1 FOIST

2 BLADE BLADES HIS BLADEY WAY INTO FIRST

3 The inability to read doesn't explain driving against the flow of traffic. That requires a special type of cluelessness.

4 She's not a black Dahlia, so...

5 I hope SOMETHING is passed because every time I see a semi now I look at the driver. Very scary.

Thanks Newsome and Walz! New terror brought into our country!

6 Maybe that's the way they drive in Somalia.

7 What an adorable little girl. That is heartbreaking and maddening what happened to her and many others. God bless and protect ICE and Kristi
Noem, Tom Homan , Trump and others, and stay strong in the fight.

8 Back in the Jim Crow era some southern states wouldn't let Negros drive trucks, under what were called Black Dahlia Laws.

9 Time to crack a lack.

The CDL thing has to be one of the worst offenses by the commie Left. Attacking us via illegal alien truck drivers who can't drive, read or drive and read while they hurtle through highways with massive machines of possible death.

Also attacks truck drivers wages and lively hoods.

Easy vector for political points here, tons of points as it is a real preset danger that has already taken lives. So of course he Left is throwing a fit over it.

10 Every time Walz thinks he's out of the news they pull him back in. Good.

11 The nation was allowed to break covid rules and riot because of a statistical outlier of an event that was portrayed as normal.

'Member?

12 "the president urged Congress to bar states from issuing commercial driver's licenses to illegal aliens"

Aren't states already barred from this, at least in theory? The problem is that it's too easy for these illegal scumbags to get fake documents showing that they are whatever they say they are.

Deepdick Patel and Swarraharah Gopedelicky don't get their CDLs by walking into DMV saying "hey, I'm illegal, give me my CDL!" They go in with the correct -- but faked -- documents, or they just bribe whoever they have to bribe.

13 Don't get my brother (works in a factory with my dad) started on Somali truck drivers.

14 Driving the 50 ton death machines the wrong way down highways that Americans won't!

15 11 The nation was allowed to break covid rules and riot because of a statistical outlier of an event that was portrayed as normal.

'Member?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 02:28 PM (GBKbO)

Ah yes. Dining at French Laundry.

16 12 Deepdick Patel and Swarraharah Gopedelicky don't get their CDLs by walking into DMV saying "hey, I'm illegal, give me my CDL!" They go in with the correct -- but faked -- documents, or they just bribe whoever they have to bribe.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 27, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

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The Department of Transportation has been shutting down CDL mills, I know that. Seen the headlines. Fly-by-night operations that just rubber stamp everything necessary for the training.

So, it's less bribing of DMV clerks and more a cottage industry was created to invent documents without basis in reality.

17 "I made a movie about this, ya know"

-- Steven Spielberg

18 I don't understand how people can even operate tractor trailers without training. Do they have any kind of training or it's just " Turn on the ignition and let them loose." ? I don't even like to operate my spouse's mini van ( which is bigger than my car) without having to.

19 Can we just trade Minnesota for Greenland and a 1st round pick for the 2027 draft?

20 17 "I made a movie about this, ya know"

-- Steven Spielberg

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 27, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

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Always?

21 Maybe that somali truck driver had a learers permit.

22 Deepdick Patel and Swarraharah Gopedelicky don't get their CDLs by walking into DMV saying "hey, I'm illegal, give me my CDL!" They go in with the correct -- but faked -- documents, or they just bribe whoever they have to bribe.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 27, 2026 02:29 PM (iFTx/)

I didn't care about paperwork. I just sold them to the highest bidder.

23 off sock

24 Seems like the freight should be on freight trains and freighters. Fewer drivers.

25 19 Can we just trade Minnesota for Greenland and a 1st round pick for the 2027 draft?

Posted by: Frank Barone at February 27, 2026 02:31 PM (IifOV)

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I'll take: Election monitors from the Iron Range given a bounty for every illegal vote they stop.

26
Dalilah has been rendered nonverbal and is estimated to have the mind of an 18-month old.

No big deal.

27 Off-topic but interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=8jk-SKi7nmY

Hegseth on Scouts and the military

28 Aren't states already barred from this, at least in theory? The problem is that it's too easy for these illegal scumbags to get fake documents showing that they are whatever they say they are.

Deepdick Patel and Swarraharah Gopedelicky don't get their CDLs by walking into DMV saying "hey, I'm illegal, give me my CDL!" They go in with the correct -- but faked -- documents, or they just bribe whoever they have to bribe.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

In many California DMVs, there is industrial scale fraud, with employees freely handing out drivers' licenses to illegal and other types of ineligible people either due to bribery and corruption, or (in some cases) ideological activism. every now and then someone will get caught and make the local news, but none off it ever makes the national news. Overall, combined, the CA DMV fraud makes it nearly effortless for any illegal to get a drivers' license here.

29 Dalilah has been rendered nonverbal and is estimated to have the mind of an 18-month old.

No big deal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 27, 2026 02:31 PM (5pERN)

Good! Last thing we need is another honky-ass white girl spouting her white privilege all over the place

30 Twice as smart as a Somalian.

31 28 In many California DMVs, there is industrial scale fraud, with employees freely handing out drivers' licenses to illegal and other types of ineligible people either due to bribery and corruption, or (in some cases) ideological activism. every now and then someone will get caught and make the local news, but none off it ever makes the national news. Overall, combined, the CA DMV fraud makes it nearly effortless for any illegal to get a drivers' license here.

Posted by: zombie at February 27, 2026 02:32 PM (Ys3Ta)

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But certainly they won't vote, will they?

32 But who will be delivering to the Kwikie Mart?

33 Dalilah has been rendered nonverbal and is estimated to have the mind of an 18-month old.

No big deal.

Given that this exceeds the performance of the average Democrat, you can understand why they think it's no big deal.

34 I'll take: Election monitors from the Iron Range given a bounty for every illegal vote they stop.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 02:31 PM

I like it. Especially if those who tried to vote illegally are then caught.

35 Even if that Somali trucker could not read English, it's hard to figure how he could not see all the red wrong way signs and not figure out he was on the wrong side of the four lane.

I guess after some time, he did figure it out, and crossed back over. Hopefully arrested and soon to be deported, along with thousands of others.

36 Arrows are written different in spanish. More round. Less pointy.

37 >>Dalilah has been rendered nonverbal and is estimated to have the mind of an 18-month old.



The REAL tragedy was the delay in many peoples Amazon Deliveries.

38 5 I hope SOMETHING is passed because every time I see a semi now I look at the driver. Very scary.

Thanks Newsome and Walz! New terror brought into our country!

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You're just a scared little racist.

39 Impound the truck and the cargo and auction them off. Then prosecute not only the driver, but the owner of the transport company.

40 2 BLADE BLADES HIS BLADEY WAY INTO FIRST
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 27, 2026 02:23 PM

To be fair, second is first loser.

41 Dalilah has been rendered nonverbal and is estimated to have the mind of an 18-month old.

No big deal.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at February 27, 2026 02:31 PM (5pERN)

Good! Last thing we need is another honky-ass white girl spouting her white privilege all over the place
Posted by: Val "Lost my gun" Demings at February 27, 2026 02:33 PM (TbWk/)
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Dalilah looks mixed-race to me

42 17 "I made a movie about this, ya know"

-- Steven Spielberg

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 27, 2026 02:30 PM

Duel was a good movie. The whole nation riding with Dennis Weaver in that Red Plymouth Valiant.

43 This Dahlia’s Law makes about as much sense as the SAVE act. Too much sense therefore Dems and RINOs will oppose it of course….

44 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

45 In South America, a pointy arrow is an insult. They take it as a challenge!

To obey a pointy arrow is to demean you manhood. Point them to go left, and they will be forced to go right out of honor.

46 This is a relief that illegal acts will now be against an additional law.

47 Arrows are written different in spanish. More round. Less pointy.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 27, 2026 02:34 PM (ce4EC)

Like a Somali knows Spanish road signs either.

48 @40 second means you're an honorary Canadian

49 Arrows are written different in spanish. More round. Less pointy.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 27, 2026 02:34 PM

We, too, weep.

50 Bon apetit Congresswoman.

51 I hope SOMETHING is passed because every time I see a semi now I look at the driver. Very scary.

It used to be you only needed to be wary of Swift trucks. Now it's all of them.

