With the election of Donald Trump, the federal government and both local and educational authorities are on a collision course over immigration policies. Many states and cities have reaffirmed that they will oppose any deportation efforts, including another recent chest-pounding interview by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. It is likely that the federal government will squeeze federal funding for sanctuary states and cities, though such efforts can trigger “commandeering” and other legal challenges. Universities may be in a more precarious position, but some like the Los Rios Community College District in California are doubling down on plans to oppose any federal enforcement efforts.
Various university and college presidents have reaffirmed their support for undocumented students and staff, including most recently Fordham University President Tania Tetlow. However, the Los Rios Community College District seems to have laid out a more concrete plan to oppose federal enforcement, a plan that was referenced in a January 28 email.
The District covers American River College, Cosumnes River College, Folsom Lake College, and Sacramento City College.
The email states that “[t]here have been reports all over the country of increased immigration raids in association with Executive Orders tied to immigration enforcement.” It seeks to address the “[f]ear … widespread throughout the undocumented and ally communities about their safety and the safety of their families and loved ones.”
Just after Trump’s election, Los Rios published a “Compact in Support of Undocumented and DACA Students and Employees,” including the possible concealment of immigration status.
Here are the eight commitments:
Los Rios will do everything in its power to fight for the rights of our immigrant and undocumented students and employees and will always do everything possible to uphold the values of our institutions.
Los Rios stands with state and local leaders who have pledged to do everything possible to defend the rights and protections of immigrant and undocumented Californians.
Los Rios commits to advocating for a permanent legislative solution to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and a pathway to citizenship for our immigrant communities.
Los Rios will immediately provide additional resources to our Undocumented Resource Centers.
The Los Rios Police reaffirms its commitment to not participate in immigration-related activities, including arresting and/or detaining students, consistent with organizational values and state law.
Los Rios will protect students’ rights and confidentiality and will not share the immigration status of students or employees.
Los Rios, its colleges, and partners will do a full review of internal policies and regulations to ensure that we are doing everything possible to protect the rights of students and employees.
The Los Rios Colleges Foundation will create Dream Center Funds with resources for each college, administered by the Undocumented Resource Center on each campus. The Foundation will encourage other community members, employees, and private and corporate funders to give support to undocumented students to help remove critical barriers to their success, such as paying for DACA renewal fees, legal fees, purchasing laptops, and additional resources.
Number 6 is particularly interesting in promising an active role to conceal or withhold immigration status information.
We have been down this road before. Schools previously fought this battle over efforts to bar military recruiters. While I have been a vocal supporter of gay rights on many fronts, I was one of those who opposed the litigation that my law school joined. At the time, I stated that it was not only a clear loser on the law but also represented a type of hypocrisy: We insist that we cannot allow discrimination, but if money is at stake, we will allow it.
In Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc., 547 U.S. 47 (2006), the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the federal government, under the Solomon Amendment, could constitutionally withhold funding from universities if they barred military recruiters from interviewing students. The Solomon Amendment denied federal funding to an institution of higher education that “has a policy or practice … that either prohibits, or in effect prevents” the military “from gaining access to campuses, or access to students … on campuses, for purposes of military recruiting in a manner that is at least equal in quality and scope to the access to campuses and to students that is provided to any other employer.” 10 U. S. C. A. §983(b) (Supp. 2005).
It is easier to limit funds for universities, but it can still raise constitutional problems from free speech to associational rights.
In Rumsfeld v. FAIR, Chief Justice John Roberts noted that such laws could run afoul of the unconstitutional conditions doctrine “if Congress could not directly require universities to provide military recruiters equal access to their students.” He then added:
“This case does not require us to determine when a condition placed on university funding goes beyond the ‘reasonable’ choice offered in Grove City and becomes an unconstitutional condition. It is clear that a funding condition cannot be unconstitutional if it could be constitutionally imposed directly. See Speiser v. Randall, 357 U. S. 513, 526 (1958). Because the First Amendment would not prevent Congress from directly imposing the Solomon Amendment’s access requirement, the statute does not place an unconstitutional condition on the receipt of federal funds.
The Solomon Amendment neither limits what law schools may say nor requires them to say anything. Law schools remain free under the statute to express whatever views they may have on the military’s congressionally mandated employment policy, all the while retaining eligibility for federal funds. See Tr. of Oral Arg. 25 (Solicitor General acknowledging that law schools “could put signs on the bulletin board next to the door, they could engage in speech, they could help organize student protests”). As a general matter, the Solomon Amendment regulates conduct, not speech. It affects what law schools must do—afford equal access to military recruiters—not what they may or may not say.”
The coming challenges could raise the question left open in Rumsfeld v. FAIR. However, the question is whether universities, particularly state institutions, want to go down this road of confrontation rather than cooperation.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”
Hillsdale College does not accept any federal aide – not directly, not indirectly.
As a result it is free to set its policies however it chooses, like any other totally private entity.
I fully support any private college whether on the left or the right that wishes to forego federal aide to do so.
When they do so they are then exempt from any of the Federal constraints that are placed on federal aide.
Trump breifly imposed a blanket pause of federal funding – excluding assitance to individuals – such as social security and medicare – and though not mentioned by name that also included Medicaide.
What REALLY needs to be done is as much federal subsidies as possible need to be eliminated or phased out – including Student aide.
We KNOW that the cost of education and the cost of medical care has increased lockstep with Federal funding.
Medicare, Medicaid, and Student loans are just federal giveaways to colleges, Healthcare and Health insurance.
