Top O' the Briefing
(Note: The Sine Qua Non Sequitur will be taking the week off in recognition of International Panic Day (18), the Summer Solstice (20), and Kruisersis's birthday (22). It will return next week tanned, rested, and ready. We hope.)
OK, the Democrats are calling it something else, but we know what's going on here. More on that in a bit.
Before we get into the main topic, I would just like to go on record regarding my disdain for federal holidays. One might attribute that to the fact that I am self-employed and never get them off. There might be a bit of that — heavy on the "might" — but it really is about my longtime and well-chronicled disdain for all things having to do with the federal bureaucracy.
It's not that I mind them having the day off. The less they're at work, the less damage they can do. If they want the day off, however, the beleaguered American taxpayers shouldn't be footing the bill. A few unpaid days off a year aren't going to break the people who are getting fat and happy off of the coerced largesse of working Americans.
I do hope that all of the private sector workers who get the federal holidays off enjoy them, though.
Back to the Amnesty Prideteenth festivities in Leftistland.
There were a few stories about Joe Biden's border nightmare yesterday, which made me think of the classic "Airplane" line: "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue." For the record, I've never sniffed glue, but let's touch base in January if Biden is still in office and see where we are with that.
It all starts with the braindead puppet in the Oval Office using executive power to check off something that has been and the top of the Democrats' wish list for a very long time. Matt covered that:
You knew it was coming eventually, and Joe Biden has lived up to expectations. Under the guise of “keeping families together,” he announced a new set of executive actions that will effectively grant amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in the United States.
The Dems are selling this as something that Biden just had to do because the mean Republicans in Congress wouldn't participate in a bipartisan sham. As we all know, "bipartisan" means "only good for the Democrats." Don't get me wrong, I think that the Republicans have been historically weak on border issues, too — they're just not the kind of weak that the Dems want them to be in this situation.
Biden and Company always pitch amnesty as something that is wildly popular with most Americans. Rick writes that legal Hispanic voters aren't on board with Biden's nonsense. In fact, polling indicates that a majority of them favor mass deportation.
So, the opposite of amnesty.
This is from another post that Rick wrote yesterday:
The "non-detained docket" is part of the Biden administration's "alternatives to detention" program that is supposed to track migrants caught at the border and released. The illegal aliens in ICE's non-detained docket are supposedly supplied with case management support to keep track of them. But the docket has swelled to 7.4 million under Biden and with only 6,000 deportation officers now responsible for 7,000 illegal aliens each, making sure the illegals make their court dates or stay out of trouble is impossible.
In addition to the 7.4 million illegals in the alternatives to detention program, there are 1.9 million gotaways that these deportation officers are also responsible for.
The docket is, of course, another gateway drug to amnesty. The Dems' gameplan on the border has always been a variation on this theme: let a lot of people into the country illegally, complain about the Republicans and a lack of resources, everyone throws their hands into the air and begins singing the amnesty hallelujah chorus.
We know that none of this has anything to do with compassion; it's all about minting new Democratic voters. That's even more important now that the Dems are losing support in traditional voting blocs that they've never had to do anything but pander to keep around.
The Dem hierarchy no doubt hopes that Biden can use some executive action trickery to shore up some of that fading support. It's not going to work.
Compounding the nation's border misery is the fact that the man who is using the power of his office to exacerbate it can't function mentally even for short periods. During the press opportunity to blow his amnesty horn, Biden had some sort of Max Headroom glitch that was really uncomfortable. My RedState colleague Bonchie summed it up like this:
In the clip, Biden appears to forget the name of his secretary of Homeland Security. In doing so, his brain turns to pudding for several seconds before he mumbles something about not introducing him. As Biden's brain breakages go, that's probably one of the worst yet.
Check out the video in Bonchie's post. Biden's last brain cell exits the building in a hurry. Either that, or the Republicans must be exhausted from creating all of these expertly produced "cheap fakes."
A president whose head is empty storage space, being run by a commie cabal, armed with the power of executive action.
Forget January, where's that glue?
