Capt-jack Loc: Home

Well Mr and Mrs America, your America is no more. Your Bill of Rights is no more. Your Constitution is no more!
The N**is are in control!


https://www.b***hute.com/video/LP04PWUdVhvv/

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

We did just fine under a black president, but his former VP is the end of America? We survived trump...............................NOTHING can take us down.

American Vet

I agree. We survived the Civil War, Pearl Harbor, 9-11, 8 years of obama....we will survive biden.

Quakerwidow Loc: Chestertown, MD

factnotfiction

The worst was the four hellish years and failure of trump, thank god the country threw him out.

American Vet

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Yes, it was horrible. Roaring economy; prison reform; tax cuts for citizens; low unemployment; moving to broker peace in the Mid East; prison reform.

factnotfiction

It was horrible, with a failed v*****e rollout, the huge increase in the national debt, losing the respect and support of the world, trump got impeached and may do so again, created hatred and division of the population, took lying to an new level, such as China is paying the tariffs, (lie), Mexico is paying for the wall (lie), f**e news (lie)
And on and on.

Sicilianthing

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Are you now finally ready to help activate MAGA M*****AS?

Forkbassman Loc: Missouri

It is amazing, libs can’t see the forest for the trees! Where were they living the last 4 years? They will be thrilled when gas goes back up to $4-5/ gal, taxes go up, food prices go up,etc. Yes, it will be great because the evil Trump is gone. It is UTOPIA in America!

jelun

Let me guess, Mr. and Mrs. America are white, aren't they?

Kickaha Loc: Nebraska

A v*****e rolled out in record time (less than one year from the start of p******c), income of average Americans increased, increases in medical costs slowed, caused China to commit to fair trade, fighting against intellectual property theft by the Chinese, showed the world we would not roll over for foreign nations nor would we kiss the asses of our adversaries any longer. A leader of a country should put the best interests of their country ahead of other countries. For example, there have been those on the left who said we should send the c***d v*****e to other countries ahead of our own. These are the same ones who have turned around and complained about us not getting enough of our own citizens v******ted.

jelun

Roaring economy? Are you part of the American 1%? They are the only ones with a roaring economy.
How much has your income increased in the past couple of years? And your costs? How much has that number grown?

Prison reform due to Trump's actions? What was that? I will show you what it is.
Main legislative provisions
The law as enacted is divided into six titles[22] and codified at various parts of Titles 18, 21, and 34 of the United States Code, based on the subject of legislation.[23]

Title I directs the U.S. Attorney General to develop and publicly announce a risk and needs assessment system for all Federal Bureau of Prison inmates within 180 days of enactment, and to recommend evidence-based recidivism reduction activities. This risk and needs assessment system, once developed, is to be used under the First Step Act to classify prisoner risk of recidivism, match prisoners with suitable recidivism reduction activities based on their classification, inform housing decisions so that prisoners in similar risk categories are grouped together, and create incentives for participation in and completion of recidivism-reduction activities. These incentives include increased access to phone privileges, t***sfer to penal institutions closer to a prisoner's primary residence, and time credits to reduce sentence length. However, time credit rewards are not available to all prisoners; 18 U.S.C. § 3632(d)(4)(D)—where Title I of the First Step Act was codified—details nearly 70 types of convictions that render an inmate ineligible to accrue time credits for successfully completing recidivism-reduction activities.[24] Additionally, prisoners subject to "a final order of removal"—which renders an individual deportable—are also ineligible from receiving good time credit incentives. Those who participate in risk and needs assessment activities may be eligible for prerelease custody or supervised release as described in 18 U.S.C. 3624(g).[25] This title also increases the number of good-time credits per year—small sentenced reductions earned by prisoners for good behavior—from 47 to 54, which many believe was consistent with the original intent behind 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b)(1).[26] Importantly, the law retroactively applies the good-time credits, making some prisoners immediately eligible for release based on accrual of seven additional good-time credits per year.

Title I of the First Step Act, as codified at 18 U.S.C. § 3621(h), also directs the Director of Bureau of Prisons to perform an initial risk and needs assessment of all federal prisoners within 180 days of the Attorney General's release of the risk and needs assessment system, and to begin expanding recidivism-reduction activities.[27]

Title II, as codified at 18 U.S.C. § 4050, stipulates that the Director of the Bureau of Prisons must ensure that federal prison directors provide employees a secure place to store firearms outside of the prison, or allow employees to store firearms in an authorized and approved vehicle lockbox.[28] It also allows federal BOP employees to carry concealed firearms outside of the prison.

Title III, codified at 18 U.S.C. § 4322, prohibits the use of restraints on prisoners during pregnancy, labor and postpartum recovery, subject to limited exceptions.[29] If a correctional officer determines that the prisoner is a flight risk or poses serious harm to herself or the community, or if a healthcare professional concludes that use of restraints is consistent with medical safety, restraints must be used. However, they must be the least restrictive means possible to prevent escape.

Title IV makes a variety of sentencing reforms. Section 401 amends the Controlled Substance Act (21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.) to constrain the application of sentencing enhancements for defendants with prior drug felony convictions by redefining “serious drug felony” and “serious violent felony,” to reduce the mandatory minimum sentence for a second violation from 20 years to 15 years, and to reduce the mandatory minimum sentence for a third violation from life to 25 years. It makes similar revisions to the Controlled Substance Import and Export Act at 21 U.S.C. § 960(b).

