The ICEmen Cometh, a Notion of Immigrants Dept. 0
NJ.com reports on a family whose husband got put on ICE for a decades old missed court appearance, one of which he was unaware.
They were taken aback, as the couple were both Trump supporters who had voted for him three times.
Here’s a bit:
Sandra voted for President Trump three times, believing enforcement would focus on people with criminal records — not individuals like her husband.
Asked what she would say to him now, she paused.
“You said you were going after the worst of the worst, but instead you ruined our life,” she said.
Real Big Men 0
Afterthought:
It’s one thing if you need it for your job or live on a farm, but, really, how many six packs are you planning to pick up at the 7-11?
The Irony Hand of the Law 0
At Above the Law, Joe Patrice looks at Donald Trump’s reaction to the Supreme Supremacist Court’s overturning his tariffs and notes the irony in Trump ‘s biting the hand that freed him.
Here’s a tiny excerpt from his piece:
Follow the link for Patrice’s take on what this means. Methinks his interpretation if more en point than that of most of the press.
QOTD 0
Ursula Howells, in the voice of Lady Isabel Aubrey:
All men are credulous animals. We must all believe in something.
Better Ways To Spend My Time 0
I plan not to watch the snake of the union speech.
I’ve got better things to do than waste an hour (or more) watching a boa confabricator attempt to ensnare its prey when I can read about it in ten minutes.
Republican Thought Police 0
Farron points out that the Trump maladministration can’t handle the truth, so it wants to make it to go away.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
To be trusted implicitly? At the Psychology Today website, Cornelia C. Walther says no way. Here’s a bit (emphasis added):
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and they are especially fiendly if you are flying ICE air. Grung_e_Gene explains.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
All wet? Just listen to the segment about AI and car washes that starts at about the seven minute mark in this week’s episode of Le Show.
It is both an absolutely hoot and a glimpse into a dark maelstrom of mechanized moronism.
A Notion of Immigrants Meets the Rule of Lawless 0
Kathryn Rubino reports at Above the Law. A snippet:
“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights,” Brasel wrote in what should be an uncontroversial statement of black-letter law but, well, 2026 makes fools of us all.
Republican Thought Police 0
The Rude One skewers the attempts by today’s Republican Party to white-wash (I use that term advisedly) America’s history and argues that lying about the country’s history is not a virtue, but that
Follow the link for his reasoning, but, remember, the Rude One sometimes uses langauge which some would characterize as rude.