Trump Is Booting Illegal Aliens Out of Taxpayer-Funded Welfare Housing and I Am Here For It

Thomas Massie, Illegal Alien Simp and Friend of Illegal-Hiring Businesses, is sad. His pinecone is droopy.

Home prices are squeezing American family budgets. The median home price is up 60% since 2019, now five times the median household income. The country is short more than 4 million homes, and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent. Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.
While Americans are fighting for a place to call home, a recent Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Homeland Security investigation revealed major eligibility errors in HUD housing programs. HUD found nearly 6,000 confirmed ineligible tenants, and another 200,000 more tenants who have gone through zero eligibility verification. In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit.

You'll be shocked to hear this, but Congress passed laws to restrict public housing to US citizens, but were conning the rubes as usual. On paper, illegal aliens weren't allowed.

In reality -- no one bothered checking, so illegal aliens were allowed.

But the rubes didn't know so the rubes couldn't complain.

Federal law is clear: Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act limits HUD housing assistance to U.S. citizens and eligible non-citizens. In addition, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 prohibits public welfare benefits from going to illegal aliens and requires HUD housing programs to verify immigration status at the point of application, now a nearly instantaneous process through the SAVE program. Yet HUD rules have systematically avoided this verification until now.
Instead of using the existing Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program, HUD created two workarounds. The first is the "do not contend" provision, under which a tenant declares they do not contend their non-citizen status and receives prorated assistance anyway. This is blatantly illegal. The second workaround is an age exemption HUD fabricated 15 years ago under the Obama administration. Current regulations exempt anyone 62 or older from verification, but this has no basis in federal law.
It turns out, in contrast to federal law, the federal government has been incentivizing illegal immigration by offering taxpayer-subsidized housing along with other welfare programs by not using any verification to ensure benefits are going to only eligible individuals. Hundreds of thousands of tenants, including able-bodied adults, have spent years, even decades, in federally subsidized units still needing eligibility checks. This is exactly what has been prohibited for 30 years, and it's part of what's driving up housing prices today.

Thanks to President Trump and HUD Secretary Scott Turner, every housing authority in the country must finally verify eligibility. This is a strong step towards restoring public trust in HUD housing. For the first time, the system Congress mandated will be employed.

Read the whole thing.

Trump is sending the illegals back home and limiting illegals' access to loans and banking services.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing banks to more aggressively scrutinize illegal immigrants, closing a fiscal fence around American taxpayer interests and resources, and likely further incentivizing self-deportations.
"80% of voters believe that illegal immigration is bad for America, and by the way, the flip side of it is 80% believe that legal immigration is good for America," veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen told Just The News.
Trump's Tuesday order, titled "Restoring Integrity to America's Financial System", directs federal regulators and the Treasury to issue guidance strengthening banks' customer due diligence, identify red flags/suspicious activity linked to undocumented immigrants (such as Individual Taxpayer Identification Number misuse, payroll tax evasion, or off-the-books wages), and manage credit risks from extending loans or services to non-work-authorized individuals who may face deportation or wage loss.
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On limiting illegal immigrants' access to banking and financial products, the administration's stated goal is to reduce risks to the banking system -- such as people getting deported and then defaulting on loans or credit cards.
Banks are now encouraged by the Trump administration to be more careful with loans and services to those without work authorization, but the order does not require them to check every customer's citizenship status.

Meanwhile, the DOJ just hired 80 new immigration judges to speed up the pace of deportations.

"The Trump administration is committed to reestablishing an immigration judge corps that is dedicated to restoring the rule to the law in our nation's immigration system," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement. "Today, we are onboarding the largest immigration judge class in agency history. This could only happen thanks to President Trump's decisive leadership and commitment to securing our borders. I also applaud EOIR's leadership team for helping facilitate these hiring efforts and recruiting highly qualified and talented personnel in record time."
Trump campaigned on a promise of mass deportations, but has faced considerable legal pushback to his efforts to speedily remove large numbers of people from the country. The DHS has estimated that as many as 22 million illegal aliens were in the country when Trump took office.

Hello everyone! Happy Thursday.

Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

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1 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 21, 2026 12:32 PM (TIizU)

2 I think there's a couple of illegals in Congress that need to be jettisoned too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (jehhT)

3 You'll be shocked to hear this, but Congress passed laws to restrict public housing to US citizens, but were conning the rubes as usual. On paper, illegal aliens weren't allowed.

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Congress should pass a law!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (46HP8)

4 If you don't build it (the welfare state for illegals),
they WON"T come. (and may leave on their own)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (vbXSk)

5 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (bss/y)

6 Meanwhile, the DOJ just hired 80 new immigration judges to speed up the pace of deportations.

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Until proven otherwise, I believe one is Elric the Blade who will implement the "only hotties" immigration policy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (46HP8)

7 No incentives for illegals!

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Q/FnY)

8 You can apply to be an immigration judge on usajobs dot com. If you're even SLIGHTLY qualified, it seems like a good use of taxpayer dollars...

How hard can it be to just stamp "Deport" on every case file?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Kdi1r)

9 >>>In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.

The smell must be eye-watering

Posted by: one hour sober at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (J4Dwc)

10 4 If you don't build it (the welfare state for illegals),
they WON"T come. (and may leave on their own)

Posted by: illiniwek at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (vbXSk)

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https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2056942569007784052

@derzum_
"President Trump's latest order directs Treasury and federal regulators to consider unauthorized non-citizens a financial risk, advancing the 'de-banking' of illegals.

This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP8)

11 pass a law, refuse to get it enforced, pass another law, see we work hard!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (CWTWj)

12 11 pass a law, refuse to get it enforced, pass another law, see we work hard!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (CWTWj)

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"We want Congress to make fraud even more illegal!"
-apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (46HP8)

13 As the kids on youtube say, "I AM HERE FOR IT!"

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 12:37 PM (cWLG3)

14 More like a pinecan't, am I right?

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 12:37 PM (3uBP9)

15 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

3 day weekend? Hell, I just came a 4 day weekend!

But I am up for it, along with kicking every illegal out of this country.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (WsJuq)

16 @14 hmm

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (cWLG3)

17 and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent.

Property taxes. You want all the po po, fire, green spaces museums & what not, you gotta pay for them.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (gKquL)

18 This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP

Whatever happened to the idea of taxing wire transfers out of country?

This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

19 This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP

The best way to attack this problem has ALWAYS been from the financial side. Always. That's loan officers, employers, hospital collections, et al.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (Kdi1r)

20 22 million… Riiiiigggghhht.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (ewuvP)

21 18 Whatever happened to the idea of taxing wire transfers out of country?

This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

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It requires an act of Congress.

There was one passed in the OBBB, but it's 1%.

So, they are currently being taxed, but just at a pittance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (46HP8)

22 I remember years ago it came to light they were putting non-elderly people in the elderly housing in my area, and yes there was already a wait for just the elderly.

I assume it was illegals, because otherwise they would have just said it was "the poor" or "the unhoused" or something

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

23 Now if he could just get the IRS to disallow Illegal aliens' wages as a deductible business expense I would be twice as much delighted.

That would price below Minimum Wage employees (illegals who won't sue) right out of the market.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)

24 19 This puts loans, wages, etc. under scrutiny and pushes banks toward identifying removable aliens for us."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (46HP

The best way to attack this problem has ALWAYS been from the financial side. Always. That's loan officers, employers, hospital collections, et al.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (Kdi1r)

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"We can't give you a 30 year loan because you might be deported in a year."

It will do a lot.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (46HP8)

25 re 12: they tried this a few years ago (2023?) when trump got the repubs in congress to block a bill that would have allowed 4000 a day to cross the border and no one would need to do anything about it. looked like it would get enough repub support before trump aid to block it.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (CWTWj)

26 This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

Just go look back throught the last 10 years of Mogdishu on giggle erf.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (594J6)

27 25 re 12: they tried this a few years ago (2023?) when trump got the repubs in congress to block a bill that would have allowed 4000 a day to cross the border and no one would need to do anything about it. looked like it would get enough repub support before trump aid to block it.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (CWTWj)

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With that bill, Biden could have stopped the immigration influx!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (46HP8)

28 "This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?"

Invest ib Qat. It's a sure winnah!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 21, 2026 12:40 PM (zBgIx)

29 Get them out. Get them all out. Then round up antifa, Democrats, Muslims and Methodists. Send them all to Pock-ee-ston or wherever. Just out of here.

Posted by: You don't have to go home but... at May 21, 2026 12:41 PM (TbWk/)

30
I assume it was illegals, because otherwise they would have just said it was "the poor" or "the unhoused" or something

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

Another point. Where I am at, the industry I am in is a lot of automotive. They are making thousands of parts (roof assemblies right now) for cars every single day. Brand new cars. And I keep thinking: How and where are all these cars going?

Then I see a young kid of hispanic persuasion who barely speaks english riding in a brand new F-150 and I think: Oh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:41 PM (bss/y)

31 re 17: and school taxes that somehow keep going up even when the student population is shrinking

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (CWTWj)

32 So how long before AOC Donkey Chompers goes to one of these public housing units and wails fake tears outside the fence?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (qBdHI)

33 This is a minor point, but useful to know, I think:

"Immigration judges" aren't judges,. They are DOJ employees tasked with judicial duties in minor matters.such as immigration hearings. "Immigration judges" serve at the pleasure of POTUS, and can be banished back to the DOJ salt mines any time.

This is significant because it means the next DEM President can make all of Trump's "immigration judges" disappear in a puff of smoke.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (RCjYY)

34 >Trump Is Booting Illegal Aliens Out of Taxpayer-Funded Welfare Housing
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pffft

the Dutch are burning it down

Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (ZxPkt)

35 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

36 11 pass a law, refuse to get it enforced, pass another law, see we work hard!

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (CWTWj)

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"We want Congress to make fraud even more illegal!"
-apparently
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:36 PM (46HP

We'll make it double secret illegal!

Posted by: Dean Johnson at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

37 Although not as pretty, this Todd Blanche Fella seems to be a step-up from Ms. Bondi.

Posted by: My Late Great Uncle Tony at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (8C1eU)

38 New Map S.C. Redistricting. The democrat plantation whip James Clyburn's seat will be removed.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (6SeoE)

39 > This is one thing that has interested me about the Somali-Minnesota thing. They were scamming billions and ostensibly moving it back to Somalia. I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?
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The money likely went to weapons, ammo, booze, hookers and blow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (jehhT)

40 HHS and JF Vance are having a big news conference at 2:30 to announce some big fraud prosecution in Minnesota.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (uJ3I2)

41 We know exactly who signed the documents that approved the illegal.
We know their boss.
We know their boss's boss.
We know the Dept Head.

They should all be lined up and questioned exactly how the process got through all the approval steps illegally.

We should then total up the cost of the illegal giveaways and fine them each for 100% of that cost plus interest.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (/+uur)

42 15 Are you ready for the three day weekend?
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Three day? Pffft. I'm "working from home" this week LOL. Got a beach volleyball rematch at 2. But you, you make sure you work until 5 pm Friday. Someone's gotta pay my salary and retirement, peasants.

Posted by: Blue State Government Drone at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (qUkBO)

43 34 >Trump Is Booting Illegal Aliens Out of Taxpayer-Funded Welfare Housing
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pffft

the Dutch are burning it down
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (ZxPkt)

Disco Inferno?

https://tinyurl.com/yckcffcf

Sidenote: that is so 70s, it's painful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (bss/y)

44 The banking thing is a big deal; aliens can show their home country passport and that's all they need to set up bank accounts. If this gets thornier, it's another inventive to self deport.