52
3 The inability to read doesn't explain driving against the flow of traffic. That requires a special type of cluelessness.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 27, 2026 02:24 PM

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I wasn't going the wrong way, everybody else was!

53 Swift trucks are the slowest trucks around here.

54 Oh, was the wrong way corrigan driver Somalian?

Never mind what I said above. they are just dumb as shit and don't know about the arrows (or the cups. Or the cup sizes.)

55 The Indiana Republican's bill would restrict CDLs to U.S. citizens

Is anyone else disturbed by the cultural insensivity? We should change the name of his state to "Guardiana".

56
Aren't states already barred from this, at least in theory?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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Not only CDLs, but regular old DLs like you and I have. Why is the proposed law limited to CDLs anyway?

57 we have a bunch of tunnels here for SEPTA to go over with not-very-tall underpasses. and signs and warnings and massive bright yellow girders showing the height limit

probably daily some truck gets stuck in there with a non-english-speaking driver

it's hilarious

never used to be a problem, and they keep adding more shiny yellow warning signs to no avail...

58 I think we're seeing what the Democrats policy is concerning anything to do with illegals play out in real life.

Protect them from the authorities.
Exonerate them from fault.
Give them extrajudicial rights.
Put the public on notice that this is the way it'll be.

God help us if they regain the levers of power.

59 Not only CDLs, but regular old DLs like you and I have. Why is the proposed law limited to CDLs anyway?

good point!!!

60 >>>"Sadly, people are killed in America every day, sadly, and the majority of them are killed by U.S. citizens. So whether an undocumented -- undocumented immigrant --" Demings said, with Moynihan cutting in with, "I'm saying, think about --"

I remember when the clarion call to action was "if it saves just one life!"

Apparently there is a difference between forcing me to take a series of shots and wear a cheap paper mask in public than preventing random vehicular manslaughter.

61 There must be laws in Deep Blue states that absolve truck driving schools from liability if their students kill or injure people, damage their truck and other vehicles, damage cargo, and damage roads, bridges, dams, levees, and buildings. Laws passed after school owners paid the Danegeld at the time.

And/or, to get their license after their 'training' students must sign a waiver that absolves the school from all liability for anything a student does while driving a commercial truck for pay.

Otherwise I don't see how the 'schools' could stay in business, and the owners not go bankrupt due to successful damages liability lawsuits.

62 They are supposed to navigate ahead for short underpasses. Used to be on maps. Maybe an ap now.

63 File under DoJ is not doing anything,
"Update: 30 more people were arrested in connection with the Don Lemon Minnesota church storming case.

Statement from US Attorney General Pam Bondi:

Today, DOJ unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota.

At my direction, federal agents have already arrested 25 of them, with more to come throughout the day."

At least nine Other people, including former CNN host Don Lemon were previously charged with 18 USC 241, Conspiracy to Deprive Rights and 18 USC 248, Violation of the FACE Act.

64
It would also ... mandate the revocation of commercial trucking licenses previously issued to illegal aliens or individuals granted Temporary Protected Status, regardless of whether they possess work permits.

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How would we find those people?

65 Too bad every law named after a person is a bad law. I don't know where the bad part of this one is - it sounds good - but it is surely there.

66 never used to be a problem, and they keep adding more shiny yellow warning signs to no avail...
Posted by: BlackOrchid


I saw something a few days ago that indicated a lot of DOT are having to put up a lot of duplicate signs hoping the idiots get the hint. What a f-ing mess that brain dead pedo created.

67 And illegals are only the darling *right now*... remember with the Left something worse is always around the corner.

Wait until Dems make their newest sweethearts official and start instituting Sharia.

68 Juan be nimble, Juan be quick. Juan limbo under underpass.

69 "Swift trucks are the slowest trucks around here."

Swift...

S ure
W ish
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70 Otherwise I don't see how the 'schools' could stay in business, and the owners not go bankrupt due to successful damages liability lawsuits.
Posted by: Gref
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Fly by night LLCs that simply vanish and are reconstituted. Much the same way on these trucking firms who are often the subcontractors of other trucking firms.

71 Messed that one op.

😒

72 Think about it. If nothing is stopping Democrats from openly supporting this crap, what is stopping them from openly supporting *anything*...? Don't answer that.......

73 Otherwise I don't see how the 'schools' could stay in business, and the owners not go bankrupt due to successful damages liability lawsuits.
Posted by: Gref


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I saw something that the Biden DOT sent a letter to states telling them to relax the requirements for schools and tests. It did not have details, but it did seem to absolve them of any responsibility since they were doing as directed by the government.

74 Messed up the comment saying I messed up a comment.

Will the agony never end?

😒😒

75 74 Messed up the comment saying I messed up a comment.

Will the agony never end?

😒😒

Posted by: Will Robinson at February 27, 2026 02:46 PM (2H3yT)

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Did no one warn you of the danger, Will Robinson?

76 The Indiana Republican's bill would restrict CDLs to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and certain foreign nationals holding valid work visas. It would also require that CDL tests be administered exclusively in English and mandate the revocation of commercial trucking licenses previously issued to illegal aliens or individuals granted Temporary Protected Status, regardless of whether they possess work permits.
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The latter is the more important piece, I suspect. CDLs already require English. The states handing out these CDLs are doing so with no due diligence or honesty whatsoever. They are already violating the law. Even setting aside the TPS issue, these are people who can't speak or read English and thus cannot legally hold a CDL anyway. Yet, they hold them - because the states issue them without a care.

As they will for TPS, too, regardless of this law. And these states won't be clawing back CDLs issued to TPS individuals, either, because of course they won't.

So what is the punishment for non-compliance? Who in the state governments go to jail, and which cashflows to the states are shut off?

77 Thumb typing on a phone?

78
Driving over the I-5 "Grapevine" north of LA, one shares the highway with a lot of semis. Last time I drove through about 18 months ago, my wife insisted that I not travel alongside semi trucks, it made her too nervous. I did the best I could not to, but considered this something of an irrational phobia.

In view of recent news, I think maybe she was more right than I was.

79 You all should check out Canada sometime. I live about an hour north of Toronto on the 400 Highway and it's a damned every day occurrence - wrong way, plowing into cars on shoulders, rolling the trucks off on-ramps, etc.

And EVERY. FUCKING. TIME. out of the cab and onto the pavement? The flip flops and sandals.

There have been multiple investigative pieces on the trucking companies here, especially after the Humboldt junior hockey crash. I've personally watched and listened at one of the arena parking lots where the "training" was happening - and none of it in English.

80 How would we find those people?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Licensing documentation is now electronic much like registration is nowaday. So the printed documents are simply used to run scans on a computer as to the validity, offenses, etc. tied to that particular license.

Weeding out illegals CDLs and trucking firms and the fake CDL schools is far easier than weeding them out of something like construction.

And it is another 80/20 issue--even blue voters don't want asshole drivers in big trucks that cannot follow the rules of the road nor have insurance.

81 74 Messed up the comment saying I messed up a comment.

Will the agony never end?

😒😒
Posted by: Will Robinson

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No worries. We all read moron here.

82
The retirement Ram 3500 truck i got to replace one of the Chargers, can easily haul a load that forces me into the class A cdl range of weights. I have to be very cautious of which rv we get weight-wise or I'll have to upgrade to a class B cdl even though I'm not earning $ with it. It's a weight, braking, and knowledge thing about the combined total weight and how different it is to operate versus the normal everyday grocery getter vehicles.

If I have to go through that shit, just to go on an extended retirement vacation, then fook every single wetback piece of shit straight back to wog land unless they do it legal like too.

83 "Sadly, people are killed in America every day, sadly, and the majority of them are killed by U.S. citizens. So whether an undocumented -- undocumented immigrant --" Demings said, with Moynihan cutting in with, "I'm saying, think about --"

How can you make a yummy multicultural omelet without breaking some eggs? That kid's an egg!

84 79 Posted by: The_Hoser at February 27, 2026 02:48 PM (H4qGm)

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*considers mentioning the Olympics*

*thinks better of mentioning the Olympics and does not mention the Olympics*

*does own part to keep thread Olympics free*

85 70 Otherwise I don't see how the 'schools' could stay in business, and the owners not go bankrupt due to successful damages liability lawsuits.
Posted by: Gref
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Fly by night LLCs that simply vanish and are reconstituted. Much the same way on these trucking firms who are often the subcontractors of other trucking firms.
Posted by: whig at February 27, 2026 02:45 PM

I also suspect the trucking schools are paying off people working for the DMV and there is widespread cheating going on.

