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I know we've had discussions about this topic before, but I was not able to pull them up this morning. At any rate, the Pentagon just released a list of project that funds will be diverted from so that Donny gets his wall. 55% of the projects are in states that voted for Hillary Clinton. In addition to the states that will lost projects, funding will also be transferred from three territories and 19 countries. The cuts would fall especially hard on two U.S. territories: Puerto Rico, which stands to lose $403 million worth of projects, and Guam, which would lose $257 million. Puerto Rico is still struggling to recover from Hurricane Maria’s devastation in 2017 — and its government has come under repeated criticism from Trump, who denounced it last week as “one of the most corrupt places on earth” even as the island was facing a lashing from Hurricane Dorian. The five projects in Puerto Rico are primarily to rebuild after severe damage from Hurricane Maria, a senior defense official said. The $3.6 billion, taken from 127 projects across the globe, will go toward 11 projects in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, which include both new construction and some fencing replacement. The longest stretch of new pedestrian fencing — about 52 miles — is scheduled for Laredo, Tex., along the Rio Grande. Reacting to the Pentagon’s announcement, Democrats assailed what they said was an assault on military readiness and lawmakers from both parties voiced discomfort with what they called an attempt by the White House to subvert their constitutional mandate to set government spending. Privately, several Pentagon officials acknowledged that their position was tenuous, since Congress would ultimately have to agree to replace the funds. If Congress does not agree to do that, the projects will be effectively canceled. While the Senate agreed to replace the funds that were expected to be removed from military construction, the House refused to do so and included an additional provision that would bar the administration from trying to reallocate funds in the next fiscal year. (Note to Nancy Pelosi: you go, girl!) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/us/politics/pentagon-projects-border-wall.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Dumbshit could be either one word (dumbshit) or two (dumb shit) , and it definitely applies to Trump. A few days ago, Trump took a trip to the southern border of California. While there, Donald began to divulge some very sensitive information regarding secret technology that’s currently in use to protect the southern border and ultimately turned to the general that was in charge, asking him to elaborate on the situation. However, the general present had enough sense to dodge the question and instead of expanding on Trump’s details stated, “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing that.” http://dctribune.org/trump-was-about-to-reveal-secret-technology-about-border-wall-until-general-stops-him/
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After Trump bragged that his wall was “virtually impenetrable,” Rick Weber, co-founder of the Muir Valley rock climbing park in Rogers, Kentucky, organized an event for climbers interested in scaling a replica of the wall. But, of course, at least two people have already ascended Mount Trumpnuts. Time: Weber took the President’s claim as a challenge. He says he constructed his own replica of the wall, relying on the wall’s official dimensions as well as recent images of the structure. This weekend, Weber is planning to invite climbers attending the “Rocktoberfest” rock climbing festival at the nearby Red River Gorge canyon system in Kentucky to climb the model. Guests will be challenged to compete to climb up and over the wall in the fastest time. Several people have already managed to climb up the wall replica, including 8-year-old Lucy Hancock. Hancock didn’t use any ropes or other tools to climb the wall, but wore a belay, a safety device designed to catch a falling climber. An adult climber, Erik Kloeker, was up and over the wall in about 40 seconds.
And there you have it. The very expensive wall that shut down the government, debased minorities, and divided the nation is totally useless. Ha. Like you didn’t know that already.
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Al Jazeera published an article this morning on how Trump has succeeded in building his border wall - not a physical wall, but a wall consisting of cruel immigration policies: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/donald-trump-build-wall-191019103020859.html The bricks in Trump's border wall take several forms: "metering", which constricts the number of asylum seekers who can apply on any given day; the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols, which require asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while they wait for their cases to be processed, and; the Safe Third Country Agreement, which requires migrants to apply for asylum and get rejected in a country they transit through before seeking asylum in the US. The right to seek asylum is a human right, protected in both US and international law. The US needs a government that safeguards that right, not one that constructs policy barriers when so many lives are on the line. This is what the United Nations has to say about refugees: https://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/thematic-areas/international-law-courts-tribunals/refugee-law/
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Here we go again. Democrats say White House demands for $5 billion for Trump's long-sought U.S.-Mexico border wall have led the GOP-controlled Senate to shortchange Democratic domestic priorities. Current stopgap spending authority expires Nov. 21 and another measure will be needed to prevent a shutdown reprising last year's 35-day partial shuttering of the government. All sides want to avert a repeat shutdown, but it can't be entirely ruled out because of the dysfunction and bitterness engulfing Washington these days. Last year, Trump forced a government shutdown 3 days before Christmas. Although he actually IS stupid enough to do the same thing this year a week before Thanksgiving, it's more likely that the more rational members of the Republican Party will find a way to prevent it from happening. https://wben.radio.com/articles/ap-news/border-wall-impeachment-battle-imperil-budget-progress
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