TerriDNW #DoNotObeyInAdvance 🇺🇸
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The opposite of our constitutional republic is autocracy. I support separation of powers, rule of law, real journalism. Fascism sucks. Protect truth. Nolite te bastardes carborundum.
So telling. The only other person he claps for like that is himself.
August 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So telling. The only other person he claps for like that is himself.
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The only people who would be eligible would be the descendants of immigrants who were naturalized before their children's birth. Unfortunately, that wouldn't exclude Trump.
July 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The only people who would be eligible would be the descendants of immigrants who were naturalized before their children's birth. Unfortunately, that wouldn't exclude Trump.
There are not words for how much I love this.
June 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
There are not words for how much I love this.
If birthright citizenship totally didn't exist, then yes, you and I would both stop being citizens.
I think Trump's EO only purports to eliminate it moving forward, so presumably it wouldn't affect those of us who already have citizenship through some chain originating from birthright.
I think Trump's EO only purports to eliminate it moving forward, so presumably it wouldn't affect those of us who already have citizenship through some chain originating from birthright.
May 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If birthright citizenship totally didn't exist, then yes, you and I would both stop being citizens.
I think Trump's EO only purports to eliminate it moving forward, so presumably it wouldn't affect those of us who already have citizenship through some chain originating from birthright.
I think Trump's EO only purports to eliminate it moving forward, so presumably it wouldn't affect those of us who already have citizenship through some chain originating from birthright.
OK, you've got me on that one.
I don't have enough imagination to even conceive of the destruction of norms that the Trump administration lives for.
I don't have enough imagination to even conceive of the destruction of norms that the Trump administration lives for.
May 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
OK, you've got me on that one.
I don't have enough imagination to even conceive of the destruction of norms that the Trump administration lives for.
I don't have enough imagination to even conceive of the destruction of norms that the Trump administration lives for.
Goal achieved for this week.
May 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Goal achieved for this week.
Trump's parents were NOT illegal, even by his rules. Even if BRC is eliminated, naturalization is a legit means of getting citizenship. Trump's mom was naturalized b4 he was born. That made her legal. His dad was legal b/c HIS father (Trump's grandpa) was naturalized. So Trump's kids are citizens.
May 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Trump's parents were NOT illegal, even by his rules. Even if BRC is eliminated, naturalization is a legit means of getting citizenship. Trump's mom was naturalized b4 he was born. That made her legal. His dad was legal b/c HIS father (Trump's grandpa) was naturalized. So Trump's kids are citizens.
I know that. So what? His kids get their citizenship from him. It doesn't matter whether their mothers were citizens or not.
April 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I know that. So what? His kids get their citizenship from him. It doesn't matter whether their mothers were citizens or not.
But their children would be eligible. For example, Trump's mother and his paternal grandfather were both naturalized. Therefore he would still be eligible to be President. (At least as far as citizenship is concerned; he'd still be too ignorant and corrupt to qualify by MY standards.)
April 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
But their children would be eligible. For example, Trump's mother and his paternal grandfather were both naturalized. Therefore he would still be eligible to be President. (At least as far as citizenship is concerned; he'd still be too ignorant and corrupt to qualify by MY standards.)
That's not true. Descendants of naturalized citizens would be eligible.
I wonder if you're confusing "birthright citizenship" (anyone born on US soil is a US citizen, regardless of parental citizenship) with citizenship at birth for children of US citizens.
I wonder if you're confusing "birthright citizenship" (anyone born on US soil is a US citizen, regardless of parental citizenship) with citizenship at birth for children of US citizens.
April 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
That's not true. Descendants of naturalized citizens would be eligible.
I wonder if you're confusing "birthright citizenship" (anyone born on US soil is a US citizen, regardless of parental citizenship) with citizenship at birth for children of US citizens.
I wonder if you're confusing "birthright citizenship" (anyone born on US soil is a US citizen, regardless of parental citizenship) with citizenship at birth for children of US citizens.
And their descendants.
April 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
And their descendants.
How so? Trump's mother & paternal grandfather were both naturalized. That means that, independent of birthright citizenship rules, his parents were both citizens when he was born, and his kids are citizens by virtue of his citizenship, regardless of birthright rules.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/t...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/t...
Fact Check: Trump’s birthright citizenship ban will not affect his children
All five of President-elect Donald Trump’s children fulfill two criteria for automatic U.S. citizenship - they were born to at least one U.S.-citizen parent and they were born in the United States - so they would not lose citizenship, as social media posts suggest, if Trump does away with so-called birthright citizenship, as he has promised to do.
www.reuters.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
How so? Trump's mother & paternal grandfather were both naturalized. That means that, independent of birthright citizenship rules, his parents were both citizens when he was born, and his kids are citizens by virtue of his citizenship, regardless of birthright rules.
www.reuters.com/fact-check/t...
www.reuters.com/fact-check/t...
That completely negates any pretense that it's based on a good-faith interpretation of the existing 14th Amendment.
April 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
That completely negates any pretense that it's based on a good-faith interpretation of the existing 14th Amendment.
This exactly.
One of my cousins was able to obtain Italian citizenship "jure sanguinis" b/c our immigrant grandfather was never officially naturalized here. So I guess all of us dozens of his descendants who are still alive wd have to move to Italy.
Gotta say, that doesn't sound bad right now.
One of my cousins was able to obtain Italian citizenship "jure sanguinis" b/c our immigrant grandfather was never officially naturalized here. So I guess all of us dozens of his descendants who are still alive wd have to move to Italy.
Gotta say, that doesn't sound bad right now.
April 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This exactly.
One of my cousins was able to obtain Italian citizenship "jure sanguinis" b/c our immigrant grandfather was never officially naturalized here. So I guess all of us dozens of his descendants who are still alive wd have to move to Italy.
Gotta say, that doesn't sound bad right now.
One of my cousins was able to obtain Italian citizenship "jure sanguinis" b/c our immigrant grandfather was never officially naturalized here. So I guess all of us dozens of his descendants who are still alive wd have to move to Italy.
Gotta say, that doesn't sound bad right now.
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A small set of adults took the citizenship test and wouldn't be affected.
But what about everyone else?
If I'm not a citizen because I was born here, my claim lies with my parents -- whose citizenship then rests on *their* parents being born here, etc.
But what about everyone else?
If I'm not a citizen because I was born here, my claim lies with my parents -- whose citizenship then rests on *their* parents being born here, etc.
April 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A small set of adults took the citizenship test and wouldn't be affected.
But what about everyone else?
If I'm not a citizen because I was born here, my claim lies with my parents -- whose citizenship then rests on *their* parents being born here, etc.
But what about everyone else?
If I'm not a citizen because I was born here, my claim lies with my parents -- whose citizenship then rests on *their* parents being born here, etc.