32 thoughts on “News/Politics 7-29-25

  1. It is so sad that some have used starvation to wage war; that they use women and children and that rape is also a weapon. Sadly, there is nothing new under the sun. I am grateful we have a Savior and one day we will live without this evil. I am also grateful that there will be justice one day!

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  2. And this is an example of the reason I believe ICE should be dismantled and their duties and budget split between professionally trained FBI and immigration magistrates (or some other comparable plan). It’s also why I am happy to see the President slowed down by congress or courts. Civil rights are not just the concern of minorities; they should concern us all.

    “A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.

    Tae Heung “Will” Kim has lived in the United States since he was 5 and is a green-card holder pursuing his PhD at Texas A&M University, where he is researching a vaccine for Lyme disease, said his attorney, Eric Lee. Kim, 40, was detained by immigration officials on July 21 at a secondary screening point after returning from a two-week visit to South Korea for his younger brother’s wedding.

    The government has not said why it detained him, Lee said, and immigration officials have refused to let Kim speak to an attorney or communicate with his family members directly except for a brief call to his mother on Friday. In 2011, Kim faced a minor marijuana possession charge in Texas, Lee said, but he fulfilled a community service requirement and successfully petitioned for nondisclosure to seal the offense from the public record.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/29/korean-scientist-green-card-detained/

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  3. And again we don’t know the full story but to say ICE should be dismantled due to a smattering of detainments is fool hardy. The thousands upon thousands of hardened criminals pedophiles murderers rapists traffickers drug gangs being sought and deported is certainly worth the risk

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  4. interpret it as you might but we are protected in our constitution against foreign invaders…and deny it as some might we are being threatened by foreign criminals… period

    • Invasion Clause (Article IV, Section 4):This clause mandates that the United States “shall protect each of [the States] against Invasion”. This places a clear responsibility on the federal government to defend states from external threats. 

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  5. The constitution does not give our government the right to violate the constitution. We can do things decently and in order, and by doing so, protect ourselves from invaders and from government over-reach at the same time.

    Conservative voters used to be concerned about government over-reach. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say we want it to do what we want, when we want, regardless of the long term consequences? I understand the sentiment, but it would be both unwise and immature to proceed that way. We do not conduct our personal lives that way, so why should we demand our government do so?

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  6. How do the criminals get so emboldened?

    Cops like this, a DEI hire who won’t do her damned job.

    https://x.com/amuse/status/1950058946720350503?t=QKm3EGyWvSgwH7ZGwvkfZQ&s=19

    “Cincinnati Police Chief Terri Theetge claims that the black mob that attacked the white tourists were misrepresented in the videos. Evidently the mob was the true victim.”

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    “Holly was brutally assaulted in Cincinnati. She’s a single working mom who went to a friend’s birthday party. It’s unconscionable that there were no police present in that area of Cincinnati on a Friday night, or even an ambulance to take her to the hospital.”

    https://x.com/amuse/status/1950080013425942535?t=lgn4ksot8Oc4CSw_6ecODw&s=19

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  7. Again, ICE needs to go and be replaced with FBI professionals who are held to a higher standard of conduct, not contractors held to Presidential quotas. And calling these illegal immigrants criminals who are ‘the worst of the worst’ is scandalous.

    “New nonpublic data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) indicate that the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind. Also, among those with criminal convictions, they are overwhelmingly not the violent offenses that ICE continuously uses to justify its deportation agenda. ICE has shared this data with people outside the agency, who shared the numbers with the Cato Institute.

    As of June 14, ICE had booked into detention 204,297 individuals (since October 1, 2024, the start of fiscal year 2025). Of those book-ins, 65 percent, or 133,687 individuals, had no criminal convictions. Moreover, more than 93 percent of ICE book-ins were never convicted of any violent offenses. About nine in ten had no convictions for violent or property offenses. Most convictions (53 percent) fell into three main categories: immigration, traffic, or nonviolent vice crimes. The appendix table at the end of this post has data by detailed crime and broad crime categorization.”

    https://www.cato.org/blog/65-people-taken-ice-had-no-convictions-93-no-violent-convictions

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  8. I call BS. She’s lying.

    There have been numerous videos, from bumerous people who recorded this as it happened. Some by the perpetrators.

    Sadly, those other people filmed instead of helping, or calling police.

    https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1950174802058080534?t=t8kv6C67YRka9X–iMS_6w&s=19

    “Cincinnati Police Chief Terri Theetge attacks those who shared the video of the black mob assaulting the white couple.

    She claims the footage “distorted” and “misrepresented” what really happened.

    Instead of blaming the violent thugs caught on camera, she’s pointing fingers at social media. She should be fired.“

    The post that we’ve seen does not depict the entire incident. That is one version of what occurred.”

    “I think by the irresponsibility with social media is it just shows one side of the equation quite frequently without context, without factual context, and then people run with that and then it grows legs and it becomes something bigger that we then have to try to manage as part of the investigation.”

    “Social media and mainstream media and their commentaries are misrepresentation of the circumstances surrounding any given event.””

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  9. ICE are professionals, trained to do what they do, the FBI is not.

