Headlines

Another judge rules against Trump on border wall

Trump says US has come to a substantial phase one deal with China

Shep Smith out at Fox ... Trump critic exits

Report: More possible ‘whistleblowers’ are reaching out to lawmakers

Judge blocks Trump’s move to deny green cards to recipients of government benefits

US says China tariffs scheduled to rise on Tuesday suspended; no decision on other tariffs

Report: Turkey bombs US special forces in Syria ... ‘By mistake’ ...

Biden campaign warns Dem candidates: Do not repeat ‘discredited lies’ about Hunter

Trump threatens sanctions against Turkey amid Syria backlash

Trump says Fed should cut rates anyway even though US and China have agreed to a trade deal

LA wildfires rage ... 10,000 evacuated ...

Schweizer and McLeod: Hunter Biden helped China get ‘strategically sensitive assets’

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John Ratcliff won’t be Trump’s next national intelligence director

Perfect storm building for stock correction as trade war simmers and market awaits more Fed action

Record 157,288,000 employed

Peter Thiel slams Google for sharing AI technology with China

Lawyers spar over secrecy for Facebook emails on Cambridge Analytica

How decades of US sanctions decimated Iran’s economy

Middle class falling deeper into debt ...

Report: Elijah Cummings’ Baltimore house burglarized

Emails show Stephen Miller premed hard to limit green cards

70% of shoes sold in US comes from China. With new tariffs, the industry braces for hit

Florida declares public health emergency over Hepatitis A ... Philly too

U.S. added 164:000 jobs in July

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Trump tells Democrat Congresswomen: Go back where you came from

The Fed could be about to disappoint the market, warns Wells Fargo Securities

Pelosi emerges as unexpected villain at Netroots ...

Amnesty architect declares victory with green card giveaway

Republicans ready to dive off a cliff on Obamacare

Biden, Sanders and Warren lead Trump in 2020 election match-ups: Poll

Rep. Omar questions patriotism of American-born citizens ...

Police: Man with rifle, ‘incendiary devices’ attacked migrant center

French President booed at Bastille Day celebration

The Zoom bug that could’ve let hackers spy on video meetings tapped into people’s tech fears

The night the lights went out on Broadway ... 5 hours of darkness ...

Bernie Sanders: Pelosi being a ‘little bit’ too tough on AOC

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These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites.

More Electors get death threats from Hillary voters ...

Pelosi predicts fierce Trump backlash ...

BUCHANAN: A beseiged presidency ahead ...

'Hamilton' stars haven't voted in years ...

Trump could slash $500 million from public broadcasting

Obama: Electoral system rigged in  favor of Republicans

Thousands of green cards have disappeared

Obama admin fines police department for not hiring non-citizens

Man sets himself on fire over election results

Border agents ordered to leave corridor open ...

Arizona: Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses reelection bid ...

Trump plagued by business conflict issues

Green with Envy

Green cards are the way that immigrants can enter and stay in the U.S. legally.  In 2009, we issued 1.1 million green cards to legal immigrants ... to me an astounding number.  See Green Card Influx  (You can also click through to the Homeland Security website for a breakdown by years and by country of these green card recipients -- 18,553 to Iranians in 2009 alone no less!)  Now, yes, these numbers are somewhat typical of recent years, including Bush's latter years, but remember this is occurring in the same year 3 million resident Americans have lost their jobs.

Now admittedly, most of these green cards were issued to family members of legal U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, but still this seems to place an undue burden on this country's currently strained resources.  Now, exhibiting my continued political paranoia, I have to suspect that this spate of new green cards during an economic downturn and a period of increased national turmoil might possibly be motivated by reasons other than pure charity.  What do you think?