Tigerbomb13 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 Not to mention this. Again we have the scary brown people bogeyman: https://www.cato.org/blog/fentanyl-smuggled-us-citizens-us-citizens-not-asylum-seekers Here are facts: Fentanyl smuggling is ultimately funded by U.S. consumers who pay for illicit opioids: nearly 99 percent of whom are U.S. citizens. In 2021, U.S. citizens were 86.3 percent of convicted fentanyl drug traffickers—ten times greater than convictions of illegal immigrants for the same offense. Over 90 percent of fentanyl seizures occur at legal crossing points or interior vehicle checkpoints, not on illegal migration routes, so U.S. citizens (who are subject to less scrutiny) when crossing legally are the best smugglers. The location of smuggling makes sense because hard drugs at ports of entry are about 97 percent less likely to be stopped than are people crossing illegally between them. Just 0.02 percent of the people arrested by Border Patrol for crossing illegally possessed any fentanyl whatsoever. The government exacerbated the problem by banning most legal cross border traffic in 2020 and 2021, accelerating a switch to fentanyl (the easiest-to-conceal drug). During the travel restrictions, fentanyl seizures at ports quadrupled from fiscal year 2019 to 2021. Fentanyl went from a third of combined heroin and fentanyl seizures to over 90 percent. Annual deaths from fentanyl nearly doubled from 2019 to 2021 after the government banned most travel (and asylum). Quote
pfife Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 29 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Living in the past bub it’s 2025. Shows your inability to spin timeless mts posts. Skill issue. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 90% of seizures occur at legal border crossing's. lol that means the rest is coming over at illegal border crossing’s. Hard to measure that number when they don’t get caught….. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 5 minutes ago, pfife said: Shows your inability to spin timeless mts posts. Skill issue. It’s ok chief. Your team had a bad day, these things happen. Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 29 minutes ago, mtutiger said: Christopher Wray is personally responsible for the fentanyl crisis not being solved... But Kash Patel, who has zero experience in this area, will single handedly solve it? Cannot make it up folks! Weird. 1 Quote
pfife Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 14 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: It’s ok chief. Your team had a bad day, these things happen. Why are you using the chief bit? Cant come up with your own? yet another posting skill issue Quote
pfife Posted January 4 Author Posted January 4 15 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: Weird. Not as weird as trashing the current director after bragging you voted for the guy that appointed the current director Quote
mtutiger Posted January 4 Posted January 4 2 hours ago, mtutiger said: What I'm driving at is that while there's been a lot of focus (rightly) on the political nature of Patel's appointment, there are a lot of other types of crimes that the FBI bears responsibility in investigating and bringing about resolution. White collar crimes, violent crimes, hate crimes, drug crimes, cybersecurity, etc. In offices all over the country. And there is absolutely *nothing* in Patel's background to suggest he has even a bit of a clue in how to run an agency with those responsibilities. And plenty of evidence in his background (such as his time at the NSC) that suggests he really isn't qualified to be in any sort of counterterrorism role, let alone leading the FBI. I'm open to hearing a good case as to why he's qualified, but I don't expect it to be forthcoming. This aged well Quote
chasfh Posted January 4 Posted January 4 16 hours ago, mtutiger said: An evaluation of Kash Patel, and what qualifies Kash Patel for a job, rests solely on Kash Patel's record. If someone is pivoting/whatabouting to an administration 45 years ago to launder some sort of defense of Patel's record, at least to me, it reads more or less an admission that Kash Patel's record sucks and that he's not qualified for the job. I’m gonna go with “more an admission”. Otherwise, they would be defending his actual qualifications and record, and that’s what pointedly is not happening here. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Not surprising, https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2025/01/trump-campaign-still-owes-grand-rapids-nearly-50k-for-2024-rallies-city-says.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0R4IvIK1kS4UkoJ_41wrmY8aBZzHIl-7tCRKtX_kA6LAMpZ3yu45smjfY_aem_wN8ySEEN5-ozHDcrtjTB9A Quote GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The city of Grand Rapids says campaign officials for President-elect Donald Trump have still not paid the bill for nearly $50,000 in public safety services that were provided at two rallies he held downtown during the 2024 presidential campaign. Quote Both bills went unpaid. Green said the city initially sent the bills to Trump’s campaign team, who told them to send the invoices to the U.S. Secret Service. Secret Service Communications Director Nate Herring said the agency is not able to pay local governments for their help during events where additional law enforcement is needed for security. “The design and implementation of our security plans is a coordinated effort with our local law enforcement partners,” he said. “However, the U.S. Secret Service currently lacks a mechanism to reimburse local governments for their support during protective events. Our partners play a crucial role in our ability to effectively safeguard Secret Service protectees and we are incredibly grateful for their dedication and contributions.” Quote Harris also held a rally in Grand Rapids during the 2024 campaign, although it was less expensive for the city because of the location and setup of the rally, Green said. Harris’ team was invoiced $2,800 for the Oct. 18 rally at Riverside Park, which didn’t require as many road closures as Trump’s rally because it wasn’t downtown. The Harris campaign did pay its invoice upfront, Green said. “The Trump campaign utilized a venue in a downtown district requiring more road closures and associated safety measures, driving costs,” Green said. “The Harris campaign event utilized a city park with ample green space, requiring limited road closures and associated safety measures.” Quote
ben9753 Posted January 5 Posted January 5 A bill sent to Trump it’s not worth the paper it’s written on. Did these cities think they were ever going to see a dime from him? Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Yet Harris ended her campaign 20 million in the 🚽 with a billion dollar budget. I wonder how those folks feel about not getting paid? Quote
smr-nj Posted January 6 Posted January 6 9 minutes ago, Deleterious said: See how this works? And should have worked 4 years ago? Quote
chasfh Posted January 6 Posted January 6 On 1/4/2025 at 10:41 PM, ben9753 said: A bill sent to Trump it’s not worth the paper it’s written on. Did these cities think they were ever going to see a dime from him? It's a Catch-22. It's a bad look for cities, facilities, etc., to turn down Trump's bid to rent their facilities because it would portrayed as a leftist partisan move and they would be filleted by the RWM for doing so. Then they get stiffed and the local taxpayers have to absorb the cost. Quote
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