Tuesday, March 10, 2026

It Couldn't be Any Plainer

But the Republicans seem to have a problem reading English... you kind of think it their second language!
You see their main language is "Newspeak"!
Fourteenth Amendment
Section 1

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Okay do you see any asterisks there? Neither do I.

All persons born, that seem pretty straight forward, there are exceptions listed the only qualification is that they are subject to our laws. Note: ambassadors, embassy staff, and family members are not subject to our laws!

But the Trump adminstration keeps adding words to it... you know part of that "Newspeak" stuff!


The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide the legality of President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship, which automatically grants citizenship to nearly everyone born in the U.S.

Issued at the start of his second term, the plan is the first from Mr. Trump's immigration agenda that the Supreme Court will evaluate on the legal merits. The justices have been asked to intervene in several challenges to Mr. Trump's immigration policies, but did so at early stages of the cases and through emergency requests for relief.

No lower court that has been confronted with legal challenges to the birthright citizenship order has embraced the Trump administration's interpretation of the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause. Still, the Justice Department has argued that those decisions are wrong, claiming that the Constitution does not grant citizenship to the children of "temporary visitors or illegal aliens."
Hey if at first you don't succeed, try, try again!
Mr. Trump issued his executive order on birthright citizenship on his first day back in the White House. Under the plan, children born in the U.S. to parents who are either in the country illegally or on a temporary basis are not recognized as U.S. citizens.

The president's directive sought to reverse more than a century of understanding that the 14th Amendment grants citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, with exceptions for children born to diplomats and foreign military forces. The Supreme Court addressed the issue 127 years ago, ruling in 1898 that the Citizenship Clause ties U.S. citizenship to place of birth.
Like I said Trump and his cronies have a very hard time reading English!


President Donald Trump’s attempt to narrow access to birthright citizenship is less than one month from argument. The Justice Department is urging the justices to side with Trump’s interpretation of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause by incorporating into it the legal concept of domicile, which traditionally refers to the place where a person lives and intends to continue living, even though it doesn’t appear in the constitutional provision’s text. In doing so, the Justice Department also attempts to transform domicile from a broad principle to one that is remarkably more restrictive.

[...]

Since the citizenship clause doesn’t mention domicile, the solicitor general argues that it is implied in the constitutional text’s reference to residence. According to the 14th Amendment, everyone who satisfies the location and jurisdiction requirements are “citizens of the United States and of the States wherein they reside.” To close the gap between the word reside, which does appear in the constitutional text, and domicile, which doesn’t, the solicitor general explains “‘residence’ means ‘domicile,’” citing an 1878 decision Robertson v. Cease. Except that case isn’t about birthright citizenship at all. Instead, it concerns federal courts’ authority to decide certain civil lawsuits. Incorporating a concept from one area of law to another isn’t necessarily fatal, but it does stretch the decision’s relevance.
You see that's where Newspeak and Doublespeak come in! Where is there any mention of domicile? I don't see it neither... but Trump & Company says it is implied. I'm not the only one not buying it!
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joins a multi-state coalition defending birthright citizenship against Trump's 2025 order, now challenged in the Supreme Court.
13 News Now
Kathleen Lundy
March 4, 2026


Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones has joined a multi-state coalition defending birthright citizenship in a case now before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jones joined the coalition in late February as part of a group of attorneys general filing a legal brief arguing that former President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional.

[...]

Multiple lawsuits were filed shortly after the order was signed. Federal courts in Washington state and Massachusetts issued nationwide preliminary injunctions blocking the policy from taking effect while legal challenges move forward.

The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering the legality of the order in a case known as Barbara v. Trump, which was brought by a group of children who could lose citizenship if the policy is upheld.
And even the Catholic Bishop had words on the invasion.
U.S. Bishops among supporters of lawsuit against Trump birthright citizenship executive order
Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, PA


The U.S. bishops and a Catholic immigration advocacy group were among those who offered their support to a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship.

Oral argument in the case, Trump v. Barbara, is scheduled for April 1.

[...]

A series of amicus briefs, sometimes called friend of the court briefs, were filed in either support or opposition to the order. Amicus briefs are filed by groups or individuals who are not a party to the case but have an interest in it, asking the court to consider certain arguments.

