American Stasi 0
Via Boston.com, one man, whose only offense was overstaying his visa and marrying an American woman, tells his story. Here’s a tiny bit:
“It’s like a modern day concentration camp. We’ve got no human rights down here,” Culleton said. “People are starving, people are sick, people are tired … It’s just hell down here. Hell on earth. I wouldn’t wish it on any human being at all.”
Follow the link for the full account, including, natch, the Trump maladministration’s claims that, au contraire my sweet, staying in their camps is akin to vacationing at a Hilton or a Marriott.
Precedented 0
In a letter to the editor of my local rag, David Campbell compiles an impressive list of almost a dozen presidential precedents for the actions of the head of the Trump maladministration.
Here’s one presidential precedent; follow the link for the rest.
Republican Thought Police 0
Michael in Norfolk points out that now they’re coming for your “social” media posts.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
It appears that politeness is not longer just going to for the dogs.
Now it’s also going to for the cats.
We are a broken society.
The “Candy-Coated Carapace” 0
Driftglass looks under the hood(s) of today’s Republican Party. A snippet:
Ah, but the thin, outer shell of the party would be a candy-coated carapace of respectable front men and women who would not embarrass themselves on “Meet the Press”, would know which wine paired with what at Beltway cocktail parties, and wouldn’t run screaming into the night for fear choosing the wrong Italian meat for their sammich.
The Rule of Lawless 0
Reuters runs the numbers:
The decisions amount to a sweeping legal rebuke of Trump’s immigration crackdown. Yet the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely even after courts ruled the policy was illegal.
More numbers at the link.
Trumpled Olympians 0
Mary Trump discusses how American Olympic athletes have pushed back against Donald Trump’s attach on one of their own for having the unmitigated gall to exercise his freedom of speech and express an unfavorable opinion of the Trumpling.
Facebook Frolics 0
The EFF looks at the Zuckerborg’s latest assimilation strategy–enabling facial recogntion in its “smart” glasses–and explains why its a very bad no good stinking idea. Here’s a bit from their article:
Follow the link for the rest.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk has a rather disturbing notion as to what is behind the Republican thought police’s efforts to whitewash America’s history.
The Establishmentarian and the Nine Commandments 0
I guess he is leaving out the one about “bearing false witness.”
The Climates They Are a-Changing . . . 0
. . . and the Trump maladministration is all for the day when Richmond, Virginia, will once more be a beachfront.
I fear for my grandchildren.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Guns and whiskey, guns and whiskey.
Don’t mix them together when you’re feeling frisky,
Because if you do, my brother,
You’ll let yourself in for a spot of bother.
One more time, “responsible gun owner” is an oxymoron.