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90-day report is due on the 17th. Received an email from immigration this morning at 3:30 informing me of the upcoming due date. Logged onto the TM-47 site at 10:00, submitted at 10:05, received acknowledgement at 10:08. Approval email with receipt received at 11:30.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the federal agency tasked with patrolling the U.S. border and areas that function like a border, claims a territorial reach much larger than you might imagine. A federal law says that, without a warrant, CBP can board vehicles and vessels and search for people without immigration documentation “within a reasonable distance from any external boundary of the United States.” These “external boundaries” include international land borders but also the entire U.S. coastline. https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone#are-immigration-officials-allowed-to-stop-people-in-places-wholly-inside-the-u-s The federal government defines a “reasonable distance” as 100 air miles from any external boundary of the U.S. I can confirm this. I lived in southwest Texas 'bout 15 miles (air distance) from the southern border. Border Patrol traffic checkpoints are common.

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 gives immigration extra powers within a 100-mile distance to any external border. According to 8 U.S. Code § 1357, employees of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Patrol are granted certain "powers without warrant" within this area, such as the authority to "board and search for aliens" on any "railway car, aircraft, conveyance, or vehicle." This law also gives border patrol agents the authority to "access private lands, but not dwellings, for the purpose of patrolling the border to prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the United States." However, the law states that border patrol agents only have the authority to "access private lands" within 25 miles of the border, not 100 miles. Two --thirds of the US population, about 200 million people, live within that zone.........which includes the entire eastern seaboard and most of California. Dang it, Truman! You and all those fascist democrats controlling both houses of the 82nd congress!

Yes, Trump's a fool. He thinks the photoshopped letters/numerals on the knuckles are actual tattoos. It's clear if you're not living in denial. From the transcript, out of the mouth of Trump: ************ Trump: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. He had MS13 on his knuckles." Trump: "No, no, Terry, no, no....no, no....He had M-S as clear as you can be, not interpreted. This is why people no longer believe....the news, because it's fake news. Trump: "It says M-S-1-3." Trump: "He...is...there....oh, they weren't there then, but they're there now, right?" ************ I do believe it was you yourself who said: Now re-read the quotes from the interview above and note: There are NO tattoos on the knuckles. There is NO "MS13" tattoo. The photoshopped M-S-1-3 is the interpretation of the emojis. The tattoos do NOT say "MS13". The letters/numbers were NOT there then, they are NOT there now.

I'm not anti-Trump, but rather anti-stupid. Heck, I voted for the jerk in 2016. Or rather, voted against her. He said stupid things then, and he says stupid things now. But like the last election, we selected the best worst choice. As to the Charlottesville rally, Trump was correct. In a news conference after the rally protesting the planned removal of a Confederate statue, Trump did say there were "very fine people on both sides," referring to the protesters and the counterprotesters. He said in the same statement he wasn't talking about neo-Nazis and white nationalists, who he said should be "condemned totally." Don't let your blind loyalty blind you!

The difference is we have the entire, unedited exchange available to view, not some edited Zimmermann 911 call. Don't need fake news to spin this. It's all out in the open. In this case we can truly be amazed at the president's shockingly low intellignence and thuggish attempts to browbeat the reporter.

Dude, I transcribed the clip for you. Go back one page. It's very clear he's referring to the letters/numbers on the knuckles, not to the icons/emojis on the fingers. If you can't admit Trump made a little booboo here, how can you trust his judgement on important matters?

From the transcript, out of the mouth of Trump: ************ Trump: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. He had MS13 on his knuckles." Trump: "No, no, Terry, no, no....no, no....He had M-S as clear as you can be, not interpreted. This is why people no longer believe....the news, because it's fake news. Trump: "It says M-S-1-3." Trump: "He...is...there....oh, they weren't there then, but they're there now, right?" ************ Seriously, man? You're trying to wave this away? No spin, Trump's a big ol' poopyhead.

The WHite house said it, without evidence. It's just a claim. My parents were in a christian Harley motorcycle group. The local Hells Angels for that territory sent out two guys (Reebar and Snake) when they formed to approve their colors. There was a cornucopia of skulls and marijuana leaves and crosses and even a few smiley faces gracing their leather jackets. As you know it, my mum & dad were MS13.

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Correct. In the interview, Trump repeatedly (3x) referenced MS13 on his knuckles. Not on his fingers. Trump knows the difference between knuckles and fingers. Knuckles are for punchin', fingers are for grabbin'.

No, he din't. Terry, the reporter, said the interpretations "M-S-1-3" were photoshopped. He said there were tattoos that could be interpreted as meaning MS13. He said the interpretations were not on his hand in El Salvador, only the tattoos. Here's a quick transcription of the entire clip for your edification. ************************ Trump: "He said he wasn't a member of a gang, and then they looked and on his knuckles he had 'MS13'" Reporter: "There's a dispute on that." Trump: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. He had MS13 on his knuckles." Reporter: "Well [garbled] he had some tattoos that were interpreted that way. But, let's move on...." Trump: "Wait a minute...Hey, Terry, Terry, Terry...." Reporter: "He didn't have the letters M-S-1-3..." Trump: "It says M-S-1-3." Reporter: "That was photoshopped,.....so lemme...." Trump: "That was photoshopped? Terry, he had.....Hey, they're givin' you the big break of a lifetime, you know, you're doin' the interview. I picked you, because frankly, I never heard of you, but that's okay." Reporter: [garbled] Trump: "Terry, but you're not being very nice. He had MS13 tattooed... Reporter: "We'll agree to disagree. I want to move on to something else." Trump: "Terry, Terry.....do you want me to show you the picture?" Reporter: "I saw the picture, we'll agree to disagree." Trump: "And you think it was photoshopped?" Reporter: "Here we go, here we go...." Trump: "Don't photoshop it. Go look at his hand. He had MS13...." Reporter: "He did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I'm not an expert on that. I want to turn to Ukraine...." Trump: "No, no, Terry, no, no....no, no....He had M-S as clear as you can be, not interpreted. This is why people no longer believe....the news, because it's fake news. Reporter: "Well...........When he was photographed in El Salvador they aren't there, But let's just go on." Trump: "He...is...there....oh, they weren't there then, but they're there now, right?" Reporter: "No............But they're in your picture. Ukraine, sir..." Trump: "Terry, he's got MS13 on his knuckles. Reporter: "All right" Trump: "Okay..." Reporter: "We'll take a look..." Trump: "It's...you do such a disservice..." Reporter: "We'll take a look at that, sir." Trump: "Why don't you just say 'Yes, he does' and, you know, go on to something else?" Reporter: "It's contested." ******************************

