Where did January go? Wasn’t it New Year’s Eve just a moment ago?
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Open thread 1/31/2026 — 44 Comments
It’s already late afternoon in Slovakia, where our fourth grandchild was born a week ago. Wife & I spent 3 weeks there helping with the 2 yr old & almost-4 year old, who comes to visit us for a week tomorrow.
It’s also ball season, before Lent, so have two more planned, after our Parish ball.
Hope your car is fine, Neo.
Another interesting discussion by the guys at All In podcast, though not so much their first topic, ICE chaos in Minneapolis.
Their reactions fairly align with their politics.
But the discussion an open source AI tools to do many mundane/clerical tasks is interesting in Clawdbot takeover. The De-dollarization discussion is very good. California governor race– how bad can California get. Washington state and California are in a race to the bottom.
(9:55) ICE chaos in Minneapolis: aftermath and reactions to the two recent deaths
(45:54) Clawdbot takeover: Jason demos his OpenClawd instances, Kimi K2.5, entering the next phase of AI
(1:09:58) De-dollarization, gold and silver ripping
(1:20:05) California governor race
Hope today is a better day for you. Bad days wear you out.
The older I get, the faster time seems to go.
Tempus fugit.
Your attitude is the opposite of mine and most people I know! We’ve been saying “Wait, it’s still January?” for two weeks!
Especially since we’ve been slammed with abnormally long cold snaps and piles of snow this winter… The end of January is a welcome relief because we’re ever so slightly closer to it being over!
Tom Grey:
Congratulations!
Yesterday I finally got my car dug out and also started. Now today I’ll see if it has held the charge or if I need a new battery.
Neo:
If you have any doubts about your battery, replace it.
The computers that control your car require a minimum voltage to operate properly. Low voltages stress out these computers, shorten their lives, and will also throw fault codes*.
Alternators these days function to “top up” batteries. They are not designed to charge up dead batteries. They can do it, but it will shorten their lives.
*A dead battery in one of my cars caused a transmission fault that held the car in third gear. Nothing was wrong with the transmission. It took two passes with a scanner to clear the fault.
4″ – 5″ of snow here in western NC, still snowing, and the wind is howling. It’s beautiful, viewed from inside.
“Thomas Sowell delivers a sweeping critique of American education, affirmative action, and modern universities, drawing on his own life story, decades of research, and hard data….
Sowell argues that ideology has replaced knowledge and that well-intentioned policies often harm the very people they are meant to help. He explores intersecting issues of race, charter schools, universities,” etc.
With advances in battery technology we now have handheld devices which can pump up your tires or jump-start your battery.
Which is pretty handy, if you need it. Better than calling a tow truck.
“Tempus fugit”
That’s what I say, fug it
Shirehome will appreciate this: my Texas relatives reported today that it was warmer here in Colorado (Denver Metro) than in Midland, Abilene, and (wait for it) Houston!
Just a note that I will be playing hooky for a week or so.
Having a fairly serious surgery event on Tuesday: craniectomy to remove a small but troublesome meningioma. Look up “trigeminal neuralgia” if you are a fan of medical shows and want details.
Not expecting any complications, but we all have heard horror stories about hospitals.
Assume “no news is good news” for a couple of weeks, but if I’m not back by March – it’s been good to know ya!
Aesopfan, I appreciate your heads up. Will be sending prayers for you, your medical team, and your hospital care staff!!
Best of luck and health, AesopFan!
It’s great knowing you. See you in March!
Congratulations Tom. Baby X, our first grandchild, came into this world New Year’s Day. Take care Aesop, we wish you all the best and a speedy recovery! Hope to see you back soon. Your comments are always appreciated.
Congratulations Tom. Baby X, our first grandchild, was born New Year’s Day. We wish you a good outcome Aesop and a speedy recovery. Your comments are always welcome. Hope to see you soon.
AesopFan, I will pray for success for your surgery, a smooth recovery, and your return here in due time. I looked those up; I’m sorry to hear you’ve been in such pain.
Good luck with the surgery, AF!
(Of course you’ll be back by March, hopefully, at least, by the 14th…)
Aesopfan; prayers for a successful surgery & a complete recovery. Been there; helps to know you have support.