86 The inability to read doesn't explain driving against the flow of traffic. That requires a special type of cluelessness.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous!

Anyone who has taken a taxi or other type commercial ride in certain foreign countries know that obeying common sense driving rules, obeying road signs, speed limits, and one way traffic lanes are optional to many of these drivers.

87 65 Too bad every law named after a person is a bad law. I don't know where the bad part of this one is - it sounds good - but it is surely there.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 27, 2026 02:43 PM (48xL/)

Yeah, fuck that Boyle guy in particular.

88
74 Messed up the comment saying I messed up a comment.
Will the agony never end?
Posted by: Will Robinson
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No worries. We all read moron here.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

What happened to "fire at will"!

89 And it is another 80/20 issue--even blue voters don't want asshole drivers in big trucks that cannot follow the rules of the road nor have insurance.
Posted by: whig
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Reminds me of a question I had.

Are truck drivers mostly Republican voters? Was this a plan by Biden (obama) to punish them?

I think most things they do was planned to punish their opponents.

90 The inability to read doesn't explain driving against the flow of traffic. That requires a special type of cluelessness.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at February 27, 2026 02:24 PM (FMtrg)

Time for the Highway Patrol to station snipers on highway medians, with orders to shoot dead any wrong-way drivers. And if it's some befuddled granny? Too bad. her family failed her by not getting her DL pulled.

91 This law feels like its already a law and that we need to enforce already established laws.

92 "Sadly, people are killed in America every day, sadly, and the majority of them are killed by U.S. citizens. So whether an undocumented -- undocumented immigrant --" Demings said, with Moynihan cutting in with, "I'm saying, think about --"

"Whether it's an undocumented immigrant or a U.S. citizen who is the perpetrator, bottom line is, somebody has died or someone has been seriously injured," Demings said.
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But in the latter case, it was a death or injury of *choice* - your choice.

Every single crime committed, every single injury caused and every accident caused by an illegal alien is a crime, injury or accident that our rulers who enabled them has *chosen.* They are "bonus" crimes, injuries and accidents. They would not have happened if not for bad policy. Even the accidents wouldn't have happened.

Our rulers *chose* to have these things happen. Not the specifics, but the general case. Bonus crimes, bonus injuries and bonus accidents are acceptable costs to them.

93
it is another 80/20 issue--even blue voters don't want asshole drivers in big trucks that cannot follow the rules of the road nor have insurance.
Posted by: whig

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Another 80/20 issue? In that case, we can forget about passing it.

94 91 This law feels like its already a law and that we need to enforce already established laws.

Posted by: Cray Cray at February 27, 2026 02:51 PM (QpHLI)

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Comment valid for almost every thread in the past 18 years.

95 Fly by night LLCs that simply vanish and are reconstituted. Much the same way on these trucking firms who are often the subcontractors of other trucking firms.

Posted by: whig at February 27, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

Can we just get rid of sub-sub-(sub-)contracting? What benefit is it to the customer to not know who's actually doing the job?

96 Posted by: Will Robinson at February 27, 2026 02:46 PM (2H3yT)

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Did no one warn you of the danger, Will Robinson?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

He IS the danger.

97 She's not a black Dahlia, so...
Posted by: Not stopping at the intersection(ality) at February 27, 2026 02:24 PM (TbWk/)

We seem to have some Dahlia/Dalilah confusion going on here, too.

98 Sort of on topic.. Husband just came back from the DMV and said if ICE were there they could have arrested 2oo illegals... it's CA so instead of that they are giving them licenses and registering them to vote

99 96 Posted by: Will Robinson at February 27, 2026 02:46 PM (2H3yT)

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Did no one warn you of the danger, Will Robinson?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

He IS the danger.

Posted by: Breaking Lost in Space at February 27, 2026 02:52 PM (TbWk/)

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What does he knock on, then?

100 Dalilah has been rendered nonverbal and is estimated to have the mind of an 18-month old.

But the body of a nine year old!! Mohammed meat.

101 "I made a movie about this, ya know"

-- Steven Spielberg

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

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Always?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


E.T. The Extralegal Trucker

102 "No Big Deal". What if it happens to their kids? What if it happens to anyone they love? These people are sick and should not hold any kind of government office.

103 Launch coming up.

Rocket Lab - Electron - That's Not A Knife
LC-2 - Wallops FF, Virginia - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 27, 2026
Launch Time: NET 4:00 p.m. EST (2100 UTC, 22:00 CET)

https://youtu.be/wPizYVXcn_s

Alternative link if needed.

The Launch Pad

https://youtu.be/_h2RBkuHOzI

104 >>>Driving over the I-5 "Grapevine" north of LA, one shares the highway with a lot of semis. Last time I drove through about 18 months ago, my wife insisted that I not travel alongside semi trucks, it made her too nervous. I did the best I could not to, but considered this something of an irrational phobia.

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I always pass quickly, or allow myself to passed quickly. But that's a habit formed out of 35 years riding motorcycles. But having driven in LA a time or two, easier said than done.

105 After travelling into Baja for decades I've seen some scary shit on Mex 1. The truck drivers are expert at hauling ass around the curves and over the hills. Hairball.
Bet they don't hire Somalians.

106 Can we just get rid of sub-sub-(sub-)contracting? What benefit is it to the customer to not know who's actually doing the job?
Posted by: pookysgirl has a few things to say too at February 27, 2026 02:52 PM (Wt5PA)

You think they give a flying fuck in a semi truck about benefits to the customer? Ha. Hah hah hah! HAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!

107 So what is the punishment for non-compliance? Who in the state governments go to jail, and which cashflows to the states are shut off?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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Welp, some DMV workers that were bribed, most recently in Kentucky are going to prison because of it. And DoT has moved to shut down the diploma CDL mills in a lot of the blue states, cut off certain grants (as to the state governments themselves for highway safety), and so on.

My guess is eventually lawsuits but having shiny new laws that eliminate district court judges discretion on this bullshit is even better to support cases against those states. I think some blue state district judge ruled against suspending CDL licenses of illegals becuz of the unfairness irreparable harm clause in the Constitution. These cases have to be appealed and won.

Things are actually moving far faster than I thought would be possible in one year re deportations and vastly changing the atmosphere for illegals. Self deportations are beginning to hit school enrollments pretty hard now and multiple schools are now scaling back employees or even closing schools starting at the end this year.

108 "Dalilah, who was five at the time, suffered a traumatic brain injury and was later diagnosed with cerebral palsy."

Lawyers seeing the potential for 3rd party liability because someone is going to pay out one hell of a lot of money to that little girl and her family.
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PA gov/services/dmv/apply for a Pennsylvania commercial drivers license
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Changes to non-domiciled CDL product issuance
Due to new federal regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), effective Monday, September 29, 2025 – and as directed by the USDOT – PennDOT has paused the issuance of all non-domiciled commercial driver products until further notice. This includes issuance, transfers, updates, replacements, duplicates, and renewals of both non-domiciled Commercial Learner’s Permits (CLPs) and non-domiciled Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs). We apologize for the inconvenience.

You need to provide these documents: A birth certificate, Passport, or Naturalization papers. Non-U.S. birth certificates will not be accepted. You also need to provide any necessary documentation if the name on your citizenship or naturalization document(s) differs from your
current name. ...

109 Commiecrat imported, third world scum hardest hit.

110 I always pass quickly, or allow myself to passed quickly. But that's a habit formed out of 35 years riding motorcycles. But having driven in LA a time or two, easier said than done.
Posted by: Turn 2 at February 27, 2026 02:53 PM (cpo0V)
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Yup. I don't sit next to semis at speed. If I have to wait for opening to get by, I wait behind the trailer in case the trucker needs to make an emergency maneuver. Once the way is clear, I punch it and get past as quickly as I safely can. I don't want to crowd trucks and I don't want to be in the way if he has to dodge left for whatever reason.

111 106 Can we just get rid of sub-sub-(sub-)contracting? What benefit is it to the customer to not know who's actually doing the job?
Posted by: pookysgirl

None but the people doing that pocket the difference plus many of the illegals involved in those sub sub sub contracting are getting govt bennies already so getting cash off the books simply makes things sweeter for them. Subsidized employment for illegals essentially.

