Sunday, November 30, 2025

the 40 days of trumpmas - a surreal serial poem

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Remember, remember! The fifth of trumpvember

 the 40 days of trumpmas - a serial poem

 

for 40 days the trumpeter reigns,

his lies and hate on whom he disdains,

but election day will come so soon,

we'll no longer hear the orange baboon;

 

in 39 days full of world wide problems.

we could elect him to get rid of the muslims,

but as he'll rant on trivialities of his presidential life,

what could be worse? - you could be his wife;

 

in 38 days just what will you do?

the donald has said he likes lgbtq,

but as he bullies his women and all his men too,

if youre questioning, what stops him from bullying you?

 

in just 37 days, some people are saying,

(or pleading or hoping or some even praying)

the duke of prunes will dye his forelock purple my friend,

and thus make america grape again,

 

our days are down to just 36,

before our problems the don will fix,

he will on day one do what hes said - true,

he'll wall out our enemies - and fat women too!

 

on the 35th day of trumpmas

yes just seven weeks remain!

will the polls and tallies deliver us

donald with his golden mane?

 

34 days and the vice-pipers have piped,

though pence didnt say why donalds suit shouldnt be striped,

he wouldnt defend his master's string pulling,

to make america great? - who do they think they're fooling?

 

just 33 days till the macho tornado,

unless its blown away by hurricane machado,

with women and voters he has so much to loose.

keep your mouth shut donald (unless youre changing your shoes)

 

32 days and we’ve been hit by the big blowhard,

donald spoke here in fla (oh, we had a hurricane too)

this administration gives us playing the race card, a weak economy, and unemployment

but if you want a job you could be donald’s campaign manager (unless youre a jew)

 

31 days, just a month, remains;

will the donald say hes sorry, and his baser impulses restrain?

or keep blaming bill clinton for our moral demise;

when trump speaks to us, our NO votes must be our replies!

 

election comes this time (in 30 days) each 4 years,

time for praise and tears and fears;

as polls will open in many states,

vote early, please dont vote late!

 

down to 29, just a leap february,

and theres still the donald quite

contrary;

donald donald, how does your garden grow?

quoth the master debater, "with pretty maids groped in a row"

 

just 28 days - later or soon,

and the zombies will rise, led by the big goon;

unless everyone gets a reality inoculation,

i might have to move to canada for a well deserved vacation; 

 

now just 27, less than 4 weeks,

no time for you to say 'yikes!' or 'eeeks!'

obama wants to go to mars and colonize it for man,

lets send trump tomorrow! and colonize it for orangutan!

 

26 days are all that remain,

will our democracy and economy go down the drain?

if we all keep listening to the blustering oaf,

will he give jobs and prosperity? - or just half a loaf

 

25 days - will more women speak?,

of the antics of donald who the presidency seeks,

dating 14 year old girls or groping their mothers,

how did the gop pick him over the others?,

 

24 days - were down to two dozen,

the next woman who speaks just might be your cousin,

or mother or sister, aunt, niece, even daughter,

describing the circumstance in which donald caught her,

 

23 days left and trump doesnt yet have as many accusers,

as cosby, but he assures us that they are all really losers,

sent by bankers or hillary with secret agendas,

to disrupt our election of him - our defender!,

 

22 days and we know charity begins at home,

but donalds attention is so prone to roam,

his gift that disappeared to 911 survivors from his foundation?,

oops! maybe donald spent it on a vacation,

 

21 days and trump says the election may be rig-ly,

if hes not the winner and his total's not big-ly,

tremendously higher than hillary gets,

he warns his supporters may all lose their wits,

 

20 days left and while george zimmerman still walks free,

the man who shot at HIM got 20 years - while trayvon got eternity,

trump wants us to support our cops and maintain law and order,

he'll put all the inner city dwellers in jail, and send the immigrant criminals far across the border,

 

19 days left till we all go to pretend,

to elect someone to lead us, as if on it our lives depend,

but wise man, donald trump, already really knows,

who we really voted for - a wolf in president's clothes?,

 

18 days and we bad hombres demand a rebate,

on the ill feelings left since the comments of one candidate,

the debaters have met in their final grudge match,

but only donald can say from whose hands victory will be snatched,

 

17 days and our government is corrupt with quid pro quo,

did you take latin at wharton? is that how you know?,

donald wants us to fire at them all - the bureaucrats lined up in rows,

and believe me, corruption is a subject. that donald really knows,

 

