Comments by "possumverde" (@possumverde) on "NBC10 Boston" channel.

  1. The demand to have government employees sit in on classes and approve what is being taught goes way to far. I'm with Harvard on this one. It's bad enough that the President has seized control of our national culture and history (Kennedy Center/Smithsonian). Dictating what can be taught is just straight out of not see Germany and wholly un-American.
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  2. Churches next.
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  3. Never get through the Senate. Thankfully there are enough true Americans left there to filibuster any such nonsense.
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  4. To justify cutting funds, they would need to be violating the law. They aren't. The Constitution is on Boston's side here.
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  5. Had to give him a consolation prize to keep him quiet...
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  6.  @luiskong9487  A country that can't take criticism is a country that knows it's in the wrong.
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  7. Wu will
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  8. Seek out foreign investment in research and let other countries reap the rewards. Let people see Trump's "golden age" for what it really is. A return to the 1800's.
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  9. One of the demands was to have government officials sit in on classes and approve what is being taught. That is a free speech issue. Try again.
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  10. How long before another Kent State...
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  11. He can bring all the hell he wants... Constitution does not require state and local agencies to assist in federal jurisdiction activities.
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  12. He was given a consolation prize... UN ambassador is a throw away position.
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  13. @ajdean07  No, he can't. Not without cause. They aren't violating any laws. Now, were he to cut funding, he'd be violating a few...
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  14. If that $880B all comes from medicaid, that would be close to 30% of the federal funding to states for it. Which, on average would require ~6% state revenue increase (from additional state taxes or cuts elsewhere) to cover the loss.
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  15. It was just bluster. Boston isn't breaking any laws. Homan was just putting on show for donors.
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  16. Simple answer: No. It's always been an election to decide between fascism and democratic ideals. This new info is not new.
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  17. Not really. Look into how much of our fertilizer originates in Canada. More expensive fertilizer means increases on home grown as well. Fuel prices are going to skyrocket as well. So even more local cost. Edit: Farmers market could theoretically end up being more expensive than the tariffed foods.
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  18. Not here. The Constitution does not require state and local agencies to assist in federal jurisdiction activities. Immigration is 100% federal jurisdiction.
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  19. There are no specifics. The House Energy and Commerce committee (who oversee medicaid as far as the House goes) were instructed to find $880B (~$88B/year) in cuts. Most of which will surely come from medicaid (as there isn't much else they could cut anywhere near that amount from.) If it all comes from medicaid, that would be close to 30% of the state funding.
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  20.  @ausermeg9428  It should be a felony for law enforcement to hide theirs.
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  21. ​ @bmetal2 There is no law... only Trump... sadly.
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  22. If it wasn't illegal, you could regulate it, and there wouldn't be as much demand for trafficking... just saying.
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  23. But they can't force state and local agencies to assist them. All sanctuary cities are doing is refusing to assist ICE.
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  24. Here's a question. Under the trade agreement with Canada and Mexico that Trump has now voided, they were both selling us their oil at a discount to international prices. Canada at 20% and I think Mexico was similar. Now that they aren't bound by that agreement and can return their price to full, does that essentially mean a ~45% increase in their oil after the tariff? Because that's going to hurt bad. Especially considering that we aren't capable of refining the majority of the oil we pump out of our ground. Our refineries are set up to refine the type of oil we bring in from Mexico and Canada. While we sell our oil to the Middle East where they refine it and resell it.
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  25. ​​ @DeePrestOnion Actually, no we don't. We can't refine our own oil. We pump mostly light crude from our sources and our refinery system is set up for heavy. Heavy is what we get from Canada and Mexico. We just sell ours to Saudi Arabia who then refines it and resells it. We're actually quite dependent on Canada and Mexico there. Also, with Trump having managed to alienate most of our allies in one way or another, I'm not seeing a cheap replacement source of heavy crude for our refineries. That creates a weakness that the big oil conglomerates can exploit by raising gas prices on what we import.
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  26. We lose the ~20% discount on oil prices we had under the now voided trade agreement and then add 25% tariff on top of full price. That alone is going to skyrocket prices here and bring Canada and Mexico 20% more. We can't refine the type of oil we mostly produce as our refineries are set up for heavy crude that we get from Canada and Mexico. While we sell our light crude to Saudi Arabia who refines it and sells it on the open market. Long story short, the oil situation alone is going to hurt really bad all across the board in the US. Except for those invested/owning the oil companies of course. They'll see huge profit. This is not going to go well for the US. Edit: Also, Trump has already alienated nearly all of our allies in one way or another so finding a good deal on oil elsewhere is likely not happening.
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  27.  @estonianman  Some produce raw oil though.
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  28. Congress controls the funding. Not the President... and definitely not with unconstitutional executive orders.
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  29. Not really. Most of the sightings now are likely just copycats trolling the hysteric masses.
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  30. @adamm3492  Most of the government funding is for research projects for the government...
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  31.  @glennmerlini2895  Do your own kid. Then maybe you wouldn't look stupid...and by the way, Faux News and Truth Social are not research.
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  32. Is Heir Homan going to give his prisoners their due process?
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  33. @ausermeg9428  The "laws" they're using to kick these college kids out are subjective and discretionary. They're just doing it to play for their xenophobic and rabidly nationalistic support base. A country of people so insecure that they can't take any dissent to their dogma is a country soon to fail of it's own delusion.
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  34. It's not clueless. It's bluster for propaganda purposes with no substance behind it. Homan knows he's full of it, MAGA doesn't.
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  35. So many delusional MAGA kids in the comments defending this severe violation of national security... this country may indeed be doomed.
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  36. Then prove it in a hearing... is that so hard?
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  37. It's sad is what it is. If people and the media would just ignore these drone sightings for a week or so, they'd go away. It's just people trolling the easily excitable masses.
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  38. Did they say that? No... Though it is likely at this point that most of the sightings are just drone owners trolling the hysteric masses.
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  39. You know, if he'd put as much effort into things that actually matter as he does into his personal vendettas, he might one day accomplish something beneficial to the country.
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  40. People are behaving so childishly about these drone sightings... Half are likely mistaken aircraft, and most of the rest are likely just expensive drone owners trolling the hysteric masses. Likely what the original perps intended all along.
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  41. Fascism doesn't care.
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  42. Probably most of them
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