Meanwhile, on the sexual-confusion front, another trans person goes bonkers:
“The Massachusetts man who was arrested on Monday at the US Capitol armed with Molotov cocktails and knives was transgender. Local news outlet WWLP reports the man, named in the affidavit as Ryan Michael “Reily” English, was known as Riley Jane English, a 24-year-old transgender person. WWLP states that English is “a woman who lived in South Deerfield.” English had told officers he was intending to kill Scott Bessent.
WWLP had initially reported on English by given name Ryan, but in their updated report they state that “This story previously identified the defendant as Ryan Michael English, the name used in charging documents. In a memo Wednesday, English’s attorney clarified that her client uses the name Riley Jane.
“Judith dear god I am so sorry,” read words scrawled on the back of a receipt found in English’s pocket, per the affidavit. “You must understand I can feel myself dying slowly b/c of my heart. This is terrible but I cant do nothing while nazis kill my sisters. I love you. This is awful. Im so sorry. I love u. Please stay alive and heal. you can. you are strong enough. F*ck them for pushing us so far. you dont deserve this. Im so sorry for lying and plotting and lying. Please survive [7 hearts].”
English intended to kill “‘Nazi’ Secretary of Defense, Peter Hegseth, and/or the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and/or burning down the Heritage Foundation,” the affidavit stated. “These actions were specifically to ‘depose’ these political offices and send a message.” After stopping in a library in Chevy Chase, Maryland, en route to the capital, English changed his mind about who to target upon learning about Bessent’s confirmation.
Full story at:
https://thepostmillennial.com/scott-bessents-would-be-assassin-revealed-to-be-trans-woman-from-mass-on-a-mission-like-luigi-mangione
The FY 2026 budget is going to be real interesting in regards to grants.
Proclamation 80—Calling Forth the Militia and Convening an Extra Session of Congress
“On April 15, 1861,…President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling forth the state militias, to the sum of 75,000 troops, in order to suppress the rebellion. He appealed ‘to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union.’”
Proclamation 92—Warning to Rebel Sympathizers
“[On] July 17, 1862,…I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth section to cease participating in, aiding, countenancing, or abetting the existing rebellion or any rebellion against the Government of the United States and to return to their proper allegiance to the United States on pain of the forfeitures and seizures as within and by said sixth section provided.”
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Now President Donald J. Trump MUST pull a full “Lincoln” and close the border, impose martial law, prosecute a war against the communist rebellion without a formal declaration, shred the Communist Manifesto and irrevocably extirpate all principles of communism in America, implement the “manifest tenor” of the Constitution and Bill of Rights including absolute freedom, absolute free enterprise, absolute free markets, and absolute private property including a fully constitutional dearth of taxation and regulation, eliminate the Departments of Labor, Education, Agriculture, Energy, HUD, and EPA, issue the “Deportation Proclamation” deporting all illegal aliens, past and present, including those who illegally pursued citizenship as criminal border crossers and “asylum” seekers who all made false and fraudulent claims of phantom, nonexistent persecution as foreign citizens with no U.S. rights, establish coherent voter qualifications by State legislatures per the Constitution, declare English the sole official language of the United States, suspend habeas corpus, smash opposition printing presses, networks, podcasts, social media platforms, etc., and throw anyone and everyone who opposes him in prison to Save the Union until America is placed squarely back on the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
A world renowned reporter has been doing extensive research into COVID and where it began, what information was available to your dear leader trump early when COVID was first a problem early in 2020…
I learned this week that a US intelligence asset at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China, where the Covid virus was first observed, is safe and out of danger. The asset, highly regarded within the CIA, was recruited while in graduate school in the United States and provided early warning of a laboratory accident at Wuhan that led to a series of infections that was quickly spreading and initially seemed immune to treatment. As is the case today, many senior US officials were reluctant to tell the president what he did not want to hear. But early studies dealing with how to mitigate the oncoming plague, based on information from the Chinese health ministry about the lethal new virus, were completed late in 2019 by experts from America’s National Institutes of Health and other research agencies. Despite their warnings, a series of preventative actions were not taken until the United States was flooded with cases of the virus. All of these studies, I have been told, have been expunged from the official internal records in Washington, including any mention of the CIA’s source inside the Chinese laboratory. It was a cover-up to protect a president who did not do the right thing…
. . . your dear leader trump
You may or may not be interested: that silly and dismissive phrase signals that you are just disgruntled and your comment is not worth reading. I know I didn’t read any further – why waste my time?
What the —- was BUTTGAUGE doing?
Bodies are still being picked out of the water, and trump blames DEI for the plane crash.
We don’t know any details about the crash at all, and trump is blaming DEI for the crash.
We don’t know who was the air traffic controller on duty that night, and trump is blaming DEI for the crash.
What a total Fricken A HOLE.
^^ Such amusing crocodile tears from our paid DNC troll ^^
Upstate – tariffs are awesome when you have the biggest market in the world that other countries are dying to access. Only a fool or someone who doesn’t care about America’s national interests wouldn’t use that leverage to our advantage.
NotSoOld: Hey, I was thinking of the Impound Control Act and whether the Trump administration could effect a “pocket rescission” under OCA for a 45-day deferral on dedicated funds to NGOs and schools/universities whose activities might rise to the level of obstruction/active interference with its immigration functions? Do you have any experience with that?
(ICA) not OCA
Poor Anon.
What has been reported… that there was only one person on duty at the time covering both the aircraft and the helicopter air traffic rather than the two people that would normally be there.
So lets see how this investigation plays out.
* the president does know? Just guessing…
* do air traffic controllers usually say things like, do you see the plane? Go behind it?
I’m doubtful.