Posted by: UGAdawg at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (4MsaP)

45 >>>Thanks to President Trump and HUD Secretary Scott Turner, every housing authority in the country must finally verify eligibility. This is a strong step towards restoring public trust in HUD housing. For the first time, the system Congress mandated will be employed.

Ben Carson was supposed to do great things with HUD, what happened there? Did he get caught up in the deepstate tar-baby and get bogged down?

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR)

46 re 27: that's what he said, i think. kamala said she'd sign it into law if she became president. thank god elon helped trump steal the election

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (CWTWj)

47 "HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit."

The amount of fraud in this country is mind-blowing.

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 12:44 PM (NpAcC)

48 A news story came out recently that the government was giving houses to Indians (dot).

The FNM/left went gaga to stay the story was debunked.

The actual information available? Under the Biden Junta the government was giving no money down home loans to foreigners. The largest group taking these loans? Indians.

So the story was 95% right. Trump ended the program recently and was called rayciss.

There are similar programs for poor Americans but I don't think they are as lavishly funded.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

49 Home prices are squeezing American family budgets. The median home price is up 60% since 2019, now five times the median household income. The country is short more than 4 million homes, and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent. Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.

They're just lazy and stupid and don't want to work! Get a second, third, fourth job! If you work two remote jobs you're a thief and have no integrity! Rice and beans, beans and rice, buy my book! *waves gun around*

Posted by: Dave Ramsey, boomer meme incarnate at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (TbWk/)

50 38 New Map S.C. Redistricting. The democrat plantation whip James Clyburn's seat will be removed.

Posted by: Sherpa_K2 at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (6SeoE)

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Passed the House. Passed out of Senate committee. Heading to the floor where it will require no more than a majority to pass, then signed by McMaster (who initiated the special session to get it done in the first place). I think it might need to be read on the floor a couple of times, so it should take a week or two.

But yes, those SC state senators who bared their asses did it just to paid targets on them for their next primary in two years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (46HP8)

51 With Bidung having House + Senate why didn't he just change the laws disfavoring illegals?

Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (0Tizn)

52 -"Immigration judges" aren't judges,.—

This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)

53 37 Although not as pretty, this Todd Blanche Fella seems to be a step-up from Ms. Bondi.
Posted by: My Late Great Uncle Tony at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (8C1eU)
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Turns out that ugly strippers have to work harder.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (oqH4h)

54 re 40: walz getting kickbacks from the tampon companies?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (CWTWj)

55 HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit."

When an elderly person dies it is not at all unusual for a relative to:

Cast their vote
Cash their SS check
Stay in their elderly housing
Stay in their rent stabilized apartment
Use their handicapped card

and on and on...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

56 52 -"Immigration judges" aren't judges,.—

This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…

Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)

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They've become rubber stamps to decline everything.

Backlog is clearing out now.

They're rejecting 99% of all asylum claims already.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (46HP8)

57 And to add to it we know when they were logged into the computer and when they approved the illegal.

True evil and anti-American trash.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (/+uur)

58 My birthday is Mon as well the good thing for you is you wont be near as old I am

Posted by: doug at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Hy+R4)

59 35 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM

The Big 29?

Happy Pre-Birthday Piper!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (Oq/TM)

60 This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…
Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)
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They could hire me but I'd need a supplemental team of dedicated trebuchet maintainers to keep mine operational.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 12:46 PM (oqH4h)

61 >>It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)
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Happy 21st Birthday!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (bNf8H)

62 Public housing was meant to be a temporary step up, but some Housing Authority apartments in NYC have been in the same family since 1948, through four generations, with no male head of household ever darkening the towels. It ain't just illegals we need to pull the plug on.

Posted by: Tapped Out at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (oftw2)

63 the Dutch are burning it down
Posted by: Don Black & The Experience at May 21, 2026 12:42 PM (ZxPkt)

Holland apparently has a cap on how much one can work, which limits what one can earn. This along with the new housing being handed out to the "new citizens" preferentially means that all the housing is priced out of the range of the lower middle class and below, and a lot of the upper earning types as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (rbvCR)

64 How does one become and immigration judge? I’d be happy to serve my nation.

Posted by: Cray Cray at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (S9oZy)

65 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

Compressed work week / standard day off schedule, and this is my Friday off, so 4 day weekend for me!

Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (6kFbl)

66 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

67 35 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

The big 60?

Posted by: Put some candles in that kale at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (TbWk/)

68 Illegal aliens must be removed down to the last one.

Every "sanctuary" city or state ordinance is prima facie unconstitutionally offensive to federal regulation of immigration and citizenship.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (RIvkX)

69 Memorial Day weekend.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (6X5WW)

70 If I were a cynic, I would ponder if we already have laws like the "SAVE Act" on the books and the Executive can just do things. The "SAVE Act" would then not be a real Act, but a placeholder to cover laws we aren't enforcing, such that if "SAVE" is seen to fail, enforcement of our existent laws can then go to court where they'll fail.
Bukkake Theatre, my friends.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (gKWVE)

71 Piper, there's no shame in being 59. Most of us are.

Posted by: Old Man Adams at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (oftw2)

72 "80% of voters believe that illegal immigration is bad for America, and by the way, the flip side of it is 80% believe that legal immigration is good for America," veteran pollster Scott Rasmussen told Just The News.

I am extremely not sold on legal immigration being good for America.

But one step at a time.

Posted by: Dr. T at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (lHPJf)

73 Hello everyone! Happy Thursday.

Are you ready for the three day weekend

Yes. 4 as I'm taking tomorrow off

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at May 21, 2026 12:48 PM (FxH7T)

74 52

The decisions of immigration "judges" are appealable to District Court judges, too.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (RCjYY)

75 66 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

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Immigration enforcement, arrests, and deportations are actually up since Minnesota and the deaths of Goode and Pretti.

But no one's talking about it, so everyone assumes nothing is happening.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055470442400350563

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (46HP8)

76 52 -"Immigration judges" aren't judges,.—

This is true. They don’t even need to be lawyers. Which means we could hire thousands of them and clear the backlog before another Marxist can come in. And we should…
Posted by: Hawkpilot at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (ewuvP)

In fact based on the 1996 changes by Clinton an ICE agent or CBP literally can ORDER the illegal out of the country.
That is their DUE PROCESS.
The creation of some rule that said they got a hearing is 100% FAKE.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (/+uur)

77 Home prices are squeezing American family budgets. The median home price is up 60% since 2019, now five times the median household income.

Supply and demand.

Reduce the demand via ending immigration and the costs will go down.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

78 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!

Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (6kFbl)

79 The deceased are still collecting Social Security, so of course they need an apartment.

Posted by: Don't Be Cruel at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (oftw2)

80 re 66: the 'even one' rule: if doing this means even one child goes to bed hungry it's not worth it.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (CWTWj)

81 Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026

A big one ? So you'll be of legal drinking age now?
😉 Just get a designated driver.

Don't fret. , People love you, appreciate you and you provide a service for the well being of others . Be encouraged!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (OYsYV)

82 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

The first of us to turn THIRTY!

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (Kdi1r)

83 I thought Memorial Day weekend was next weekend?

Posted by: megthered at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (0CgUq)

84 The money likely went to weapons, ammo, booze, hookers and blow.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (jehhT)

Most here would consider that a feature not a bug.

Posted by: My Late Great Uncle Tony at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (8C1eU)

85 Are you ready for the three day weekend?
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I'm ready for the whole damn week, sucka

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (UULd1)

86 >>> Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

They should dress them in blue&red bags and use big cornhole boards. Charge admission and and team fees. Have local and national competitions.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (3uBP9)

87 74 52

The decisions of immigration "judges" are appealable to District Court judges, too.

Posted by: mnw at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (RCjYY)

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No, they're not.

The acts that created the administrative positions of immigration judge are explicit in saying that Article III judges have no jurisdiction.

What defendants can try is habeus petitions, but the administration jets almost every deportee to the 5th Circuit as soon as they're picked up. The 5th denies 95% of all habeus petitions (which are expensive to file and argue, by the way), and they get deported after having dropped $10,000 on a lawyer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (46HP8)

88 Everybody's working for the weekend?

Posted by: Loverboy at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (wVcYX)

89 The Big 29?

Happy Pre-Birthday Piper!!!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May

Thank you, and everyone else. 😊

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:51 PM (OoFl2)

90 Piper, there's no shame in being 59. Most of us are.
Posted by: Old Man Adams
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I wish...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 12:52 PM (XeU6L)

91 Why doesn't Congress pass a law making the purchase of insurance illegal if you're an illegal alien?

Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:52 PM (0Tizn)

92 Memorial Day is LAST Monday in May.
It could be as late as 31st.
Or as early as the 25th. This year.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (/+uur)

93 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)

94 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

I've already been seeing a bunch of stories of American women showing their screaming kid because their baby daddy/illegal got deported.

Amusingly you do not see the reverse...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (sKqQm)

95 >>> In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)

Taxpayer funded necromancy

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (3uBP9)

96 90 Piper, there's no shame in being 59. Most of us are.
Posted by: Old Man Adams
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I wish...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc.

I am not there yet, but I remember thinking people at my age were old. Hahah. Better than the alternative, though.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (OoFl2)

97 Everybody's working for the weekend?
Posted by: Loverboy

I love these long weekends. Two chances to feel like it's almost Saturday night.

Posted by: John Fogerty at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (+9wcF)

98 I'm so confused because we're traveling and I never know what day it is.

Posted by: megthered at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (0CgUq)

99 Get ready for a whole onlslaugt of media stories showing footage of 3 year olds getting tossed out of their homes.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 12:47 PM (dIske)

Which is great because they're still not reading the room.

This shit is what got Trump elected in the first place.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (UULd1)

100 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

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Ok, now I've got Loverboy starting to create an earworm. Along with Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley dancing together in their Chippendale's competition. (An extremely funny skit, btw.)

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (qBdHI)

101 >>Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!
Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM (6kFbl)

DON'T LISTEN TO HIM, PIPER!1!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (NcvvS)

102 Afternoon Ace.
The Dem administrations have done slick moves to work around Congressional bans for years. The Clintons were the first that I know of and they started not long after Bubba and Newt agreed to work requirements for welfare recipients.
The solution is block grants to the states for the # of citizens in need and nothing more. Let the blue states starve

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (gu0hJ)

103 Anyone else want to chip in for a new Hurry Cane for Piper?

Posted by: Handy Capable at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (oftw2)

104 Fortunately, I had my midlife crisis 30 years ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (RIvkX)

105 Immigration enforcement, arrests, and deportations are actually up since Minnesota and the deaths of Goode and Pretti.

But no one's talking about it, so everyone assumes nothing is happening.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055470442400350563
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:49 PM (46HP

So what you're saying is ICE needs to shoot more people in the act of criminally and violently obstructing their lawful operations?

Posted by: Might be a stretch at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

106 93 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)

I had a lawyer friend in Marietta GA that said when Auntie Edna died it was common to have 12 to 13 people show up and claim they had deed to the property.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (/+uur)

107 They need to find another place for the deceased to live.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (wNNhd)

108 Angela Rose has HAD IT with the likes of Tuq'r, Retarded Hobgoblin, and Cavernous Nostrils:

Right Wing Influencers Have Lost The Plot

https://tinyurl.com/2582cmrh

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (gtcuf)

109 Happy birthday y’all!!!!!!

Posted by: Billythesquid at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (+5Xor)

110 Thomas Massie, Illegal Alien Simp and Friend of Illegal-Hiring Businesses, is sad. His pinecone is droopy.

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"Oh my! You mean, like, a teabag?"

