REFORM ICE

“He got arrested and was charged with murder because that's how the felony murder statute works. And so here you have a drug addict who goes to prison in Alabama and is in the highest security prison there... and is just beaten to death.”

“The rise of artificial intelligence and large language models dominated not only the economy but has also been at the root of a Hollywood double strike conducted by Writers Guild of America and a SAG APTRA strike, these were part of a larger phenomenon of labor strikes across the country.”

“It's sort of a question of why people don't know about things that are happening with our tax dollars in our backyards. You know, are there things that we don't want to know?”

“2023 also saw the roots of a global banking crisis arise out of four American regional banks, the two largest being Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank. 2021's inflation surge moderated in 2023, while the Federal Reserve continued to raise its interest rates in the first half of the year.”

“Israel is saying they're putting boots on the ground in Lebanon. The war so far has cost $21 billion to all the people that are taxpayers. Wondering how much you have to pay up. That bill is coming here very soon. $21 billion thus far.”

“I've spoken to guards who said, you know, we make $36,000 a year without the drugs... Of course, we got to sell the cell phones and the drugs because that takes us up to 70 or 75,000.”

“Because of the secrecy that surrounds prisons, you know, we treat them sort of like black sites. There's no way for us to really look inside.”

“I know one of them is some good news for some of you guys that were having a hard time with the cost of renunciating your citizenship of $2,400. They're giving a massive, massive 80% discount to those who hate America and want to go to a different country. Life-changing news to those that want to leave America from $2,350 to $450.”

“NATO's annual budget is 3.8 billion, US shares 16%, why? For what? Why are we given 16%? And by the way, we give you 16% and you want to come out and say you don't want to support? And you don't want to back us up if we're making the ask?”

“And everything that is about to happen, all the compromises that are about to happen are because the Republicans fear that they are going to lose and they are going to lose bigly in the midterms. Now, I would contend that if the Republicans just do as they said they would do when we gave them our votes, then they would be just fine.”

“Iran said, if you come after our electrical grid, we're coming after your water. Talking about the water, all of these water plants in the Middle East, I think 90% of the water they get come from these treatment plants. And if those get bombed, then you've got a massive disaster on your hands.”

“I'm kind of in shock. I wanted to feed Mundy and Tara close together. And so I fed Tara over here. She picked up her food and brought it right over to the fence line here so she could be eating with Mundy. So you tell me what that means. I think that is really good.”

“The Brazilian regulator will no longer require Morse code for amateur licenses under the changes that have been under consideration since 2020. The regulator will update content in its exams for its three license classes. This is one of several changes contained in a resolution released on April 28th by ANATEL. The resolution also grants hams the ability to operate on citizens' band 11 meter frequencies.”

“The Commission will review an order this month that bans device testing conducted by labs that are, quote, owned or controlled directly by entities that pose national security risks. According to a statement by FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, he identified China as one example of such a country. He said it was important that US-based laboratories begin to take on the responsibility to certify such equipment.”

“Five black police officers of the Memphis Police Department severely beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old black man, during a traffic stop. Nichols dies due to his injuries on January 10, and his death causes outrage and protests across the country.”

“The dominant political story of the year has been the 270-day-long speakership of Representative Kevin McCarthy, whose slim majority in the House of Representatives has enabled a far-right rebellion to exert more weight over the lower chamber. The battle between the rebellious Freedom Caucus and McCarthy has been at the heart of an averted debt ceiling crisis.”

“Will takes us aboard the Wayback Machine to 1922, where we find despite several attempts, no successor to the outdated 1912 radio law had yet emerged. Now it could wait no longer since things had changed so radically with the rise of broadcasting. In early March 1922, Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover convened the first national radio conference in Washington.”

“Meta doesn't want to lay off 100 people, not 1,000 people. 20% of the workforce cut as AI infrastructure costs continue to soar across operations report. 20% of their employees, they're laying off because of AI costs? That's what they're saying. Everybody's blaming AI.”

“The grant will allow Dlarc to continue curating and preserving historical content related to Ham Radio for an additional two years. The library includes a plethora of content from club newsletters to software to old printed call books that date back to the early 1900s. Dlarc has a want list. If you own copies of any of the publications sought by Dlarc, please consider donating them for preservation.”

“This President has been able to come in and take the deadliest city in America and make it one of the safest cities in America. And he did so, geez-a-loo. Not even, what, six, seven months. So thank you, Mr. President. And of course, the President holding a big roundtable there at the Tennessee National Guard Armory.”

“The people we care about most are the undocumented migrants. So that would be the illegal aliens. That is Senator Chris Murphy, the Democrat, telling you what this is really all about. They don't care about you. They don't care. All you black folks, they don't care about you. The Democrat Party doesn't care about you.”

“Hamvention is the world's largest gathering of radio amateurs. It's held this year, May 16th through 18th in Zinnia, Ohio. There's a lot to do and see, so we want to help you use the ARRL Events App to make sure you don't miss a beat and you can plan out your visit ahead of time. Hundreds of our fellow hams have already installed the app this week and are using it.”

“Trump warned NATO of a very bad future if allies do not help open up the Strait of Hormuz and said he may also delay a planned summit with President Xi. I think China could help, too, because China gets 90% of its oil from straits. It’s only appropriate that people who are the beneficiaries of the strait will help to make sure that nothing bad happens there.”

“What is fascinating about all of this is that the lines went from like three to four hours. For example, at the Hartsfield Jackson in Atlanta, the lines went three to four hours all the way down to under an hour as those ICE agents were deployed and getting people through the TSA checkpoints.”