1 controller was handling 2 jobs! Biden rejected many QUALIFIED applicants. HE loves men in dresses!
Well, the educators have the right to shake their fists and bellow all they want. It is their right. The Federal Government can withhold Federal funds if there is not compliance. We shall see how they stand up when funding is frozen or cut. While I certainly understand DACA and even understand their views on undocumented students, I also understand these are people without legal status. They do not belong here and if they followed the procedures, they would have status and a leg to stand upon.
When it comes to putting their money where their mouth is, it will be interesting to see where they stand. I am betting with the money.
the one’s who stand to lose tenure and a comfy job in their golden years will bend – it is the zealots who are in these academic jobs, not to educate, but to indoctrinate with the urgency of a suicide bomber to achieve his cult’s goal, they will prove damaging, if not lethal; but they must be fumigated out of these institutions before one more penny of taxpayer money flows to them.
Hilarious. According to 538’s aggregate ratings, Trump’s approval rating to begin a term is the lowest of any President in the last 50 years. Try to freeze federal funding… then says he never knew of the memo and blames others. A crash that he blames on DEI when he gutted a key aviation safety committee last week. He’s not even going to need a pandemic to expose what an utter shit show this incompetent nimrod is running. By the end of the year his approval rating will be below 30%. It’s not “The Trump Administration.” It’s simply “The Shit Show.”
Already addressed:
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/01/30/universities-announce-plans-to-defy-federal-immigration-enforcement/comment-page-1/#comment-2485111
To repeat: Trump is above water, whereas Biden was 25 percentage points underwater at the end of his term. Sixty percent of Americans approve of troops at the border. MAGA baby!
At the beginning of his term, Biden was at +23. He sucked as a president. Trump starts at +7. What’s worse than sucking? That’s where Trump will be after he implements national tariffs. Oh, right, you defend every last bit of defecatious drivel spewing from Trump’s mouth. Go ahead, let’s see your persuasive reply as to how national tariffs will boost the economy. And this time, save the Trumptard logic and provide some citations of well regarded economists who support national tariffs.
Tariffs have multiple purposes. They exert pressure on the international stage, as we saw dramatically with Columbia. They move companies and jobs within the country. They enhance national security by making sure the country has essential industries in case the supplying country becomes hostile.
Trump has survived a lifetime and thrived in the most cut-throat business environment on earth: real estate development in NYC. He understands how to put pressure, how to sniff out weakness, and how to make deals. Obviously nobody has a crystal ball to see what his approval ratings will be in four years. But he is starting well, accomplishing more in a day than Biden did in four years – which is perhaps understandable when one considers that Biden was a corpse who didn’t know where he was at any given time and couldn’t find his way off a stage – and his (Trump’s) approach to closing down the border, putting American interests first, and getting rid of the cancerous DEI virus in the federal government, are all very popular. Other world leaders who could barely get a call back from Biden in a two-month timespan know they can talk to and deal with Trump.
Remember . . . Trump ran on these exact policies, and he won all seven swing states, he won the popular vote, he won the electoral vote, and the Republicans kept control of the House and won the Senate. Trump does what he promises; his promises were popular, so his delivery will be just as popular. I can understand why you would want to lie to yourself about all these things. Four years ago, your side had the House, the Senate, the Presidency, and Roe v. Wade. Now you have none of those things. I understand why you are depressed.
Trump drove his company into the ground 6 times from 1989 to 2009. The man is street smart, like a used car salesman, but a complete idiot in terms of dealing with business. He lost his credit worthiness in the United States and had to resort to Deutsche Bank investment arm which was heavily funded by Russian oligarchs.
And as far as “your side had the House, the Senate, the Presidency, and Roe v. Wade.” No, Trumptard. I’m, no Democrat. I’m a Reagan Republican. Trump’s economic “philosophy” if you can call it that is anathema to Reaganomics. So, eat sh!t.
You’ve now resorted to name-calling and profanities, definitely not the mark of a reasonable person. Perhaps my unassailable logic got under your skin? Enjoy your evening.
P.S. In re the 1980s: the world has moved on. I suggest you move on too.
Did I hurt your feelings? I spoke no differently than Trump has toward his opponents. I promise I’ll give you nice cookie with a glass of fresh milk if you answer the question about tariffs… answer it with citations of well regarded experts. Hey wait a minute. You can’t, can you. That’s what all the offense you took is for, to provide you cover so you can limp away with your tail in between your legs and avoid it.
You didn’t hurt my feelings at all. I was just amused by your childishness . . . including your profanities – which show weakness on your part – as well as your haughty and risible demand for citations from scholarly economists. You’ve given me a good laugh. Enjoy your evening!
OldManFromKS,
The real funny part is Trump used tariffs in his first admin, and Biden kept them! Then, Biden added even more tariffs!
-Oldmanfromkansas
OMFK
So instead we get a GooGoo follow up….
Sigh. Poor goo goo. I feel sorry for her.
What? I can’t buy trump steaks?
What? I can’t send my kid to trump U?
My, my, is the prog/toddler having a tantrum?
Whimsicalmama,
Yes, yes it is!
How marvelous!
Start with the sixth time and work backward. How did Trump cause the bankruptcy if he didn’t have control over the company? This is your problem. You lack details and that makes you look like a shmuck.
And your problem is that you live in a fantasy world. If you don’t understand that the owner of a company controls the company then you are an ignorant fool.
You don’t simply look like a schmuck.
You in fact a schmuck
You are not worth listening to.
“owner of a company controls the company”
Trump didn’t own the company.
Anonymous, I guess you are unable to count.
