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Welcome to Thursday, February 8th, caterpillars and butterflies...

House GOP members attempted, and failed, to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 

Speaker Mike Johnson vowed to indict Mayorkas with crimes and misdemeanors for failing to lock down the U.S.-Mexico border amid a surge of migrant crossings. 

House Republicans fell short of the votes they needed due to a small group of GOP members who opposed the effort. Democrats united in voting against the charges as well. 

Do you support the impeachment effort?

Senate's border, Ukraine, and Israel funding deal fails

The bipartisan Senate package lost Republican support after top GOP members opposed their own addition of a stricter border policy, and called for a standalone international aid package instead.

Do you support the bill?

Social media CEO hearing: Main takeaways

Social media CEOs – Meta, TikTok, Snap, Discord, and X (formerly known as Twitter) – testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week regarding the risk their sites pose to American youth. 

Are you concerned about the risk social media poses to children and teens?

Big oil studied climate danger earlier than imagined, archives show

Newly uncovered documents show that the fossil fuel industry funded foundational climate science as early as 1954, indicating the industry's advance knowledge of climate impacts while publicly denying the science. 

Should the fossil fuel industry be held accountable?

And, in the end...

Today is National Kite Flying Day. Time to get off the computer, put the screens away, and embrace good old-fashioned fun.

 

–Jamie Epstein

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  • 836
    Billy
    02/25/2024

    In reading the bill, there might have been ways to accommodate instead of the lies that were to on the Sunday shows about it.   

    We should be looking at the total migration per day and understanding what is needed instead of blindly looking at a number. Say it comes out to 10,000 people a day. We accept all of the people who applied and have been vetted. 1 day that could be 8000, another it could be 10,000.  We do an estimate of those who cross illegally which could be another 1000 a day.

    We restrict those who did not apply until there is room. Cities should report how much room they have and jobs open and individuals should be sent to those locations during their initial stay and court proceedings. 

    Anyone who crossed the border and cannot provide proof they did it legally is automatically deported, regardless of reason. 

    No government assistance should be given past 30 days during the first 5 years someone arrives.  We have millions of job openings and we should let them work. If the economy takes a downturn, the total number of daily immigrants will reflect that until the economy improves. 

    For those claiming asylum they need to bring or show documentation why they cannot go back. Wanting to make more money or economic hardship is not a valid reason.  

    Entering through the southern border should be reserved for those south of the border. How people from china and Africa and wherever else think this is the most direct route into the United States baffles me. If they did not qualify to be allowed to fly into the US, yet flew to another country and then crossed Mexico to enter the US, then that should be a red flag and claims should be fully vetted before allowing them in. 

    Last, our border patrol needs to be protecting the border and not a bus service for thousands of people a day.  Placing the restrictions above would help ensure that those crossing illegally and those who wish to do us harm can be apprehended. 

  • 863
    Carolyn
    02/10/2024

    I'm tired of Republicans complaining about the border and in the same breath doing nothing to try and fix it.   Incompetence.