/obligatory George Takai

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (5+scw)

111 They're just lazy and stupid and don't want to work! Get a second, third, fourth job! If you work two remote jobs you're a thief and have no integrity! Rice and beans, beans and rice, buy my book! *waves gun around*
Posted by: Dave Ramsey, boomer meme incarnate at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (TbWk/)

We all hate Dave Ramsey because he tells us debt is slavery, and we know that only slaves are truly free from things like self care and hoping to have a family and a future for our kids. We hate Dave Ramsey because he says there is hope to be something other than a debt slave paying 25% to the government, 50% to service our debt, and living on what scraps are left with no escape to plan for the future, and we live worse off than sharecroppers did.
We hate Dave Ramsey because hope means doing something other than sitting on our fat cheeto- and Edible-augmented asses and bitching that no one will rescue us without us doing something like actually planning for the future, instead of watching all the wealthy people on Netflix.

Hate him! Hate him! Hope is false! Salvation is a LIE! Ooh, there is a sale on Nikes!

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (rbvCR)

112 Maybe a Life Alert too?

Posted by: Blowing Out the Candle Inferno at May 21, 2026 12:55 PM (oftw2)

113 99 Which is great because they're still not reading the room.

This shit is what got Trump elected in the first place.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (UULd1)

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The underlying reality is, though, that deportations barely slowed after Goode and Pretti died, they're actually outpacing the MN kerfuffle at the moment, and there has been no major push for immigration stories for months.

We've had Iran and redistricting and Massie taking up the space instead.

The press are squirrels looking for the next thing to bash Republicans with while the administration is just steadily being a workhorse and squeezing illegals on every side.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (46HP8)

114 The DHS has estimated that as many as 22 million illegal aliens were in the country when Trump took office.

Sure, Jan.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Riz8t)

115 78 Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!
Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50 PM

Speak for yourself! If Piper wants to show and flaunt it who are we to say no? ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Oq/TM)

116 105 So what you're saying is ICE needs to shoot more people in the act of criminally and violently obstructing their lawful operations?

Posted by: Might be a stretch at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (TbWk/)

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MN protests have even continued, but national media doesn't care anymore.

I remember when MN was going to lose the midterms for Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (46HP8)

117 I love these long weekends. Two chances to feel like it's almost Saturday night.
Posted by: John Fogerty at May 21, 2026 12:54 PM (+9wcF)

Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody
I got some money 'cause I just got paid
Now how I wish I had someone to talk to
I'm in an awful way.

Posted by: Sam Cooke at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (wVcYX)

118 I used to have an Angela Rose bookmark.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (wNNhd)

119 114 The DHS has estimated that as many as 22 million illegal aliens were in the country when Trump took office.

Sure, Jan.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 12:56 PM (Riz8t)

I'd double that and still be low....

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (FtULh)

120 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

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Now that I'm retired, every day is a weekend -- except with more traffic.

Posted by: ShainS at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (5+scw)

121 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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Or as Democrats call them, The Base

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (UULd1)

122 Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.

How much of this is due to supply and demand, demand up due to illegals competing with citizens for available housing? Even putting aside the ridiculousness of people here illegally getting welfare benefits, their simply being here in large numbers creates problems. I am so glad I voted for Trump.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (0Htd1)

123 I like Dave Ramsey because any twenty minute segment of his show is just like every other twenty minute segment of his show. Saves time not having to listen further.

Posted by: Under Crushing Debt at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (oftw2)

124 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

Happy pre-birthday, young lady!

Posted by: Nazdar at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (NcvvS)

125 GoFundMe for a Jitterbug and one of those self-ejecting recliners for Piper?

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (qBdHI)

126 Doc OZ on TDS

https://x.com/DrOzCMS/status/
2057230255237038222

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (/+uur)

127 What’s necessary is not a new law or more legislation. We’ve got plenty of laws that cover most if not all scenarios.

The problem of course, all the laws in the world are meaningless without elected officials willing to enforce the laws. Leftists know this, and set about to infiltrate positions of responsibility and refuse to enforce the law, instead treating everything like a Smorgasbord, “I like this law, but I don’t like that one”.

See also “prosecutorial discretion” another concept twisted and perverted to their own ends.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (sNI9P)

128 Hearing Zoomers and Gen Alpha complain about things I took for granted... yeah it doesn't land.

Every generation has it worse.

Every American is underpaid.

Every employee wants more pay, less work.

We didn't broadcast our struggles and sacrifices to strangers and pretend they were supposed to care.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

129 122 Housing costs have risen another 14% in just the last two years.

How much of this is due to supply and demand, demand up due to illegals competing with citizens for available housing? Even putting aside the ridiculousness of people here illegally getting welfare benefits, their simply being here in large numbers creates problems. I am so glad I voted for Trump.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (0Htd1)

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Housing prices are outright crashing in the Charlotte area now.

I keep seeing stories about it.

And Charlotte got one major ICE operation last year that lasted about a week and some press. Nothing since.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (46HP8)

130 2 I think there's a couple of illegals in Congress that need to be jettisoned too.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 12:33 PM (jehhT)

And quickly.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (z/kEQ)

131 MN protests have even continued, but national media doesn't care anymore.

I remember when MN was going to lose the midterms for Republicans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:57 PM (46HP

Talk about the fading memories in the mists of time. I mean, that was like a whole 6 weeks ago!

Posted by: An eon in internet time at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

132 Everybody's working for the weekend?
Posted by: Loverboy
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I mostly look forward...although 'look forward' isn't the right expression, to the Memorial Day event at the State Veteran's Cemetery.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)

133 Tread carefully with what you submit for the Sunday ONT fashion segment. "Birthday suit" is not advisable!
Posted by: Doof at May 21, 2026 12:50

No worries! Eeek.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (OoFl2)

134 The last Stairlifter.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (wNNhd)

135 131 Talk about the fading memories in the mists of time. I mean, that was like a whole 6 weeks ago!

Posted by: An eon in internet time at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (TbWk/)

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I'm sure the next thing that's going to lose the midterms for Republicans will be the real thing that loses the midterms for Republicans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (46HP8)

136 Has the Affordable Housing boom peaked, not started up fully yet, or is it merely a catchphrase for various forms of grifts and scams that tap in to government money spigots ? Cannot get a read on it.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (Gqar8)

137 123 I like Dave Ramsey because any twenty minute segment of his show is just like every other twenty minute segment of his show. Saves time not having to listen further.
Posted by: Under Crushing Debt at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (oftw2)

Yeah, I got that back in the 90s. 'Don't spend money you don't have.' 'Work while you're at work.' Thanks, Dave.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 01:00 PM (bss/y)

138 Are you ready for the three day weekend?

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:32 PM

No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.

Posted by: pookysgirl wishes there was a Class VI store nearby at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)

139 The ONLY reason housing costs are what they are is because of government regulation.

Same for health care.

They fvck up everything with regulatory distortions.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (RIvkX)

140 I recall a certain unsupervised Memorial Day weekend thread. Ribald, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (wVcYX)

141 Debt can be good or bad, depending on how you use it.

If you don't have a clear plan to get something positive out of it, which is very common, then yes you should avoid it like the plague.

Having an old car, an old phone, etc are better then having debt.

But if a new car can get you to a higher paying job for example, it is likely worth taking a loan.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (sKqQm)

142 A bigger loophole is for illegal parents who already have an anchor baby.
The "household" gets benefits if only one person is a citizen.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (IEgcH)

143 I like Dave Ramsey because any twenty minute segment of his show is just like every other twenty minute segment of his show. Saves time not having to listen further.
Posted by: Under Crushing Debt at May 21, 2026 12:58 PM (oftw2)

I liked counselling because any twenty minute session was pretty much the same issues as any other twenty minute session. Eventually I figured out I knew the problem and the techniques to resolve them, and I even knew the objections I was going to bring to argue why any solution was impossible.

Getting out of debt is hard, but for most people it is not complicated. You want complicated, go to AA or NA

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (rbvCR)

144 Why isn't Congress repealing the immigration lottery?

Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (0Tizn)

145 No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes there was a Class VI store nearby at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)
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Blessing of memory > Pain of loss

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (RIvkX)

146 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar8)

147 In point of fact, the above problem of benefits going to illegals will not and can not be solved until birthright citizenship is eliminated.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (IEgcH)

148 Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh

NOW: The Trump admin is SURGING additional prosecutors into Tim Walz's Minnesota and other states after uncovering a shocking amount of fraud

A $90M scam and 15 individuals were just charged — MORE is coming

"We are announcing today the expansion of the healthcare fraud Midwest Strike Force to Minnesota and the hiring of 15 additional prosecutors dedicated to combating Medicaid fraud nationwide."

"These additional resources will ensure that the DOJ's Fraud Division will be better equipped to stop fraud and hold criminals accountable."

"Since April 1, DOJ's Fraud Division has announced over 450 Fraud Enforcement Actions nationwide, representing billions of taxpayer dollars."

https://tinyurl.com/twprah4x

Posted by: redridinghood at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (NpAcC)

149 Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I have some fake flowers in the car for my parents' graves. In addition, some organization, not sure which, puts little flags on all the graves of veterans for Memorial Day. The diocese here prefers fake flowers on the graves, except for a specified time after the funeral.

Posted by: nerdygirl at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (0Htd1)

150 DNC Chairman Ken Martin released an incomplete, unedited version of the 2024 election autopsy.
A few key points.

https://x.com/IAPolls2022/status/
2057464236394025370

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (/+uur)

151 Didn't think much of Blanche at first but I like him more and more.

Posted by: Ordinary American at May 21, 2026 01:03 PM (b4LBp)

152 Ask those towns with schools filled to 80% with H1b babies how they feel about *legal* migration.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (IEgcH)

153 Talk about the fading memories in the mists of time.
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The fading memories in the mists of time. The fading memories in the mists of time. The fading memories in the mists of time.

The fading memories. In the mists of time. Where the memories are. The fading memories.

The fading memories. The fading memories.

The memories. That are fading. And mists. And mists. And mists.

Mists...

Mists...

Mists...

Mists.

This essay was called The Fading Memories in the Mists of Time. Thank you.

Posted by: Kamala at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (UULd1)

154 I recall a certain unsupervised Memorial Day weekend thread. Ribald, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (wVcYX)
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I membeh!

It used to be the one time we were allowed to cuss because the boss didn't want to offend advertisers otherwise.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (RIvkX)

155 I gather the response to Nolan's Odyssey has been...mixed.

To understand Nolan's Odyssey, you have to know that academic historians spent the last 20 years writing about how movies like Troy and Gladiator reinforced White nationalism.

They really hate that you thought Achilles and Maximus were cool. They will never let it happen again.

https://tinyurl.com/bpahdx8y

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (Riz8t)

156 Three day weekend? Pffffttt.
Try five.

Posted by: Government Workers at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (0Tizn)

157 146 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar

Live like no one else
So you can live like no one else.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (/+uur)

158 Some people are "late bloomers". Piper might yet attain normal adult size.

Posted by: Keep On the Sunny Side at May 21, 2026 01:05 PM (oftw2)

159 157 146 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar

Live like no one else
So you can live like no one else.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (/+uur)

That might be Zennish.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:05 PM (Gqar8)

160 No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.
Posted by: pookysgirl wishes there was a Class VI store nearby at May 21, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)

That's brutal. I truly am sorry.

