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All hail the genius Trump.

I hope I get a chance to vote for this great man...

I love you Trump...

Donald Trump Calls Out Mark Zuckerberg On Immigration





Donald Trump has a new target for his criticism of the nation's immigration policies - Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Zuckerberg is one of the leading tech executives who has called for a more open immigration policy. Specifically, he wants to make more H-1B visas available to tech employers so they can hire foreign skilled workers.

Trump said he wants to require employers to pay H-1B workers much more money, which he said would discourage companies from hiring them and boost job prospects for Americans. He also wants to have tech jobs offered to unemployed Americans before they can be filled by workers with H-1B visas.

"This will improve the number of black, Hispanic and female workers in Silicon Valley who have been passed over in favor of the H-1B program. Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, Marco Rubio, has a bill to triple H-1Bs that would decimate women and minorities," Trump wrote in his immigration plan. Rubio is also seeking the Republican nomination for president.

Zuckerberg started a public interest group called Fwd.us to push for immigration and lobbying reform along with Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Neither Facebook (FB, Tech30) nor Fwd.us had an immediate comment on Trump's criticism of Zuckerberg.

Trump says that there are plenty of graduates with degrees in science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM, to fill tech jobs. That means that employers don't need H-1B visas to fill jobs, and are using them instead to keep wages low.

Employers are supposed to pay a typical wage to anyone hired under a H-1B visa. But in reality, employees on these visas are typically paid 20 to 45% less than U.S. workers who they are are often replacing, said Ron Hira, a Howard University public policy professor who has studied the visa's pay scale.

"I don't think you should eliminate the H1-B program. The problem is it's being abused and it's a source of very cheap labor," said Hira.


http://money.cnn.com/2015/08/17/news/companies/donald-trump-mark-zuckerberg-immigration/index.html

Huffington Post doubles down on decision to put Trump in entertainment section






The Huffington Post is doubling down on its decision to banish coverage of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign to its entertainment section, saying it is “more committed to the decision than ever.”

Arianna Huffington’s online news outlet made news of its own last month when it declared that Trump stories were not worthy of a spot in its politics vertical, and will instead be henceforth residing in the entertainment section next to the latest exploits of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.
“Our reason is simple: Trump’s campaign is a sideshow,” Huffington Post’s Washington Bureau Chief Ryan Grim and Editorial Director Danny Shea said in a post explaining the move.

When AdWeek’s TVNewser blog checked in with Grim and Shea a month later, the two doubled down on the decision with a bristling statement that charged “otherwise serious journalists” with “being seduced by Trump.”


We’re more committed to the decision than ever. Over the last month, we’ve seen our central argument proven right: that Trump is nothing more than a sideshow and not a legitimate presidential contender with serious policy ideas for moving the country forward. The GOP debate was fantastic reality TV, but it came across more like a twisted political version of “American Idol” than a presidential debate. And subsequent coverage reveals a collective media frenzy that’s embarrassing to credible media outlets – witness this weekend’s pandemonium around Trump’s helicopter at the Iowa State Fair. Otherwise serious journalists are being seduced by Trump because of his willingness to say and do outrageous things for headlines and ratings. We’re still not taking the bait.


Following last month’s announcement, Trump hit back at HuffPost, calling the site “a clown show” and a “glorified blog” that’s "pretending to be a legitimate news source."

He has yet to respond to the latest remarks.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/251319-huffington-post-doubles-down-on-decision-to-put-trump-in

Scott Walker on Trump’s immigration plan: I oppose birthright citizenship for children of illegals too, you know






Poor Walker, who’s now getting a taste of how Rand Paul felt after he got Trumped. Rand spent five years cultivating his image as the Republican you should support for president if you’re tired of how Republicans in Washington do business. Trump swept him aside and filled that role within a month. Now here’s Walker, who spent the first few months of the year desperately trying to atone for his previous squishiness on immigration as a pol in Wisconsin by taking the hardest line in the GOP field on amnesty, including heavy hints that he might reduce legal immigration as president to protect American workers. Two months after Trump got into the race talking about Mexican rapists and a day after he finally revealed his immigration plan, Walker’s reduced to telling reporters that Trump’s plan is a lot like his own and that, like Trump, he too would eliminate birthright citizenship for children born to illegals inside the U.S. That’s a controversial position, one possibly further to the right than even Walker would have been willing to go had Trump not joined the race. But that’s the power of Trumpmania: It’s capable of moving the entire field towards a stronger conservative stance, at least on select issues.

