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Donald Trump's, JD Vance's and Marc Molinaro's Demonization of Haitian Immigrants

Submitted by Robin Messing on Fri, 09/27/2024 - 3:18pm

My Congressman, Marc Molinaro, has made the demonization of undocumented immigrants one of his main focuses in his battle to win re-election against his Democratic opponent, Josh Riley, in New York's 19th Congressional District. This has become standard fare for the Republican Party.

There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants in our country. You are bound to have some extremely violent criminals in any population of that size. Whenever an undocumented immigrant is responsible for a particularly heinous rape or murder, you can count on Republicans to scream, “LOOK AT THAT. THESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE HORRIBLE, AND IF IT WEREN’T FOR OUR DEMOCRATIC OPPONENTS, THEIR VICTIMS WOULD STILL BE ALIVE.”

This group demonization is particularly unwarranted since immigrants do not commit violent crimes at a higher rate than native-born Americans. In fact, a Cato Institute study of homicides in Texas found that “illegal immigrants were 26 percent less likely than native-born Americans to be convicted of homicide.” This makes intuitive sense because undocumented immigrants WANT to keep a low profile. They try not to attract the attention of the police because they know that they are likely to be deported if they are caught committing crimes.


Marc Molinaro has gone far beyond the normal Republican attacks against undocumented immigrants in his attempts to smear Josh Riley. Molinaro retweeted an image of a Facebook post claiming that Haitian immigrants were butchering and eating dogs and cats as well as ducks and geese in Springfield Ohio. A second image attached to Molinaro's tweet shows a Black man walking down the street carrying two geese.

An Open Letter To Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Submitted by Robin Messing on Sun, 08/25/2024 - 6:27pm

Dear Mr. Johnson,

I have always had a high opinion of you. You are enormously talented and a great entertainer. And there will NEVER be a better smack talker than you in the wrestling industry. Everything I’ve read about you tells me you are a thoughtful individual and an overall good guy. I was intrigued when you teased the idea a few years ago about running for president, and I would have seriously considered voting for you, depending on your positions during the campaign.

However, when I heard that you regretted endorsing Joe Biden in 2020 and that you would not endorse anyone this time around, my opinion of you dropped like a . . . dropped like a .. . . dropped like a . . . DAMN! What is that word I’m looking for? It was right on the tip of my tongue.

Tiny Testicled Ted Cruz Stands Up For Democracy the Way He Stands Up For His Family

Submitted by Robin Messing on Sat, 08/24/2024 - 5:06pm

Donald Trump is crying about the Democrats rigging the 2024 election against him through lawfare. And he cried about the Democrats rigging the election in 2020. And he cried about both the general election and the Republican primaries being rigged against him in 2016. I discussed this in great detail in my column Donald Trump's History Of Crying "Rigged Election". 

Now you may be saying to yourself, "Whoa--did you just say that Trump accused REPUBLICANS of rigging the 2016 primaries against him?" Yes, I did. And the Republican he accused most often of this was Ted Cruz. Funny thing. That's not the only thing Trump attacked about Ted Cruz. Trump also attacked Cruz's wife and father. Let's see what we can learn about Cruz by reviewing how he reacted to Trump's bullying.

What if Trump Told Us The Truth? What If He WAS Extorted By Stormy Daniels?

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 08/07/2024 - 4:10pm

All right, boys and girls, gather round. Are you a Trump supporter? Welcome. Please come in. You are especially welcome today. In fact, today you get to go to the head of the line and take the comfiest seats so you can hear this wondrous “WHAT IF” story I’m about to tell.

Oh, I know I've been mean to your favorite President in the past. I've said that if he were Pinocchio, his nose would bump into the Andromeda Galaxy. And I've been rude to you as well. I've called you "Trumpanzees" hundreds of times on social media because I thought Trump had made monkeys out of you. (I know. Chimpanzees are apes and not monkeys, but I took poetic license.)

Well, not today. At least, not in this post. Today's message is too important for such childish nonsense. Today I have a sincere and heartfelt question I must ask you. A question involving Donald Trump and our national security. A question of "WHAT IF". I need to provide a little background before asking my big "WHAT IF" question.

