“That Conversation about Race” category archive
Republican Thought Police 0
The Republican thought police are now coming for the National Parks’ Junior Ranger program. Via SFgate, By Kylie Mohr lists examples of material that’s being examined for casting aspersion on the United States. Here’s one example:
More stupid at the link.
Afterthought:
Denial is not just a river in Egypt. It’s the Trump maladministration’s approach to American history.
As one who trained as an historian (and whose ancestors wore the grey, for that matter), I find that repulsive and disgusting.
American Stasi 0
Rick Strom discusses investigative news reports of–er–less than legal behavior by ICE agents.
Visit the Youtube page for links to the reports that Rick discusses.
Suffer the Children 0
One more time, that’s not scripture. That’s a Republican family value.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0
Per northjersey.com, veterans of the civil rights mevement are hearing lots of rhymes from those times from the tramps of the American Stasi. Here’s a tiny bit:
“The government is not just repressing Black people,” he said. “Now, they are repressing a broader swath of the population that includes anybody that opposes them. . . .”
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*Mark Twain.
The Pursuit of Knowledge 0
That’s what the Republican thought police are all about.
And, once they catch it, they will lock it up and make sure it never roams free again.
“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes,”* Rule of Lawless Dept. 0
Via The Seattle Times, Amanda Cats-Baril hears a rhyme from colonial times. Here’s how her article begins (emphasis added):
That struggle over arbitrary warrants is no longer a historical footnote, now that the federal government is reviving the very practice Otis condemned. An internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo dated May 12, 2025, authorizes agents to enter homes solely on the basis of an “administrative warrant,” without prior judicial approval.
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*Mark Twain.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Via the Charlotte Observer, Bloomberg’s Andreas Kluth reminds us to watch what they do, not what they say. Here’s a tiny bit from the article:
Aside:
I would have put the word, “Christian,” in quotes. The only part of Christ’s words that these “white Christian nationalists” seem to have read is “Do unto others.”
American Stasi, Reprise 0
Speaking of the surveillance state . . . .
American Stasi and the Rule of Lawless 0
And it’s the right-wingers who keep harping on the “surveillance state,” except, natch, when they’re doing the surveilling.
(snip)
The ruling found that DHS did not follow the federal law requiring the agency requesting taypayer address from the IRS to have specifically identified the individual in question. The requesting agency must provide the IRS with the name and address of the person whose information it seeks to obtain. IRS failed to verify that this information had been provided in the majority of the 47,300 DHS requests.
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.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and they are especially fiendly if you are flying ICE air. Grung_e_Gene explains.