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~~~~~~~~~~~ Down the Drain: After Billions in U.S. Aid, Ukraine Army Chief Says Tactical Retreat Underway Less than two weeks after the U.S. voted to send another $95 billion to Ukraine, and plans to fix funding for the next decade, it's being reported that Ukraine's army is in a 'tactical retreat.' [...] https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/04/30/ukraine-army-chief-says-tactical-retreat-underway-n2395707

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Northwestern Announces Full-Ride Scholarships for Palestinian Students [...] National Review is reporting that Northwestern University has reached a deal with the Hamas sympathizers, including the creation of faculty jobs for Palestinian academics and full-ride scholarships for Palestinian students. Terrorism works. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/30/northwestern-announces-full-ride-scholarships-for-palestinian-students-n2395737

Illegal Immigrants Take Over Seattle City Park, Put Out Supply Requests We've already seen illegal immigrants take over soccer fields, senior centers, vacant homes, airports, and more. Now we're hearing that a hundred illegal immigrants have taken over a city park in Seattle's Central District. What will Seattle do about it? Nothing. https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/30/illegal-immigrants-take-over-seattle-city-park-put-out-supply-requests-n2395743

South Carolina Medicaid Office Caught Red-handed Distributing Voter Registration Forms to Refugees Yesterday, a South Carolina Representative angrily took to Twitter looking for answers. Apparently, a refugee was given this packet of paperwork that included voter registration. That seems like very odd information to distribute to people who have no right to vote in this country. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/04/30/south-carolina-medicaid-illegal-immigrant-n2395751

~~~~~~~~~~~ DHS Data Reveals Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants Have Been Flown in on Biden's 'Parole Flights' Last month, a report said that President Joe Biden had flown 325,000 migrants into the country on secret flights. The Associated Press did a quick fact check and determined that the claim was false — the flights weren't "secret," just "lacking in transparency." Migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela used the government's CBP One cellphone scheduling app to book their flights, and flying them in directly on these "parole" flights did us all a favor by cutting down the long lines at the southern border. [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/30/dhs-data-reveals-hundreds-of-thousands-of-migrants-have-been-flown-in-on-bidens-parole-flights-n2395745

Portland State University Protesters Occupy and Vandalize Library, Campus Closed Protesters have been camped out around the Portland State University library for several days. Over the weekend the situation escalated as the protesters (not all of whom are students) began blocking off the entrance to the library. By Monday, school administrators asked the protesters to leave. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/04/30/portland-state-university-protesters-occupy-and-vandalize-library-campus-closed-n3787550

Valuable and quite interesting. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What to Do When You're Canceled: A report from the front lines [...] If you find yourself the target of a cancellation campaign, as I did two years ago (about which more anon), you'll understand the difference. What follows is a guide for what to do if it happens to you. The most important task when facing a cancellation campaign is [...] https://www.city-journal.org/article/what-to-do-when-youre-canceled

'Hood, not city, see mam ma'am. --- I have set Cat T-B.'s annual fizzicle* exam for Tuesday. *should be the spelling She didn't escape the casa even once in 13 months, so maybe we can postpone the rabies shot. The chief agenda item is a thorough 4-wheel manicure.

Can you call for assistance? There should be a phone number.

This is a fine thing to say about Mr. mam ma'am, si and see and mam ma'am! We had to do everything, sigh man, and then-Mrs.-T-B. never even brought us a bottle of Powerade, no man.

Consult the firm in the link that I posted above.

Having been on both sides, I can see both sides. Your comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gen Z job seeker refused to do 90-minute task because it 'looked like a lot of work'—now the CEO who complained about it is being slammed An employer has sparked fierce debate after being so shocked a Gen Z job seeker refused to spend 90 minutes on a hiring test because it "looked like a lot of work" that he vented about the situation on X, formerly known as Twitter. People who've job-hunted recently have probably quickly found out that getting hired is no longer as simple as submitting a résumé followed by an in-person interview or two. [...] https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/gen-z-job-seeker-refused-111141880.html

Let's send them all over there now, as a test, and they can report back.

Condemning the victims, most certainly.

Immigration is Federal, so location doesn't matter. Less expensive and almost certainly more thorough than an attorney: https://www.visajourney.com/partners/platinum-immigration-services/

