The current admin apparently picked a soft target for theatrics, and to troll people into defending the activity of the cartels. It appears to be working.

And simpletons will buy into Trump's theatrics and trolling. They'll laugh. That's how we've lost this republic to fascism.
Not because good people "fall" for the trolling. It's because the trolling that involves killing people randomly is excused by moral reprobates that can't think past the end of their ignorant noses.

Why are we giving this POS "pResident" any power? Broadcasters should carry it live and let it play out. Fcck the USTA.

86 47!

So, what's your solution? Other than that, direct involvement, or doing nothing?

You have to address both supply and demand,.
It can't be emotionally driven. It has to be fact based and evidence based.
Get the religious/moralizing bullshht out of the way.
Public health has to be primary - not criminalization, not prison, for users.
We need drug courts, police need to get out of the "law enforcement" mindset and into the "policing" mindset. That means less prison and more programs for drug addition.

Enforcement needs to be specific and targeted at high level drug traffickers, not at the low-level, for criminal prosecution and interdiction. We've been at this a long time and it's pretty clear what doesn't work. There are things that do work better, and that's what I've listed above, IMHO.

Blowing up a boat of unknown people with shifting storied about what they were, refusing to give any evidence for the claim that they were "transporting drugs" (obvious lie), were drug traffickers (11 people all together on one boat and not enough room for drugs, and not even one name released? Another lie), human traffickers (huh? - that excuse didn't last long, so we can ignore that one), or refugees heading to the US (not the direction they were going) doesn't cut it. This was not about any actual drug dealing.

It was theater and those unknown people were used as props for Trump's delusions of grandeur. As it is, Trump's act is a crime.

You aren't an American, you're anti-American you stand up for your own citizens.

Says the poster that uses "we" when talking about China...

GFY, liar.

One more thing - Doc Sarvis has a control over the English language, comprehension, poetic use of, nuanced understanding of - that you will never, ever, ever begin to approach.

You embarrasses yourself deeply.

You truly are so genuinely stupid at such a profound level it boggles the mind. Google can't begin to save you.

Let me help: the "Cartel Marque and Reprisal Authorization Act of 2025" that you cited is not law. It hasn't' been passed by the Senate. It hasn't been signed by the pResident.

And you are a liar, as always.

America is crazy. Criminals roam the streets, Trump and his admin reward traitors and insurrectionists, hiring them and even giving a traitor like Ashli Bulliteater a military honors funeral.

How many people has this shttheap killed with his role in DOGE? His destruction of USAID? Damage to payment systems? He's a known cybercriminal. One does have to wonder why he decided to remain in a "hellhole" for 2 months after he quit DOGE. Did he not understand what Trump said all about DC?

Seems the universe is balancing things out.
Who am I to judge?

#70 - LMAO!
Yeah, that timing just doesn't work, does it?

OVERALL healthcare. You've narrowed it down to vaccination rates for cherry picked diseases like polio. As if nothing else matters.

Feel free to refute with actual data.

In the meantime, accusing me of moving the goalposts when I directly answered and pointed out your bigotry was an example of you moving the goalposts. It's evident why you did that.

I take that as a good sign that you are aware, at some level, that what you said was morally repugnant. That's hopeful.

#105 - such a good nazi!

There are an estimated 1,000 victims of Epstein and Maxwell.

You know damn well why the Trump admin is dragging their feet about releasing it.

So no on the quest for that Nobel Peace Prize, just go for the Ignoble Pieces Prize?
Counter Russia's move by "collecting" Canada, Greenland, Mexico, and maybe just keep on going South at least through Panama?

It has to do with the quality of healthcare in their countries of origin.

I'm not buying that since I already provided the percentages of vaccination from those countries. Since they're on par with the US (or better), then the only remaining variable is?

Right.

LMAO!

Ouch!

Apparently you aren't able.

Dang ...
Oneironaut is now woke? If so, welcome to reality and what matters. Seems like it was only 2025-06-25 12:24 AM you were calling me Lyin'Yav over the environmental impact this was going to wreak on the Everglades...

BTW, it turned out to be far worse than I was expecting. Like Laura says - "------- disgusting."

Have you decided to stop pretending about who you are?

The vaccines are there, just not the mandates, so you can get that child vaccinated - your choice.

And this is why ignorance is going to hurt and kill so many. Cluelessness on how vaccinations work.

Generally speaking, you aren't fully immunized with the first shot. Your kids won't be with their first shot for MMR, TDap, etc. Older adults have waning vaccine efficacy. That means kids that aren't yet fully immunized can bring home diseases from kids that aren't vaccinated at all. Those can spread to adults with weaker immune responses.

That's why we call it PUBLIC HEALTH.

#28 so it's bigoted to oppose illegal immigration?

It is when you base it on "those brown people carrying all those diseases!"

EPCOT (Experimental Pokes Community of Torment) - Trump lurks in the "Warp-Speed Monorail," bragging he made the jab faster than Space Mountain, but also shrugs when anyone asks about side effects. Kennedy pops up in the gift shop whispering: "Don't trust the mouse. Or the needle."

Hollywood Studios (Health Spectacle) - Trump stars in the blockbuster "The China Virus" (directed by himself, naturally). Kennedy does indie films like "My Body, My Choice (But Only For Me)" " both battle for airtime in a cinematic universe nobody asked for.

Animal Kingdom (Ailment Keepers) - Kennedy gives TED-Talks-on-safari about mercury in vaccines while Trump waves from a jeep shouting: "We're gonna make malaria great again!"

Magic Kingdom (Corporate Fairy Tales) - Trump and Kennedy try to storm Cinderella's Castle together but bicker too much over who's the "true savior of freedom." Spoiler: Pfizer Princess kicks them both out.

(Thought I'd play with ChatGPT a bit!)

#22 - So now you want me to run all the numbers for Venezuela? Venezuela

I gave you the top locations for immigration coming to the US. Venezuela didn't make that cut. It's not even listed.

All you're doing is hyperventilating trying to keep your bigoted view alive. That bigotry drips through your "try and make the case that healthcare in places like ___ is comparable to the US" - but I suspect you can't even see it.

BTW - it's a flashing red sign I addressed in my post: Your bigotry rests in "those people" not being vaccinated. That the places they come from don't vaccinate.

Whether they do better or not than the US in vaccinating their populations shows in the numbers. I have no need to get into a debate about the mechanics and who has the bigger dick. Especially with that lunatic Kennedy and Ladapo. It is getting far worse for the US under Trump. Watching Kennedy has been absolutely horrifying. Watching what's going on in Florida is terrifying.

And exactly what did you have to say about millions of undocumented people from 3rd world countries simply walking into this country?

Trafficking in the bigoted trope of "those diseased brown people" and counting on people, like Bellringer, to be as ignorant as you? Sadly it's a viable tactic in the American culture. Your bigotry rests in "those people" not being vaccinated. That the places they come from don't vaccinate.

Do you know Mexico's vaccination rate for polio is 98.39% - higher than the United States?
The rate for MMR vaccinations has dropped from 86% to near 80% recently, but it's dropped in the US, too. Where I live we're in the mid 80's now. Utterly disgusting, horrible, and not that much different than Mexico.
Guatemala? the same as Mexico.
El Salvador? 96%.

Perhaps you'd like to better identify these "disease carriers" and where they are coming from?
They have you scared shhtliess. Maybe by knowing we can better understand your terror?