16 days - lets set term limits on all our office holders,

and put all our women in binders - or maybe in folders,

donalds endless complaints are becoming a sour whine,

have a little cheese with that, from wisconsin, where 

hillary's doing fine,

 

15 days and on stocking covered thighs did linger,

two miniature hands with two thumbs and eight tiny fingers,

they belonged to the donald who believed that he owned,

any thing that he wanted - or anyone he got alone,

 

14 days yes only two weeks,

till the duke of orange assends to the throne he seeks?,

to rule all americans, the strong and the weak?,

and dominate the globe with power that's peak?,

 

the 13th day to go - does that seem unlucky?,

not for donald whos lately been appearing quite plucky,

claiming media, polls, and parties are against him,

and rallying his multitudes with wit waxing dim,

 

on the 12th day of trumpmas donald awoke with a jerk,

promptly fired his latest campaign manager (who considered that a perk),

if youre "AAAfroAAAmurikan" and unemployed i can put you to work,

barked donald the businessman from behind his sly smirk,

 

it's the 11th and engineer casey trump is in the caboose,

i hear some of you saying oh no! what's the use,

our campaign will probably just go off the tracks,

but donald says its ok - cause he's got "the blacks",

 

just ten days left yes only one-zero,

til donald is hoping that he'll be your hero,

as new hillary emails come under investigation,

donald hopes to rename camp david to camp donald for

his vacations,

 

like a cat has nine lives we're left with only 9 days,

till we're subject to donald? and his old wicked ways,

on foreign affairs he says he'll save us from isis,

but his domestic affairs are misogyny and crisis,

 

our days are numbered - yes only eight,

till once again we make america great,

by getting rid of candidates who have nothing to add,

goodbye donald you wont make america sad,

 

just one week to go - its day minus seven,

till america's lifted above - to trumpty dump heaven?,

where for rich folks like donald opportunity abounds,

and we keep the working poor with a wall that surrounds,

 

how the time it does fly its already day 6,

till americans problems the donald will fix,

his solutions begin on trumpday number one,

dont you like them? they'll come at the barrel of a gun,

 

Five days to go, baby, One in five,

No one here gets out alive, now,

david dukes not opposed to all jews,

he backs trump - who are you going to choose?,

 

only 4 days left till the armaged-don,

he'll seize power by the horns once he has won,

and donnie will be what he longs for - a winner,

using the FBI to wreak havoc on hillary the sinner,

 

only three left, just a triad of days,

and the donald his supporters continues to amaze,

with hoopla and folderoll made up in his head,

his winning temperament will leave us all dead,

 

just a pair of days - 2 - till trump paradise,

since these words you're reading please heed my advice,

the creatures that surround us are beginning to bite,

'blacks for trump' fear the Illuminati so lets turn out their light,

 

just a single day left till our thanksgiving,

deliver us from donald and preserve the living,

forget sanity and disgard your misgivings,

but pray hard to your gods that they'll be forgiving,

since we've got the nukes why can't we use'em?,

on the road to 2016 why couldn't we lose HIM?,

 

and trumpmas now has finally come,

the tallies will count up to a winning sum,

unless the earth is struck soon by a cataclysmic comet,

to elect a candidate who just makes you want to vomit?,

we wish you a merry trumpmas at this time each 4 years,

if you have'nt voted you've lost the chance to mitigate your fears,

cause donald duck is ready to lead, forget your crocodile tears,

so you'd better get the vaseline and lubricate your rears!

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Trump’s 2-year reprieve gives coal plants ‘a free pass to pollute’

 https://grist.org/energy/trumps-2-year-reprieve-gives-coal-plants-a-free-pass-to-pollute/

 

This story was originally published by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action.

Last year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gave this country’s nearly 200 remaining coal-fired power plants until 2027 to install or improve air quality monitoring devices on smokestacks to meet federal guidelines to cut hazardous pollutants including mercury, arsenic, lead, and particulate matter. 

But through executive action, President Donald Trump last month granted a two-year reprieve to some of those plants from the strengthened Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which required continuous monitoring of air pollutants. 

It is part of Trump’s continuing efforts to boost fossil fuel use and undermine President Joe Biden’s push to reduce threats from climate change and improve the health of people living in communities plagued by industrial pollution. The exemption applies to roughly one-third of all U.S. coal plants.