Old man: NEVER FORGET TRUMP LIED ABOUT THE GROCERIES. That is the sole reason he convinced a sufficient number of moderates to vote for him who would not otherwise have done so. Trump also lied about Project 2025, which is being implemented–the majority of Americans disapprove of it. He began his deceitful 2d term in office underwater in favorability–and the poll numbers keep going down. That trend will continue–and Trump and his handlers know it, which is why Project 2025 drafted up a record number of Executive orders for your hero to sign–he didn’t even know what he was signing and didn’t even read them. He had to get those signed before even Republicans turned on him–which they will eventually as he takes away Meals on Wheels, funding for pediatric cancer research, school lunches, student loans, Medicare and other popular programs. Now that he lied about DEI being the cause of the DCA plane crash, tried to overturn the Fourteenth Amendment, set loose those losers who attacked the Capitol Police and halted all government grants,the numbers keep dropping. Please do not try to sell the idea that Trump is popular with most Americans or that most Americans are on board with his cruel and unethical policies–we aren’t. He managed to convince a substantial number of worried Americans that he could immediately bring down the cost of groceries–that LIE got him elected–even he admits it.
Trump didn’t lie about Groceries! They are already dropping, prices are coming down. I got a 12 pack of Modelo for $15.99, there’s a sandwich in every can! To be healthy I drink Chelada s same price, they have tomato juice in them. You should try a few, might help you GooGoo.
* the poor pay more for groceries. Didn’t you know? It’s all that packaging.
OldManFromKS,
Well said and spot on!!
OldManFromKS,
An example of how Trump uses the threat of tariffs to get things done, Mexico Stops 2 Migrant Caravans After Trump Tariff Threat
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/mexico-stops-2-migrant-caravans-after-trump-tariff-threat
Upstate – I responded to you but, for some unknown reason, it got tagged to a different comment (above). The gist: the US market is so huge, other nations are clamoring to access it. That gives the US leverage usable through tariffs, and only a president who is not putting American interests first would decline to use that leverage.
How is it that tariffs served us very well until the democrat wilson administration saddled us with an income tax? The problem now is that we have exported almost all of our manufacturing overseas so tariffs would prove problematic at first until manufacturing returns. Just because of the ultra-slow ooze of manufacturing we didn’t notice the change other than 1) cheap/second rate goods entered the bottom of the market at first and 2) our good paying labor jobs dribbled away at the same time. Introducing tariffs would cause and quick uptick in prices until we equalize the manufacturing locally. What average Americans with little cognitive powers must be made to understand is that a little more for your stuff will insure that china never conquers this nation because we enabled them. Same thing with the cost of deportation of illegal aliens, just how much has it, will it , cost us to allow them to stay? Most people make knee-jerk responses without thinking long range over a decade or more.
Biden was 25 percentage points underwater at the end of his term
IOW, Biden was considered by many to be 6 feet under
Consider the difference in dynamics of just 3 weeks ago btw Joseph Buydem and Donald Trump.
The former couldnt read a teleprompter to read a Betty Crocker recipe. Today Trump is regaling the Marxist Screed Media with gusto. It is mind blowing to think how animated the current US President comports himself before video cameras while, with full knowledge of the DNC MSM, the former US President acted as if he were in a medically induced coma
Never forget
Memo to Pam Bondi and Kash Patel: give them hell
Estovir,
Great comment!
Just what retched portal provides you with this erroneous vitriol? You really need to seek out one of those free TDS detox centers and avail yourself of a life-saving intervention.
* aviation safety committee under biden appointees is an oxymoron
Jonathan: Illinois Gov. Pritzker has made it clear that he supports the removal and deportation of immigrants who commit crimes. What the Governor “finds disturbing, is that they’re [ICE] going after people who are law-abiding, who are people who are holding down jobs. who have families here, who may have been here for a decade or two decades , and they’re often our neighbors and our friends”.
It’s pretty clear that states can’t be compelled to work with ICE to deport the undocumented. Enforcing immigration laws is the sole responsibility of the federal government. (See 10th Amendment and Arizona v. US, 567US387(2012)). But DJT’s “border czar” Tom Homan is all outraged that “sanctuary cities”, like Chicago, are making it difficult for him to do his job because immigrants are “educated” about their rights. That’s because Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and immigrant rights groups have informed immigrants that if they are visited by ICE they do not have to open the door unless presented with a valid warrant signed by a judge.
Now DJT and Tom Homan want to deny federal aid if cities don’t cooperate with ICE in deporting the undocumented. DJT tried this during his first administration. This involved California where sanctuary cites refused to cooperate. A federal judge ruled DJT’s order was unconstitutional. One of his first EOs this time around was to try do the same thing. It’s an form of extortion and states with sanctuary will no doubt fight DJT’s orders in the courts.
As to the Los Rios Community College District in California they are doing what sanctuary cities have decided to do–to protect the legal rights of students and employees. No. 6 of the Los Rios “Compact” provides that “Los Rios will protect students’ rights and confidentiality and will not share immigration status of students or employees”. This position conforms with FERPA, “a federal law that prohibits schools from disclosing personally identifiable information in a student’s educational records to a third party without the consent of the student”…etc. Los Rios position also conforms with California state laws the ensure the privacy of student or employee records. I doubt a federal judge will compel Los Rios to violate both federal and state law because ICE wants to conduct a fishing expedition of all student or employee records to ferret out some one who may be undocumented!
So wait and see who picks them up from school, let them get down the road and off campus, pull’em over and run the checks. Tag’em and Bag’em – Beh-Bye. Illegals are Illegal, they don’t respect our Country’s Rules.
