Trump expands the police state by bribing local police with monies from the Big Ugly Bill in exchange for help enforcing immigration law

 The Supreme Court slapped down Arizona in 2012 for trying to enforce its border with Mexico when Obama wouldn't do it.

Will they slap this down? 

Agreements that allow local police to work with ICE skyrocket

Agreements between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and local law enforcement that allow officers to make federal immigration arrests have increased by 950% in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a new analysis of ICE data.

As of Jan. 26, there were 1,168 agencies with officers trained to help ICE, up from 135 during the Biden administration and 150 at the end of Trump’s first term, according to the analysis by FWD.US, a nonpartisan policy organization.

The Trump administration has called on local law enforcement to support its growing deportation operations nationwide, reviving a controversial “task force” model that allows local police officers to be deputized by ICE to stop people and make arrests based on suspicion that someone is in the country illegally. ...

ICE’s advertising for the program promised to give law enforcement agencies $7,500 for equipment per trained officer; $100,000 for new vehicles and overtime pay of up to 25% of an officer’s salary.

The analysis shows 39 states have policing agencies now participating, but didn’t give the total number of officers now working with ICE.

The states with the most participating agencies were Florida, with 342 agreements, Texas, with 296 agreements, Tennessee, with 63 agreements, Pennsylvania, with 58 agreements and Alabama with 52 agreements, according to the analysis by FWD.US, which advocates for immigration and criminal justice reforms.

State and local police agencies and sheriffs departments potentially stand to gain between $1.4 billion and $2 billion this year if they agree to participate because of the large infusion of cash from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, the organization predicted.

“This amount would dwarf all other federal funding for local law enforcement,” the FWD.US report found. ...

 

GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska strongly opposes hypocritical GOP scheme to federalize elections

How did Trump and the GOP sweep into power in 2024 with all these illegal aliens voting?

Inquiring minds want to know.

 

 GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes out against Trump's election bill, with a warning to her party

... “When Democrats attempted to advance sweeping election reform legislation in 2021, Republicans were unanimous in opposition because it would have federalized elections, something we have long opposed,” Murkowski said in a statement. “Now, I’m seeing proposals such as the SAVE Act and MEGA that would effectively do just that. Once again, I do not support these efforts.” 

“Not only does the U.S. Constitution clearly provide states the authority to regulate the ‘times, places, and manner’ of holding federal elections, but one-size-fits-all mandates from Washington, D.C., seldom work in places like Alaska,” she added. ... 

“Election Day is fast approaching. Imposing new federal requirements now, when states are deep into their preparations, would negatively impact election integrity by forcing election officials to scramble to adhere to new policies likely without the necessary resources,” she said. “Ensuring public trust in our elections is at the core of our democracy, but federal overreach is not how we achieve this.” ...

“This is not a federal issue,” McConnell told reporters in January 2022 when the bill came before the Senate. “It ought to be left to the states. There’s nothing broken around the country. The system upheld very well during an intense stress during the latter part of the previous Congress. There’s no rational basis for federalizing this election, and, therefore, there’s no point in having a debate in the U.S. Senate about something we ought not do.”

Why is NBC afraid of the truth?

 

World heard JD Vance booed at Olympics. Except for viewers in USA...

... NBC has denied editing the crowd audio, although it is difficult to resolve why the boos so audible in the stadium and on other broadcasts were absent for US viewers. ...

 

 

ICE brutality and criminality can only be stopped by an overwhelming turnout for Democrats in November, and even then it will be difficult

ICE has $75 billion or so through September 2029.

ICE agents fatally shoot woman in Minneapolis, DHS says

 

Minneapolis woman shot and killed by ICE officer

 

The initial reporting on Rob Reiner's murder is like Pravda

 

Rob Reiner, Actor Who Went on to Direct Classic Films, Dies at 78

Rob Reiner, son of a comedy giant who became one in turn, dies at 78 

 

Rob Reiner, director of modern American classics, dies at 78

 

Rob Reiner death: When Harry Met Sally director and son of comedy legend, dies aged 78

 

Rob Reiner, Jewish comedy giant behind slew of iconic Hollywood films, dies at 78

 

Rob Reiner, Iconic Director & Political Activist, Dead at 78

Christie D'Zurilla, LA Times

Who really likes J. D. Vance?

