We wish Tipper’s room were this clean. Too bad we can’t use AI on the real thing! 2025
The good news this morning, I suppose, is that Pope Francis is conscious, receiving supplemental oxygen, and had a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis. His condition was apparently touch-and-go for a while yesterday, enough so that Cardinals were making plans to fly to Rome. Speculation still exists as to whether he might yet resign if it appears that he will not be able to return to his normal duties. One doesn’t have to be Catholic to have an interest in the pope’s condition. The Church influences millions of worshippers worldwide and can impact political involvement in many places.
What’s new this morning is that ICE has been directed to find and deport unaccompanied migrant children. You’re reading that correctly, Felonious Punk & Co. are going after the kids. This raises the specter of ICE invading schools in an effort to find children. As a result, the question we have to ask this morning is this: Who’s going to protect the kids?
There’s no age limit on the order, so we can assume that elementary-age children, who typically don’t carry an ID of any kind, could be rounded up. How will ICE be able to tell who’s documented and who isn’t? They won’t. Any child who remotely looks as though they might be Latinx could be detained. Tipper, for example, who doesn’t have a bit of Latin blood in her, could potentially be a target of this stupidity.
This makes schools the first line of defense. Tipper’s school has already made it known that they will not allow ICE to detain any students without a warrant, and ICE rarely bothers to get warrants because of the time it takes. Thousands of other schools have similar policies. Republican-dominated state legislatures, however, are looking to complicate the matter by passing laws requiring local law officials and, in some cases, anyone else to assist ICE if requested. I’m not aware of any of those laws being passed yet, but they’re advancing through their various committees with strong partisanship outweighing objections.
We can’t all stand around outside every school waiting for a raid that doesn’t come, either. That option is neither practical nor reasonable. It is important that students not be distracted from learning and a crowd of people outside their school is one hell of a distraction.
I am bothered by the fact that children are being disregarded through this whole coup situation. Don’t think they’re not paying attention. Don’t assume they’re not scared. We are playing with their future more than our own. What we do or fail to do right now impacts their lives for the next 60-80 years, long after you and I are dust. Not only are immigrant children a target, but so are poor children who are relying on programs that are being cut, such as Medicare, SNAP, and various DEI initiatives. Their parents cannot afford to purchase care from an out-of-control capitalistic system. Without federal programs, many of these children will die before reaching adulthood.
How does that sit on your conscience?
I know the big buzz this morning is about Muskrat’s ‘requirement’ that all federal employees justify their employment by midnight. That’s all bluster and fireworks meant to distract everyone. Newly confirmed FBI director Kash Patel was quick to inform all FBI employees to not comply with the order. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management pushing back hard. Connolly’s letter said, in part, “The capricious dismissal threatened in Mr. M-usk’s post is illegal and cannot be tolerated. Mr. Musk’s post is an insult to federal workers and shows that he lacks a basic understanding that many federal workers will not be receiving this email in time to respond by the deadline as they may be away from their secure workstation or on medical leave. He also, disturbingly, appears to be unaware that many federal employees are locked out of their systems due to DOGE’s ongoing intrusion into federal IT infrastructure. This latest threat leveled by Mr. M-usk only makes federal workers’ jobs more difficult as they attempt to maintain continuity of services for the American people despite daily attempts by DOGE to undermine their work.” (We added the dash in M-usk so that search engines won’t pick his name out of the content).
While I’ve seen some amusing and creative responses floating around BluSky and Reddit, the fact is that this stupidity only puts more people in danger. What happens if medical staff at various federal facilities are fired because they were working their collective asses off all weekend trying to save lives? What happens if critical adjunct services supporting the military are suddenly no longer available? What happens if oversight at airports and ship docks that maintain safety have no one staffing them Monday morning? Obviously, the Muskrat didn’t think this through, but then, there’s a question as to whether he is capable of thinking at all.
The dogs let me sleep late this morning, but that doesn’t mean I’m in a good enough mood to let such ignorance and stupidity slide by. Lives are at risk. CHILDREN’S lives are at risk. We simply cannot sit by and wait to see what happens next.
Personally, I think it would be interesting if we just started setting up guillotines around DC. We don’t have to use them, yet. Just set them up in places where all these idiots can’t help seeing them every day. We need to remind them that the real power still lies with us.
Don’t make me wake these guys. The one in the middle isn’t afraid to draw blood.
