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MakoMatt said:
What innocent man had 91 indictments against him??b

I think Trump had 88 criminal charges brought up against him, and was convicted of 34 felonies. Only President to have that on his record.

I’m sure there will be more after he loses the mid terms.
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Yep.
 
Captphil said:
You guys are getting trolled by somebody that just wants to kill this thread just like that other lib did years ago.
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If you are referring to me I am far from a “lib.” I have probably voted more times in my life for the Republican ticket than most of you have. It was only when Trump entered the race back around 2015 that I surrendered my status as a lifelong registered Republican, and changed to a registered Independent.

My Republican Party no longer exists.

I knew from working in the construction industry back in the 70’s, when he starting off in NYC, that he was ripping off contractors left and right. He was known as a non paying BS artist back then, and only got worse over the years with more of his BS and scams, and claiming bankruptcy. Throw in Trump University, his Trump Foundation Charity that he never contributed to and was stealing money from. It goes on and on all the chit he has done. And it has only gets worse with each passing year.
 
longcast said:
It was not a subscription site.
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Not talking about whatever you and MM were discussing, but many times by trying to research some of your and other's citations I come against pay walls and it's most annoying.

Like I said, if it's important that you feel others should be able to see the whole thing, than cut & paste. If you'd just rather use the sensational headline, like many who don't want to be fact checked, then don't.
 
longcast said:
Are you talking about the activist who tried to run down an ICE agent?
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No clue what you are talking about

I was referring to incidents like the one involving an unqualified vigilante without the mental capacity to process things who murdered an AMERICAN citizen in the streets of MN who appeared to be exercising her rights to protest
 
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That one’s dried up and scratchy.

Some insight..

This is the quiet move that could decide China’s future — and most people missed it.

Donald Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending to $1.5 TRILLION by 2027 — roughly 5% of U.S. GDP.

This isn’t about Russia.
Russia can’t afford to compete.

This is aimed at China — and only China.

Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle shared this on X: "Hey friends, pay attention to this because President Trump just made a decision that could quietly decide the fate of China’s economy—not tomorrow, not next year, but structurally, irreversibly”

Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending by 50%, pushing it to $1.5 trillion by 2027.
That is about 5% of U.S. GDP.

And no, this isn’t about Russia.
Russia doesn’t have the money to compete.
This is aimed at exactly one country: China.

What you are watching right now is Reagan versus the Soviet Union, rebooted for the 21st century.
And let’s be clear about the scale.

The United States already spends more on defense than anyone on Earth—roughly $1 trillion a year.
And Trump is saying that is not enough.
He wants to push it to $1.5 trillion.

That single decision alone would put U.S. military spending far above China and Russia combined.

And President Trump wasn’t subtle about why.
He said this is about building the military America should have always had.
A military that no enemy can challenge anywhere, anytime.

He also signed orders telling defense contractors to speed up production because even America’s military industry is not moving fast enough for what is coming. So this is not symbolism.
This is industrial-scale preparation.

Now here’s the part China doesn’t want to talk about.
An arms race is not simply a military problem.
It is an economic stress test.
And history is very clear about who fails that test.

During the Cold War, many Americans believed that the Soviet Union was unbeatable—centralized control, total mobilization, massive military output.
Sound familiar?

But Reagan’s team saw something different.
They saw an economy that was rigid, inefficient, and already slowing down.

So they forced the Soviets into a choice: spend massively to keep up and bankrupt yourself—or don’t keep up and lose global power. Either way, you lose.
And that is exactly what happened.
The Soviet Union chose to compete militarily, and it collapsed economically.

Now China is standing in the exact same corner.
If China matches a 50% increase in U.S. defense spending, where does that money come from?

By issuing some bonds in U.S. dollars that you cannot print and nobody trusts?
And let’s not forget, the Chinese economy is already in freefall.
The property sector is broken and still collapsing.
That crisis is far from over.
Local governments are drowning in debt.
Youth unemployment is structural. Consumption is terribly weak.
Fertility rate has hit record lows, even lower than the 1960s during the Great Famine, which caused tens of millions of Chinese to die of starvation.
Today’s fertility rate is lower than that.

