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That's a B.S. statistic. Right away, one should be suspicious of an article that doesn't actually link to the federal report it claims to be based on For example, what percentage of these undocumented immigrants were incarcerated for immigration violations? Here's some data from what I believe is the report that Spakowsky bases his claims on. As you will see, there is a huge contrast between what undocumented aliens are charged with and what US citizens are charged with. "Across 20 years, 95% of the increase in federal arrests was due to immigration crimes. From 1998 to 2018, federal immigration arrests increased 5-fold (from 20,942 to 108,667), rising more than 50,000 in one year from 2017 to 2018... The five crime types for which non-U.S. citizens were most likely to be prosecuted in U.S. district court were illegal reentry (72% of prosecutions), drugs (13%), fraud (4.5%), alien smuggling (4%), and misuse of visas (2%). The five crime types for which U.S. citizens were most likely to be prosecuted in U.S. district court were drugs (38% of prosecutions), weapons (21%), fraud (12%), public order (12%), and alien smuggling (6%)." https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdwv/pr/statement-united-states-attorney-mike-stuart-bureau-justice-statistics-report-1 And here's a selection from a massively documented report on crime in Texas: "We find that undocumented immigrants have substantially lower crime rates than native-born citizens and legal immigrants across a range of felony offenses. Relative to undocumented immigrants, US-born citizens are over 2 times more likely to be arrested for violent crimes, 2.5 times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and over 4 times more likely to be arrested for property crimes. In addition, the proportion of arrests involving undocumented immigrants in Texas was relatively stable or decreasing over this period. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2014704117

So, are you claiming that these migrants are more likely to commit felonies than are native born Americans?

I have been wondering myself about how China's forces are structured. It seems to be the case that in dictatorships, lower level people are not trusted with information and initiative is discouraged. But information and initiative seem to be crucial elements in modern warfare. As for the equipment being junk, much of that is due to poor Russian quality control in manufacturing. Manufacturing is one area where the Chinese economy excels. So, presumably, they will take care to make sure that any arms based on Russian plans, will perform as they were meant to.

What do you mean nobody is disputing the numbers? All stayed in Florida? Most? Many? Some? What does up and down the coast mean? The center of jacksonville is about 32 miles from Georgia.

Here is what you wrote originally: "Considering that the Biden administration has sent SEVENTY planeloads of the undocumented to Florida this year, a return of 2 seems reasonable to me. " So you cited a thinly and dubiously sourced story as a fact. Second, your claim was misleading since it made no mention of the fact that Jacksonville was a staging area and it's not known what the final destinations of all these passengers was.

Unlike you, I cited an actual source for the news that said precisely that.

It would also be interesting to determine where the funding for this stunt is coming from. The migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard were from Texas. Yet Desantis is responsible for sending them. Did he use Florida govt funds to pay for this? If so, is this a legitimate use of taxpayer's money?

It may be a hoaz or it may not be. But the fact is that Florida wasn't the final destination booked for these asylum seekers. Unlike those from Texas.

Misleading much? "Florida officials were aware that Jacksonville, which is along Interstate 95, was being used as a staging area for the migrants, who were taken by bus to locations up and down the coast, the report said." https://nypost.com/2021/11/06/desantis-office-claims-border-officials-secretly-sent-70-planes-of-migrants-to-florida/ This is like saying someone is taking a vacation in Japan because they switch planes in Tokyo on the way to Thailand.

The one good thing to come of this is now that Durham has failed to find any serious wrongdoing, Donald Trump and his supporters will graciously concede that all their suspicions of a deep state plot to undermine his efforts to make America great again were, after all, absolutely unfounded. They will shed their conspiratorial thinking and return to rationality.

Oops! Trump says 'hats off' to Special Counsel Durham, predicts indictments are 'early building blocks' Former President Trump is touting Special Counsel John Durham's probe, predicting that the early indictments in his yearslong investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe are "just the early building blocks," saying he anticipates the findings are "only going to get deeper and deeper," and that it "all leads back to the Democrats." During an exclusive interview with Fox News, Trump reacted to Durham’s Thursday indictment of Igor Danchenko— who is believed to be the primary sub-source for former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele, who compiled the unverified dossier that served as the basis for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Trump campaign aide Carter Page. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-special-counsel-john-durham-indictments

He got demoted from his position as President of Baylor University. It turns out that the University cleared a football player of sexual assault charges. Subsequently, that same player got convicted in an actual court of law.

