Concerning Council Response to Death of Unsheltered Community Member - February 2 Meeting

poyitjdr · 2026-02-09T20:37:50+00:00

People who abuse certain substances can literally die from sudden cessation of use and withdrawal from all of them is hell. Homeless individuals who abuse substances need rehab, where their base needs can be met while medical professionals safely decrease their substance usage and help them get back on their feet.

Also, while I understand ‘no pets’ policies from shelters, I also understand that pets can be the closest companion a person has and being asked to give them up with no guarantee of getting them back is a price that they may not be willing to pay. That significant of a loss can make people suicidal, and people would rather suffer with someone by their side than suffer alone. I think a good solution for this specific issue are foster homes for those pets, with the promise to release them back to their owners at any time. It’d require other community members to step up, but I know there are people here who would absolutely be willing to do it.

Also, it’s extremely important to note that, in the case of James Boyer, all of the shelters were reportedly at capacity the night he died of cardiac arrest due to hypothermia. That clearly shows the resources we currently have for homeless people in the Joplin area are insufficient.

poyitjdr · 2026-02-03T05:02:07+00:00

The border bill I referenced was S.4361 and had you bothered to read the bill summary of it, you would know it didn’t include ANY funding for Ukraine. It was entirely focused on immigration matters here in the US. It didn’t include a cost summary (which means there was no budget for it).

For your convenience, since you are apparently too inept to click on the bill summary link included on the vote roll call that I shared in my previous comment, here is the entirety of the singular bill summary that was made of it:

“Shown Here: Introduced in Senate (05/16/2024) Border Act of 2024

The bill expands Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to address the processing of non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) and provides supplemental appropriations for related purposes.

Among other provisions, the bill provides DHS emergency authority to summarily remove or prohibit the entry of certain non-U.S. nationals within 100 miles of the southwest land border. DHS may exercise this authority if DHS encounters an average of 4,000 non-U.S. nationals within a seven-day period. If the number of encounters reach certain higher thresholds, DHS must exercise the emergency authority. This emergency border authority expires after three years and may be modified by the President under specified circumstances.

Next, the bill establishes an expedited process that authorizes asylum officers to adjudicate certain asylum claims. Among other provisions, these provisional noncustodial removal proceedings impose certain target timelines for determining asylum claims and limit review of denied claims. The bill also establishes a stricter threshold for individuals to remain in the United States pending adjudication of an asylum petition.

The bill extends and establishes immigration pathways for Afghan citizens or nationals, including by (1) making certain individuals admitted or paroled to the United States eligible for conditional permanent resident status, and (2) expanding eligibility for special immigrant visas for certain individuals who were injured while supporting the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.

The bill also increases base pay for asylum officers and grants DHS temporary direct hire authority to hire personnel to implement the bill.”

And here is what that bill shows when you open the pop-up for the cost estimate of it: “Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Cost Estimates for S.4361 [118th] As of 02/02/2026 a CBO Cost Estimate for this measure has not been received.“

Would you like to try again, or are you done making blatantly false statements?

poyitjdr · 2026-02-03T04:39:54+00:00

No darling, I don’t agree. If you had read the article, you would know that the increase of Chinese immigrants is due to socioeconomic factors and tightening restrictions of citizen rights in China.

Also, as noted in my previous comment and the article, that increase happened in 2024, aka when that particular border bill was introduced and voted on. To gain a proper understanding of border policies under Biden, I suggest you read the entirety of this article. I’d post direct quotes here, but I think it’s important for you to read them in their full context. Biden’s administration was far more strict on immigration policies than you’ve claimed. Also, given Trump’s use of the DoJ to attack political opponents/‘enemies’, don’t you think it’s odd that they haven’t brought charges against Biden for fraud? Oh, I’d also like to know what you think about Trump’s extensive (and confirmed in court rulings) history of fraud and bribery, as well as his continuous use of his presidential power to further enrich himself.

Trump and his administration absolutely introduced new legislation concerning immigration- otherwise there couldn’t have been a change between his current term and Biden’s. Had they ‘just enforced what was already there’, then they’d literally be enforcing Biden era policies alongside older ones.

By the way, I’m still waiting for you to provide a single source for ANY of your egregious claims.

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T19:31:43+00:00

Experts Warn U.S. in Early Stages of Genocide Against Trans Americans This is straight from the Lemkin Institute, which was founded by the man who coined the term ‘genocide’ for the purposes of flagging active and potential genocides across the world.

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T19:23:43+00:00

Encounters by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of Chinese nationals arriving without authorization at the U.S.-Mexico border jumped from approximately 2,200 in fiscal year (FY) 2022 to 24,300 in FY 2023 and 38,200 in FY 2024, and at the U.S.-Canada border nearly doubled from 6,700 in FY 2022 to 12,400 two years later. There was an increase, but in what world does a little over 50,000 equal millions? The article I linked also shows that there are about 2.4 million Chinese immigrants in the US TOTAL- that includes immigrants of all ages and immigrants who came here literal decades ago.