One such brief was filed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc., also known as CLINIC.

Their brief argued they were “motivated by the teachings of the Catholic
Church,” including “the central belief that every person is imbued with an inviolable dignity, and that all human life, created in the image and likeness of God, is sacred.”

“It is through this lens that the Church stands for ‘treating people humanely, treating people with the dignity that they have,'” the brief argued, citing comments made by Pope Leo XIV at Castel Gandolfo Nov. 18, 2025. “These teachings extend to immigrants in the United States without legal status and their American children who were born in the United States.”

“Not only is the principle of birthright citizenship woven into our Nation’s history and Western tradition, but it is also consistent with Catholic teaching,” the brief continued. “Birthright citizenship aligns with the Church’s teaching that humans were created as social beings and that political authority is morally bound to affirm and protect the inherent dignity of every human person in the community. In turn, birthright citizenship reflects the Catholic principle of subsidiarity by recognizing persons as members of the community from birth, thereby enabling their participation in civic life and ensuring that state power serves the human person as a social being.”
It seems that only Trump & Company sees those words in the 14th Amendment, the big question is will the Supreme Court see it Trump's way? 

Monday, March 09, 2026

Whoa! Why A Draft Now?

Why are they talking about a draft?

To me this doesn't sound like a "Glorious Little War!" No if they are thinking about a draft!
Fox 26 Houston
By Alexa Mae Asperin
March 7, 2026


The Brief
  • In 2024, the House of Representatives passed a measure to automatically register men aged 18 to 26 for the Selective Service as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
  • While a draft has not been invoked in over 50 years, federal law still mandates that nearly all male U.S. citizens and immigrants register upon turning 18 or face felony charges.
  • The draft remains inactive; it would require specific authorization from both Congress and the president to be reinstated during a national emergency.
A measure passed by the House of Representatives in 2024 automatically registers men aged 18 to 26 for selective service.

[...]

Middle East war rages on
Dig deeper:
Chatter of a possible draft began to circulate across the U.S. recently due to rising US-Iran tensions.
Why is all this starting to show up in the news now? Responsible Statecraft writes,
This doesn’t mean that a draft is being activated right away, or that those registered will be sent induction orders — although preparing to do so is the sole purpose of making this list. This will, however, be the largest change in Selective Service law since 1980, and will move the U.S. closer to activation of a draft than at any time in the last half century.
The question still remains... why now? Does Trump & Company think that this will be a long drawn out war?

"Your Papers Please" The Continuing Sage...

ICE doesn't care where you were born only if you look like... a foreigner. A U.S. citizen was detained for over 30 hours when returning form a trip abroad!


Outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in suburban Broadview on Sunday, Sarah Afzal spoke on behalf of her 28-year-old sister, Sundas Naqvi, who goes by Sunny.

Elected officials, family members and Sunny’s attorney stood alongside her, sharing their accounts of what they say happened after Sunny returned to Chicago.

Afzal says Sunny, a U.S. citizen born in Evanston, was detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport while returning from Turkey on Thursday.

“Detained with no cause. All she was told was that there was curious travel history,” said Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison.
Big Brother is watching you!

They have seized electronic devices from U.S. citizens, last December...


A U.S. citizen detained last summer at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport is suing the Department of Homeland Security, alleging that federal agents violated his constitutional protections against illegal search and seizure.

Wilmer Chavarria was detained for hours by Customs and Border Protection agents in July after a visit to his native Nicaragua. Chavarria came to the United States in 2008 as a college student and has been a naturalized U.S. citizen since 2018. He is a school superintendent in Vermont.

The lawsuit argues that Chavarria and other U.S. citizens do not have to surrender their electronic devices to federal agents without a warrant. It challenges yearslong policies that federal agents have relied upon to perform warrantless searches of electronic devices.

Pacific Legal said in a summary of the case that Chavarria was told he wasn’t protected under the Fourth Amendment, and agents ordered him to turn over his electronic devices for inspection.
This lawsuit will not go far... the courts in the past have ruled that crossing a boarder they can search electronic devices. But now that ruling is being stretched.