How controversial is it really, though, to oppose birthright citizenship for illegals? Trump noted a poll yesterday that found the public opposes it by a two-to-one margin. What Walker says here about Harry Reid having once opposed it is entirely true, although Reid recanted many years later. Rand Paul opposed it in 2010, when he first ran for Senate. George Will, the new establishment bete noire among the commentariat for Trump fans, came out against it the same year. Amazingly, even Lindsey Graham, Mr. Amnesty, opposed it. Seriously! Watch the second clip below (also from 2010) for the video proof. How many GOP candidates this year will argue that illegals should be allowed to punch their ticket to permanent residency simply by stealing across the border and giving birth before they’re found out?


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Update: So does Jindal




http://hotair.com/archives/2015/08/17/scott-walker-on-trumps-immigration-plan-i-oppose-birthright-citizenship-for-children-of-illegals-too-you-know/


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From the comment section:
Trump’s speed boat has stranded several GOP fish on the pier in its wake. They’re gasping for air as all the Oxygen is now gone…

FLOODGATES OPEN: TOP DEMOCRAT PROFESSOR SAYS ‘I’VE NEVER SEEN ANY POLITICIAN’ WITH BETTER IMMIGRATION PLAN THAN TRUMP





Demonstrating the broad appeal of his in-depth immigration plan released Sunday, Trump’s proposal has won the accolades of one of the nation’s leading experts on the H-1B visas program. The H-1B is a visa designed to provided corporations with cheaper and less experienced guest workers to fill technology jobs.

Norm Matloff, a professor at UC Davis, has written extensively about H-1B visa abuses, and his work is widely cited in the H-1B reform community.

Matloff, a self-described Democrat and “longtime admirer of Sen. Bernie Sanders gave Donald Trump’s H-1B policy “an A+” and was pleased that the Republican frontrunner was willing to take aim at the Republican establishment’s preferred candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio.

Rubio is pushing a plan to triple H-1B visas so that corporations can more easily import substitute guest workers.



As Matloff wrote in a blog last night:


Presidential candidate Donald Trump stunned the H-1B visa watcher community today with his platform on immigration. which includes surprisingly detailed, helpful provisions regarding H-1B… On H-1B, the man gets an A+. I’ve never seen any politician, even Tom Tancredo, put up such an effective platform as Trump has. He decries that most of the visas go to the bottom two (out of four) wage levels in the legal requirements for H-1B, recognizing that the unrealistic prevailing wage law is at the heart of the problem. He insists that employers be required to give hiring priority to Americans. Most important to me is that, at least as stated, these provisions would go a long way to stem the visa abuse by not only the “Infosyses” (rent–a-programmer firms) but also the Intels, who are just as culpable. One nice added touch: He refers to pro-H-1B Senator Rubio as “Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.

Matloff writes that Trump’s platform distinguishes from politicians on both the left and right:

Trump says in his platform what no other politician, including Sanders, is willing to say: Immigration is great in sensible quantities, but in its present form,  both legal and illegal, it’s hammering the lower and middle classes. Take for example the high black and Latino unemployment rates. The Democrats say the solution is education and the Republicans say the path is lower taxes and regulation, and though both may have points, Trump states the obvious — bringing in large numbers of low-skilled immigrants is going to harm the most vulnerable people in our society, our own low-skilled (including earlier immigrants)… Latino activists don’t seem to care, nor do their allies in the Democratic Party care. I haven’t heard a peep out of Rep. Luis Gutierrez about the blight that the immigration-swelled labor market brings on the Latino community. Indeed, the Latino activists want to shut down talk of harm to American low-skilled workers… I say, ‘¡Arriba Señor Trump!’… Immigration policy must be a sensible one that is beneficial to those already here. We need a national dialog on the issue, not selfish posturing by politicians. Hopefully Trump’s platform will lead to a broader — and more honest! — dialog on this crucial topic.

Matloff’s praise is echoed by NumbersUSA–a nonpartisan group that calls for immigration moderation–and conservative activists alike.

Conservative icon Ann Coulter and author of new book Adios America has called Trump’s policy paper, “The greatest political document since the Magna Carta.”

Tea Party co-founder, Mark Meckler, writes:

Trump sets the standard for specificity in his immigration plan that all the other candidates will now have to meet.  His immigration plan will resonate with a broad cross-section of grassroots voters, particularly tea party and conservative voters and this will benefit him in the primaries and caucuses. Love it or hate it, everyone else is now playing catch-up.