@Dennis
You in particular seem to have a taste for the poo. Nobody is listening to you, dude, and it should be clear we are of all types in this space. Move on. You are just embarrassing yourself at this point.
@James
You in particular seem yo have a taste for child molestation.
Get back in your box Gimp!
Mind over matter, we don’t mind because you don’t matter.
James da man!
Wrong. James has advocated for getting pornography out of elementary school libraries. It is the woke leftist who want pornography in schools so they can groom children.
Where two laws may be in conflict I suspect that covering up a crime overrides a privacy issue
Awww Denise…
I suggest you pay closer attention to what El Fatzo has been saying.
Oh wait, you’re not in Chicago or much less IL… so you really don’t know much.
El Fatzo has tied the hands of IL law enforcement from being able to help ICE even in the case where its a known criminal.
El Fatzo is providing lip service because the raids are actually very popular w most of the people who live in the neighborhoods being raided by ICE.
Brandon is already a lame duck.
El Fatzo too, but he’s got the checkbook to pay off the dead voters still on the roll.
-G
Double dip: ‘undocumented’ – they broke the law already. This whole conversation is absurd. Punch and Judy would be easier to take seriously. Our MSM are basically sucking up the poo in our sewers at this point, like cockroaches, or shrimp in the sea do; and the rule of law should not be ‘controversial’ in a country of laws. I am wondering if the dem party as it is currently constituted will even be a thing in five years. You people are clowns. There is no other place on earth where any of this would pass muster, even in 2025. Such is the damage that has been done to our country since 2008 (and yes, I’m looking at you, sociopath Obama and your cohort).
OT; Huh? Trump blames DEI for the crash at Washington Dulles? Wow. Talk about trying to make himself the center of attention. Seems the more power he has the stupider he gets.
Follow him in….
Full Trump video. Yes, the FAA needed paralyzed dwarves being air traffic controllers:
Also, this from 6 years ago:
Wait!
Are you saying that President Donald J. Trump was actually right again, his speaking style and articulation notwithstanding?
Just for poops and giggles, this from the FAA itself:
People with Disabilities
Individuals with targeted or “severe” disabilities are the most under-represented segment of the Federal workforce. The People with Disabilities Program (PWD) ensures that people with disabilities have equal Federal employment opportunities. The FAA actively recruits, hires, promotes, retains, develops and advances people with disabilities.
The FAA meets the goals of the PWD Program through a variety of practices:
Targeted Disabilities
Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the Federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring. They include hearing, vision, missing extremities, partial paralysis, complete paralysis, epilepsy, severe intellectual disability, psychiatric disability and dwarfism.
https://archive.ph/uhYgm
[Note: I am sure there are many jobs at the FAA, where a wheelchair-bound dwarf, could do the job. I have to wonder how many DEI hires made it to the air traffic control positions.]
Anonymous,
While you might be correct that his assessment is a bit premature, that does not change the fact that we should have the best and most qualified FAA controllers to make sure that the skies are safe. So, while you and the mainstream media might harp on this, it avoids the truth and the fact that in places where lives are at stake, there must be no dumbing down for so called diversity purposes.
And, other than the lies of Trump, WHAT is “the truth”? WHY would you believe, even before the bodies have all been recovered, that the FAA controllers were not qualified or were “dumbed down” AND that this is the responsible cause for this collision? I saw an interview with a retired FAA controller who said that to work at DCA you had to have: 1. additional special training over and above the usual training for air traffic controllers; 2. considerable successful experience as an air traffic controller at other airports. This is because of all of the air traffic at DCA and the surrounding areas–2 military installations that constantly fly helicopters on intersecting paths with the approaches to DCA runways, BWI, Dulles, and Andrews AFB. There has been criticism for years about expanding traffic into DCA because of all of the traffic and near-misses.
And, I’d like to know exactly how far Trump can go with his lies and politicization before even you MAGAs are offended. Trump actually tried to blame Obama–if something Obama did or failed to do created danger, why didn’t Trump fix it when he was in office? He tried to blame Biden–based on what facts? Is it OK with you MAGAs that Trump trades on the loss of life to play politics over a tragedy like this even before even the dead have been collected, the black boxes have been secured and the wreckage inspected? And, it’s clear what happened–a military helicopter hit the rear of the American Eagle plane that was on its final approach to runway 33. The air traffic controller asked the military pilot whether he saw the plane, and he was probably confused, thinking it was the plane that had taken off from runway 1, that had already climbed above the altitude of the helicopter. The fact that Trump would use this tragic event as an opening to criticize DEI, without any facts whatsoever, ought to give any reasonable person pause to think about the implications of such a despicable thing to do.
You seem to want to avoid divulging that there are already many facts to illustrate the disaster that DEI is in so many areas of American life. And the sad thing is that with the progs pushing this absurd DEI concept of racial and sexual discrimination upon us, they have pa=laced every minority in such jobs in a state of perpetual doubt as to their ability and worthiness to be in that job. I know that if I see a minority in a position my first thought (after all this DEI insanity) is whether this person is capable or just a token and I shy away from putting faith in them, whether they merit it or not – just because DEI implies that jobs are based on anything other than merit. The dems created another anthropological experiment that failed the reality test, just like their “Great Society” legislation lead us to our current mess.
whimsical: your thought that, automatically, a minority person is “just a token” is a product of your racism. You don’t even know what “DEI” means–it does not mean that unqualified people are put into jobs they can’t do. Per “Wikipedia”: “Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are organizational frameworks which seek to promote the fair treatment and full participation of all people, particularly groups who have historically been underrepresented or subject to discrimination on the basis of identity or disability.[1] These three notions (diversity, equity, and inclusion) together represent “three closely linked values” which organizations seek to institutionalize through DEI frameworks.[2] ”
Under DEI, you would not have a paralyzed dwarf being an air traffic controller, or an unlicensed doctor performing surgery. You are deep into MAGA, and that colors everything in your life, so you believe it when they tell you that DEI means unqualified people are being shoved into jobs solely because of their race. But, answer my question–is it acceptable for Trump to politicize the plane crash by blaming DEI without any facts?
