As we head toward the final days of campaigning for the 2024 Presidential, Congressional, and Senatorial elections, a lot is going on. Let’s be clear, the US legacy media has severely failed the general voting public. They have allowed Donald Trump and his team to spread lies and disinformation in ways that will be impossible to assess for generations.
Two clear points I wish to make. Trump has been campaigning for the past 4 years to be reelected. Kamala Harris has been running to be President for only 3 months. The fact that she and Trump are tied at this point speaks to Trump’s weakness as a candidate. Harris appeals to voters because she presents the opportunity for change that the electorate has been demanding for months. Democrats should stop clutching their pearls and do the hard work of convincing the voters that VP. Harris is the right person to occupy the Presidency at this time.
New reporting suggests recent polling skews our perception of how this election is going. 33 of the most recent polls have been conducted by non-partisan entities. 26 additional recent polls have been conducted by entities funded by Republican sources. Only 1 was funded by Democratic sources.
Source: Let’s Talk Elections YouTube video ‘Republicans pollsters Are Flooding the 2024 Election Averages’ 10/12/2024
Unfortunately, the misogyny among minority males has some Black and Hispanic males leaning toward Trump in this election. Former President Barack Obama spoke at a gathering this past week where he addressed the issue. Speaking only to the men in attendance he commented, “You have someone who knows your challenges, who grew up as you did, to consider voting for someone who has a history of denigrating you is unacceptable.”
The news headlines came out screaming ‘Obama Scolds Black Men’. My YouTube feed populated videos from people I never heard of condemning Obama. One was a minister who complained that the former President told Black men they should vote for V.P Harris because she is Black. He included the MLK quote that people should be judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin. ( I noted that this person also has a video on returning to the ‘Biblical Patriarchy’ or something like that.)
I responded to his post saying that he mischaracterized Obama’s comments and he completely ignored Trump’s 34 criminal convictions for election interference by paying off a porn star not to disclose he had sex with her shortly after his third wife gave birth. I added that Trump was an adjudicated sexual offender. He has been indicted for insurrection. He stole government documents when he left office. There is nothing about these facts that suggests there is anything about Trump’s character that offers a valid reason for your vote.
Two other videos complained that Obama had disrespected Black Men. My reply to those posts was how is asking why you would consider voting for someone with a history of denigrating you disrespectful? Trump has also floated that as President he would seek giving full immunity to police officers. Who disrespects men of color more than police officers? Oh yeah, other Black men.
Finally, Trump stated that he would invoke the ‘Alien Enemies Act of 1789’ to deport immigrants. The problem? With the immunity given to the office of the President this past June, Trump can implement these actions. It gets worse. Once he has invoked this act, he can arrest and detain anyone or any entity that criticizes him directly or how this policy is implemented. Anyone. However, your criticism is made, in writing, on social media, and spoken openly. You could be subject to arrest and detention for as long as he deems necessary. (I have provided the text of the law as it was written for your review should you find my interpretation hard to believe.)
You have to research your sources. Trump and MAGA folks lie on purpose because they know few will fact-check or challenge them in real-time. If you do, they will whine. They always whine, when you challenge their lies about the economy, voting security, emergency response to natural disasters, and the list goes on.
( As usual, I also provide receipts to support my comments. You won’t find these discussed comprehensively in the legacy media. The Meidas Touch Network commentators are practicing lawyers.
Elements of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798:
SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, whenever he may deem it necessary (for the public safety, to order to be removed out of the territory thereof, any alien who mayor shall be in prison in pursuance of this act; and to cause to be arrested and sent out of the United States such of those aliens as shall have been ordered to depart therefrom and shall not have obtained a license as aforesaid, in all cases where, in the opinion of the President, the public safety requires a speedy removal. And if any alien so removed or sent out of the United States by the President shall voluntarily return thereto, unless by permission of the President of the United States, such alien on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned so long as, in the opinion of the President, the public safety may require.
the President of the United States shall make public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured and removed, as alien enemies. And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized, in any event, as aforesaid, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed, on the part of the United States, towards the aliens who shall become liable, as aforesaid; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject, and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those, who, not being permitted to reside within the United States, shall refuse or neglect to depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which shall be found necessary in the premises and for the public safety: Provided, that aliens resident within the United States, who shall become liable as enemies, in the manner aforesaid, and who shall not be chargeable with actual hostility, or other crime against the public safety, shall be allowed, for the recovery, disposal, and removal of their goods and effects, and for their departure, the full time which is, or shall be stipulated by any treaty, where any shall have been between the United States, and the hostile nation or government, of which they shall be natives, citizens, denizens or subjects: and where no such treaty shall have existed, the President of the United States may ascertain and declare such reasonable time as may be consistent with the public safety, and according to the dictates of humanity and national hospitality.
