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@shagbark_hick I-5 between Tracy and the Grapevine in California is pretty boring too but then bam, you're in Los Angeles county all of a sudden.

This is actually correct, the "green tunnel" Interstates are far, far more boring than the "cornfield" Interstates. Anyone who's ever done the drive from Utica to Buffalo on NYS I-90 knows what I am saying. Once you get past exit 31, the drive is hauntingly boring for hours. At least in Kansas, you can see for miles, and it's sort of wistful and contemplative.

@MurrayHillGuy1 San Diego is truly a great place. I havent been in a long while though. Thank goodness for Camp Pendleton acting as a buffer zone between San Diego and LA/OC metros.

San Diego (first time ever) field report: People here are way more fit and somehow don’t make it their entire personality like NYC Tacos on every corner, all have a line Everyone’s outside… running, lifting, surfing, doing something. Very active Girls are effortlessly hot, not trying nearly as hard No one is in a rush, but everything still gets done Perfect weather is just… normal here. Cali vibes are real, packed day today

@StephenMPinto @GraziaXuereb @saikatc Anyone arrested on state charges at SFO get sent to Redwood City at the San Mateo County jail and all the health inspection cards at SFO are issued by San Mateo County health department.

@GraziaXuereb @saikatc It's confusing because it does have a San Francisco mailing address, but according to wikipedia, it is in unincorporated SMCo... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Franc…

This is horrific. ICE was at SFO kidnapping this mother right in front of her young child. And I have questions. San Francisco is a sanctuary city, which means no city resources can be used to aid ICE. How did two unidentified ICE agents get behind security at SFO to do this arrest? Allegedly SFPD were on the scene providing cover for ICE - how is that ok?

@jurgen_nauditt It really is simple. If the organization in Brussels stops pushing demographic change and pushing non traditionalist values on member nations then Brussels doesnt have to worry about members leaving. Once Brussels throws away their immigration and sexuality policy EU exits stop.

Poland is on the verge of "Polexit"—leaving the European Union, according to Prime Minister Tusk. Years of disinformation and lies emanating from Russia, without resistance from the EU, are taking their toll. The Prime Minister declared that Poland's exit from the EU is no longer hypothetical. This is due to the actions of internal Eurosceptic forces, which he believes are working for external actors, including Russia, the American MAGA movement, and the European right wing led by Orbán. In particular, the Confederation factions and the majority of the Law and Justice (PiS) party are effectively pushing Poland toward a break with Brussels. The situation worsened after President Karol Nawrocki blocked a law on obtaining €43.7 billion in defense loans from the EU, jeopardizing the financing of the army, whose expenditures are supposed to reach 5% of GDP. Experts note that despite widespread support for the EU, one in four Poles is already prepared to vote to leave, reminiscent of the dynamics in the UK before Brexit.

@amazingmap Its because that's some of the most rugged terrain in America. You're talking about a region where the highest peak of the lower 48 and the lowest point in all of North America are within 100 miles. Im sure all the traffic engineers declared it impossible to build such a road.

These two California towns sit just 20 miles apart across the Sierra Nevada but reaching one from the other requires a 350 mile drive

@DrewPavlou @Ravvenrotth Is Ukraine really advancing in the Donbas? So much going on UA news seems to be drowned out. Maybe by design to overwhelm adversaries.🤷‍♂️

@Ravvenrotth Trust the plan

> Maduro dropped out of a helicopter into the Caribbean Sea > Khamenei’s dead, his son’s in a coma > 20% of China’s oil imports? Gone > Cuban commies on their knees > Elon’s kicking Russian forces off Starlink > Nikita’s rolling up their bot networks on X > Tucker’s going to prison under the Espionage Act > Ukraine’s advancing in the Donbas > We’re digging up Assata Shakur’s grave in Havana, shooting her skeleton out of a cannon for America’s 250th anniversary on July 4 Did you trust the Drew MAGA plan Anon? Refill your popcorn You’ll love this next part

@YunglePever @PincherMartin8 Coalingas Harris Ranch and their cows making their essence known!

@PincherMartin8 Why does it have that smell?

I grew up in that big hole in the middle - the Central Valley of California - which is America's agricultural heartland. The valley is the size of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined. On its north-south axis, you have to drive seven hours on the freeway to cover its full length. It produces 25% of the nation's food supply and 40% of its fruits, nuts, and vegetables. And that's not even all of the state's agricultural production. There are huge areas of highly productive farmland outside the Central Valley - Wine Country and the Salinas Valley, for example.

@AdrianP_doc Due to my ancestry (2 great grandparents from Porto Santo, Madeira) I found out that I qualified for Portuguese citizenship, so I applied for it. Once I get the citizenship, I'll visit. Im from the San Francisco area of California. I hear Lisboa and SF are similar type cities.