Luke 10:25-37
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead.
31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.
33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.
34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.
35 The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
The animosity by Jews toward Samaritans was so intense that some Jews considered contact with Samaritans as defiling. Samaritans were seen as outcasts. Jesus’ parable was radical precisely because it elevated the Samaritan as a compassionate and righteous figure, challenging deep prejudices and teaching that love and mercy should extend to all people, even to one’s enemies.
Profound and beautiful
Yes, it is.
I would like people to understand, those who don’t, Christ’s commandments were to individuals — to Christians and their congregations. Christ wasn’t giving commandments to government.
Loving our neighbors and our enemies doesn’t mean endorsing their violation of laws. We can love people without supporting everything they do — especially when they commit crimes and refuse to be accountable for those crimes.
That’s exactly what Jesus would have said had the beaten man been an illegal immigrant: “F that guy, he violated he law.”
You keep confusing the gospel with the rule of law. The compassionate thing to do for these illegals is to diffuse the benefits of their illegal behavior. Take in the welcome mat, turn on the No Vacancy sign and enact some common sense policies that allow seasonal workers, limit the 14th and ENFORCE the law.
So you’re saying, the Bible has to be interpreted so that it fits under man’s lawmaking.
This is not difficult to understand. I think you’re just playing dumb. I hope so, because otherwise you are even dumber than I thought.
When Jesus spoke about moral behavior, he was addressing what private individuals should do in their private interactions with other private individuals, such as turn the other cheek. He was not saying anything at all about the responsibility of governments to protect their citizens. So, for example, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the US government was not required to say: here you go, Japanese, bomb New York harbor too, we won’t stop you. That would be ridiculous.
The first responsibility of government is to enforce the laws and protect its citizens, which are two sides of the same coin. By analogy, a parent who does not provide for those in his household “has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever” (1 Tim. 5:8). The government’s protective responsibility toward its own citizens includes protecting them from illegal invaders, whether in an army or individuals.
I’m saying they are two separate and different things.
Traveler – the anonymous commenter does not really believe in Jesus, he is just copy/pasting stuff from some random left-wing website. The thing about left-wingers is, they are immune to reasoning about the proper application of Jesus’s words. Partly because they don’t care. They only care about making some cheap political point. That point never holds together when analyzed critically.
Did Jesus advocate that civil laws be abolished, so we should legalize rape and murder, or disobeyed? Of course not. Jesus’s apostles, the ones he sent with a message, said to obey the civil magistrate, who is God’s minister of good for law-abiders, and God’s minister of vengeance to evildoers (Romans 13:4).
We are supposed to be a nation of laws, including immigration laws . . . in large part for safety. The heinous crimes committed by so many illegal immigrants is proof of that, and is *never* thought about by nit-wits like Selena Gomez or this anonymous troll. They just jump on the lazy, logic-free bandwagon where they don’t actually have to think even one level beneath the surface.
To believe something, as you do, is to accept it as true in the absence of proof or evidence.
I don’t BELIEVE anything.
I know certain things to be true or false with varying degrees of certainty, but I BELIEVE absolutely nothing.
For example, I am 99.9999999% certain that there is no god, and that Christ was simply a religious crank in the same vein as the modern religious grifters such as Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland.
I am open to persuasion, but I need absolutely hard irrefutable evidence.
. . . in the absence of proof or evidence.
A favorite phrase of the left, which is completely false.
I am 99.9999999% certain that there is no god . . .
Good luck with that.
Can you prove to me that beethoven’s ninth symphony is a beautiful piece of music question mark
No, he can’t. If he was ever in love, he also cannot prove that. I guess in his mind, that means: (a) Beethoven’s 9th is not beautiful, and (b) he was never really in love.
Floyd
I have absolutely no interest in trying to “prove” anything at all to you.
Why on earth would you presume that somehow I have an obligation to prove anything to you.
I know what I know.
I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in what you think I need to “prove”.
The mere fact that you would make such an absurd demand illustrates what an incredibly shallow thinker you are.
So, anonymous, have you now conceded that you were wrong about the indented application of Jesus’s words, since you have stopped discussing that (which was your original topic)?
Oldman
I am a different anonymous just weighing in with my 2 cents worth.
That was not me making the comments to which you refer
Oh, okay. It would help to put in some screen name so that doesn’t happen, even if it’s just a letter.
Floyd
Upon further thought I would like to expand on how ridiculously absurd your demand is with regard to Beethoven’s 9th.
Beethoven’s 9th indisputably exists, the same cannot be said of god.
Whether or not the music is beautiful is entirely a matter of personal opinion.
I may or may not think the music is beautiful, but that is of no consequence or relevance to the existence or otherwise of god.
Whether you think the music is beautiful is also of no consequence or relevance.
I have absolutely no interest in whether you think it is beautiful, or trying to “prove” that is beautiful.
You are simply making an extremely childish and absurd challenge that has absolutely no meaning or relevance, and as I said, simply illustrates what a shallow thinker you are.
