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Hamus Yaigh

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  1. Another gullible sycophant duped by far right extremist propaganda I see. Nazi-era policies similarly radicalized crime as hereditary and targeted "genetic criminals".
  2. Trump announced the seizure during a White House event on December 10, 2025, stating: "we've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela—a large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, " These Saturday SNL sketches write themselves. Classic small penis syndrome boasting.
  3. A bit like Trump talking about the Mayor Of London you mean?
  4. Its a ridiculous idea (10 years of emails, family and friends names etc etc) to get a tourist visa thought up by Trump sycophants to deal with next years World Cup football that will see many countries visiting. With rip off stadium and hotel fees, and this BS no one will travel to what is becoming a shthole country of its own. It won't happen.
  5. OK, not even Russia proposes this level of fascist checks on tourists?
  6. Never expected to agree with anything you post, but in this instance I'll make an exception:-)
  7. Bonkers and deranged eh? That's the pot calling the kettle for sure, equating Trump to Jesus. Some people have lost their minds.
  8. The lead story conveniently omits Trumps other words when he added the offhand caveat that "Russia would rather have the whole country, when you think of it," which echoed his past comments on territorial concessions. Zelensky has to treat this unreliable ally diplomatically and play along whilst engaging with the grown ups in Europe.
  9. Should read https://godblessthegullible.com/
  10. One would need to be seriously blind, dumb or both not to see this is a fake. Fake YT video and fake web site link. Anyone sending them crypto expecting to get double the amount back is in serious la la land. That some Trump loyalists will fall for this explains their sad fate and how a monster gets votes to begin with.
  11. People like this live amongst us and are allowed to vote.
  12. I get where you're coming from—skilled immigrants do add huge value right away, and embracing American values is essential for everyone to thrive. But folks like Somali refugees, who often arrive with little English or education after escaping war, start enriching the US immediately too. In Minnesota, the biggest Somali community, they generate over half a billion in income yearly, pay 67 million in taxes, and fuel an 8 billion dollar economic boost through jobs in factories, healthcare, and transport that locals often skip. Most jump into the workforce fast, poverty drops over time, and they're launching businesses—think Somali women starting food spots and fashion lines, or leaders like Ilhan Omar rising from interpreter gigs. Nationally, refugees like them earned 93 billion in 2019 and paid 25 billion in taxes, with higher entrepreneurship rates than native-born Americans. It's not just skills; it's grit, diversity sparking ideas, and that classic upward climb. What stands out to you about these stories? Yeah, the Minnesota fraud scandal—where dozens of Somali Americans allegedly stole up to $1 billion from COVID kid nutrition programs—is absolutely serious and heartbreaking; no one defends that, and those involved need full accountability. It was orchestrated by a non Somali American wasn't it? But it's a subset of bad actors, not the whole community—78 out of thousands of Somali Minnesotans—and we see fraud in every group, from Enron to college admissions scams. It doesn't erase the broader $8 billion economic boost, tax contributions, or entrepreneurship from hardworking families who fled war and built lives here. Trump's rhetoric amps up the fear, but judging everyone by a few tarnishes the real American success story these folks mostly embody.
  13. This specific focus on the Somali community, particularly in Minnesota (home to the largest Somali American population in the U.S.), is driven by several intertwined factors, a combination of political opportunism (targeting a prominent critic, Rep. Omar, and an important state), weaponizing specific local crime cases that were not even managed by Somalis, and advancing a broad, hard-line anti-immigrant agenda. Many historians argue that while the actions may not constitute full Fascism (as defined by the historical European movements), they represent a dangerous form of authoritarian populism or exhibit "fascistic elements" that can erode democratic norms. The core consensus is that the tactics used—dividing the nation, targeting minorities as scapegoats, and glorifying a strongman leader—are the same mechanisms that enabled fascist movements to rise in the 20th century.
  14. Biased ambush? What I saw was five panelists of diversity expressing their viewpoints each as valid as any others, not sabotage. If anything, it highlighted how immigration debates are a minefield where sense of bias depends on your side of the fence.
  15. Agenda alert? The lead does not credit the Express UK for the article, a known right wing tabloid. The title UK is misleading as its specific to Glasgow where they are hard to understand at the best of times anyway?
  16. The change is fundamentally about shifting from paper-based customs declarations to Electronic Advance Data (EAD) for all shipments of goods. You can thank the Chinese online shops for this. The Thai Post clerk must provide this EAD, they are simplifying their life by requiring the physical CN22 customs form (which captures the data electronically) for any item that could conceivably be classified as "goods"—even a slightly thick Christmas card with glitter. They are protecting themselves from UK Customs delaying or returning their mail.
  17. This has less to do with Trumps love of despots like the Myanmar junta leader, and more to do with his home grown anti immigrant stance. He just wants them out of the USA and a sham election in Myanmar is a vague enough reason to send more Myanmar nationals out of the country on ICE flights. Whether its Myanmar or war torn South Sudan makes no difference to ICE. This is what the American electorate voted for. They were eating the cats and dogs. #sad.
  18. I suppose you are now partaking in the liberalized alcohol consumption hours in Thailand to come up with this stuff?
  19. Extra judicial killings, lets call this what it is. In other words a crime. The terrorism label by the WH is just a guise to attempt to get legal under 'war time' rules with the killings in self defense narrative. Fact is the Americans brought this on themselves, its the Americans who are killing themselves dating back to the slack laws on opioid drug use in the 90's leading to a dependency to self harm today. They created the monster and they are now left killing foreigners running a business overseas. This isn't addressing the route cause at home, just typical knee jerk reactive politics the current admin is renown for.
  20. The calmness in the bond markets and the stability of the Pound indicates that the financial world sees the budget as a credible plan to manage the nation's finances, regardless of the political rhetoric used to frame it.
  21. Its just classic schoolboy bullying compensating for something.
  22. Not sure how you conclude that since I already included the facts in my previous post you are replying to 🙂
  23. It is only clear through the political lens through which you look at them and biased news a social media reports you engage with. The FACTS are politically unbiased, those being the markets were mostly positive or flat after the budget and there was none of the old Kwasi-Lettuce market sell offs seen of past.
  24. What do you call a Scotsman with one foot inside his house, one foot outside and a massive pair of balls?
  25. Pardons cannot be voided by a successor president, autopen or otherwise. The Constitution (Article II) grants absolute pardon power without mandating a specific signing method—oral pardons have even been upheld historically (e.g., Nixon's preemptive pardon by Ford). Trump's claims here are legally baseless and would face immediate court blocks if pursued; no precedent exists for revoking them on signature grounds. (Note: Trump himself used autopen for some pardons during his first term.)

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