@randahl I see.

[...] Although the administration has undertaken aggressive removal efforts, the negative number is mostly due to a significant drop in entries into the U.S., the report said.

I know many USians living in Europe with no plans to return - some have even renounced citizenship for tax reasons. Every time I hear about friends or family planning a trip to the US, I'm shocked. Why support their economy? Why take the risk?

In our family group chat, I've been asked not to post any #Trump / #MAGA-related comments or memes because some relatives have been routinely scrutinized upon re-entry, some are waiting their Green cards... possibly about the time to seriously forget about that and go back home.

The #US has added a level of authoritarian procedure in monitoring citizens' political speech to determine border treatment that even 1930s #Germany didn't have. Kudos. Soon #Russia, #China, and the US will be indistinguishable from each other.

@randahl is this being deliberately escalated so to intimidate people and suppress voting, clearly anyone who doesn't look purely European will be afraid to come out.

A list of the 100 largest individual contributors to federal campaigns and outside groups during the 2023-2024 election cycle, based on OpenSecrets data. These donors collectively contributed over $2 billion to influence American politics.

At least seven donors contributing approximately $425 million are documented pro-Israel lobbyists: Miriam Adelson ($148.3M) seeks US support for Israel’s annexation of the occupied West Bank  and donated $25 million to a medical school in an illegal settlement to “strengthen the settlers” ; Haim Saban ($5.3M) states “I am a one-issue guy, and my issue is Israel”  and lobbied against weapons conditions on Israel ; Reid Hoffman ($35.4M) spent $1.5 million defeating Cori Bush for calling for a ceasefire  ; plus Paul Singer ($66.8M), Bernard Marcus ($9.4M), Howard Lutnick ($16.5M), and Michael Bloomberg ($64.3M).

These donors operate across both parties, lobby for unconditional military aid, and work to defeat any US lawmakers supporting #Palestinian rights or calling for enforcement of international humanitarian law.

#GazaGenocide #Palestine #uspol #fascism