The Trump Presidency 2.0

Found a fascinating quote on naturalized citizenship today.

"Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons." Jacob B. Howard, 1866. Bolded is mine for emphasis.

The quote is from Jacob B. Howard- the principal draftsman of the 14th. The intent, stated clearly- is that illegal immigrants (aliens) are not "subject to the jurisdiction" of the United States and are not entitled to birthright citizenship.

Sen. Howard died 5 years after this quote, but he made the intent of the 14th very clear- if you're a foreigner or an alien, you're not entitled to birthright citizenship. In the 138 years since, this has somehow twisted into "if you cross the border and have a child then poof! You're an American."

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So Mitch Mcconnell voted no on Hegseth. It's not about what's best for the country. It's all about getting even with Trump. Looking like JD will have to break the tie.
 
Isn't McConnell the turd who basically had a stroke or two in press conferences? The guy is arguably more far gone than Biden, just standing there, lights on but nobody's home. His office probably has one of those vacuums dentists use so his staff can evac the drool pooling in his mouth. The guy I'm thinking of could eat chilled Elmer's glue if you told him it was vanilla pudding because his brain is little more than a bucket of wet sand and random beach detritus.

ETA: Yeah, that's the same guy. Dude has a smile like the puppet thing in the Saw series or maybe Venom or some Tim Burton cartoon character. Running around DC looking like Jack Skellington's older brother. That dude's mouth is straight out of a Japanese horror film.
 
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A lot of people don't want to say it, but Trump is doing what we all know needs to be done.

Why do we have DEI if we have... EO? EEO? IG? Commanders? UCMJ? Army Values? Get all of the politics and racism out of the way and let Soldiers be Soldiers.
 
Blows my mind that half of congress voted against Hegseth. They voted every other asshole in with record numbers, but not Hegseth.
 
R.Caerbannog said:
Blows my mind that half of congress voted against Hegseth. They voted every other asshole in with record numbers, but not Hegseth.
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He was the one that it was OK to really hate. Kind of like Trump was in his first and second elections. If you want to grandstand and pretend things like character and personality matter, this was the guy to do it against.
 
R.Caerbannog said:
Blows my mind that half of congress voted against Hegseth. They voted every other asshole in with record numbers, but not Hegseth.
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Preface this by saying I voted for Trump…not because I believe that he’s the answer, but because I felt left with no better option.

In regards to Hegseth, I’m having a difficult time believing that he was the best option. His personal challenges are a non-factor to me, and his military background will resonate with the Services; as will his history of Veteran advocacy. But I just don’t see anything in his background that makes me believe that he has the top level experience to efficiently navigate the Pentagon bureaucracy as it exists; I’m concerned that he will be easily influenced because he does not know better, or worse, dig in his heels on something because he does not understand the consequences.

I use myself as an example. I’ve been with the same company for many years, I am a successful and well thought of middle manager, and have a pretty good feel for what makes the wheels spin. That said, if I got an email tomorrow that I was being promoted to CEO, I’d be in way over my head and miserably fail. That is my concern with Hegseth.

In my scenario I’d do my best to surround myself with smart people who could guide me, but I don’t know that he will do that; especially if he is taking order from Trump, who tends to bring into his circle sycophants versus people who will challenge and oppose him. ( I accept in advance that that statement may be challenged and pushed back against, but that’s how I feel)

@R.Caerbannog - what is it about Hegseth’s background or experience that causes you to be in favor of him, that makes you believe he will be successful? Please do not say things like ‘draining the swamp’ or ‘cutting through the bureaucracy’ because someone who had more experience at those levels should in theory, be better qualified to navigate and break through those things.

I’m genuinely curious what you believe makes him the right choice.
 

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