Sure, but your previous comment said:

This was more money than the 2000 presidential campaign by either side

But that’s not true if they’re both 2000/2025 dollars. So at least now the dollars are apples-to-apples.

For what?

This isn’t the judge’s fault. They work within a system and can’t force a prosecutor to pursue a case. What else do you expect them to do?

This was more money than the 2000 presidential campaign by either side

I don’t disagree there’s too much money in politics, but let’s compare apples-to-apples. With inflation, $100M in 2025 would be ~$54M in 2000.

That’s not the cost of running the election, that’s the parties spending on the election, correct? So those funds were never going to go into infrastructure. I definitely agree we overspend on politics for politics sake, but please don’t conflate political party funds with government funds.

Well, the judge can order the arrest of those people. We shall soon find out whether law enforcement will actual follow those orders…

It’s like when you sell a car, once the title is signed over and you get the money the deal is done.

No, if you want a car to be your analogy, it’s more like a rental. The US is actively paying El Salvador to detain them. They can end that deal whenever they want.

I know that the BIG issue everyone’s worried about is they obviously did something (actually, quite a few things) wrong and aren’t being held to account.

However, the other thing I can’t let go of is the fact that they complain about Clinton & Biden, but then refuse to investigate this situation. Whatever you feel about those 2 (personally I think they were handled properly), those situations were investigated and they were cleared. Simply declaring this matter closed without even going through the motion to investigate just increases the level of sketchiness.

All of those companies have plants both in the US & Canada (and I’m sure Mexico too, I’m just less familiar). As someone who lives in Southwestern Ontario, we have a lot of car brands, both foreign and domestic, plus the supply chains for the parts that go into those cars.

Saying the big 3 are “primarily in Canada and Mexico” is just untrue, especially comparing it to Japanese brands. They’re all heavily relying on CUSMA.