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We each have our little flickers of time here... No one else will ever know much, if any, of what it is like to be who we are, and for the most part no one will ever really care. Our life is ultimately our life, and so long as we are not harming others in the process we must create a life of our own meaning, determining our own objects of importance and committing to their pursuance. Throughout our life we are faced with serious decisions about what we believe, who we are, and what we do, and mostly none of it is self evident. If we look we can always find a reason to regret any decision we make, move or stay, agree or disagree, take the job or quit, marry or divorce, live one path or another... In all cases whatever the choice may be, we will only know the outcome of the one we take, and none we take will ever ultimately resolve the uncertainty of life. However, perhaps it is less about getting a potential course of life right, and more about attempting to do so with an effort of self honesty and virtue. To live a life that can be looked back on with the knowledge that some of our decisions were wrong in their effects, but right in their intention of not selling ourselves short. Ultimately no matter what we do or say or believe, there will always be a great many who disagree, or judge, or become upset by our decisions. It is of essential importance that we ensure that among those people, we are not one of them.

Making more room for our America people to live good job ?

Canadians have been dealing with the exact same issues these immigrants are dealing with, but nobody cared. Suddenly we bring in 5 million people on top and think it’ll work? Now Canadians are seeing immigrants complain about the lives we were already living and struggling with. They are complaining about how we have to live while choosing to come here and make it harder for all of us. They are literally just living a life as a normal Canadian and seeing it’s not fun and complaining. Canadians are silenced lately and can’t call it out due to people thinking immigration and race and culture are all more important than living lives that we can help others and ourselves first

The military should not dwal with this crap. Iis for fighting wars not making people feel good

Illegal immigrants are illegal make sure you call those south American countries people illegal immigrants. Notice she called the African illegal immigrants where as all of they are illegally here in our country ???

Military,..start making examples of people!

Lord have mercy. Please please keep these people away. Go make your country great

None of this would be happening if trans people didn’t keep pushing it and trying to force society to believe that men can be women. Being on hormones and wearing a dress can never make you a women

I see the power in The people... Why don't they use that Unity to in their own country to make changes.?!?!

THANK YOU TRUMP FOR MAKING US SAFER AGAIN ! This is for “illegal immigrants” not people that have just done “nothing” so you can’t call them “victims” do you call other criminals “victims”?

He is deporting ANY illegal person…. Why people want to make it about race or culture ???????

It sounds like this video is referring to people fleeing oppressive or difficult conditions in their home countries rather than staying and fighting back. If you’re talking about Venezuela and Hugo Chávez’s legacy, there are a few reasons why people might choose to leave rather than resist:\n\t1.\tGovernment Repression – The Venezuelan government, under both Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro, has cracked down on opposition, jailing political opponents, suppressing protests, and using the military to maintain control.\n\t2.\tLack of Resources – Many people in Venezuela are struggling just to survive due to hyperinflation, food shortages, and a collapsing economy. When basic necessities are scarce, organizing resistance becomes incredibly difficult.\n\t3.\tFear for Safety – Speaking out against the government or organizing opposition can lead to imprisonment, torture, or even death. Many people, especially those with families, may feel that fleeing is the only safe option.\n\t4.\tCorruption and Military Loyalty – The government has secured its hold by ensuring loyalty from the military and key institutions through financial incentives and control over resources. This makes any organized resistance much harder.\n\t5.\tHope for a Better Future – Many people feel they have a better chance at a stable, prosperous life by leaving rather than staying in a country where the political situation seems unlikely to change soon.\n\nFighting a government isn’t as simple as just deciding to resist—especially when the government has control over the police, military, and economy. For many, leaving is the only realistic option.

