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‘Carol,’ whose detention brought the reality of Trump's immigration crackdown to the Trump-loving small town of Kennett, Mo., has won her release. But her fight to stay in the United States is far from over. jack healy nytimes.com/2025/06/04/us/…

Here's a twist. The Trump Justice Dept. sued Texas Wed. over its longstanding law that offers undocumented students in-state tuition to its universities. Then Attorney General Ken Paxton joined the DOJ lawsuit ... against Texas. J. David Goodman nytimes.com/2025/06/04/us/…

Argh, I find myself rooting so hard for Edmonton against the Sunrise Panthers. Go Oilers!

For more than 20 years, with bipartisan support, Texas offered its undocumented students in-state tuition to its universities. On Wednesday, the Justice Department sued to stop it, the Texas attorney general agreed and a federal judge overturned the law. nytimes.com/2025/06/04/us/…

Oh Canada! Woot, Edmonton beats the Sunrise, Fla., Retirees.

The Sunrise Geriatrics be like ... those young'uns cheated!

There was once a time when the party of free enterprise, open markets and local control would have gotten angry about the federal government ordering aged, inefficient power plants to stay open, even if doing so would cost consumers a lot. nytimes.com/2025/06/06/cli…

Given the United Republican opposition to the Obama Iran deal, which at this point seems almost identical but earlier in Iran’s nuclear enrichment learning curve, why would anyone think Democrats would be united behind a Trump deal?

You mean governance by plutocrats if you’re trying to delineate their wealth. Oligarchy is governance by a small clique, they don’t have to be wealthy. Plutocracy is governance by a few fabulously wealthy individuals.

How in the world do you give up a short-handed goal to the Sunrise Geriatrics?

Ask yourself why ICE is conducting these raids in cities like LA and Chicago where they face vociferous opposition but huge agribusinesses in places like Kristi Noem’s South Dakota go untouched.

SCOOP: Trump's political operation is pressing Texas Republicans to redraw House lines in the state, hoping to pick up 2-3 seats in the midterms. Some Texas Republicans worry it could backfire in a blue wave year. J. David Goodman & Shane Goldmacher nytimes.com/2025/06/09/us/…

I’m old enough to remember when you absolutely could not appropriate through reconciliation.

FWIW from CBO, re: OBBB, households would see an increase in the resources available to them. In general, resources would decrease for households twd bottom of the income distribution. Resources would increase for households in the middle and top. cbo.gov/system/files/2…

Ugh, the Sunrise Geriatrics took their Geritol again.

This is a scene from Watchmen, a 2009 series. And here the masked police were in uniform.