112 Things are actually moving far faster than I thought would be possible in one year re deportations and vastly changing the atmosphere for illegals. Self deportations are beginning to hit school enrollments pretty hard now and multiple schools are now scaling back employees or even closing schools starting at the end this year.
Posted by: whig at February 27, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)
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Hmmm. Add in the declining birthrate, and municipal bonds could get very, very exciting (in a bad way, if you own them) over the next 5-7 years.

113
which cashflows to the states are shut off?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

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Sean Duffy pulled $160M from California, which seems like a drop in the bucket. Gavin Newsom is suing, of course. I'm sure a Hawaiian judge will make the right decision.

114 112 Hmmm. Add in the declining birthrate, and municipal bonds could get very, very exciting (in a bad way, if you own them) over the next 5-7 years.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 27, 2026 02:57 PM (48xL/)

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Just a side note:

Conservative birthrates in America have been steady since the 90s. Roughly 2.0. Not quite replacement rate, but really close to it.

Progressive birthrates in America? Down to about 1.4.

The decline in American birthrates is entirely due to progressives deciding to stop procreating.

115 Disparate Impact rules would no doubt insist illegals that can't read or drive must be given licenses at the same rate as white Americans. Otherwise ... RACIST.

I heard rumors Trump was doing away with the crazy disparate impact. Hopefully it has happened, not just talked about.

116 106 Can we just get rid of sub-sub-(sub-)contracting? What benefit is it to the customer to not know who's actually doing the job?
Posted by: pookysgirl

None but the people doing that pocket the difference plus many of the illegals involved in those sub sub sub contracting are getting govt bennies already so getting cash off the books simply makes things sweeter for them. Subsidized employment for illegals essentially.
Posted by: whig at February 27, 2026 02:55 PM (E4rtv)

And it pushes liability down from the prime contractor to its shitty subs, sub-subs, and sub-sub-subs so when you get fucked the liable party is the shitty sub sub sub with no assets to satisfy a judgment.

117 >>> Once the way is clear, I punch it and get past as quickly as I safely can. I don't want to crowd trucks and I don't want to be in the way if he has to dodge left for whatever reason.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 27, 2026 02:55 PM (48xL/)

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Yep. When teaching my kids to drive, it was then that I told my kids it was not only okay, but encouraged to sp

118 Neither read, write, speak or obey traffic laws

119 By the way, this doesn't really raise any federalism concerns, because the federal government has always had, as it must have, exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce and travel

100% actual valid use of the interstate commerce clause.

120 The Washington GOPe has been undermining Trump trough all his three terms. Thune, Roberts most notably. They all should be drawn and quarted in public.

121 115 Disparate Impact rules would no doubt insist illegals that can't read or drive must be given licenses at the same rate as white Americans. Otherwise ... RACIST.

I heard rumors Trump was doing away with the crazy disparate impact. Hopefully it has happened, not just talked about.

Posted by: illiniwek at February 27, 2026 02:58 PM (vbXSk)

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As a matter of DOJ policy, yes, it's been cast aside, from what I understand.

But the idea is actually stemming from the SCOTUS decision in Griggs v Duke Power. That needs to get overturned.

122 >>>Yep. When teaching my kids to drive, it was then that I told my kids it was not only okay, but encouraged to speed.
Posted by: Turn 2 at February 27, 2026 02:59 PM (cpo0V)

Stupid thumbs.

123 Another one today: truck plowed through several cars at a red light, apparently didn't see it or the immobile cars. I figure 60% on the phone texting, 35% immigrant who speaks no english, and 5% both

124 It's a tax.

125 Another 80/20 issue? In that case, we can forget about passing it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Welp, by returning to regular order, it is easy to attach to funding bills going forward as Congress has already started (except for part of DHS) marking up for next FY 2027.

The tide is going out for illegals whether or not Dems want it to. It will be last in places like CA and NY where the Democrats have regularized illegals but the rest of the states are moving on and Congress will reluctantly follow.

Protecting illegals from deportation and giving them bennies is politically more like the South's Massive Resistance over Jim Crow. A losing political game to play.

126 The Washington GOPe has been undermining Trump trough all his three terms.

McConnell's decaying corpse in a wheelchair is the one behind the push to stop SAVE from passing. He's the one. He hates Trump and relies on the fraud to weed out primary challengers to GOPe types.

127 Yep. When teaching my kids to drive, it was then that I told my kids it was not only okay, but encouraged to sp
Posted by: Turn 2 at February 27, 2026 02:59 PM (cpo0V)
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I learned it from my mom, before I had my full license. Long road trip. She said, "hang back here until it's clear, then floor it."

It might be the only time my mother has *ever* said "floor it."

128 I can't be dangerous because I don'y have a 1.21 jiggawatt sanity prod like Dangergirl.

It would be cool if I did then I could go around tasing people.

129 Last time I drove through about 18 months ago, my wife insisted that I not travel alongside semi trucks, it made her too nervous.

A friend of mine and his wife got smushed by one last year in the MacArthur Maze. Lots of hospital bills. She is extremely gun-shy about driving now. (He has endured far worse).

130 Gotta catch'em all.

@Tyler2ONeil 1h
🚨BREAKING
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131 A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) is required to operate a "rig" (tractor-trailer) if the vehicle has a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) of 26,001 pounds or more. For most semi-trucks, a Class A CDL is required to handle the combined weight.

What does your state require to learn to drive a rig and get a Commercial Drivers License? Do trainees complete Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) from a certified school before taking the skills/road test?

Look it up if you're really interested.

132
"No Big Deal". What if it happens to their kids? What if it happens to anyone they love?

Posted by: Case

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I haven't seen a one of these people come to their senses over an injured or killed loved one.

133 Can we just get rid of sub-sub-(sub-)contracting? What benefit is it to the customer to not know who's actually doing the job?
Posted by: pookysgirl


The whole point of sub sub contractors is to get around the regulations and health care mandates on larger employers, so poorly thought out legislations created them.

134 130 Gotta catch'em all.

@Tyler2ONeil 1h
🚨BREAKING
THIRTY-NINE individuals now face charges for the invasion of Cities Church

Posted by: weft cut-Rotten at February 27, 2026 03:04 PM (diia5)

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"I never actually cared about this."
-people screaming that the DOJ not acting on this within 5 minutes of it happening were intentionally doing nothing

135 ... The tide is going out for illegals whether or not Dems want it to. It will be last in places like CA and NY where the Democrats have regularized illegals but the rest of the states are moving on and Congress will reluctantly follow. ...
Posted by: whig at February 27, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)
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Time will tell on Congress. This year's election will be relevant on that front.

Because CA, NY, IL, NJ, CO, OR and WA is a big block to have to overcome. Especially because, if they look like they're holding strong, NM and possibly NV or AZ will follow.

136
A friend of mine and his wife got smushed by one last year in the MacArthur Maze. Lots of hospital bills. She is extremely gun-shy about driving now. (He has endured far worse).
Posted by: t-bird

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Good lord, those poor people. I hope they recovered well.

137 Last time I drove through about 18 months ago, my wife insisted that I not travel alongside semi trucks, it made her too nervous.

There was a time when you could rely on them as being the safest thing on the highway. Last time I was on a road trip, one of the truckers we saw was kinda all over the lane and over the line. We passed him and... he was on his phone.

138 New launch time.

Rocket Lab - Electron - That's Not A Knife
LC-2 - Wallops FF, Virginia - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: February 27, 2026
New T-Zero: 4:50 p.m. EST (2150 UTC, 22:50 CET.)

https://youtu.be/wPizYVXcn_s

Alternative link if needed.

The Launch Pad

https://youtu.be/_h2RBkuHOzI

139 As a matter of DOJ policy, yes, it's been cast aside, from what I understand.

But the idea is actually stemming from the SCOTUS decision in Griggs v Duke Power. That needs to get overturned.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Strictly speaking Griggs is a statutory interpretation case of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And Scotus, once they have interpreted a statute, do not revisit it (you get into facial versus applied so there is some wiggle room). However, disparate impact seems to work against the 14th Amendment itself by creating all sorts of issues. Just like the Louisiana redistricting case may limit Voting Rights Act applications of majority/minority districts, neither comply with the original understanding of the 14th and 15th Amendments.

Thus Constitution trumps a statute and ancillary court decisions that interpret that statute.

140 Some asshole came barreling down the state highway on the wrong side of the road doing about 90. I saw him soon enough to get all the way off the highway.

