Is anyone else here at the Wonk worried about the tripling of the budget for ICE? They will be accountable only to the Trump regime, correct? They will hire thousands who might not be eligible for security jobs or law enforcement jobs otherwise, and what happens when this Trump regime hires them, and they try to deport without due process or other protections any undocumented or "not born here" POC that the regime doesn't like? And what happens after?
Why wouldn't Trump and Miller and other hateful regime members use this "executive police force" outside of the FBI and other federal police, outside of our military, and outside of local and state law enforcement to vindictively go after citizens who protest, or stand up to them in court, or are Democrats, or are some other group they do not like? They tripled the budget for this new force, and they'll hire so many who want to have that job, and would they just reduce the budget and have reductions in force (RIF)/ layoffs after the "deportation" job is done? OR, would the regime keep them in place and then start labeling the opposition as enemies of the state who must be deported or imprisoned?
This is hardly the main point and it's absolutely nowhere near my top concern, but our great grandchildren will be paying off the shit storm of law suites that this nazi shit is gonna bring.
"to ensure that illegal aliens are not receiving Medicaid benefits that are meant for law-abiding Americans.”
Correct me if I'm wrong, but even law breaking Americans are entitled to medical care paid for by Medicaid, if otherwise qualified to receive it. In other words, "law abiding" are just right wing and racist pablum from a Nazi hack.
The Israelis in power seem to have studied their past and learned from it--I was naive to assume that they wouldn't see the 1930s and 40s as "how to do it" guides
Buenos dias, mihas e mihos. I say that b/c of the satisfaction I'm feeling from my glance at Joyce Vance's overnight email news of the shitgibbon's spiralling polling numbers over his assault-abduct-disappear program for furriners and some Americans.
*sips cold skinny almond milk latte covfefe, as I do.
... came up on a playlist while driving yesterday.
I first heard it after Cobain’s death (on Universal Mother, which came out September, 1994, and Cobain had died in May of that year—pretty sure this was its first time in public). I always wondered if he was gone when she recorded it. I always kinda figured from her vocal.
I hate ransomware crims... them, and Illinois Nazis.
' One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work'
In KNP's case, it's thought the hackers managed to gain entry to the computer system by guessing an employee's password, after which they encrypted the company's data and locked its internal systems.
KNP director Paul Abbott says he hasn't told the employee that their compromised password most likely led to the destruction of the company.
Man, I am STILL fighting off a headache lingering from the migraine I had Saturday night. I know it will retract in a day or two, but God damn it's ranging from mildly unpleasant to potentially bothersome. Mostly, I'm worried it will get worse.
Also, I SERIOUSLY need my HRT gels to get here. These hot flashes have been no joke lately.
I need to get on HRT but I have such a huge deductible it'll all be out of pocket. Kinda like I don't have insurance at all! I'm trying to figure out if it'll be more affordable with an office visit or with online doc.
Oh yeah, those high deductible plans are tough. I got mine through joinmidi.com. I know the initial visit is $250, but they do take insurance, so you might get a discount through that. HRT has been such a life changer for me. You should do it if possible.
This 2 AM stinky poo is starting to turn into a tradition around here and I’m not a fan. I was just up scooping, and I think this makes it three nights in a row.
As you ought and btw can you talk to Umberto Dei bicyclettas for me, please, about the ivory-colored bike they were supposed to ship to me and then stopped using that paint color I am still mad and they won't reply to my choppy-Italian translated emails goddamn those people?
Really? I thought it was still one of those things they insist you do in person. I remember they used to require you to sign the application in the presence of the postmaster (or at least the person responsible for accepting applications), and there was a warning on the form that it would be rejected if it was already signed.
Is anyone else here at the Wonk worried about the tripling of the budget for ICE? They will be accountable only to the Trump regime, correct? They will hire thousands who might not be eligible for security jobs or law enforcement jobs otherwise, and what happens when this Trump regime hires them, and they try to deport without due process or other protections any undocumented or "not born here" POC that the regime doesn't like? And what happens after?
Why wouldn't Trump and Miller and other hateful regime members use this "executive police force" outside of the FBI and other federal police, outside of our military, and outside of local and state law enforcement to vindictively go after citizens who protest, or stand up to them in court, or are Democrats, or are some other group they do not like? They tripled the budget for this new force, and they'll hire so many who want to have that job, and would they just reduce the budget and have reductions in force (RIF)/ layoffs after the "deportation" job is done? OR, would the regime keep them in place and then start labeling the opposition as enemies of the state who must be deported or imprisoned?
Yes.
This is hardly the main point and it's absolutely nowhere near my top concern, but our great grandchildren will be paying off the shit storm of law suites that this nazi shit is gonna bring.
"to ensure that illegal aliens are not receiving Medicaid benefits that are meant for law-abiding Americans.”
Correct me if I'm wrong, but even law breaking Americans are entitled to medical care paid for by Medicaid, if otherwise qualified to receive it. In other words, "law abiding" are just right wing and racist pablum from a Nazi hack.
For this to be effective they have to look at everyone's records. And that means whitey too. Rich poor or otherwise
Afternoon spuggers, all well? Late to the party as I was at the gym and then adulting. Sometimes you have to.
Yeah, sometimes adulting is required.
I hate when that happens!