These toxic and hazardous emissions have been tied to cancer, neurological damage, and developmental disorders, “even at extremely low levels of exposure,” said Margie Kelly, a spokesperson for the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, calling the two-year pause “a free pass to pollute.”  

“We’re looking at a two-year extension as [a] step … to get rid of these mercury and particulate matter standards and get rid of the continuous emissions monitoring requirement altogether,” said Joseph Goffman, a former assistant administrator of the EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation under Biden.

The extension, which was among the list of deregulatory actions announced by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, has drawn strong criticism from environmental groups, including those in Louisiana, where three coal-fired powered plants still operate. Burning fossil fuels to generate electricity is one of the top contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.

The state’s largest electric provider, which owns one coal plant and shares ownership of a second — has said it already complies with the existing standards and plans to retire its coal-powered generation in the next five years. But advocates worry the shift in the country’s regulatory landscape will worsen health risks for fenceline communities — and that promises to shutter coal plants could be reversed — as projected electrical demand continues to sharply rise.

“I think that it would be a mistake for us to rely on a corporation to do the right thing just because they want to,” said Emory Hopkins, organizer for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign in Louisiana. 

“I think something that might be worth noting is that we’re looking at a lot of load growth in the coming years, which is a lot more electric demand, energy demand,” primarily from data centers, Hopkins said.

President: Rules are ‘unattainable’ 

In his executive order, Trump said granting the two-year extension would safeguard the nation’s power supply by not forcing electric companies to comply with “unattainable” emissions standards. The EPA under Trump now says the enhanced MATS rule would cause “regulatory uncertainty” for many U.S. coal plants. 

After Trump’s action, the Tennessee Valley Authority, a federal utility that generates power to seven states, announced it plans to walk back commitments to retire coal-powered plants by 2035.

By the EPA’s current estimates, the strengthened MATS rule would cost energy companies more than $790 million over 10 years. Trump’s order stated that many coal-fired power plants were at risk of shutting down to meet the compliance standards, which would have led to significant job losses and weakened the country’s electrical grid. 

In reality, coal-powered plants were already on the decline due to cheaper sources for electric power generation including natural gas, wind, and solar — the latter two being the preferred option for greenhouse gas reduction. 

A bar chart of coal-fired generation capacity

Goffman said the MATS rule changes were projected to reduce mercury emissions by 1,000 pounds. The World Health Organization has said even in small doses, mercury can cause serious health complications to a person’s nervous, digestive, and immune systems. 

Goffman added that the changes passed by the Biden administration last year incorporated advances in filtering out particulates, which were not available when the mercury rules were first enacted in 2012. The enhanced MATS rule would have reduced particulate matter by 770 tons, and carbon dioxide — a potent greenhouse gas — by 65,000 tons by 2028, resulting in millions of dollars in benefits to human health and the climate, he said. 

“If there’s one pollutant that you would worry about more than any other, when it comes to making people sick and killing them, it’s fine particles,” he said. “So within reason, the more you can cut fine particles, the better off everyone’s health is going to be.” 

Biden’s EPA also projected there would be little cost to electricity customers. The agency under Biden also said no coal-fired plants would be forced to shut down, and there would have been no major disruptions to energy production.  

“I want to emphasize that these rules were not intended to prompt coal plants to shut down,” Goffman said. “The Clean Air Act doesn’t authorize EPA’s regulations to do that, and the EPA certainly performed its analysis of the MATS requirements on the assumption that these plants would, and in many cases might need to, keep operating.” 

‘Kick in the teeth’ to polluted communities 

The Sierra Club, a nationwide grassroots environmental organization, noted in a 2020 report that coal-fired power plants in Louisiana accounted for just 8 percent of the state’s electric power but were to blame for an estimated 51 deaths and 349 asthma attacks annually. 

The Roy S. Nelson, a coal-fired plant mostly owned by Entergy Louisiana in Lake Charles, has the largest number of people in the state living within a 12-mile radius — a population of about 153,000. 

Michael Tritico, a local environmental advocate who grew up in Lake Charles, said people there rarely oppose Entergy Louisiana, or any of the industrial facilities, despite the impacts to their health. 

“The company always gets what it wants, and the neighbors never stand up,” he said. “They figure industry is their bread and butter, so they let it go.”