Then we have legally issued passports with a "X" on them are getting more scrutiny by ICE CBP!
Customs and Border Protection implemented rule this week, sending Americans with ‘X’ marker into panic
The Guardian
Hannah Harris Green
Sat 18 Oct 2025


US Customs and Border Protection implemented a rule this week that will require airlines to disregard “X” sex markers on passports and input an “M” or “F” marker instead, sending those people with an “X” marker into panic.

“X” markers became available to US passport holders in 2022, in an effort to allow people with gender identities other than male and female to obtain more accurate travel documents.

Now, the new CBP rule has many people on social media and beyond worried that they will no longer be allowed to fly internationally.

“It’s a little bit too soon to say how this is going to practically work out,” said Andy Izenson, senior legal director at the Chosen Family Law Center.

Passports with “X” markers should still be considered valid travel documents; the US district court of Massachusetts issued an order in June ensuring that they would remain valid after the Trump administration attempted to ban them under executive order 14168, titled Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.
But that sure doesn't mean that you will not be hassled...
While the courts have continued to prevent the Trump administration from outright banning a third gender marker, this week’s rule can still serve to make the lives of trans and non-binary people more difficult, Izenson says.

“I would suggest the intent is to ensure that any individual person who’s acting under color of law or as an agent of the state has as much leeway to act out their personal bigotry as they want, without any concern about consequences,” Izenson said.
Fragoman writes that...


The 2026 FIFA World Cup arrives amid rapidly evolving US immigration and security policies driven by a series of executive actions, expanded travel bans and tightening visa rules. While many of these restrictions primarily affect immigrant visas or long‑term entry, some directly impact short‑term visitors, including potential World Cup attendees, particularly those from countries subject to bans or partial suspensions.
There is a lot of nail biting in the FIFA now with another World War! Several governments have issued travel advisories or warnings related to stricter immigration enforcement and protests including; France, Germany, Ireland, Canada, and  the United Kingdom!
AP News
By  GRAHAM DUNBAR
March 2, 2026


 Iran’s place at the men’s World Cup in three months was put in doubt Monday amid an escalating Middle East conflict sparked by the soccer tournament’s co-host the United States.

Iran is due to play its three group stage games in the U.S. — two in Inglewood, California, then in Seattle — from June 15-26. Cities in Canada and Mexico also will host some of the 104 games.

The U.S. and Israel have targeted Iran in coordinated attacks since Saturday that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens more senior officials.

It provoked an Iranian response that aimed missiles at U.S. allies including 2022 World Cup host Qatar and Saudi Arabia, which FIFA has picked to stage the 2034 edition.

“What is certain is that after this attack, we cannot be expected to look forward to the World Cup with hope,” said Iran’s top soccer official Mehdi Taj, a vice president of the Asian Football Confederation.
Iran’s place in the tournament is now in doubt following coordinated attacks by the U.S. and Israel. I bet many at FIFA have their heads on their arms crying!. This World Cup is shaping up to be a disaster. You want to bet that many star players will be barred from even entering the U.S.?

That you Donald!

Hey You Want To Buy A Hat?

It is the same one that Trump modeled at the return of the fallen soldiers... you know the one. The one that caused all the stir and he didn't remove. They are on sale cheap! Only $55!

Donald Trump showed up to Saturday’s dignified transfer of the first six U.S. soldiers killed in the war with Iran sporting a white USA hat that he didn’t remove.

There were folks who didn’t like that.

Then the President went golfing on Sunday in the same style of white USA hat while the United States announced the death of a seventh serviceman in the war with Iran.

There were some folks who really didn’t like that.
Now here is the part that really got people ticked off...
And among the insults hurled at the President was that the hat was part of a marketing campaign. He was accused, among other things, of just trying to make quick buck. And, while there is no evidence that is the case, that white USA hat does not appear to be military issued.

In fact, anyone can get one because Trump is indeed selling them or at least one that looks a whole heck of a lot like the one he wore for the ceremony. If you want one of the caps, though, it won’t come cheap.

The USA 45-47 hat is currently listed on the Trump Organization’s store for a whopping $55.
Can you imagine that is mechanizing stuff at a ceremony for fallen soldiers. I'm surprise that he didn't have price tag hanging off it! I wonder if he is going to sell it "As seen at the dignified transfer of the first six U.S. soldiers killed in the war! Not for only $55! But wait there's more!"

