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In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan accepting $50,000 in cash. Trump's DOJ shut down investigation.
when breaking the law is so common, we don't even bother
"That he broke the law is obvious. He didn’t give 30 days’ notice. He didn’t provide any “substantive rationale.” He didn’t provide any reason at all. He just did it. And he told reporters Saturday that it was all fine. “It’s a very common thing to do,” he said. Once he says that, we know that basically every Republican, and Fox News and Sinclair and the rest of the propaganda chamber, are going to say the same thing. Lindsey Graham on Sunday hilariously admitted that “technically, yeah,” Trump broke the law but Graham wasn’t losing any sleep over it."
Research shows that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans. Studies have found immigrants are 60% less likely to be incarcerated and undocumented immigrants are 37.1% less likely to be convicted of a crime.
The Department of Motor Vehicles indefinitely suspended Cruise from operating in California on Oct. 24, alleging that the company didn’t immediately disclose that the robotaxi tried to pull over after striking the pedestrian. Cruise fired nine executives, and its CEO resigned. The company paused its driverless operations across the U.S. Cruise lost $3.48 billion in operating costs in 2023 and laid off 24% of its staff. Multiple federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, are investigating the company.
"Intuitively, one might worry that reducing police spending would lead to a spike in crime. A review of spending on state and local police over the past 60 years, though, shows no correlation nationally between spending and crime rates."