[AMV] VS #1186 Moscow Agent Governs America

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 19:49 schreef Lord-Ronddraai het volgende:
Gaan er zoveel meer kinderen geboren worden ja als je abortus verbied? Lijkt me dat de meesten dan alternatieve manieren gebruiken. DIY abortus.Ook zeker als je geld hebt ga je dan toch even over de grens.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 20:40 schreef Beathoven het volgende:
Ik ving net op dat als SpaceX schuldig bevonden gaat worden aan het ontploffen van die raket met live testen en het in het gevaar brengen van het vliegverkeer, het weleens miljarden kan kosten en Elon een enorm probleem heeft.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 20:40 schreef Beathoven het volgende:
Ik ving net op dat als SpaceX schuldig bevonden gaat worden aan het ontploffen van die raket met live testen en het in het gevaar brengen van het vliegverkeer, het weleens miljarden kan kosten en Elon een enorm probleem heeft.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 20:53 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Of ze ontslaan gewoon de afdeling bij de FAA die dat onderzoek doet

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 12:20 schreef Lord-Ronddraai het volgende:

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Ze zeggen dat dus op meer plekken ik zie Joseph Lavorgna dat ook zeggen op MSNBC. Tja dan weet je ook waarom Amerikanen massaal de MSM wantrouwen. Er slipt nogal vaak propaganda door die dat soort organisaties toch prima moeten kunnen spotten.

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As the Trump administration moves to deport Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil, the government has so far provided just one reason for doing so: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has determined Khalil’s presence in the United States could have “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences.”

A government notice for Khalil to appear in a federal immigration court, which was obtained by The Washington Post, provides no other evidence or specific accusations. A court hearing Wednesday, four days after his arrest, yielded no additional information.

Khalil’s lawyers have urged a judge to release the pro-Palestinian activist or return him to New York, where immigration agents arrested him at his apartment on Saturday and moved him 1,300 miles away to a detention center in Louisiana. President Donald Trump has vowed to deport international students he alleges are engaging in “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American” campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas, while defenders of Khalil and others say the government is trampling on the First Amendment right to free speech.

White House officials said the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, investigated Khalil’s activities, but immigration officers provided no written evidence to support his deportation beyond Rubio’s determination based on a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The notice says Khalil is a citizen of Algeria and has an immigration court hearing later this month.

After arresting Khalil on Saturday, ICE supervisory special agent Timothy Moran in New York presented Khalil with a notice to appear in a federal immigration court inside a Louisiana detention center. Khalil refused to sign the document.

Rubio told reporters Wednesday that students such as Khalil would not have been allowed into the United States had officials known they would engage in protests.

“This is not about free speech,” Rubio said during a refueling stop on the way to the annual Group of Seven, a summit of the world’s major democracies held this year in Canada. “No one has a right to a student visa. No one has a right to a green card, by the way.”

Rubio echoed the Trump administration’s claims that Khalil and others have supported Hamas, a designated terror group, and said the protests have turned violent and made other students afraid of going to class. Khalil’s lawyers argue he is a peaceful protester who was advocating for the Palestinian people.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 22:12 schreef Gunner het volgende:
Bijzondere conclusie.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 22:11 schreef Nober het volgende:
Democraten accepteren de verkiezingsuitslag weer eens niet.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 22:11 schreef Nober het volgende:
Democraten accepteren de verkiezingsuitslag weer eens niet.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 20:50 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Och, Trump geeft hem dan wel een pardon.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 22:35 schreef Chivaz het volgende:

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Geen idee of Soros erachter zit maar wat ik wel kwalijk vind is dat vandalisme nu word toegejuicht omdat het voor “de goede zaak” is.
Dat zagen we helaas ook tijdens de BLM rellen.

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 22:45 schreef Wantie het volgende:

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Gelukkig was dat anders bij de Capitool bestormers.


Ooh, wacht...

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Op woensdag 12 maart 2025 23:23 schreef bedachtzaam het volgende:
Bekijk deze YouTube-video

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Op donderdag 13 maart 2025 00:04 schreef Szura het volgende:
After an hour-long discussion for the benefit of the press, Trump and Martin’s subsequent private bilateral lasted just 10 minutes, underlining the emphasis the president puts on meetings in front of the media.

Waarom zou je nog langs gaan bij die seniele oranje gek. Gelukkig hebben wij een gaar kabinet met een premier zonder mandaat, zodat we sowieso niet uitgenodigd worden.

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Elon Musk’s hyperactive efficiency drive failed to prevent US federal spending rising to a record $603bn last month, new Treasury data has revealed, highlighting the Trump administration’s difficulty in cutting the size of government.

Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency claims to have already made more than $100bn of savings but only a handful of departments registered any decreases in the first full month of the new administration.

Spending rose by $40bn compared with the same month last year on a like-for-like basis, a 7 per cent increase.

The new data comes after Musk and his emissaries at Doge have infiltrated several government agencies, including the state and health departments, and various arms of the Treasury. Tens of thousands of workers have been suspended or dismissed and thousands of government grants and contracts have been cancelled.

Musk has repeatedly claimed that Doge is on track to make $1tn worth of savings from the annual federal budget, and said the initiative was currently identifying cuts at a rate of $4bn a day.

But the Monthly Treasury Statement for February showed that few large categories had achieved significant decreases. The Department of Education had cut outgoings by $6bn, Treasury officials noted.

The officials referred further questions on spending cuts to Doge. A representative for Doge did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the monthly figures.

“Doge savings are so small as not to be identifiable in monthly spending totals,” said Jessica Riedl, an economic policy expert at the conservative Manhattan Institute think-tank, who has been analysing the initiative’s efforts.

The new figures also illustrate the challenge in making any impact by concentrating on cuts that can gain the broad support of Republican lawmakers.

Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, oversaw a cut in spending at the US Agency for International Development, whose monthly outlay was revealed to have been halved to $226mn, compared with $547mn in the same month last year.

However, this saving was dwarfed by the consequences of a mere 3 per cent rise in monthly healthcare spending, which cost an additional $5bn. A 6 per cent rise in social security outlays cost an additional $8bn.

“Some 75 per cent of all federal spending goes to social security, Medicaid, Medicare, defence, veterans and interest — and none of that has been touched,” said Riedl. “There is zero indication that such savings have actually been identified.”

On Monday, the Tesla boss said he would seek to intensify Doge’s efforts, doubling its current staff and taking aim at large sources of expenditure such as social security.

The Treasury’s own direct spending soared by $29bn since the same month last year, largely driven by a $10bn rise in monthly debt servicing to $86bn, and a $14bn rise in tax credits and associated payments.

Trump has moved in recent days to restrict some of Doge’s activities, telling Musk in front of his cabinet that individual agencies are ultimately responsible for personnel decisions within their departments, and urging the billionaire to use a “scalpel” rather than a “hatchet”.

The move came after several Republican lawmakers criticised the speed and breadth of Doge’s cuts, which have led to employees at various agencies having to be rehired for critical projects including nuclear safety.

Federal judges have also paused or reversed many of Doge’s moves. Last week, the Supreme Court narrowly upheld an order forcing the Trump administration to distribute nearly $2bn for foreign aid work already carried out around the world.