 'Who really likes turkey?' - JD Vance serves Thanksgiving meals to soldiers

 

Megyn Kelly promoted trans kids on NBC before she regretted promoting trans kids

 

If Elon Musk is a utopian of the right, Zohran Mamdani is one of the left

 Musk's is technocratic utopianism warmed over for the chip revolution, Mamdani's is old-fashioned statism:

“New York, tonight you have delivered a mandate for change,” Mamdani said. “A mandate for a new kind of politics. A mandate for a city we can afford and a mandate for a government that delivers exactly that.”

“We will prove there is no problem too large for government to solve and no problem too small for it to care about,” he added.

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The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

-- Ecclesiastes 1:9  

 

Representative Grijalva was sworn in today as the US House opened for business, became the 218th signature on Rep. Massie's petition forcing a vote to release the Epstein files

 Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in after contentious seven-week delay

... Grijalva represents the 218th signature on a bipartisan discharge petition, which will allow rank-and-file lawmakers to bypass Johnson and his leadership team and force a floor vote to release files. She signed the petition as her first act as a member of Congress.

That will force the House to hold a vote in the coming weeks to compel the Justice Department to release all of the files related to its investigation into Epstein. But the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate or be signed into law by Trump, who has personally urged Republicans to block the discharge push. ...

 

Jeffrey Epstein files: House speaker announces vote next week on release of docs

... Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., provided the 218th signature needed to approve the so-called discharge petition shortly after she was sworn in as a House member, after a seven-week delay. Griljalva won a special election to fill the seat vacated due to the death of her father, Rep. Raúl Grijalva, in March. ...

Even if the effort passes in the House, it is unlikely to become law. The bill would have to pass in the Republican-controlled Senate, and Trump could veto it even if it survived a vote in that chamber. ...

 

Erick Erickson repeats the myth that Trump cannot turn out the vote unless he is on the ballot

 Seen here:

“Lame duck status is going to come even faster now,” Erick Erickson, the popular conservative blogger and radio host, wrote on social media. “Trump cannot turn out the vote unless he is on the ballot, and that is never happening again.” 

Turnout for Democrats was YUGE yesterday.

Trump did that:

In Virginia, 59% of the electorate said cuts to the federal government had affected their finances, and two-thirds of those voters backed Spanberger, who is on pace to win by 14 percentage points, the largest victory for a Democrat in a Virginia governor’s race in decades. A full 37% of the electorate said they cast a ballot to oppose Trump, with 99% of them voting for Spanberger. 

Trump is in big trouble with the voters on the economy and constitutional rights

 Blue Wave incoming.

 Poll: Frustration with Trump gives Democrats an opening a year before the midterms

Around two-thirds of voters say Trump has not lived up to their expectations on the economy and the cost of living, according to the new NBC News poll.

 

... Meanwhile, protecting democracy and constitutional rights is a top issue to voters, alongside costs, as Trump continues an expansive agenda of executive actions on immigration and other key policy areas. And a majority of voters believe he’s done more to undermine the Constitution than defend it. 

 

... The October 2025 results mirror NBC News’ polling in August 2010, months before midterm elections that were seen as a repudiation of President Barack Obama. At that time, two-thirds of Americans said Obama and his administration had fallen short of their expectations on the economy, as the country struggled through the aftermath of the Great Recession. ...

 

 

 

Palisades Fire was lit by a 29-year old pyromaniacal Uber driver, not by fireworks, lightning, power lines, or climate change

The NBC story doesn't mention that last one lol.

How many is that now? All of them? 

29-year-old former Uber driver arrested in connection with starting deadly Palisades Fire

 ... Authorities said the Palisades Fire was a “holdover” fire or a continuation of the Lachman Fire that Rinderknecht allegedly started on New Year’s Day.

Firefighters were able to suppress the Lachman Fire, but did not know that it continued to smolder and burn underground, a criminal complaint states.

