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I think this question, "Who in the USA gov runs the program?" is very important question. Do you REALLY want Dr. Oz and RFK Jr, and by extension, Trump, running your healthcare? Other countries do have national healthcare, but their government isn't purposefully trying to harm them.

December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM

Jason Presley

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Yeah, but Ozzy!

December 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM

Jason Presley

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Tighter border control.
An example

Studies and polling suggest that Hispanics who entered the U.S. legally tend to be more conservative on questions of immigration. Some progressive Hispanics have bemoaned this, likening it to selfishly slamming shut a door behind you. Perales insisted that she doesn’t feel threatened, economically or otherwise, by new immigrants. She understands the hopeless circumstances that drive so many people from impoverished and conflict-ridden countries to make the journey north. What worries her is the perception of “crossing without consequences.” She wants the U.S. to broadcast a stricter approach to immigration, not just for the sake of the rule of law and for the stability of her community, but also for the well-being of those thinking of coming here.

“They’re being treated so inhumanely,” Perales said of the migrants traveling to America. “But it’s the open-borders policy that is leading to that inhumane treatment.”

TK
Joe Frank Martinez, the sheriff of Val Verde County, photographed along the U.S.-Mexico border wall (Philip Montgomery for The Atlantic)
Joe Frank Martinez, the sheriff of Val Verde County, told me the same thing when I visited his office in Del Rio. A strong show of deterrence at the border, he said, is the decent thing to do. Not a week went by this summer, Martinez said, that he and his deputies didn’t discover a body of someone who had either drowned in the river or perished in the heat.

December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM

Jason Presley

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www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Why Democrats Are Losing Hispanic Voters

The left has alienated America’s fastest-growing group of voters just when they were supposed to give the party a foolproof majority.

www.theatlantic.com

December 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM

Jason Presley

@jpresley.bsky.social

I would say the clarifying moment was actually Super Bowl XL. So bad the ref actually apologized. We did get the Fail Mary though so... 😃

December 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM

Jason Presley

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*publications

December 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM

Jason Presley

@jpresley.bsky.social

Yeah... but MAYBE the Democrats could have worked a little bit on the front end to shore up Latino support when there were stories in small, boutique publicizations, like, *THE ATLANTIC* that reported Latino support was slipping due to immigration concerns.

December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Jason Presley

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Sure Tom hates Zeppelin but that makes him crazy, not dangerous. Calm down Steve.

December 7, 2025 at 5:07 AM

Jason Presley

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This is seditious behavior! The position is Secretary of WAR, Beardo.

November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM

Jason Presley

@jpresley.bsky.social

I will be the Bookmark Program Manager but right now, I want to launch Power BI into the sun!

November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM

Jason Presley

@jpresley.bsky.social

Meanwhile, I'm cursing MS while updating a ton of bookmarks because I had to add some pages to a report. Can we focus on old tarnished objects a little bit?

November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM