Cruelty is the point

 A group of folks like to argue they aren't "anti-immigration," they just want folks to do it legally.

Then, when there are ways for folks to come to the U.S. legally, that same group of folks then decides to revoke the legal status that allowed them to be in the U.S. legally.

This isn't about preventing "the insane, the criminals, the rapists" and those "eating the cats and the dogs."

This is about an "us versus them" attitude, and as much as it might hurt some feelings, racism.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-lets-trump-end-program-500k-cubans-nicaraguans-haitians-venezuelans/?user_id=679307ab35583deffc103d70

Party of values? If one values cruelty.

How You Know They're Not Proud of It- schedule a 1am session

"Big Beautiful Bill" cuts taxes for the very wealthy, cuts benefits for the poor. The party of fiscal conservatism looks to pass a bill that significantly increases debt load (because of tax breaks for wealthy, despite all the cuts to benefits for the poor). 

So let's schedule our meetings about it at 1am.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-tax-cut-bill-faces-rare-overnight-stress-test-with-us-house-republicans-2025-05-21/

James: A Novel, by Percival Everett

Really enjoyed reading this book. 

 A portion of the text that I wanted to save as it has been relevant to my experiences of the past 10 years or so involves some dialogue between Jim and Huck on page 126:

Jim: ..."But dey was stealin' from dem folk. Tellin' lies lak dey was".... 

Huck: "Yes, but them people liked it, Jim. Did you see their faces? They had to know them was lies, but they wanted to believe. What do you make of that?" 

Jim: "Folks be funny lak dat. Dey takes the lies dey want and throws away the truths dat scares 'em." 

Nutshells my current views on the dynamics of Trump/MAGA and religion.