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The IO should review the entire N400 form with you at the interview. I do not have first hand knowledge if you can request a name change at that time, but I believe you can. My cousins had their interviews in early February, and had their judicial oath a little more than two weeks later. Detroit runs their oath ceremonies at the federal courthouse in Detroit. No cell phones allowed, but they do allow tablets. Good Luck!

Each USCIS office is different. Detroit only does judicial oaths. Also, you inferred one can only change their last names through the N400 which is not correct. A name change via the N400 allows one to change their entire name if they so desire.

Trying to work through “progressive” logic will give one a headache. Besides, Obama told us race is just a social construct.

And if NB doesn’t get with Greta, he always has Kamala as a fall back.

Honestly never heard of them, must be regional.

I would show up between 7:30 and 7:45. Access may be earlier than 8am so you can get through security. Good Luck!

And yet lemmings are actually supporting Biden. 11 ways Biden and his handlers are hell-bent on destroying America https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/11-ways-biden-handler-hell-bent-destroying-america

Is she even relevant anymore?

You are running through the Detroit USCIS office correct? Don’t worry about the name change, Detroit only does judicial oaths, so a name change does not delay anything. My cousins applied in late November 2023 with a family name change, and had their oaths on February 22, 2024, so Detroit is fairly fast. Good Luck!

I would qualify your statement to say “progressive patriarchy”. For some reason “progressives” see this as some form of progress. Btw, the hammering emoji fits perfect.

Naturalization comes with the option to legally change one’s name including one’s first/given name. Marriage only allows for a change of family name(s).

Should not be an issue. My wife changed her name when we married, but her Russian passport still has her own name, and she never has any issues. Also, my cousins recently naturalized with a name change, but will not change their Russian passports. Just keep a copy of your Nat. certificate when traveling to Venezuela in case anyone questions the difference. Good Luck!

The NOW crowd says any women against it are bad women. Opposing trans athletes in girls' sports is 'White supremacist patriarchy:' National Organization for Women https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/opposing-trans-athletes-in-girls-sports-is-white-supremacist-patriarchy-national-organization-for-women/ar-BB1kWu5g

Interesting study. I have never used CBP products, and I guess I won’t try them. Comprehensive Review Indicates No Pain Relief from CBD Products, Reveals Study His team’s examination of 16 clinical trials from 2020 to 2023, involving 917 participants and testing various CBD dosages and application methods, revealed that CBD was no more effective than a placebo, save for one small study with thumb arthritis patients. Furthermore, the researchers alert consumers about the mislabeling of CBD content in products accessible to the public, which may contain untested compounds and synthetic chemicals. A 2022 study highlighted that only a fraction of the tested CBD products were correctly labeled. The researchers’ concern extends to those seeking pain relief, as chronic pain afflicts a considerable portion of the population in the US and the UK, making unsubstantiated claims about CBD particularly harmful. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/comprehensive-review-indicates-no-pain-relief-from-cbd-products-reveals-study/ar-BB1kSpYW#:~:text=A comprehensive review provides substantial evidence that cannabidiol,Canada suggests that these claims lack scientific support.

I believe so, but @Crazy Cat might know for certain.

When the case gets to NVC, don’t pay any fees or upload any documents, just access the case or contact NVC at least once every 12 months to keep it in stasis.

I think free speech topics probably deserve their own thread. For those that are so afraid of Trump and the circus the Biden DoJ and their Democrat allies have created by prosecuting their political rival, I guess you are fine with this. Heck, even RFK Jr. sees the greater threat, but of course there are those that are so easily gaslighted by the MSM and the Democrats they cannot think for themselves. Why we must all stand with JK Rowling In Humza Yousaf’s Scotland, expressing the truth about biological sex can now constitute a criminal offence. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 makes it illegal to ‘stir up hatred’ against certain protected groups, including transgender people. This is punishable by up to seven years in prison. Of course, to any sane observer, Rowling’s views are not hateful but factual – and she has expressed them in a reasonable manner, too. But in the upside-down world of trans activists, any suggestion that transwomen are not real women is considered an unutterable heresy. And it is clear that these activists have the ear of the Scottish authorities. Supporters of the law are currently mounting a desperate attempt to downplay its worst excesses. They say ‘misgendering’, for instance, isn’t explicitly criminalised by the Hate Crime Act and that gender-critical feminists need to calm down. But that term, ‘explicitly’, is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here. It’s entirely conceivable that police, prosecutors and judges will go after those who refuse to toe the line on gender ideology. Not only have police and prosecutors in the UK already hauled people into court for ‘misgendering’, under existing laws, but Scottish police and politicians have gone out of their way to suggest things like ‘misgendering’ will be covered by the new law. Even if misgendering is not explicitly criminalised, this will not stop women from having their collars felt for doing little more than speaking the truth. Even if they are eventually spared a conviction, the process would be the punishment. https://www.spiked-online.com/2024/04/02/why-we-must-all-stand-with-jk-rowling/

Breaking now. Prayers for those involved. Second link has the video. Maryland: Ship hits Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse https://www.foxnews.com/us/maryland-ship-hits-francis-scott-key-bridge-causing-collapse https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13239111/Maryland-Key-Bridge-collapses-struck-large-container-ship.html