No one was In pursuit so the why is incomprehensible

141 Their argument is essentially "someone else would have crippled that little girl anyway."

142 130 Gotta catch'em all.

@Tyler2ONeil 1h
🚨BREAKING
THIRTY-NINE individuals now face charges for the invasion of Cities Church
Posted by: weft cut-Rotten at February 27, 2026 03:04 PM (diia5)

Good!

143 McConnell's decaying corpse in a wheelchair is the one behind the push to stop SAVE from passing. He's the one. He hates Trump and relies on the fraud to weed out primary challengers to GOPe types.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at February 27, 2026 03:02 PM (PYyV9)

Drat! Darn our luck! Always just one person with an axe to grind away from doing every single thing we keep promising to do!

We'll Get 'Em Next Time!

Swearsies!

It's All of Us But One!

Again!

Fightin For You!

Donate Today!

-The GOP

144 139
Strictly speaking Griggs is a statutory interpretation case of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Posted by: whig at February 27, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)

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This is not the most interesting correction I've had today.

I put up a little news story on my blog about Scorsese starting production on a new movie. I misattributed the name of the screenwriter as the name of the novelist on which the movie is based.

The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.

145 The Washington GOPe has been undermining Trump trough all his three terms.

McConnell's decaying corpse in a wheelchair is the one behind the push to stop SAVE from passing. He's the one. He hates Trump and relies on the fraud to weed out primary challengers to GOPe types.

It is simply inconceivable to me that a man in his position chooses to go out this way. He would have been saluted as a great politician (yeah, I know, but that's how it would have been) but instead he's chosen to be forever remembered as the guy who did everything he could to thwart the will of the American people.

He could have had monuments, but now he'll have people p***ing on his soon-to-be-filled grave. Politics and power twists people.

146 The people that are born here do bad things too is certainly a take.

147 The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.

Nice

148 145 It is simply inconceivable to me that a man in his position chooses to go out this way. He would have been saluted as a great politician (yeah, I know, but that's how it would have been) but instead he's chosen to be forever remembered as the guy who did everything he could to thwart the will of the American people.

He could have had monuments, but now he'll have people p***ing on his soon-to-be-filled grave. Politics and power twists people.

Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 03:09 PM (Riz8t)

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Because he's always hated us more than he's loved his own legacy.

His legacy, in his mind and in the minds of his staff, is to shit on Republican voters. That's what he wants.

He's probably still pissed that people don't credit him for the ACA repeal dying. People blame McCain. Don't they realize that it was Mitch's doing all along? Why won't they give him the credit?

Well, he'll fix that. He'll try to kill the SAVE Act because fuck the voters.

That's his principles. That's his legacy. And he's proud of it.

149 Trump blasts GOP for deposing Bubba Clinton about Epstein.
Clinton tells committee that Trump is innocent regarding Epstein.

Huh...

150
The tide is going out for illegals whether or not Dems want it to. It will be last in places like CA
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Posted by: whig

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Dead last. A story from the Central Coast (agriculture country) is infuriating. A teaching intern made a short (didn't even use all the allotted characters!) tweet that we need to remove illegals, and raised a shitstorm from "the community," parents, and every "leader" and school official in the area. How dare she??? If I still lived there, I'd go pick the fucking lettuce if it would get those illegals OUT.

By the way, compare the crime rates in Salinas, where they live, to the adjacent communities on the Monterey Peninsula. Salinas cops have done NOTHING about it for decades, but everyone does keep the precious Panetta family in power!

151 I just passed 99 people all going the wrong way!

152 The DOJ should be focused on the the systemic racism against white men in federal government jobs and in the preferential treatment of Black women.

153 What happened to "if it saves just one child"

154 The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)

Probably knows the movie will be crap, and is proactively distancing.

155
Trump blasts GOP for deposing Bubba Clinton about Epstein.

Posted by: one hour sober

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What?

156 Your death is not an irreparable harm.

Some illiterate dirka-dirka not being able to save his employer a few pennies on wages is irreparable harm.

That's not an exaggeration:
That's the actual order of the cartel judge in CA, ordering CA not to suspend their licenses.

157 Their argument is essentially "someone else would have crippled that little girl anyway."

Posted by: San Franpsycho


Well, yes. Because once in a blue moon some American trucker forgets his No Doz or doesn't get enough sleep and has a wreck means that we can import hundreds of thousands of people who can't read English and have no idea of how motorized traffic works.

158 Time will tell on Congress. This year's election will be relevant on that front.

Because CA, NY, IL, NJ, CO, OR and WA is a big block to have to overcome. Especially because, if they look like they're holding strong, NM and possibly NV or AZ will follow.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

But is going out anyway. Much of what those blue states do is unconstitutional and illegal and slowly the court system is whacking down the Resist judges regardless of what those blue states want. Second, the funds are not there anymore so even places like MN are now tightening belts on Medicaid spending for illegals. None of those states you mention have healthy budgets and illegals make that worse. Three, there will be less voting fraud while Trump is in office due to risks and the coming tsunami of 2020 election fraud being revealed this year. Detroit fraud in 2020 is coming to light, so is Georgia's and Maricopa is probably next.

Take out the urban fraud machines, Dems will find it hard to win outside of their blue states. FWIW, VA election shows an odd surge of absentee ballots again similar to a general election total versus when Youngkin won. My guess is a good chunk of that is fraudulent.

159 By the way, the nasty crack whore the idiot Lacrosse players at NC hired for their party recently admitted that she lied about the rape. Just, for the record.

160 151 I just passed 99 people all going the wrong way!

Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober

For the newbies here, we used to have a commenter here named Hous bin Pharteen.

161 Neither read, write, speak or obey traffic laws
Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2026 02:59 PM (Ia/+0)
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We see them more as...guidelines.

162 154 The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)

Probably knows the movie will be crap, and is proactively distancing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 27, 2026 03:12 PM (8zz6B)

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Since he's correcting little old me for saying someone else wrote the book...trying to keep his name aligned with the adaptation...that seems a doubtful read of the situation.

163 78 Driving over the I-5 "Grapevine" north of LA, one shares the highway with a lot of semis. Last time I drove through about 18 months ago, my wife insisted that I not travel alongside semi trucks, it made her too nervous. I did the best I could not to, but considered this something of an irrational phobia.

In view of recent news, I think maybe she was more right than I was.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 27, 2026 02:48 PM (azNOR)

If you need more reasons not to sit next to semis, I have read of truck drivers advising against it, on account of one of their tires blowing out could blow your windows out. The whole scale of everything is wildly different.

164 Classic 80/20

165 Probably knows the movie will be crap, and is proactively distancing.

I have read that Scorcese is no all he once was, mentally. He did a voice acting part for the upcoming Mando movie, for instance.

166 The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

That's embarrassing, but you can redeem yourself if you can tell me how many Oscars Edith Head had on her desk. Without searching it.

167 He could have had monuments, but now he'll have people p***ing on his soon-to-be-filled grave. Politics and power twists people.
Posted by: Archimedes at February 27, 2026 03:09 PM (Riz8t)

It took me awhile but I’ve concluded it’s impossible to understand politicians. They’re not normal people. Like Seinfeld described Kramer: You’re not normal you’re a pod.

In the case of Kramer he was a nice pod. Politicians not so much, don’t even try to understand anymore

168
The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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He's probably got a Google Alert on the title.

169 I just passed 99 people all going the wrong way!

"how do they know where we're going?"
--Planes Trains and Automobiles

170 I think the CDL test needs to have an exclusion whereby if you use mud as a beauty aid, or your country of origin has only dirt roads and oxcarts, you cannot even apply to take the test.

171 By the way, compare the crime rates in Salinas, where they live, to the adjacent communities on the Monterey Peninsula. Salinas cops have done NOTHING about it for decades, but everyone does keep the precious Panetta family in power!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I used to live in Salinas...they ain't called the Sleaze PD for nothing.

172 166 The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films

That's embarrassing, but you can redeem yourself if you can tell me how many Oscars Edith Head had on her desk. Without searching it.

Posted by: Willy Wardrobe at February 27, 2026 03:14 PM (oftw2)

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She's most winning-est for her costumes...

17?

173
As they will for TPS, too, regardless of this law. And these states won't be clawing back CDLs issued to TPS individuals, either, because of course they won't.