Smoke billows from the James H. Miller Jr. Electrical Generating Plant in Jefferson County, Alabama, owned by Alabama Power.
Lee Hedgepeth / Inside Climate News

Brandon Scardigli, a spokesperson for Entergy Louisiana, said the company remains committed to ending its coal-generated power by the end of 2030. And as for its Nelson plant, he said it will continue to operate under the current MATS standards until then.

“This exemption does not change the applicable EPA standard for mercury emissions control, and Nelson 6 will continue to operate in compliance with this standard,” he said. “We have continued to maintain and operate Nelson 6 in compliance with existing environmental regulations.”

Joshua Smith, a senior attorney with the Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program, said it will be important to press the company to keep those promises to an area already facing increased pollution.   

“That Lake Charles area is already facing a pretty big buildout of liquefied natural gas facilities and other types of industry,” Smith said. “In general with these kinds of facilities, if they’re given flexibility and latitude, they’ll take it.” 

Smith added that the Sierra Club is exploring legal actions it can take to push back against the exemption, which could be extended beyond two years if Trump wants. 

“I think it’s a pretty destructive use of executive privilege,” he said. “What’s happening here is the [Trump administration] is allowing these facilities to pollute more at the very tail end of their life … [and] damaging the community that has already been bearing the brunt of the pollution for the better part of 40 or 50 years. 

“It’s just like one more kick in the teeth on the way out the door.”


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America’s 10 Wealthiest People Got $1B Richer Every Day Last Year

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America’s 10 Wealthiest People Got $1B Richer Every Day Last Year

Lauren Lewis

The 10 wealthiest people in the U.S. collectively became around $1 billion richer every day last year—equivalent to the money 10 average workers would take 726,000 years to earn.

Analysis by Oxfam based on data from Forbes puts sharp attention on inequality in the U.S. and President Donald Trump‘s “one big, beautiful bill” which stands to make the richest richer still.

The House’s Reconciliation Bill, as it is officially known, would put an end to more than $1 trillion in support for the average American with the savings used to offset an extension in Trump’s 2017 tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.

Musk during his interview with Bloomberg.

Food stamps, green energy tax breaks and Medicaid coverage are among the supports for average Americans set to be rolled back by the bill to facilitate the tax breaks, The Washington Post reported.

“We’re seeing a tax code being designed that would bring about the world’s first trillionaire,” Rebecca Riddell, senior policy lead for economic and racial justice at Oxfam America, said. “Even amid the upheaval caused by Trump’s economic mayhem, billionaire wealth has increased astronomically while so many ordinary people struggle to make ends meet.”

Riddell’s analysis suggests that if the estimated $1 billion-a-day wealth gains were taxed like income from work, the top 10 richest Americans would together owe $135 billion in tax—enough to cover the entire federal rental assistance budget for a year nearly three times over.

Oxfam’s analysis, which tracked the wealth increases for the top 10 richest Americans from April 2024 until April 2025, found that Elon Musk was the recipient of over 50 percent of the net financial gain. The SpaceX and Tesla CEO saw his net worth increase by $186 billion with Oxfam saying he is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire.

Walmart heir Rob Walton and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg saw their net worth increase by $38 billion each, while investor Warren Buffett gained an extra $34.8 billion and Walmart heir Jim Walton gained $36.5 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg in Santa Monica, California.
Mark Zuckerberg in Santa Monica, California. Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images
Tesla CEO Elon Musk greets U.S. President Donald Trump. Now Musk is frontrunner to build Trump's 'Golden Dome.'

The Trump administration is working to push through the 1,000 page Reconciliation Bill, which also covers immigration issues, despite divisions over its content.

Representatives have raised concerns over the fallout from the proposed legislation after the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said the bill would add about $3.3 trillion to the deficit.

The White House has insisted that the bill would not add to the deficit.

Rep. Thomas Massie described the claim that the bill won’t add to the deficit as “a joke.” “We’re going to add $20 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years, which is three and a half to $5 trillion more than would have been added otherwise,” the Republican told CNN’s Manu Raju on Tuesday.

Senator Van Hollen questions Secretary Marco Rubio in Senate Foreign Relations hearing

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May 20, 2025

Senator Chris Van Hollen questions Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a Senate Foreign Relations hearing.

