Donald Trump is running for president

[swendro]

How do you capitalize every word?

Do you have some weird setting on your computer/phone or you just keep a finger on the shift key?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Trump Very Clearly Has Stated He Will Be Building A Wall!

It is not his decision. Paul Ryan doesn't want a wall, McConnell doesn't want a wall, we are not getting a stupid, expensive, impractical wall.

 

[whywesteppin]

Trump very clearly has stated he will be building a wall!

Yes, Trump can go ahead and build a wall on his own if it pleases him. I can give him some Legos even.

 

[EddieDoyers]

How the hell can Trump even build a wall?
US treasury ain't made out of Monopoly money

 

[ninjahood]

Trump Very Clearly Has Stated He Will Be Building A Wall!

It is not his decision. Paul Ryan doesn't want a wall, McConnell doesn't want a wall, we are not getting a stupid, expensive, impractical wall.

we'll see.

 

[crunchnmunch]

A wall is not gonna keep immigrants out, I can assure you. Trump is no different from any other politician. He tells you what you want to hear, and he won't be your friend until the next election. Let's not forget we are all descendants of immigrants.

 

[EddieDoyers]

A wall is not gonna keep immigrants out, I can assure you. Trump is no different from any other politician. He tells you what you want to hear, and he won't be your friend until the next election. Let's not forget we are all descendants of immigrants.

Don't tell that to ninja and mistertwothree

 

[crunchnmunch]

I originally was going to vote for Trump until he started his anti-immigrant and anti-Islamic rhetoric. I'm just not feeling that at all. I have friends that are Mexican, Muslim, African American who I consider family. I don't see color, and I don't care who you worship, it's about character. It's about good traits as a human being. I judge people how I interact with them, not what FOX news tell me. I'm just not down with the racist BS. The only color that I truely care about is green.

 

[EddieDoyers]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-trump-net-neutrality-20161117-story.html

Trump's victory could spell the end of the FCC's net neutrality regulations

Donald Trump’s victory means that Republicans soon will take control of the Federal Communications Commission. That could spell the end for net neutrality regulations and other initiatives of the agency’s hard-charging Democratic chairman.

The regulations imposed utility-like oversight of broadband providers in an attempt to ensure the free flow of online content. President Obama and liberal activists strongly backed the tough regulations over intense objections of the industry and many Republicans — including Trump.

“I think it’s an important thing to remember that taking a fast, fair and open Internet away from the public and away from those who use it to offer innovative new services to the public would be a real mistake,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler warned Thursday about net neutrality, his signature accomplishment since taking office three years ago.

A new Republican-led FCC is expected to try to reverse the regulations. Congressional Republicans also could attempt to override the rules with legislation, an effort that stalled in 2013 because of a sure Obama veto.

But it could take a while before a Republican-controlled FCC is in position to make any changes.

The failure of the Senate so far to confirm Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel to a new five-year term could lead to more upheaval at the nation’s telecommunications regulator. The FCC now has three Democrats and two Republicans.

By early next year, it’s possible that that all three Democrats will be gone from the commission. That would leave the two remaining Republicans short of the quorum they would need to enact or reverse regulations until replacements are nominated and confirmed, a process that could take several months.

Wheeler said Thursday he had not yet decided on a departure date. He could stay on as a commissioner until late 2018, but former chairmen rarely do that. Roseworcel’s term ends when Congress adjourns at the end of the year unless she is reconfirmed. Democrat Mignon Clyburn, whose second term ends in early 2018, could decide to step down as well. She has served since 2009.

The presidential election results already have affected the FCC’s operations.

On Thursday, Wheeler removed all but one minor issue from the commission’s monthly meeting agenda, after key House and Senate Republicans publicly urged him not to consider on any controversial topics with a transfer in power looming after Trump is inaugurated as president on Jan. 20.

Among the deleted items was a proposal to overhaul the market for business data services, which was opposed by AT&T Inc. and other large telecommunications companies.

“Certain of my colleagues identified the items on today’s proposed agenda as controversial and asked that they not be considered today,” Wheeler told reporters after the eight-minute meeting. “I hope that this doesn’t mean that these issues won’t be quickly addressed after the transfer of leadership of this agency.”

What appears to be almost certainly dead is another controversial Wheeler proposal to open up the market for cable and satellite set-top boxes — an effort the pay TV industry strongly opposes.

Trump gets to designate a new chairman after he takes office and, assuming the departure of Wheeler or Rosenworcel, that appointment will shift the FCC’s majority to the Republicans.

Once Republicans are in control, they could try to reverse regulations they opposed.

