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I have a feeling heads will roll.

It's difficult to believe the amount of time and effort some people put into defending a violent criminal. I tend to agree with the prosecution that wanted 17.5 years. 10 years is not too long and when it's reported it's the 'longest' sentence, that only goes to show how leniently most of the defendants are getting treated. He showed up wearing body armor. That's not something that is routinely done unless there is an expectation of violence. He had a weapon and it doesn't matter if it a flag pole, a rock, a baseball bat or a gun, it was a weapon and it was used one. Apparently, we have a lot of apologists here who think it's ok to assault police in the performance of their duties. Quite telling and quite sad.

People are not pawns to be toyed with to revenge your feelings. They are living, breathing people. They have arrived in the US and according to the laws of the US, they have the right to remain here for the time being. If you don't like it, then change the laws. Our own citizens suffer because of the right wingers who don't want to spend money on education or health care. They have no problem in seeing the extremely wealthy get richer, they have no problem giving money to cronies, but God help anything for the peasants. Oh, and I live along the border and the problem is greatly over exaggerated. It is a problem for Border patrol and officials, but for most of us, we don't suffer in anyway. What we do suffer from is the gun violence -- and that's not caused by those crossing the border.

It seems that pesky little abortion issue was a strong influence on Alaskans.

Well, most circuses have a safety net under the acrobats. Don't you think this circus should have one too?

I don't recall the mayor saying he doesn't want them. The problem is that resettling them takes time and effort. NYC does not have abundance of available housing. There are agencies, mostly NGO's who are being bypassed in the resettlement process. Putting them on a bus and sending them without planning puts a lot of unnecessary stress on everyone concerned. Economically, the US has a lot of jobs available, as a matter of fact, the most recent jobs report shows 2 jobs for every available worker. I don't think there will be a problem finding employment for these people. It's providing the services to get them ready for employment that is a problem. This is little more than a political stunt with people being the pawns in the Governor's little game.

They are not illegals. They are in the US legally.

@Longwood50 I am not sure how relevant the Hillary Clinton server is to the Donald Trump situation but comparisons are inevitable. So let’s break down some of the differences and some of the similarities. First, there is no evidence that Hillary had any classified documents on the server. As the Secretary of State it is highly likely that there were references made to material that was. Material on the server that was related to her work role was turned over to the proper authorities before the server was decommissioned. There is no reason to believe and no evidence the server was every hacked. The DNC and the Clinton campaign servers were hacked, but that has nothing to do with the security issues related to her use of a private server. There is also the issue of Trump asking Russia, ‘if you are listening’, to release the emails. I doubt Russia would sit on that information if they had it. The question of why wasn’t Clinton’s home raided is a rather silly one. What would they have found? What would they be looking for? The emails in question were deleted. There is no probable cause that she had printed out 33,000 emails and stored them in her closet, protected by a padlock. Now compare that to Trump having physical copies with the classification markings stored in a place to which a large swath of the public has access. Hillary’s home most likely does not have much foot traffic and if it did, the Secret Service would have vetted anyone entering. But being in her house, they would have had to access her computer system a feat more safely done outside of her residence. At the Mar-a-Lago estate there have been at least two known foreign nationals who gained admittance by deception. Some time back, Yujing Zhang, a Chinese national with two passports and a fair amount of cash, lied saying she was a member planning to use the pool. Once in, she again lied and said she was attending an event although there was no event. She ended up being deported. The second, and more recent was Inna Yashchyshyn, a Ukrainian/Russian national who claimed to be a Rothschild princess. She is under investigation in Canada as well as the US. But the overriding decision not to charge Clinton with anything had more to do with her level of cooperation. She sat for numerous depositions, she appeared at numerous congressional hearings and cooperated at every turn. She also acknowledged that using a private server was a bad decision and one she regretted. On the other hand, Trump has done little to signal cooperation. He’s been asked, but has not fully complied. He has had the records subpoenaed but still didn’t comply. One of his attorneys, at his request, even signed an official paper saying there were no classified documents when, in fact, there were.

Students attending vocational/trade schools can obtain federally-guaranteed loans and are subject to the same debt relief as those attending college or university. Do you have a link to the Wharton source?

Gee, that sounds a lot like how slavery worked. In both cases, people are denied the right to make decisions over their own bodies and both have to flee to another state. Hmmm....

Veterans can go to school under the VA bill. The homeless ones can even get a dorm room, but hey that's not a giveaway, is it?

So is Higher education. When SS started the first recipients had not paid into it.

