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That California high speed rail needs an audit to see what happened to the money already spent.

HeadSet says

That California high speed rail needs an audit to see what happened to the money already spent.

Hahahaha! Right.

This week marked the fortieth day of ICE raids in California, during which an estimated 3,000 people have been arrested, and 2,000 National Guard and 700 active-duty Marines remain stationed in Los Angeles.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-making-example-california-100000163.html

Oh no! The puppies and kitties!

Family pets are filling Southern California shelters, given up by owners who have been forced to leave the United States.

Yet NOTHING about landlords complaining about their illegal renters skipping out in the middle of the night, hmmm.

Things need to be sped up 20k a day. Start fining the fuck out of employeers, and start doing mass arrests and deportations for fraud/identity theft.

https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/us-news/doj-staffer-claims-she-was-fired-over-husbands-controversial-anti-ice-app/

https://youtu.be/zN4d60DO_oc?si=-RljIXU7w7LVw48o
ICE Blocks Highway... Deports 'Entire Armada' of Migrant Drivers
It's like the TV show COPS, except with ICE.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-doj-puts-companies-on-notice-dont-evade-tariffs-080041295.html

Trump's DOJ puts companies on notice: Don't evade tariffs

The new Trump administration instead wants to prioritize criminal charges against companies and individuals that try to evade US tariffs.

Tariff violations can be prosecuted under civil or criminal laws. However, even fraud cases were often handled administratively by past administrations, according to Shapiro.

“I think the administration is just saying we're going to raise the ante on this,” Shapiro said.

zzyzzx says

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-doj-puts-companies-on-notice-dont-evade-tariffs-080041295.html

Trump's DOJ puts companies on notice: Don't evade tariffs

The new Trump administration instead wants to prioritize criminal charges against companies and individuals that try to evade US tariffs.

Tariff violations can be prosecuted under civil or criminal laws. However, even fraud cases were often handled administratively by past administrations, according to Shapiro.

“I think the administration is just saying we're going to raise the ante on this,” Shapiro said.

Put the bastards in pound-em-in-the-ass prison.

@LeadingReport
BREAKING: 2025 may mark the first time in five decades that America experiences negative net migration, per CNN.
https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1952107347444146564

This is for tourist visas. But it should also be extended for H1-Bs, too.

"Feed 'em to the gators!"

If they try to escape, they are technically feeding themselves to the alligators.
MolotovCocktail says

"Feed 'em to the gators!"

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cash-sent-home-mexicans-craters-162-june-more-immigrants-leave-us-workforce

That's it. Neolib Economics degrees are now officially as worthless as Polyqueer Fluid Gender Studies degrees.

MolotovCocktail says

Citing Benefits of 232 Tariffs, Century Aluminum Announces Restart to Bring Mt. Holly SC Plant to Full Production, Increasing U.S. Aluminum Production by 10%

08/07/25
CHICAGO, Aug. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Century Aluminum Company (NASDAQ:CENX) has announced plans to restart over 50,000MT of idled production at its Mt. Holly, SC smelter. Century will invest approximately $50 million in the effort, create over 100 new jobs and boost U.S. domestic aluminum production by almost 10 percent. The restart will enable the plant, currently operating at 75 percent capacity, to achieve full production by June 30, 2026, a level not seen since 2015.

The restart comes as a direct result of President Trump’s application of Section 232 tariffs for primary aluminum, most recently increasing the tariffs to 50% on aluminum imports without exceptions or exemptions.

“Today’s announcement was made possible by President Trump’s commitment to onshoring manufacturing of critical metals, protecting America’s national security, and to protecting American workers in our industry whose expertise is needed to ensure future generations do not have to rely on foreign supplies to build our communities and grow our economy,” said CEO Jesse Gary. “Our team stands ready to continue leading the resurgence of domestic primary aluminum, starting with bringing our Mt. Holly smelter back to full production.”

At full capacity Mt. Holly smelter has an economic impact of over $890 million annually in the state of South Carolina, driven in part by the average wage of $100,000 for jobs directly supported by Century Aluminum, according to University of South Carolina study released in 2024.

The restart was made possible with the help of South Carolina Public Service Authority (Santee Cooper), Mt. Holly’s power supplier. The parties worked cooperatively to reach an agreement in principle to extend the current contract through 2031 to purchase the additional power necessary for the restart. The final details of the restart will be subject to a definitive agreement with Santee Cooper, along with confirmation of economic incentives provided by Berkeley County and the state of South Carolina.

About Century Aluminum

Century Aluminum is an integrated producer of bauxite, alumina, and primary aluminum products. Century is the largest producer of primary aluminum in the United States, and operates production facilities in Iceland, the Netherlands and Jamaica. Visit www.centuryaluminum.com for more information.

https://centuryaluminum.com/investors/press-releases/press-release-details/2025/Citing-Benefits-of-232-Tariffs-Century-Aluminum-Announces-Restart-to-Bring-Mt--Holly-SC-Plant-to-Full-Production-Increasing-U-S--Aluminum-Production-by-10/default.aspx

Patrick says

One of Biden’s most excruciating executive orders, signed days after he infested the office, was the order shutting down border wall construction and ordering all the expensive materials to be sold for scrap. It turns out that, thanks to various lawsuits and bureaucratic inertia, most of that stuff has not yet been auctioned. Now, it’s coming back.

On Friday, an auction clearinghouse for public-sector and government surplus called GovPlanet, which has the border wall building material, announced it had reached a deal with the U.S. government to sell it all back for cost. “A third-party firm that has been contracted for construction of the border wall will take receipt of the materials over the next 90 days,” GovPlanet said.

MolotovCocktail says

Good things apparently. Also potentially screwed with mostly blind people and color blind people. The all white cross walk is much more visible to pedestrians and vehicles as that looks like an uncontrolled intersection on the right turn. No stop line so you rip a right turn and can't tell there's a cross walk until you hit someone because you just saw a rainbow.

I'm fine with bike lanes, but this street painting shit needs to be done with. How about we honor our vets and have camouflage intersections? lol. Just have the standard wipe stripes. I'm sure Pulse didn't reopen anyway. You have a gay you know that got killed. What does a crosswalk do for you? Would piss me off. Basically an insult.

This is why you don't have women in government. Definitely a woman choice backed by a gay. No safety considered for pedestrians. That's a busy ass street.

Also people do drugs. Next thing you know you got some weirdo hopped up on something in an intersection. Just do the flag thing, don't put it on the road.

WookieMan says

potentially screwed with mostly blind people and color blind people.

Pple who did that should also have been personally sued, then.

MolotovCocktail says

How long until a judge blocks this?

HeadSet says

How long until a judge blocks this?

Temporary Restraining Orders pending appeals? California doesn't even vet it's CCP imposed laws for constitutionality. They have to be skeet shot out of the chute and bumped to appeals and Ninth Circuit. The Ninth Circuit junkyard of California legislation gets bigger and bigger.

MolotovCocktail says

Black US citizens have to compete with illegals for public housing, so this move makes a lot of sense politically.

MolotovCocktail says

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/us-news/story/is-donald-trump-trying-punish-india-it-services-exports-after-taxing-trade-tariff-peter-navarro-h1b-new-visa-policy-2781264-2025-09-03

MolotovCocktail says