One target could be new rules approved last month requiring high-speed Internet service providers to get customer permission before using or sharing sensitive personal data. The privacy regulations, opposed by broadband companies, passed on a partisan 3-2 vote over the objections of Republican Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and Ajit Pai.

But the biggest target is net neutrality.

In enacting the regulations by a 3-2 vote in 2015. the FCC classified broadband as a more highly regulated service under Title 2 of the telecommunications law. The classification gave the FCC more authority over broadband providers, also opening the door for the agency to enact the privacy regulations.

Republicans didn’t oppose the goals of net neutrality — to prohibit broadband companies from slowing Internet speeds for some content such as video streams, selling faster lanes for delivering data or otherwise discriminating against any legal online material. But they strongly objected to classifying broadband providers for the same type of regulatory oversight as conventional phone companies.

Wheeler said Thursday that the classification was the difference between “empty net neutrality” and “meaningful net neutrality” backed up by stronger FCC authority.

About 4 million people filed comments with the FCC when it was considering the net neutrality rules, with most asking for strong regulation.

But Trump publicly expressed his opposition at the time.

“Obama’s attack on the Internet is another top-down power grab,” he tweeted in November 2014.

It’s unclear who Trump would nominate to be FCC chairman and if the new president would push to reverse the net neutrality rules.

Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks and Jeffrey Eisenach, who is handling telecommunications issues for Trump’s transition, did not respond to email requests for comment.

But Eisenach, a telecommunications industry consultant and visiting scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute think tank, suggested last month that net neutrality could be in trouble.

“What I don’t think a President Trump would do, and would hope he wouldn’t do, is to intervene to instruct a regulatory agency how to issue a particular regulation,” Eisenach said on C-Span’s “The Communicators” program. “I think in general, taking his broader views on regulation into account, you would expect him to appoint people to the FCC who would be inclined to take a less regulatory position.”

For supporters of net neutrality, that signals trouble.

“They have been very much opposed to net neutrality” and specifically the regulatory reclassification, John Bergmayer, senior counsel at digital rights group Public Knowledge, said of Republicans. “I think they would try to revisit that.”

But he and other experts said a reversal might not be that easy. In June, a federal appellate court panel dismissed a lawsuit by AT&T Inc., other telecom companies and industry trade groups that argued the FCC exceeded its authority in approving the regulations.

So the FCC would have to conduct a thorough rule-making procedure to justify its reasons for changing course. Former Democratic FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said Republicans would risk a backlash if they take on net neutrality.

“I think there would be a rising up around the nation from people who were active the first time around,” said Copps, a special advisor on media and democracy reform at public interest group Common Cause.

 

[handullz]

A wall is not gonna keep immigrants out, I can assure you. Trump is no different from any other politician. He tells you what you want to hear, and he won't be your friend until the next election. Let's not forget we are all descendants of immigrants.

I think this will be good for america b/c all the right will see how bad they got duped and get more into the politics, and the left is already in it after dropping the ball for this election.

 

[illmatic34]

illmatic34 I'm All Ears - WHY?

- They're trying to escape oppressive governments
- They have absolutely no economic mobility in their homelands
- They literally have no choice to leave their country or else they'll die

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...kraine-syria-rohingya-malaysia-iraq.html?_r=0

The immigration laws are too restrictive in the U.S. My mom's siblings all took at least 3+ years to get here legally. When you're in one of the situations I proposed above, 3 years is not going to cut it. You have to get out of wherever you are ASAP or else, you and your family are risking your lives.

Imagine having to deal with the political turmoil in your home country (martial law, terrorism, cats chopping each others' heads off, etc.) which MAY even be instigated by the U.S. (*cough* Korea and Vietnam *cough*), only to find yourself in a situation like this:

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Cats wanna talk about deporting immigrants but don't realize how many of them are vital to our economy. You deport immigrants en masse, you have to hire people to do their jobs and I guarantee you it'll be far from gravy once those folk realize how hard the labor is, how low the pay is (and these are the same voters who don't support higher minimum wages), etc. Better learn to pick your own fruits and get your own manicures b.

 

[crunchnmunch]

- They're trying to escape oppressive governments
- They have absolutely no economic mobility in their homelands
- They literally have no choice to leave their country or else they'll die

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...kraine-syria-rohingya-malaysia-iraq.html?_r=0

The immigration laws are too restrictive in the U.S. My mom's siblings all took at least 3+ years to get here legally. When you're in one of the situations I proposed above, 3 years is not going to cut it. You have to get out of wherever you are ASAP or else, you and your family are risking your lives.