On Jan. 7, as heavy winds swept through the area, the fire began to surface and spread, becoming the Palisades Fire. ...

Investigators said other possible factors, including fireworks, lightning and power lines, were determined not to be the cause of the fire.

Judge, Jury, and Executioner hopes he's found guilty and gets the death penalty, you know, like those guys in the Venezuelan fast boat that had turned around but still got blown out of the water by the president of the United States

 

Thanks to Trump/Vance appeasement of Putin, NATO ally Poland is starting to look just like Ukraine

 

Poland says it shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace during attack on Ukraine

The Polish military accused Moscow of an "act of aggression" early Wednesday. The incident marked a first for a NATO member state since the Kremlin invaded its neighbor.

 

Poland said a number of Russian drones entered its airspace during an attack on Ukraine early Wednesday and were shot down with the help of NATO allies, a first since Moscow's full-scale invasion of its neighbor. ...  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country was dealing with "a large-scale provocation,” and that his military recorded 19 drone incursions overnight, four of which he said were shot down. ... The E.U. called it the “most serious European airspace violation by Russia since the war began.” ...

Third time's a charm

 

SPEAKER: THERE WILL BE 3RD IMPEACHMENT IF DEMS TAKE HOUSE...

 

 

Harvey Weinstein to be tried for third time in New York...

 

Illinois seems to be the go-to haven for state Democrats whether fleeing Wisconsin in 2011 or Texas in 2025 to thwart state Republican legislatures

 

Texas Democrats decamp to Illinois to deny Republicans a quorum on redistricting

 

Texas Dems Flee State In Effort to Block GOP Redistricting

Patrick Marley, WaPo

 

 

 

Only fools throw red meat to dogs, yank it away, and act surprized when they turn mad

 

UPDATE: Trump faces revolt over Epstein...

Now Says Obama, Hillary, Biden, Comey 'created files'...

Begs supporters to end obsession...

Rips attacks by 'so-called' friends...

Bongino on Brink...

 

 

Mad King Ludwig to impose 50% tariff on Brazil but not on Israel lol

I mean, some countries are more equal than others amirite? 

 Trump To Impose 50% Brazil Tariff, Citing Bolsonaro "Witch Hunt"

Trump brands Netanyahu's corruption trial a 'witch hunt,' calls for it to be canceled

 

Ah, so Trump is The Decider now lol, becomes more like George W. Bush every day

 

Trump Says He Decides What ‘America First’ Means

Michael Scherer, The Atlantic

 

... “America First” means whatever he says it does.

 

“Well, considering that I’m the one that developed ‘America First,’ and considering that the term wasn’t used until I came along, I think I’m the one that decides that,” Trump told me. ...

 

Still an ignoramus after all these years, but he's still right about Iran, contra Tucker Carlson:

 

“For those people who say they want peace—you can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon. So for all of those wonderful people who don’t want to do anything about Iran having a nuclear weapon—that’s not peace.” ... 

“Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb, very simple. Regardless—Israel or not Israel—Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb,” Trump told me. ...            

And that makes him exactly like old Georgie:

“Permitting the world’s leading sponsor of terror to possess the world’s deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations,” the president said. “For the sake of peace, the world must not allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.”

 

 

 

NBC News: Trump behaved himself at the Army parade, for which the weather did not cooperate

... Prone to delivering long, boastful speeches, Trump kept his remarks brief and made the military the focus. Beforehand, critics had warned he would politicize the event for his own purposes. ...

 

The winds picked up and a light drizzle commenced just as the tanks were about to roll.

The parade was supposed to begin at 6:30 p.m. ET, but it was moved up a half hour in deference to the weather, a Secret Service official said. Army tanks, their treads squeaking against the pavement, trundled along Constitution Avenue under an intermittent drizzle. Hundreds of people were still stuck in line, even as the parade was coming to a close two hours later. 

Some of the planned flyovers had to be canceled. Still, the crowd gathered on the National Mall looked up appreciatively as helicopters flew overhead in formation.

The parade came on the 250^th anniversary of the Army and, as it happens, Trump’s 79^th birthday. ...

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