Too good to be true, alas, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try persuading him that the threat is real, and encourage to stay out

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“Go back to your ice floe, sir, and stay there”

Decrepit Canuck Neil Young says he may be barred from returning to US over Donald Trump criticism

The US-Canadian dual citizen speculates he may be ‘barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor’ after his European tour, after years of speaking against Trump

The preening self-importance of these people has been noticed before:

Of course, we have not have to wait all that long before time wounds this heel, permanently:

Executive orders and judicial lawlessness

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meet your new dictator, Ed Chin

Less than three months ago the left had no problem when Biden used his executive authority to unilaterally extend the refugee visas he’d previosuly passed out to almost a million of his 23 million invited guests:

AP: January 10th 2025

Biden extends time in US for 800,000 Venezuelans, Salvadorans as Trump readies immigration crackdown

MIAMI (AP) — About 600,000 Venezuelans and more than 230,000 Salvadorans already living in the United States can legally remain another 18 months, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday, barely a week before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with promises of hardline immigration policies.

Biden’s administration has strongly supported Temporary Protected Status, which he has broadly expanded to cover about 1 million people. TPS faces an uncertain future under Trump, who tried to sharply curtail its use during his first term as president. Federal regulations would allow the extensions to be terminated early, although that’s never been done before.

But now, and without citing any judicial authority to do do (because there is none), a federal judge has assumed command of this country’s immigration law. Where are the howls of outrage from Larry Tribe and his ilk?

Judge Blocks Administration From Revoking Temporary Protected Status of 350,000 Venezuelans

The course of true foreclosure never did run smooth

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17 Highland Road, listed at $1.699 million, was reported under contract last October, but rather than proceeding to final sale, it’s been reactivated today and is once again free to accept offers.

The property’s been the subject of a foreclosure proceeding since 2022, (which is how long it’s also been listed for sale, beginning then at $2.3 million), and the latest sale date by auction was supposed to be April 5th, but apparently, that’s no longer operative. The land conprises 4.92 acres and, although I don’t know how much of that is truly useable, I’d think a building lot up here, with or without a salvageable house, should be worth somewhere close to this ask. My guess is that it’s the foreclosure suit and, possibly, a non-cooperative defendant that’s holding things up.

Throwing open the gates and keeping them open was always a deliberate policy

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Screw the country, it's all about them

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla — primary her

Trump agenda upended after GOP rebellion shuts down House floor

A fight over proxy voting for new parents is at the heart of the issue

A normally sleepy procedural vote ended in drama for the House of Representatives after a rebellion by nine Republicans against their own party forced chamber proceedings for the week to grind to a halt.

It puts the future in question for two key bills backed by the Trump administration that were slated to get a vote on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that votes were canceled for the rest of the week in comments condemning the mutiny.

"It's a very disappointing result on the floor there, a handful of Republicans joined with all the Democrats to take down a rule. That's rarely done. It's very unfortunate," Johnson said. "That rule being brought down means that we can't have any further action on the floor this week."

It's an embarrassing setback for House Republican leadership, who put on a full court press for both pieces of legislation.

A "rule vote" is not an expression of support or opposition for any specific measure. Rather, it's a procedural hurdle, normally falling along party lines, that allows for the House to begin debate and eventually vote on whatever bills the rule is covering.

In this case, the "rule" would have allowed for debate and floor consideration of bills that would have limited district judges' ability to levy nationwide injunctions and would have mandated proof of citizenship to register to vote, respectively.

… "I think that today is a pretty historical day for the entire conference and showing that, yeah, the body has decided that parents deserve a voice in Washington and also to the importance of female members having a vote in Washington D.C.," Luna told reporters after the vote.

I do wish politicians wouldn’t make it so easy to hate them.