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A Notion of Immigrants 0

The Arizona Republic’s E. J. Montini, prompted by a communication from a reader, asked ICE why its agents are wearing masks while arresting immigrants who have broken no laws–who, in fact, have played by the rules. ICE did not respond when he asked for an explanation, so he offers his own theory:

. . . put yourself in the shoes of those agents. If it was me, and my job was “busting people who followed the rules,”… I’d wear a mask, too.

Follow the link, where he explains how he came to that conclusion.

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Still Rising Again after All These Years 0

Thom comments on the Trump maladministration’s acting to sue the city of Chicago for not keeping them uppity darkies in their place (and if you think my characterization of the suit to be a tad flippant, just watch the video).

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A Notion of Immigrants, One Man’s Story Dept. 0

Badar Khan Suri, a scholar at Georgetown University, tells what it’s like to be renditioned by the Republican thought police because he had the unmitigated gall to dare to express an opinion.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts wonders why the Trump maladministration is punishing persons for playing by the rules. A snippet:

For years, Republicans have railed about “invaders” who break into the country illegally to claim asylum — how they were paroled and issued court dates only to disappear into the shadows, never to be seen again.

Now, Trump is going after people who made appointments to come into the country legally to seek asylum — people who were issued court dates and showed up for those hearings.

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A Trait in Common 0

Title:  Bad Guys Who Wear Masks.  Image:  Burglar.  Executioner.  Klansman.  Bandit.  Jason.  ICE.

Via Job’s Anger.

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Constitutional Frights 0

Sam and the crew discuss the Trump administration’s desire to suspend habeus corpus, among other Constitutional Rights, and their apparent ignorance of what the Constitution actually says.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Via the Charlotte Observer, the Los Angeles Times’s Karen Musalo hears a rhyme of refugees betrayed a long time ago.

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*Mark Twain.

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The Stumper 0

Title:  Game Show for Citizenship.  Image:  Immigrants on a

Image via Job’s Anger.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

News item:

The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly reviewing a pitch for a reality TV show in which immigrants compete for the chance to fast-track their path to U.S. citizenship.

Even if there’s little or no truth to this report, that persons are willing to believe it shows the extent that mean for the sake of mean has become an accepted Republican family value.

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The Rule of Lawless 0

“Vengeance is mine,” sayeth the Don:

At 1:34 AM, the insecure co-president took to Truth Social to call for a “major investigation” against Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen, and Bono for endorsing Kamala Harris’s presidential run. Donald claimed that Harris illegally paid the major artists for their endorsements.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

The Rude One looks at Donald Trump’s attempt to undo birthright citizenship and argues forcefully (and rudely) that “there Is no ‘America’ without birthright citizenship.”

Here’s a bit from his article (slightly expurgated); follow the link for the rest.

But what galls me and what ought to gall everyone is this simple idea: the United States is what it is because of immigration and birthright citizenship. The very concept of “America” is that it’s always been a mongrel nation pasted together by people from . . . everywhere, man, all, in theory, working towards that mythical “more perfect union.” We’re the only country in the world that has even attempted to do this. We’re an incredibly diverse, and an incredibly inclusive country, and if you don’t see that as a strength, then you don’t actually understand who , . . we are.

Aside:

Donald Trump himself, as a descendant of immigrants, has benefited from that very birthright citizenship he would deny to others, yet he seems eager to take us back to the days–and to the era–before it was passed.

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Republican Thought Police 0

The EFF looks the latest Republican strategy to squelch dissent: To give the executive branch power to unilaterally strip the tax exempt status from organizations it doesn’t like by dubbing them “terrorist supporting organizations.” Here’s a bit from their article (emphasis added):

The goal of this proposal is not to stop the spread of or support for terrorism; the U.S. already has myriad other laws that do that, including existing tax code section 501(p), which allows the government to revoke the tax status of designated “Terrorist Organizations.” Instead, this proposal is designed to inhibit free speech by discouraging nonprofits from working with and advocating on behalf of disadvantaged individuals and groups, like Venezuelans or Palestinians, who may be associated, even completely incidentally, with any group the U.S. deems a terrorist organization. And depending on what future groups this administration decides to label as terrorist organizations, it could also threaten those advocating for racial justice, LGBTQ rights, immigrant communities, climate action, human rights, and other issues opposed by this administration.

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The Storms This Time 0

Thom wonders why the Trump maladministration is gutting the federal agencies that exist to keep Americans safe, such as NOAA. From the Youtube page:

Trump, Elon Musk & DOGE are gutting the programs scientists use to predict the weather, now Americans are in danger of dangerous storms, fossil fuel companies and oligarchs can hide information from the public and the billionaires will be able to buy property cheap after hurricanes wipe communities off the map.

PoliticalProf has more relevant to this topic.

Afterthought:

I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that today’s Republican Party is no longer committed to promoting the general welfare.

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Cruel and Unusual 0

At NJ.com, Daysi Calavia-Robertson describes what life is like for an Uber driver who’s now in an ICE concentration camp detention center.

Just go read it.

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Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0

Hacked into telling lies? It’s just a computer program, folks. Of course it’s hackable.

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Republican Thought Police 0

Retired professor Peter S. Wenz wonders why Pete Hegseth has purged a book that he coauthored, Faces of Environmental Racism, from the Navy. Here’s a bit of his article:

My more serious guess is that the term “racism” is the reason for the book’s expulsion.

Follow the link for his reasoning.

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Hoist on His Own Petard 0

As my old professor of the Early Federal Period delighted in pointing out, “history is irony.”

And some ironies are more delightful than others.

Steve Smith, a prominent Trump donor and conservative Nashville bar owner, was forced to close kitchens at three of his high-volume Broadway properties over the weekend, as management told workers afraid of being arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to go home.

Much more at the link.

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A Notion of Immigrants 0

It’s just my opinion, but I do not think that “enforcing the law” and “mean for the sake of mean” are synonymous.

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Republican Family Values 0

Caption:   Let the children come to MAGA.  Image:  RFK Jr. holds a sign reading

Click to view the original image.

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“History Does Not Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes”* 0

Michael in Norfolk hears a rhyme–one that I am also hearing–and it’s given him a straw at which to grasp.

I hope he’s right about said straw.

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*Mark Twain.

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