XPost: alt.politics.immigration, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.los-angeles

One might ask if this Adrian Guerrero punk is a troll who posts
frequently on usenet who routinely makes threats of violence against
patriotic American citizens who care more about our country than about
foreign criminals being threatened with deportation. One can only hope
so. It's inexcusable to make threats against the family members of LEO's.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/keffiyeh-clad-anti-ice-protester-threatens-stab-agent-harm-family-san-francisco-mob-attack

Four ICE agents were injured as protesters punched, pepper-sprayed and
ambushed them outside the courthouse

A mob of up to 20 anti-ICE protesters swarmed and attacked immigration
agents outside a San Francisco courthouse on Wednesday, with one
keffiyeh-clad agitator allegedly armed with a knife threatening to stab
an officer and go after his family, officials said.

Adrian Guerrero, a U.S. citizen, slashed the tire of a government
vehicle during the clash at the immigration courthouse on 100 Montgomery Street, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The incident unfolded as ICE agents carried out a removal operation,
when protesters surrounded them and physically assaulted four officers, throwing punches and deploying pepper spray.

Standing within arm’s length, Guerrero made repeated threats, saying,
"I’m going to fuck you up," "I’m going to go after your family," and
"I’m going to stab you," according to DHS, citing court filings.

At the time of his arrest, the suspect had a knife, orange-tinted
goggles and a patterned keffiyeh, a scarf often associated with
pro-Palestinian activism.

Agents sustained injuries from pepper spray and one officer suffered a
jammed finger.

Guerrero has been charged with assault on a federal officer and
destruction of government property, according to DHS.




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First we will destroy your identity. Then we will teach you your past
was evil. You will conclude yourself that your inheritance, your
homeland, your ancestors and your people are underserving of it all.
Then we will complete your dispossession and dissolve you into the final
phase of the Kalergi Plan.

https://www.globalgulag.us

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XPost: alt.politics.immigration, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.los-angeles

We need more government control.


Republicans are beholden to their Sharia Muslim Saudi Oil Masters who want
the USA reliant on middle east oil forever.

Republicans want you to fall out of love with your Tesla as they campaign
on largely untrue statements about electric vehicles




On social media, in political ads and at campaign rallies, Republicans say Democrats’ push for battery-powered transportation will leave Americans
broke, stranded on the road and even in the dark. Many of the attack lines
are not true — the auto industry itself has largely embraced a shift to
EVs, for instance, and some Republican lawmakers are quick to cheer the
opening of EV battery plants in the U.S. that promise new jobs.

But political analysts say the GOP messaging exploits voter hesitancy on
EVs that may have put Democrats on the defensive at a time when Americans
are especially feeling a financial pinch. EVs cost $65,000 on average, a
fact GOP candidates cite.

More than two-thirds of Americans say they are unlikely to purchase an
electric vehicle in the next three years, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Democrats are
twice as likely to say they plan to purchase one as Republicans, 37% to
16%, respectively.

“There’s still lots of selling to do before EVs catch on with the American people,” said Jim Manley, a Democratic strategist and longtime staffer to
the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. He described early Democratic messaging suggesting that EVs were an immediate solution to
rising gasoline prices as a mistake. “That creates an opening for
Republicans in this election, which begins and ends with the economy and inflation.”

In a key Iowa House race, an ad by a Republican-aligned group features a
man standing beside a pickup truck as he calls Democratic Rep. Cindy Axne
and the Biden administration “clueless and out of touch” for supporting “expensive” electric vehicles with batteries currently made in China.

In competitive Nevada, GOP Senate candidate Adam Laxalt mocks Democratic
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s support for her party’s sweeping climate and health law, which includes tax credits to purchase EVs. Laxalt warns that Nevada drivers will have to forgo charging their EVs during extreme heat to avoid straining the power grid.

The issue has also become a flashpoint in governors’ races in states such
as Michigan, Minnesota and California, where Democratic incumbents have defended their support for a rapid transition to EVs — California set a
goal for all new vehicles to be electric or plug-in hybrid by 2035 — and grappled with questions over how to pay for charging stations and road
upgrades as gasoline tax revenue begins to decline.

