The America Great Again Thread

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Yikes
The U.S. embassy now wants every visa applicant to list all social media usernames from the past 5 years — and make their profiles public.

[sweetcell]

I mean, that is a pretty killer pic of JD

 
streisand effect: way more people have now seen the offensive pic, thanks to endless reposting in the media, then if they had just let him go.

So I do think there is likely a little more to the story, but I don't know

definitely
- the threat of the $5,000 fine and/or 5 years: CPB cannot impose such punishments.  they can only temporarily detain while investigating and refuse entry.  the fine & prison threats were lies, but i guess they're allowed doing that now?
- they found a picture of a wooden pipe he build himself for a school project, which CPB claimed was drug paraphernalia
- they took a blood sample from him, which i personally think is really really problematic
- somewhere along the line this dude admitted to drug use, and that's ultimately what CPB claimed was the reason for detaining him and shipping him back home.  unless this dude was acting high/erratic at the time (which no one has reported), drug use is a very uncommon reason to deny entry.  IMO smacks of an excuse.

U.S. immigration held him for questioning on serious accusations—drug trafficking, terrorism, right‑wing extremism—even though he says it was baseless

but this is the part that really got me going tho...
Authorities required he unlock his phone under threat of a $5,000 fine or imprisonment

In somewhat good news they think 'right-wing extremism' is an issue for investigating someone

post-facto justification

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Yeah the fine or prison thing if he didn't open his phone was nuts and seems like illegal
that is kinda crazy

He did admit to drug use (pot...which is legal in more than 1/2 the states here?) so that kinda screwed him to open the option to say 'he is a drug addict'

I didn't know about the blood sample...that also seems insane for a visa

I'm just wondering why this one seemingly harmless norwegian was chosen

I have to imagine everyone who is in the tourism industry is like WTF...you just screwed us over nothing

[hutch]

Yeah the fine or prison thing if he didn't open his phone was nuts and seems like illegal
that is kinda crazy

He did admit to drug use (pot...which is legal in more than 1/2 the states here?) so that kinda screwed him to open the option to say 'he is a drug addict'

I didn't know about the blood sample...that also seems insane for a visa

I'm just wondering why this one seemingly harmless norwegian was chosen

I have to imagine everyone who is in the tourism industry is like WTF...you just screwed us over nothing

It’s a dictatorship. They start with foreigners….get you used to the insane….then it will be us.

Any American traveling internationally ought to be very careful….when trying to get back in.

[kosmo vinyl]

I may or may not have deleted a bunch of apps from my phone recently and logged out a forum.

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WTAF??

Trump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphone
it will sell a “T1” smartphone, which appears to feature a gold-colored metal case etched with an American flag.



oh supposedly 100% manufactured in the US (for $499 retail...I doubt it)

'Made in the USA' wording vanishes from Trump Mobile's smartphone listing

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/made-in-the-usa-wording-vanishes-from-trump-mobile-s-smartphone-listing/ar-AA1HtKQ7

[kosmo vinyl]

Senator Patty Murray FTW

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x-posted in the belly up thread

500,000 Haitians legally here in the us
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/28/tps-haiti-terminated-trump-00431124

the irony
But while DHS said Haiti is “safe for Haitian citizens to return home,” the country still remains at a “level four” designation by the State Department, which has advised Americans not to travel there due to risk of “kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and limited health care.”

[hutch]

Very cruel. This government is an abomination to humanity.

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seems to be the desired outcome: cruelty and headlines are a feature, not a bug

the commentary has been "so I guess it was never really about coming in the legal way either"
and it's really not

It is an interesting subset of immigration they are focusing on and the numbers have been way higher than I expected

it's so cruel
we go from   "we the USA are are going to a give a mitzvah to thousands (or 100s of thousands) of people who just lived through something horrible, the prospect of a new life and their family with prosper for generations"
to
Yeah, we were nice then, but we've decided that the decisions made by some commie libtards needs to be overturned and sorry guys, but ya gotta go back to what ever disaster you left because we are now going back on our word that we would help you and your families

zero of these people crossed the border illegally, the US invited them and said make this your home

[hutch]

It’s interesting considering there must be a Haitian American community in FL and of course a big Cuban American community and a big Venezuelan American community, that they are forcing many people from these groups -that sought and were granted asylum - to leave. I mean these communities are not happy and am surprised the Trump administration don’t seem to care. Don’t they fear a voter backlash in Florida? Is Florida so in the bag for republicans that they don’t care? Or is something else going on?

This is the opposite behavior of what democrats were conditioned to think: don’t piss off the cubanos or you are toast. Elian Gonzalez comes to mind…

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Is Florida so in the bag for republicans that they don’t care?

So these things have to play on the national stage, so they sometimes have to make sacrifies

but I also think that statement above is kinda true
I'd say the political calculus is...the Haitian community hasn't been a reliable vote, although those who remain I'm sure will be now
I did see some people in the African American community start to make a stink about this, not sure it will have legs, but that could play on the national stage


Although simultaneously screwing with SS/Medicaid...yikes, I don't think their lead is that big

I also think for now, the Cubans are safe...The Venezuelan's, not so much

[sweetcell]

I'd say the political calculus is...the Haitian community hasn't been a reliable vote, although those who remain I'm sure will be now

ya?  methinks Haitians will feel betrayed by the GOP and resentful of having TPS taken away from them when it is still needed.  to my mind, the GOP can kiss the haitian vote goodbye for a generation.
 
or did you mean a reliable vote for the dems? 

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Ok, did a little research and they are not only a reliable dem vote, they vote more than the gen pop

Haitian voter turnout was 73 percent, compared to the state's 64 percent overall.

So I was thinking about the Puerto Ricans who came to FL after the hurricane and ended up not really voting at all


But I did learn this Donald Trump won 20 percent of the Haitian vote in Florida in 2016

methinks Haitians will feel betrayed by the GOP

but...they were pissed in 2024....remember the whole 'eating dogs' thing
 the hatians in Springfield OH
So any gains they made, they lost and likely will never get back

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I can’t believe we had to wait this long… but it’s here

Trump fragrance
https://gettrumpfragrances.com/

This is not satire and I’m not sure how I feel about people who want to smell like the president
That’s weird

One industry that I think will do well after this presidency is the political collectible items will be an eBay bonanza


Some of these insane things could be the best investment you ever made