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Vthestate

(52 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:30 AM Monday

Trump loves cheating more than he hates birthright citizenship

After all, in humiliating fashion, Trump has acted to make it clear that America’s birthright citizens — in this case, Folarin Balogun, a striker playing with the US Ment’s soccer team — is crucial to US success.

Both before and after SCOTUS ruled that (on this matter, at least) the Fourteenth Amendment means what it says, news outlets had focused on how Balogun qualified to play with the US, in addition to England or Nigeria: birthright citizenship.
https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/06/trump-loves-cheating-more-than-he-hates-birthright-citizenship/

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Trump loves cheating more than he hates birthright citizenship (Original Post) Vthestate Monday OP
Wheeler once again pithy insight of current DC think Vthestate Monday #1

Vthestate

(52 posts)
1. Wheeler once again pithy insight of current DC think
Mon Jul 6, 2026, 07:32 AM
Monday

This post is not lost in the weeds.... just plain tell it like it is! Good reporting /sad news

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