Plus, the military does not generate economic returns.
It consumes resources.
Every Chinese yuan poured into weapons is a yuan not spent stabilizing the economy and helping its 600 million poor Chinese who are still living on basic subsistence.
So matching the U.S. risks crushing China’s finances.

But here’s the other side: if China doesn’t match it, well, then China falls behind militarily—fast.
And that destroys Xi Jinping’s core political narrative.
The entire “dongsheng xijiang” (East rising, West declining) theory depends on one thing: China catching up to the United States, especially in military terms.

Lose that momentum and the whole narrative collapses. International confidence in China’s future collapses with it. And the few remaining partners, they drift away. And China looks weaker by the year.

So Beijing has no good option.
Follow America into an arms race and risk economic collapse even faster.
Refuse to follow and accept strategic decline. That is the trap.
The same trap that broke the Soviet Union. And I’m sure President Trump knows it.
This is not emotional.
This is not ideological.
This is cold structural power politics. And that is why this decision matters—not because of the sheer size of the number, but because once an arms race starts, China loses either way.
Compete or don’t compete, spend or fall behind—history has already run this simulation. And it didn’t end well for the last system that tried.

So watch Beijing closely. The panic won’t show up in speeches. The panic will show up in Beijing’s budgets. And when it does, you’ll know exactly where this is heading. Except for MM, he lives in the moment like the rest with TDS.

👌
 
Rick67 said:
That one’s dried up and scratchy.

Some insight..

This is the quiet move that could decide China’s future — and most people missed it.

Donald Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending to $1.5 TRILLION by 2027 — roughly 5% of U.S. GDP.

This isn’t about Russia.
Russia can’t afford to compete.

This is aimed at China — and only China.

Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle shared this on X: "Hey friends, pay attention to this because President Trump just made a decision that could quietly decide the fate of China’s economy—not tomorrow, not next year, but structurally, irreversibly”

Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending by 50%, pushing it to $1.5 trillion by 2027.
That is about 5% of U.S. GDP.

And no, this isn’t about Russia.
Russia doesn’t have the money to compete.
This is aimed at exactly one country: China.

What you are watching right now is Reagan versus the Soviet Union, rebooted for the 21st century.
And let’s be clear about the scale.

The United States already spends more on defense than anyone on Earth—roughly $1 trillion a year.
And Trump is saying that is not enough.
He wants to push it to $1.5 trillion.

That single decision alone would put U.S. military spending far above China and Russia combined.

And President Trump wasn’t subtle about why.
He said this is about building the military America should have always had.
A military that no enemy can challenge anywhere, anytime.

He also signed orders telling defense contractors to speed up production because even America’s military industry is not moving fast enough for what is coming. So this is not symbolism.
This is industrial-scale preparation.

Now here’s the part China doesn’t want to talk about.
An arms race is not simply a military problem.
It is an economic stress test.
And history is very clear about who fails that test.

During the Cold War, many Americans believed that the Soviet Union was unbeatable—centralized control, total mobilization, massive military output.
Sound familiar?

But Reagan’s team saw something different.
They saw an economy that was rigid, inefficient, and already slowing down.

So they forced the Soviets into a choice: spend massively to keep up and bankrupt yourself—or don’t keep up and lose global power. Either way, you lose.
And that is exactly what happened.
The Soviet Union chose to compete militarily, and it collapsed economically.

Now China is standing in the exact same corner.
If China matches a 50% increase in U.S. defense spending, where does that money come from?

By issuing some bonds in U.S. dollars that you cannot print and nobody trusts?
And let’s not forget, the Chinese economy is already in freefall.
The property sector is broken and still collapsing.
That crisis is far from over.
Local governments are drowning in debt.
Youth unemployment is structural. Consumption is terribly weak.
Fertility rate has hit record lows, even lower than the 1960s during the Great Famine, which caused tens of millions of Chinese to die of starvation.
Today’s fertility rate is lower than that.

