Dollar vs. Peso

Dollar vs. Peso

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Dollar vs. Peso examines the economic, political, and cultural dynamics between Argentina and the United States—from inflation and policy to ideological influence and societal shifts.

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Fair question, and the Musk evidence is real: his own 2005 email says he had no legal right to stay when he founded Zip2. Investigate him. But the post you're quoting calls a probe of Omar's 26-year-old citizenship file outrageous. Selective enforcement is the problem. One standard is the fix.

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Elon Musk was violating his visa when he started his first business here and very likely obtained his U.S. citizenship through fraud. Where is that investigation?

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In 2024, when the Supreme Court gave presidents immunity, the line here was that no office should be a shield. Federal agents searched Ilhan Omar's home today over immigration paperwork her late father filed when she was a child. The principle doesn't change with the party.

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Argentina shows where the other road goes. Legislators there have fueros (immunity from arrest), and the Senate never voted to lift Cristina Kirchner's despite a judge's repeated requests. A seat became a shield. Investigate. Then unseal the affidavit.

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Then there's Carlos Menem. In 2018, an appeals court confirmed his 4.5-year sentence for secret salary bonuses paid during his presidency. His Senate fueros meant he never served it. He died a sitting senator in 2021. The seat didn't stop the conviction. It stopped the consequence.

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In 2024, when the Supreme Court gave presidents immunity, the line here was that no office should be a shield. Federal agents searched Ilhan Omar's home today over immigration paperwork her late father filed when she was a child. The principle doesn't change with the party.

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Concede the obvious: three weeks before her election, with officials prejudging her on TV, is a terrible way to run a case. And she was a child, so criminal blame isn't hers. But citizenship is a constitutional requirement for her seat, and civil denaturalization has no clock.

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This isn't your typical newsletter. I'm not here to sugarcoat politics. Both sides of the aisle will dislike most of what's here, but BlueSky has been an echo chamber for one of them. Hopefully, some will rethink their thoughts thanks to the newsletter. Are you all ready?

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