P.S.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom offered his take from the “Governor Newsom Press Office” account on X after sharing Rapid Response 47’s video of the service.

“Take your hat off, you disgusting little man,” he wrote.

“This fool has ABSOLUTELY no sense of dignity of appreciation for the moment,” former RNC chairman Michael Steele wrote on X while sharing a photo of Trump with his hat on. “It is called the Dignified Transfer for a reason. Take your (expletive) hat off.”

First They Came For The Trans People...

Then they came for marriage equality and job protections!
March 5, 2026


Tennessee Republicans have worked for years to advance policies targeting the LGBTQ+ community, and 2026 is no exception.

Why it matters: Conservative lawmakers are pushing bills this year that would undermine same-sex marriages, scale back LGBTQ+ employment protections and further restrict Pride celebrations.
  • Some of those measures have already cleared significant hurdles in the legislature.
Driving the news: The House started the session by passing a bill that would place added restrictions on businesses that host drag shows.
  • "That sent the signal right there," Chris Sanders, the executive director of the pro-LGBTQ+ Tennessee Equality Project, tells Axios.
  • "And that's what we faced every week since in the legislature."
Between the lines: While the push to enact more LGBTQ+ restrictions is not new, Sanders says the strategy has shifted to become "quicker, more obvious, more direct and more urgent."
  • "The bills are written more directly this year than they have been in past years," he says. "There's no obfuscating."
The big picture: Some of the bills are direct rebukes of pro-LGBTQ+ U.S. Supreme Court rulings, including the Obergefell decision legalizing same-sex marriages and the Bostock ruling protecting gay and transgender workers.
I don't like to say this but there were members of the Lesbian and Gay community who thought marriage and their protections a done deal... well now the snake has come for you!
Tennessee Equality Project identifies 10 bills targeting LGBTQ community, including challenges to Supreme Court decisions on workplace discrimination and same-sex marriage.
News Channel 5 Nashville
By: Chris Davis
Feb 10, 2026


Thousands of bills are being considered in 2026 in the Tennessee legislature, but several are deeply concerning to the LGBTQ+ community. Advocates invited people to come to Capitol Hill to fight against them.

The Tennessee Equality Project held its annual "Advancing Equality Day on the Hill" event, a tradition that has continued since 2005. The organizers said they wish the event wasn't necessary.

"When legislation tries to erase people, silence is not an option," said Brenda Gadd, a Metro Council member.

[...]

In 2026, the list includes 10 bills

Two include apparent challenges to Supreme Court decisions, including the "Banning Bostock Act."

Several bills deal with healthcare, including one that would block TennCare from providing gender-affirming care, the ability for people to sue healthcare providers that "coerced" someone into youth gender-affirming care, and a bill that prevents doctors from asking certain questions about gender identity without parental approval.

"The things a healthcare provider asks are not meant to be intrusive or ideological, they are meant to be part of the open honest dialogue of a good diagnosis," Sanders said.

Other bills on their radar include a proposal to prevent a state employee or public school teacher from wearing or displaying anything resembling a pride flag.
Just for our gay brothers and lesbian sisters so you left out... they are removing work place protections for you and allow businesses to not recognize same-sex marriages. What does it mean? It mean for things like health insurance that they don't have cover your spouse!

Sunday, March 08, 2026

You Know Darn Well...

... That the courts will strike it down, but there is always a chance that the Supreme Court will, so they go for.
West Virginia Watch
By: Lori Kersey
March 4, 2026


Hours before the crossover day deadline, West Virginia senators passed two bills that target LGBTQ+ people on Wednesday.

Senate Bill 590 would prohibit drag shows and other “adult cabaret performance” on public property or where they could be viewed by a minor. 