It sounds like the video is referring to people fleeing oppressive or difficult conditions in their home countries rather than staying and fighting back. If you’re talking about Venezuela and Hugo Chávez’s legacy, there are a few reasons why people might choose to leave rather than resist:\n\t1.\tGovernment Repression – The Venezuelan government, under both Chávez and his successor Nicolás Maduro, has cracked down on opposition, jailing political opponents, suppressing protests, and using the military to maintain control.\n\t2.\tLack of Resources – Many people in Venezuela are struggling just to survive due to hyperinflation, food shortages, and a collapsing economy. When basic necessities are scarce, organizing resistance becomes incredibly difficult.\n\t3.\tFear for Safety – Speaking out against the government or organizing opposition can lead to imprisonment, torture, or even death. Many people, especially those with families, may feel that fleeing is the only safe option.\n\t4.\tCorruption and Military Loyalty – The government has secured its hold by ensuring loyalty from the military and key institutions through financial incentives and control over resources. This makes any organized resistance much harder.\n\t5.\tHope for a Better Future – Many people feel they have a better chance at a stable, prosperous life by leaving rather than staying in a country where the political situation seems unlikely to change soon.\n\nFighting a government isn’t as simple as just deciding to resist—especially when the government has control over the police, military, and economy. For many, leaving is the only realistic option.

More of Trump's bullsh+t and lies. 1. There are no facilities to house 30,000 people. 2. It would take 4 to 6 years to build the facility and cost between $5.5 to $20 billion. In other words, more hot air to play to his base with no hope of ever making it happen.

AM GONNA MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR DEMS TO UNDERSTAND. LGBTQ PEOPLE ACCOUNT FOR LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION HOW CAN THAT 1 PERCENT GET YOU A WIN IN AN ELECTION. PEOPLE DONT WANT THIS SHIT IN THEIR LIVES AND DONT WANT THEIR KIDS LEARNING THIS IT WILL NEVER WORK. JUST PUTTING THIS ON YOUR SHOW YOU HAVE LOST MORE OF THE 99PERCENT OF THE POPULATION OF VIEWERS. THE DEMS HAVE BEEN INFILTRATED AND NOW HAVE PEOPLE RUNNING YOUR SHOW THAT SUPPORT THIS CRAP. YOUS WONT WIN ANOTHER ELECTION FOR A HUNDRED YEARS TILL YOUS GET RID OF THIS CRAP.

they didnt want black people serving, women, gay ppl, and now trans ppl. this doesnt help anyone. this doesnt make groceries affordable. all this does is make weirdos on the internet happy.

I lost my best friend. Not the only one. Sad AF. Whoever is spreading the lies that trans people are raping and attacking people, is just outright evil. And ya frankly, peoples business is their business. If doesn’t affect you, if you don’t have firsthand experience being raped and attacked, stop having an opinion. You are not ENTITLED to ignorant opinions. You, and everyone else, are entitled to human rights. Stop inciting violence on each other every time trump makes shit up to trickyou in to taking your money.

While I don’t agree with anyone entering the US illegally, those that are saying “fix your own country” is easier said than done, my response to that is “why don’t you fix the things you hate or complain about throughout your life”? Don’t worry I’ll wait ?\n\nA lot of these people are broke, have little to no education (partly because they were broke), and can barely make money to feed themselves. None of us get to write a wishlist as to where we are born or who our parents are. This is just part of an unfortunate circumstance. \n\nNow if you’re a criminal and want to commit crimes in the US, you don’t deserve anything in life.

I wish the Dems would realize that illegal entry cannot stand. Trump needs to make a decree that makes it impossible to get anything from any level of government. That would stop the flow immediately. Most of these aren't people working toward a goal, they just want to escape their impoverished country. Stay in your own countries, stop voting in Socialists, and make your governments responsive to the common good. You can have what America represents to you with some work.

What does someone's genitals have to do with their ability to serve? Both men & women are able to serve. Why are trans people considered less than human? \n\nI don't understand why anyone would want to change their sex. It makes no sense to me. It's also not my business to judge any other person. They're not breaking the law or hurting anyone.

Imagine, DW a german news outlet, worried about rounding up people and putting them in camps ? you can’t make this stuff up ?

