(06-19-2018 10:14 AM)shere khan Wrote: (06-19-2018 10:09 AM)VA49er Wrote: Is it just me or has it all of sudden become that EVERY person illegally crossing border is seeking asylum?
now they are just pimping their children across the border for asylum. the rest are just poor helpless parents that are left behind.
the russia thing is just not going well. the sad part is that there are enough dumb people in America to buy this ruse.
Here's what I got right, and likely BEFORE you heard it elsewhere
1) That Manafort, Flynn, Page, and Stone were compromised by Trump (May 2016) - Manfort is in jail, Flynn/Page/Stone are either on their way to convictions or already have been
2) That Russia was funding far right American political groups like the NRA and the religious right. This is confirmed by the NRA
3) That Russia established death camps for LGBT persons. This is confirmed
4) That Trump is lackey of Vladimir Putin. This is a matter of opinion, but a pretty well established one
5) That Assange is a lackey of Putin as well. See above.
Here's what's left to be revealed
1) The hundreds of millions (conservatively) that Russians have sent to Trump and his family. Remember in Russia, there are no independent actors in the financial sector. My guess is that Muller is going to leave some of these charges for the NY State Attorney General so that he can't pardon them
2) Pay to play agreements between Russia and Trump or his campaign on specific policy issues
3) Indictments of a significant number of US conservative think tank staff for illegal lobbying
4) Russian interference with American religious leaders on the far right
5) Russian assistance to the far LEFT. The Greens appear to be compromised as well
6) And that's BEFORE you get to all the ancillary crimes by the swamp that is DJT and his buddies that will be turned up in the course of this investigation (or one by the NY AG). Tax fraud, charity fraud, obstruction, housing fraud.....the list is almost endless.
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THe reason for the surge in immigration is that Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala's have slid into Civil War largely because the Gangs are more powerful than the state.
And Mexico's violence, while having many causes, is greatly aided by US demand for illegal narcotics(legalization of much of it would help) and US 'no question asked' gun sales.