Posted by: Can hardly imagine that pain at May 21, 2026 01:05 PM (TbWk/)

161 🚨BREAKING: The “field sources” who infiltrated January 6 may have been paid by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Still trying to verify.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (gKquL)

162 Re SC Rep. Clyburn 86 years old and 34 years in the House.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (wBaIH)

163 Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.

I should check the times for ceremonies at the national cemetery near me since the one where my parents are interred is a thousand miles away.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (vTZFs)

164 How much of this is due to supply and demand, demand up due to illegals competing with citizens for available housing?
——-

Wages have been stagnant since 1974. This is not due entirely to millions of illegal aliens but it is certainly a crucial component.

A single blue collar wage earner could support his family. Maybe not in high style, but he wasn’t taking any government “benefits” and all that nonsense.

The “media” and public education has left recent generations almost wholly unable to make cause and effect type comparisons. They advocate for “open borders” yet complain they only make $16 an hour, and can’t afford food, rent, a car, insurance, or anything else.

It’s all a mystery to them. They know things are completely fucked up, but the focus of their justified outrage never ever seems to be magnified where it needs to go. Boomers, Jews, Republicans - anybody except the assclowns who brought it about.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (sNI9P)

165 A guy I went through basic with became somewhat famous in California.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:06 PM (wNNhd)

166 93 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units.
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There's something wrong with this sentence, but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 21, 2026 12:53 PM (gnNyN)
_____________________________

I was talking recently to an acquaintance who used to handle voter fraud cases when he served as a DA in a midsized city (in clarification, he's conservative). He told me why there are so many dead people on the voter roles. It's NOT just for a single vote. What the fraudsters do is take that individual's address and use apartment numbers so that (sometimes) hundreds of people can illegally register at the same address. Most using that singular address by adding a Apt. # are non-existent, and moles working the precinct will fill out the ballot, process it, and quickly 'misplace" it. However, some of these voters are illegal immigrants with doctored ID based on crib death babies who were given an SS #. He says he has no doubt that the DNC is indirectly involved....but never found the direct attachment.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)

167 152 Ask those towns with schools filled to 80% with H1b babies how they feel about *legal* migration.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (IEgcH)

H1B scam
Foreign Students scam
They are both just as sammy as the scam call centers in India. Which BTW I think need to be blown up like in the Beekeeper.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (/+uur)

168 It's reassuring to see the Trump administration at work. It's always seeking ways to eliminate the ellipticals in our economy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (OArx3)

169 Achilles sacrificed his life for glory. And from the ancient greek perspective that made sense.

Odysseys choose a middle ground, he did his duty, and focused on returning home.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (sKqQm)

170 Maybe. Waiting to see if I have Sunday off to go decorate graves.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I initially read this as "desecrate graves". Bold choice, Cotton.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (Riz8t)

171 OT:

I'm currently in a delay, deny, die cycle with Aetna over a PET Scan for my cancer. Their own policy doc says it should be approved, but they denied my doc and his appeal, so now I have to appeal (which takes 30 days). Hurray.

Thankfully, this was not an emergency, but c'mon. This is not what I wanted to be dealing with when I'm already sick this week (normal virus, but a sucky one)...sigh...

Posted by: Nova Local at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (tOcjL)

172 If Piper needs content for Sunday, this article might help....

https://tinyurl.com/yc595mh4

It's a Melania fashion article.

One for Bulg, or Joe Mannix (S/B Fen Approved):

https://tinyurl.com/ytz73ere

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (qx7Zg)

173 125 GoFundMe for a Jitterbug and one of those self-ejecting recliners for Piper?
Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (qBdHI)

Oh my gosh, my really good friend’s husband is a plastic surgeon, as you may know because I have spoken about it. I just got a text from his office I have a $250 credit for Botox. Lol. I don’t think that was supposed to go out to me until Monday, but she got me Botox for my birthday! I am laughing really hard right now. I am going to screen shot it to her with a “so what are you saying, exactly?” text…

….And also checking my schedule next week to see when I can book this.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (OoFl2)

174 Getting out of debt is simple. Finding the money to get out of debt is not.

You can get out, but it takes a crapload of energy and discipline. And oh yeah, time.

You are not getting out of debt by giving up your coffee and economizing on a few things. No way.

You *are* doing it by analyzing, restructuring and then changing wholesale your entire thought process around every single thing that involves money. That's how it begins. Then some discomfort which you get used to.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (UULd1)

175 They are both just as sammy as the scam call centers in India. Which BTW I think need to be blown up like in the Beekeeper.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (/+uur)

I love watching those white hat hacker channels on YouTube destroy those assholes in real time.

Posted by: Scum of the earth at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

176 A 70-unit apartment complex was thrown up outside my mother's gated subdivision. "Luxury" two bedroom, 2 bath apartments, with $1700+/month rent. In an area where the median income is $50K/year.

They have been sitting, almost unoccupied, for nearly a year. I suspect the subsidized rent program for illegals and Somali Scammers the owners were planning on got cancelled.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (GjEvj)

177 Meanwhile, the DOJ just hired 80 new immigration judges to speed up the pace of deportations.

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Until proven otherwise, I believe one is Elric the Blade who will implement the "only hotties" immigration policy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:34 PM (46HP

___________

If only ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (iFTx/)

178 I think all the illegals are in NY. They are the only things left along with old people who aren’t leaving, empty strip malls and a smattering lot suburban AWFL’s and their cuck clans.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (6VEkT)

179 > "We are announcing today the expansion of the healthcare fraud Midwest Strike Force to Minnesota and the hiring of 15 additional prosecutors dedicated to combating Medicaid fraud nationwide."
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The administration's going to need thousands of prosecutors just for California alone.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (jehhT)

180 The best way to attack this problem has ALWAYS been from the financial side. Always. That's loan officers, employers, hospital collections, et al.
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If you tell the WORLD, that if you come illegally to U.S. we will give you free housing, free education and free food and free healthcare . . . what possibly could be the result?

If you remove the incentive to come, stay, and create disincentives to be here as an illegal - they will not come and those already here will leave. But that would cost the dems voters and the chamber of commerce cheap labor. Yes. Its that stupid. The answer is obvious, however, the powers that be, have a massive incentive to not apply the answer. Because they want it the way it is. So, we have to adjust the incentives/disincentives of the powers that be.

Posted by: I'm not Milton Friedman but at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (anL5R)

181 177 If only ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (iFTx/)

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Dammit!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (46HP8)

182 "and a record 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30% of their income on rent."

LOL. Banks and FHA loans allow up to 36% of your gross income being spent on PITI. That's why you don't buy a new car until after you buy the house.

Posted by: no one of any consequense at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (qFwJc)

183 The SPLC sounds more and more like an IC OP.

Posted by: davidt at May 21, 2026 01:09 PM (Q+gd/)

184 I saw that Nancy Mace is calling for a constitutional amendment that members of Congress, judges, and appointees approved by the Senate must be natural-born US citizens.

Seems reasonable to me.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 01:10 PM (qx7Zg)

185 Want to stay out of debt: pay cash for everything.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at May 21, 2026 01:10 PM (z/kEQ)

186 Probably been asked but how do "they" come up with 'The country is short more than 4 million homes'.

That had to be inclusive of "illegals" who were allowed to make roots in their local communities?

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at May 21, 2026 01:10 PM (VkY89)

187 The rent is too damn high.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:11 PM (wNNhd)

188 Most using that singular address by adding a Apt. # are non-existent, and moles working the precinct will fill out the ballot, process it, and quickly 'misplace" it. However, some of these voters are illegal immigrants with doctored ID based on crib death babies who were given an SS #. He says he has no doubt that the DNC is indirectly involved....but never found the direct attachment.
Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)

USPS parses each ZIP into a Route. They know exactly how many residences are in said route and type of residents. Via census they also know pop and ave incomes.
There are around 10 companies that will validate an address for less than a 5 cents.
You could validate the the addresses of a county like Harris county Texas for about $25k in about 60 seconds.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:11 PM (/+uur)

189 Wow, Piper! It actually is funny. And generous, too! Just remember that 20-30 year old youngsters also get Botox...for reasons that completely mystify me!

Posted by: Lady in Black at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (qBdHI)

190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

191 DNC Chairman Ken Martin released an incomplete, unedited version of the 2024 election autopsy.
A few key points.

This one at least is just wrong:

...and relying on "not Trump" rather than affirmative messaging or clear self-definition.

Everything pre-election suggested that the more people saw and heard from Harris, the less they liked her. "Not Trump" was literally the only thing she had going for her and it wasn't enough.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (vTZFs)

192 Almost all of the visa scams involve Indians. Most if not all of those 10,000 fraudulent student job visas were Indians. They are also most of the H1b’s taking jobs from Americans.

Maybe it’s time to crack down on India.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (6VEkT)

193 We didn't broadcast our struggles and sacrifices to strangers and pretend they were supposed to care.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (RIvkX)

I actually did some math on average home prices, and prices for things like food and clothing indexed to the price of Silver for the last 80 years. I was looking at them against average wages - not salaries by the way.
On the whole, we do more with less than at the end of WWII, but we have been slipping on purchasing power. It is the problem of inflation which outstrips earnings in real terms, compliance costs we carry, and the enshittification of everything we buy so we can afford basics.
There is also the inflation problem, there is no safe place to store wealth any more, inflation eats it. There are no safe jobs anymore, everything is a gig now, you get fired for anything, AI, COVID shots, anything.
Dollars lose value, stocks are a casino, bonds are a ponzi scheme, and property is priced too high. Inflation destroys virtue, and it always has

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (rbvCR)

194 We have a cunning plan to ease the housing shortage.

Posted by: Dr. Zhivago's Housing Commisar at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wVcYX)

195 161 🚨BREAKING: The “field sources” who infiltrated January 6 may have been paid by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Still trying to verify.
Posted by: rickb223
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All those Federal busses filmed pulling up in that parking garage were paid for by you and me.
Patel should tie them both in a big bow when he presents to the prosecutor.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:13 PM (OArx3)

196 Illegals are probably at least half of the inflation that's been happening. It's not just housing, when you have millions of new people plop into your country, the prices on everything are going to skyrocket.

Posted by: Sharpie at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (67ajE)

197 I love watching those white hat hacker channels on YouTube destroy those assholes in real time.
Posted by: Scum of the earth at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

Me too. They are trully doing good work.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (594J6)

198 The dead tenant problem usually means a relative (not eligible) lives there.

Benefits in the hood are passed around. It is odd, they seem OK sharing -- one sibling has a kid and gets bennies, and they support the parents and another sibling. They become ineligible, but the grandma goes on disability and gets money,.... they work together so that none of them ever have to work.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (IEgcH)

199 Illegals and even those with legal status are absolutely creating inflation on products like food.

It’s all paid for with your tax money too.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:15 PM (6VEkT)

200 190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

It is not, is it? But pretty much anathema to huge numbers of our people.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:15 PM (Gqar8)

201 Benefits in the hood are passed around. It is odd, they seem OK sharing -- one sibling has a kid and gets bennies, and they support the parents and another sibling. They become ineligible, but the grandma goes on disability and gets money,.... they work together so that none of them ever have to work.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (IEgcH)

They work diligently and tirelessly at not working.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:16 PM (wVcYX)

202 190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

These days it is.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:16 PM (594J6)

203 190 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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That concept has been eroded more than the family ideal.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (OArx3)

204 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?

