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Freeloading Rusty

Freeloading Rusty

Here comes Rover, sniffin’ at your ass
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Pentagon Told White House Caravans Were No Threat
The Trump administration was informed by the Pentagon that “only a small percentage” of Central American migrants traveling with several “caravans” headed toward the U.S. will likely make it to the border, Newsweek reports.

“The information was received before the administration moved ahead with plans to deploy more than 5,200 troops to the border.”
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DHS chief: Majority of migrants traveling to US are 'victims of violence'
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Friday that the majority of migrants traveling to the U.S. as part are victims of violence — a message seemingly at odds with the emphasis that President Trump has put on immigrant caravans representing a serious security threat.

Nielsen, speaking at a Council of Foreign Relations event, said that the journey to the U.S. is “tremendously difficult and dangerous.”

“We have about 30 percent of women who take that journey are sexually abused, 17 percent of men,” she said. “Seventy percent of the migrants are victims of violence.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief said that she has asked the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help make it possible for other countries to be able to accept the migrants as asylum seekers.

“Let’s expand the asylum capacity through the region so we can help them as soon as possible on that journey, so they’re not forced to make decisions like using a smuggler, using a trafficker, sending kids alone to the border,” Nielsen said.

Trump, who has made immigration a huge part of his closing message for the midterm campaign, said Thursday that he is “finalizing a plan” to reject asylum claims from those who enter the country illegally, saying asylum applications would only be accepted at ports of entry.

The president’s comments were directed toward the migrant caravan currently traveling toward the U.S. from Central America and Mexico.

Trump has called the caravan an “invasion” and has sent 5,200 troops to the border, even as the group has fallen in size as it makes it way through Mexico. Trump has also spoken of "Middle Easterners" being a part of the caravan, and has said he's been told by border agents of the risk of members of ISIS and other terrorist groups entering the U.S. through the southern border.

On Thursday, the president also said that soldiers sent to the border could fire upon the caravan if they felt it necessary, saying that “anybody throwing stones, rocks like they did to Mexico ... We will consider that a firearm, because there's not much difference.”

When asked about the use of troops at the border, Nielsen said that DHS didn’t have the “capacity and capability to address that type of flow” by itself, and has asked the Department of Defense for assistance.

She said that part of the military’s use at the border is for engineering and other technical aspects, but also to “help make sure we can defend our ports of entry.”

“What we’ve seen particularly in the second or third phase, that unfortunately did turn quite violent,” Nielsen said. “But by the time we’re talking about molotov cocktails and use of firearms, it’s my duty to make sure our officers and agents are secure.”

Mexico’s Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete said Sunday that some of the migrants were armed with guns and others had Molotov cocktails, according to Reuters.
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Freeloading Rusty

Freeloading Rusty

Here comes Rover, sniffin’ at your ass
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HBO responds to Trump's 'Game of Thrones' tweet: We 'would prefer our trademark not be misappropriated for political purposes'
  • HBO isn't happy that President Donald Trump used "Game of Thrones" imagery and language to promote sanctions against Iran.
  • "We were not aware of this messaging and would prefer our trademark not be misappropriated for political purposes," HBO said in response to a tweet from Trump earlier Friday.
  • The White House's official Twitter account appeared to clarify in a follow-up shortly after that the image referred to sanctions on Iran.
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Trump admits Republicans could lose the House at rally


View: https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1058459421414584320
 
megatherium

megatherium

el rey del mambo
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MC Gusto said:
Peterson is brilliant. A savy psychologist. Yet a bit of a bully and ego driven when it comes to criticisms or debates.
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I don't think he follows politics very closely or anything but he seems to understand what's going on well enough.
 
Hauler

Hauler

Been fallin so long it's like gravitys gone
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