Only 325 shopping days until Christmas!
AesopFan:
Trigeminal neuralgia? I had a poet friend with that. No fun at all. I had no idea from your comments.
May God keep you and heal you, with a little help from your doctors. 🙂
Aesop fan:
And I misread it at first as “terminal neuralgia.” Glad you don’t have that, whatever that might be. Ask Dr. Google? Nah.
Prayer for a boring procedure and a speedy recovery!
Prayers up for you, AesopFan!
AesopFan:
Best of luck with your surgery!
Keeping you in mind, and hoping you are well.
It all began in Genesis 3 and 4 with envy. Lindsay traces the current ideation of cultural Marxism back to its roots. Fascinating perspective on JNS TV.
Throws in some woke right branches from the roots of anti-Jewish hatred to more palatable anti-Israel (Some of the Jews are my best friends, I just have a problem with Israel) deflection.
Good luck. I hope you have a full and speedy recovery.
Hmmm. Maybe there is a goal to these anti-ICE protests.
Rachel Maddow invokes the 3.5% rule on Jimmy Kimmel. I week or so I mentioned a some findings in the 2011 book Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, written by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan.
From the transcript of the Kimmel interview:
JIMMY KIMMEL: I know you highlight these peaceful protests on your show regularly. Do you think they do any good? Do you think that anything comes from them?
RACHEL MADDOW: Yes, I do. I mean, in political science terms, there’s what’s called the 3.5% rule, which is that if you look at authoritarian regimes of various kinds all over the world, over the last like century, once you have three and a half percent of a population protesting nonviolently against a dictator or an authoritarian, that is essentially an unstoppable force that they can’t oppose. And that precludes them from consolidating dictatorial power. Three and a half percent. Three and a half percent. It’s not that much larger a number than what we’re already seeing in the streets against Trump.
I had mentioned the study a week or so back in context of the uprising in Iran.
The key findings from the book:
Nonviolent campaigns succeeded about 53% of the time, compared to only 26% for violent ones—making nonviolent resistance roughly twice as effective.
The famous 3.5% rule emerged from this data: In their dataset, every nonviolent campaign that mobilized active participation from at least 3.5% of the population at its peak ultimately succeeded (no exceptions in the cases studied).
This work has become a foundational text in the study of civil resistance, nonviolent action, and political change, influencing activists, scholars, and policymakers.
Lot’s of predictable lies/distortions/assorted vileness in the interview.
Leave aside how unpeaceful these peaceful protests are, or they’re not protests but para-military operations in Minneapolis– since average Joe and Judy won’t recognize or understand the nature of what’s going on in Minneapolis.
@Brian E:“…Three and a half percent. It’s not that much larger a number than what we’re already seeing in the streets against Trump.”
Cargo cult. Three and a half percent leftist astroturf isn’t the same kind of thing as three and a half percent genuine broadbased participation.
Niketas C., yes, she’s likely feeding their base with hopium, creating an enthusiasm for a summer of rage in the deep blue cities, which will create an impression of support greater than the actual numbers.
Can this chaos suppress support for Republicans in the 2026 election?
There will be World Cup matches in June-July this year in these cities:
Atlanta, Georgia — Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Boston, Massachusetts (Foxborough area) — Gillette Stadium
Dallas, Texas (Arlington) — AT&T Stadium
Houston, Texas — NRG Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
Los Angeles, California (Inglewood) — SoFi Stadium
Miami, Florida (Miami Gardens) — Hard Rock Stadium
New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford, NJ) — MetLife Stadium (host of the final)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Lincoln Financial Field
San Francisco Bay Area, California (Santa Clara) — Levi’s Stadium
Seattle, Washington — Lumen Field
Would the mayors in some of these cities crack down on rioters during this time? Like Newsom did cleaning up the homeless in San Francisco during the APEC summit in 2023.
To quote Mike Tyson:
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
The Federal government isn’t a pencil-necked LARPer. Not that they are a bunch of malevolent pencil-necked LARPers dreaming of REVOLUTION! Inconceivable as it seems.