Just when you think how could Trump's side of the case get any dumber, you find out that it's still possible: DOJ points out that Trump's legal filings don't align with his public statements about the Mar-a-Lago records The Justice Department pointed out that Trump's court filings don't back up his claim that he declassified all the records found at Mar-a-Lago. Trump "seeks to raise questions about the classification status of the records" but didn't "provide any evidence" that they had been declassified, DOJ said. Prosecutors also previously noted that whether the records are classified has no bearing on if Trump committed a crime. https://www.businessinsider.com/mar-a-lago-doj-trump-legal-filings-dont-align-statements-2022-9

Given that Trump has just reposted in Truth Social several "truths" from "Q nutcases' including one showing him wearing a Qanon pin with the words "The Storm is Coming" I guess that makes Trump a Q nutcase, too?

Thanks for not being specific. If someone is twisting and misrepresenting facts, it's generally in service of some false belief, no? Can you share with us some of those QAnon twisted and misrepresented facts that aren't?

Talk about setting lax standards. Less than 100% is negligible? What percentage to your way of thinking would be cause for concern? Anyway, it looks like if someone is going to believe in Donald Trump, they're obliged to believe in MAGA and The Storm. Trump Embraces QAnon ‘Storm is Coming’ Meme: ‘It’s Almost Like He’s Trying to Tell Us Something’ Ex-president Donald Trump went on a “Retruthing” spree on Truth Social Monday night into Tuesday that prominently included a QAnon meme featuring his image, wearing a Q pin on his lapel, over the messages “the storm is coming” and “WWG1WGA.” His retruth (the Truth Social equivalent of a retweet) is his most direct embrace of QAnon’s conspiracy theory focusing on him since the launch of his Truth Social. The “storm” is a reference to the Q conspiracy theorist community’s belief that sooner or later Trump is going to unveil or unleash his secret plan to defeat all the enemies of MAGA and the deep state and, presumably, return to power in a sweaty Mike Lindell dream come to life. https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-embraces-qanon-storm-is-coming-meme-its-almost-like-hes-trying-to-tell-us-something/

What does it mean for a QAnon believer not to be hardcore? Are there some beliefs special to QAnon that are rational and evidence based?

No, it's not unanimous. And no one can speak for the sentiments of each and every person in any particular country. It's enough to say that in these countries Russia has earned itself lots of disrespect and worse.

Well, I cllicked on that link. And the only reference I can see to Russians surrendering is to the same story about there being ongoing negotiations from spokeswomen Nataliya Humenyuk. That story is about a day old now. I'm not saying it's untrue but there's nothing new in the Sep 13 story about Russian soldiers surrendering to Ukrainian forces.

The latest Pew Poll that I saw was dated May 12, 2022. Lots has changed since then. Like this, for example: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/generic-ballot/

Really? Threats to democracy top list of issues facing US: poll Threats to democracy clocked in as the most important issue facing the country for a plurality of registered voters, according to an NBC News poll. The poll found that 21 percent of respondents ranked threats to democracy as the most important issue, followed by 16 percent who indicated the cost of living and 14 percent who said jobs and the economy. When respondents were asked to choose their top two issues, threats to democracy tied with cost of living as a top concern for 29 percent of respondents. Jobs and the economy clocked in at 28 percent, followed by immigration and climate change. https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3610753-threats-to-democracy-top-list-of-issues-facing-us-poll/

Well that report is dated Sept 2, I haven't seen anything recent. And i've been obsessively searching for a lot of the past 24 hours for the good news.

I hope it's true. I posted this news yesterday. But it's not a sure thing by any means. Could even be Ukrainian disinformation to get the Russian troops in Kherson to surrender. Who knows?

Trump has been "retruthing" (i.e. retweeting) QAnon conspiracy posts on Truth Social.

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