What would Jesus do? Trump and Vance claim to know more about it than the pope. - The Boston Globe Jesus, we were taught, was a radical.

I wrote about the pope:

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At Peak, Most Immigrants Arriving at Ellis Island Were Processed in a Few Hours | HISTORY In 1907, no passports or visas were needed to enter the United States through Ellis Island. In fact, no papers were r...

Yeah, let's make it like the days of Ellis Island!

Todd Lyons, ICE head, on why he’s leaving the Trump administration - The Boston Globe Lyons told the Globe in an interview Friday he is leaving "on my own terms."

JMJ:

The United States is still a nation of immigrants, he said in an interview. “It just needs to be like the days of Ellis Island.”

Every Christian toddler knows that is the Son of God's favorite fit.

The balloons on top are such a festive touch

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Why Australia Enshrined ‘a Succulent Chinese Meal’ Rant in Its Archive

Australians all, let us rejoice!

Pure evil.

Just six days of war in Iran cost us $11.3 billion. ‘What the [expletive] is wrong with us?’ - The Boston Globe “We spend pennies on everything else, yet when it comes to war, there’s no limit. How is this America First?”

Today's column: The monumental waste of this stupid war.

Yay, Heuser!!

Daniel Radcliffe Wanted a Break From Broadway. Then He Read This Play.

"We’ve all got to do something to distract ourselves until we die, and acting is a great, fun thing to do that with.”

Love this, by my always excellent friend Michael Paulson.

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But when the groups an authoritarian pits against each other begin to see how much they have in common, there’s a good chance democracy can make a comeback.

Masked ICE goons have continued to terrorize residents in Minneapolis, arresting parents and gassing protestors. Agents still behave with shameless cruelty, because they know they have impunity.

Still, this isn’t anywhere near over. This administration cannot allow decency to prevail.

“Authoritarians can sometimes become even more brutal as they become desperate for ways to reclaim the narrative,” Merriman said.

“It has been a powerful lesson for the whole country, and really the whole world, to see people come together in their communities ... people who may not have been active before,” Said Hardy Merriman, an expert on pro-democracy movements.

The Trump admin and their lackeys simply cannot get their heads around the fact that ppl want to protect their neighbors, including those who don’t look like them. It is unfathomable to these tiny autocrats with their shrunken hearts that moral outrage could send ppl out, of their own will.

The citizens of Minneapolis have been showing us the way. For weeks, thousands of ordinary people have taken to the frigid streets, to bear witness to the excesses of a federal militia unconstrained by law or shame.

Cracks are emerging in Trump’s power. The people of Minnesota show why. - The Boston Globe An expert on authoritarian governments sees where the US is going. And he knows what we need to do to fix it.

Today's column:

This is such a heartbreaking picutre of where we are right now.

Very nice (for now)!

“This is not a left or right issue any more,” said Rose. “It is a question of whether we want to live in a democracy or under an authoritarian dictator.”

For our democracy to survive [we] must defend the right that kicked off this whole experiment.

Unless we’ve already decided 250 years is enough.

But it would be a mistake to compare ICE agents to the soldiers who served King George, said Hiller Zobel, an expert on John Adams.

“The correct analogy is to authoritarian regimes of the 20th century, in Germany and Italy... they have made themselves into a secret police."

Gutting the Fourth Amendment just as America marks 250 years of Independence is a little too on the nose, even for this administration.

Is the US Constitution woke now?

Once upon a time, the Republican party professed a devotion to that founding document that bordered on the religious.

Now, not so much.

‘They know what they are doing is wrong.’ ICE now says they can force their way into our homes. - The Boston Globe Gutting the Fourth Amendment just as America marks 250 years of independence is a little too on the nose, even for this administration.

What the hell happened to the Fourth Amendment? Search me!

It’s important to note that this is guy very much appears to be on-duty, which would make this a violation of the Hatch Act.

Maine Governor Janet Mills demands data on immigration arrests as fear spreads amid enforcement surge - The Boston Globe Federal officials have said about 50 arrests were made the first day and that roughly 1,400 people are targets of the operation in the mostly rural state of 1.4 million residents.

Governor Janet Mills challenged federal immigration officials to provide arrest warrants, real-time arrest numbers, and basic information about who is being detained in a sweeping enforcement operation in Maine.