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January 12th, 2025 - 8:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

Steve Bannon calls Musk “truly evil”

Steve Bannon, a Trump pal, pardoned fraudster, and podcaster (read his bio here), has something in common with the liberals he battles with daily. Bannon, who looks like a homeless camper (photo, left), thinks Elon Musk is “truly evil” (read story here). These days few liberals would dis[...]

December 27th, 2024 - 10:26 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics

The huge cost of deportations (video)

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December 26th, 2024 - 4:26 pm § in Law and Courts

How to keep police from rounding up immigrants

If you’re in the U.S. illegally, you don’t have a right to be here, and the government can deport you. But that’s a federal responsibility, and there’s a strong legal argument (known as the “preemption doctrine”) that states have no authority to enforce immigratio[...]

December 26th, 2024 - 3:53 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics

Border czar floats “halfway homes” for birthright kids

Trump’s future “border czar,” Tom Homan, says “halfway homes” for U.S.-born children “may be a necessary part of Trump’s plans for mass deportation” of illegals, The Hill reported on Thursday, December 26, 2024 (read story here). “As far as U.S. children — childre[...]

December 17th, 2024 - 9:47 pm § in America, Biden, Democrats, Donald Trump, Economics, Foreign Affairs, Politics, Republicans

Kamala Harris won’t be president

Kamala Harris will never be president. I’m not saying she won’t run; but if she does, she won’t be elected. The 2024 election proved it. Sure, she was dealt a tough hand to play, and played it better than anyone had a right to expect. She was a last-minute nominee, saddled with Bid[...]

November 30th, 2024 - 4:42 am § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts

Is birthright citizenship at risk?

First came Dred Scott v. Sanford, the 1857 Supreme Court decision ruling that African-Americans weren’t citizens and had no constitutional rights. After the Civil War, Congress enacted the 14th Amendment to supersede the Dred Scott ruling and make the newly-freed slaves citizens. It declared t[...]

November 26th, 2024 - 6:39 pm § in Donald Trump, Economics, Law and Courts, Politics, Republicans

Can a mayor throw a president in jail?

Actually, the question is whether a president can throw a mayor in jail; I pulled a bait-and-switch on readers. Tom Homan, Trump’s deportation czar, threatened to jail Denver’s mayor for threatening to use city police to stop migrant deportations. The mayor later retreated from that post[...]

November 26th, 2024 - 2:56 am § in Donald Trump, Economics

Are you ready for the Trump economy? (video)

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November 25th, 2024 - 10:13 pm § in Misc.

The first Thanksgiving

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November 21st, 2024 - 7:29 pm § in Donald Trump, Law and Courts

Cops rounding up immigrants, what could go wrong?

Practice tips: (1) You need a search warrant to enter someone’s home (4th Amendment), (2) they don’t have to answer questions (5th Amendment), and (3) American Samoans aren’t immigrants (read details here). Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]