Click the button below to get the Morning Briefing emailed to you every weekday. Have your coffee with me, people. It's free and it supports conservative media!
The Mailbag of Magnificence contributions can be sent to [email protected].
Everything Isn't Awful
Everyone needs a spa day.
Mood.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/Td7W5f3ptB
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 18, 2024
PJ Media
VodkaPundit. Guess How Many High-Speed Internet Connections Biden Built With $42.45 billion
Let's Go Brandon. Retirees Look for Work Again in Biden’s Economy
How Many 'Random' Sexual Assaults by Illegals Before Liberals Rethink the Way They Vote?
VodkaPundit, Part Deux. Another Fast Food Chain Is in Serious Trouble
LIVE RESULTS: Primaries in Virginia, Georgia, and Oklahoma
If This Pans Out, Trump Might Finally Win the Nobel Peace Prize He Deserves
Surgeon General Wants Warning Labels on Social Media Sites
The Media Knows Biden Will Lose the Debate With Trump
Shot. ICE Non-Detained Docket Is Now Over 7 Million
Chaser. Even Hispanic Voters Have Had Enough of Illegal Immigration
Now we're really drunk. Biden Makes His Mass Amnesty Move
Another Mysterious Monolith Apppears, This Time North of Las Vegas Valley
Prager. Germans—Even During the Hitler Era—Were a Better People Than the Palestinians
Townhall Mothership
We Had Another Creepy Incident Where FBI Agents Accosted Law-Abiding Americans Again
Biden Suffers Another Brain Fart When Announcing Amnesty Plan
Bowman Looks Even More Doomed to Lose With This 'Unusual Favor' He Asked Jewish Leader in 2022
'Sanctuary City' Swallows Massive Red Pill After Illegal Alien Child Sex Offender Was Freed
Understanding CDC Report On Unsecured Firearms
Cam&Co. Massachusetts Gun Control Bill Still Under Wraps as Deadline Looms
Fascists. New York Lawmakers Approve Bill Requiring Credit Card Codes for Gun Stores
So there's that. CBO: National Debt Will Pass $50 Trillion in 10 Years
Welcome to NYC's 'Strip of Despair'
Pelosi's Political Expiration Date Has Come and Gone
#RIP. Baseball Great Willie Mays Passes Away at 93
WaPo Poll: Hidden in the Data, Biden and Harris Have Lost the Black Vote
Watch: New Yorkers Administer Street Justice to Illegal Immigrant
Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma Keeps Playing Footsie With Biden on Immigration and it Shows
VIP
Become part of the PJ Media VIP party by subscribing here. Use promo code KRUISERMB to receive a WHOPPING 50% discount. Trust me, we’re having fun over here.
Me. The Fatal Flaw in the Tortured Rationalization of Never Trumpers
The Kruiser Kabana Episode 227: The Right to Parent Your Own Children Is on the Ballot in 2024
Did Fox News Just Let the Cat Out of the Bag?
Biden Wants Gov’t 100% 'Clean' Energy by 2030. That’s a Total Disaster
Netanyahu Disbands War Cabinet as Hezbollah Ratchets Up the Pressure on Israel in the North
Biden Is Hurting Israel to Help His Presidential Campaign... and It May Be Working
Are Democrats in Denial About Biden’s Trouble With Black Voters?
Around the Interwebz
Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane to Star in ‘Golden Girls’-Like Sitcom (EXCLUSIVE)
When did humans start social knowledge accumulation?
How to Make Friends With a Bird
Bee Me
New Debate Rule Allows Moderators To Zap Trump With Giant Cattle Prods Anytime They Feel Like It https://t.co/rNUWD9mXJm pic.twitter.com/fBJnKC7I0Q
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) June 18, 2024
The Kruiser Kabana
Kabana Gallery
Campo Santa Maria Formosa https://t.co/XMz2HQKgdC pic.twitter.com/DK4sgxclzQ
— Canaletto (@ArtistCanaletto) June 18, 2024
Join the conversation as a VIP Member