Americans should go to Portugal to learn something about their own country. Was in Lisbon last year and was in awe of the history and splendor, the architecture, the obvious colossal wealth this country once had. They controlled a vast economic an military empire and were the richest country in the world at one point and a major player in how the world was shaped. A few bad rulers and a couple of hundred years of history playing its course and Portugal is one of the poorest countries in Europe with little influence on the world stage. I loved the country and the people and I hope they don't get mad at me after saying this cause I want to go back. Just a cautionary reminder for Americans that no empire lasts forever and wealth can easily evaporate through hubris.

@chriswithans @SouthportCorBik @Cmplxe They are connected as after the children took over the original united Aldi, the 2 kids separated the businesses as Aldi North/Nord and Aldi South/Sud

@SouthportCorBik @Cmplxe They’re clearly still connected in some way because they both have the weird house brands that no other chain carries

I notice the Aldi experiment is failing in California. The Germans thought Californians could be like the meticulous old German people but no....hahaha. That's stupid. Instead of bringing a quarter to unlock a shopping cart, people are pulling apart the column to find a weak link cart to break out. Of course no one brings their own bags in to the store. That would require planning, something no Californian has. And the homeless will now just take an entire stack of shopping carts, all chained together, as their mobile home now. California is not Germany.

@dlandre @JoeyMannarino Right?! It could have saved me time and money instead of going through the process to get Portuguese citizenship the right way. I have great grandparents from there, and saw i qualified for it so why not apply for it.

@JoeyMannarino Damn I should’ve done that

If the European Union had any actual sense, they’d sanction Spain into oblivion over the new amnesty law they’ve just passed. Any illegal alien that arrived in the country prior to December 31, 2025 and has remained in the country for five continuous months can now apply to be completely legalized. They will receive a work permit and a residence permit. They will be fully eligible for any and all public benefits, too. This is going to, without any doubt, completely bankrupt the country. These are unskilled savage people who don’t have any skills to contribute to the country and certainly have no desire to assimilate. These are criminals, barbarians and will do nothing but rip apart the nation even further. Apparently, they are even halting any and all deportation trials for people that fall under this criteria as well. It doesn’t matter how you entered, you can now stay and get residence! Now, with this new rule being established, all of these illegals will be on track to Spanish citizenship… which means they can then VOTE in the country within the next decade. And, immediately with full effect, these new illegals can now move within the entire Schengen zone without any concerns. Spanish residence grants visa-free travel to other Schengen countries. So, with this move, Spain is now imposing these savage animals on 28 other countries that subscribe to this Schengen Agreement. It’s one of the most radical and ridiculous things to ever come out of a country in the European Union since the initial betrayal that Merkel & Germany imposed on the EU in 2013 with the Syrian “refugees”. It’s not being talked about by almost anyone, though. If the European Union had sense, considering that this directly impacts every nation within Schengen, they’d use every sanction and every measure possible to shut it down. It would have precedent, they’ve previously attacked Hungary & Poland with sanctions over immigration policy. But, they won’t do that, because they attacked Hungary and Poland for PROTECTING their borders. OPENING your borders, particularly to the scum of humanity, is not something the EU frowns on. In fact, it’s basically the uniting principle of the EU. If you sell out your country to the third world, you’re fulfilling the charter of the EU. So, Spain and their pathetic leader (who should explain his rapid weight loss to the public to alleviate the very serious health concerns they have about him), will be given the green light. The people of Spain will continue to suffer. They’ve been sold out time & time again but continue to allow this government to operate anyway. The women will continue to be raped in the streets by these migrants… who will now be LEGAL residents as they commit their heinous crimes. And, sooner rather than later, the government will legalize yet another wave of these heinous “humans” and continue to poison the blood of their great nation. This is why I always say that REMIGRATION is the way forward. Deporting illegals won’t be enough. Not when you have TREASONOUS governments who legalize the worst humans on the earth as residents. Hopefully, someday soon, the people of the European Union will wake up and the REMIGRATION will begin. Until then, may God protect them. They are truly being sold out to a level never experienced before. This is HIGH TREASON on behalf of Pedro Sanchez and his acolytes in government! HIGH TREASON!

@NWSBayArea the densest fog of the season so far in countrywood Walnut Creek. In the photo behind the green traffic light is a @ContraCostaFire engine with stobes on 1/8 of a mile away and you cant see the lights.

@anders_aslund Why would the US meet with EU officials? The US isnt a member of the EU. The US works with sovereign nations and organizations the US is a member of.

Kaja Kallas is in effect the EU's foreign minister. Marco Rubio has repeatedly refused to meet with her. Since Rubio has no contacts with the EU in any case, why not sanction him together with other odious Trumpists calling for war against European countries?

