So, here’s a tale of pettiness we should not soon forget. During racist sweeps of brown people, ICE grabbed up a guy named Kilmar Abrego-Garcia and sent him to a foreign prison with no charges, no trial, no chance to respond to charges or prove his innocence. Prison. He was sent to prison.

People were upset. Things like that aren’t supposed to happen in America. Due process is guaranteed in the Constitution for any person standing on American soil. One does NOT have to be a citizen or even properly documented. If you’re on American soil, you have a right to due process. It says so quite plainly in the US constitution.

But the current regime had taken an action and they intended to stick to it, right or wrong, and in this case, they were wrong. They insisted he was a member of MS-13 and he had the tattoos to prove it. 47 even paraded around a Photoshopped photo of Abrego-Garcia’s hand to prove he was MS-13. Unfortunately for them, it only proved Donny is still as dumb as a brick.

Lawsuits were filed over the illegal act and the regime was trying to defend it’s action. They admitted in court that his deportation was the result of an administrative error but insisted there was nothing they could do about it any more. Abrego-Garcia was gone. (The lawyer who confessed the error was fired for the confession because, honor, you know?)

The courts ordered the return of Abrego-Garcia but the regime demurred. Sorry, no can do. Yes, we sent him there and they’re only holding him because we’re paying them to, but there’s no way for us to get him back because we said so, so there. But it wouldn’t go away. It’s almost as if the regime kept taking guff over the case just because they were absolutely, completely and provably wrong.

So now, the regime has a new idea: they’ll bring him back, despite that being impossible, and they’ll put him on trial for crimes. Genius! So now, Team Evil has complied with the court but still won’t confess they messed up. Instead, they’re going to prosecute him for human trafficking. They’re pretending he was a major mover and shaker in a scheme to transport undocumented people around the country.

Oh, AND, just for good measure, they’ve thrown in that he “solicited nude photographs and videos of a minor…” I mean, if you’re going to smear a guy, there are few ways better than “pedophile.” Ask Elon. That was his angle against The Felon. Sure, it hurts the prosecution of actual pedophiles in the long run, but it will bolster Team Evil’s case today so, there it is: pedophile. No, he’s not charged with that, because that’s the best way to handle pedophiles, I guess – make the claim but don’t prosecute it. Hey, at least they’re consistent. They won’t come after Trump for being an alleged pedophile, either, despite the Epstein files…

Historically, it pretty much sucks to find yourself a pawn caught up in some political fight. There’s always this conflict between decency vs winning, honor vs victory. Kilmar Abrego-Garcia’s life has been turned upside down and will continue to be attacked and devastated just because a powerful person hates brown people but won’t admit it’s only because he hates brown people.

This thing could get very, very ugly for Abrego-Garcia. (As if it hasn’t already, right?) It could cost him everything and ruin his life. He could end up in prison on pretend charges and stay there until the fever passes and the law prevails once again – but that could be YEARS. A decade or so from now – maybe more – some politician will issue an apology to Abrego-Garcia’s family while skirting the idea that he was nothing more than a pawn in a larger game somebody else was playing. I’m sure that will be quite comforting…

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Well, I’m glad he said it. 47 is irritated at the protests surrounding ICE raids in Los Angeles. For the last couple of days, people have been coming out, trying to disrupt the process. It has been quite confrontational. For reasons I can’t understand, when ICE shows up to raid some workplace or people’s homes, the officers are wearing masks. I’ve seen a LOT of cops doing a LOT of work around the country and the world. What I never see is cops hiding their faces. When cops are doing good, legitimate police work, they have no NEED to hide their faces.

But here comes ICE, carefully hidden behind masks. So, Donny has written that “…from now on MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why???” It’s a fair question. Why DO these cops need masks? If the work they’re doing is honorable work, shouldn’t they be PROUD of themselves? Don’t they want their children to see what they’re doing, should they happen to show up on television while doing their job?

I can absolutely understand why protestors want to protect their identity. Look at the Kilmar Abrego-Garcia story just ahead of this one. That guy got thrown into prison because he had tattoos on brown skin. NOW he faces trial for human trafficking just because one deeply troubled moronic narcissist can’t admit a mistake. 47 didn’t even MAKE the mistake and he STILL can’t confess that it was a mistake. That is some deep insecurity. So protestors SHOULD wear masks. They need to keep themselves at least somewhat protected from the retribution this regime might rain down on them.

But the cops? No. I don’t get it. The law recognizes a thing called consciousness of guilt. That comes into play when an accused person is pretending they didn’t mean to commit a crime or they weren’t aware of it – but took specific action to protect themselves from the consequences of their deeds. You know, like the ICE agents are doing when they hide behind masks to make raids.

As the conflict has continued, The Felon says he authorized 2,000 National Guard troops to deploy for crowd control. Later, he thanked the National Guard for their great work supporting the ICE agents in their evil quest. Apparently, the Guard just got there this morning so, I’m not sure how much support they’ve provided, yet.

Hey, who, here, remembers Kent State? Remember when the National Guard – that is, American military – was called out on protesting college students and opened fire, killing four Americans? Sure you do. Neil Young wrote a song about it: ‘Ohio.’ American troops killing American citizens was a bad look then and will be a bad look now. Sure, MAGA will eat it up with a spoon. This state-sponsored violence feeds right into their “culture war” fever dreams. But no loyal American would stand still for deploying the American military against American citizens…