Spy Balloon!

sweetisland2009

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I pay more taxes than all corporate American businesses and I'm a green card holder am I a real American yet?!
you’re well on your way. My wife has her citizenship test this year and can’t wait to vote.



  • Apply for citizenship.
  • Pass the citizenship and English test.
  • Complete the oath of allegiance to the United States.
 

breedwheel

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Yes! Remember when we used to be proud to be the mixing pot of the world!? I remember, and it makes me sad we no longer think like that.
That's how they were brainwashing us in the 70's. I used to have nightmares about holes in the ozone layer going to burn the world up because the teachers were pounding that into our little heads. They do the same now with CRT, climate change, and transvestites
 

DIY-HP-LED

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Yes! Remember when we used to be proud to be the mixing pot of the world!? I remember, and it makes me sad we no longer think like that.
These days the melting pot part comes after multiculturalism and few immigrants are European now, fewer still are the blond haired blue eyed types most republicans favor. South and central America, the middle east or Africa are on offer, things have improved a lot in Asia and are improving more, so it's mostly brown and black folks who wanna come these days. In Canada 25% of the population are landed immigrants or are citizens born elsewhere. If America were to have such levels of immigration it might upset the demographics enough to cause the republicans issues. They have a racist fascist ideology at odds with American ideals and would not do well among new citizens versed in civics and history.

There is little choice but to allow immigration, our birthrate can't keep up and employers here are screaming for workers, driving inflation up. So resisting meaningful immigration reform in America is harming the country and fueling inflation while shrinking the overall economy.
 

schuylaar

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Sorry man, I'm a real American. The handling of the balloon was pathetic. As was Afghanistan and everything else that incompetent fool has touched.
RECALL: The non-negotiable withdraw for Afghanistan was brokered by Trump. I hope you don't mind Fact Check as cite.


The Trump administration in February 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that excluded the Afghan government, freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers and set a date certain of May 1, 2021, for the final withdrawal.

And the Trump administration kept to the pact, reducing U.S. troop levels from about 13,000 to 2,500, even though the Taliban continued to attack Afghan government forces and welcomed al-Qaeda terrorists into the Taliban leadership.
 

schuylaar

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For an American, a patriot is someone who supports the constitution and rule of law, and republicans don't, it's really that simple. A patriot supports the founding ethos of the country and liberal democratic rule, not fascism and authoritarian government. Patriots support an elected president, not a despot who tries to steal the people's votes with the help of a mob of suckers and losers storming the capitol.

The republican party aided and abetted treason and are trying to cover it up now, only a fool would vote for such people.

Americans, the republicans can't go low enough into the gutter for their base, and the democrats want not a mere mortal man as president, they want fucking superman and nothing short of perfection will do!
Charlottesville was a historical event that they are trying to change the narrative of what was said; that's fucking scary.
 

CCGNZ

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RECALL: The non-negotiable withdraw for Afghanistan was brokered by Trump. I hope you don't mind Fact Check as cite.


The Trump administration in February 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with the Taliban that excluded the Afghan government, freed 5,000 imprisoned Taliban soldiers and set a date certain of May 1, 2021, for the final withdrawal.

And the Trump administration kept to the pact, reducing U.S. troop levels from about 13,000 to 2,500, even though the Taliban continued to attack Afghan government forces and welcomed al-Qaeda terrorists into the Taliban leadership.
Reps. practice open hypocracy,now the balloons,3 during Orange's pres.,thought HE was a tough guy????? What's up Marco?,are you for defense cuts like you're rep. brethren over the deficit extension? Can't EVER remember reps. for ANY def. cuts,WHO are you people now?
 

CunningCanuk

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Looks like they went through Trump's old PDBs to see what he missed. A lot, since he hardly ever listened to them and never read them.


Chinese spy balloons under Trump not discovered until after Biden took office

The transiting of three suspected Chinese spy balloons over the continental US during the Trump administration was only discovered after President Joe Biden took office, a senior administration official told CNN on Sunday.

The official did not say how or when those incidents were discovered.

The official said that the intelligence community is prepared to offer briefings to key Trump administration officials about the Chinese surveillance program, which the Biden administration believes has been deployed in countries across five continents over the last several years.

After the Biden administration disclosed last week that a suspected Chinese spy balloon was hovering over Montana, the Pentagon said that similar balloon incidents had occurred during the Trump administration. In response, former Trump administration Defense Secretary Mark Esper told CNN on Friday that he was “surprised” by that statement.

“I don’t ever recall somebody coming into my office or reading anything that the Chinese had a surveillance balloon above the United States,” he said.

Former President Donald Trump also said on Truth Social this week that reports of Chinese balloons transiting the US during his administration were “fake disinformation.”

The Biden administration official now says the incidents were not discovered until after the Trump administration had already left. But the official did not say how those incidents were discovered or when.

CNN reported on Sunday that the Pentagon had briefed Congress of previous Chinese surveillance balloons during the Trump administration that flew near Texas and Florida.

Rep. Michael Waltz confirmed in a statement to CNN that “currently, we understand there were incursions near Florida and Texas, but we don’t have clarity on what kind of systems were on these balloons or if these incursions occurred in territorial waters or overflew land.”

Another Chinese spy balloon also transited the continental US briefly at the beginning of the Biden administration, the senior administration official said. But the balloon that was shot down by the US military on Saturday was unique in both the path it took, down from Alaska and Canada into the US, and the length of time it spent loitering over sensitive missile sites in Montana, officials said.

The senior administration official said that with regard to the balloon shot down on Saturday, the analysis into its capabilities is ongoing. But, the official added, “closely observing the balloon in flight has allowed us to better understand this Chinese program and further confirmed its mission was surveillance.”

Republicans have criticized the Biden administration for not shooting the balloon down earlier after it was first noticed over Alaska on January 28. House Republicans are weighing the passage of a resolution this week condemning the Biden administration for its handling the balloon, CNN reported Sunday.
Looks like Fox News got it wrong again. I wonder when they’re going to issue a correction.


 

Sickofitall420247

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For an American, a patriot is someone who supports the constitution and rule of law, and republicans don't, it's really that simple. A patriot supports the founding ethos of the country and liberal democratic rule, not fascism and authoritarian government. Patriots support an elected president, not a despot who tries to steal the people's votes with the help of a mob of suckers and losers storming the capitol.

The republican party aided and abetted treason and are trying to cover it up now, only a fool would vote for such people.

Americans, the republicans can't go low enough into the gutter for their base, and the democrats want not a mere mortal man as president, they want fucking superman and nothing short of perfection will do!
We don't have liberal democratic rule. We are a constitutional republic.
 
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