So what is the punishment for non-compliance? Who in the state governments go to jail, and which cashflows to the states are shut off?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 27, 2026 02:47 PM (48xL/)

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Shouldn't the issuing state be liable for damages if it issues a license to unqualified people?

174 "I just passed 99 people all going the wrong way!"

How did you know which way they were going?

175 Somalians seem kind of shit.

176 We had a truck crash a few weeks ago.

Lady behind him on the interstate had a dashcam. He was swerving all over the lanes. He took the off-ramp into our town too fast and rolled it off the side of the ramp. That ramp was closed for a couple of hours and the driver had to get a medevac. We never found out the details of what that driver was doing or who he was.

177 On way home passed a office/ apartment complex and out on entrance to campus 2 old definitely retired were protesting ICE moving into the complex with temporary offices. .

178 As they will for TPS, too, regardless of this law.
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Yeeeeaaahh I'm gonna need that this afternoon ok?

179 Strictly speaking Griggs is a statutory interpretation case of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Posted by: whig at February 27, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)

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This is not the most interesting correction I've had today.

I put up a little news story on my blog about Scorsese starting production on a new movie. I misattributed the name of the screenwriter as the name of the novelist on which the movie is based.

The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 03:08 PM (GBKbO)
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Translation: "The script is dogshitty"

180 Black women are the most undeserved privledleg class in today's America.

181 177 On way home passed a office/ apartment complex and out on entrance to campus 2 old definitely retired were protesting ICE moving into the complex with temporary offices. .

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2026 03:16 PM (Ia/+0)

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The GOP must abandon mass deportations or they'll never win these protestors votes!

182 The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
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Fake Jake Tapper?

183
the cartel judge in CA, ordering CA not to suspend their licenses.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

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Fine. Then Sean Duffy will keep withholding funds, and Newsom can find himself between a rock and a hard spot. Let's see Mr. Super Cool-breeze Genius Problem Solver and Future President finesse his way out of it.

184 177 so taking it ICE is setting up shop in se Pa

185 179 Translation: "The script is dogshitty"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 27, 2026 03:17 PM (iFTx/)

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My sentence, upon review, is badly written.

I said the screenwriter wrote the book. I didn't mention the novelist's actual name at all.

He wanted attribution to his book.

186 TMJ havd your next video on big screen

187 If you need more reasons not to sit next to semis, I have read of truck drivers advising against it, on account of one of their tires blowing out could blow your windows out. The whole scale of everything is wildly different.

Posted by: SciVo


I had that happen a while back, but I was about to pass, about fifteen feet back. Sound of a bomb going off, and a hunk of rubber the size of a catfish went right over my roof.

188 The only thing that will stop this illegal alien CDL crap is if a family member of a Dem is injured or killed in a wreck caused by an illegal with a CDL. Otherwise the Dems just look at it as a peon dying, the cost of doing business

189 186 TMJ havd your next video on big screen

Posted by: Skip at February 27, 2026 03:18 PM (Ia/+0)

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Can you see the blues of my eyes?

190 If you need more reasons not to sit next to semis, I have read of truck drivers advising against it, on account of one of their tires blowing out could blow your windows out. The whole scale of everything is wildly different.
Posted by: SciVo at February 27, 2026 03:13 PM (Sy6m/)
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For me, the reason I don't travel alongside semis any more than I have to is because they have huge blind spots along them. Yeah, they have a lot of mirrors (and probably cameras these days) but I still don't like being that close to a vehicle that can squash mine like a bug and not even notice.

191 Probably already linked?

Another Nick Shirley-type joint effort between an X trucking whitsleblower @maybedanielleee and Gen Z independent journalist Savannah Hernandez.

@maybedanielleee
DOCUMENTARY: The Death of American Trucking | How America’s Highways Became Unsafe

For the past month, I’ve had the incredible privilege of working alongside
@Savsays
to bring our investigative efforts into the spotlight.

https://tinyurl.com/3b5c7tr9

192 There must be criminal penalties for officials that issue these licenses to illegals. That's the only way to stop this nonsense

193 106 Can we just get rid of sub-sub-(sub-)contracting? What benefit is it to the customer to not know who's actually doing the job?
Posted by: pookysgirl

It's in fixed worksites, including construction, refinery maintenance and even maritime.

Who's the controlling employer(s) with the authority to correct the hazard or enforce safety standards? The level of control over the site and the contractual duties counts. But it's not necessarily easy to prove or win in Court.

Transportation is different; it seems a company can be sued provided a driver was acting within the scope of their employment. Through principles of vicarious liability, companies are responsible for employee negligence, such as distracted driving, fatigue, or safety violations.

The company may also be directly negligent for negligent hiring, improper training, or failing to maintain the vehicle.

That's just a bit. There's SO MUCH MORE to connect & prove.

194 If you need more reasons not to sit next to semis, I have read of truck drivers advising against it, on account of one of their tires blowing out could blow your windows out. The whole scale of everything is wildly different.
Posted by: SciVo at February 27, 2026 03:13 PM (Sy6m/)

Semi drivers, like everyone else, deserve common courtesy on the road. Blocking them from the side, either side, denies them a route to avoid a potential wreck.

195 Gotta catch'em all.

@Tyler2ONeil 1h
🚨BREAKING
THIRTY-NINE individuals now face charges for the invasion of Cities Church

Posted by: weft cut-Rotten

Poke-Lemon

196 IIRC,Edith Head won 8 Oscars, nominated something like 35 or so.

197 Voter ID enjoys the support of 80% of the American people, spanning all races and political affiliations.

John Thune and Bitch McConnell simply can't push legislation supported by 80% of We, The People.

Because Uniparty Grifters gotta Uniparty Grift.

But, hey, Doggy Parades!

198 196 IIRC,Edith Head won 8 Oscars, nominated something like 35 or so.

Posted by: Willy Wardrobe. at February 27, 2026 03:20 PM (oftw2)

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17 was a very high guess.

But, despite talking about the Oscars endlessly into a camera for the last couple of weeks, I don't actually care that much about them.

Clicks, yo.

199 This is only part of the problem. Canada does the exact same thing (and trust me, Canadian immigrant drivers are just as, or more deadly than those festering in the US).

In Canada, it was recently learned that CDL testing had a huge cheating scandal where perspective drivers were sitting there taking the written test while using their mobile phones with someone on the other end interpreting the language and telling them the answers. This was but one of the violations that still continues to this day. Every other Canadian truck driver has the surname "Singh" and most of them are not English capable.

200 The CDL drivers without licenses is certainly bad. But I think the overall quality of drivers, of all ages and demographics in the US has really taken a dive.

Operating a vehicle on the roads with other vehicles and people shouldn't be a given. At least have "a little" training. It'd weed out some of the problem drivers. And poorly maintained vehicles.

Understanding that not every state has the same level of driver's ed (if any) or vehicle inspections (if any.)

But still... it's a national issue.

201 I was thinking about all that regulation they put into place, about how they ran the independent drivers out of business and how the highways are more dangerous than ever. That woman that thinks it is no big deal should be forced to watch the videos of those drivers murdering people

202 If you need more reasons not to sit next to semis, I have read of truck drivers advising against it, on account of one of their tires blowing out could blow your windows out. The whole scale of everything is wildly different.
Posted by: SciVo at February 27, 2026 03:13 PM (Sy6m/)
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The left lane is for passing, and that doesn't mean at 0.01 mph faster than the vehicle in the right lane.

Pull out, complete the pass, leave space behind you, and move back into the right lane. This isn't difficult.

Camping out next to a vehicle in an adjacent lane is a fucking retarded idea, is dangerous, and pisses off everyone else on the road that has a functioning brain.

203 At least better than on phone or tablet

204
Oh jeez, another reason to avoid hotels.

Some bitch influencer admits she cleans her underwear in the room coffeemaker.

205 Don't drive next to ANYONE

206 205 Don't drive next to ANYONE

Posted by: ... at February 27, 2026 03:23 PM (7GMXG)

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Don't drive.

Stay in your pod.

207 There must be criminal penalties for officials that issue these licenses to illegals. That's the only way to stop this nonsense

You would think! But we have checked the laws, which we help write, and we're good.

208 Clicks, yo.

Gotta play the game. There are even youtuber awards. I was nominated for an award for a supplement I wrote for Hero, didn't even check to see if it won. Means nothing even for sales any more.

209 nood




fani

210 In the old days of split truck rims, riding beside a semi could easily kill you with a blowout. I worked for an employer who was still using a large crane with split rims around 1980. I rode in the rigging truck well behind it.