 

Transcript

CHAIR RISCH: THANK YOU.
SEN. VAN,
AND I SERVED TOGETHER IN
CONGRESS FOR 15 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING VALUE, A
BELIEF IN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN
RIGHTS ABROAD AND HONORING THE
CONSTITUTION.
THAT IS WHY I CAN CONFIRM YOU.
I BELIEVE YOU WOULD STAND UP FOR
THOSE PRINCIPLES.
YOU HA NOT.
YOU HAVE DONE THE OPPOSITE.
YOU USE TO SPEAK WITH CONVICTION
ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF ORNATE
TO ADVANCED AMERICAN VALUES --
THE IMPORTANCE OF FOREIGN AID TO
ADVANCE AMERICAN VALUES.
THEN YOU STOOD BY WHY ELON MUSK
TOOK A CHAINSAW TO OTHER
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
THAT HAS LEFT A STAGGERING TOLL.
BROKEN TRUST WITH COUNTRIES,
OPENING UP FOR CHINA AND OTHER
ADVERSARIES AND COUNTLESS
PREVENTABLE DEATHS OF CHILDREN
AN OTHERS.
TAKE SUDAN.
THE FREEZING OF U.S.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FORCED
THE CLOSURE OF NEARLY 80% OF THE
EMERGENCY FOOD KITCHENS THERE.
2 MILLION FAMINE AFFECTED PEOPLE
WERE LEFT WITHOUT ACCESS TO
FOOD.
PEOPLE DIED CAUSE OF THOSE
ACTIONS.
MOTHERS, FATHERS AND CHILDREN.
TONS OF EMERGENCY FOOD THAT
COULD HAVE SAVED THEIR LIVES WAS
LEFT ROTTINGN WAREHOUSES
BECAUSE YOU AND ELON MUSK
REFUSED TO LET USAID DO ITS JOB.
SUDAN IS A COUNTRY WHERE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION'S OWN
DETERMINATION IDENTIFIED IS -- A
GENOCIDE IS UNFOLDING.
HERE IS WHERE IT GOES FROM CRUEL
TO DESPICABLE.
WHILE CUTTING OFF FOOD AID TO
SUDANESE FAMILIES LIVING THROUGH
AN ACTUAL GENOCIDE, YOU ARE FAST
TRACKING WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS
FOR REFUGEE STATUS UNDER A
MANUFACTURED CLAIM THAT THEY ARE
THE VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE.
YOU TRIED TO BLOCK THE ADMISSION
OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD ALREADY
BEEN APPROVED TO COME HERE AS
REFUGEES WHILE MAKING BOGUS
CLAIMSO JUSTIFY GRANTING SUCH
STATUS TO EFFORT --
AFTER CANADA -- AFRICANAS.
WHILE YOU HAVE TURNED AWAY FROM
A GENOCIDE IN SUDAN AND INVENTED
D
UP WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO THROW
THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE UNDERHE
BUS A HAVE BEEN PLAYED LIKE A
FIDDLE LIKE VLADIMIR PUTIN.
NALD TRUMP NOT ONLY SAID HE
WOULD END THE WAR ON DAY ONE.
HE ALSO SAID HE WOULD END THE
WAR IN GAZA ON DAY ONE.
YET LAST WEEK YOU WERE RUNNING
AROUND TO GO VOMOUS SNAKES
GIVING WAY VERY SENSITIVE AI AND
CHIPS TECHNOLOGY BUTOING
NOTHING TO END THE WAR IN GAZA
AND GET THE REMAINING HOSTAGES
TURNED.
FOR 78 DAYS THE NETANYAHU
GOVERNMENT DID NOT ALLOW A SCRAP
OF FOOD TO REACH OVER 2 MILLION
CIVILIANS.
MALNUTRITION AND MORE THANM
14,000 CHILDREN ARE IN IMMINENT
DANGER OF DYING OF STARVATION.
AS SENATOR MCCAIN SAID LAST WEEK
, FAMILIES IN GAZA ARE STARVING
WHILE THE FOOD THEY NEED IS
SITTING AT THE BORDER.
THAT IS A GROSS VIOLATION OF
U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW.
WHAT DID YOU DO?
NOTHING.
NOT ONCE DID YOU PUBLICLY CALL
UPON THE NETANYAHU GOVERNMENT TO
END THE BLOCKADE.
