Overflow to Gitmo since they have space due to biden releasing so many terrorists?! >

Idiotic and deplorable:

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be renamed Mount McKinley, reviving an idea he’d floated years ago and drawing a rebuke from Alaska’s Republican senior senator.

The order came hours after Trump, who took office for a second time Monday, said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs. President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent.”



U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in a statement said she disagrees strongly with Trump wanting to change Denali’s name.

“Our nation’s tallest mountain, which has been called Denali for thousands of years, must continue to be known by the rightful name bestowed by Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans, who have stewarded the land since time immemorial,” she said.

According to the National Park Service, a prospector in 1896 dubbed the peak “Mount McKinley” for William McKinley, who was elected president that year. McKinley had never been to Alaska. The name was formally recognized by the U.S. government until it was changed in 2015 by the Obama administration to Denali, to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and preference of many Alaskans. The move drew opposition from lawmakers in McKinley’s home state of Ohio.

Denali is an Athabascan word meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” The iconic 20,310-foot (6,190-meter) mountain, snow-capped and dotted with glaciers, is in Denali National Park and Preserve. The Tanana Chiefs Conference, a consortium of Athabascan tribes in Interior Alaska, spent years advocating for the peak to be recognized as Denali.

Trump’s executive order celebrates McKinley, saying the 25th president “championed tariffs to protect U.S. manufacturing, boost domestic production, and drive U.S. industrialization and global reach to new heights.” McKinley, a Republican, was assassinated early in his second term in 1901.

“This order honors President McKinley for giving his life for our great Nation and dutifully recognizes his historic legacy of protecting America’s interests and generating enormous wealth for all Americans,” the document states.

Messages seeking comment about the name change also were left for the other members of Alaska’s congressional delegation and Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy. Alaska’s U.S. senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Trump that the name Denali revert back to Mount McKinley.

Trump revisited the topic during a rally late last year, following his election.

“McKinley was a very good, maybe a great president,” Trump said in December. “They took his name off Mount McKinley, right? That’s what they do to people.”

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Alaska and Ohio had been at odds over the name for decades. Alaska had a standing request to change the name since 1975, when the legislature passed a resolution and then-Gov. Jay Hammond appealed to the federal government.

In the same executive order Monday, Trump also called for changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

Among other executive actions, Trump rescinded a 2023 decision by then-President Joe Biden barring drilling on nearly 3 million acres of the Beaufort Sea off the northern coast of Alaska. The U.S. Department of Interior at that time said there had not been a federal oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic Ocean since 2007.

The 2023 decision came around the same time the Biden administration approved a large oil project, known as Willow, in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, angering environmentalists. Litigation around the approval of Willow is still pending.

Donald Trump's deportation policies will be a disaster for the Iowa economy:

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What would Trump's mass deportationsmean for Iowa's economy? Nothing good,experts say
Donnelle Eller and
Kevin Baskins
Des Moines Register

Published 6:07 a.m. CT Jan. 15, 2025 Updated 9:40 a.m. CT Jan. 16, 2025

President-elect Donald Trump’s announced plan for a massive roundup and deportation ofimmigrants could hit Iowa hard, damaging rural towns' economies, leaving livestockproduction hamstrung and slowing meat processing and other manufacturing, sayeconomists, worker and business advocates and labor analysts.

Perpetually short of labor, Iowa is the leading U.S. producer of pork and eggs and a topsource of beef, turkey and milk. At
large meatpacking plants scattered across the state and inlivestock operations, immigrants are a major source of labor.

Any loss of workforce could be felt nationwide, leaving U.S. consumers facing pandemic-likeprice hikes at grocery stores, the experts say.

"Ag will be significantly impacted, because we rely on immigrant labor," said Chad Hart, anIowa State University agricultural economist. “We learned during COVID-19 that evenslowing production down can have dramatic impacts that are felt by consumers across thenation.”

But it's not just agriculture that faces worker losses if Trump carries out his policy. With anestimated 35,000 undocumented workers in the state, mass deportations would ripple acrossIowa construction, health care, hotel, restaurants and other industries, experts say.

"Undocumented workers are not unemployed," said Joe Enriquez Henry, president of the Latinos United of Iowa chapter in Des Moines. Many "are working in sectors that aredominated by big business interests."

The Trump's administration also may target legal immigration with programs Kaiser FamilyFoundation research shows could include ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival
program, cutting aid to immigrants, ending birthright citizenship and limiting refugees.

Even though Iowa has one of the highest labor participation rates in the nation, it’s declining,and business leaders and advocates complain the state lacks both skilled and unskilledworkers, with nearly 50,000 open jobs.

Foreign labor helps fill the gaps, picking up jobs that many U.S. workers don't want, experts said. Iowa's
population would have shrunk over the past decade if not for the growth of Hispanicand other populations that aren't part of the non-Hispanic white majority, according to David Peters, an ISU professor of agricultural and rural policy who has analyzed populationchanges between the 2010 and 2020 U.S. Censuses.

The impact is clear in communities that are home to meatpacking plants, where immigrantshave boosted the population, Peters' research shows. West Liberty is among them, with aneconomy that's thriving, said Mayor Mark Smith.

