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You need to decide what side you are on. Immigration or not. On one hand you are saying that everyone deserves charity and we should allow illegal border crossings for those desperate for a better life (though not everyone has that agenda) or, applaud the government for sending people back because that figure or 775k, sounded like a flex.
And then you need to ask yourself (yourselves), why the need to ramp it up? I'll tell you why. They had a shit load of people here they could chose from, so they picked the low hanging fruit to send a message to us that they are getting tough on immigration because there was an election looming and they knew their open border policy would give swing voters a reason to vote for Trump. But then I have to ask, why are people so upset about Trump sending people back when Biden is already doing it? Well, not Biden himself. Last video I saw he was having trouble navigating the sand hills on some beach.
Actually, I don't need to do anything. I voted, and I have a clean conscience about my vote. simple as that.
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Hey all. I haven't been around lately at all. My apologies. Even more rudely, I am here to promote something.
I'm doing a Meet a Writer thing here next week, with the ebullient Molly D! When: November 20th, 12 AM GMT (7 PM EST & November 21st 10 AM AEST) Where: The Lush Chatrooms (There will be a "Meet the Author's Event Room" accessible from the Lounge). We'll talk about writing, share a few stories, chill together. Show up and ask me an embarrassing question! I'll answer!
I'll buy a round for the house since I'm here.
i'd love to, but seriously, 4PM my time on a weekday? some of us have jobs, buddy. 
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Hey all, been a while as usual.
Its always good to come here to get a little writing boost and hear what others are up to. I always have dozens (100's?) of unfinished stories. The ideas are there, I think I'm just getting lazy.
So...how's the hot tub/dumpster?
remind me to ban you next time I have a drunken binge. 😈
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My dear rachel.
A delight to see you still with us.
You're an inspiration to this humble scribbler and a fabulous heroine for us all. May the Goddess watch over you always.
i keep trying to escape, but Jen knows where I live and keeps pulling me back in... sighs hope you've been doing well?
Quote by Longtime_Firsttime
Or, the government could stop sending billions and billions to other nations helping them fight a war that didn't exist under the previous Republican administration. And lets not forget the billions and billions they have spent on housing millions of illegal immigrants because of the open border policy. Think of what they could have done with that money to help our own people in need. Charity always starts at home. Always. And do you think someone like Nancy Pelosi would like to pay her share in taxes? How did she become so rich anyway on her income? Something stinks about that woman.
some of us believe that everyone deserves charity and to be treated like human beings instead of political fodder or less than human. pretty sure Jesus would approve this message. FYI, Elon Musk is an "illegal immigrant" too. You knew that, right?
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I agree, they should all lay out their incomes and what they pay on taxes. Every single one of them. But they wont, because it will expose them all. Trump even admitted to the world he knows the tax codes and how to reduce paying it and when he put that to Hillary, all she did was smile because he was right. Im not against immigration. I am against illegal immigration and open borders. Do you think the migrant issue of the last 4 years has made our country better, safer than the previous 4 years? do you even think that 10 plus million illegal border crossings, that they know of, is ok? And how much do you think those 1 million immigrants has cost the government for being here in the first place to house and feed, the transport moving them around and the crime that's come with it. Come on, you have to agree that the removal of the Remain in Mexico deal Trump had has had a huge negative affect on this country. I know, its a very big, very dry pill to swallow.
In the 12 months after Title 42 ended, the Biden administration ramped up deportations under the standard U.S. immigration framework, Title 8, and removed or returned 775,000 unauthorized migrants—more than in any previous fiscal year since 2010.
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I used to be 100% pro choice. To a degree I still am, but the way this has been the focus of a campaign like every unwanted pregnancy is the result of a hideous crime has pushed me further away from supporting it. Anyone who is a true victim of such a thing should have access to termination and/or if there is a real threat to the life of the mother. Those percentages are very very low with those examples. In my opinion, most women are upset that they can no longer use abortion as a form of birth control. Having unprotected sex knowing the risks on more than a pregnancy level is just irresponsible. But you get people like that leftist crack pot racist Sunny Hostin who gets on national tv and tells the audience that her 13 year old daughter has less rights that she had at her age and that she is definitely going to be a victim of a crime and not have access.
a few facts, not opinions.
1) 10 US states have a total abortion ban in cases of R A P E and I N C E S T. one of them is yours, btw. 10 more have limited access to abortion in those cases - that's 20 states in total. 40% of US states.
2) Only 310 out of every 1,000 (1 out of 3) sexual assaults are reported to police - so it stands to reason that 1 of 3 pregnancies that are a result of sexual assault are also unreported. hardly a low example.
3) in your opinion most women are upset they can no longer use abortion as a form of birth control? what do you base your opinion on? do you have proof of this or know any women who do this?
4) one of the ways many lower-income people access birth control is through planned parenthood. many of those clinics have been shut down in the wake of Roe V Wade being overturned.
5) abortions are not fun physically or emotionally. it's not something we just waltz into the nearest clinic and have done because it's easier than buying condoms.
6) Sonny Hostins 13 yo daughter DOES have fewer rights than she had at her age and it's very possible that she WILL be a victim of crime and not have access. fact - in the US 1 in 5 women have been sexually assaulted. the statistics for sexual harassment of women is about 80%.
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Listen, if you'd let Canada vote in your elections, none of this would have happened. Instead, you insist on only allowing American citizens to vote, and you know how they are... So this is what you get. What I'm saying is that as a nation, you're clearly not responsible enough to govern yourselves, and need a sensible adult present to supervise you.
I don't disagree at present
nothing too exciting. i am working on my comp entry like a lot of you are. I scrubbed the first one and started over and I am pleased with it so far. the basic outline is all sketched out and I am about 4.5k word into the rough draft. it's going to end up in the bdsm category and I already have a cover image for it. besides that I have a new Mrs Vandermeer chapter that I've been playing with for about... oh, 5 years now? lol and a new Alice chapter that I've been working on for a few months and I really want to get back to writing for Space girl again.