There is in fact no actual housing shortage in the USA whatsoever. The problem is that that wealthy individuals have strong incentives to park excess capital in real estate and landlords have strong incentives to maintain asset values through cash flow potential (appraised through $/sq.ft rent revenues). What ends up happening in both cases is that you end up with lots of empty houses sitting collecting dust artificially gaining value due to scarcity, and with rentals, you end up with perpetually inflated rents and vacancy rates that are as high as a landlord can tolerate just to maintain the appearance of value to the lenders. Often these owners will borrow more money and use an apartment that might be 40% vacant as the collateral for the lender and go buy another building and so on. What people don't penalize is the fact that that 40% vacant building with 60% rented out at above fair value gets treated on the balance sheet to the bank as if its 90% rented out from an asset value perspective thereby setting the asset price artificially high. Simple legislation of the tax code can fix this issue and unlock lots of sidelined housing. All we have to do is progressively tax 2nd 3rd 4th ect. homes higher and higher rates that essentially cancel out the asset gains, and do something similar for vacant units in a apartment building. \nIts just at the core a case of the rich hoarding something that has been made artificially rare. On top of all of this, because of how valuable properties have become, there are now many interests that capitalize on the entire process of building new housing that make it ever more expensive. Our taxes are funding numerous regulators that stymie new development, while the developers have to then hire numerous attorneys and planners to pitch a project and litigate it through the cities to get approvals. This can take over 10 years in a major city. All this contributes to the ridiculous costs of building these days.

The fear the people have is conviction that they know they're here in our country illegally. \n\nSo this is too many people.. just because everybody is doing something illegal doesn't make it right.. there's still consequences

Well if he's captured the enemy lifts his skirt they would have no problem sending him back these people trying to make history in some way

No need to make up a story about how cold it gets in Canada. It's nowhere near what you think and indicated like as if you were trying to chase people away from there. Get it right, don't just make up whatever you're trying to do to chase people away and then you pump up the good ol USA. Your narrator is exaggerating along with his wavering voice up and down on who's best.

Because you people make india vishwa guru, by licking the boots of bjp netas! ?

Poor MAGA, they've lost their humanity in their pursuit of power. Having to make up silly justifications for excluding transgender people when the real reason is idealogical is like listing to Putin say he invade Ukraine because of NATO. Meanwhile, US soldiers will be working alongside transgender soldiers in war games with other western militaries.

Trump is not going after the pharmaceutical industry to lower the prices of medications, he is not going after private equities that are destroying affordable housing and health care, he is not trying to make health care affordable, he hasn't lowered the prices of food ?? , he is not going to make the rich pay taxes BUT, BUT, BUT he is going after the most vulnerable people in the form of a SHOW to keep his voters from noticing what he isn't going to do for them to live with decency.

Sorry, but allowing Trans people to serve does nothing for readiness or the Country. In fact the cost associated with making them acceptable by the BS training and complaints really isn't worth it. They account for .03% of the military, which comes out to be roughly 3900 people out of 1.3 million active duty. I keep hearing it would take 10 years to get back to operation readiness afforded by trans contributions? REALLY? Are you telling me that those 3900 are the backbone of military? Personally, I have nothing against these people and Shilling can still serve but as his born sex.

What makes the US such a Paradise is ALL those FREEBIES they are getting under the guise of SO MANY grants and fundings from the Federal Government put in places by the previous Administration. Most of these fundings are on hold by the current Trump Administration for reevaluation and reassessment. The thing that the Chicago Governor is talking about is that what US citizens are enjoying as benefits and services are the same thing that these illegal immigrants and migrants are getting. NOT FAIR to the American people. That’s why those findings needed to be put on hold. Our President Trump is PUTTING Americans first. Fixing United States of America first.

You should learn about folks and their lives, before you make judgement on a whole group of people.

Banning people that waste money is an issue? Y’all really trying to make that an issue? Y’all gotta get it together cnn there’s so many real logical problems going on and your reporting on this smh. If y’all keep this up, the Dems aren’t going to win America’s vote for a very long time even if trump ultimately fails.

