Great article, Stephen. We are living thespectacle.

... And that’s because they’re low wage positions.

Exactly. This is the kind of story folks supporting immigration-restriction are eager to highlight so they can claim, “See! Our (draconian) policies are here to help people on both sides of the border stay safe!” I have a feeling the Trump admin response to this tragedy is going to be repulsive (if not indifferent).

Go get your money, Gal Gadot. Get more than The Rock. (He was last year’s Highest-Paid.) And then donate most of it to Planned Parenthood or its equivalent in Israel and become a real superhero.

I was curious about just how many firings there have been. Turns out a full summary came out about that yesterday. Throwing a little elf on the 25 person dog pile will barely register.

Trump wants the cookie$. He wants all the cookie$. It’s not fair he has so few cookie$ when other people have more. (But do not ask to see his cookie$ or he’ll be very mad!)

Exactly. I have no doubt Trump could find a replacement just as venal as Sessions. Exhuming the most destructive candidates is Trump’s special talent.

My favorite snark about this so far:

Nah, we’re talking about summertime ice cream and some repetitive music here. Just not worth getting worked up about.

“Take your blessings where you can get them.” Well said! There are plenty of unavoidable miseries in life; save energy for dealing with the serious stuff.

I didn’t grow up in Chicago, but in my city I see them in every part of town.

Same!

Rafi, thanks for the interesting article. So far this story hasn’t been verified by anyone other than the original article authors: I’d like to know if it’s credible and based on sound fact checking. Please do revisit this story when it’s been more widely verified.

“...this administration has decided that they want to be comic book villains.”

This shouldn’t be a partisan issue, given, as you say, that the arguments for maintaining Title IX are sensible, logical, and decent. But I wonder... 20 state AGs signed on? Reminds me that 20 states went blue and 30 states went red in the presidential election. I don’t have time to compare the states right now - but…

Off topic, but posting anyway. Make Margene’s day by tweeting her a friendly hello. ☀️

Damn you and this relentless witch hunt. Fine, I admit it!

“Declaring sick people as illegal immigrants, then “repatriating” them to Mexico.”

What’s your point, pleb? There’s no room for you on the Seastead anyway. - Peter Thiel