More like "live below your means until you're set for the rest of your life" which not many are willing to do. And even if you are, it won't matter if your partner is not.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (vTZFs)

205 196 Illegals are probably at least half of the inflation that's been happening. It's not just housing, when you have millions of new people plop into your country, the prices on everything are going to skyrocket.
Posted by: Sharpie

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Also the enshitification (cheaper products, changed recipes, lower quality)

They appeal to "changing consumer habits" which are mostly changing because the *consumers* are changing. At least on the margins - if you make a product the easiest way to increase market share is to appeal to 3rd worlders who are just happy the potato chips don't have shit on them. This has been great for margins.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (IEgcH)

206 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

It is not, is it? But pretty much anathema to huge numbers of our people.

It's more common among some parts of the political spectrum than others.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

207 Everything pre-election suggested that the more people saw and heard from Harris, the less they liked her. "Not Trump" was literally the only thing she had going for her and it wasn't enough.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (vTZFs)

...and abortion. The only time she was clear, articulate, and enthusiastic was when she was talking about abortion.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (EcHpA)

208 199 Illegals and even those with legal status are absolutely creating inflation on products like food.

It’s all paid for with your tax money too.

Posted by: Vengeance at May 21, 2026 01:15 PM (6VEkT)

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Food can go up and down relatively quickly.

The bigger problem is their pressure on the demand side of the housing curve.

It's easier to eat cheaper than it is to deal with a $1200 monthly rent payment when it used to be $900.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (46HP8)

209 I really don't know the answer as I'm not a legal expert, but aren't illegals basically shut out of most/all government services (save something like a trip to the emergency room)?

It's just decades of Republicans never enforcing the law.

Posted by: Sharpie at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (67ajE)

210 No, Pooky is going to be miserable. All the military members he knew that died were suicides. The pain gets worse every year.
Posted by: pookysgirl
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It is impossible for me to visit the Veteran's Cemetery without contemplating the buddies KIA in VN.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (XeU6L)

211 The CBC had a story this morning about a Canadian citizen voting illegally in US elections.

He applued for ballots through Massachusetts dating back to 2008.

There was a question asking him if he was a US citizen and he lied and checked 'Yes.' And the ballots flowed.

If the Mighty Checkbox of US Citizenship is failing, something else may need to be done to tighten things up.

# # #

By the way, for you cat people, it had to be Snowflake that coughed up something that looked like an organ on the porch. I've cleaned up coughed up hair balls. This was probably a hair ball. She's fine and sleeping upstairs and has been active.

Ralphy ate it. I may get to clean up second hand vomit....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at May 21, 2026 01:18 PM (Sco7b)

212 Mists...

Mists...

Mists...

Mists.

This essay was called The Fading Memories in the Mists of Time. Thank you.
Posted by: Kamala at May 21, 2026 01:04 PM (UULd1)

I saw Harambe in your words.
It made me sad.
Weep for Harambe.

Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (TH/2I)

213 >>>they work together so that none of them ever have to work.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:14 PM (IEgcH)

They work diligently and tirelessly at not working.
Posted by: Count de Monet
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And there are learing classes on 'how to'.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (OArx3)

214 197 I love watching those white hat hacker channels on YouTube destroy those assholes in real time.
Posted by: Scum of the earth at May 21, 2026 01:08 PM (TbWk/)

Me too. They are trully doing good work.

Me three. Those are addictive.

Posted by: Delurker at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (gtcuf)

215 I read that California has 75K fewer students in public schools this year vs last year. The projection was only a 10k drop. This is due to the general trend of fewer kids in the US as birth rates plummeted in the 2010s.

So how did an extra extra 65k get missed? Most common theory is illegals going back home and taking the anchor babies with them. And that was never accounted for in the projections done pre 2024 election.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (9Diqw)

216 Under current federal law, hundreds of thousands of foreign students and employers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension program are exempt from paying Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, which companies are required to pay for domestic workers. This has led to the creation of a "significant financial incentive" for employers to hire foreign OPT workers over Americans.

Tax them into the Stone Age.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (/+uur)

217 Phrases like neither a borrower nor a lender be, or, a fool and his money are soon parted are merely quaint cultural artifacts that have no meaning in our age of instant gratification. They may be safely ignored now.

Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (Gqar8)

218 I've posted this before but during the Biden administration the average height of the people in my city dropped by about 2-3 inches . The number of Hispanic roofers and workers doing contracting skyrocketed. The naturally between that and refugees from NYC the housing stock decreased and prices increased , leading my city to be the first in upstate NY with rent control. As Rahm said " never let a crisis go to waste

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (gu0hJ)

219 Is not the entire Dave Ramsey philosophy “ live within your means”?
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:02 PM (Gqar

"Buying money is a huge expense you could avoid if you just make it yourself" is a better description. The rest is refinement on paying off your current debts so you can stop paying off the loans, and then keeping the money to yourself instead of giving it to the credit companies once it is paid off.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)

220 money,.... they work together so that none of them ever have to work.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

It's one of the tenets of Kwanzaa!

Posted by: Ron Karenga at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (oftw2)

221 this is called "briefcase" deportation. Trump is literally just enforcing the existing laws on the books.

This will deport 5X whatever the ICE can catch on the streets - you simply systematically remove all potential pathways to staying in the U.S. as an illegal - no job, no bank, no housing = no reason to stay or come here.

Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (eloIc)

222 Living within your means is hardly a revolutionary concept.
Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:12 PM (wNNhd)

These days it is.
Posted by: Reforger
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I see the 'Instant Credit' ads on TV and cringe.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:21 PM (XeU6L)

223 I saw Harambe in your words.
It made me sad.
Weep for Harambe.
Posted by: Tom Servo at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (TH/2I)

Gorilla in the midst.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:21 PM (/+uur)

224 171 are you on Medicare? Both that and Aetna would cover PET scans if medically necessary. They cost between $1200 and $4600. Ask what the cash price is.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at May 21, 2026 01:22 PM (wBaIH)

225 221 this is called "briefcase" deportation. Trump is literally just enforcing the existing laws on the books.

This will deport 5X whatever the ICE can catch on the streets - you simply systematically remove all potential pathways to staying in the U.S. as an illegal - no job, no bank, no housing = no reason to stay or come here.

Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (eloIc)

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There was a study out of MN that showed that for every 1 ICE arrest, 6 people left the workforce.

The self-deportation to forced deportation ratio is somewhere between 3:1 and 6:1.

Forced deportations for the first year were about 1 million (all from the interior, which no administration has done before).

So, somewhere between 3 and 6 million left America in the first year of the Trump administration.

But if you count border turnaways, then Obama's numbers are better, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:22 PM (46HP8)

226 Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at M

I bet a large percentage will be relieved to be back home, even if objectively its less than here.

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Hb+bW)

227 Lack of financial discipline is not unique to individuals. Consider Modern Monetary Theory, which hold that deficits don't matter because governments can print all the money they want to, apparently without consequence. Only an academic could believe such utter nonsense.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

228 BOMBSHELL IN MINNESOTA:

Fraud AAG Colin McDonald just EXPOSED the MASSIVE Autism Program Grift, from $600,000 to OVER $400 MILLION in just 6 years!

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (/+uur)

229 Under current federal law, hundreds of thousands of foreign students and employers participating in the Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension program are exempt from paying Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, which companies are required to pay for domestic workers. This has led to the creation of a "significant financial incentive" for employers to hire foreign OPT workers over Americans.

Tax them into the Stone Age.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (/+uur)

OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

230 Phrases like neither a borrower nor a lender be, or, a fool and his money are soon parted are merely quaint cultural artifacts that have no meaning in our age of instant gratification. They may be safely ignored now.
Posted by: tubal
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Meh. Just the precepts of dead white men.

Posted by: Parasites at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (XeU6L)

231 226 Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at M

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They're already being offered $3,800 and a free plane ticket through the CBPOne app.

Literally everything we can think of within the law, Trump's admin is doing.

Hear about the fines people are facing for not leaving after a final deportation order? They're going up to $1.8 million each.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (46HP8)

232 I live in Japan, and I can say that NO recipes for products are changed here to make product cheaper. They have shrinkflation, and some things (like kwepie dressing and mayo) have cheaper versions for restaurants (in 1L containers) but I see exactly zero changes in products like in USA where sugars and fats are all replaced with chemicals, and chocolate, nuts, etc. are reduced.

The only thing I see are a lot of "sports" drinks with 1/2 and 1/2 sugar and some other shit that you can taste in your mouth all day. But these are new products and not the old ones, which never change.

This has two reasons. (1) more family owned companies (2) the consumers are all Japanese and not 3rd worlders imported to take tax dollars and buy shit and ruin the towns and schools.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (IEgcH)

233 I would pay extra and get a PEOPLE Scan rather than a PET Scan.

Posted by: Emily Litella at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (oftw2)

234 There was a study out of MN that showed that for every 1 ICE arrest, 6 people left the workforce.

The self-deportation to forced deportation ratio is somewhere between 3:1 and 6:1.

Forced deportations for the first year were about 1 million (all from the interior, which no administration has done before).

So, somewhere between 3 and 6 million left America in the first year of the Trump administration.

The evidence for this is less than convincing. I'm going to need a lot more proof before I buy it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

235 Consider Modern Monetary Theory, which hold that deficits don't matter because governments can print all the money they want to, apparently without consequence. Only an academic could believe such utter nonsense.
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Riz8t)

And it is impossible to unbake the cake.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (/+uur)

236 A one time $5k payment is peanuts compared to the tens of thousands in welfare an illegal can collect here every year.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (9Diqw)

237 They are both just as sammy as the scam call centers in India. Which BTW I think need to be blown up like in the Beekeeper.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:07 PM (/+uur)

They recently took down a "pig butchering" site in Vietnam. The sites use indentured servants, and essentially slaves who speak English to call and befriend older lonely people so they can scam them out of money on a variety of pretexts.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (rbvCR)

238 Actually enforcing the immigration laws, next thing you know dogs and cats... etc.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)

239 229 OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

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Or...Trump is laying the groundwork to eliminate the program, avoiding the issues with the attempt at eliminating DACA.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055295022593884434

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (46HP8)

240 218 I've posted this before but during the Biden administration the average height of the people in my city dropped by about 2-3 inches

because of the man keeping them down.

Posted by: anachronda at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (sGtp+)

241 Offer the illegals $5k and a plane ticket - a huge fraction will self deport.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at M

I bet a large percentage will be relieved to be back home, even if objectively its less than here.
Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (Hb+bW)

Whence the Somalian Jim Nabors will help kick off their version of the big holiday race event by singing, "Back home again, in Mogadishu."

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (wVcYX)

242 Doomer Fail: New Coal-Fired Power Plants Surge to 10-Year Global High

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (RHGPo)

243 I live in Japan, and I can say that NO recipes for products are changed here to make product cheaper. They have shrinkflation, and some things (like kwepie dressing and mayo) have cheaper versions for restaurants (in 1L containers) but I see exactly zero changes in products like in USA where sugars and fats are all replaced with chemicals, and chocolate, nuts, etc. are reduced.
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: New Coke at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (XeU6L)

244 new Trump rule A new rule allows immigration authorities to issue fines up to $500 for illegally crossing the border and $1,000 per day for staying

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (/+uur)

245 OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.

it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)

246 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (wNNhd)

247 234
The evidence for this is less than convincing. I'm going to need a lot more proof before I buy it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

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Census surveys, Bureau of Labor stats surveys, hospital records of new births, studies like the one described above, crashing housing costs in illegal hotbeds like Texas and even places like Charlotte.

Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (46HP8)

248 But if you count border turnaways, then Obama's numbers are better, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

----------------

The beauty of his system, which no one mentions so I will, is that you could "deport" someone on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and then let them in of Friday. -- 3 deportations!