Imagine having to deal with the political turmoil in your home country (martial law, terrorism, cats chopping each others' heads off, etc.) which MAY even be instigated by the U.S. (*cough* Korea and Vietnam *cough*), only to find yourself in a situation like this:

View media item 2233877
Cats wanna talk about deporting immigrants but don't realize how many of them are vital to our economy. You deport immigrants en masse, you have to hire people to do their jobs and I guarantee you it'll be far from gravy once those folk realize how hard the labor is, how low the pay is (and these are the same voters who don't support higher minimum wages), etc. Better learn to pick your own fruits and get your own manicures b.

About time someone came up with sense. I repped you bro.

 

[ksteezy]

- They're trying to escape oppressive governments
- They have absolutely no economic mobility in their homelands
- They literally have no choice to leave their country or else they'll die

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...kraine-syria-rohingya-malaysia-iraq.html?_r=0

The immigration laws are too restrictive in the U.S. My mom's siblings all took at least 3+ years to get here legally. When you're in one of the situations I proposed above, 3 years is not going to cut it. You have to get out of wherever you are ASAP or else, you and your family are risking your lives.

Imagine having to deal with the political turmoil in your home country (martial law, terrorism, cats chopping each others' heads off, etc.) which MAY even be instigated by the U.S. (*cough* Korea and Vietnam *cough*), only to find yourself in a situation like this:

View media item 2233877
Cats wanna talk about deporting immigrants but don't realize how many of them are vital to our economy. You deport immigrants en masse, you have to hire people to do their jobs and I guarantee you it'll be far from gravy once those folk realize how hard the labor is, how low the pay is (and these are the same voters who don't support higher minimum wages), etc. Better learn to pick your own fruits and get your own manicures b.

Bingo, these cats talmbout taking our jobs back as if illegal immigrants gunning for corporate positions...illegal immigrants literally do the labor most Americans won't do, **** I got friends who rather be on unemployment than get a job without a full hour break.

 

[crunchnmunch]

God bless the immigrants. I hired 5 of them and within a year I was "pushing" a Ferrari.

 

[crunchnmunch]

You guys think that only Mexicans are sneaking in here? There are people from all over the world sneaking in here as far as China! Look it up. It's not just the Mexican border it's also the Canadian border, as well. I had a guy that used to live on my block from Europe actually. He walked with a limp. I asked how he got that limp and he told me that he flew from Europe to Canada and snuck in the U.S from the Canadian side. He said Europeans, Chinese, etc mostly sneak in here via the Canadian border. They do it in the night where they can't be seen. It's mostly farm land up there. He told me when he snuck in at night, he thought he got hit by a truck. Woke up in some small hospital and was told by the Doctor that he needed to get lots of rest, because he got hit by some 1500 lb bull! I was like "holy cow", lol.

 

[illmatic34]

You guys think that only Mexicans are sneaking in here? There are people from all over the world sneaking in here as far as China! Look it up. It's not just the Mexican border it's also the Canadian border, as well. I had a guy that used to live on my block from Europe actually. He walked with a limp. I asked how he got that limp and he told me that he flew from Europe to Canada and snuck in the U.S from the Canadian side. He said Europeans, Chinese, etc mostly sneak in here via the Canadian border. They do it in the night where they can't be seen. It's mostly farm land up there. He told me when he snuck in at night, he thought he got hit by a truck. Woke up in some small hospital and was told by the Doctor that he needed to get lots of rest, because he got hit by some 1500 lb bull! I was like "holy cow", lol.

Yeah, that's the thing. Mexicans have been painted as the face of illegal immigration thanks to the media, but plenty of illegal immigrants come from anywhere. Plenty of students who are overstaying their student visas here but no one ever antagonizes them.

 

[crunchnmunch]

Mexicans are no different from any other race. They are people who are trying to feed their families. I can't knock em, sorry.

 

[iDon’tRead]

You guys think that only Mexicans are sneaking in here? There are people from all over the world sneaking in here as far as China! Look it up. It's not just the Mexican border it's also the Canadian border, as well. I had a guy that used to live on my block from Europe actually. He walked with a limp. I asked how he got that limp and he told me that he flew from Europe to Canada and snuck in the U.S from the Canadian side. He said Europeans, Chinese, etc mostly sneak in here via the Canadian border. They do it in the night where they can't be seen. It's mostly farm land up there. He told me when he snuck in at night, he thought he got hit by a truck. Woke up in some small hospital and was told by the Doctor that he needed to get lots of rest, because he got hit by some 1500 lb bull! I was like "holy cow", lol.