We don't need people getting free cosmetic surgery to their genitals which makes them Non-Deployable, with a PT Waiver, sitting in a platoon room, playing with their cell phone for 2 years, healing from their surgeries and collecting money for college. There's absolutely no benefit to the military or tax payers and only downsides.

If these immigrants do not recognize and respect our border laws, what makes you think they will honor or follow any other law in America. Wake-up! My Lord, have the American people in sanctuary cities lost their minds. What will it take for you to acknowledge this is a dangerous invasion! Nothing good can come from breaking US laws from the get go.

What difference does it make? Both men AND women serve. What about the cost of living and important issues that people actually care about?

I served for 6 years in the Air Force and I lean mostly right on transgender issues (keep biological men out of female sports, there are only 2 genders, etc), but I'm hard pressed to understand why people who are trans can't serve their county - I don't see reasonable justification for that. It doesn't make sense.

I wonder if this anchor ever gets tired of looking stupid, preaching wokeness to the American people who voted to end wokeness. Makes sense ?

The previous administration is to blame for making those people believe they can just come and walk in. They cannot and will not. Law and order are back and there's a ton of clean-up work to be done.

Never heard of Vets for American and I have been a vet since 78. We do not need a social experiment in the military. I have seen so many people leave the military because of DEI programs and the embarrassment of trans people and the demands they make, their words. All I hear from this person is me and I, words that indicate an individual and not a team member. Who will follow a leader that they have no respect for ruins the team and fails the mission.

Can that man seated there with the anchor be sent to a bathroom for few minutes after the experiment this madness of CNN staffers anchoring rubbish instead of real news will change. Pls two of these people should go to bathroom for 5 minutes. Looking at the guy wearing wig talking nonsense makes me vomit! Full grown man acting stupid. This is sickness go for a cure don't inflict ur Obama generated sickness to everyone pls!!!

Gay people don’t need years of surgeries and medications that make them ineffective and non-deployable. We don’t let with adhd join at all, because they might have to take a pill everyday… how can we allow someone to join and immediately become a human paperweight for 18 mon

The LARGER problem is that recruitments are at the lowest they’ve ever been, and there’s been talk of bringing back the draft, requiring people to serve —- and our naval admiral, an old man wearing a dress and dating a bald, red lipstick who stole clothes at the White House, because that was their position, and it’s affecting recruitment. I would suggest suggest accept everyone, don’t ask don’t tell. This pilot you interviewed clearly great and wonderful, but let’s look at the larger picture. What makes public discourse are these rare exceptions, and public perception among young volunteer recruits is that you have to be trans to be in the military. PREFERENCE on the 0.0001% Class dismissed

Go ahead and protest. Just more disruption on top of disruption. The US does not have a responsibility to support every abnormalty just the way you want. All you have to do is get a haircut and check the box that says male. Constrain your sexuality to the bedroom. Do not make it an issue for normal people.

Kind of a stupid argument to say that we’re at low levels of recruitment and then think that this somehow is going to hinder recruitment levels when people like this person being interviewed make up 0.000001 one percent of the overall population

Take note CNN--in 2 hours online, this video has 1400 likes and 2500 dislikes. We the People are tired of being force-fed this DEI crap EDIT: Make that 2501

I have sympathy for transgender people, but it doesn't make sense that transgender people serve in the military or males play against women in female sports.

As a 67 yr old gay man it is a no brainer TEST them and see who the deceiver is for DNA doesn't lie only people do. Cutting your junk off and taking drugs don't make you that sex just a \nimitating of what they wish they were . You can say anything doesn't make it the Truth!

We did studies on these confused trans people in the military and found they were too busy putting on make up and tuckin the junk to be a good soldier.

If this was the face of the transgender community it would go a long way towards making it more understood by so many people.

Reading comments about transgender service people vs anti-vaxxers:\n\nBeing transgender doesn't increase the risk of spreading a powerful virus. This will not prevent service members from doing their job. \n\nNot having a vaccine greatly increases the probability of spreading a virus. This can prevent service members from doing job by needing to recover themselves or their close proximity loved ones. \n\nYou have no idea wtf you're actually thinking about when making these loose connections.