US Political News and Trump’s China visit
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That is an AI-generated image and fake news.
https://www.newsweek.com/nyc-subway-fire-victim-amelia-carter-ai-misinformation-hoax-2005548
Who Is Amelia Carter? Fake Identity of NYC Subway Fire Victim Goes Viral
A post has gone viral on social media that falsely identifies a victim of a recent attack on the New York City subway.
On December 23, a post claimed the victim was a woman named Amelia Carter, and included an AI-generated image. The post, which is a hoax, had been viewed 2.4 million times on X at the time of publication.
A spokesperson for the DCPI confirmed to Newsweek that identification of a the victim in the attack is still pending.
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At the time (December 23), the victim had not yet been identified. According to Reuters, on Tuesday, December 31, "A woman who died after being set on fire on the New York City subway earlier this month was identified as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York medical examiner's office said."
Kawam was identified through fingerprint analysis and her death from thermal and inhalation injuries was ruled a homicide, said Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Kawam "had a brief stint in our homeless shelter system," without giving further details”. Source
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This terrible case demonstrates the futility of basic approaches to complicated immigration challenges. Sebastian Zapeta, a Guatemalan national who was deported in 2018, reportedly re-entered the United States illegally.
According to American Immigration Council, the cost to deport an illegal alien can vary widely, but estimates suggest that deporting one million undocumented immigrants annually would cost the U.S. government over $88 billion per year. This figure includes expenses related to arrests, detentions, legal proceedings, and transportation.
That means, it would cost approximately $88,000 to deport one undocumented immigrant.
The cost for an individual from Guatemala to illegally migrate to the United States can vary widely, but estimates suggest it can range from $4,000 to $10,000. This amount typically covers the services of a smuggler, transportation, and other expenses along the journey.
To put it another way, the deportation of one undocumented immigrant will cost the US taxpayer $88,000, but the scumbag will only have to spend $4,000 to $10,000 to re-enter the country.
While Trump argues for border barriers and mass deportations to dissuade illegal immigration, such measures fail to address the underlying reasons and systemic difficulties that perpetuate the cycle. The act committed by Zapeta is heinous; nonetheless, it symbolizes wider societal flaws that cannot be addressed through simplistic rhetoric.
A comprehensive approach is necessary—one that targets not only undocumented immigrants but also the American citizens who employ them and rent properties to them. By focusing solely on deportation and border security, we neglect the demand side of illegal immigration. Employers seeking cheap labor and landlords willing to overlook legal statuses contribute significantly to this issue. Therefore, policy must shift towards holding these individuals accountable. Implementing heavy fines for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers, along with penalties for landlords renting properties to them, would deter these practices effectively. Repeat offenders should face imprisonment to reinforce the seriousness of these violations.
Ultimately, without addressing both sides of the equation—supply and demand— any government effort will resemble a futile cat-and-mouse game that ultimately results in financial losses amounting to billions of taxpayers’ money.
A comprehensive plan focusing on accountability at all levels is necessary for sustainable immigration reform that benefits both our economy and safety and stability in our society.
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I appreciate your perspective and understand that my comments might have come across differently than I intended. I don't believe Donald Lu's undiplomatic words or Biden's actions were the reasons Pakistan's military establishment deposed and imprisoned Imran Khan.
Pakistan's military establishment has a well-documented history of intervention in political events, as proven by the ousters of politicians such as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif. Internal military interests are more significant factors than foreign pressure.
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As expected, he's lying. The border has nothing to do with the Tesla vehicle explosion or the terrorist attack in New Orleans.
President-elect Trump blamed the situation at the southern border for the recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, railing against President Biden for his immigration policies as both cases are being investigated.
The man who plowed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 15 people, has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar — a U.S. citizen from Texas.
The Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was caused by firework mortars and camp fuel canisters, and the suspect was an Army veteran from Colorado, according to local news reports.
Still, Trump railed on Truth Social that the border under Biden has led to violent crime.
“With the Biden ‘Open Border’s Policy’ I said, many times during Rallies, and elsewhere, that Radical Islamic Terrorism, and other forms of violent crime, will become so bad in America that it will become hard to even imagine or believe,” the president-elect wrote.
“That time has come, only worse than ever imagined. Joe Biden is the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER,” he added. “What he and his group of Election Interfering ‘thugs’ have done to our Country will not soon be forgotten! MAGA.”
The suspect in New Orleans was carrying an ISIS extremist group flag on the trailer hitch of the truck he rented for the attack. The FBI said it was working to determine Jabbar’s potential associations and affiliations with extremist organizations.
Shortly after midnight on Thursday, Trump also said the “USA is breaking down” after the attacks. Read more
Trump blames ‘open borders’ for New Orleans, Las Vegas attacks
by Alex Gangitano - 01/02/25President-elect Trump blamed the situation at the southern border for the recent attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, railing against President Biden for his immigration policies as both cases are being investigated.