How soon they forget what resources the feds possess. How they were warning conservative citizens that they had F-16s and fully automatic M-17s (during the FJB junta).
Their only federal asset are lefty circuit court judges.
Yep, those soccer matches will draw thousands (in total).
Niketas C. I was frankly surprised that Maddow was referencing that study, which I had mentioned in connection to the legitimate uprising in Iran just a week or two ago. It does give a glimpse into the minds of leftists. I would guess Maddow thinks the uprising in Minnesota might lead to regime change via the 2026 elections or possibly as propaganda to cheer on the base.
@ Xylourgos > “Congratulations Tom. Baby X, our first grandchild, came into this world New Year’s Day.”
Congratulations to both Grandads!
New Year’s Day is a really special birthday.
Our youngest son was due on Dec 25th.
I am firmly convinced he looked at the negatives of being born on a holiday (as were one of my grandmothers and AesopSpouse’s mom), and chose to come on January 8th instead.
He’s been like that all his life!
Thanks to everyone for the good wishes and prayers.
I don’t really anticipate any problems, but didn’t want to just disappear without an explanation if there are complications.
And to all the commenters: Neo’s Neophiles are the best on the ‘net!
Good luck AesopFan. If you are absent for a while, you will be missed.
@Niketas Choniates: Cargo cult. Three and a half percent leftist astroturf isn’t the same kind of thing as three and a half percent genuine broadbased participation.
That’s my impression too.
I was a leftist activist in the 80s. We had reasonable causes — the Nuclear Freeze and not supporting death squads in Central America. We were old-school civil disobedience too. Step over a line, stand there, turn around and allow yourself to be handcuffed then arrested.
The pressure was somewhat effective, but didn’t really persuade large numbers of Americans. It was more time and good sense that worked to reduce nuclear arsenals and keep us from turning Central America into Vietnam.
Today’s protests/insurrections are a whole ‘nother thing, using rage and violence in favor of abolishing borders, keeping illegal criminals in the country and trans guys in women’s bathrooms — strongly unpopular positions.
It’s no longer the 80s, the Overton Window has shifted a good bit but even so. These people are playing seriously at revolution or civil war. This is the Weather Underground’s “Days of Rage” all over again which failed dismally.
Recently Sarah Hoyt called what we are seeing on the left today a Ghost Dance, based on a Native American ritual which escalated into a delusional, doomed effort to defeat the American government in the 1890s.
______________________________
Look, back in 2004 when I was sure Kerry would win because of all the noise and fury? A friend in the Heinlein group, who was then in his eighties, so I don’t hold much hope of his still being with us — but he might be — said that you can tell when the left is losing because they get unbearably loud.
Lefty boomers egging their grandkids on to relive the late ’60s. Someone else’s grandkids will be the broken eggs for our omelette?
AesopFan, best wishes on your upcoming medical episode.
And Barry Meislin “(Of course you’ll be back by March, hopefully, at least, by the 14th…)”
Good one!! 🙂
On that 3.5% number = ~11 million for the USA. I would have thought the anti abortion protests/ meetings would have met that, but this link suggests not. Some compilations note there were people observing at selected events but not really joining as real protesters; or the sample size was for multi-day events. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size [and presumably the usual cautions apply for Wiki sourcing. 🙁 ]
I look forward to your good recovery, Aesop!
And Xylourgos, I’m glad for you! On St. Basil’s day!
@huxley:We had reasonable causes — the Nuclear Freeze and not supporting death squads in Central America.
Curious if you’ve re-evaluated either of these, knowing what you know now about how progressives distort facts–it’s not as though Central American leftists, for example, didn’t have their own death squads after all….
I suspect that an ex-progressive of 2066, appalled at what they are expected to support at that time, would say that in 2026 they had reasonable causes like preventing Trump’s Gestapo from rounding up and deporting people who just happen to look Mexican and protecting the First Amendment rights of journalists. If they get to control the narrative they can make what they are currently doing look quite reasonable.
Good luck with your surgery, AesopFan
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It’s already late afternoon in Slovakia, where our fourth grandchild was born a week ago. Wife & I spent 3 weeks there helping with the 2 yr old & almost-4 year old, who comes to visit us for a week tomorrow.