211 Oh jeez, another reason to avoid hotels.

Some bitch influencer admits she cleans her underwear in the room coffeemaker.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 27, 2026 03:23 PM (3ek7K)

That's grounds for divorce.

212 The novelist himself found the story and...corrected me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Cool, getting noticed inside the business is a big step for a blog.

The whole rule on statutory interpretation by Scotus is that they only interpret a law once facially as to constitutionality. This allows Congress to change the law if needed. Then you get as applied challenges which is where Griggs comes in. Plaintiffs argued in Griggs and won that the Civil Rights Act protections against employment discrimination included barring anything that might result in discrimination whether intentional or not in disparate outcomes for a protected group versus the non protected groups.

Back in the 90's mebbe, Congress then changed the CRA to codify Griggs in the 1991 Civil Rights Act. Thus, you cannot challenge Griggs on statutory grounds but have to go to constitutional that Congress does not have the power under the 14th Amendment to apply disparate impact theory without requiring proof intent to discriminate.

213
Once the way is clear, I punch it and get past as quickly as I safely can. I don't want to crowd trucks and I don't want to be in the way if he has to dodge left for whatever reason.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 27, 2026

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To clarify, I routinely work to get past large trucks, or at least not be in an adjacent lane. Getting past a truck, or a line of trucks, sometimes requires driving next to them for a short while. That's what made her nervous. Did the best I could.

214 Some bitch influencer admits she cleans her underwear in the room coffeemaker.

Its not that wouldn't work, its that the next visitor has to use your nasty yeast-crusted biological waste for their coffee.

215 The only thing that will stop this illegal alien CDL crap is if a family member of a Dem is injured or killed in a wreck caused by an illegal with a CDL. Otherwise the Dems just look at it as a peon dying, the cost of doing business

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i don't even think that would do anything. The Dems are hopeless.

216 It's not just illegals driving semi trucks. They drive ordinary autos without a drivers license and of course no insurance..lf one hits your car, guess who has to pay to get it fixed? You or your insurance company. This is all bullshit, they are not supposed to be here.

217 This is only part of the problem. Canada does the exact same thing (and trust me, Canadian immigrant drivers are just as, or more deadly than those festering in the US).

In Canada, it was recently learned that CDL testing had a huge cheating scandal where perspective drivers were sitting there taking the written test while using their mobile phones with someone on the other end interpreting the language and telling them the answers. This was but one of the violations that still continues to this day. Every other Canadian truck driver has the surname "Singh" and most of them are not English capable.

Posted by: Orson at February 27, 2026 03:21 PM (dIske)

Agreed.

218
....and although the Grapevine is about six lanes in each direction, there are so many semis that you still may end up adjacent to one, for a short while.

219 Shouldn't the issuing state be liable for damages if it issues a license to unqualified people?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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Sovereign immunity. See Twelfth Amendment. States do have various forms of tort claims acts like the US government does but you cannot directly sue a state in your particular example for issuing licenses to illegals. Slight chance of suing the official granting them if they were bribed or some other act beyond the law but otherwise those individuals get qualified immunity too just like cops.

220 The Washington corrupt GOPe as embodied by Thune..
Trump should just go all Ceaser andt be done with it. It's what they say about him any so just go ahead.

221 Former Democratic Rep. Val Demings of Florida dismissed Coleman's injuries from a 2024 accident caused by an illegal immigrant...
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Val Demings is a "Fundamentally Non-Serious" choice.

222 Shouldn't the issuing state be liable for damages if it issues a license to unqualified people?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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Sovereign immunity. See Twelfth Amendment. States do have various forms of tort claims acts like the US government does but you cannot directly sue a state in your particular example for issuing licenses to illegals. Slight chance of suing the official granting them if they were bribed or some other act beyond the law but otherwise those individuals get qualified immunity too just like cops.
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Yes. But there's some liability IF the individual did acts that the law doesn't allow--their immunity isn't total.

223 Oh jeez, another reason to avoid hotels.

Some bitch influencer admits she cleans her underwear in the room coffeemaker.

Posted by: fourseasons at February 27, 2026 03:23 PM (3ek7K)

That's grounds for divorce.
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That complaint might not be worth a hill of beans.

224 I've gone out to get help. After about 15 years of 24 - 7 caregiving, I know my brain shouldn't be this hyper vigilant. But when you're taking care of others, there's always a part listening.

My family doctor, last seen in 2019, prescribed me anxiety medication. I'm really not a pill guy but I want something aside from booze to get me back to normal. And there are case workers coming in now too. I've decided that I've completed a hero's journey and I'll ask and get help...

But as I have my last 7 big 6.1% beers before pills tomorrow, there's been a horrible truth I've discovered. A deep shame. But you're the horde. I can come out to you.

Here it is...

I REALLY like Star Trek: Voyager....

They wanted to make the crew feel like a family and they did that nicely. Mom, Dad and I were good. No regrets. Doesn't mean it wasn't tough.I was loved and appreciated. But now that I'm alone, I appreciate the idea of family more. Voyager captures it nicely....

Somehow I've been blessed with friends across the street. Their cats sleep here a lot. I have a 14+ dog I'm taking care of. I do carry him up some steps...

That's it....

225 24 Seems like the freight should be on freight trains and freighters. Fewer drivers.
Posted by: Boss Moss at February 27, 2026 02:31 PM (8PrXA)

Yeah but how do you suggest breaking down that freight into smaller amounts?

You gotta know how logistics works.

226 84 *considers mentioning the Olympics*

*thinks better of mentioning the Olympics and does not mention the Olympics*

*does own part to keep thread Olympics free*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at February 27, 2026 02:49 PM (GBKbO)

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I'm a transplanted American, but I actually couldn't care less about the Olympics. Certainly didn't help my business with the Canucks losing, though (sports cards and memorabilia).

227 Trump should arrest all the Democrat leaders while he has the power. Because they are going to when they get back power. Arrest Obama, Biden, Hillary Susan Rice All the .Democrat power brokers.

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US Evacuates Embassies in Israel and Iraq, China Orders Citizens Out of Iran as Strike Appears Imminent

Recall the words of wisdom:

And so it begins.

-- Guy who thinks things are always beginning

But joking aside, it looks like Trump's had enough.

Iran once again pretended to "talk" while conceding nothing. The USS Ford is now in place for a strike.

Open Source Intel
@Osint613

Al Arabiya: The U.S. State Department has evacuated non-essential staff from the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

AFP: The United States authorised the departure of non-emergency embassy staff from Israel on Friday, as it threatened strikes on Iran and pressed its biggest military build-up in the Middle East in decades.

"True Conservative" Tucker Carlson, meanwhile, is now being feted Obama's pro-Iran foreign policy A-Team, including architect of the pro-Iran "Echo Chamber," Ben Rhodes, aka "Obama's Mind-Meld Second Brain.

Ben Rhodes, whom you undoubtedly know as Barack Obama's Deputy National Security Advisor, once bragged that he persuaded the media by gaslighting them and creating an echo chamber. Since establishment Washington, rightly, opposed the Iran deal that he and Obama so desperately wanted, they invented a new establishment and sold it to America.

As Malley and representatives of the State Department, including Wendy Sherman and Secretary of State John Kerry, engaged in formal negotiations with the Iranians, to ratify details of a framework that had already been agreed upon, Rhodes's war room did its work on Capitol Hill and with reporters. In the spring of last year, legions of arms-control experts began popping up at think tanks and on social media, and then became key sources for hundreds of often-clueless reporters. "We created an echo chamber," he admitted, when I asked him to explain the onslaught of freshly minted experts cheerleading for the deal. "They were saying things that validated what we had given them to say."

When I suggested that all this dark metafictional play seemed a bit removed from rational debate over America's future role in the world, Rhodes nodded. "In the absence of rational discourse, we are going to discourse the [expletive] out of this," he said. "We had test drives to know who was going to be able to carry our message effectively, and how to use outside groups like Ploughshares, the Iran Project and whomever else. So we knew the tactics that worked." He is proud of the way he sold the Iran deal. "We drove them crazy," he said of the deal's opponents.

Ah, the "expert" class. We know them well.

