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There are no apples to apples comparisons. They are all different laws. What I'm saying is you seem to recognize that not all laws need to be enforced with the same amount of vigor, nor do we need to treat all suspects the same. Is that correct? This is what I'm driving at -- do we need to...

Can you quantify why people who are in this country without a valid visa are a bigger problem than people who speed? Or why they are a menace greater than speeders?You are basically saying you don't think all laws should be applied with the same amount of vigor for suspects, correct?

What would your reaction be if we decided to treat speeders the way we are treating people here without a valid visa? Basically, that's the way I'm looking at it. I can quantify the damage and safety issues of speeders easier than I can illegal immigrants.Would you vigorously oppose sending...

I appreciate you answering, but I guess I want to dig further into it. Some of it depends on your jurisdiction, I believe in Virginia, if you knowingly trespass on property here, it's a criminal misdemeanor -- overstaying your visa, or entering without a valid visa is a civil misdemeanor...

Except it isn't. Trespass is a criminal offense, speeding and overstaying your visa are not. Also, trespassing is a person misusing someone else's private property, whereas speeding and entering the country without a visa are misusing public resources.I can make the argument that speeding is...

FYI - I think overall it shows the economy is still doing fine. My read on where all the tariffs will land will be a drag on the economy but not catastrophic. It basically will be a combination of a sales tax and a hit on corporate profits (ie some will be absorbed by companies taking a hit to...

I think nitpicking GDP numbers is not a great way to go. 3% GDP growth is good. Last quarter was a contraction of 0.5%, which was bad. Just let the numbers and trend lines speak for themselves.From my amateur reading of the numbers, last quarter was depressed because of imports trying to get...

I've asked this question of a few supporters of ICE and the President's actions, and they can't really answer, and always try to change the topic.Why should we treat undocumented immigrants any worse than speeders? It's roughly the same "level" of violation of law (civil and traffic, not...

That isn't a pardon, it just means she won't be prosecuted for any crimes she might have talked about during the interview.Honestly, I think any deal they make could be perilous, b/c let's say she points the figure at a few people and the DOJ goes after them. The defense attorney's should be...

I doubt it... this administration doesn't have any shame, and they'll just sit on it. They'll give Maxwell a pardon in exchange for burning a few people (but not Trump), and that'll be enough to get his base off his back.

People really need to prepare themselves for nothing coming out of this. My guess is there is no actual evidence in the Epstein files (i think if there was something solid, we'd have seen more investigations and prosecutions already). What's there instead is stuff that would make all of us...

This is cringe, right?

According to his lawyer, the deportation order was withheld in 2007 and he was allowed to legally remain and work in the US.

Yeah, I think that's all probably true, but man, I know information bubbles are strong, but you'd have to really twist yourself in knots to think that Trump was the right person for that issue.

I find some of the hard core MAGA's reaction to this perplexing. I had assumed they'd just brush it aside like everything else -- I mean we already know Trump hung out with Epstein. We've already seen his name on the fight logs. We already know that Epstein had considered Trump a friend. Trump...

I also assume it's a fake... seems on brand from him though (Gaetz).

It depends on the elasticity of the demand curve for the product. The more inelastici it is, the more prices will rise.The main thing to be aware of is tariffs are a sales tax that the importer pays. The downstream ramifications are complex, but it's a tax that the importer pays, and they will...

Woah... that's out of line bub... Ranged fighters are a perfectly useful part of a healthy D&D party.

This really is devastating to transgender children and their families. This is nothing more than naked aggression against kids based on the political class' own discomfort. I feel so freaking sad for people who are going to be left without resources in a state that hates them

Maybe if they didn't have to subsidize other states and could keep their money local, they could pay down that debt .. :)