Yeah, that's the thing. Mexicans have been painted as the face of illegal immigration thanks to the media, but plenty of illegal immigrants come from anywhere. Plenty of students who are overstaying their student visas here but no one ever antagonizes them.

This

And. Whats with all the slurping

 

[mistertwothree]

- They're trying to escape oppressive governments
- They have absolutely no economic mobility in their homelands
- They literally have no choice to leave their country or else they'll die

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...kraine-syria-rohingya-malaysia-iraq.html?_r=0

The immigration laws are too restrictive in the U.S. My mom's siblings all took at least 3+ years to get here legally. When you're in one of the situations I proposed above, 3 years is not going to cut it. You have to get out of wherever you are ASAP or else, you and your family are risking your lives.

Imagine having to deal with the political turmoil in your home country (martial law, terrorism, cats chopping each others' heads off, etc.) which MAY even be instigated by the U.S. (*cough* Korea and Vietnam *cough*), only to find yourself in a situation like this:

View media item 2233877
Cats wanna talk about deporting immigrants but don't realize how many of them are vital to our economy. You deport immigrants en masse, you have to hire people to do their jobs and I guarantee you it'll be far from gravy once those folk realize how hard the labor is, how low the pay is (and these are the same voters who don't support higher minimum wages), etc. Better learn to pick your own fruits and get your own manicures b.

You seem pretty decent so me making sense of your situation shouldn't be so difficult.
First off let me say I personally can sympathize with you. My grandparent had to wait years (close to two decades) before she was granted a visa to visit the US and she did not come until her latter years. So I get it. But the country she was migrating from does not have a natural land connection to the US so she didn't have a choice of "jumping the fence". My family did the process the right way - the legal way! And once she was here she nor my family had to look over our shoulders and my grandparent was able to absorb many of the benefits all Americans have access to which usually starts with proper documentation.

Secondly, to address the oppression and government, etc. I get it. China has 1B+ people and that is why human labor is so cheap and wages are relatively low. But if they are getting paid minimum wage (which I've read is ¢.55 per hour/16 hour shifts) then why work at all - you mean to tell me your family can not afford to send your relatives that same amount each month so they can enjoy their lives and not struggle, WHERE IS THE LOVE?!?! Trump has stated that the illegal immigrants come with costs that the country can not afford to burden much longer if we are trying to kill the deficit, improve the overall quality of current stateside residents and allocate resources efficiently. How can you when there are an X number of people absorbing those same benefits that are not being accounted for. IT. IS. A. PROCESS. If people followed the rules America as a whole would not be in the mess we are in today - that is what Trump (a fellow economics major might I add) is saying and you all cannot see. It is called E C O N O M I C S !!! Get ya degree people then come talk to me. illmatic34 Do you agree, care to add???

BTW I'm gonna start chargin' for the knowledge I'm dropping.

 

[rexanglorum]

First of all, the fact that Trump has an Economics degree isn't all that impressive. Every white male on Planet Earth has an Economics degree.


More importantly and more sriously, I have to disagree with you that Donald Trump ever had a rational, economics based discussion about immigration.

There are reasonable critiques of immigration to be made. One can criticize immigration policies without the use of white supremacy. To my knowledge though (and correct me if you have examples to the contrary), I have never once heard Donald Trump say that immigration from Latin America is problematic because it benefits capital (by lowering wages) and frequently disperses its costs onto the public (with lower wages and future costs to the social safety net).

I have never heard Trump make a pro labor argument against immigration. All I have heard is immigration critiques that are firmly in the white supremacist tradition. All I have heard is the narrative that immigration policy exists to bring in brown people who menace white folks.

 

[freshbottoms]

I got my degree at Trump University

 

[SC kid]

 

[crystalmethod]

So...you woudnt break the law to feed your kids?

You would let them starve before committing a crime?

That's the reality for alot of ppl.
We understand how basic economics works. But making sure your family survives is more important.

 

[mistertwothree]

crystalmethod rexanglorum Just Like The People Who Dislike Their Government And Are Fleeing Their Countries To Come Here, You Can Do The Same - I Remember Alot Of People Saying If Donald Became President They Would Be Leaving! B Y E. Maybe Then We Can Take On More Immigrants. But To Continue Making This An Ethnic Issue - Please Lets Stop It, Please. Let It Go! I've Given Valid Points On The Immigration Issue - You Can Agree To Disagree Your Decision. rexanglorum What Degree Do You Hold??? Trump Went To Wharton Business School. What's Your Position - Did You Vote - If So For Who - And Reasons Why???

 

[shoesharks1]

First of all, the fact that Trump has an Economics degree isn't all that impressive. Every white male on Planet Earth has an Economics degree.