37 thoughts on “News/Politics 12-30-24”

  1. “Getting a lot of DMs from Microsoft employees informing me they’ve been doing mass layoffs of Americans and then replacing the roles by contracting Cognizant who then outsources the work to India.

    Basically doing an end around through these fraudulent H-1B companies to avoid Trump’s tariff plan.

    I’m not super familiar with Trump’s tariff plan but it absolutely needs to put a steep cost on companies who shut down teams in America and then contract the work out overseas. The scale of this is actually more than the H-1B fraud.”

    https://x.com/Anc_Aesthetics/status/1873610313255280969?t=aKD3wk9lfuTWzROVVOTCFQ&s=19

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  3. I told you this was coming. The Biden admin bribed healthcare companies with millions to hide the pain until after the new year.

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    “Yep. As soon as Trump gets into office, the real deficit, unemployment and health care spending numbers will be made public and the media will pretend Trump is responsible.”

    https://x.com/rising_serpent/status/1873558157240455588?t=9Dr3LWQeyoYErNp0daw_Ig&s=19

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    https://x.com/litang2088721/status/1873506542286483814?t=x2KdYkM7eJNB9CLkGgwz7Q&s=19

    “You can not imagine how bad the Medicaid abuse is. The Medicaid spending surpass the Medicare and Medicare pay for Medicaid.”

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  4. Late Saturday, Elon quietly surrendered.

    Specifically, Elon tweeted his agreement with two big changes —a salary cap and a pay-to-play fee— and called the H1-B system “broken” and needing major reform:

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    He did not surrender, exactly, so much as prove his bona fides by cutting the heart out of all the good-faith complaints. After days of argument, the anti-visa grievances boiled down to two issues: H1-B overuse, by hiring unskilled H1-B workers like cashiers and dishwashers, and unfairly underpaying aliens, thereby displacing qualified Americans with cheaper foreign talent.

    Many years ago a company with whom my husband was employed, decided to hire an Indian CEO. He decided to employ his fellow Indians bringing them over from India. His bright idea? Have the American engineers train his Indian engineers then lay off the Americans. He messed up the company so miserably that the BOD fired him and sent his friends packing. His idea was to close down the site in the USA and move it to India! The American engineers saw what was happening all the while.

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  6. I am pretty sure someone did mention it at one point, but it never hurts to bring it up again. He was certainly blessed with a long life, but no matter how old, we miss those we love when they pass even when we realize how much better off they are. Prayers that the good part of his legacy is carried on by others.

    As far as teacher tests and certifications they don’t always make for good teachers. For example, someone going in to teach music does not need to know all the math or science etc. He or she does need to be knowledgeable in the field. Schools do need to be held accountable if teachers are put into teaching classes for which they are not educated to teach. That happened even when I was in high school, and I am in my seventieth decade of life.

    Schools also need to be on top of what is going on in the classroom and get rid of teachers who are inferior. There has to be checks and balances, but the unions can’t be allowed to force bad or inferior teachers be kept on staff.

    Some states have allowed non-certified teachers for decades now. Some are experts on what they are teaching and have retired from the military etc. Even experts can be lousy teachers, though, as I can well attest to.

    The biggest problem in my state is the poor and/or disgusting standards put into place by those who want to propagandize our children.

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  7. More H1B fraud or just trickery. This time from Elon Musk himself.

    “In the wake of Elon Musk’s fiery defense of H-1B visas, it has come to light that Tesla has replaced U.S. employees laid off earlier this year with foreign workers holding the very H-1B visas that Musk lashed out at conservatives for not supporting….”

    https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/12/31/report-elon-musks-tesla-replaced-laid-off-americans-with-foreign-workers-on-h-1b-visas/

    Debra

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  8. Kathaleena @10:19: “That happened even when I was in high school, and I am in my seventieth decade of life.”

    Kathaleena, I had no idea you were around 700 years old! 😀

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  11. Thanks, Kizzie. I think so, too. 😀

    You people are way too strict. What’s wrong with a couple of extra letters here or there? You should be more understanding. 😉

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  12. And see, Kathaleena, I was thinking for some reason that you were already past seventy! That’s not meant as an insult, as I don’t think aging is a bad thing. (And people may assume I’m past sixty, but I’m still in my sixth decade and won’t hit 60 for a few more years, but I had older parents and my oldest siblings are more than ten years older than me, so I’ve always been a bit “old” for my age.)

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  13. Oh, I am past seventy and no, I wouldn’t take it as an insult. I mostly hang around with people older than me. I see some amazing, competent, talented and serving people in their nineties and even into their 100’s. It boggles my mind when I think about possibly living that long, though.

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  14. We will be covered up with news about Carter in Atlanta. We visited the Carter center many times when son was younger. I loved the Japanese garden on the grounds.

