The Official "Damned Trump" Thread

[Bucky Ball]

The majority of illegals in the US are visa over-stays.
The wall is not going to do anything to prevent the majority of the problem.
The net migration from Mexico is negative.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/visa...ue-n730216
http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/11/19/mo...o-the-u-s/

[Clueless Morgan]

And yet people still send money to Trumps

GoFundMe raises more than $1 million for Trump's border wall

https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...order-wall

Woman starts GoFundMe to purchase border-crossers ladders to get over Trump's stupid fucking wall.

Ladders to Get Over Trump's Wall

https://www.gofundme.com/ladders-to-get-...p039s-wall

At the time of posing this it's about $75k into their $100M goal. Not as fast as the wall's GoFundMe, but ladders are considerably less expensive, too.

[Amarok]

And yet people still send money to Trumps

GoFundMe raises more than $1 million for Trump's border wall

https://thehill.com/homenews/administrat...order-wall

Woman starts GoFundMe to purchase border-crossers ladders to get over Trump's stupid fucking wall.

Ladders to Get Over Trump's Wall

https://www.gofundme.com/ladders-to-get-...p039s-wall

At the time of posing this it's about $75k into their $100M goal.  Not as fast as the wall's GoFundMe, but ladders are considerably less expensive, too.

People should follow that one persons idea and just buy up pieces of the border

[Jackalope]

People should follow that one persons idea and just buy up pieces of the border

Eminent domain makes that an unwise course of action unless one has deep pockets and an affinity for paying lawyers.

[Amarok]

People should follow that one persons idea and just buy up pieces of the border

Eminent domain makes that an unwise course of action unless one has deep pockets and an affinity for paying lawyers.

While true it would be hilarious to watch Republicans have to argue for the government ceasing private property

[Angrboda]

People should follow that one persons idea and just buy up pieces of the border

Eminent domain makes that an unwise course of action unless one has deep pockets and an affinity for paying lawyers.

Cards Against Humanity, an irreverent card game company known for its attention-seeking pranks, says it bought land on the U.S.-Mexico border to block President Trump from building his wall.

The Chicago company said on its website that this was part of a holiday promotion, for which customers could contribute to the wall-blocking project with $15 purchases for surprise gift packages.

On Wednesday morning, just a few hours after the launching the program on Tuesday, Cards Against Humanity said it was sold out.

"Donald Trump is a preposterous golem who is afraid of Mexicans," said Cards Against Humanity on its web site. "He is so afraid that he wants to build a twenty-billion dollar wall that everyone knows will accomplish nothing. So we've purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built."

Cards Against Humanity said that contributing to the land purchase and its legal defense was the first of six days of gifts that customers would be receiving in December.

"On Day 1, all Cards Against Humanity Saves America recipients will get an illustrated map of the land, a certificate of our promise to fight the wall, some new cards, and a few other surprises."

Customers who wanted to join in had to complete a survey that included personal questions and the query: "Who did you vote for in the 2016 election?"

The company did not say where the land is located. In a video describing the project, it says that it bought "acres" on the US-Mexico border, while displaying footage of wild horses galloping across desert scrubland.

(CNN)

[Jackalope]

I'm aware of that. I "own" a share of that land. They have the deep pockets and the willingness to lawyer up.

[Pat Mustard]

People should follow that one persons idea and just buy up pieces of the border

Eminent domain makes that an unwise course of action unless one has deep pockets and an affinity for paying lawyers.

This side of the water CPOs are set at current market value plus a premium. If the US works in a similae manner with ED, then all you need to do is get a bidding war going.

[Fake Messiah]

Since President Trump took office, his administration has initiated an aggressive rollback of U.S. environmental regulations, bringing short-term economic growth for affected areas while also creating severe environmental and public health risks for locals.

The impact of Trump’s environmental policy rollbacks can be seen across the U.S., from West Virginia to California. If pursued in full force, the rollbacks would shift the debate about the environment sharply in the direction of industry interests.

After protests from the oil industry, the Trump administration repealed limits on methane flaring and leaks on federal and Indian lands, a practice that creates pollutants that can cause respiratory problems and fouls the air with carcinogenic chemicals.

In Texas, emissions from the W.A. Parish power plant have been linked to as many as 180 premature deaths per year. Trump’s EPA lifted a rule that would force the plant to install a new air pollution device that would have prevented most of those deaths.

In West Virginia, the Kanawha River is lined with so many industrial plants, it’s called the Chemical Valley. Under President Trump, two Obama-era restrictions to clean up and protect rivers nationwide, including the Kanawha, have been repealed or delayed.

In California, chlorpyrifos, a pesticide that’s in the same chemical family as sarin nerve gas, is still in use after the Trump administration in 2017 squashed a ban on the product. As a result, instances of chlorpyrifos poisonings continue.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018...ation.html

Oh but Mexicans and Trans Kids - they are the real baddies.

[Jackalope]

Eminent domain makes that an unwise course of action unless one has deep pockets and an affinity for paying lawyers.

This side of the water CPOs are set at current market value plus a premium.  If the US works in a similae manner with ED, then all you need to do is get a bidding war going.

In this case, the purpose of purchasing the land is to block eminent domain, not receive market value for the property.

To do so, one has to involve courts (and expensive lawyers). "Getting a bidding war going" would only drive up the price, not prevent government taking the property.