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Month: January 2025

Illegal Immigration Never Was a National Emergency

January 19, 2025January 19, 2025 bklinger

We have heard a lot from the president-elect about the threat of illegal immigration, from “they’re not sending their best” in 2015 to “They’re eating the dogs” last year.  The underlying message is that the ....

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Geography/Economics/Politics, Immigration, Social Policy

Trump’s Own Company Censors

January 8, 2025January 8, 2025 bklinger

I just looked. It says it right in the Truth Social terms of service: “When you create or make available any Contributions, you thereby represent and warrant that:” “4. Your Contributions are not false, inaccurate, ....

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Communication, Culture, Technology

The Texan Threat

January 5, 2025January 5, 2025 bklinger

The Case Against Texans The recent mass shooting in New Orleans by Shamsud-Din Jabbar reminds us of a familiar threat: deadly rampages by violent Texans.  The FBI has reported that Jabbar was a US citizen ....

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Crime, Geography/Economics/Politics, Social Policy

America the Ugly, I Still Belong to You

January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 bklinger

One Big Unhappy Family “My neighbor with the anti-Trump bumper sticker doesn’t talk to me anymore,” my Dad said when I was visiting my parents in New Jersey this week. “The same thought had crossed ....

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