Under Senate Bill 1083, transgender people who change in a locker room aligning with their gender identity would be guilty of indecent exposure and made to register as a sex offender.
Regarding the second bill; I’m waiting for someone from a state that allows changes to birth certificates to be arrested, leading to a battle before the Supreme Court. Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution requires that state courts respect the laws and judgments of courts from other states. My official state birth certificate says I am female. So who wins?
The bill prohibits “adult cabaret performance” on public property. It defines “adult cabaret performance” as those that feature “topless dancers, go-go dancers, exotic dancers, strippers, male or female impersonators who provide entertainment that appeals to the prurient interest.”
What I find especially interesting is that the bill even includes go-go dancers—like the ones from Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour and I wonder if they will also be challenging the bill?

I Have A Dream!

One short, glorious little war—that was their dream.
Trump’s poll results would soar!
Hegseth would ride off on a white stallion, waving the banner of white nationalism toward Armageddon.
Everyone would clap and cheer, hailing Trump as the greatest president ever, while he basked in the glory.

Pop! Reality sets in.
But everyone else is asking, “What the F***?”

Mark my words:
The Iranians will launch a drone attack on U.S. soil.
Trump pulled a “Putin” and didn’t learn from him, so we’re headed for the same outcome, a long, drawn-out war.

Listen to their rhetoric! They talk about how the war will end in four weeks, eight weeks… that the enemy will cave to all of Trump’s demands, just like Venezuela.

But this time, they’ve struck a hornets’ nest.
No, this war won’t be over in weeks, or in months... but in years.

The Little Twerp

[Editorial]

You know, he reminds me of Beavis and Butt-Head! It’s the way he slicks back his hair; he thinks it makes him look cool, but instead, he looks sinister—even evil. Who? Hegseth!

He wrote a book titled American Crusade (2020), where he explicitly argues that the United States is in a "holy war" for its survival. He has claimed the enemy is not just foreign terrorists, but also domestic "leftists," "globalists," and "Islamists" who threaten Western Judeo-Christian values. The most frightening part is that he fantasizes about being a crusader "much like the 11th century," helping to bring about the "End Times."

Even the naming of military actions under this mindset feels apocalyptic—like the strike on Iran, ominously dubbed "Operation Epic Fury." Hegseth didn’t just stumble into the job; he has exactly what Trump wants to appeal to his Christian Nationalist base. Hegseth’s warped worldview is that of a deeply-held theological and political fanatic who views conflict as a moral and religious necessity. To his supporters, he’s a "defender of the faith"; to his critics, he is someone looking for a "battle" that feels like a holy war.

Hegseth isn't just someone who stumbled into the job; he has a very specific, deeply-held theological and political worldview that views conflict as a moral and religious necessity. That's exactly what Trump wanted, to his supporters, he's a "defender of the faith"; to his critics, he’s exactly what you described—someone looking for a "battle" that feels like a holy war.

However, what is getting people's attention is what he said about the rules of combat... The Guardian reported that in his book he said,
Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.

The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he also repeatedly railed against the constraints placed on “American warfighters” by the laws of war and the Geneva conventions.

Hegseth is currently under scrutiny for a 2 September attack on a boat purportedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, where survivors of a first strike on the vessel were reportedly killed in a second strike following a verbal order from Hegseth to “kill everybody”.

Hegseth has denied giving the order and retained the support of Donald Trump. The US president said Hegseth told him “he did not say that, and I believe him, 100%”. But some US senators have raised the possibility that the US war secretary committed a war crime.

[...]

At one point, Hegseth writes: “We send men to fight on our behalf, and then second-guess the manner in which they fight. I saw it every day.”

Hegseth adds: “In some cases, our units were so boxed in by rules and regulations and political correctness, we even second-guess ourselves. That needs to end. Count me out on the Monday-morning quarterbacking – I’m with the American warfighter, all the way.”

Elsewhere, Hegseth appears to argue that American soldiers should proceed without any constraints whatsoever.
And now in beginning of this war what was said has raised eyebrow, Military.com writes,
A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to independent journalist Jonathan Larsen as published on Substack.
You have to wonder... who those generals owe their allegiance to? The Constitution or the Bible!
“He urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ,” the NCO wrote in the email. “He said that ‘President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.’"

The NCO added that the commander supposedly “had a big grin on his face when he said all of this, which made his message seem even more crazy.”
This whole invasion mission stinks to high heaven! It almost seems like they want to bring on WWIII for the glory of god!

{/Editorial]