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EV Slow Down Finally Strikes at the Throne: Tesla to Layoff Thousands Rumors swirled early this morning that Tesla, the king of the EVs, was preparing to announce layoffs of as many as 20% of its global workforce—an unthinkable event even a year ago. Clearly, some adjustments were going to have be made. Not only were there production issues (European labor unions, etc) and supply problems beyond Tesla's control, but the simple fact remains that demand had dropped off. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/04/15/ev-slow-down-finally-strikes-at-the-throne-tesla-to-layoff-thousands-n3786523

It's a mystery who they're trying to influence. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hamas Supporters Making New Friends, Influencing Evil at O'Hare, the Golden Gate Bridge, and NYC [...] They hit the Brooklyn Bridge at about 3:30 this afternoon. Shut both lanes down. [...] That being said, New York City was so much better off than Chicago this morning when Palestinian protest vultures started circling. Happy little Hamas supporters decided that shutting down the Kennedy Expressway at the height of rush hour - as well as the entrance to O'Hare International Airport - would be a totally boffo way to introduce their movement to impressionable commuters and frantic airline passengers. [...] In San Francisco, where you'd think they'd be used to inconvenience thanks to their resident population of emotive children acting out, ohh! Tempers were flaring this morning when the Hamas supporters there closed down the Golden Gate Bridge - again during rush hour - for almost four hours. [...] https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2024/04/15/hamas-supporters-making-new-friends-and-influencing-evil-at-ohare-and-nyse-n3786562

Jonathan Turley absolutely blasts the NY case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A serial perjurer will try to prove an old misdemeanor against Trump in an embarrassment for the New York legal system Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election. This week will highlight the damage done to New York's legal system because of this unhinged crusade. They've charged him with everything short of ripping a label off a mattress. Just a few weeks ago, another judge imposed a roughly half billion dollar penalty in a case without a single victim who lost a single cent on loans with Trump. (Indeed, bank officials testified they wanted more business with the Trump organization). Now Bragg is bringing a case that has taken years to develop and millions of dollars in litigation costs for all parties. That is all over a crime from before the 2016 election that is a misdemeanor under state law that had already expired under the statute of limitations. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/04/14/opinion/a-serial-perjurer-will-try-to-prove-an-old-misdemeanor-against-trump-in-an-embarrassment-for-the-new-york-legal-system/

VDH makes things clear. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gaming The 2024 Campaign We have seen enough of the Biden-Trump race so far to predict what lies ahead over the next seven months of the campaign. Currently, the polls are about dead even. Trump, however, for now enjoys small leads in the majority of the fickle swing/purple states that will likely decide the election. So here is what we should expect: [...] https://amgreatness.com/2024/04/15/gaming-the-2024-campaign/

Joe the Faint Hearted Virtually all the media assert that Israel is becoming ever more isolated in its war against Hamas. What goes unmentioned is a major reason for that: Israel's closest ally is headed by a man who doesn't have the courage to stand up forcefully and eloquently in defense of the Jewish state's righteous battle to defend itself against an Islamist terrorist militia. The president of the United States often is called the most powerful man in the world. But has that exalted office ever been occupied by a weaker individual than Joe Biden? [...] https://johnkassnews.com/joe-the-faint-hearted/

Trump's Strongest New York Defense Has Nothing To Do With Alvin Bragg Or Judge Merchan The first Trump trial is here, set to begin on Monday, with the allegation being that the former president violated New York law by having his company misreport payments to Stormy Daniels as "legal fees" rather than campaign expenditures. Much of the commentary on the case — at least from those defending the former president — has consisted of accusations that Manhattan District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg is abusing his power on a political vendetta and that Judge Juan Merchan is a biased partisan. These accusations go to the heart of the rule of law and should not be made lightly. But equally important, they do not address whether Trump is actually guilty as charged, and that is the question soon to be before a jury. Better, then, to assume the good faith and professionalism of the public officials involved and explain why the DA's case is wrong as a matter of law. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/15/trumps-strongest-new-york-defense-has-nothing-to-do-with-alvin-bragg-or-judge-merchan/

Trump Owns the Working Class Vote During the past several election cycles, political pundits have devoted a lot of attention to the "diploma divide." Much of this commentary has focused on the advantage Democrats enjoy among voters who tell pollsters they possess college degrees. It isn't difficult to see why this topic has received so much scrutiny. The commentariat is dominated by college graduates who overwhelmingly support the Democratic Party. This also explains why so much of the self-congratulatory writing about the diploma divide tends to overlook its most consequential characteristic — that working class voters without college degrees far outnumber their "highly educated" counterparts. [...] https://spectator.org/trump-owns-the-working-class-vote/

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Thread is shifted from the K-1 Process forum to the Case Progress subforum. It can be. Waiting is hard, but there will be much more waiting at all phases of your process.