Conservative HQ editor, George Rasley writes:

The ‘donor class’ of the Republican (and Democratic) Party – whom [Alabama Senator Jeff] Sessions calls the ‘Masters of the Universe’—are losing influence in a big way over the Republican Party. Their candidates, Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio, have been fading so fast under the heat of the conservative populist message of Donald Trump…

By embracing a platform of immigration moderation — i.e. returning immigration to lower, more normal historical levels from today’s surging record highs — Trump could begin to see increased support from a wide range of voters.  For instance, polls from Fox News and Gallup show that Americans — by a 2-to-1 ratio — want to see visa issuances reduced. A 2012 Pew Poll found that 69 percent of Americans want to place greater restrictions on who was allowed into the United States. A recent poll from Kellyanne Conway found that a plurality of Americans wish to see a moratorium on immigration for the time being. And a separate poll by KellyAnne Conway found that Hispanics, by nearly a seven to one ratio, want employers to hire workers already in the country rather than importing foreign workers to fill jobs. Black voters support this measure by a ratio of almost 30 to 1. As Matloff explains, both of these groups suffer every day from the federal government’s policy of adding millions of new competitors to the labor pool.

The immigrant to native population ratio is already at it’s highest level in 105 years, since during the height of the European immigration wave. The Census Bureau forecasts that in a few short years, driven by our visa issuances to poor countries, the immigrant to native population ration will explode past all known historical markers.


http://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2015/08/17/floodgates-open-top-democrat-professor-says-ive-never-seen-any-politician-with-better-immigration-plan-than-trump/

DONALD TRUMP Swarmed by Media As He Reports tor Jury Duty in NYC

Donald Trump Lies to Little Boy: "I Am Batman." (Gawker.com)



Noted Donald Trump enthusiast Donald Trump lied to a group of children yesterday during an incredible series of events that played out like the bleakest of CNN wet dreams. In a video posted to Facebook, a boy points a camera at the petulant clown running for president and asks, point-blank, if he is Batman. Trump’s response: “I am Batman.”

The deplorable instance of deceit all started when Donald Trump decided to offer a little something extra—free helicopter rides—to the Iowa State Fair’s customary candidate pageantry.

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It’s at this point that Trump turned to the camera to bellow, “Where are the children? Get them over here.”

(Words that were presumably followed by a crack of lightning and a growing, palpable tension as the precious children’s world inexplicably began to dim.)

But the children did not come. So Trump roared, once again, “I love my kids. Come ‘ere.”

Finally, the children obey. “Taking their cue, nearly 50 children stood behind him on the asphalt as he answered questions about what he would do if elected president.”

Then, it was time time for two parents to willingly send their children hurtling through the sky in a small, metal box with Donald Trump. From CNN:

William (9) brought a GoPro camera to capture the experience; a clip later wound up on Facebook.

“Mr. Trump,” he said, aiming the camera at his benefactor.

“Yes,” Trump said, pulling on the lapels of his jacket.

“Are you Batman?” the boy asked.

“I am Batman,” Trump said.

Lies. Blatant, brazen lies.





http://gawker.com/donald-trump-lies-to-little-boy-i-am-batman-1724468255



 

HALPERIN: TRUMP REACHED ‘TURNING POINT,’ ‘MOST’ ESTAB CANDS THINK HE CAN WIN NOMINATION


Bloomberg Politics Managing Editor Mark Halperin stated that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has “reached a turning point” where the “establishment candidates” think he can win Iowa, “most” believe he can win the nomination, and “a significant number think he could win the White House” on Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Halperin was asked his writing that “Most importantly, we’ve reached a turning point with Trump, the major establishment campaigns of both parties now think Trump could win Iowa, and most of them think he could win the nomination, and a significant number think he could win the White House.” And that the campaigns were in “full freak out mode.”

He said, “Trump may not end up as the nominee, but right now, he’s changed the race, not just leading in the Fox poll, but coming to the fair. I’ve been to the fair with Barack Obama at his peak, Sarah Palin at her peak, with other candidates, George Bush. The reception Trump got here was not just about celebrity. I walked with him for 45 minutes after the helicopter ride, he came to the fair, and people were yelling things to him with passion. ‘Save us,’ ‘You’re the only one who can stop Hillary,’ ‘Thank you for making America great again.’ The other campaigns — the other leading Republican campaigns, monitored Trump’s behavior here. And that was part, along with the Fox poll, and along with the developments of the last couple of weeks, of them saying, as you just quoted, they now believe Trump can win Iowa.”

Host Joe Scarborough then remarked, “that really changes everything in this campaign about how they react to him.” Halperin agreed with this point.


http://www.breitbart.com/video/2015/08/17/halperin-trump-reached-turning-point-most-estab-cands-think-he-can-win-nomination/

You mean, the cartels would keep doing what they are doing?

Unapologetic Capitalism VS Unsustainable Socialism – The Showdown at The Iowa State Fair…



Bernie’s vision for America is a collective society of moonbats sitting around the campfire eating sustainable algae cakes and picking parasites off each other.  Meanwhile Donald Trump arrives via his personal helicopter with a vision for every American to own one.