Plus, the military does not generate economic returns.
It consumes resources.
Every Chinese yuan poured into weapons is a yuan not spent stabilizing the economy and helping its 600 million poor Chinese who are still living on basic subsistence.
So matching the U.S. risks crushing China’s finances.

But here’s the other side: if China doesn’t match it, well, then China falls behind militarily—fast.
And that destroys Xi Jinping’s core political narrative.
The entire “dongsheng xijiang” (East rising, West declining) theory depends on one thing: China catching up to the United States, especially in military terms.

Lose that momentum and the whole narrative collapses. International confidence in China’s future collapses with it. And the few remaining partners, they drift away. And China looks weaker by the year.

So Beijing has no good option.
Follow America into an arms race and risk economic collapse even faster.
Refuse to follow and accept strategic decline. That is the trap.
The same trap that broke the Soviet Union. And I’m sure President Trump knows it.
This is not emotional.
This is not ideological.
This is cold structural power politics. And that is why this decision matters—not because of the sheer size of the number, but because once an arms race starts, China loses either way.
Compete or don’t compete, spend or fall behind—history has already run this simulation. And it didn’t end well for the last system that tried.

So watch Beijing closely. The panic won’t show up in speeches. The panic will show up in Beijing’s budgets. And when it does, you’ll know exactly where this is heading. Except for MM, he lives in the moment like the rest with TDS.

👌
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Good read.

One fact that many Americans usually ignore is that Asians are in it for the long game, and don't have the short term attention and instant gratification views that many of us suffer from...
 
Rick67 said:
That one’s dried up and scratchy.

Some insight..

This is the quiet move that could decide China’s future — and most people missed it.

Donald Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending to $1.5 TRILLION by 2027 — roughly 5% of U.S. GDP.

This isn’t about Russia.
Russia can’t afford to compete.

This is aimed at China — and only China.

Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle shared this on X: "Hey friends, pay attention to this because President Trump just made a decision that could quietly decide the fate of China’s economy—not tomorrow, not next year, but structurally, irreversibly”

Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending by 50%, pushing it to $1.5 trillion by 2027.
That is about 5% of U.S. GDP.

And no, this isn’t about Russia.
Russia doesn’t have the money to compete.
This is aimed at exactly one country: China.

What you are watching right now is Reagan versus the Soviet Union, rebooted for the 21st century.
And let’s be clear about the scale.

The United States already spends more on defense than anyone on Earth—roughly $1 trillion a year.
And Trump is saying that is not enough.
He wants to push it to $1.5 trillion.

That single decision alone would put U.S. military spending far above China and Russia combined.

And President Trump wasn’t subtle about why.
He said this is about building the military America should have always had.
A military that no enemy can challenge anywhere, anytime.

He also signed orders telling defense contractors to speed up production because even America’s military industry is not moving fast enough for what is coming. So this is not symbolism.
This is industrial-scale preparation.

Now here’s the part China doesn’t want to talk about.
An arms race is not simply a military problem.
It is an economic stress test.
And history is very clear about who fails that test.

During the Cold War, many Americans believed that the Soviet Union was unbeatable—centralized control, total mobilization, massive military output.
Sound familiar?

But Reagan’s team saw something different.
They saw an economy that was rigid, inefficient, and already slowing down.

So they forced the Soviets into a choice: spend massively to keep up and bankrupt yourself—or don’t keep up and lose global power. Either way, you lose.
And that is exactly what happened.
The Soviet Union chose to compete militarily, and it collapsed economically.

Now China is standing in the exact same corner.
If China matches a 50% increase in U.S. defense spending, where does that money come from?