The east-central Iowa town of 3,900 is home to West Liberty Foods, a producer-ownedturkey processor. The town is one of six Iowa cities where the majority of the population ispeople who primarily identify as Hispanic. Many of the state's estimated 50,000undocumented residents are building new lives after leaving "troubled parts of the world,"said Smith, who tries to help them gain citizenship.

Most Iowa business and political leaders, however, “completely deny the fact that at least aportion” of their profits and economies “rely on undocumented labor," says Erica Johnson,executive director of the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice. And possible raids on places ofbusiness put state and local communities' economies at risk, she said.
"Iowa communities are facing real threats to their economic livelihood," said Johnson, whoseDes Moines group is helping workers, families, cities and towns to prepare for the possibilityof mass deportations.

Leaders of groups like the Iowa Association of Business and Industry and the Iowa BusinessCouncil said they support deporting immigrants with criminal histories, which Trump hassaid are his chief target.

At the same time, though, they recognize the need for additional workers and have pushedfor a more streamlined process to bring immigrants legally to the U.S. to work.
“I don't how many meetings we've had with people from Washington and every place elseabout immigration reform and wanting to do everything we can in this country to help speedup legal immigrants to help them become citizens,” said Mike Ralston, the outgoing ABIpresident.

Without immigration, Iowa’s population growth and workforce expansion would stagnate,“reducing the state’s ability to attract businesses, grow its economy, and sustain essentialservices,” University of Iowa economist Amil Kumar said.

“A reduced workforce would strain existing workers and challenge the state’s economicresilience,” Kumar said.

ISU Economist Peter Orazem sees the decline in Iowa's workforce participation rateaccelerating in the coming years as more aging workers retire.

"I do not see Iowa suddenly becoming more attractive to people in other states, and we havebeen a net exporter of educated labor for years,” he said. “In addition, Iowa’s economy hasbeen flat for almost two years and so we are not in a position to raise wages sufficiently toattract people from faster-growing states.

“The lack of labor force growth has been holding back the Iowa economy since the pandemicrecovery began," Orazem said. “Few states are more dependent on increasing immigration togrow or even maintain their workforces than Iowa."

Joe Murphy, the Iowa Business Council’s president, said increased immigration could bring“economic innovation and economic opportunity to our state that's going to create moreopportunities and expand Iowa's business competitiveness.”

Ralston said he hears many stories about the trouble Iowa companies encounter findingworkers. He recalled one ABI member so desperate for workers that he told him “we'll takeanybody if they're here legally and want to come. We will help them learn English on theclock so they are getting paid while they do.”

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Jan 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he will create a new department called the External Revenue Service "to collect tariffs, duties, and all revenue" from foreign sources.

Trump said in a social media post he would create the department on Jan. 20, the day he will be inaugurated as president for a second term.
"Through soft and pathetically weak Trade agreements, the American Economy has delivered growth and prosperity to the World, while taxing ourselves. It is time for that to change," the Republican said in a post on Truth Social.

"We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share."
Trump has pledged to impose big tariffs on the United States' three largest trading partners - Canada, Mexico and China - including a 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs and migrants crossing the border.

He has also vowed to impose tariffs of 10% on global imports into the United States, along with a 60% tariff on Chinese goods - duties that trade experts say would upend trade flows, raise costs and draw retaliation against U.S. exports.

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When Andy Kotelnicki was OC at Kansas the offense was brought back to life. PSU poached him away and they’re in the CFB in just one year.

We need to go after guys like this before someone else grabs them.

Am I missing a thread here? Big time playoff implications. Let’s go Commanders!

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Per his hometown paper (Journal-Eureka) and hometown sports editor (Schepanski): https://www.journal-eureka.com/nfl-football-yanda-named-hall-fame-semifinalist

Yanda joins a list of six first-year eligible Hall of Fame semifinalists with quarterback Eli Manning, linebacker Luke Kuechly, pass rusher Terrell Suggs, safety Earl Thomas and kicker Adam Vinatieri. Those six join offensive lineman Richmond Webb as players to reach the semifinalist stage for the first time.

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Goes on to mention the other semifinalists:

The overall list of 2025 modern-era candidates for the Hall of Fame included 18 players who have been semifinalists before: Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Willie Anderson, Anquan Boldin, Jahri Evans, Antonio Gates, James Harrison, Rodney Harrison, Torry Holt, Robert Mathis, Steve Smith Jr., Fred Taylor, Hines Ward, Ricky Watters, Reggie Wayne, Vince Wilfork, Steve Wisniewski and Darren Woodson.

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The 25 semifinalists get narrowed to 15 finalists, with then 5 additional finalists from the "seniors, coaches, and contributors" (SCC) category. The HOF then selects 4-8 inductees from the 20 overall finalists. Given the above list, what do y'all think the chances are he makes it year one?

I think that Manning, Kuechly, and Vinatieri are locks this year, leaving 1-5 openings and I don't know who in the SCC category are being considered. Seems like a long shot this year? Especially with names like Wayne, Wilfork, Harrison^2, Gates, Ward, Smith Jr., and Suggs being considered too.

Another tied up meaningless bowl game.

Now because of Bernie Sanders policies they’re burning to the ground.