It’s also ball season, before Lent, so have two more planned, after our Parish ball.
Hope your car is fine, Neo.
Another interesting discussion by the guys at All In podcast, though not so much their first topic, ICE chaos in Minneapolis.
Their reactions fairly align with their politics.
But the discussion an open source AI tools to do many mundane/clerical tasks is interesting in Clawdbot takeover. The De-dollarization discussion is very good. California governor race– how bad can California get. Washington state and California are in a race to the bottom.
(9:55) ICE chaos in Minneapolis: aftermath and reactions to the two recent deaths
(45:54) Clawdbot takeover: Jason demos his OpenClawd instances, Kimi K2.5, entering the next phase of AI
(1:09:58) De-dollarization, gold and silver ripping
(1:20:05) California governor race
Hope today is a better day for you. Bad days wear you out.
The older I get, the faster time seems to go.
Tempus fugit.
Your attitude is the opposite of mine and most people I know! We’ve been saying “Wait, it’s still January?” for two weeks!
Especially since we’ve been slammed with abnormally long cold snaps and piles of snow this winter… The end of January is a welcome relief because we’re ever so slightly closer to it being over!
Tom Grey:
Congratulations!
Yesterday I finally got my car dug out and also started. Now today I’ll see if it has held the charge or if I need a new battery.
Neo:
If you have any doubts about your battery, replace it.
The computers that control your car require a minimum voltage to operate properly. Low voltages stress out these computers, shorten their lives, and will also throw fault codes*.
Alternators these days function to “top up” batteries. They are not designed to charge up dead batteries. They can do it, but it will shorten their lives.
*A dead battery in one of my cars caused a transmission fault that held the car in third gear. Nothing was wrong with the transmission. It took two passes with a scanner to clear the fault.
4″ – 5″ of snow here in western NC, still snowing, and the wind is howling. It’s beautiful, viewed from inside.
interesting angle on the news,
https://x.com/wretchardthecat/status/2017591976523354172
The President makes his case for tariffs in the WSJ.
https://archive.fo/pcSGe
Perhaps I missed this and it has been shared already. But, 4 days ago, Thomas Sowell’s latest interview was posted to YT.
The single subject of this 21st Hoover Institution interview is education.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JGg0oRh_Qo
“Thomas Sowell delivers a sweeping critique of American education, affirmative action, and modern universities, drawing on his own life story, decades of research, and hard data….
Sowell argues that ideology has replaced knowledge and that well-intentioned policies often harm the very people they are meant to help. He explores intersecting issues of race, charter schools, universities,” etc.
With advances in battery technology we now have handheld devices which can pump up your tires or jump-start your battery.
Which is pretty handy, if you need it. Better than calling a tow truck.
“Tempus fugit”
That’s what I say, fug it
Shirehome will appreciate this: my Texas relatives reported today that it was warmer here in Colorado (Denver Metro) than in Midland, Abilene, and (wait for it) Houston!
Just a note that I will be playing hooky for a week or so.
Having a fairly serious surgery event on Tuesday: craniectomy to remove a small but troublesome meningioma. Look up “trigeminal neuralgia” if you are a fan of medical shows and want details.
Not expecting any complications, but we all have heard horror stories about hospitals.
Assume “no news is good news” for a couple of weeks, but if I’m not back by March – it’s been good to know ya!
Aesopfan, I appreciate your heads up. Will be sending prayers for you, your medical team, and your hospital care staff!!
Best of luck and health, AesopFan!
It’s great knowing you. See you in March!
Congratulations Tom. Baby X, our first grandchild, came into this world New Year’s Day. Take care Aesop, we wish you all the best and a speedy recovery! Hope to see you back soon. Your comments are always appreciated.
Congratulations Tom. Baby X, our first grandchild, was born New Year’s Day. We wish you a good outcome Aesop and a speedy recovery. Your comments are always welcome. Hope to see you soon.
AesopFan, I will pray for success for your surgery, a smooth recovery, and your return here in due time. I looked those up; I’m sorry to hear you’ve been in such pain.
Good luck with the surgery, AF!