@JulienHoez @DouglasCarswell Or, get the government out of the business of mandating certain charging device specifications. 🤷‍♂️

@DouglasCarswell Then you change the law to focus on the new, better cable and phase out the old, less effective cable? This isn't exactly rocket science, you know (for most people, anyway)

What happens if someone builds a better cable?

@Microinteracti1 "No riot police because nothing moves. No protests. No energy. No future worth fighting over." Contentment is a virtue. If it ain't broke, dont fix it! If people want to ensure that the world they wake up in tomorrow is the same world they went to sleep tonight in that's fine.

Merry Christmas from the rest of Europe. Hungary is not admired. It is tolerated. Barely. Zero asylum seekers is not an achievement. It just means no one wants to come. Not because of safety. Because of stagnation, paranoia, and a government stuck in the past. No riot police because nothing moves. No protests. No energy. No future worth fighting over. You call it peace. We call it political sedation. A “right-wing Christian government” that silences media, flirts with Moscow, and survives on EU money while despising the very values that fund it is not strong. It is small, insecure, and dependent. We do not see you as a model. We do not see you as brave. We increasingly see you as Russians with EU passports and veto power. Budapest is beautiful. Your politics are embarrassing. Be quiet.

@Heccles94 @Gordy_Mc1ntosh Self preservation isn't "awful" Im order for our great western (European) tradions to stay alive, all things "western" must remain the exclusive norm in western spaces. Law of conservation of energy, more room you make for other norms, the less room for your norms.

@Gordy_Mc1ntosh Awful isn't it!

Elon Musk has completely ruined twitter.

@berniemoreno This is a short sighted bill. What happens to any dual US citizen living and working overseas on behalf of the US advancing the interests of diplomacy and mitary alliances? This bill doesnt solve any problems, but yet creates another one.

It was an honor to pledge an Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America and ONLY to the United States of America. America First and America Only. It's time to end dual citizenship for good. foxnews.com/politics/gop-s…

@danielsgoldman @elonmusk Your friend @AlexPadilla4CA when CA Sec of St "accidentally" let non citizens on CA voting lists after a DMV motor voter "mistake". Quit lying! abc7.com/post/ca-dmv-ma…

No, it’s not @elonmusk. No immigrant granted parole, a work visa, or a social security number can vote. You must be a citizen to vote. They are not citizens no matter how they entered the country. Stop lying about non-citizens voting. It basically never happens.

@Alice_Weidel I like the AFD's support for defending German sovereignty against mass immigration, so, what's AFD's problem with Ukraine's fight for their own sovereignty against the aggressor Russia?

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@Fernando_OnX @kicata091115 @mattvanswol So,we just give up on asserting and defending our sovereignty? We cant live life with the thought that we dont own and control our own nation and destiny that this nation somehow belongs to all in the world and not just its citizens, that's just not possible.

Thanks man. But mass deportation will never fully happen… not because they don’t want it, but because the bill is politically and mathematically ridiculous high. Right now, after 10 months and $12 billion spent, they’ve removed roughly 2.1 million people (mostly self-deportations at $1k–$6k each). To finish the remaining 11+ million at current pace and cost? $150–300 billion more, minimum — using Trump’s own DHS numbers. Realistic estimates (American Immigration Council, Wharton) put full cost at $315–967 billion when you include detention, flights, courts, agents, and the economic crash. That’s more than the entire annual defense budget, for years! No Congress will ever votes for that once farmers, hospitals, and homebuilders start collapsing and the receipts hit. It’s already the most expensive immigration operation in history… and they’re not even 20% done. The money runs out long before the job does. That’s why it stays theater.

Do you understand what happens when we remove all illegal aliens from the country? - Wages for Americans explode - ER wait times plummet - School class sizes cut in half - Auto insurance rates nose dive - Affordability home ownership skyrockets - Food stamp rolls collapse, grocery prices fall - DMV lines cut in half - Traffic disappears - English spoken everywhere - All violent crime drops substantially - Organ transplant waiting lists shorten dramatically - Teen summer jobs make a MASSIVE comeback - Trade schools flood with American kids - Birth rates spike, couples can finally afford homes Every single thing gets better. Every. Single. Thing.

@SpeakerWelchIL Borders and sovereignty matters! Just because one may be a human, doesnt mean they have equal rights to be in the nation as a US citizen. Citizenship and what passport you hold determines your rights in any nation.

Referring to human beings as “illegal aliens” is awfully dehumanizing. Let’s not normalize this racist and offensive language. For those of you who say, “it’s the legal term,” they use to refer to my people as slaves, legally. And it was wrong. It was wrong then, and it’s wrong now.