But I guess that is only to be expected for a member of the MAGA cult who believes things in the absence of evidence.
“I know what I know.”
But, you don’t know what you don’t know. Your rhetoric is superficial.
S. Meyer
And you are an ignorant fool who knows less than nothing and are not capable rational thought.
As such there is nothing to be gained from listening to you.
You are not worth listening to.
“nothing to be gained from listening to you.
You are not worth listening to.”
Anonymous, among the stupid, you are known as echo.
Floyd
Isn’t it strange how those with mental illness often never realize how sick they really are? As far as deep thinkers go, I think we all have seen the shallowness of the rants, wishing cancer on people, financial loss, etc. It takes a real special kind of psychopath to make those kind of statements. Keep doing what you do!
“. . . I am 99.9999999% certain . . .”
Unless you know what 100% certainty is, how do you know that you’re 99.9999999% there?
No, what Jesus said was “render under to Caesar what is Caesar’s and render unto God what is Gods”. He was not preaching about civil discord or disobeying the law. As he said “my kingdom is not of this world”. Jesus was more concerned with our souls. You could still render help to an Injured lawbreaker as well as to someone who was not. That does not mean you endorse their acts. I helped and saved the lives of people I detested but were injured and required care. That was our charge as a physician.
Anon has apparently given up the argument about the meaning and application of Jesus’s words, opting instead to simply proclaim that God does not exist.
I did not say god does not exist.
I simply said that there is an extremely low probability that god exists.
I need evidence.
If god comes down from above to introduce himself and shake my hand, perhaps I can be persuaded.
Until then, the probability is necessarily very low.
There’s a lot of evidence. I don’t know if you’re sincere in wanting to see evidence, or you’d rather just proclaim that there isn’t any.
If you’re sincere, you could read the first third of the book, Is Atheism Dead? by Eric Metaxas, which relates to the fine-tuned universe. One anecdote he relates is that the high-level atheists such as Richard Dawkins, in their private conversations, admit that the fine-tuned universe is the best evidence they’ve seen for the existence of God.
When someone simply writes down what they believe, that is not evidence.
It is simply belief in written form, and as I said, belief is acceptance in the absence of evidence.
When I say evidence, I mean stone cold, hard evidence that I can reach out and touch and physically evaluate.
“If god comes down from above to introduce himself and shake my hand, perhaps I can be persuaded.”
If that were to happen it would be a fool responding to another fool.
Glad to see you agree that belief in the existence of god is foolish.
God is different from the fools discussed above. While nothing is known for certain, we believe in our existence, something we also cannot prove. Fortunately, God provides a way of life and morality. If He didn’t exist, we would be no different than monkeys.
If you derive your “morality” from fear that your imaginary friend in the sky will condemn you to eternal damnation if you step out of line, then I have great sorrow and pity for you. That is coercion not love.
If that is your version of “morality”, then I’ll take the monkeys any day.
You are an ignorant unthinking fool whose opinions are not worth listening to.
It is quite quite simply not worth wasting time listening to your irrational beliefs.
You are a stooge who pretends to know what Christianity is about but you have proven yourself quite ignorant.
Punishment awaits those that do not have FAITH. That would be you, moron. Not people who sin. Get even a rudimentary understanding of a topic before you make a douche of yourself by spewing your nonsense, Lawn Boy.
Have you never sat in a mountain meadow or oak hammock as the dawn breaks to watch Gods wonders come to life each day? Have you never dove the coral reefs or climbed a mountain? Watched your own child come into this world, made from the love God gave you to have for another in your heart?
Proof? Proof is all about you, you have to open your eyes and your heart.
I feel sorry for you.
We are a federal republic that functions under the rule of law, period. Your personal religious or moral actions are on you alone, and if you want to go to jail to protest the current federal laws concerning aiding and abetting illegals, so be it – follow your conscience. The problem is with dimwitted race baiters who what to use personal protest stances to enhance their creds with the head of the prog/left cabal. These DEI hire mayors and governors are displaying their ignorance of the very constitution that they would have had to swear allegiance to in order to be confirmed in their post. The problem is ignorance – planned ignorance at the K-12 and beyond education industry and the corrupt, pandering media that spews whatever gives them ratings. Fix the ignorance and the problems disappear.
The beaten up man was Jesus.
What’s the old saying: “Ignorance of the Law is not an excuse”, fools a plenty patrol the hallways of what is supposed to be an institution to build an educated product, but instead they are teaching ignorance of the law and subversion of the constitution. I use ignorance broadly!
“Many states and cities have reaffirmed that they will oppose any deportation efforts, including another recent chest-pounding interview by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.” (JT)
In 2024 alone, the Biden administration deported some 270,000 migrants. In 2012 alone, under Obama, some 410,000 were deported.
Yet now the Left howls in protest (and broadcasts itself bawling like baby).
If the Left stood on a principle, instead of on a one-legged stool, it might have some credibility.
Deportation of 270,000 while allowing the 12M that were already here and letting in another 13M is not the solution. Governors does what the money cabal tells them, they see each one of them as a consumer. Corporate greed rules America not her citizens.
* you mean Mr. Francis of the catholic Corp?
Last night, while taking my dog out for a walk… we ran across a coyote in a field along the Chicago River.
Pulled out my flashlight to get a look at it… and then noticed a CPD SUV sitting down the block from me.
So went over to talk w them and let them know what I saw.
(No shock, there are coyotes all over Lincoln Park, Bucktown area.)
We got to talking and I asked him about the ICE raids.
Now they can’t interfere or even talk w them.