The man who plowed a pickup truck into a crowd in New Orleans, killing at least 15 people, has been identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar — a U.S. citizen from Texas.
The Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was caused by firework mortars and camp fuel canisters, and the suspect was an Army veteran from Colorado, according to local news reports.
Still, Trump railed on Truth Social that the border under Biden has led to violent crime.
“With the Biden ‘Open Border’s Policy’ I said, many times during Rallies, and elsewhere, that Radical Islamic Terrorism, and other forms of violent crime, will become so bad in America that it will become hard to even imagine or believe,” the president-elect wrote.
“That time has come, only worse than ever imagined. Joe Biden is the WORST PRESIDENT IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICA, A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER,” he added. “What he and his group of Election Interfering ‘thugs’ have done to our Country will not soon be forgotten! MAGA.”
The suspect in New Orleans was carrying an ISIS extremist group flag on the trailer hitch of the truck he rented for the attack. The FBI said it was working to determine Jabbar’s potential associations and affiliations with extremist organizations.
Shortly after midnight on Thursday, Trump also said the “USA is breaking down” after the attacks. Read more
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I’m enjoying the civil war within MAGA. The ongoing debate inside the MAGA movement has escalated, exposing a rift between traditionalists and a new crop of influencers. Steve Bannon, Laura Loomer, Charlie Kirk, Matt Gaetz, and Nick Fuentes embody the original MAGA ideology, which emphasizes populism with a dash of bigotry and anti-establishment attitude. Robber Barons and Silicon Valley's elite include Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and David Sacks.
This disagreement represents a larger ideological rift that calls into question the MAGA movement's founding principles.
The problem is made worse by Trump's most recent collaboration with Robber Barons. It reveals his true nature and his loyalty as he supports Musk and his allies above his MAGA fans.
This disagreement represents a larger ideological rift that calls into question the MAGA movement's founding principles.
The problem is made worse by Trump's most recent collaboration with Robber Barons. It reveals his true nature and his loyalty as he supports Musk and his allies above his MAGA fans.
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European leaders to Elon: Back off
Story by Avery Lotz. 1/6/2025A chorus of European leaders is pushing back against Tesla CEO Elon Musk's meddling after he suggested Britain's prime minister should be imprisoned and questioned whether the U.S. should "liberate" its ally.
The big picture: Musk's influence looms large over U.S. politics with his MAGA alignment. Now he's casting a shadow over elections overseas, lambasting world leaders in recent days with his social media megaphone.
- Across dozens of posts over several days, Musk has attacked Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. On Sunday Musk turned on Nigel Farage writing that the Trump-aligned Reform Party leader "doesn't have what it takes."
- Musk threw his support behind Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which is known for its anti-immigrant views.
- He's also gotten cozy with a number of right-wing populist politicians, including Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni.
- Starmer hit back against those he said were "spreading lies and misinformation" about child sex grooming gangs and investigations into child sex abuse in the UK, the subject of several of Musk's posts.
- In one post, Musk said another Labour minister, Jess Phillips, should be "in prison" for rejecting the idea of a national probe of historic child sexual abuse, which she said should be handled locally.
- Starmer told reporters Monday that when the "poison of the far right" led to threats against Phillips and others, "a line has been crossed," CNN reported.
- "I find it worrying that a man with enormous access to social media and huge economic resources involves himself so directly in the internal affairs of other countries," he told Norwegian public broadcaster NRK.
- French President Emmanuel Macron in a speech to French ambassadors wondered who a decade ago "could have imagined ... that the owner of one of the largest social networks in the world would support a new international reactionary movement and intervene directly in elections."
- Macron, who in the past has enjoyed a civil relationship with Musk, did not mention the tech mogul by name — but there was little doubt for whom the jab was intended.
- Neither X nor the Trump transition team immediately responded to Axios's request for comment.
State of play: Musk's comments were met with outrage from German leaders, with Berlin accusing him of trying to influence the country's snap elections next month in his X commentary and an opinion piece he penned praising AfD
- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he's staying "cool" amid personal digs from Musk, per the AP, but finds it "much more worrying" that Musk waded into German politics by "supporting a party like the AfD, which is in parts right-wing extremist, which preaches rapprochement with Putin's Russia and wants to weaken transatlantic relations."
- Robert Habeck, the German Green Party's chancellor candidate, cautioned Musk against interfering in the country's politics, telling Der Spiegel magazine, "Hands off our democracy, Mr. Musk!"
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Musk pull in Europe is not going to be as much as he can with the US, because, first of all, Europe is a winner take all system, which maybe fine if you can win them all, but there aren't any single party except the Labour Party in the UK in 2024 that sweep the government in the last 20 years, which mean even if he can sway the party and put them on top with his money, that government is going to have to content with minority and even independent party as evidenced to the government of Canada, German and France, all of which are currently a minority ruling government.
Another issue with European system is everyone have a vote, and the party following is not really that strong, he can try but it is going to cost him a lot more than he is spending in the US to get Trump elected.
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