.
What do you think should be done that hasn't been tried.
#28 | Posted by BillJohnson

So it's really this simple:

Nothing else has worked, send the homeless to camps. Like Palestinians exiled by Israel.

That's actually your solution.

#32 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 09:50 PM | Reply

Enough of this....I'm not reading more of this thread because I don't want to read the disappointing miserable comments I see from people.

Posted by BillJohnson at 2025-07-29 09:47 PM | Reply

It's not nice to bully yourself.

#33 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-29 09:51 PM | Reply

Where does Trump find the Constitutional authority to tell States to do anything through an Executive Order?

That seems like a pretty big breach of Federalism. Republicans must not think so...

#34 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 09:52 PM | Reply

... At least Trump is trying something new. ...

What, specifically, are Pres Trump's efforts to try to address homelessness?

#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-29 09:52 PM | Reply

Where does Trump find the Constitutional authority to tell States to do anything through an Executive Order?

The same place Biden found it?

#36 | Posted by boaz at 2025-07-29 09:58 PM | Reply

Works for me. Whatcha got?

#37 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-29 10:01 PM | Reply

It has to be earned and not given.

#14 | Posted by boaz

Someone should have told that to your high school teachers before you got that diploma and went off to serve.

#38 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2025-07-30 12:16 AM | Reply

We have Oxford houses here. They are large homes that house drug addicts right next to residential communities. It does work if you try it.
#13 | Posted by LauraMohr

Ooh! We get to have our families and loved ones live next door to houses filled with junkies? Where do I sign up for that experience?

Democrats should make this their next campaign platform, right next to pushing males into women's sports. Should bring those working class voters back in droves!

#39 | Posted by censored at 2025-07-30 01:24 AM | Reply