I beg to differ. Trump knows perfectly well what photo-shopped means. He's sharpie as a tack! Obviously what happened is the lyin' fake news applied white-out to these fake photos.

Single words quote-mined out of context are highly indicative of the author's intent. Most honest reporting would include a quote from the erratic man himself, something he actually claimed about the polling. Might I suggest: Putting the word "fraud" in the clickbait headline is simply a tactic to get that particular talking point back in the news. It's deceptive, and you must axe yourself, why do the author and Salon resort to this tactic? The answer is to fool their faithful echo-chamber lackeys into liking, linking, sharing, and starting more anti-Trump threads on random websites. Shirley, you can understand why they didn't put a single actual quote from Trump in the article.

Trump's got the Chinese just where he wants 'em! Winning, Xi wrote. The U.S. economy shrank by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025, marking the country's first contraction in three years. The news of weak GDP figures came just as a parallel development unfolded abroad: China's economy grew faster than expected, expanding by 5.4 percent. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-loses-first-round-trade-war-us-economy-shrinks-chinas-grows-2066364

Give it time, another couple weeks at least!

Right! So "fraud" actually DID appear once in Trump's rant, although not used in the sense of that a single word taken out of context implied. Trump appears to be complaining about their prior actions, as he references election fraud, and well, we're not in an election cycle. Perhaps I should retract my accusation of quote-mining, as no quotes were mined, merely a single word. In fact, there were NO Trump quotes in the article. Not one. There was a link to an external source, but nothing in the text itself. Just an artist's interpretation of what he/she/they/them want you to think Trump said.

Ooh! Quote-mining! Funny they didn't put that quote in the article. Can you imagine why? Isn't it enough to rightfully claim he has the lowest approval numbers of any president in their first 100 days, second only to his bigly self in his first first 100 days? Why do you have to ruin it with posting traumatized garbage? You simply lose credibility doing that.

Let's be honest. None of the polls on the list you provided show our circus master with an approval rating under 40. But you gave it away by linking to a hit piece claiming Trump said something he did not say. Trump's poll numbers are so abysmal he's crying "fraud" Let's look at most recent numbers: avg approval 45.1 (41% lyin' CNN) https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating https://edition.cnn.com/polling/approval/trump-polls

Deflect! Deflect! Deflect!

Your preferred pollsters "claimed" they weighted the results. Another pollster "claimed" their method was invalid. Dueling claims....so who ya gonna believe? The overwhelming majority of polls that put Trump's approval rating in the high 40's, or a couple outliers that fit your narrative? This guy? John McLaughlin John McLaughlin is a veteran pollster and strategic consultant with over 35 years of experience, known for his work with various political figures and corporations. He is the CEO and partner of McLaughlin & Associates, where he specializes in public opinion research and strategic consulting. Deflect! Deflect! Deflect!

Absolutely. The respondents were weighted 35% voted for Trump, 65% voted for word salad or stayed home.

Interesting use of the word "fraud" in quotation marks. I read the article twice, but that word only appeared once...........in the clickbait headline. Trump himself did not say "fraud." As to the numbers, did you bother to read what the great pollster wrote? ....in the latest New York Times poll, only 37 percent of respondents are Trump 2024 voters. But Mr. Trump received 50 percent of the vote. ... Same for the ABC/Washington Post/Ipsos poll. They polled 2,464 adults — 1,992 registered voters, but only 842 Trump voters. That’s only 34 percent made up of Trump’s 2024 voters. Yet he got nearly 50 percent of the popular vote. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/04/29/fake_polls_wont_tell_you_about_trumps_100-day_success_152722.html That's how fake polls work, by skewing the pool of respondents to guarantee the preferred outcome.

Disney did away with E-tickets for their theme parks back in the 80's. Unless these marine parks have 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea submarine rides, it won't be worth it.

And who is to blame for that? For Eisenhower, the vision of the autobahn was strong in his mind as he became President. Years later, he would explain that "after seeing the autobahns of modern Germany and knowing the asset those highways were to the Germans, I decided, as President, to put an emphasis on this kind of road building. .. No, Eisenhower just stole the idea. Who built the Autobahns? When Adolph Hitler assumed power as Chancellor of the Third Reich in 1933, he took the program over, claiming it for his own. "We are setting up a program," he said later that year, "the execution of which we do not want to leave to posterity." Hitler's autobahn construction began in September 1933 under the direction of chief engineer Fritz Todt. It's like six degrees of Kevin Bacon. Trump has a car. He drove on the innerstate once. So, proof that Trump is a fascist!