Thrilling Monday-on-Tuesday report, see man: Awoke feeling poorly, oh well man. Took Mama T-B. to doctor caucus, chauffeur senior she man we man. Lunch was leftovers from Mama T-B.'s emporium, si man. We consumed flank steak, baked beans, and mac & cheese, ingest we man. A siesta was then taken, zzz we man. Din-din was nuked Aldi hamburger steaks + onecan corn, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. desserted on pumpkin pie donated by Mama T-B., additionally ingest wee man man. Movie night was a Contraband Police episode, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+1) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. Miu was active all day, maybe miu excited at Big Bruddah's presence man. We had to brush miu Many (2+1) times, insistent miu man. No party with the rubias, too lethargic to cavort we man. Unsure of Tuesday plans, spontaneous we man.

Looks like the French police got there before the encampments were fully established and populated.

Most people here are pursuing their fiancé or spousal visas via do-it-themselves effort. Others have hired lawyers, which has yielded mixed results in terms of time and success. Others have hired a VJ Partner, one of which is: https://www.visajourney.com/partners/platinum-immigration-services/ The choice of which course to follow is up to you.

Welcome to the forum! Yes, the process can feel daunting at first. Here's a comparison of the K-1 and CR-1 visas, as compiled by one of our fine members: ~~~~~~~~~~ K-1 More expensive than CR-1 Requires Adjustment of Status after marriage (expensive and requires a lot of paperwork) Spouse cannot leave the US until she/he receives approved Advance Parole (approx 6-8 months) Spouse cannot work until she/he receives Employment Authorization (approx 6-8 months) Some people have had problems with driver licenses, Social Security cards, leases, bank account during this period Spouse will not receive Green Card for many months after Adjustment of Status is filed A K-1 might be a better choice when 18-21 year old children are immigrating also In some situations, marriage can affect certain Home country benefits, making a K-1 a better choice A denied K-1 is sent back to USCIS to expire CR-1 Less expensive than K-1 No Adjustment of Status (I-485, I-131, I-765) required Spouse can immediately travel outside the US Spouse is authorized to work immediately upon arrival Spouse receives Social Security Card and Green Card within 2 or 3 weeks after entering the US Opening a bank account, getting a driver license, etc. are very easily accomplished with GC, SS card, and passport Spouse has legal permanent Resident status IMMEDIATELY upon entry to US ~~~~~~~~~~ If you haven't yet done so, read the Guides (drop-down menu atop any VisaJourney page) for more about the respective processes. Others here will be along with more to say.

Biden Drops Support For Pro-Palestine Protestors After Realizing How Bad Their Hair Smells [...] "Not interested, folks," Biden said after briefly embracing the protestor. "While I am very much in favor of people engaging in their right to dissent, I thought their hair would… I thought it would smell a lot like... like… not so much like… less like rotten garbage. I caught a whiff of that gal's hair when I hugged her. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/biden-drops-support-for-pro-palestine-protestors-after-realizing-how-bad-their-hair-smells

Indeed, what took so long? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Finally! Massive Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Columbia Seeking Relief for Jewish Students [...] This is a portion of the class action suit filed today. The entire complaint can be read at the link in in the tweet. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/04/29/columbia-class-action-on-behalf-of-jewish-students-n2395692

I agree with all of the comments. See the 1-minute video. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jewish UCLA Student Forcibly Blocked from Attending Class by Pro Hamas Mob [...] This student is trying to get to his class. He is simply trying to attend class. He isn't trying to disrupt their protest or even counter protest. All he wants to do is go to class. The Hamas apologists won't allow it and the security guard won't intervene to help him either. [...] https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/04/29/jewish-ucla-student-blocked-from-class-guard-will-not-help-n2395694

Columbia FACULTY Form Human Chain Around Pro-Hamas Encampment [...] Aren't they supposed to be in front of their laptops doing "remote learning" for those not wrapped up in this mess whose classes have been canceled? [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/29/columbia-faculty-from-human-chain-around-pro-hamas-encampment-n2395691

Cal Poly Shuts Down Its Campus Until Autumn After Students Trash 'Intifada Hall' [...] Speaking of Intifada Hall … what is peaceful about seizing control of the school's administrative building and calling it Intifada Hall? That doesn't sound antisemitic at all. Apparently Cal Poly has just given up the fight and closed down the campus until the fall semester. Here's a quick tour of the makeover the "protesters" have given to school property: [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/29/cal-poly-shuts-down-its-campus-until-autumn-after-students-trash-intifada-hall-n2395698

Sounds like colonizers and occupiers to me. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Pro-Palestine' Encampments Won't Allow Journalists to Enter or Ask Questions [...] Isn't that the whole point of these encampments? To amplify their message? But they don't allow "agitators." At Yale, a "demonstration marshal" requested that all reporters for the Yale Daily News leave the "liberated zone." [...] https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/04/29/pro-palestine-encampments-wont-allow-journalists-to-enter-or-ask-questions-n2395700