(Of course you’ll be back by March, hopefully, at least, by the 14th…)
Aesopfan; prayers for a successful surgery & a complete recovery. Been there; helps to know you have support.
Only 325 shopping days until Christmas!
AesopFan:
Trigeminal neuralgia? I had a poet friend with that. No fun at all. I had no idea from your comments.
May God keep you and heal you, with a little help from your doctors. 🙂
Aesop fan:
And I misread it at first as “terminal neuralgia.” Glad you don’t have that, whatever that might be. Ask Dr. Google? Nah.
Prayer for a boring procedure and a speedy recovery!
Prayers up for you, AesopFan!
AesopFan:
Best of luck with your surgery!
Keeping you in mind, and hoping you are well.
It all began in Genesis 3 and 4 with envy. Lindsay traces the current ideation of cultural Marxism back to its roots. Fascinating perspective on JNS TV.
Throws in some woke right branches from the roots of anti-Jewish hatred to more palatable anti-Israel (Some of the Jews are my best friends, I just have a problem with Israel) deflection.
“Pushing Sharia” James Lindsay Drops Bombshells On Tucker Carlson’s Islamist Agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaXswAfnEXQ
@AesopFan
Good luck. I hope you have a full and speedy recovery.
Hmmm. Maybe there is a goal to these anti-ICE protests.
Rachel Maddow invokes the 3.5% rule on Jimmy Kimmel. I week or so I mentioned a some findings in the 2011 book Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict, written by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan.
From the transcript of the Kimmel interview:
I had mentioned the study a week or so back in context of the uprising in Iran.
The key findings from the book:
Nonviolent campaigns succeeded about 53% of the time, compared to only 26% for violent ones—making nonviolent resistance roughly twice as effective.
The famous 3.5% rule emerged from this data: In their dataset, every nonviolent campaign that mobilized active participation from at least 3.5% of the population at its peak ultimately succeeded (no exceptions in the cases studied).
This work has become a foundational text in the study of civil resistance, nonviolent action, and political change, influencing activists, scholars, and policymakers.
Lot’s of predictable lies/distortions/assorted vileness in the interview.
Rachel Maddow on Trump Being Extremely Unpopular, ICE Shooting in Minneapolis & Peaceful Protests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHP-1U81jy8
Leave aside how unpeaceful these peaceful protests are, or they’re not protests but para-military operations in Minneapolis– since average Joe and Judy won’t recognize or understand the nature of what’s going on in Minneapolis.
@Brian E:“…Three and a half percent. It’s not that much larger a number than what we’re already seeing in the streets against Trump.”
Cargo cult. Three and a half percent leftist astroturf isn’t the same kind of thing as three and a half percent genuine broadbased participation.
Niketas C., yes, she’s likely feeding their base with hopium, creating an enthusiasm for a summer of rage in the deep blue cities, which will create an impression of support greater than the actual numbers.
Can this chaos suppress support for Republicans in the 2026 election?
There will be World Cup matches in June-July this year in these cities:
Atlanta, Georgia — Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Boston, Massachusetts (Foxborough area) — Gillette Stadium
Dallas, Texas (Arlington) — AT&T Stadium
Houston, Texas — NRG Stadium
Kansas City, Missouri — GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium
Los Angeles, California (Inglewood) — SoFi Stadium
Miami, Florida (Miami Gardens) — Hard Rock Stadium
New York/New Jersey (East Rutherford, NJ) — MetLife Stadium (host of the final)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — Lincoln Financial Field
San Francisco Bay Area, California (Santa Clara) — Levi’s Stadium
Seattle, Washington — Lumen Field
Would the mayors in some of these cities crack down on rioters during this time? Like Newsom did cleaning up the homeless in San Francisco during the APEC summit in 2023.
To quote Mike Tyson:
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
The Federal government isn’t a pencil-necked LARPer. Not that they are a bunch of malevolent pencil-necked LARPers dreaming of REVOLUTION! Inconceivable as it seems.
How soon they forget what resources the feds possess. How they were warning conservative citizens that they had F-16s and fully automatic M-17s (during the FJB junta).
Their only federal asset are lefty circuit court judges.
Yep, those soccer matches will draw thousands (in total).