Maybe Mann, and Fauci can be held together. This guy is amazing, and someone needs to find out who is paying his bills. Climate scientist Michael Mann’s defamation case reveals what critics say is unethical behavior Mann is suing Simberg over statements he and Steyn made in articles they posted online. Testimony so far has raised a number of complaints about plaintiff Mann’s behavior toward his critics. One witnesses’ deposition even revealed that Mann had emailed the editor of a scientific journal in 2007 to stop a paper written by another climate scientist from being published by getting hostile peer reviewers assigned to it. Journalists Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney have been at the trial and posting regular podcasts on what's happening in court. The podcast, which has ranked in the top 15 podcasts on Spotify in the science category, highlights testimony in the trial using actors to portray what was said in court. According to a summary of the case that Superior Court of the District of Columbia Judge Alfred Irving gave during the trial, Simberg’s and Steyn’s post compared the Penn State’s investigation into assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, who was found guilty in 2012 of sexually abusing 10 young boys over the course of 15 years, to the investigation of Mann’s research on global historic temperatures as shown in the scientist's controversial hockey stick graph. https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/climate-scientists-defamation-case-reveals-what-critics-say-plaintiffs

It is a good thing to know that Biden's DOJ is still persecuting innocent people to maintain their destructive policies, and also showing their antisemitism. Jewish Doctor Targeted by DOJ After Blowing Whistle on Kids’ Transgender Clinic TEXAS (VINnews) — Last year, a whistleblower report exposed a secret gender-change program on minors at Texas Children’s Hospital. The hospital had promised to stop the procedures but continued to perform transgender medical interventions on children as young as 11. It turns out the whistleblower was former Texas Children’s Hospital general surgeon Dr. Eithan Haim Following the story’s publication, Texas legislators banned all child gender-change procedures statewide, angering left-wing activists and hospital officials, who opposed any restriction on transgender medicine. Then Dr. Haim was hit with revenge and retribution by the government. Federal agents tracked him down and identified him as the whistleblower, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tina Ansari threatened him with prosecution. On June 23,there was a loud knock from two federal agents from the Department of Health and Human Services saying he was the target of a criminal investigation. https://vinnews.com/2024/01/10/jewish-doctor-targeted-by-doj-after-blowing-whistle-on-kids-transgender-clinic/

So to me this is much more general than just the Hamas terror attacks into Israel (if mods feel otherwise, feel free to put this in the Israel thread). It is certainly true, people usually show their true colors. A great example is the racist attitudes of Old Corrupt Joe which shine through all the time. When People Tell You Who They Are, Believe Them On the one hand I think: surely this will be sufficient. Surely this amount of blood will be enough to shake the world awake. Surely no one can equivocate or justify this. As my friend Sarah Haider wrote, “How easy is it to simply condemn targeted violence against civilians? Can there be a lower bar?” And yet, across the world, people have sunk below it. Here you can watch people gathered at the Sydney Opera House cheering “gas the Jews” and “death to the Jews.” People are rejoicing in the slaughter on the streets of Berlin and London and Toronto and New York. (Scroll down to read our Free Press dispatch on the celebrations in Manhattan.) https://www.thefp.com/p/when-people-tell-you-who-they-are

What I do not understand is the three Leftist justices voted in favor of religious rights on the postal worker case released yesterday, but voted against this one released today. Supreme Court rules in favor of Colorado graphic designer who refused to create same-sex wedding websites The U.S. Supreme Court held that a Colorado graphic designer who wants to make wedding websites does not have to create them for same-sex marriages, in a landmark decision that pit the interests of LGBTQ non-discrimination against First Amendment freedom. In a 6-3 decision issued Friday, the high court ruled in favor of artist Lorie Smith, who sued the state over its anti-discrimination law that prohibited businesses providing sales or other accommodations to the public from denying service based on a customer's sexual orientation. Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the majority opinion, which said that, "In this case, Colorado seeks to force an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance." https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-colorado-graphic-designer-who-refused-to-create-same-sex-wedding-websites/ar-AA1dg4M7

If the shoe fits. Twitter criticized after labeling NPR as ‘state-affiliated media’ (NewsNation) — NPR president and CEO John Lansing fired back at Twitter on Wednesday morning after the social media platform put a label on the news organization’s profile calling it “state-affiliated media.” NewsNation partner The Hill reports this designation is one Twitter uses for state news agencies such as Russia’s TASS and China’s Xinhua. “NPR and our Member stations are supported by millions of listeners who depend on us for the independent, fact-based journalism we provide,” Lansing wrote in a statement. “NPR stands for freedom of speech and holding the powerful accountable. It is unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way. A vigorous, vibrant free press is essential to the health of our democracy.” https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/media/twitter-npr-state-affiliated-media-ceo-responds/

More from the war on CH4. And yes, this agency is headed by the son of the former top manager of the AFL-CFO. U.S. safety agency to consider ban on gas stoves amid health fears A federal agency says a ban on gas stoves is on the table amid rising concern about harmful indoor air pollutants emitted by the appliances. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission plans to take action to address the pollution, which can cause health and respiratory problems. “This is a hidden hazard,” Richard Trumka Jr., an agency commissioner, said in an interview. “Any option is on the table. Products that can’t be made safe can be banned.” https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-01-09/us-safety-agency-considers-gas-stove-ban?expandComments=true

Assault on our Republic? Armed suspect accused of violent threats against Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh identified An armed man was arrested near the Maryland home of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday morning, law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News. The suspect, 26-year-old Nicholas John Roske of Simi Valley, California, was carrying a gun, knife and pepper spray when arrested and had made violent threats against Kavanaugh, sources said. Roske was picked up on a nearby street after calling police on 911 to report himself. He did not get to the Kavanaugh home. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-justice-kavanaugh-home-armed-man-arrested