I don't think it's as simple as that — there is also bribe money from a bunch of the Arab petromonarchies, personal ego, and incompetent negotiation in the mix. There isn't a single reason, which means that the aftermath is going to be handled in a way that's incredibly detrimental to US interests.
Yeah, "small" quakes are a very big deal in areas where the construction isn't designed to handle them.
That's the least of it. The biggest group this affects is married women who changed their name. Since it no longer matches the birth certificate, they can't use that. Since the passport has a black and white photo, they can't use that either.
In the best case, they have to find three different documents, which they may not be able to easily obtain, and which require spending time and money for, in order to vote. Many won't.
Yeah. Varies a lot by state.
Headline isn't great, but they've started impersonating local police, which is something ICE has not done before. Locally, a big part of what rapid responders do is to verify that a local police action is not ICE or Border Patrol. If ICE is running around with fake local police badges, this becomes a lot harder.
Turns out it had a view count limit that I didn't notice. Here's an archived copy; not a completely trustworthy archive, but they seem to be accurate on this one.
Yes. Lots of people. Mostly the not-rich
They tend to spread it onto other platforms though
A lot of local reporters think their job depends on staying on the good side of local police in order to retain access
Problem is that even when guilt is crystal-clear, that's not enough to result in consequences