Trenton Sperry

Lol

But I suppose we can’t expect U.S. media to give regular lectures on Locke and Rousseau.

The American people only surrender a monopoly on the use of force to the executive so long as its use is legitimate.

Legitimacy is derived from adherence to law, avoidance of personal gain and, above all, accountability.

Trump throws all three of those to the wind.

Trump administration tells Congress war law doesn’t apply to cartel strikes The Office of Legal Counsel told select lawmakers that the executive branch is not bound by the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for any military action that exceeds 60 day...

President Trump told Congress in September that the United States is in an “armed conflict” with drug cartels.

Now (POST EXCLUSIVE) DOJ lawyers say he’s not bound by the War Powers Resolution, under which it would require congressional approval and oversight

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

Recently my brother in law explained what gerrymandering was to a coworker and they didn’t believe him because if that were really happening there would be riots in the street

ICE Wants to Build a Shadow Deportation Network in Texas A new ICE proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

Over the past year, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, has poured billions into detention contracts, reactivated cross-deputation agreements with local police, and directed ICE to scale up removals inside the US.

Al Qaeda Is on the Brink of Taking Over a Country If the jihadists succeed in taking Mali, it would become the first country run by the group. The U.S. has warned its citizens to leave the West African nation immediately.

Al Qaeda militants are moving closer to seizing the capital of the West African nation of Mali, which, should the city fall, would become the first country in the world run by the U.S.-designated terrorist group.

Trying to blame the Dems cutting off SNAP (while sitting on billons of available contingency funds) as his boss bulldozes the WH to build a ball room like Saddam's palace, sends $40 billion to bail out Argentines, and eats "gold adorned" brownies in Korea is not gonna work.

"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
-22nd Amendment

"no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States"
-12th Amendment

So to confirm, you’re doing a crime, yes? Great, sign here.

Trump Administration Tells Court It Has Money It Can’t Spend to Prevent Food Stamp Cuts

This fits a broader pattern of the Trump administration using the shutdown as an excuse to do things that are illegal or not required by law:
*RIFs of employees
*cancelling grants to blue states
*shutting websites of Inspectors General
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...

To recap: Trump is spending money Congress never appropriated to pay federal employees with guns, and cutting programs and grants even when Congress has appropriated funds.
They literally have a contingency fund for SNAP that they are refusing to use.
No Speaker has done more to weaken Congress.

Souvannarath is likely a citizen, ICE kidnapped him, he filed habeas, a judge ordered he not be deported, and *the next day* DHS deported him.

DHS told the press they didn't get the order, which is undoubtedly a lie and will be perjury when they say it to the court.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Republicans Decide to Focus on Biden Autopen as Shutdown Stretches On This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to.

The House Oversight Committee has issued a 93-page report on Biden’s use of the autopen, a fairly standard practice among U.S. presidents, and called on the DOJ to investigate.

This is the longest full shutdown in U.S. history, and this is what House Republicans are up to. trib.al/TqM5GXn

Notable that the people carrying Trumpism don't act like they believe they're carrying out the will of the public, they act like dictators terrified of a spontaneous uprising so swift and massive it overwhelms their protective services before assistance can arrive.

2. To the govt., he's more incredulous. Why won't they agree to an injunction that reflects what they claim ICE's policy to be?

"What kind of a country is it if people can’t bring their grievance if ICE people are just ignoring these policies? There’s gotta be something a court can do about it."

1. To the plaintiffs challenging ICE's warrantless arrests, Jackson is concerned about their standing because there have since been warrants issued and/or they're not at risk of re-arrest.

"Is it enough that they might be re-arrested? I question that," said Jackson.

I’m at Colorado’s U.S. District Court today, where Senior Judge Brooke Jackson will hear evidence about ICE’s warrantless arrests that allegedly violate federal law. He will decide whether to issue a preliminary injunction.

Background here:

This is PATENTLY FALSE.

T H E W H I T E H OU S E W A S H I N G T O N S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 2 5 P r e s i d e n t i a l D e t e r m i n a t i o n N o . _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 0 2 5 - 1 3 _ _ _ _ _ MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBJECT: Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2026 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, in accordance with section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), and after appropriate consultations with the Congress, I hereby make the following determinations and authorize the following actions: The admissions of up to 7,500 refugees to the United States during Fiscal Year 2026 is justified by humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. The admissions numbers shall primarily be allocated among Afrikaners from South Africa pursuant to Executive Order 14204, and other victims of illegal or unjust discrimination in their respective homelands. Refugee admissions under this determination, which may reach but not exceed the numerical limit described herein, are in all respects subject to the requirements of other Presidential policies and actions, whether issued prior or subsequent to this determination. Those Presidential policies and actions include, but are not limited to: Executive Order 14161, which mandates that refugees receive the most stringent identification verification of any class of alien seeking admission or entry to the United States; Executive Order 14163, which suspends the entry into the United States of refugees other than when the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security jointly determine that an admission is in the national interest and does not threaten the security or welfare of the United States; Executive Order 14204, which provides for refugee resettlement of Afrikaners from South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination; and …

NEW: Trump has announced that the US will admit the lowest level of refugees ever at 7,500 in FY 2026. The US will only be admitting as refugees White people from South Africa and "victims of illegal or unjust discrimination," which leaked memos suggest means far-right Europeans.

we're now a hair away from it being "treason" to utter a single critical syllable about Dear Leader on any topic whatsoever

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The meaning of America’s vast military build-up off Venezuela The world’s largest aircraft-carrier is making for the Venezuelan coast. Its military aims are unclear

1. There is no evidence that Venezuela produces fentanyl.
2. The UN drug office says it is not a cocaine-producing country.
3. Most illegal drugs come here in container ships, not small boats with outboard motors.
4. The admin has produced no evidence to justify these extra-judicial killings.

In the latest REAP/SOW Extra, FERN’s Theodore Ross talks with reporter Esther Honig about how refugee workers transformed Greeley, Colorado’s meatpacking industry — and the cultural and political ripple effects that followed.

Greeley, CO is bringing it! For he first time in YEARS every municipal office is contested! And the majority of challengers are women! Yay, us!

Work Out West hosting chili cook-off fundraiser for Greeley father with brain cancer Work Out West will host a chili cook off fundraiser Saturday to benefit a 36-year-old father diagnosed with Stage 4 brain cancer earlier this year.

Work Out West hosting chili cook-off fundraiser for Greeley father with brain cancer trib.al/ZbI1jN9

Greeley seeks host families for relaunching of Sister City Program The city of Greeley is seeking local families to host students and chaperones from Moriya, Japan, as Greeley revitalizes its Sister City Program for next summer.

Greeley seeks host families for relaunching of Sister City Program trib.al/PLtaIQs

Read that last sentence again. A judge to a Border Patrol leader.

There certainly are good people working to help the east side of Greeley, and that includes Councilman Tommy Butler and Councilwoman Deb DeBoutez.

But they’re often outvoted by the remaining five members of council, who all live west of 35th Avenue iirc.