Heritage Foundation debates whether the Hollocost happened.?

 Know  the enemy.  Including V.P. Vance.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/magazine/heritage-foundation-trump-republicans.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20260803&instance_id=179744&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=20367268&segment_id=224117&user_id=74a17c6879229e6af3c459c9a00ed609

How Many Undocumented Are There in the U.S.A.?- J.D. Vance

J.D. Vance. Claim.  BBC.  Tues. Oct. 1, 2024

 

Are there up to 25 million illegal aliens in the US?

CLAIM: Vance: “We’ve got 20-25 million illegal aliens who are here in the country.”

VERDICT: These numbers are much higher than estimates for the number of illegal immigrants in the US. 

Vance made this claim while criticising the border policies of President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. 

It is impossible to know exactly how many illegal immigrants have come to the US, as many will have evaded law enforcement agencies, but several estimates put the number at around half what Vance claims.

• Migrants with criminal records - what new US data shows

A report published by the Office of Homeland Security earlier this year estimated the number of illegal immigrants living in the US, as of January 2022, at 11 million.

Pew Research Center and the Migration Policy Institute came up with similar estimates for 2022 and 2021. 

And the Center for Immigration Studies estimated there were approximately 12 million illegal immigrants in May 2023.

   

 

Save the Date 

North Star Webinar. ( Actually a meeting)

 

 

The Border, Immigration, Dog Whistle Politics and Political Reality.

Videos, updates from the border, and strategy.

Plus, Break out rooms to promote open discussion. 

 

Sunday, October 20, 2024.    2 PM Pacific.  5 PM Eastern. 

Presented by North Star Caucus.

 

Registration to follow. 

Teachers For Harris/Walz Call In

 

JD Vance is "disturbed" by teachers without children.¹

Trump just presented a keynote address for Moms for Liberty—an extremist Project 2025 hate group focused on undermining public education and banning books in schools.²

It's clear to us and the public: Donald Trump and JD Vance simply despise teachers and educators. 

If you, like most people, respect our educators, have fond memories of your childhood teachers, or have educators in your family—or maybe you are one yourself—you know that we have to fight back against Trump's Project 2025 plans to derail our education system entirely.

That's why MoveOn and the nation's two biggest organizations of educators and teachers—the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the National Education Association (NEA)—are hosting an "Educators for Harris" call to make it clear to the public that teachers and educators matter now, more than ever—and who controls the White House in 2025 will be critical to the futures of educators, our schools, our students, and our families all across the country. 

Join us on Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. ET for a virtual event where we will discuss the importance of this election for our education system at both the federal and state level. We will hear from teachers on the front lines fighting against attacks on our freedom to learn and discuss the dangers of a Trump presidency for our education system.

We will be joined by Randi Weingarten, President of the AFT; Rebecca "Becky" Pringle, President of the NEA; Stacy Davis Gates, President of the Chicago Teachers Union; and revered writer, poet and educator Nikki Giovanni, along with several teachers and educators speaking to their experiences.

Teachers and educators have been some of the top contributors to the Harris-Walz campaign, because they recognize the high stakes of this election for our education system.³ They have faced right-wing attacks directly—from efforts to privatize our schools, to the relentless book bans, to the efforts to demonize what educators can and cannot teach about our shared history. Educators and teachers, and so many others, have too much to lose in the event of a Trump-Vance administration. There's too much at stake in this election for any of us to sit on the sidelines. 

This event is an opportunity to hear from former and current educators who are directly impacted, and an opportunity for us to come together, and hear even more about the stakes ahead of this crucial election. RSVP for "Educators for Harris" and join us on Thursday, September 26 at 7:30 PM ET/6:30 PM CT.

Thanks for all you do.

"What in the Actual F*ck?!" – Rick's Take on the Bizarre RNC