Trump's Project 2025 Denial Proves He Is The Sergeant Schultz Of American Politics

Submitted by Robin Messing on Fri, 07/12/2024 - 2:56am

The Republicans are chomping at the bit to implement Project 2025 if Donald Trump wins the 2024 election. I had previously written that Project 2025 dovetails into Trump's plan to seek revenge against his enemies. I am not going to go into detail here about Project 2025's radical agenda, but I will point you to this video by Beau of the Fifth Column as a starting point to learn more. Beau is one of the most astute political commentators I know of, and it's a damn shame he doesn't have a show on one of the major networks. (Here is Beau's main Youtube channel.)

 

Project 2025 is about as popular among people who have more than a passing knowledge about it as root canals or cockroaches. Donald Trump is smart enough to know it is wildly unpopular, so he is doing his best to distance himself from it.

Dictator Trump--Part 5: There Will Be Blood In The Streets--Tiananmen Square-Style--If Trump Wins In 2024

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 6:31pm

As I mentioned in the introduction to this series of articles, I predicted that Donald Trump would be an existential threat to our democracy--and I made that prediction roughly two weeks before the 2016 election.

The previous articles in this series have set the stage for my new prediction: If Trump is elected in 2024, we will see at least one—and very possibly more—Tiananmen Square-style massacres on U.S. soil.

Dictator Trump--Part 4: The Road To Dictatorship Will Be Paved Over The Bodies Of Minorities

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 6:29pm

I argued in my last column that Project 2025 will enable Donald Trump to wield great power. But Trump is running on two agendas that could expand his power exponentially. And whether intended or not, minorities will suffer the most as Trump solidifies his dictatorship.

Trump's two dangerous agendas involve a declaration of war against Mexican drug cartels to counter the fentanyl epidemic and a program that will deport suspected members of drug cartels without due process and that will require building massive detention camps to hold undocumented immigrants for deportation.

Dictator Trump--Part 3: Project 2025 and Donald Trump's Thirst For Revenge

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 5:25pm

The takeaway from my last column is simple, but horrific: Donald Trump wants to become a dictator for the purpose of revenge. But how will do this? How will he expand the already awesome power of the presidency? This story by the Washington Post provides part of the answer.

Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should he win a second term, with the former president naming individuals he wants to investigate or prosecute and his associates drafting plans to potentially invoke the Insurrection Act on his first day in office to allow him to deploy the military against civil demonstrations.

Dictator Trump--Part 2: Trump Wants To Become A Dictator, And His Thirst For Power Could Lead To Civil War

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 5:20pm

In my previous article I discussed how concentrating too much power in the hands of ANY one person could lead to disaster--especially if that person is only advised by "yes" men and women. A president who only seeks out the opinions of others who tell him what they think he wants to hear will be basing his assumptions on faulty or incomplete information, and stumbling around with blind spots never ends well.

However, if the imperial president with nearly unchecked power happens to be Donald Trump or someone like Trump, the danger becomes exponentially greater. Trump plans to implement an extreme authoritarian agenda that will transform America into a police state. The Los Angeles Times reports:

In speeches, interviews and campaign videos, Trump has promised to:

  • Use the military to participate in the largest deportation of undocumented immigrants in American history;
  • Order the National Guard into cities with high crime rates, whether local officials want it or not;
  • Prosecute Californians who protect minors coming to the state for gender-affirming care;
  • Impose a 10% tariff on almost all foreign goods, increasing prices for consumers;
  • Appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” his political opponents, beginning with Biden;
  • Purge the federal civil service of anyone who questions his views.

Dictator Trump--Part 1: The Dangers of an Imperial Presidency

Submitted by Robin Messing on Wed, 01/03/2024 - 5:17pm

Donald Trump and his allies plan to greatly strengthen the power of the president should Republicans win the presidency in 2024. If they get their way, many of the checks and balances that have constrained Trump's most illegal and dangerous policies will be removed in a second Trump Administration. This is from an extremely important New York Times article by Jonathan Swan, Charlie Savage and Maggie Haberman. I urge you to read it all.

Mr. Trump intends to bring independent agencies — like the Federal Communications Commission, which makes and enforces rules for television and internet companies, and the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces various antitrust and other consumer protection rules against businesses — under direct presidential control.

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