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RalphE
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I don't see the Japan deal being reported on this way. The press makes it sound like a reduction.
July 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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This is right there with the $1.99 gas
July 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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July 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I believe we need to pull together with a godd, hard hiitting, easy to understnd message that in all ways comes back to this message about congress over the next 15 months. Every candidate should rin with this slogan. #TakeItBack
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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June 29, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Call your Senator!
June 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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If you care about this issue, I hope you get involved on the long haul: volunteer for pro-immigrant groups, donate to mutual aid, and perhaps pursue career paths that help people in this situation. I was moved to read someone on here say that, when they found their employee was undocumented, they helped them get a green card. The path was difficult, as our immigration system is broken (it took them 11 years). But I can tell you that this is like pulling someone drowning in raging waters. Ultimately, I hope me sharing this story helps push back against the idea that all undocumented immigrants are MS-13 members. I know many people in my position and they are all like your neighbors.
June 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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About twenty years ago, I watched with some small measure of hope that the Dream ACT would pass and help a portion of undocumented immigrants. I saw people march angrily in the streets (something I supported). But I was dismayed to see nothing really come about. In fact, when Obama passed DACA, I was skeptical that it would be sensible to give your information to the federal government without a guaranteed path to citizenship. It seems that the Trump administration may use those lists to hunt down immigrants. I think the ICE sweeps are inhumane. I support and admire the protestors who are putting their bodies on the line for non-violent resistance. Ultimately, I think we need to solve this issue on a systemic level. It's unreasonable to me to expect that the government will deport some 10-20 million people. Even deporting 1 million will cause an insane amount of chaos, not to mention an incredible amount of wasteful government spending. The militarization of law enforcement is over the top and only escalate the situation. I have seen people march on this issue, only for it to be dropped later and dissolve into quiet grumbles. In the end, nothing is done for immigrants. Time passes until decades later, we have another political crisis like the one we have today. This cycle seems unsustainable. I hope people sustain this energy to solve the immigration issue and put undocumented immigrants — most who are peaceful, skilled, and hard-working citizens — on a path to citizenship. As time continues to go by, many undocumented immigrants are seeing their lives wasted away.
June 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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The lack of legal immigration has totally shaped my life. It has made every interaction with the law much scarier. It has shaped which opportunities I could or could not get. It has taken an emotional toll, as this legal issue hangs over your head like a black cloud. There are millions of people in my situation — people who were brought here as children, some babies, and were unable to raise their hand during this process and say "maybe we should hire a lawyer." Parents may have crossed the border not knowing about the law, as the law can be pretty confusing and lawyers are expensive. Perhaps, in the end, they should have hired a lawyer; but sometimes life is messy. In the end, they crossed for the same reason many people rise every day: to support their families. I think it's unreasonable to deport millions of people who have contributed positively to society. It's simply not true that the majority of these people are violent criminals carrying drugs. Many own small businesses; many work as skilled laborers (including garment workers!). The vast majority are good, honest people. For those of us who grew up in the United States, sending us "back" to our "home" country would mean sending someone to a foreign land, as they grew up in the United States. Tearing families apart based on immigration status seems inhumane.
June 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will. I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the vast majority of undocumented immigrants don't. My family escaped Vietnam after the Tet Offensive and went through an arduous journey that eventually landed them in the Canada. My father worked there for a time as a janitor; my mother, a secretary. When work fell through, my dad was offered to work with his sister in the United States, so he went, as our family needed money. He ended up staying in the US longer than he was supposed to — not knowing immigration laws — and asked my mom to come be with him. Of course, she went and carried me over the border while I was still a baby. I'm still unsure whether we technically broke an immigration law. The border between Canada and the United States was pretty porous (as it is today, for the most part). But either way, since I came here without legal documentation, I eventually fell into the category of being an undocumented immigrant. Yet, I've been in the United States since I was a baby. My identity and roots are very much based in this country, no different from anyone else.
June 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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June 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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I asked ChtGPT how RFK,jr will affect insurance coverge:
May 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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I've been crabby since January 20.
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May 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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April 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I asked ChatbotGPT this...
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I must have made someone's follow list. Just a smallish sample Thanks!!!
March 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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He wants more beachfront property.
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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I had to Google it.
January 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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December 16, 2024 at 1:07 AM
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Unusual object in the Omaha Airport.
December 3, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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Do we do new profile pic here?
November 28, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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My latest X followers this week are all young "women." Again.

Combined Following: 27K+ Combined Followers: 142. You don't think these are Bots, do you?
November 27, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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Tough Market
November 23, 2024 at 1:02 AM