"people are more likely to become disaffected and potentially resort to violence or chaos."

If that happens, we'll just have to cancel elections.
~DJT

" I don't see it as a "fact"."

The numbers do.

So does logic: if red areas are more government-supported, slashed government support will affect those areas more.

"I don't see how that's going to happen. That the MAGAs will be hurt "much worse" than the rest of us."

Rural areas rely more on government funding; they're the ones most likely to see closures and disruptions.

It's the difference between a business closing down in a large city, versus a small town's main employer going belly up. The former can deal with it; the latter may experience a death blow.

"I guess it's over now."

Elon must've gotten to the end of the list of folks either suing him, or investigating him.

"As for Marco Rubio, situation normal: in over his head."

I heard his Secret Service code name is Peter Principle.

"But you don't care about any of that."

If you'll notice, they never answer what an "acceptable" rate of false positives would be. Won't even broach the possibilities, even after it actually happened.

""somewhat exaggerated". But not denied."

Yeah, we're definitely doing the song; we're just workin' out the harmonies.

"Which district, Einstein?"

Gaetz's district.

A +30 (R) district. which went (R) by 10. And that's a (R)eason to celebrate?!?

Well, I guess any port in the storm....

" This is what you call evidence?"

There's plenty of evidence. You're arguing conclusions, not facts.

Feel free to proffer your alternate theory.

"The State doesn't send ballots to the counties/cities, they all have local elections as well."

Disease ... right.

Like having no workers show is some kind of disease.

" and real estate investment group, she was told"

Sorry pal, you bought the business AND its contracts.

No unilateral changing of terms.

"They are all here legally."

Riiiiiiiight.

I'm sure that's what they told you.

" However, I - and MAGA - are both opposed the H1B program"

You might be, but Trump most definitely is not.

Just ask Elon.

" Why you think you won the argument when you simply came around to agreeing with my initial position is amazing."

Maybe because I had that position before you even started thinking about the issue. It looks like you came around to MY point.

" Are you certain that farm workers are here illegally?"

I've seen TikTok after TikTok from farmers admitting no one is showing up for work.

You tell me what YOUR conclusion would be.

"not for people like you that never had gainful employment."

I stopped reading at that point. Why bother?

" we owe each other so many Cokes."

Facts are powerful things.

And we both saw through Ira's horse manure.

" High skill, high paid jobs were never outsourced to China."

Of course not.

That what H1Bs are all about. Bring others in ... to pay them less.

" how can you continue to support mass illegal immigration into the US?"

I don't, and never have.

What I usually do is rail against the obvious hypocrisy of attacking the symptom, but not the root. How about if we arrest all those farm owners who have admitted hiring illegal workers?

Statements against interest, and all that.

And we'll do it DOGE-style: any farmer who can't get his crops to market, clearly had to use illegal workers in the past. Lock them up!

" Tell me the difference between shipping a job to China and importing an illegal to do the job in the US."

Ship a job there, and it doesn't matter how much you might've paid an American.

" destroyed wage scales due to mass illegal immigration."

Could somebody buy this dumfuq a clue phone?

Wage scales were destroyed when the tax code started incentivizing job relocation to Gyna.

" According to all the waste DODGE has found"

Let me guess: it's the same proof you have the 2020 election was stolen.

"Looks like Mr Musk has some trouble with numbers ..."

He claimed SS was not only a Ponzi scheme, but the biggest one in history.

He's not only ignorant of Ponzi schemes, he's ignorant of the actual equilibrium equation of Social Security.

We know it's an equilibrium equation, because it was in surplus after Reagan changed the withholding rates.

Regardless: THEY WANT TO SLASH $2 TRILLION, SO THEY CAN BORROW TWICE AS MUCH TO GIVE OVER 60% TO THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT.

Let's see a show of hands: who's for borrowing MORE, so we can give away MORE tax cuts to the wealthy???

"our Dunning Kruger Presidency"

Hey! They all graduated top of their class.

Just ask them!