Think Of The Kids
The good news this morning, I suppose, is that Pope Francis is conscious, receiving supplemental oxygen, and had a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis. His condition was apparently touch-and-go for a while yesterday, enough so that Cardinals were making plans to fly to Rome. Speculation still exists as to whether he might yet resign if it appears that he will not be able to return to his normal duties. One doesn’t have to be Catholic to have an interest in the pope’s condition. The Church influences millions of worshippers worldwide and can impact political involvement in many places.
What’s new this morning is that ICE has been directed to find and deport unaccompanied migrant children. You’re reading that correctly, Felonious Punk & Co. are going after the kids. This raises the specter of ICE invading schools in an effort to find children. As a result, the question we have to ask this morning is this: Who’s going to protect the kids?
There’s no age limit on the order, so we can assume that elementary-age children, who typically don’t carry an ID of any kind, could be rounded up. How will ICE be able to tell who’s documented and who isn’t? They won’t. Any child who remotely looks as though they might be Latinx could be detained. Tipper, for example, who doesn’t have a bit of Latin blood in her, could potentially be a target of this stupidity.
This makes schools the first line of defense. Tipper’s school has already made it known that they will not allow ICE to detain any students without a warrant, and ICE rarely bothers to get warrants because of the time it takes. Thousands of other schools have similar policies. Republican-dominated state legislatures, however, are looking to complicate the matter by passing laws requiring local law officials and, in some cases, anyone else to assist ICE if requested. I’m not aware of any of those laws being passed yet, but they’re advancing through their various committees with strong partisanship outweighing objections.
We can’t all stand around outside every school waiting for a raid that doesn’t come, either. That option is neither practical nor reasonable. It is important that students not be distracted from learning and a crowd of people outside their school is one hell of a distraction.
I am bothered by the fact that children are being disregarded through this whole coup situation. Don’t think they’re not paying attention. Don’t assume they’re not scared. We are playing with their future more than our own. What we do or fail to do right now impacts their lives for the next 60-80 years, long after you and I are dust. Not only are immigrant children a target, but so are poor children who are relying on programs that are being cut, such as Medicare, SNAP, and various DEI initiatives. Their parents cannot afford to purchase care from an out-of-control capitalistic system. Without federal programs, many of these children will die before reaching adulthood.
How does that sit on your conscience?
I know the big buzz this morning is about Muskrat’s ‘requirement’ that all federal employees justify their employment by midnight. That’s all bluster and fireworks meant to distract everyone. Newly confirmed FBI director Kash Patel was quick to inform all FBI employees to not comply with the order. Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Charles Ezell, Acting Director of the Office of Personnel Management pushing back hard. Connolly’s letter said, in part, “The capricious dismissal threatened in Mr. M-usk’s post is illegal and cannot be tolerated. Mr. Musk’s post is an insult to federal workers and shows that he lacks a basic understanding that many federal workers will not be receiving this email in time to respond by the deadline as they may be away from their secure workstation or on medical leave. He also, disturbingly, appears to be unaware that many federal employees are locked out of their systems due to DOGE’s ongoing intrusion into federal IT infrastructure. This latest threat leveled by Mr. M-usk only makes federal workers’ jobs more difficult as they attempt to maintain continuity of services for the American people despite daily attempts by DOGE to undermine their work.” (We added the dash in M-usk so that search engines won’t pick his name out of the content).
While I’ve seen some amusing and creative responses floating around BluSky and Reddit, the fact is that this stupidity only puts more people in danger. What happens if medical staff at various federal facilities are fired because they were working their collective asses off all weekend trying to save lives? What happens if critical adjunct services supporting the military are suddenly no longer available? What happens if oversight at airports and ship docks that maintain safety have no one staffing them Monday morning? Obviously, the Muskrat didn’t think this through, but then, there’s a question as to whether he is capable of thinking at all.
The dogs let me sleep late this morning, but that doesn’t mean I’m in a good enough mood to let such ignorance and stupidity slide by. Lives are at risk. CHILDREN’S lives are at risk. We simply cannot sit by and wait to see what happens next.
Personally, I think it would be interesting if we just started setting up guillotines around DC. We don’t have to use them, yet. Just set them up in places where all these idiots can’t help seeing them every day. We need to remind them that the real power still lies with us.
Don’t make me wake these guys. The one in the middle isn’t afraid to draw blood.
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