“An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes Against the United States.”
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That if any persons shall unlawfully combine or conspire together, with intent to oppose any measure or measures of the government of the United States, which are or shall be directed by proper authority, or to impede the operation of any law of the United States, or to intimidate or prevent any person holding a place or office in or under the government of the United States, from undertaking, performing or executing his trust or duty, and if any person or persons, with intent as aforesaid, shall counsel, advise or attempt to procure any insurrection, riot, unlawful assembly, or combination, whether such conspiracy, threatening, counsel, advice, or attempt shall have the proposed effect or not, he or they shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and on conviction, before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and by imprisonment during a term not less than six months nor exceeding five years; and further, at the discretion of the court may be holden to find sureties for his good behaviour in such sum, and for such time, as the said court may direct.
SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That if any person shall write, print, utter or publish, or shall cause or procure to be written, printed, uttered or published, or shall knowingly and willingly assist or aid in writing, printing, uttering or publishing any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States, or the President of the United States, with intent to defame the said government, or either house of the said Congress, or the said President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States, or to stir up sedition within the United States, or to excite any unlawful combinations therein, for opposing or resisting any law of the United States, or any act of the President of the United States, done in pursuance of any such law, or of the powers in him vested by the constitution of the United States, or to resist, oppose, or defeat any such law or act, or to aid, encourage or abet any hostile designs of any foreign nation against United States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted and declared, That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, and no longer: Provided, that the expiration of the act shall not prevent or defeat a prosecution and punishment of any offence against the law, during the time it shall be in force.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/alien-enemies-act-explained
The president may invoke the Alien Enemies Act in times of “declared war” or when a foreign government threatens or undertakes an “invasion” or “predatory incursion” against U.S. territory. The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, the power to declare war, so the president must wait for democratic debate and a congressional vote to invoke the Alien Enemies Act based on a declared war. But the president need not wait for Congress to invoke the law based on a threatened or ongoing invasion or predatory incursion. The president has inherent authority to repel these kinds of sudden attacks — an authority that necessarily implies the discretion to decide when an invasion or predatory incursion is underway.
Although the Alien Enemies Act has only been invoked in major conflicts, Presidents Woodrow Wilson and Harry S. Truman continued using the law after the cessation of hostilities in World Wars I and II. World War I ended in 1918, but the Wilson administration used the law to intern German and Austro-Hungarian immigrants until 1920. And World War II ended in 1945, but the Truman administration used the law for internment and deportations until 1951. In its 1948 Ludecke v. Watkins opinion, a narrow majority of the Supreme Court upheld the Truman administration’s extended reliance on the Alien Enemies Act, reasoning that it was not the judiciary’s place to second-guess the president on a matter as “political” as when a war terminates and wartime authorities expire.
Trump’s Bonkers Plan to Weaponize an Archaic Law for Mass Deportations
Invoking the Alien Enemies Act is a key component of the multi-pronged immigration and southern-border clampdown that Trump is planning. The law, first passed in 1798, grants presidents the authority to remove foreign nationals over the age of 14 from countries where the United States is either engaged in a declared war or subject to “invasion or predatory incursion” by their country of origin.
The text of the law presents a number of problems for the would-be mass deportation plans, which opponents would likely attempt to leverage in federal court. Congress has not declared war on any country since World War II, much less on any of the Latin American countries whose citizens Trump would like to deport. Nor has any foreign country invaded the U.S. since the post-war period.
But the sources say a second Trump administration would, for instance, argue in court that cartels, gangs, and drug dealers in Latin America have, essentially, co-opted and corrupted their governments to such a degree that the criminals represent effective state actors. Trump and his senior officials would present documents and evidence that these foreign nations — including Mexico and El Salvador — have lengthy track records of corrupt high-level government and law-enforcement officials being on the payroll of and working with drug cartels and violent criminal groups.
By using the Alien Enemies Act, rather than existing immigration enforcement authority, a future Trump administration could “suspend the due process that normally applies to a removal proceeding,” Miller explained during a September talk-radio appearance. Once migrants are relieved of their right to due process and appeals, Trump could more easily carry out a mass deportation operation of the scale he has outlined in campaign speeches.
A Reasonable Point of View 