By issuing some bonds in U.S. dollars that you cannot print and nobody trusts?
And let’s not forget, the Chinese economy is already in freefall.
The property sector is broken and still collapsing.
That crisis is far from over.
Local governments are drowning in debt.
Youth unemployment is structural. Consumption is terribly weak.
Fertility rate has hit record lows, even lower than the 1960s during the Great Famine, which caused tens of millions of Chinese to die of starvation.
Today’s fertility rate is lower than that.

Plus, the military does not generate economic returns.
It consumes resources.
Every Chinese yuan poured into weapons is a yuan not spent stabilizing the economy and helping its 600 million poor Chinese who are still living on basic subsistence.
So matching the U.S. risks crushing China’s finances.

But here’s the other side: if China doesn’t match it, well, then China falls behind militarily—fast.
And that destroys Xi Jinping’s core political narrative.
The entire “dongsheng xijiang” (East rising, West declining) theory depends on one thing: China catching up to the United States, especially in military terms.

Lose that momentum and the whole narrative collapses. International confidence in China’s future collapses with it. And the few remaining partners, they drift away. And China looks weaker by the year.

So Beijing has no good option.
Follow America into an arms race and risk economic collapse even faster.
Refuse to follow and accept strategic decline. That is the trap.
The same trap that broke the Soviet Union. And I’m sure President Trump knows it.
This is not emotional.
This is not ideological.
This is cold structural power politics. And that is why this decision matters—not because of the sheer size of the number, but because once an arms race starts, China loses either way.
Compete or don’t compete, spend or fall behind—history has already run this simulation. And it didn’t end well for the last system that tried.

So watch Beijing closely. The panic won’t show up in speeches. The panic will show up in Beijing’s budgets. And when it does, you’ll know exactly where this is heading. Except for MM, he lives in the moment like the rest with TDS.

👌
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I agree with a good portion of that. Not that the author of that has enlightened me in any way. China’s military buildup is nothing new. The U.S. has been aware of this, and preparing for it accordingly.

Keep in mind that the congress controls the purse strings. Which is a good thing in this case as Trump has a knack for getting in over his head, and getting into bankruptcy.

By the way, who wrote that?
 
Rick67 said:
That one’s dried up and scratchy.

Some insight..

This is the quiet move that could decide China’s future — and most people missed it.

Donald Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending to $1.5 TRILLION by 2027 — roughly 5% of U.S. GDP.

This isn’t about Russia.
Russia can’t afford to compete.

This is aimed at China — and only China.

Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle shared this on X: "Hey friends, pay attention to this because President Trump just made a decision that could quietly decide the fate of China’s economy—not tomorrow, not next year, but structurally, irreversibly”

Trump just announced plans to raise U.S. defense spending by 50%, pushing it to $1.5 trillion by 2027.
That is about 5% of U.S. GDP.

And no, this isn’t about Russia.
Russia doesn’t have the money to compete.
This is aimed at exactly one country: China.

What you are watching right now is Reagan versus the Soviet Union, rebooted for the 21st century.
And let’s be clear about the scale.

The United States already spends more on defense than anyone on Earth—roughly $1 trillion a year.
And Trump is saying that is not enough.
He wants to push it to $1.5 trillion.

That single decision alone would put U.S. military spending far above China and Russia combined.

And President Trump wasn’t subtle about why.
He said this is about building the military America should have always had.
A military that no enemy can challenge anywhere, anytime.

He also signed orders telling defense contractors to speed up production because even America’s military industry is not moving fast enough for what is coming. So this is not symbolism.
This is industrial-scale preparation.

Now here’s the part China doesn’t want to talk about.
An arms race is not simply a military problem.
It is an economic stress test.
And history is very clear about who fails that test.

During the Cold War, many Americans believed that the Soviet Union was unbeatable—centralized control, total mobilization, massive military output.
Sound familiar?

But Reagan’s team saw something different.
They saw an economy that was rigid, inefficient, and already slowing down.