Niketas C. I was frankly surprised that Maddow was referencing that study, which I had mentioned in connection to the legitimate uprising in Iran just a week or two ago. It does give a glimpse into the minds of leftists. I would guess Maddow thinks the uprising in Minnesota might lead to regime change via the 2026 elections or possibly as propaganda to cheer on the base.
@ Xylourgos > “Congratulations Tom. Baby X, our first grandchild, came into this world New Year’s Day.”
Congratulations to both Grandads!
New Year’s Day is a really special birthday.
Our youngest son was due on Dec 25th.
I am firmly convinced he looked at the negatives of being born on a holiday (as were one of my grandmothers and AesopSpouse’s mom), and chose to come on January 8th instead.
He’s been like that all his life!
Thanks to everyone for the good wishes and prayers.
I don’t really anticipate any problems, but didn’t want to just disappear without an explanation if there are complications.
And to all the commenters: Neo’s Neophiles are the best on the ‘net!
Good luck AesopFan. If you are absent for a while, you will be missed.
@Niketas Choniates: Cargo cult. Three and a half percent leftist astroturf isn’t the same kind of thing as three and a half percent genuine broadbased participation.
That’s my impression too.
I was a leftist activist in the 80s. We had reasonable causes — the Nuclear Freeze and not supporting death squads in Central America. We were old-school civil disobedience too. Step over a line, stand there, turn around and allow yourself to be handcuffed then arrested.
The pressure was somewhat effective, but didn’t really persuade large numbers of Americans. It was more time and good sense that worked to reduce nuclear arsenals and keep us from turning Central America into Vietnam.
Today’s protests/insurrections are a whole ‘nother thing, using rage and violence in favor of abolishing borders, keeping illegal criminals in the country and trans guys in women’s bathrooms — strongly unpopular positions.
It’s no longer the 80s, the Overton Window has shifted a good bit but even so. These people are playing seriously at revolution or civil war. This is the Weather Underground’s “Days of Rage” all over again which failed dismally.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Rage
Recently Sarah Hoyt called what we are seeing on the left today a Ghost Dance, based on a Native American ritual which escalated into a delusional, doomed effort to defeat the American government in the 1890s.
______________________________
Look, back in 2004 when I was sure Kerry would win because of all the noise and fury? A friend in the Heinlein group, who was then in his eighties, so I don’t hold much hope of his still being with us — but he might be — said that you can tell when the left is losing because they get unbearably loud.
—Sarah Hoyt, “Front Seat For the Ghost Dance”
https://accordingtohoyt.com/2026/01/15/front-seat-for-the-ghost-dance/
Lefty boomers egging their grandkids on to relive the late ’60s. Someone else’s grandkids will be the broken eggs for our omelette?
AesopFan, best wishes on your upcoming medical episode.
And Barry Meislin “(Of course you’ll be back by March, hopefully, at least, by the 14th…)”
Good one!! 🙂
On that 3.5% number = ~11 million for the USA. I would have thought the anti abortion protests/ meetings would have met that, but this link suggests not. Some compilations note there were people observing at selected events but not really joining as real protesters; or the sample size was for multi-day events.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size [and presumably the usual cautions apply for Wiki sourcing. 🙁 ]
I look forward to your good recovery, Aesop!
And Xylourgos, I’m glad for you! On St. Basil’s day!
Laura Loomer criticizes Tucker Carlson:
https://loomered.com/2026/02/01/sellout-tucker-carlsons-saudi-speech-confirms-his-total-alignment-with-the-islamic-world-order/
@huxley:We had reasonable causes — the Nuclear Freeze and not supporting death squads in Central America.
Curious if you’ve re-evaluated either of these, knowing what you know now about how progressives distort facts–it’s not as though Central American leftists, for example, didn’t have their own death squads after all….
I suspect that an ex-progressive of 2066, appalled at what they are expected to support at that time, would say that in 2026 they had reasonable causes like preventing Trump’s Gestapo from rounding up and deporting people who just happen to look Mexican and protecting the First Amendment rights of journalists. If they get to control the narrative they can make what they are currently doing look quite reasonable.
Good luck with your surgery, AesopFan