Perhaps wait 3 months, then contact your U.S. Congressman's office to see if they can speed up the process.

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A U.S. Congressman's office might be able to help. If you've maintained residency in the U.S., find out who represents you, and contact that office.

In addition to following the advice above, you can also each prepare new letters of intent (same text, fresh dates) to turn in at the consular visa interview.

Rush Limbaugh recommended waiting until Election Day, to avoid monkeyshines. However, I lean toward thinking that too many things might happen: severe weather, car trouble, family emergency, personal illness, etc. I typically vote on the first or second day of early voting and forget about it, except for the irritating recorded phone calls from the candidates whom I've already voted for or against. It'll be interesting to hear from others who do or don't have a strong opinion either way.

"How many people are we having for dinner tonight, Dear?" asked the cannibal.

I agree; do you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stop Telling People to Only Vote on Election Day Look, it usually doesn't help to be harsh, but sometimes you have to be. So, harsh it is. If you are one of those conservatives saying that we should only vote on election day and not use mail-in voting, ballot harvesting, early voting, or any of the tactics, techniques, or procedures that Democrats have used to win elections, then you're an idiot. [...] https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2024/04/15/stop-telling-people-to-only-vote-on-election-day-n2637758

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Sunday report, see man: We had to leave the casa, Uncle T-B.'s taxes and buy root beer we man. Lunch was onecan of beef stew, ingest we man. A siesta was indulged in, zzz we man. Laundry conquered, victorious we man. Warsher dished and de-dished, domestic we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. took Mama T-B. to see ex-she man's office, long-standing invitation man. Mini-B. and the Rojo accompanied them, si man. Mama T-B. apparently enjoyed the outing and approves of the Rojo, no choice man. Din-din was 2 cotto salami sandwiches, ingest we man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. brought Mini-B. for Two Guys week, happy we and excited miu man. Mini-B. wants to get an AirSoft pellet rifle, lobby hard wee man. We and ex-Mrs.-T-B. are dubious of this, several reasons man. We solicit other opinions on this, solicit we man. Mini-B. & we had a mini-movie night, fresh Young Sheldon episode man. Two bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. No party with the rubias tonight, too tired we man.

Key Senate Endorsement: Trump Backs McCormick in PA After Previous Snub On Saturday, during a campaign rally in the eastern Pennsylvania town of Schnecksville, former President Donald Trump threw his support behind Republican Senate candidate David McCormick. Trump urged his supporters to "Go out and vote for him" in what promises to be one of 2024's closely watched Senate races. Trump told rally-goers: [...] https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2024/04/14/trump-endorses-mccormick-pa-n2172737

Wella, wella! ~~~~~~~~~ NEW: Joe Biden Green-Lit Iran's Attack on Israel [...] This is a betrayal that is hard to fathom. If an offensive attack was getting ready to be launched against the United States and one of our allies told our enemy to go ahead with the attack "within certain limits," it would be an international scandal and the end of that alliance. Yet, Israel is just expected to take this garbage from Biden and his cohorts without questioning it. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/04/14/new-joe-biden-green-lit-irans-attack-on-israel-n2172744

Further to Pooky's observations. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Biden Told Bibi to 'Take the W' and Not Retaliate After Iran Attack, But It Looks Like It's Still Coming [...] One of the war cabinet ministers, Benny Gantz, said they would exact a price from Iran. [...] https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2024/04/14/israel-put-off-response-to-attack-after-biden-intervention-n2172756

NPR, New York Times are in immense turmoil with the world on the verge of global conflict [...] the newsrooms of the New York Times and National Public Radio are in turmoil. OK, that's hardly as important as the widespread surge of violence and disorder, but we have to take good news where we find it. And these internal media battles are good news because the lefty outlets are getting a taste of their own medicine. Although the details differ, the common denominator is that insiders at both places are accusing management of bias and bigotry. [...] https://nypost.com/2024/04/13/opinion/npr-new-york-times-are-in-immense-turmoil-with-the-world-on-the-verge-of-global-conflict/

We can merely dream of the above. Good overall argument.

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