Even with higher gasoline prices, the inexorable march to an all-electric future faces challenges, none of which will be resolved before the midterm elections that will decide control of a closely-divided Congress.

Hindered by supply chain shortages and manufacturing that currently depends
on battery parts made mostly in China, electric vehicles are in the cost
range of luxury cars and remain out of reach for most U.S. households. That
has Republicans hitting harder on prices — former President Donald Trump
riffs frequently that EVs will lead to the demise of the U.S. auto industry
— and Democrats talking up recent drops in gas prices and jobs created by
EVs and other clean energy. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy pledges
an agenda of increased U.S. oil drilling and undoing Biden’s climate and
health law if his party retakes the chamber.

As president, Biden racked up congressional wins that included sending $7.5 billion to states to build out a national highway network of up to 500,000
EV charging stations. Democrats’ climate and health law also extends tax credits of up to $7,500 starting next year to consumers to purchase EVs.

Autotrader analyst Michelle Krebs said EVs are a hard sell during the
campaign because they remain a distant future for most Americans. Unlike stimulus checks in 2020, the tax credits for EVs in Democrats’ climate and health law are still being sorted out and could ultimately leave few
Americans eligible. Currently, EVs make up about 5% of U.S. new vehicle
sales.

“Not everybody sees EV charging stations in their neighborhoods right now,
so that has an impact,” she said.

In an interview, White House infrastructure adviser Mitch Landrieu said the high price of EVs — including up to $400,000 for an electric school bus —
is “a legitimate criticism," but added: “The more of these we make, the
cheaper they are going to get."

General Motors, Ford, Toyota and other carmakers have pledged to ramp up EV production dramatically, he said, and as they do EVs will “become more affordable.” GM, for instance, plans to start selling a compact electric Chevrolet SUV next year with a starting price around $30,000.

Gregory Barry, 45, a Republican father of two in Audubon, Pennsylvania,
says he’s open to electric vehicles once they become more affordable and
take less time to charge but says it’s a mistake for the U.S. to ignore oil
and other energy sources in the meantime.

Dissatisfied with Senate GOP candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz on other issues, Barry said he ruled out voting for Democrat John Fetterman over his seemingly contradictory positions on fracking and will likely cast a ballot for a third-party candidate.

Meg Cheyfitz, a 67-year-old self-described progressive in Columbus, Ohio, worries about climate change and believes the government isn’t doing enough
to tackle the problem. But she has no intention of buying an EV, saying she
and her husband can’t easily install a charger at home since they park
their cars on the street. Cheyfitz also believes EVs remain a relatively unknown technology with potentially mixed effects on the environment.

“Tax credits for EVs aren’t enough,” said Cheyfitz, who voted for Democrats
on the ballot during early voting but says she won’t back Biden if he runs
in 2024. “I don’t really see them taking meaningful action at all on
climate.”

Environmental groups dismiss the notion that the issue of climate change
has gotten lost in the midterm elections, citing recent White House announcements highlighting billion-dollar private-sector investments in domestic manufacturing of batteries for EVs as well as $1 billion in
federal spending for electric school buses. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen hailed a new “battery belt” in the Midwest, and Vice President Kamala
Harris traveled to Washington state to promote the purchase of 2,500
“clean” school buses under a new federal program.

In some states, support for EVs is bipartisan. Georgia Republican Gov.
Brian Kemp has been embracing big investments by Hyundai and Rivian to
build EV plants in his state in his reelection fight against Democrat
Stacey Abrams. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is running an ad in his race against Republican Herschel Walker that features the incumbent riding on an electric school bus. “Get on the bus, the bus to the future,” Warnock says, extolling the thousands of jobs at a Georgia company that makes electric
school buses.

In Ohio, Republican Senate candidate JD Vance opposes a $3.5 billion joint- venture battery factory planned by Honda, part of a wave of U.S. battery
and EV assembly plant announcements aimed at boosting the domestic supply chain. Democrat Tim Ryan’s campaign criticizes Vance’s opposition as a sign
he “has no idea what’s happening in Ohio when he rails against our rapidly growing electric vehicle industry.”

Katherine García, director of Sierra Club’s Clean Transportation for All campaign, said the U.S. is “at a turning point for electric vehicle
adoption," adding that the new climate law “is going to be a game changer
for climate action."

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