#FUNFACT - If Putin thought Trump was gonna get back in he would have held out and done this prisoner swap deal with Trump instead as he knows he can manipulate and coerce Trump for a better deal.
Putin has done this deal now because he knows there's not gonna be a better one on the table. Ergo - Trump is cooked and no longer useful.
And that's fucking hilarious.
US-Mexico border arrests are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden's presidency. https://apnews.com/article/border-patrol-crossings-arrests-asylum-july-fad8cec06bd730049e7dad9c7fc7ac29
The crackpot ideas of JD Vance have two obvious features:
1. They are based on penalizing out groups (ex- the idea of fining childless couples), rather than incenting wider behaviors
2. The ideas were floated to friendly webcasters and GOP grifters
The correct response is to point out the fundamentally authoritarian and punitive nature of the ideas and ridicule them. They deserve only ridicule. Vance has to step outside the echo chamber now.
#Harris2024 should go the border and announce that she 100% supports Republican Sen. Lankford's plan [the one that Trump killed].
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