 There in the center of the sweaty, frothing mob of bodies and cameras and microphones, reaching and shoving and snapping away as state troopers guided the mass along the concourse, was the blonde-haired billionaire, his ruddy, sunken face shaded under the brim of a bright-red ballcap.

For the 45 minutes it took him to walk from Gate 8 to the Iowa Pork Tent, onlookers stood agape, corndogs in one hand and smartphones in the other, shouting, pleading for a handshake, taking it in.

“We love you Donald.”

“Give ‘em hell!”

“Kick Hillary’s ass!”

He’d landed several blocks away in a $7 million helicopter bearing his name. As he braved the sizzling midday heat, walking along in a navy blazer, khakis and shiny white spats, the chopper, still giving rides to groups of fawning children, swirled overhead.

Donald Trump, currently leading the polls for the Republican nomination and ready to spend $1 billion to win it all, was a long way from the gold-plated interior of New York City’s Trump Tower. But as a man who loves nothing more than to bask in the public’s adulation, he had come to the perfect place.

“My crowd is 10 times Hillary’s,” Trump gloated as he walked, having just been told the Democratic frontrunner, also campaigning at the fair Saturday, had taken note of his helicopter flying above.

For many who had come to see the prized heifers or the famed Butter Cow, the spectacle of Trump was the bigger thrill. In the same world in which candy bars are deep-fried, this billionaire Manhattan businessman is suddenly viewed as a blue-collar champion.

He speaks for the common man,” said Jeff Simms, a fairgoer from Grundy Center, Iowa, after watching Trump take a bite of a pork chop on a stick beneath a bright red tent that matched the ‘Make America Great Again’ hat he wore atop his golden mane. “He may be a millionaire, but he’s not beholden to the same special interests. And he tells it like it is.”

Every four years, the Iowa State Fair serves as a proving ground for aspiring presidential candidates, many of whom have tripped up trying to mask their elitism in a setting that requires a common touch. In 2007, Fred Thompson drew flak for showing up in fancy shoes. In 2011, Rick Perry was caught in an awkward photo-op because of the way he ate a corndog. Others have run afoul of voters by cutting long lines, misspeaking atop the famed soapbox, as Mitt Romney did, during encounters with lively spectators or for skipping certain rituals altogether.

Trump, as usual, did it his way — and the crowd ate it up.

“He landed in a helicopter with his name on the side of it,” boasted Chuck Laudner, the veteran GOP operative running Trump’s Iowa campaign, as he walked along the midway on the edges of the mob surrounding Trump. “Watch, the same press that’s harassing him to come up with policies is going to write that he wore fancy shoes. He’s No. 1 in the polls and it ain’t because of his goddamn shoes. It’s that message, baby.”


http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/08/15/unapologetic-capitalism-vs-unsustainable-socialism-the-showdown-at-the-iowa-state-fair/

“It’s me, I am who I am.”


Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrived in Des Moines via helicopter on Saturday for the Iowa State Fair. The real estate mogul spoke to the press and then treated some kids to a trip they won’t forget. Bloomberg Politics’ Mark Halperin and ABC’s Martha Raddatz were invited along for the ride. When asked if the helicopter fanfare was a bit too much, Trump said, “It’s me, I am who I am.”


http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/videos/2015-08-15/mark-halperin-rides-in-style-with-the-donald-

As long as the cartels buy Made In USA Caterpillar machines for the tunnels...

 

If you build the wall, then the Mexican drug cartels will construct tunnels linking the United States with Northern Mexico in no time. They need to continue operating their drug smuggling business, which is worth some $100 billion every year. Just remember that the Mexico–United States border is some 3,000+ kilometers long.

Not seeing much there I'd disagree with.  In particular, "building the wall."

We'd hire illegal Mexicans to build it, of course.  That'd be the most cost effective manner.

I was just talking about one of the possible scenarios. Trump is already having somewhere between one-fourth and one-third of the support among the Republican voters. He need to increase that to 40%-50%. Rand Paul is one of the candidates who could increase Trump's support level from the 25% to 30%, which he is currently polling, to 40%-50%.

https://www.donaldjtrump.com/images/uploads/Immigration-Reform-Trump.pdf

That would make zero political sense for trump or paul...

Sad to see the figures for Rand Paul dropping again. The primaries are scheduled to begin in less than a years time... but his chances have been reduced to near zero. It seems like most of his supporters have shifted to Trump. I just hope that if Trump wins the republican nomination (the chances for which are not good, IMO), then he might ask Rand to be his VP candidate.