Dems Object to End of Temporary Protected Status

This week in Mullin v. Doe, a 6-3 majority of the US Supreme Court ruled that the temporary protected status granted to immigrants from Haiti in 2010 could be discontinued by the Trump Administration. Writing for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito asserted that "a temporary status initiated by a previous administration can be terminated by a later administration if it determines that the conditions justifying the original decision have changed. In this case, the temporary protection was initiated due to an earthquake in Haiti."

In her dissenting opinion, Justice Elena argued that "the original temporary protection order was put in place by former President Obama as part of his fundamental transformation of America agenda. To allow Trump to undo this or any of President Obama's other executive orders would undermine this transformation and should not be allowed. The majority of the Justices are simply out-of-step with the nation's transition to democratic socialism. It's just a matter of time before they are rendered irrelevant by the appointment of as many new progressive minded Justices needed for a solid majority."

New York Attorney General Letitia James said "this ruling is a betrayal of who we are supposed to be as a nation. As the richest nation in the world we have an obligation to share this wealth with the poor of the world. Allowing them to come here is step one on the road to global equality in all things. Getting them registered to vote is step two. Democrats winning every election going forward is step three. Mandating total equality is the final step toward the utopia promised by Karl Marx in his Communist Manifesto."

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani vowed "the people of New York City are going to face down a Supreme Court and a Trump Administration that refuse to recognize that immigrants are what makes our city great. New Yorkers will take to the streets to physically fight ICE agents who attempt to remove Haitians or any other folks who they deem have no right to be in this country. The same folks who rioted to overturn trash cans, start fires, and vandalize buildings after the Knicks won the NBA championship will do whatever it takes to stop law enforcement from arresting persons that have entered the country illegally. I will pardon anyone who gets arrested for injuring or killing federal officers or destroying property while defending our immigrants."

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that she "will block the Trump Administration from ending protected status for our Haitians. Over half of our Haitian immigrants are dependent on public welfare. There is no guarantee that the types of benefits they are accustomed to getting here would be replicated in Haiti. Sending them back to where they came from would constitute a risk of unimaginable hardship for those who are deported and for the Democratic Party which desperately needs their votes to sustain its control over state policies."

Ensuring that Mail-in Ballots Go to Registered Voters

In an effort to reduce fraud via mail-in ballots, President Trump has directed Postmaster General David Steiner to refuse to deliver mailed ballots in states that refuse to submit voter registration data to the federal government. During a Senate hearing testimony, Steiner pointed out that "a super-majority of registered voters want ballots to be cast only by US citizens. The only way to fulfill this mandate is to verify that every person who casts a ballot is a citizen. Folks who vote in-person can easily show a photo ID that verifies they are a person registered to vote. Folks who vote by mail need to be similarly verified. The federal government has a database that shows the citizenship status of every person. We can check this against each state's voter rolls."

Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich) insisted that "the conduct of elections is a responsibility delegated to the states by the US Constitution. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say the Post Office has a role in this process. Clearly President Trump is usurping authority he does not legally possess."

Steiner pointed out that "the Constitution obligates the federal government to ensure that every state has a republican form of government. This requires that every state ensure that only those legally entitled to vote are allow to cast ballots. States that refuse to ensure this are not republican forms of government. Hiding their voter rolls allows states to corrupt the process. The boxes of mailed ballots that arrive in volume after the polls close on election day with no verified ID dilute the legitimate votes of living registered citizens."

Peters rejected Steiner's argument, saying "it seems to me that keeping state voter registration rolls secret will preserve the integrity of the voting rolls. If no one but state and local government knows who is validly registered no one will have the information needed to challenge the announced election outcomes. No one would have the evidence needed to prove those results are wrong. We would reduce litigation expenses and restore the general public's confidence in the reported outcomes if every step in the process is kept secret."

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) backed up Peters and added "the adoption of the Tenth Amendment canceled the federal government's responsibility to guarantee a republican form of government for every state. Under this Amendment every state has the right to conduct its elections however it sees fit. If a state chooses not to remove registrations for voters who have died or moved out of state, that is their prerogative. If a state chooses to outlaw voter ID, that is their prerogative. If a state chooses to be sloppy or intentionally allow ballots to be cast by non-citizens, that is also their prerogative. In California we have passed laws that allow all of these procedures. The fact is, the Tenth Amendment trumps all arguments against whatever a state may do no matter how corrupt it may seem. Because each state makes its own laws whatever we do is by definition legal, and therefore, not corrupt."

"Trans Femicide State of Emergency in Chicago"

Alarmed by the recent murder of a transgender woman, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) has redeclared what he calls "a trans femicide state of emergency. Too many transgender Chicagoans don't feel safe in spaces where they should feel safe and welcome. This declaration renews a state of emergency first declared in 2024. It is shameful that I have to reiterate this, but the killing must stop."

Critics question the Mayor's focus on such a small fraction of the city's homicides. In the last decade 14 transgenders have been murdered. During this same period more than 5,000 non-transgenders have been murdered. Every weekend for years dozens have been shot and multiple victims have died. Sane Chicagoans wonder if the Mayor has misplaced priorities.

Johnson explained "there are so few transgenders that they effectively are an 'endangered species.' Since their sex organs have been surgically removed they cannot reproduce themselves. For this reason I feel they deserve our special attention and protection. The kind of folks who are getting shot every week are from a much larger cohort of ordinary people. Many of them have already reproduced offspring who will survive and their legacy will live on. Some of them are gun-totting gangsters who kill each other. I can't justify exerting a heroic effort to save members of this surplus population. It would take too much time and resources. Working to save the much smaller cohort of transgenders seems more feasible and worthwhile."

Obama Presidential Library Scandal

Former President Obama has frequently and falsely asserted that his administration had no scandals. His recently opened eight-story Presidential Library took $850 million to build. Chicago's much more impressive 100-story Trump International Tower also took $850 million to build. As is normal for Democrats buying stuff, many of the contractors who worked on Obama's Library have not been paid.

Obama pointed out that "we promised that building this structure would provide jobs and it did. It is not the fault of the Obama Foundation that the funds ran out before everyone could be paid. Considering the historic nature of my presidency and how this library will enable folks to visit a place that will help immortalize me, I think that being able to say you helped build it might be considered sufficient compensation for your efforts. In any case, all of our contractors were required to sign non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) under penalty of forfeiting all claims to compensation if they publicly express any dissatisfaction with how they've been treated."

One contractor, speaking off-the-record, described the NDA he signed as "the most diabolical document I've ever seen. If I have to sue to get my money I'm barred from giving my lawyer any details about my dealings with the Obama Foundation. I'm not allowed to say what I was expected to do, how much I was told I would be paid, or whether I actually was paid. In effect, I'm not allowed to present any evidence without getting the Foundation's prior approval, which now seems very unlikely to be given."

Ironically, visitors to the Library are required to show a valid photo ID and pay $30 to enter. The former president opposes requiring photo IDs to vote "because voting is a right that no one should be denied for any reason. Entering the Library of the most consequential president of the twenty-first century is a privilege that everyone should be expected to gladly pay for."