He would turn them around at border and they knew to try again tomorrow, and they did. They all got in.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (IEgcH)

249 🚨 BREAKING: The mastermind behind the Feeding Our Future fraud scam in Minnesota has just been sentenced to 41.5 YEARS in prison Holy CRAP! Aimee Bock orchestrated the $250 MILLION scam during COVID, billing taxpayers for fake meals for children. She deserves every single day of this sentence! MORE OF THIS!

... you can get more time trying to rob a 7-11 store

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (RHGPo)

250 Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

The American kids are just lazy and don't want to work. It pays 66% below market? Consider yourself lucky to even have a job! You can still pay get a house and buy a car and insurance and pay all your bills on $1.50 a hour like I did! You don't like it, work two more of them! Thieving layabout!

Posted by: More Boomer perspective at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (TbWk/)

251
It is impossible for me to visit the Veteran's Cemetery without contemplating the buddies KIA in VN.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at

And for them, and everyone else, I remain eternally grateful. I do love a very privileged life, one I would not enjoy but for them. There are people out here who haven’t lost sight of this sacrifice that is bigger than all of us. I have instilled it into my children as well - maybe it’s because I am an army brat and was an army wife for 22 years, but these are the things we need to fold back into what it means to love our country.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (Wmg4n)

252 Whence the Somalian Jim Nabors will help kick off their version of the big holiday race event by singing, "Back home again, in Mogadishu."
Posted by: Count de Monet at May 21, 2026 01:26 PM (wVcYX)

Cats and Dogs stay inside over big BarBQ 3 day festivus.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (/+uur)

253 Tuq'r Quarlson has a new money source - he's getting paid NOT to endorse candidates.

Babylon Bee: Politicians Begin Offering Tucker Carlson $1 Million To Not Endorse Them

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (qx7Zg)

254 Or...Trump is laying the groundwork to eliminate the program, avoiding the issues with the attempt at eliminating DACA.

Posted by: TheJamesMadiso

—-

If it happens, great. It’s exactly what’s needed.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:28 PM (9Diqw)

255 Census surveys, Bureau of Labor stats surveys, hospital records of new births, studies like the one described above, crashing housing costs in illegal hotbeds like Texas and even places like Charlotte.

Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

I hear you, but they never seem to provide that actual evidence, just lots of big claims. Don't get me wrong, I'd love for it to be true, but as they say, big claims require big evidence, and I haven't seen it.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Riz8t)

256 In addition, HUD identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units. These aren't likely empty units. Someone is wrongly receiving this benefit.

... I would hate to imagine that those dead people are still in those housing units

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (RHGPo)

257 The American kids are just lazy and don't want to work. It pays 66% below market? Consider yourself lucky to even have a job! You can still pay get a house and buy a car and insurance and pay all your bills on $1.50 a hour like I did! You don't like it, work two more of them! Thieving layabout!
Posted by: More Boomer perspective at May 21, 2026

This shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand, but you act like no one but boomers have good jobs and nice houses. I am not a boomer, by the way.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Wmg4n)

258 Ask those towns with schools filled to 80% with H1b babies how they feel about *legal* migration.

Now these towns
They all know our name
H1-B
Is our claim to fame

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (+9wcF)

259 @BernieSanders
·
9m
Rep. Massie’s loss yesterday was not only because of massive funding from AIPAC and Trump megadonors.

butthurt bernie is best bernie

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (/+uur)

260 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.

And you would be exactly right. And what have we had for the last hundred years or so?

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (vTZFs)

261 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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So, we should invest in wheel barrow futures?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

262 OPT is the biggest fucking scam there is. Much bigger than the H1B scam. This is one area where Trump has dropped the ball bigly on immigration. Between foreigners and AI it’s damn near impossible for recent grad American kids to find work in corporate America.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:23 PM (9Diqw)

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Or...Trump is laying the groundwork to eliminate the program, avoiding the issues with the attempt at eliminating DACA.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2055295022593884434
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:25 PM (46HP

_________

OPT is a scam, but I don't think it's the scam that we think it is. I don't think OPT is a jobs scam. It's a visa scam. I think it's more likely that the "workers" in OPT are working in fake jobs for fake companies. These "workers" are probably paying the companies for their "jobs." This is probably 75% Indian and Chinese.

Regardless, it's an idiotic program begging to be abused in the pooper. Trump should shitcan the whole thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

263
Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Not here in NorCal

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (FtULh)

264 9m
Rep. Massie’s loss yesterday was not only because of massive funding from AIPAC and Trump megadonors.

butthurt bernie is best bernie

So Bernie blames the Joos? Interesting.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

265 it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)

Oh no. We might got from 4000 to 2000 colleges and still have highest number of colleges per capita of any country by far? Heaven forfend!!

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (9Diqw)

266 If half the colleges close, boy will there be an increase in lot lizards and bush monsters because OnlyFans would have crashed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (wxgaw)

267 Phrases like neither a borrower nor a lender be, or, a fool and his money are soon parted are merely quaint cultural artifacts that have no meaning in our age of instant gratification. They may be safely ignored now.
Posted by: tubal at May 21, 2026 01:19 PM (Gqar

No. No, man. Sh*t, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass stabbed sayin' something like that, man.

Posted by: Polonius at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

268 > Consider Modern Monetary Theory, which hold that deficits don't matter because governments can print all the money they want to, apparently without consequence. Only an academic could believe such utter nonsense.

MMT is the garbage dump the left used to assure their voters that $18 minimum wage would have no effect on restaurant food prices or anything else.

Now everyone's freaking out because McDonald's costs $12 for a combo meal and a Chipotle bowl is $16. It's even worse when you use a delivery service to go get your burrito bowl. It can easily be $25 for like 6oz of meat, some veggies, some beans, some rice, and a spoonful of salsa.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (mkw2N)

269 262 OPT is a scam, but I don't think it's the scam that we think it is. I don't think OPT is a jobs scam. It's a visa scam. I think it's more likely that the "workers" in OPT are working in fake jobs for fake companies. These "workers" are probably paying the companies for their "jobs." This is probably 75% Indian and Chinese.

Regardless, it's an idiotic program begging to be abused in the pooper. Trump should shitcan the whole thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

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The legal tact the administration seems to be taking is proving widespread fraud first, then starting the APA process to end the program.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:31 PM (46HP8)

270 Not here in NorCal

Nor in NoVa, as far as I can see. Some of the claims may simply reflect illegals moving to more illegal-friendly jurisdictions.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (Riz8t)

271 Call me an old softie, but I would prefer you call me a distinguished gentleman with a flagging pinecone.

Posted by: Thomas Massie at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (dmDsy)

272 Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Not here in NorCal
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (FtULh)

Nor here in the colorado front range.

Posted by: alpine_beer at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (van9r)

273 There are around 10 companies that will validate an address for less than a 5 cents.
You could validate the the addresses of a county like Harris county Texas for about $25k in about 60 seconds.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:11 PM (/+uur)

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The USPS has a free API you can hook to and do it yourself for free. No need to pay a 3rd party for it.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (oqH4h)

274 In fact, that's pretty much the definition of inflation. People think it refers to prices because that's what they see but in fact what's inflating is the money supply. If the production of "stuff" doesn't keep up, then prices necessarily rise.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (vTZFs)

275 Bernie is a commie first, last, and always.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:32 PM (wxgaw)

276 I've been shopping, buying and selling houses since before the turn of the century. This is the worst market I've ever seen. It's dead.
Thanks in part to entities such as Blackrock that are buying tranches of neighborhood homes and locking them in. They are ruining the market and neighborhoods at the same time.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (OArx3)

277 ... you can get more time trying to rob a 7-11 store

Posted by: SMOD at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (RHGPo)

You can get 42 years in prison for robbing a 7-11? Maybe in Singapore.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (Kdi1r)

278 Glad he's doing something besides kissing Iran's ass!

Every bad guy knows how to jerk him around now... just tell him you've got a "deal"! I'm ashamed I voted for this asshole.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (FpP3s)

279 I've been shopping, buying and selling houses since before the turn of the century. This is the worst market I've ever seen. It's dead.
Thanks in part to entities such as Blackrock that are buying tranches of neighborhood homes and locking them in. They are ruining the market and neighborhoods at the same time.

If the market truly is dead, how is Blackrock making the vig on all the property they've purchased?

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)

280 the illegal population here in PA is in fact decreasing

it's visible all over

schools closing/combining

taquerias closing lol

just everywhere you see it

now, the H1B thing ... that is not good in SE PA

ugh

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (j+aD2)

281 I am not a boomer, by the way.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Wmg4n)

Gen X fistbump.
I got into his screed until the nic came into focus and just stopped. I'm so sick of the broad brush generational BS. Just another divide and conquer tactic.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (594J6)

282 Boomers had it so easy. In 1970, your grandad could buy a house for a nickel. College was like a dime. They used to give away groceries and gasoline. Also, DoorDash is a human right.

Posted by: GenZ Perspective at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (S4QMJ)

283 >>> it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)

Back in the 80s / 90s my university was gobbling up real estate around the campus to turn into "extended learning" language centers which were all centered on attracting foreign students and getting their sweet sweet tuition money. I think it was higher rates than out of state.

I don't know where the money was coming from. But there were suddenly a lot of them. Especially in engineering. And the new arrivals were quite certain that every American college girl was a shiny coin away from dropping their drawers. relentless goons. Women complained to no effect.

Posted by: banana Dream at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (3uBP9)

284 personally I would trade 1 million illegal mestizos for 1 million legal visa-holding Indians/Pakis

I don't get to decide that apparently but I am working on my Spanish just in case

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (j+aD2)

285 278 Glad he's doing something besides kissing Iran's ass!

Every bad guy knows how to jerk him around now... just tell him you've got a "deal"! I'm ashamed I voted for this asshole.

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at May 21, 2026 01:33 PM (FpP3s)

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The continued blockade and destruction of 90% of their missile launching capabilities is playing right into Iran's hands because we're dealing with Biden era gas prices all while the entire Middle East is building ways to bypass the Strait of Hormuz completely!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (46HP8)

286 > Bernie is a commie first, last, and always.

My absolutely favorite Bernie fact is he once got banned from a commune. Not only was he completely unproductive, he was so chatty, he made the productive hippies unproductive.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (mkw2N)

287 And for them, and everyone else, I remain eternally grateful. I do love a very privileged life, one I would not enjoy but for them. There are people out here who haven’t lost sight of this sacrifice that is bigger than all of us. I have instilled it into my children as well - maybe it’s because I am an army brat and was an army wife for 22 years, but these are the things we need to fold back into what it means to love our country.
Posted by: Piper
---------

Lately I have been offering up this quote (whatever the source):

"People Sleep Peacefully in Their Beds at Night Only Because Rough Men Stand Ready to Do Violence on Their Behalf"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (XeU6L)

288 sorry I mean I prefer Mexicans to Indians. Sorry they are just nicer and I can hang with them. they're closer to Italians I think : )

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (j+aD2)

289
The continued blockade and destruction of 90% of their missile launching capabilities is playing right into Iran's hands because we're dealing with Biden era gas prices all while the entire Middle East is building ways to bypass the Strait of Hormuz completely!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:35 PM (46HP

And that's losing ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (FtULh)

290 Any California morons ever heard of Peter Musurlian?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (wNNhd)

291 289 And that's losing ?

Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:36 PM (FtULh)

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"The entire point of the Iran action was to open up the Strait of Hormuz and keep gas prices down. Those things aren't happening, therefore Iran is winning!"
-smart people who understand things better than you

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:37 PM (46HP8)

292 Mike Hammer is calling a Code Red?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:37 PM (wxgaw)

293 This shouldn’t be dismissed out of hand, but you act like no one but boomers have good jobs and nice houses. I am not a boomer, by the way.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:29 PM (Wmg4n)

That would be an incorrect assumption. I'm simply taking the piss out the notion some still cling to that economic conditions have remained every bit as rosy as they were during the Eisenhower administration. Inflation, market manipulation, housing manipulation, massive illegal immigration, offshoring, and all manners of fuckery have been working to grind down the middle class and make economic independence harder and harder. That's all. You can't get a place and a car working part time at the soda fountain after school anymore, but there is still an influential cadre of people who still preach that you can.

Posted by: I have thing about pompously denying reality at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (TbWk/)

294
Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.

Not here in NorCal
Posted by: It's me donna at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (FtULh)

Nor here in the colorado front range.
Posted by: alpine_beer

==============

Not in SoCal either.

Posted by: Blonde Mortixtl at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (n7rxJ)

295 > This is the worst market I've ever seen. It's dead.
Thanks in part to entities such as Blackrock that are buying tranches of neighborhood homes and locking them in. They are ruining the market and neighborhoods at the same time.

I think the loan rates deserve a lot of the blame. My current rate is 3%. If I were to move to a new house that costs exactly the same as mine, I'd be paying quite a bit more per month because I'd have a 6.5% rate. It doesn't make any sense for me to move.

Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (mkw2N)

296 I meant opt is a scam in that it allows companies to hire cheap non-American labor by the millions. Maybe grift is a better word?

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (9Diqw)

297 BTW, what happened to Maduro?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (wxgaw)

298 One for Bulg, or Joe Mannix (S/B Fen Approved):

https://tinyurl.com/ytz73ere
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

LOL. Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (77rzZ)

299 >>>Now everyone's freaking out because McDonald's costs $12 for a combo meal and a Chipotle bowl is $16. It's even worse when you use a delivery service to go get your burrito bowl. It can easily be $25 for like 6oz of meat, some veggies, some beans, some rice, and a spoonful of salsa.
Posted by: bonhomme
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There's always a line at McDonald's.
_EBT

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (OArx3)

300 298 BTW, what happened to Maduro?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (wxgaw)

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He thinks the people of Venezuela don't know what happened to him.

https://x.com/TheCalvinCooli1/status/
2057288293541134412

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (46HP8)

301 I think printing money that isn't backed by anything would be inflationary.
Posted by: Boss Moss
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So, we should invest in wheel barrow futures?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

No, magic beans are the answer.

Posted by: Jack at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

302 If the market truly is dead, how is Blackrock making the vig on all the property they've purchased?
Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)

They sell the properties to themselves, and then claim the price they set is the market price, and based on that valuation they then sell stock backed by those properties to investment companies that manage accounts for universities and retirement systems.

This is why we may be screwed.

Posted by: Polonius at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

303 stupid Shakespearean sock

Posted by: Kindltot at May 21, 2026 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

304 I guess it's my 2026 pet peeve, always saying they identified certain illegal things, like dead people getting paid, but never saying they stopped payments. They want you to assume they did, but I never do.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (n5tGW)

305 The Blues for Navy Acad Grad

https://x.com/JackPosobiec/status/
2057506919489716544

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (/+uur)

306 identified 25,000 deceased tenants still living in taxpayer-funded housing units

Ummmm, no, they aren't. Someone might be getting paid for it in their name, but......
Someone needed to read that sentence out loud before publication.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (kU0PQ)

307 Yes, the illegal population (and probably legal immigrant population) is crashing.
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Not here in NorCal
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Nor here in the colorado front range.
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Not in SoCal either.

Not hard proof of anything but whoever is building the townhouse across the street had to wait two months for a roofing crew to show up.

Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (vTZFs)

308 It's hard to plan ahead. Especially for the future.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM (Cqx++)

309 OPT/H1B is even worse than first appears.

All those Indians who get hired? They eventually get promoted. And then guess who they hire? Only their own. And you end up with places like USAA where entire departments are 100% Indian.

Try to get a tech job anywhere in San Francisco as a native born American. Ain’t happening bruh. Every company has an ethnic gatekeeper be it Indian, Chinese, Russian what have you.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:41 PM (9Diqw)

310 OT: what's up with South Dakota? "Tyler Bowyer and Turning Point Action stepping in to back TobyForSD [Doeden] against Dusty Johnson."
This is the governor's race. Did Johnson do something wrong?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (gKWVE)

311 in contrast to federal law

Then portions of said federal gov't need to be seeing the inside of a prison. Oh, and paying restitution for all the money defrauded because they didn't check.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (kU0PQ)

312 You can't get a place and a car working part time at the soda fountain after school anymore, but there is still an influential cadre of people who still preach that you can.
Posted by: I have thing about pompously denying reality at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (TbWk/)
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I also get kind of annoyed with people whose mortgage has been paid off since Clinton was in office telling everyone else what's what in the current housing market. Our economy has basically flipped since the 70's.

Necessities like housing and transportation used to be affordable to anyone with a decent job - But luxuries like really nice cars, big screen TVs and personal computers were wildly expensive. Now that's completely upside-down. You can get an 85" TV for $300 bucks but if you want a shitty apartment to put it in you're paying $2k a month.

Posted by: ballistic at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (oqH4h)

313 We had more sensible immigration policy before 1965.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (wNNhd)

314 What happened with Harris and the election is Trump beat her ass.

He helped MAKE her unlikeable.

Remember they tried to foist all her "joy" on everyone and he responded by taking that fucking cackle and putting it at the end of every commercial over people rioting. The man is a marketing genius.

Posted by: ... at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (UULd1)

315 51 With Bidung having House + Senate why didn't he just change the laws disfavoring illegals?
Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (0Tizn)

I think that powermongers get off on not even bothering with a fig leaf of propriety, just doing as they please and rubbing our noses in it.

Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (Sy6m/)

316 It's hard to plan ahead. Especially for the future.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

Sounds like something Yogi Berra would've said.

Posted by: Bulg at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (77rzZ)

317 My absolutely favorite Bernie fact is he once got banned from a commune. Not only was he completely unproductive, he was so chatty, he made the productive hippies unproductive.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Thus have failed almost all communes. FDR's 'Homestead Communities' are a little-known, but obvious example. 34 of them, all failed.

Scroll down for the list:
https://shorturl.at/LYfk9

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

318 How many votes will the 2m or so illegals Trump has deported cost the Dems in the midterms?

100k
500K
2M
5M?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

319 They sell the properties to themselves, and then claim the price they set is the market price, and based on that valuation they then sell stock backed by those properties to investment companies that manage accounts for universities and retirement systems.

This is why we may be screwed.
Posted by: Polonius at May 21, 2

Hmmm This scenario seems somewhat familiar...?

Love, 2008

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (Hb+bW)

320 Not hard proof of anything but whoever is building the townhouse across the street had to wait two months for a roofing crew to show up.
Posted by: Oddbob at May 21, 2026 01:40 PM

We are redoing our bathroom, the contractor, who is someone we know, asked if we could wait until November.

Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (Wmg4n)

321 My easy chair keeps eating my vape stick.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (wNNhd)

322 Housing prices are outright crashing in the Charlotte area now.

I keep seeing stories about it.

And Charlotte got one major ICE operation last year that lasted about a week and some press. Nothing since.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 12:59 PM (46HP

Rats deserting the not-sinking ship. It's less risky to move to a blue state and pick up the scam there instead.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (8avO+)

323 Necessities like housing and transportation used to be affordable to anyone with a decent job - But luxuries like really nice cars, big screen TVs and personal computers were wildly expensive. Now that's completely upside-down. You can get an 85" TV for $300 bucks but if you want a shitty apartment to put it in you're paying $2k a month.

Because government has lightly regulated TVs and heavily regulated housing.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

324 Not heard of a "bush monster". Is that like what Bill Clinton thrust into? There was some halfrican kid who was claiming he was a Clinton on his dad's side from such a transaction.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (gKWVE)

325 it's a total racket and nightmare for young Americans but ... PDJT believes half the colleges in the USA will have to shut down without it.

so.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at May 21, 2026 01:27 PM (j+aD2)

This vexes me. I'm not sure what he's on about with that. And frankly I don't think it would be a bad thing for half the colleges in the US to shut down, or at least have to greatly downsize. They're graft machines for hard-left propagandists in the main. And it would be a painful adjustment for a time, but there should be fewer college degrees, not more.

Posted by: Degrees are inflated currency at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (TbWk/)

326 319 How many votes will the 2m or so illegals Trump has deported cost the Dems in the midterms?

100k
500K
2M
5M?

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

=======

The primary issue with illegals was the inflated voter rolls because of things like driver's licenses and motor voter laws.

However, I'm sure a not insignificant portion of them just...voted on their own. Many in more Republican areas that don't have the black woman creating votes in the back room.

I do think it would be interesting to see the effects in detail.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (46HP8)

327 My absolutely favorite Bernie fact is he once got banned from a commune. Not only was he completely unproductive, he was so chatty, he made the productive hippies unproductive.
Posted by: bonhomme
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To be charitable, That might have been one the reasons...

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (Hb+bW)

328 House prices have grown 60% since 2019.

M2 has grown by 58% since 2019.

The boomers are not exactly ripping off home buyers.

Posted by: Oglebay at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (w8dnx)

329 Sure to be willowed but,

I happier news, my youngest niece graduates from high school this weekend and today is her Baccalaureate Mass at the cathedral.

Marine and DiL will be in town for graduation on Sunday. I’m so happy to have them in town!

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (A5RD0)

330 I’m no fan of Blackstone but blaming high prices on them is sus. There’s something like 70M single family homes in the country. Blackstone owns 65k. It’s not nothing but it’s also less than 1%.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (9Diqw)

331 It's like deja vu all over again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (wNNhd)

332 Remember they tried to foist all her "joy" on everyone...

"unburdened by what has been,"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

333 Let me know when they stop the H1-B indentured servitude work visa program. Anyone who ever says:

"But we need the foreign software expertise if the US is to stay competitive!!!"

is either a liar or an idiot knows nothing about the software business. And I especially include all supposedly "AI" jobs in that statement.

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 21, 2026 01:46 PM (TIizU)

334 331 I’m no fan of Blackstone but blaming high prices on them is sus. There’s something like 70M single family homes in the country. Blackstone owns 65k. It’s not nothing but it’s also less than 1%.

It's less than 0.1%. And no, I'm not buying it either.

Posted by: Archimedes at May 21, 2026 01:46 PM (Riz8t)

335 Blackstone owns 65k. It’s not nothing but it’s also less than 1%.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (9Diqw)

I don't know if you mean Blackrock but yeah.
A lot of the panic is bogus. Like "the data centers are drinking our milkshakes!" No, they're not. Data centers got plenty of other problems (for one, they'll be Democrat-owned machines to fuck over Republicans) but milkshakes or other liquid comestibles are not among them.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (gKWVE)

336 Because government has lightly regulated TVs and heavily regulated housing.
Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)

Ding ding ding ding!!!!

What are the 3 ateas that have exploded in price? Housing, health care and education. What are the three areas most heavily regulated and/or subsidized by the govt? Housing health care and education.

Funny how that works eh?

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (9Diqw)

337 >>> Remember they tried to foist all her "joy" on everyone...

"unburdened by what has been,"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:45 PM (XeU6L)

HA HA HA COCONUTS! COCONUTS! HE HE HEEE!