So they forced the Soviets into a choice: spend massively to keep up and bankrupt yourself—or don’t keep up and lose global power. Either way, you lose.
And that is exactly what happened.
The Soviet Union chose to compete militarily, and it collapsed economically.

Now China is standing in the exact same corner.
If China matches a 50% increase in U.S. defense spending, where does that money come from?

By issuing some bonds in U.S. dollars that you cannot print and nobody trusts?
And let’s not forget, the Chinese economy is already in freefall.
The property sector is broken and still collapsing.
That crisis is far from over.
Local governments are drowning in debt.
Youth unemployment is structural. Consumption is terribly weak.
Fertility rate has hit record lows, even lower than the 1960s during the Great Famine, which caused tens of millions of Chinese to die of starvation.
Today’s fertility rate is lower than that.

Plus, the military does not generate economic returns.
It consumes resources.
Every Chinese yuan poured into weapons is a yuan not spent stabilizing the economy and helping its 600 million poor Chinese who are still living on basic subsistence.
So matching the U.S. risks crushing China’s finances.

But here’s the other side: if China doesn’t match it, well, then China falls behind militarily—fast.
And that destroys Xi Jinping’s core political narrative.
The entire “dongsheng xijiang” (East rising, West declining) theory depends on one thing: China catching up to the United States, especially in military terms.

Lose that momentum and the whole narrative collapses. International confidence in China’s future collapses with it. And the few remaining partners, they drift away. And China looks weaker by the year.

So Beijing has no good option.
Follow America into an arms race and risk economic collapse even faster.
Refuse to follow and accept strategic decline. That is the trap.
The same trap that broke the Soviet Union. And I’m sure President Trump knows it.
This is not emotional.
This is not ideological.
This is cold structural power politics. And that is why this decision matters—not because of the sheer size of the number, but because once an arms race starts, China loses either way.
Compete or don’t compete, spend or fall behind—history has already run this simulation. And it didn’t end well for the last system that tried.

So watch Beijing closely. The panic won’t show up in speeches. The panic will show up in Beijing’s budgets. And when it does, you’ll know exactly where this is heading. Except for MM, he lives in the moment like the rest with TDS.

👌
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Indeed he does.
 

I just came across this, and it appears to be a good site for tracking illegal immigrant deportations. This is a bipartisan organization created in 1989. Also provides comparisons between presidents as it relates to the numbers claimed by each administration, and the types of illegal immigrants deported., i.e., violent criminals vs other non law breaking illegals. A lot of other information as well.

What’s really striking here is the numbers of deportations between Biden and Trump are not much different, however the chaos that the Trump administration is causing stands in starke contrast to his predecessor. Trump’s approach in some ways is reminiscent of Nazi Germans and the Gestapo tactics.
 
MakoMatt said:

I just came across this, and it appears to be a good site for tracking illegal immigrant deportations. This is a bipartisan organization created in 1989. Also provides comparisons between presidents as it relates to the numbers claimed by each administration, and the types of illegal immigrants deported., i.e., violent criminals vs other non law breaking illegals. A lot of other information as well.

What’s really striking here is the numbers of deportations between Biden and Trump are not much different, however the chaos that the Trump administration is causing stands in starke contrast to his predecessor. Trump’s approach in some ways is reminiscent of Nazi Germans and the Gestapo tactics.
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So what's really striking is the very visible approach by this administration, versus the the same numbers being deported by the prior administration in secrecy - where no one complained?
 
jpd said:
So what's really striking is the very visible approach by this administration, versus the the same numbers being deported by the prior administration in secrecy - where no one complained?
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Shirley you know the difference. 😆

The Biden administration wasn’t deporting illegals in secrecy.

The Trump administration on the other hand is acting in the much the same the Gestapo in Nazi Germany conducted business. Additionally, the Trump administration is making this political by targeting blue states. Why not go into Texas where there ARE FAR MORE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS to deport than there are in Minnesota, and at a much lower cost to do so.
 

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