Section 402 expands the number of defendants who may be eligible for "safety valve" relief. Prior to the First Step Act, only defendants with one "criminal history point" could receive sentences below the mandatory minimums, but under the Act, defendants with up to four points (depending on the type of offense) may be eligible.[30]

Section 403 eliminates the "stacking" provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).[31] Prior to this legislation, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)—which stipulated that an enhanced mandatory minimum sentence could be added when a gun was used in the commission of a “second or subsequent” conviction—was interpreted to permit the imposition of enhanced mandatory minimum sentences where a gun was used in a concurrently charged offense. The First Step Act clarified that gun enhancements can only be added where the defendant was previously (e.g. non-concurrently) convicted of a gun violation, so as to restrict sentencing enhancements to "true" repeat offenders.[32]

Section 404 applies the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010—which, among other things, reduced the discrepancy between sentences for crack cocaine and powder cocaine convictions—retroactively. Under the First Step Act, prisoners who committed offenses "covered" by the Fair Sentencing Act are permitted to petition a court directly to reconsider their sentence (after certain administrative steps are satisfied).[33] Prior to this law, the Bureau of Prisons acted as the "gatekeeper" of prisoner petitions, and prisoners were not able to make motions to federal courts directly for back-end sentencing review.[34]

Title V reauthorizes the Second Chance Act of 2007 from 2019 to 2023. This reauthorization directs the Attorney General to make grants to state and local projects which support the successful reentry of juvenile and adult prisoner populations into their communities after incarceration—including projects which improve academic and vocational education for offenders during incarceration.

Title VI includes more than ten miscellaneous provisions, including those that place prisoners as close as possible to (and no more than 500 miles away from) their primary residence where practicable (Section 601); encourage home confinement for low risk prisoners (Section 602); lower the eligibility age and reduce to the time-served requirement for compassionate released, and broaden the prisoner population eligible for compassionate release to include terminally ill offenders (Section 603); mandate the Bureau of Prisons to provide identification to returning citizens (Section 604); authorize new markets for Federal Prison Industries (Section 605); mandate de-escalation training for correctional officers and employees (Section 606); direct reporting on opioid treatment and abuse in prisons (Section 607); direct data collection on various metrics for inclusion in the National Prisoner Statistics Program (Section 610); improve availability of feminine hygiene products in prison (Section 611); and prohibit the use of solitary confinement for federally-incarcerated juveniles, excepting certain circumstances (Section 613).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Step_Act
BFD

jelun

Thanks for omitting Trump. We have no idea whether we will survive him.

jelun

Show us some evidence of your claims, please.
China commits to fair trade? Are you serious?


"But the agreement has plenty of critics in both parties, who say that Mr. Trump’s tactics have been economically damaging and that the deal leaves many important economic issues unresolved.
Those include cybersecurity and China’s tight controls over how companies handle data and cloud computing. China rejected demands that the text include promises to refrain from hacking American companies, insisting it was not a trade issue.

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And the deal does little to resolve more pernicious structural issues surrounding China’s approach, particularly its pattern of subsidizing and supporting crucial industries that compete with American companies, like solar energy and steel. American businesses blame those economic practices for allowing cheap Chinese goods to flood the United States.

“A ceremony at the White House can’t hide the stark t***h about the ‘Phase 1’ China trade deal: The deal does absolutely nothing to curtail China’s subsidies to its manufacturers,” Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, which includes manufacturers and the United Steelworkers union, said in a tweet. “All those ‘forgotten men and women’ in U.S. factories have, once again, been forgotten.”

The administration has said it will address some of these changes in Phase 2 of the negotiations and is keeping tariffs in place in part to maintain leverage for the next round of talks. Mr. Trump said he would remove all tariffs if the two sides reach agreement on the next phase.

“I will agree to take those tariffs off if we’re able to do Phase 2,” he said.

But Mr. Trump has already kicked the deadline for another agreement past the November e******n, and there is deep skepticism that the two countries will reach another deal anytime soon.

As part of the deal, Mr. Trump agreed to reduce the rate on tariffs imposed in September and forgo additional import taxes in the future. But the United States will continue to maintain tariffs covering 65 percent of American imports from China, according to tracking by Chad Bown, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics. That leaves the United States with an overall tariff rate higher than that of any other advanced nation, as well as China, India and Turkey.

China will still tax 57 percent of imports from the United States in retaliation, according to Mr. Bown, though it’s possible some of those levies may be waived in the weeks to come.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/business/economy/china-trade-deal.html

I am tired of trying to talk sense to people without any.

Dwbill Loc: Sunvalley,NV

biden isn't the problem, he won't be around for.long , HarrAss will take over because feeble joe will not be able to keep up with the rigors of being in the office he is about to embark on !!!after all he has a hard time even putting a sentence together !!!! He is washed up before he gets in the office , !!!!! And as for HarrAss all I've ever seen her do is laugh !!!!? What has she ever run ??? Besides her big mouth ???? Help !!