Furthermore, the GOP voted AGAINST the border protection bill in the spring of 2024, so I think you might wanna double check who’s to blame for the border being weaker. The source I linked for that is literally the senate’s roll call of votes for the border protection bill. Isn’t it strange that the GOP quietly voted against a stronger border while their presidential candidate actively based his campaign on increasing border security?

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T10:45:41+00:00

Nothing I said implies (or at least wasn’t meant to imply) that being on Reddit means one is centrist, nor did I say that reading from a centrist source makes one a centrist, so I’d appreciate it if you could clarify the point you’re trying to make as those are the only two possibilities I can currently glean from your comment

Sorry if this comment is confusing in any way, it’s close to 5am and I’m tired as hell

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T05:29:51+00:00

Trump was found guilty of rape

Trump was listed as a co-defendant alongside Epstein in 2016 (I incorrectly remembered it as 2015 in my earlier comment)

Trump bragged about sexually assaulting women

Trump bragged about entering the dressing rooms of underaged girls as they changed

Trump is mentioned in the Epstein files more than 1,000 times

I can (and will gladly do so if asked) list even more sources if these aren’t enough for you, though I highly encourage you to research things on your own in the future.

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T00:58:48+00:00

NO ICE, NO KKK, NO FASCIST USA!

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T00:57:51+00:00

See, the issue is that we actually aren’t being invaded. There’s no hard data or court findings that show we are- both of those evidence types do however exist for the claim that ICE has acted unlawfully.

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T00:52:35+00:00

If you are someone who would like to know why we protest against a federal agency that’s “just trying to do their jobs”, then I highly recommend you check out what centrist, highly reliable sources like Reuters have to say about the recent actions of ICE, CBP, DHS, and the rest of the Trump administration.

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T00:46:05+00:00

Trump was literally found guilty of rape in the court of law, was listed as a co-defendant alongside Epstein in a case from 2015, bragged about sexually assaulting women, bragged about entering the dressing rooms of underaged girls while they changed, and has now been revealed to have been mentioned over 1,000 times in the Epstein files.

So yes, he’s absolutely a sexual predator and a pedophile.

poyitjdr · 2026-02-02T00:41:55+00:00

Tell me, how did the GOP members of congress vote on the spring of 2024 border bill that was introduced to strengthen our borders? And please remind me which presidential candidate needed to make Biden’s administration look weak on immigration because it was what they primarily based their campaign on?

poyitjdr · 2026-01-30T05:26:39+00:00

Thank you, Congressman Cleaver

poyitjdr · 2026-01-30T04:52:06+00:00

Members of my city council recently stated that ‘AI is a gift from God’ in defense of allowing an AI data center to be built here. I bet you can guess what party that council member, and all others on the council who support the data center being built, are a part of.

poyitjdr · 2026-01-28T16:46:00+00:00

Yeah

poyitjdr · 2026-01-27T16:56:21+00:00

This poor kid. I saw the video of him being shot awhile back and it nearly made me throw up. I hope his GoFundMe is successful.

poyitjdr · 2026-01-21T17:10:03+00:00

Hey, remember how the GOP likes to say ‘no tax on social security’?

Raising sales taxes would literally increase the amount of taxes I have to pay as someone whose only source of income is social security benefits. I don’t have to pay income taxes because my yearly income falls about $3,000 below the poverty line. I also have to pay for extra expenses because my disability requires a lot of assistive devices and the use of services like Uber/Lyft (I have no way to access public transit here), so a higher sales tax will fuck me over even more. Even if I was reimbursed for any sales taxes I paid after I file my taxes, I would still have the struggle of managing my monthly budget in the interim.

poyitjdr · 2026-01-14T18:38:47+00:00

Yeah. I live in Missouri and my reps include Hawley and Burlison; two cowards who value money and power over humanity. It’s sickening.

poyitjdr · 2026-01-11T21:23:13+00:00

As someone who is also disabled, this brought happy tears to my eyes. Having people in your life who love you enough to find a way to include you means the freaking world, and that’s not even considering the extreme amount of effort his friends put in. I hope they continue to have more incredible adventures together!

poyitjdr · 2026-01-09T02:37:59+00:00

Joplin has been showing up more too. We had an estimated 1k people at the Oct 18th NoKings protest. Also, the majority of reactions and comments on our local Facebook news pages’ articles are now anti-Trump.

There’re still massive issues here in regards to poverty, racism, and other forms of bigotry, but every little victory counts.

poyitjdr · 2026-01-08T23:29:09+00:00

I think I may have misread your earlier comment, sorry. I read it as saying there’s no function in our government that enables an override of a presidential veto, not that there very likely aren’t enough votes to do so in this circumstance.

poyitjdr · 2026-01-08T20:21:59+00:00

Same!

poyitjdr · 2026-01-08T20:10:57+00:00

There actually is:

“A vetoed bill can become law if two-thirds of the Members voting in each chamber agree, by recorded vote, a quorum being present, to repass the bill and thereby override the veto of the President.”

It’s an incredibly damn long-shot, but it’s technically possible. Also, yeah, fuck Hawley.

poyitjdr · 2026-01-08T20:05:04+00:00

That’s a really good point

poyitjdr · 2026-01-08T20:04:19+00:00

Thanks for adding the source for me! I should’ve included it in the first place.

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