Posted by: banana Dream - COCONUTS! at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (3uBP9)

338 51 With Bidung having House + Senate why didn't he just change the laws disfavoring illegals?
Posted by: torabora at May 21, 2026 12:45 PM (0Tizn)

I think that powermongers get off on not even bothering with a fig leaf of propriety, just doing as they please and rubbing our noses in it.
Posted by: SciVo at May 21, 2026 01:42 PM (Sy6m/)

Its useful to be able to ship off those who don't toe the line as 'illegal' when you need to. If they became citizens, what could Dems offer them next year? certainly not prosperity.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (8avO+)

339 218 I've posted this before but during the Biden administration the average height of the people in my city dropped by about 2-3 inches .
Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 21, 2026 01:20 PM (gu0hJ)
________________________

This has been a major gripe of mine for totally different reasons. It's rare that I can find my size for clothes in retail stores these days because their stock is tailored to shorter people due to massive immigration. I'm 6'6", and I have no choice other than to throw the dice and buy clothes online these days. That works out perfectly about 30% of the time. My computer doesn't have a fitting room.

Posted by: Orson at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (dIske)

340 We are redoing our bathroom, the contractor, who is someone we know, asked if we could wait until November.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (Wmg4n)

Time to train a new generation of American tradespeople. The true supply chain problems aren't just about China controlling electronics, rare earth minerals and knocked off consumer crap.

Posted by: LASue at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (Hb+bW)

341 That middle finger statue thingee is real.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (wNNhd)

342 No, they're not. Data centers got plenty of other problems (for one, they'll be Democrat-owned machines to fuck over Republicans) but milkshakes or other liquid comestibles are not among them.
Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:47 PM (gKWVE)

DRAAAAAAINNNNAAAAGE!!!!

Posted by: Daniel Plainview at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (TbWk/)

343 in my AO housing is mostly driven by people moving out of the shitties nearby.

The prices in the shitties are high as well, which means someone is taking the housing there.

And the answer is...immigrants.

I mean they have to live somewhere and we know they are mostly clustered in the shitties.

Now the question of how they have unlimited money for housing is the more interesting one, but it appears to be from Uncle Sugar or the state version...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 21, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)

344 I was told by the Cato Institute that the economy will collapse without mass third world immigration.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (S4QMJ)

345 OMG is right. Another fraudster targeted for arrest in the presser just jumped off a 4 story balcony and is now on the run.........

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Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
56m
🚨 OMG. A fraudster on Tim Walz's watch allowed a "patient" they were supposed to be caring for DIE on a taxpayer program

"He was actually being serviced by a fraudster — received no services — this patient was later found dead."

This is a JAW-DROPPING BETRAYAL. Fraud is now killing people.

@Tim_Walz
, you need to resign!

COLIN MCDONALD: "For example, one defendant is charged with defrauding the integrated community supports Medicaid program."

"This program is designed to help individuals with disabilities live independently. One patient was supposed to be receiving 24-hour care through this program, but he was actually being serviced by a fraudster and received no services."

"This patient was later found dead. Meanwhile, the architect of this fraud scheme was billing Medicaid as if he was providing care to this patient."

"The defendant even submitted a claim of over $400 for services he never provided the day before this man died."

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (kX27y)

346 Blackstone is the one that owns lots of homes not blackrock.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (9Diqw)

347 334 Let me know when they stop the H1-B indentured servitude work visa program. Anyone who ever says:

"But we need the foreign software expertise if the US is to stay competitive!!!"

is either a liar or an idiot knows nothing about the software business. And I especially include all supposedly "AI" jobs in that statement.

Posted by: front toward enemy at May 21, 2026 01:46 PM (TIizU)

=======

H1-B was created by Congress, and only Congress can repeal it completely.

However, Trump's administration is making real inroads with limiting it within his powers.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2043861161133666755

H1-Bs are down 25% total, but new issuances are down 80%. Most of the issuances are renewals, and even a lot of them are being forced to go back to their home countries to apply for the renewal at the consulate. And consulate wait times are extending out more than a year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 21, 2026 01:50 PM (46HP8)

348 Thanks Heroq. In a minute I was going to be blaming the Black Rock coffee chain.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 21, 2026 01:50 PM (gKWVE)

349 Vote-a-rama today in the Senate. Will any repub offer an amendment for the SAVE act? I doubt it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (n5tGW)

350 And the MN hits keep coming:

Nick Sortor
@nicksortor
HOLY CRAP! RFK Jr. just announced the LARGEST autism fraud bust in U.S. HISTORY in Minnesota, with 2 arrested

These people are absolutely EVIL.

"This was organized theft that exploited the most VULNERABLE CHILDREN in America. Deceived families, stole taxpayer dollars meant to help children with autism access legitimate care and support"

"Every fraudulent autism diagnosis steal time, care and resources from the children for whom this program was denied and who desperately need this care."

"Fraud makes those barriers even steeper. America is facing a real autism crisis.

Today, approximately one in every 31 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Medicaid finances a significant share of autism related services nationwide and and spending has risen dramatically over the last decade.

And a lot of that spending is because of fraud.

When criminals exploit these programs, taxpayers lose billions and vulnerable children lose their access to care."

Bury them UNDER the jail.

Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (kX27y)

351 >>>I think the loan rates deserve a lot of the blame. My current rate is 3%. If I were to move to a new house that costs exactly the same as mine, I'd be paying quite a bit more per month because I'd have a 6.5% rate. It doesn't make any sense for me to move.
Posted by: bonhomme
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True. Jerome Powell needs a big boot up his...

But, and maybe it's local, there's no competition. Most of the houses for sale are not owned by individuals they are owned by Investors and the pricing is locked in and they can and will hold that price and not negotiate. No competition is price fixing and Blackrock or its cohorts are in on it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (OArx3)

352 NOOD - learing centers

Posted by: the lower depths at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (Dg7ng)

353 I was told by the Cato Institute that the economy will collapse without mass third world immigration.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (S4QMJ)

Now you know why Cato got exiled. He was such an ass even his own side got tired of him and just waited to publish puff pieces on him when he suicided, badly.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (8avO+)

354 Brave AI summary,

Approximately 9% to 10% of U.S. single-family homes are owned by corporate entities or institutional investors as of 2026.

Overall Ownership: Research from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and other sources indicates that corporations own roughly 8.9% to 10% of residential parcels or single-family homes nationwide.

Institutional Share: Large institutional investors (often defined as those owning 1,000+ properties) control a smaller fraction, estimated at 2% to 3.8% of the total single-family rental stock.

Market Concentration: Ownership is heavily concentrated in specific regions; in cities like St. Louis, Baltimore, and Miami, corporate ownership can exceed 20%, while in the Sun Belt, out-of-state corporate buyers are particularly active.

Investor vs. Corporate: While total investor ownership (including small "mom-and-pop" landlords) is higher at 20%, large corporations represent only a minority share of these investor-owned properties, with small investors holding the vast majority.

Posted by: whig at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

355 Scroll down for the list:
https://shorturl.at/LYfk9
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 21, 2026 01:43 PM (XeU6L)

There was one back in the 70's near the river here. A few years ago I wound up on a crew tasked with cleaning it up. We found trash pits 6 and 8 feet deep. We took out 4, 20 yard dumpsters and probably 50 pick up truck loads. We changed the lay of the land we pulled so much crap out.
PDSD inducing crap.
I still have nightmares.
One of those digging projects where you are just waiting to unearth a Femur.

Posted by: Reforger at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (594J6)

356 I was told by the Cato Institute that the economy will collapse without mass third world immigration.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 21, 2026 01:49 PM (S4QMJ)

Price of tomatoes may increase by 0.2% and that would collapse our entire capitalist system.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:52 PM (9Diqw)

357 If you're even SLIGHTLY qualified, it seems like a good use of taxpayer dollars...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 12:35 PM (Kdi1r)

It requires that you be a lawyer with a law degree. I'm not sure there's a "slightly qualified" available for that position.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (kU0PQ)

358 When criminals exploit these programs, taxpayers lose billions and vulnerable children lose their access to care."

Bury them UNDER the jail.
Posted by: beckster at May 21, 2026 01:51 PM (kX27y)

That's why the talk is that everyone is on the spectrum. So they can hide the fraud.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:53 PM (8avO+)

359 It’s going to be my birthday on Monday. I don’t know how I feel about it. It’s a big one. Sigh.
Posted by: Piper at May 21, 2026 12:43 PM (OoFl2)

30? Pffft. I have one next month and it's amazing me....79. A year away from 80?!?!?! Aaaaarggghhh!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 21, 2026 01:54 PM (5xuJ/)

360 Approximately 9% to 10% of U.S. single-family homes are owned by corporate entities or institutional investors as of 2026.

—

And 90% of that 10% are “corporate entities” formed by mom and pop investors. The guy who owns a rental or two or owns a lake cabin that he Airbnbs when he’s not using it.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (9Diqw)

361 I think the loan rates deserve a lot of the blame. My current rate is 3%. If I were to move to a new house that costs exactly the same as mine, I'd be paying quite a bit more per month because I'd have a 6.5% rate. It doesn't make any sense for me to move.
Posted by: bonhomme at May 21, 2026 01:38 PM (mkw2N)

Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew8)

362 The left is going to shriek that "Trump is cutting housing programs" and pretend that this means he is throwing Americans out of their homes. Kind of like when they complained that "Trump is cutting Medicare" when the cuts were all reducing fraud by dis-enrolling dead or imaginary people.

Posted by: Emmie at May 21, 2026 01:56 PM (FMtrg)

363 I expect Somalia to be putting up luxurious new homes and farming, industry and infrastructure and so forth, yes?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 21, 2026 12:38 PM (bss/y)

For the fortunate folks who actually get some largish cut of the money, yes. Not everyone in Somalia lives like a rat in a warren. Ilhan's home would probably have looked more like Al Gore's place than like a tribal hut.

Posted by: GWB at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (kU0PQ)

364 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

It’s hilarious when young people say 6% is a record high lol. Like maybe a record high since you started paying attention to mortgage rates. But historically speaking 6% is pretty damn low.

Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (9Diqw)

365 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

It’s hilarious when young people say 6% is a record high lol. Like maybe a record high since you started paying attention to mortgage rates. But historically speaking 6% is pretty damn low.
Posted by: Heroq at May 21, 2026 01:57 PM (9Diqw)

my first was about 9 and was adjustable so it could have gone up.

Posted by: Oldcat at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (8avO+)

366 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

Paying 1.875% here. Refinanced at the absolute bottom of the Covid times.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at May 21, 2026 01:59 PM (Kdi1r)

367 347 Blackstone is the one that owns lots of homes not blackrock.
Posted by: Heroq
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Clarifies the agent but does nothing to relieve the problem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:06 PM (OArx3)

368 >>>
my first was about 9 and was adjustable so it could have gone up.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Eleven, here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at May 21, 2026 02:08 PM (OArx3)

369 Good grief. My mortgage was 8% and I got it paid off early. Mortgage rates have been way too low for way too long.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at May 21, 2026 01:55 PM (g8Ew

Ours was 9% in 1974 with a 25% down payment! Cleaned us out. But, we're still in our three bedroom ranch.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at May 21, 2026 02:15 PM (5xuJ/)

370 I realize this is not the point, but I love the pinecone word now for male nethers.

I don't need to know why he called it this, however I find it hilarious.

Saw his little speech and his ego was shining from the moonglow of his wife. He wants to run for president. Droppy Pinecone for Prez!

I am thankful for all President Trump does for our country. In 1000 ways a day or more his great mind is thinking and doing. Unlike any other president in my lifetime.

Thanks for all you do as well here, Mr. Ace.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at May 21, 2026 02:38 PM (WONhk)

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