Ben Rhodes helped pioneer and refine the "echo chamber" strategy Obama used so well--the creation of what I call The Narrative(TM). Ben is part of the Obama team's Crooked Media, which is known for its shows Pod Save America and Pod Save the World. Crooked Media was founded by the worst of the worst: Jon Favreau, Tommy Vietor, and Jon Lovett, all part of Obama's communications and foreign policy/intelligence teams.

Below, they praise Tucker and encourage all other media figures to follow him in his Iran propaganda. Tommy Vietor -- "That was like a 100 years ago, man" -- says he's a Text Buddy with Tucker Carlson, The True Conservative.

Pod Save America's Ben Rhodes & Tommy Vietor gush about nazi promoter Tucker Carlson. PSA's @jonlovett / Vietor have pushed hard for ppl to back Platner (nazi tat guy) in Maine.

They say they wish more media would act like Tucker. Vietor admits he's text buddies w/ Tucker btw. pic.twitter.com/SFtcyu8uXz

— DS (@LakeDaniel11) February 26, 2026

Tucker Carlson got sick of being called antisemitic by the perfidious Satanic Jews who drink Christian babies' blood, and so he reached out to one of these Jewish Mind-Controllers to ask him how he could convince the Worldwide Jewish Conspiracy to stop calling him antisemitic.

This particular Perfidious Jew, Yoram Hazony, told him he could start by ending his constant claims that Jews are engaged in a constant aggression against Christians and start all the wars in the world for no reason at all except to spread the Nefarious Jew Conspiracy.

Tucker Carlson then said, "Short of that, I mean."

Or words to that effect. Tucker did not want to stop accusing Jews of conspiring against Christians, he just wanted the Jews to stop noticing he can't stop accusing Jews of conspiring against Christians.

Yoram Hazony
@yhazony

Feb 21

My Contacts With Tucker Carlson About Anti-Semitism on His Show

A few weeks ago, a mutual friend asked me if I'd be willing to speak to Tucker Carlson off the record. I agreed and Tucker called me three weeks ago to talk. I continued texting with him for eight days after that.

But this past Friday, Tucker released a video in which he reported to the public on his off-the-record conversations with me. Inaccurately, of course. So here's some additional information on my short-lived discussions with Tucker Carlson about anti-Semitism on his show.

Tucker called me on Sunday, February 1. We talked for 1 hour and 23 minutes. Here's what I noted down on my desk calendar right after the call:

"8 am Tucker Carlson 83-minute call wanting to know how to end the charges of anti-Semitism against him. Trump told him to end it on Jan 11."

As you can see, Tucker explained that he was calling because he had come under pressure from President Trump at his famous meeting at the White House on January 11. He told me the administration wants him to find a way to stop his high-profile fights with Jews and Zionist Christians. Tucker told me that he wanted my advice on "practical steps" he could take to change the impression that he is an anti-Semite.

I thought he was asking me to host him in Israel. So I explained to him that I can't do much to help him, because just about every Jew I know believes he's been waging a savage campaign against Jews, Judaism, and Israel for the past 18 months--and that most think his aim is to drive Jews and Zionist Christians out of the Trump coalition and out of the Republican party. I said that even a year ago, quite a few Jews would probably have jumped at the chance to appear on the Tucker Carlson Show and to present an alternative point of view, but that this looked impossible to me now--and that it would stay that way as long as there's no change of direction on his part.

Tucker wanted me to explain to him why anyone would think he was an anti-Semite. I answered that question for more than an hour, giving him a series of examples of statements he and his guests had made on his show that seemed completely unhinged and motivated by a desire to slander Jews, Judaism, Israel, and Zionist Christians in order to do as much harm as possible. He kept expressing amazement that anyone would think he was an anti-Semite, and I kept giving him more examples of why I thought any fair observer would reach that conclusion if they were familiar with the relevant conversations he had hosted on his program.

The conversation ended with my agreeing to continue the discussion. I didn't feel he was open to dialing down the hostility toward Jews, Judaism, Israel, and Zionist Christians constantly being expressed on his program. But I also didn't want to close the door to the possibility that the pushback from the administration would eventually get him to make a change. (Anyone who has been following Tucker's program in the weeks since January 11 knows that, so far, there hasn't been any such change.)

On February 3, Tucker wrote to me asking if he could speak at the first Israeli National Conservatism Conference (NatCon), which is scheduled to be held in Jerusalem on June 8-10. I was taken aback that he would ask for something like that, given the content of our conversation two days earlier. But I did my best to draft a reply that would reinforce my previous description of what a great many Jews, Israelis, and Zionist Christians think of Tucker right now. Here's what I wrote in response to his request to speak at the first NatCon conference in Israel:

"Tucker, I appreciate the offer. But I need people to show up at this event. Realistically, Jews and Zionist Christians are not going to share a platform with you or come to hear you under the current circumstances. I'm just speaking descriptively about the situation: Much of the lineup will revolt if you join the program and that story will blow back on you [and other public figures] in addition to blowing up the conference. If you want to change this situation, there are things you can do unilaterally to shift the dynamic and I think that's the way to move forward."

I thought Tucker had finally gotten the message that he should stop asking me for favors, and instead consider how he could make unilateral changes that would help people get past the impression that he is one of the leading Jew-haters of our generation.

But then on February 9, he wrote to ask me if I would set up a meeting for him with Prime Minister Netanyahu. I'm not sure why he thought I was the right address for that request. But I knew very well that if someone were going to contact the Prime Minister's office with such a misguided idea, it wasn't going to be me. Here's what I wrote in reply to his request that I arrange a meeting for him with Bibi:

"I don't see how that could happen. It doesn't serve any interest I'm aware of. It could only damage him."

This was a perfectly honest answer, and Tucker could have thanked me for giving him my honest assessment of the situation he has created. But Tucker wasn't happy with it, and he typed an agitated little speech into his phone to indicate that our conversation had come to an end.

On February 20, Tucker released a peevish summary of the contacts between us as part of a wild video in which he also suggested that Israel might be trying to kill him and his family.

That's the story. I'll just add one comment. Most of what I do in public life is building coalitions. That means I talk to a lot of people who don't agree with me on all sorts of things, and sometimes that means meeting with people who don't like me very much. I have these in-person, off-the-record conversations because often people turn out to be quite different in private. Sometimes, I've just misunderstood who they are from their public appearances. Sometimes, I've understood very well who they are, but it turns out they are willing to explore the possibility of making a change. And also: Even when nothing else comes of it, I learn a tremendous amount about people from these private conversations.

In Tucker's case, the private person turns out to be exactly who we've been seeing in public. As of now, I'm not seeing any sign that he is willing to play ball with the mainstream nationalist camp in the Republican party, much less that he has any regrets about who and what he has become since leaving Fox News in 2023. Whatever his motives for turning his podcast into what seems to be a circus of anti-Jewish messaging, right now that project is clearly more important to him than helping the administration keep its coalition together so it can govern effectively and win elections in 2026 and 2028.

This is just like calling up the NAACP and asking them for a free "N-Word Pass," because sometimes, you know, n****r is just the mot juste.

Below, Tucker Carlson, who is not antisemitic, wants you to know that he is no coward and was not afraid to step into Israel proper, instead remaining in "Zone A" which I guess is some kind of zone which Israel does not have sovereign control over.

In explaining that he's not a coward who is afraid of Israel, he says that he asked the US to tell Israel the exact plane he was on, because this Non-Antisemitic Non-Coward really believed that Israel, which is "fighting a war with seven different countries, was plotting to shoot his airplane out of the sky and then claim they thought it was an "Iranian Drone," and he wanted Huckabee to tell them specifically he was on this plane so that Israel could not murder him by anti-aircraft missile and then pretend they didn't know.

He cites the totally non-antisemitic USS Liberty trope to show that Pefidious Jews love doing that kind of thing. (He continues insisting Israel knew it was an American ship, even though the NSA has released intercepted radio transmissions showing that Israel had identified the ship as Egyptian.)

See, he's not antisemitic at all, he totally isn't deranged with antisemitic conspiracy theories and paranoia.

And also: Not a coward. Definitely, N O T a coward.

Tucker is not afraid.

Not afraid of Israel or in Israel.

He just wants to make sure the IDF doesn't "mistake" his private jet "for an Iranian drone or something."

And, um, because of (false) stuff about the 1967 USS Liberty bombing.

Tucker Carlson laughs at fear.

WATCH! pic.twitter.com/DtEs83HCn5

— Joel Mowbray (@joelmowbray) February 22, 2026