    And the FBI has proven to be unreliable, criminal in many cases, and untrustworthy, so hard pass on giving them criminals more power.

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  10. They’re criminals Debra, as your info shows. They don’t get a pass because you consider it a minor offense.

    And again, you ignore that their mere presence here is another crime you fail to mention.

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  11. “The DOJ has criminally charged 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals, in 50 federal districts and 12 State Attorneys General’s Offices across the United States, for their alleged participation in various health care fraud schemes involving over $14.6B in intended loss.”

    https://x.com/nettermike/status/1949899272935395717?t=IzFyI50RHxug-pbpP5diTw&s=19

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  12. Correct!

    https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1949916590570446872?t=IlxMTn145HPVnoDVcK6MiA&s=19

    “If a mob of young white teens hunted down elderly black couples at a country music fest to beat to death while the crowd cheered…

    The media would explode. Politicians would rage. Cities would burn. New laws would be passed. Every criminal trial televised.

    But when black teens do it to white couples in Cincinnati? Media silence.

    This is evil. Racial. Demonic. Animalistic. This is how we get a zero trust society.

    Every one of these thugs must be ID’d, arrested, and thrown in prison. Ruin their lives forever. Those who filmed and cheered them on must be charged as accessories……”

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  13. Well, well, well..

    https://x.com/17QStorm/status/1949881643876884879?t=fgO8RsYhF0dlmyBp8e4CnA&s=19

    “Elizabeth Warren used the Biden autopen more than a hundred times, according to a FOIA report.The document giving her the power to use the device for executive actions, which is likely unconstitutional, was also signed with the autopen.The Executive Oversight Committees of both chambers of Congress will begin reviewing the documents after the recess.”There’s no telling how many orders and pardons are invalid.”

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    Hello….? Media….?

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  14. One of the problems with DEI that is not usually mentioned is that whenever a minority or woman does something someone doesn’t approve of, or makes a mistake or whatnot, it is assumed that they were a “DEI hire” and not qualified for the job in the first place. White men cannot be accused of being a “DEI hire.” 😦

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  15. If a white man has a disability would he still not be able by DEI rules to qualify in that class? I would qualify because of vision impairment. Wouldn’t a guy with a similar situation qualify? Does white skin and male sex totally disqualify them?

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  16. Janice – My guess would be that they would probably be qualified due to their disability.

    Usually, though, when someone makes a dismissive “DEI hire” comment, it is in reference to women or minorities. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it made towards someone who is disabled.

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  17. She’s the problem and everyone knows it. Especially white makes…

    “The City and Chief Theetge have actively and systemically undertaken efforts to promote, advance, and make promotion and assignment decisions that are preferable to women and minorities, and to the exclusion of white men, including through hiring, diversity initiatives, outreach programs, promotional processes, and other steps that demonstrate both a systemic practice of discrimination against white males, and that there are background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority,” the suit alleges.

    “Plaintiffs, who are all white males, applied for, and did not receive those positions. Furthermore, as respects the preferential assignments, each of the Plaintiffs were qualified for those positions. And similarly situated persons received those preferential assignments on the basis of race and/or sex. Plaintiffs were treated differently than similarly situated employees of a different race and/or sex.”

    A city spokeswoman and a CPD spokesman on behalf of Chief Theetge both said they don’t comment on pending litigation.

    The officers’ attorney, Zack Gottesman, said this legal action “underscores a troubling pattern of systemic discrimination against white individuals within the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD). This case is not an isolated incident but part of a documented history of unlawful discriminatory practices by Chief Theetge and the City, as evidenced by multiple legal actions and investigations.”

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  18. Anyone here illegally is a criminal. Their first action in our country was to break the law. There are no qualifiers on how serious this act is… go home and apply for legal entrance into our country…no free pass just as there are none in any other stinkin’ country!

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  19. That’s why we have immigration judges who can assess the situation and whether or not a person has justification for staying LEGALLY. The executive branch is charged with prosecution of the law, but not adjudicating—they are not the judge and jury. When the executive presumes to do not only its own job but that of the judiciary, it has overstepped it’s lawful bounds. I suspect that’s why we have Thune and Johnson preventing recess appointments by staying in session. Thankfully.

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  20. Even with our own criminals, our justice system often aims for mercy over punishment.

    This verse keeps coming to mind: James 2:13 – “For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”

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  21. To show mercy to someone who is repentant is good and right. I’m not seeing that with the entitled illegal invaders demanding the citizens of these United States to provide for them medical care, housing, food, phones, etc. The American taxpayers cannot “adopt” every invader who crosses our border. If some want to do that more power to them… they can provide for however many they desire. This that Biden caused has become quite insane.

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    • That’s why we have judges. Trump is not the judge; he’s just trying to short circuit that entire legal lawful process. When they have had a hearing, if it is JUDGED that they should be deported, then deport away. Go for it. Trump is too busy trying to bolster his numbers to care about justice, mercy, or frankly, the law. He’s already done damage to the presidency with his behavior, and in my opinion, that will not fade from public memory with the next news cycle or election. Nor should it.

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