FORTUNATELY OTHER COUNTRIES
SPOKE OUT AND NOW WE SEE A TINY
TRICKLE GOING IN.
WHERE HAVE YOU FOCUS YOUR ENERGY
INSTEAD?
YOUR FIRST TRIP AS SECRETARY OF
STATE WAS TO EL SALVADOR.
NOT TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY.
BUT TO COZY UP TO THE PRESIDENT
WHO CALLS HIMSELF THE WORLD'S
THE RESULT WAS A CASH FOR
POLLUTION DEAL TO DEPRIVE PEOPLE
LIVING IN AMERICA OF THEIR
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE
PROCESS.
THE SUPREME COURT IN A 9-0
DECISION INSTRUCTED YOU TO
FACILITATE THE RETURN TO THE
UNITED STATES OF GARCIA WHO THE
ADMISTRATION ADMITTED WAS
WRONGFULLY DEPORTED TO EL
SALVADOR.
YOUR RESPONSE?
YOU HAVE OPENLY FLOGGED JUDICIAL
ORDERS.
WHEN ASKED WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN
IN TOUCH WITH EL SALVADOR TO
RETURN GARCIA, YOU BOASTED, "I
WOULD NEVER TELL YOU THAT AND
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE I WOULD NEVER
TELL?
THE JUDGE."
CLEARLY YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE
FOUR AMENDMENT RIGHT TO DUE
PROCESS AND YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT
THE FIRST AMENDMENT EITHER SINCE
YOU HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY
SNATCHING STUDENTS OFF OF
COLLEGE CAMPUSES FOR EXERCISING
THEIR GHT TO FREE SPEECH.
YOU DREDGED UP A RELIC FROM THE
MCCARTHY ERA TO CLAIM THAT
STUDENT PROTESTERS POSED A
THREAT TO THE FEIGN POLICY IN
THE UNITED STATES.
GIVE ME A BREAK, MR. SECRETARY.
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO THIS IS
NOT ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY.
IT IS ABOUT PUNISHING FREE
SPEECH.
YOU KNOW THAT AN AMERICAN OF THE
GOVERNNT DOES NOT GET TO USE
ITS POWER TO PUNISH SPEECH IT
DOES NOT LIKE.
YET IN MARCH YOU BOASTED ABOUT
REVOKING STUDENT VISAS SAYING,
WE DO IT EVERY DAY, EVERY TIME I
FIND ONE OF THESE LUNATICS, I
TAKE AWAY THEIR VISA.
LET'S LOOK UP ONE OF THOSE
LUNATICS, MR. SECRETARY.
MS. OSTRICH.
HER TIME WAS CO-AUTHORING AN
OP-ED IN HER COLLEGE PAPER ON
THE RESPONSE TO THE WAR IN GAZA.
YOUR OWN DEPARTMENT FOUND ZERO
LINKS TO TERRORISM, NO
BUT YOU STILL TOOK HER VISA AND
SHIPPED OFF TO DETENTION IN
LOUISIANA.
AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
THE FEDERAL JUDGE IN THE CASE OF
THE COLUMBIA STUDENT WAS
AMBUSHED BY FEDERAL AGENTS AT A
CITIZEN APPOINTMENT SAID, "LEGAL
RESIDENTS NOT CHARGED WITH
CRIMES OR MISCONDUCT ARE BEING
ARRESTED AND THREATENED WITH
DEPORTATION FOR STATING THEIR
VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL ISSUES OF
THE DAY.
OUR NATION IS SEEING TIMES LIKE
THIS BEFORE ESPECIALLY DURING
THE RED SCARE.
LIKE THE MCCARTHY ERA WITCHHUNTS
OF THE 1950'S YOUR CAN PAIRING
OF FEAR AND REPRESSION IS EATING
AWAY AT VALUES AND DEMOCRACY.
BACK THEN IT TOOK ONE VOICE TO
CUT THROUGH THE HYSTERIA WITH A
SIMPLE QUESTION THAT MARKS THE
BEGINNING OF THE END OF THAT
SHAMEFUL ERA.
HE ASKED SENATOR MCCARTHY DID
YOU HAVE NO SENSE OF DECENCY."
I WOULD ASK YOU THE SAME,
SECRETARY RUBIO.
YOU HAVE SHOWN THROU YOUR
WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS WHAT THE
ANSWER IS.
HAVE TO