So, does that mean every time I eat a meal it's a slap in the face to those who are hungry? You are making a false equivalency. I went through 4 years of University and then graduate school. I took out loans and I paid for them. A University education was much more affordable than it is today. We need college educated people, so I support debt relief for those who have had to pay for their education through loans.

Nonsense. Mail in voting is secure. It's very common in Arizona, which is a conservative leaning state and it's used heavily by people in more remotes part of the state. If you are registered for early or mail-in voting, your signature is on file with the DMV and/or on your voter registration form. There are two systems for verifying the signature, the first is some computer program which scans the on-file signature against the envelope with the ballot. The second is a scan by an actual person. If there is any question about the validity of the signature, there is a phone number and address. Before a ballot is discarded, they will contact the registered voter to determine if it actually their signature and ballot. So, just to recap, ballots are only sent out to a registered voter on the active voting list and who have requested either early voting or mail in. When the ballot is received, the signature is verified and the ballot is entered into the system to be counted at the appropriate time. Please show me how any significant fraud that could affect the outcome of an election can occur.

I hope she waits until after the conclusion of the Jan 6 select committee investigation. The optics are not good if she declares while still on the committee.

Trump is an intractable liar. He says the government stole his passports. Passports are the property of the government. They don't belong to him.

Thanks. I think I'd rather be in a economic train driven by Biden than a Trump car being driven by Thelma and Louise.

Putin is going to soon learn that you can't send slaves and prisoners to fight free people.

Yes, I did. It was with the permission of the school and one year there weren't enough books, so we had to share. There was a schedule, I had the book on Monday, Wed and Friday. and the other person had it Tuesday and Thursday. The next week it switched and weekends were alternated. At the end of the year, the books had to be turned in and if we didn't, we were not given our grades. We also had a library and it some books which for various reasons could not be checked out. You could review them in the library but you couldn't remove them from a special room. Nobody gave Trump permission to remove documents. Whether they are classified or not, they are the property of the US gov't and they will determine what can and cannot be taken and where. Taking things that don't belong to you is stealing. That is what Trump did. He took stuff illegally that does not belong to him.

Having lived in both and now going back and forth. It's hard to say for sure. I think Thailand is a lot more fun but I get exasperated with crowds and traffic and the general chaos. The US has a lot of really, really nice areas, and not all are expensive. If you want to live in a big city, it's going to cost you. If you are willing and comfortable in more rural areas, a lot is available. Life in the states is generally convenient. I can get to the grocery store in minutes. The roads are generally good and driving is a breeze. Driving in Thailand was never a pleasant experience. If you have good insurance, medical care is excellent and usually convenient. The social life is more difficult in the US. Unlike Thailand, going out for the evening means driving or taking an Uber. Public transportation is not a viable option in all except the larger cities. Driving means somebody needs to be sober. So, things aren't particularly spontaneous. So, socially I'd rank Thailand better and the US closer to boring. If you are into bands, concerts, art, museums, the US has a lot of them (not compared to Europe, but a lot more than Thailand).

That may be true but it seems that some posters think it's perfectly OK for people to walk out of a place with stuff that doesn't belong to them. That is the beginning point for this criminal and this case. I don't get to walk into your house and walk out with anything that doesn't belong to me. If I do and feign it was an accident but refuse to return it, then I am not much more than just a common thief.

I suspect we will eventually find out who put the documents in the box at the WH and Trump will throw him under the bus. The point is he took documents that do not belong to him and he didn't return them when asked. He is simply a thief, pure and simple.

You are getting mixed up. It's not the hate for Rushdie that prompted this event, it's the love of the Ayotallah's and the blind obedience to them that is the problem. The same is true of Trump supporters who swear allegiance and loyalty to a fraudulent grifter and now a thief. Trump has played free and loose with classified information. He knew it was wrong to take it. He was asked to return it and the National Archives has been in continuous contact with him over the issue. The Trump followers have to ask themselves in what universe is it ok to mishandle or steal classified documents?

I suspect this is a cautionary report which has caught the attention of the media and a nervous public. We've had Covid and monkey pox, so infectious diseases is a reality many people ignored for a very long time. It should also be remembered that polio is primarily an intestinal infection and it is only a small number of people who get the more serious polio myelitis. It's worth keeping an eye on.

I really hope you don't mean that. You have a twice-impeached President who was seriously contemplating giving nuclear information about weapons and technology to Saudi Arabia. This was pushed by Jared Kushner and Flynn. There is no evidence that his home is 'secure' enough for secrets that require the highest levels of clearance (Special Access Clearance). Do you think it is OK to steal things that don't belong to you? Do you think when you have been asked to return it and you don't that it's OK?