"Hope he's okay" read more
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Tesla Inc. used humans to remotely control some capabilities of its Optimus robot prototypes at a recent event designed to generate investor enthusiasm for forthcoming products, according to people familiar with the matter. read more
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@#28 ... The information is from Open Secrets ...
The graphic in that link ("Total from Small Donor Donations, Current Candidates Only") was interesting.
... Why talk about Harris when the real news is about Trump's 'owners' - three billionaires. ...
Yup.
In addition to the link you provide, there's this...
Here's Just How Massive Elon Musk's $75 Million Trump Donation Is
www.wired.com
... Elon Musk isn't the only Silicon Valley billionaire to line up behind Donald Trump's presidential campaign. See how his donations, which total $75 million, make everyone else look tiny in comparison. ...
So, having the uber-wealthy pay less taxes, and working people pay more taxes, seems to be A Big Thing for some billionaires.
@#22 ... They were simply let in. ...
I was paying attention.
I did not see any immigrants being "simply let in" outside of the current laws.
Please explain further. Links would be helpful. thx.
... x.com there's the data.
Yeah....
Fact-checking Trump's migrant murderers claims
abcnews.go.com
... Former President Donald Trump has been tossing out some eye-popping figures for how many illegal migrants with criminal convictions he says Vice President Kamala Harris has allowed into the country on her watch.[emphasis mine]
But the Department of Homeland Security says the data is being "misrepresented."
Rep. Tony Gonzalez, R-Texas, in March requested figures from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on the number of noncitizens charged with crimes and have been released into the country. He received the figures on Wednesday in a letter from ICE Deputy Director Patrick J. Lechleitner and on Friday posted them on X, formerly Twitter.
"As of July 21, 2024, there were 662,566 noncitizens with criminal histories on ICE's national docket -- 13,099 criminally convicted MURDERS!" the congressman posted. ...
Some of the figures in Lechleitner's letter to Gonzalez: 425,431 non-detained, non-citizens who are convicted criminals, including more than 15,000 convicted of sexual assault, more than 14,000 burglars and more than 13,000 convicted of murder.
But most of those 425,000 convicted criminals were already on ICE's radar before the Biden administration took office. ...
And, yes, we've been down this rabbit-hole previously on this most august site. But we seem to have to repeat it. Why?
About Us
justthenews.com
... JusttheNews.com is owned and operated by Bentley Media Group LLC, a company created and owned by investigative journalist John Solomon. ...
John Solomon (political commentator)
en.wikipedia.org(political_commentator)
... John F. Solomon is an American journalist who was a contributor to Fox News until late 2020.[1][2][3][4] He was formerly an executive and editor-in-chief at The Washington Times.[5]
Although he won a number of awards (including the 2008 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award) for his investigative journalism, in recent years he has been accused of magnifying small scandals, creating fake controversy,[6][7][8] and advancing conspiracy theories.[1][3][9]
During the Donald Trump presidency, he advanced Trump-friendly stories including questioning reporting that women who had accused Trump of sexual harassment had also sought payments from partisan political donors[10] and questioning the legitimacy of criminal charges against Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.[11] ...
... What if the 3 years prior to said bill ...
Given those prior 3 years, why did fmr Pres Trump effectively veto that bill?
A bill mainly authored by the GOP and one that had bi-partisan approval.
Funding for more border agents, tightening up the asylum process, etc, etc.
Why did fmr Pres Trump effectively veto it?
Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: Please blame it on me'
www.washingtonpost.com
... Republican front-runner Donald Trump said he wants to be held responsible for blocking a bipartisan border security bill in the works in the Senate as President Biden seeks emergency authority to rein in a record surge of unauthorized border crossings.
"As the leader of our party, there is zero chance I will support this horrible open borders betrayal of America," Trump told a rowdy crowd of supporters at a rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, ahead of the state's presidential caucus on Feb. 8. "I'll fight it all the way. A lot of the senators are trying to say, respectfully, they're blaming it on me. I say, that's okay. Please blame it on me. Please." ...
Wow.
"Eating other things": Trump adds to false claims about Haitian immigrants
www.axios.com
... Driving the news: A Latino attendee asked Trump at the [Univision Noticias town hall in Doral, Florida] if he really believed that "these people are eating the people's pets," per a clip Univision released ahead of the event airing at 10pm ET Wednesday.
- - - "I was just saying what was reported that's been reported and eating other things, too, that they're not supposed to be," Trump said. ...
@#32 ... "Billionaires!!! the devil!!!!" ...
I do not agree.
I just think that some billionaires (thank-you Citizens United) have an outsized affect upon the politics on the Country.
I like the "one vote" concept.
But since Citizens United, that one-vote concept seems to have been replaced with a one-dollar concept.
For example, why should an immigrant, Mr Musk, have such a outsized sway with a presidential candidate upon the affairs of the Country?
I mean, fmr Pres Trump constantly rails against immigrants, but he also seems to have not a concern about dozens of millions of dollars Mr Musk throws his way.