IMSA_Fan

Yeah this one nails my thoughts about the war

Yes this is terrifying

You can definitely respond to this. The bigger issue isn’t just how Wang defines the exceptions; it’s who gets to change the rule at all. Birthright citizenship has been settled through the 14th Amendment and long-standing precedent, so altering it should take an act of Congress (or an amendment), not a unilateral shift. Otherwise, you risk a yo-yo effect where one president restricts it and the next expands it again, and the Court generally wants to avoid that kind of instability around something as fundamental as citizenship.

On her argument, saying there’s a “universal rule” with a “closed set of exceptions” isn’t unusual in law. But the weak spot is how fixed those exceptions really are. Once everything hinges on being “subject to the jurisdiction,” you’re in a gray area that can be interpreted different ways. That’s exactly the concern. If the boundaries can shift depending on interpretation, it reinforces why changes should go through Congress to keep the rule consistent and predictable.

I get the argument you’re making—it’s basically the idea that acting a little “unhinged” can make adversaries think twice. If people on Facebook are saying “Trump is unhinged,” you could imagine Iranian officials thinking he might actually be unpredictable enough to follow through, and that could create some deterrence. There’s a version of that logic that makes sense on the surface.

But there’s also a real “what if” here. What if the recent irrationality and the sharp 180 on foreign policy goals aren’t a strategy at all? When you combine that with what looks like a growing disconnect from his own base—who are loudly focused on affordability—and even side obsessions like things such as a White House ballroom, it can start to feel less like calculated unpredictability and more like something else entirely. Some people would look at that pattern and see not “brilliance,” but a sign he could be mentally deteriorating. Even if that’s not the case, it risks creating confusion abroad and frustration at home, which is a pretty unstable mix.

Social Security = a form of welfare

The fact they let people retire in their 40’s seems insane to me

Didn’t Trump say the Iranians could not get to the material because it is so far buried under the underground bunkers where we ordered tactical strikes last year?

Which other president got sued in court over changes to the White House?

I mean Biden never made a decision as significant as going to war with Iran

I think that might have been his worst presidental speech ever

I really hope my tax dollars don’t go to the person that wrote this