I guess we can drop the pretense of collateral damage.
𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭𝘪 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘵𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘯 𝘎𝘷𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥:
“𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨. 𝘎𝘢𝘻𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”
https://xcancel.com/ChinainEnglis/status/1947006627837591725#m
The Israelis in power seem to have studied their past and learned from it--I was naive to assume that they wouldn't see the 1930s and 40s as "how to do it" guides
Ghetto, the word is ghetto.
They've become exactly the same as the people who once dominated them.
Wonder if they're still gonna claim targeting world kitchen that time was an "accident"
I got an email from WCK saying that they've been forced to suspend operations.
They're "still looking into it".
I'm just reassured that the most moral army in the world will surely refuse any orders to do something like this.
Not googling his name to see if he is on the Epstein list
Buenos dias, mihas e mihos. I say that b/c of the satisfaction I'm feeling from my glance at Joyce Vance's overnight email news of the shitgibbon's spiralling polling numbers over his assault-abduct-disappear program for furriners and some Americans.
*sips cold skinny almond milk latte covfefe, as I do.
𝗧𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗧𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teens-learn-grandmas-lost-arts-at-summer-camp-and-love-it/
Good.
well, sewing good. Fuck ironing though.
Call it pressing for your sewing projects?
𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥.
“𝘐 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥!” 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. “𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 [𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵] 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵.” 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘹 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘨 𝘎𝘶𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 “𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮” 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 “𝘕𝘢𝘻𝘪.”
𝗖𝗕𝗦 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱
It's not just bending the knee. It's also oligarchic solidarity.
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/cobert-canceled-cbs-trump-skydance?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=501423&post_id=168751948&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=3i9ct&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
"𝘐 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 [𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵] 𝘑𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘺 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵.”
Translation: Trump ordered them to purge Kimmel.
Sinead O’Connor—All Apologies
https://youtu.be/SEVu1tcUGnc
... came up on a playlist while driving yesterday.
I first heard it after Cobain’s death (on Universal Mother, which came out September, 1994, and Cobain had died in May of that year—pretty sure this was its first time in public). I always wondered if he was gone when she recorded it. I always kinda figured from her vocal.
I hate ransomware crims... them, and Illinois Nazis.
' One password is believed to have been all it took for a ransomware gang to destroy a 158-year-old company and put 700 people out of work'
In KNP's case, it's thought the hackers managed to gain entry to the computer system by guessing an employee's password, after which they encrypted the company's data and locked its internal systems.
KNP director Paul Abbott says he hasn't told the employee that their compromised password most likely led to the destruction of the company.
"Would you want to know if it was you?" he asks.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2gx28815wo
Abbott is a good person. But what wanderer said.
If people don't learn from their mistakes, how will they learn?
Man, I am STILL fighting off a headache lingering from the migraine I had Saturday night. I know it will retract in a day or two, but God damn it's ranging from mildly unpleasant to potentially bothersome. Mostly, I'm worried it will get worse.
Also, I SERIOUSLY need my HRT gels to get here. These hot flashes have been no joke lately.
I need to get on HRT but I have such a huge deductible it'll all be out of pocket. Kinda like I don't have insurance at all! I'm trying to figure out if it'll be more affordable with an office visit or with online doc.
Oh yeah, those high deductible plans are tough. I got mine through joinmidi.com. I know the initial visit is $250, but they do take insurance, so you might get a discount through that. HRT has been such a life changer for me. You should do it if possible.
250 is very reasonable out of pocket.
This 2 AM stinky poo is starting to turn into a tradition around here and I’m not a fan. I was just up scooping, and I think this makes it three nights in a row.
Sorry to hear that!
My new passport just arrived.
I was really worried it wouldn't because I've had to deal with Italian post before.
As you ought and btw can you talk to Umberto Dei bicyclettas for me, please, about the ivory-colored bike they were supposed to ship to me and then stopped using that paint color I am still mad and they won't reply to my choppy-Italian translated emails goddamn those people?
Bunch of bicycle thieves, the Italians. That's the new realism.
Enough to make you Sica.
You can stay.
sniffle.
Took my passport pics this weekend. I'm sending in my application today.
I have two I need to renew. I’m well within the one year window now. I think I’ve been afraid that their renewal puts me on a list.
*Wonkette ICE bot notes non-comment*
I've really got to get off my ass and get that done. I've got the form and documentation around here somewhere.
It's easy to do online. I did my own picture too.
Really? I thought it was still one of those things they insist you do in person. I remember they used to require you to sign the application in the presence of the postmaster (or at least the person responsible for accepting applications), and there was a warning on the form that it would be rejected if it was already signed.
Good morning! I overslept, but needed it. (celebrates the Sacrament of Coffee)
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G'morn. I thought it was an alternate universe since the fur babies let me sleep past 4 am w/o screaming at me to get up.
Morning, NWP. Maybe the furbabies decided to be nice.
Fat chance. They think being nice is letting me feed them and give them treats and scritches.
Worth doing sometimes.
The yard work was stressful and I hadn't much sleep Saturday night.
Morning all. ☕️
The share results feature on Worldle wasn't working. I got it in 6 though!
Good morning, Diane!
Okay, one more, just for the Sweeney Todd-esque video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3uRqjA8UE
Boom! Bap! Pow!, "Suit"