However if they came across one… they’d have to sit on it and call in a supervisor to come and monitor the situation.
So its one thing to do nothing and to let ICE do their jobs.
Its another to willfully obstruct ICE, which is illegal.
Now if you read the actual announcement, they, the universities, pledge to do whatever they can within their power to legally aid their ‘undocumented’ students and staff. (BTW DACA members are afforded some legal protections …)
So either the universities are blowing smoke, or they intend to obstruct.
If they obstruct, they can and should lose federal funding.
Those obstructing should be charged for their crime(s). [depending on what they actually end up doing. ]
Not a wise move, but chest thumping.
And the kicker.
Because of the treatment of the J6 folks… These people can be denied bail and kept in jail until their trial.
(Most likely wouldn’t happen… but you never know…)
-G
It has been explained, over and over again, that there is NO right to bail–it is at the discretion of the trial judge. Also explained to you, over and over again, is that many of Trump’s army of insurrectionists had criminal records, some were violating terms of probation, some had active arrest warrants or were out on bail under the condition that they not commit further crimes. So, bail can be denied, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
They are all in violation of:
8 U.S. Code § 1324 – Bringing in and harboring certain aliens
US Code
Notes
Authorities (CFR)
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(a)Criminal penalties
(1)
(A)Any person who—
(i)knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United Statesin any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner, regardless of whether such alien has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United Statesand regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien;
(ii)knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law;
(iii)knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation;
(iv)encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or
(v)
(I)engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or
(II)aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).
(B)A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—
(i)in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i) or (v)(I) or in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), or (iv) in which the offense was done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;
(ii)in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
(iii)in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury (as defined in section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and
(iv)in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both.
* …”if money is involved, we will allow it”.
The US is not only a political system based on freedom, it is also an economic system. Further, this is what happens when people seek to circumvent and break laws. Domestic tranquility is disturbed if laws are broken and those laws also consider the protection of those who keep the law as an equal right and protection.
Jails and prisons are very expensive.
Perhaps Los Rios should rewrite and delete the action of hiding information. It’s best to be sneaky in such things.
* All CCs are charity schools. They’re run on taxed dollars and these are income taxes and sales tax and bonds. The dreaded bonds that are actually hidden taxes and property tax pays them. They should be illegal.
The cost to students is approx 1300 per year in addition financial aid is available of course. CCs accept 💯 of applicants.
You can delete them at any time tax payer.and you will.
And, for some more good news, on the topic of Trump’s EOs, and Trump’s decisions 🙂
This is a fascinating case, full of conflicts of interest, false charges (HIPAA), prosecutorial machinations, and de facto gag orders. Anyway, an excerpt:
“As federal prosecutors were preparing to accelerate the now-dismissed criminal case against the Texas Children’s Hospital whistleblower, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department stepped in just in time.
On Friday, the Justice Department’s new leadership dropped the second superseding indictment against the surgeon, who had been accused by the Biden Justice Department of violating the privacy of patients protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The only problem is he didn’t.
Haim disclosed carefully redacted medical records in May 2023, showing that Texas Children’s physicians were surgically inserting hormonal devices into gender-dysphoric pediatric patients as part of the hospital’s transgender program. No individually identifiable health information was unethically revealed. Furthermore, he exposed that the Houston-based hospital was secretly continuing trans medical procedures in violation of Texas law after it had supposedly ended them.
Haim felt it was his moral obligation to tell the truth, even if he was punished for his actions.
“In the very beginning, I knew if I was gonna blow the whistle that we’d have to go fully in no matter the consequences,” Haim told National Review. “I asked my wife, ‘Is this something you’re willing to die for?’ And she said, ‘Yes.’ And I said, ‘Yes,’ too. It sounds kind of hyperbolic, but that was the only way we would do it.”
After President Trump signed an executive order on his first day in office ending the Biden administration’s weaponization of the federal government against its perceived political opponents, acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Jennifer Lowery, was still moving forward with the politically motivated prosecution. By posting about his own case, Haim decided to call the judge’s bluff.
Before the charges were dismissed with prejudice, the surgeon faced a decade in federal prison and a $250,000 maximum fine for the alleged HIPAA violations.
“It’s an indication that Trump is truly the type of person who delivers on the things he says,” Haim added about the order. “This should represent a win for all of us, but we should also start moving the goalposts because a true win is when the people who are responsible for [transitioning children] are in orange jumpsuits and sitting behind bars.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/we-never-gave-up-texas-whistleblower-went-toe-to-toe-with-the-gender-industrial-complex-and-won/
* Perhaps he’ll be pardoned partially or wholly.
anyone giving taxpayer money to illegals or helping them…should be ARRESTED!
The Federal Government is REQUIRED to PROTECT US
Article IV
Section 4.
The United States shall guarantee to every state in this union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion
Imagine! You can read the Constitution, and you don’t need some ostensibly super-intellect, robed mystic to “interpret” the English language for you. Actually, those American Founders and Framers were very smart and knew how to communicate and how to write. They put the words they wanted in, and they left the words they didn’t want in out. How in the world did the Supreme Court of 1973 “decide” that abortion was a constitutional right? How in the world did the Supreme Court of 1869 “decide” that because secession is not prohibited, secession is prohibited? The judicial branch needs to start getting American fundamental law right. The entire communist American welfare state is antithetical and unconstitutional.
The biggest issue I have with modern jurisprudence is the reliance on precedent. Just because a prior ruling exists doesn’t mean they ruling was made on Constitutional grounds.
As you say, the Constitution is plainly worded and is the law of the land, not the way a judge ruled prior.