Nothing is Sacred

I apologize for not posting yesterday; we were in the midst of snowstorm recovery. I figure we got at least 8” at the old Chateau Bluz. Shoveling out was a 2-day operation. The second day, there was a solid 2” layer of compacted ice and snow that we had to pry up in frozen planks.

This was after about an hour of wintery mix, which compacted the snow on our patio table by at least an inch.

Now to the business at hand.

There’s nothing really to talk about except the latest heinous ICE murder of an innocent protester. You’ve all seen the footage by now. A VA nurse goes to the aid of a woman ICE had just pushed down, they tackle him, take him to the ground, begin beating the shit out of him, then they find a gun in his back holster. They remove the gun and then unload their weapons into his back. He was hit with 9-10 shots. (I’ve seen differing reports.)

I had a lot to say about all of this, but in the days since the murder, most of it has appeared as memes in my FB feed.

We hadn’t even wrapped the previous ICE killing before this new one. MAGA and the Administration were still referring to Renee Good as a paid protester/terrorist.

Before Alex Pretti’s body was even cold, the Trump Administration’s talking heads were lying about what happened, calling the victim out as someone who was attacking the ICEholes. Again, they had the lies locked and loaded for immediate use.

The most common theme from the Administration, and then from the obedient MAGA masses, was that the victim deserved his death because he brought a gun to a protest. This line of defense essentially negates 50 years of Republican Second Amendment activism.

With one incident, MAGA has invalidated both the First and Second Amendments.

As is their way, Republicans are ready, willing, and able to pivot from any position they’ve taken and support the exact opposite if it serves their immediate needs. This party literally stands for nothing but their own continued power.

As the number of protesters increased exponentially after the Pretti murder, the Administration added another angle of defense for future use: Don’t hurt the ICEholes’ delicate feelings:

My local paper, newly turned conservative mouthpiece, the Baltimore Sun, covered TFG’s inevitable backpedal from the controversy, to blame his staff for following his own orders.

If you think ICE Barbie or the ghoul Steven Miller used talking points that TFG hadn’t supported, you’re not paying attention. But at the first sign of trouble, he hung them out to dry. After all, priority one is that nothing is ever, EVER, Trump’s fault. That’s what underlings are for: convenient receptacles for blame.

Also note the underlined portion of the article for the incredible soft-pedaling of what could be a major flip by Republicans turning on the Teflon President, by saying the Administration’s “accounting of events may face bipartisan scrutiny.” That’s more evidence of a partisan news outlet shilling for the party they back.

The biggest but least acknowledged portion of all this is where AG Bondi announced that they would pull ICE out of Minnesota if the state turned over its voter rolls.

And there it is. This has nothing to do with immigration and everything to do with rigging elections. There is no legitimate purpose for the Federal Government to parse state voter registrations, especially this lot. This whole thing is a revenge operation to punish a Blue State and attempt to turn it Red.

They underestimated how severe the backlash among Minnesotans would be. I’m proud of them and deeply awed by their dedication to not buckle under pressure from the federal overlords. These are people who are putting their own asses on the line for freedom.

I just hope the rest of us do the same when ICE eventually comes to our towns.