    I overheard someone at church this past year say they were going to Plains to visit Carter. He has had many ties with Atlanta folks. A lady in my former church was a tour guide at the Center, and a neighbor two doors from us years ago clipped articles about Carter for the library. His son used to be our representative.

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  16. Terror attack in New Orleans.

    https://x.com/alexsalvinews/status/1874422327783661691?t=qT2fF4tSk9a4qwXwNDMqSA&s=19

    “At least 10 have been killed and 30 injured after a vehicle drove into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

    The driver reportedly got out of the car and started firing a weapon, with police returning fire”

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    The clowns at the FBI are trying to hide what it is, a terror attack.

    https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/1874474075302863204?t=bzwqEdf_rVxshWJ0GJnjvw&s=19

    The FBI in New Orleans’ initial statement:

    “This is not a terrorist event. What it is right now is improvised explosive devices that was found.”

    Why on earth is the FBI using Orwellian language on what is an obvious terrorist attack.”

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  19. Yes, Kathaleena, thanks for the Cal Thomas piece–he’s always worth reading.

    FYI, if you’re past 70, you’re actually in your eighth decade (like this is the twenty-first century and not the twentieth, and an infant is in her first year of life before she turns one and not afterward).

    I realized this morning that my mom would be turning 100 this year. (She didn’t even make it to 80.)

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  21. Lookin’ like another fed op.

    https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1874842161746780642?t=07IcaMXqUiQTjbDpFXG3bA&s=19

    “Law enforcement sources have CONFIRMED Matt Livelsberger, 37, of Colorado Springs, was the Trump Las Vegas Cybertruck Bomber, per NewsNation

    Livelsberger, who kiIIed himself in the blast, was still an ACTIVE DUTY Green Beret operations sergeant who was on leave from Germany, where he was serving with 10th SFG, per multiple US officials.

    Authorities are continuing to investigate a link between Livelsberger and the New Orleans attacker, as they both served at the SAME base, Fort Bragg, and both rented EVs from Turo.

    This is getting weirder by the hour.”

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    https://x.com/Rightanglenews/status/1874814837680963847?t=yFyIF9IOLAflDgMzNWRKBA&s=19

    “The suspects in yesterday’s attacks on Bourbon Street in New Orleans and Trump Tower in Las Vegas both served at Fort Bragg, the same military base Ryan Routh visited over 100 times before attempting to take Donald Trump’s life.”

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  22. “Like you, I’m thrilled that instead of going after ISIS cells roving freely in the United States, every single person in the DOJ was instead MANIACALLY OBSESSED with going after pro-lifers, Catholics, parents, Trump, and Trump supporters. Excellent decisions, leaders.”

    https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/1874603493950124426?t=XoP29N5yOJbDg87ElfzAcA&s=19

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    Meanwhile, while the feds track down Jan6ers, they ignore the real enemy…..

    https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1874670883203432939?t=FjAKpyamh82TfrX8wssq3A&s=19

    “WARNING: It’s going to happen again.

    This is Manhattan tonight, chanting “globalize the intifada!” – hours after we all got see what globalizing the intifada looks like in New Orleans and likely Las Vegas.

    We need some serious deportations.”

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  23. Huh. Just like Routh, the second attempted Trump shooter who was at Ft Bragg numerous times. This guy was also recruiting mercenaries for Ukraine.

    https://x.com/_johnnymaga/status/1874852568360526184?t=Jpp9xFoPge5QZzyll-rpoQ&s=19

    “The Cybertruck bomber was apparently setting up recently retired Special Forces guys with contracts to go to Ukraine.”

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    https://x.com/KupoPewPew/status/1874853028106559549?t=BiYnmK0hVPNLaRKnz5AM8Q&s=19

    “Same as the Mar A Lago would be assassin, and he also went to Fort Bragg a lotSomeone in Fort Bragg was both these guys handler and they have a vested interest in not ending the Ukraine war”

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  25. Well, folks, it finally happened. Liz Cheney, the self-proclaimed savior of democracy and queen of political backstabbing, just received the Presidential Citizens Medal. Yes, you read that right. The woman who lost her primary by a mile and is now more popular with MSNBC producers than her own constituents is being hailed as a national hero. And by who? None other than Joe Biden, the man who spends more time lost on stage than he does in reality.

    Let’s be clear: This award is supposed to recognize actual service to the country. You know, the kind of service that involves putting your life on the line, not your ego. Cheney’s “service” apparently consisted of trashing Trump, cozying up to Democrats, and spearheading a partisan committee that pretended to be objective while hunting for ways to blame everything—including bad weather—on Trump. What a legacy.

    She should be going to prison!

