President Trump

TinFoilHat said:
His mates on SCOTUS will be getting home visits.
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There has been a very big increase in threats to the judges, co-inciding with Trumps verbal attacks on them. They have met to discuss setting up their own security arrangements as they don’t trust Trump not to order the Marshalls to stand down.
What a desperate situation. This shows the superiority of the Parliamentary system in these circumstances. Any UK Prime Minister who acted like Trump would be gone in a week.
 
I'm With Stupid said:
You're imagining bachelor degree students. At masters or PhD level, there are a fair few. And the number of these types of visas skyrocketed when they allowed them not only to bring their family, but also to automatically stay for 2 years after their student visa was finished. So suddenly anyone who could afford to do a masters degree (which only take a year full time) and could get accepted on any course could get a 3 year visa for themselves and their entire family, and their partner could then work in the UK. And the terms were actually more favourable than a UK citizen trying to bring their foreign spouse back.

Compare that to what is often required to move to another country to work, and it's so much easier. You're basically creating a system where the people making visa decisions, rather than being employers who have to foot the bill and do all the admin and at least to some extent, prove a need, is now an organisation that's desperate for your money. And it's worth mentioning that this was a very deliberate Tory policy announced with much fanfare, which they tried to distance themselves from when a million people came in a year.

For the record, I did a masters degree last year at Manchester uni and the vast majority of students on the course were around 22 or 23, Chinese, and had no intention of staying in the UK after their course finished.
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My Wife did her BA and MA at Lincoln Uni fairly recently. There is a fairly large community of Chinese students at Lincoln, and hardly any of them stay on after they complete their degree's.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
And they won't be invited back again.

It's essentially the erosion of the 1st Amendment. Yes, the media can still pose their questions (for now), but it's difficult for the press to directly question the government when their access is limited.
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There are so few “independent” journalistic outlets left, it’s hard to know what is true and what isn’t!

The corporate folding is eye watering, as evidenced by the millions of dollars they’re paying to stay in his good graces…and then he STILL bitchslaps them as the fake news at every opportunity.

The current Paramount/CBS case should send a chill up the spine of everyone who THINKS freedom of the press still exists!

Sheri Redstone is literally BUYING a merger by bribing Trump!!
 
flook said:
It seems the taco shitgibbon has been thwarted by the courts once more, this time on his tariffs. I'm getting the impression that the sane element of American governance has settled on its position now, dug its heels in and is starting the laborious process of clawing back the ground lost to the insane felon.

Musk has gone, polls are showing loss of support for the mango clown, his executive orders, or a good number of them at least are stalled in the courts, for the first time since November I'm starting to think the Yanks might be coming to their senses.

It beggars belief that it's got to this stage, but things take time when you follow due process I guess.

Come on 'Murica, I'm rooting for you
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Appeals Court says, “Wait a minute…”
 
ChicagoBlue said:
Appeals Court says, “Wait a minute…”
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"May 29 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated the most sweeping of President Donald Trump's tariffs, a day after a trade court had ruled Trump had exceeded his authority in imposing the duties and had ordered an immediate block on them.

An order from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington provided no opinion or reasoning but directed the plaintiffs in the case to respond by June 5 and the administration by June 9".

But of course... *EYEROLL_EMOJI*
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
"May 29 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated the most sweeping of President Donald Trump's tariffs, a day after a trade court had ruled Trump had exceeded his authority in imposing the duties and had ordered an immediate block on them.

An order from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington provided no opinion or reasoning but directed the plaintiffs in the case to respond by June 5 and the administration by June 9".

But of course... *EYEROLL_EMOJI*
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‘No opinion or reasoning’? Surely you have to have a reason to overturn something, not just because somebody told you to?

That’s what you get when you are unaccountable, and says a lot about AMerida at the moment.

Is that classed as autocratic?
 
The Future’s Blue! said:
‘No opinion or reasoning’? Surely you have to have a reason to overturn something, not just because somebody told you to?

That’s what you get when you are unaccountable, and says a lot about AMerida at the moment.

Is that classed as autocratic?
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The appeals court aren't compelled to give a reason or opinion, but I think it's unusual not to, especially in a case as big as this one.
 
flook said:
It seems the taco shitgibbon has been thwarted by the courts once more, this time on his tariffs. I'm getting the impression that the sane element of American governance has settled on its position now, dug its heels in and is starting the laborious process of clawing back the ground lost to the insane felon.

Musk has gone, polls are showing loss of support for the mango clown, his executive orders, or a good number of them at least are stalled in the courts, for the first time since November I'm starting to think the Yanks might be coming to their senses.

It beggars belief that it's got to this stage, but things take time when you follow due process I guess.
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It’s unbelievable that they re-elected him but we are where we are and I so hope you’re right.
 
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