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  26. What NJ said. She needs to be investigated and charged for her crimes, the rest of this farce committee as well. They tampered with witnesses, destroyed evidence, hid exculpatory evidence from defendants, suborned perjury, and made a mockery of justice.

    https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1874951028858331541?t=CNcdLtWq3SOvd9RpKDU_CA&s=19

    “Joe Biden just awarded Liz Cheney America’s second highest civilian honor for criminally weaponizing a congressional committee to put innocent Trump supporters in jail and failing to stop him from becoming President again.”

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  27. Johnson brought this on himself by siding with Dems and ignoring the will of R voters. If he loses, he earned it.

    https://x.com/Olivia_Beavers/status/1875189102724665622?t=fi69gGSARrBG9xGhxoXNHg&s=19

    “A group of conservatives and potential opposition votes against Speaker Mike Johnson are circulating a document laying out a “scorecard” that lists multiple failures of the 118th Congress.

    While the author remains unnamed, it hits the talking points being shared by Johnson’s critics ahead of the Jan. 3 vote: How Rs have repeatedly added to the nation’s debt, passed aid to Ukraine without the support of the majority of the GOP majority, and reauthorized FISA. In particular, they took issue with how the latest government spending bill was handled ahead of the Christmas Holiday.”

    politico.com/live-updates/2…

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  28. In following this current Speaker’s vote, it’s clear that Congress hasn’t been following the mandate that the American people called for. Not a good sign for Speaker Johnson – how many ballots will it take?

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  29. Hopefully, Johnson will make some concessions so that a deal can be reached fairly quickly.

    As usual, none of the Dems “stepped out of line” – all of them voted for Jeffries.

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  30. Mike Johnson Wins Re-election as House Speaker

    Johnson held onto his post by a razor-thin margin after two last-minute vote changes by Republican holdouts.

    Hopefully he will stand up to the lib Dems this next time around with Trump at the helm!

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  32. Merchan…that judge whose daughter worked for Kamala. He says Trump can show up virtually and he won’t be sentenced to jail but he is bent on sentencing the “convicted” scallawag before he is sworn in. I hope he enjoys his 15 minutes of historical fame…not really!

    Before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House he will return to the courthouse, a New York judge ruled Friday.

    Justice Juan Merchan will sentence Trump for his crimes on Jan. 10 — just 10 days before his inauguration on Jan. 20 — in a court proceeding that will be unlike any in America’s 248 years. Trump’s conviction in New York stemmed from a $130,000 so-called “hush money” payment his then-attorney, Michael Cohen, made to adult film star Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 election. 

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  33. He truly is despicable

    Biden, with about two weeks left, is trolling us. NBC ran a truly horrible story yesterday headlined, “Hillary Clinton, George Soros and others to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom.” Ugh, now I don’t want one. But the most common reaction to the news on the far-left platform BlueSky was “MAGA heads are going to explode.” In other words, even they can see how annoying and ugly it is.

    Couple others would include Denzel Washington (I like him), Bill Nye, that “science guy”, Jane Goodall….

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  34. NYP writer can detect “rage” in the written words of Trump. And Trump didn’t even use exclamation marks!!!

    President-elect Trump raged Saturday against the Manhattan judge who oversaw his criminal trial, calling the jurist “corrupt” in a Truth Social post. 

    “I never falsified business records. It is a fake, made up charge by a corrupt judge who is just doing the work of the Biden/Harris Injustice Department, an attack on their political opponent,” Trump began in a post first targeting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. 

    “A legal expense was called, on the books, a legal expense. There was nothing else it could have been called. This was the so-called falsifying of records. I was hiding nothing, everything was out in the open for all to see.”

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  35. lol. Apparently, not only can ‘rage’ be detected in Trump’s words, but a couple of weeks ago I heard a preacher on the radio proclaim what was “in Putin’s heart”. All this “discernment” is reassuring, no? Well we can hope and pray for better things.

    Re the Speaker of the House, he does seem to give good speeches. We’ll have to see how he acts. It’s always possible we are expecting too much from Trump’s second term. Compromise does seem to be the word of the day. And as much as I don’t like to lose momentum on the MAGA agenda, I find that I really can’t blame Trump for trying his best not to be impeached again, and his enemies would likely find a way to do that if he doesn’t make some compromises. So I do look for serious compromise in the future.

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  36. The Presidential Medal of Freedom has become a joke, like the Pulitzers and the Nobel Prizes.

    Here’s why. This is who he’s rewarding, the Dem money man who laundering cash thru 100s of non profits into the hands of corrupt democrats. He’s also behind the soft on crime policies which just rack up more victims as they release repeat criminals to prey on the public.

    https://x.com/Schneider_DC/status/1875618262849044878?t=UtJZrXUaPHbcNh3l62O21A&s=19

    “We aquired almost 8,000 pages of secret emails from numeros Soros prosecutors showing how he controls a third of America, organizing and directing 126 prosecutors to break the law. Read the documents here:”

    mrc.org/sorosdocuments

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