Trump Wins Major, Major 9-0 Win at Supreme Court: Lowly Lawless District Court Justices <i>Must</i> Defer to Immigration Judges

Trump Wins Major, Major 9-0 Win at Supreme Court: Lowly Lawless District Court Justices Must Defer to Immigration Judges

Immigration judges are actually part of the Executive. There's a big distinction between Article III courts and judges -- those organized under the Judiciary branch -- and other courts (including military courts, tax courts, and immigration courts, among others) established by the Executive.

It should also be noted that Congress decides what cases may be heard by Article III courts -- and also, what cases will be heard by administrative/executive courts.

Since Trump assumed office for his second term, lawless lowly leftwing district court justices have declared that they, not the immigration courts created by Congress, will have ultimate power to decide when the government is allowed to deport criminal illegal aliens who have been under final order of deportation, sometimes for decades. The lawless lowly leftwing district court justices have routinely presumed to overrule those courts and contrive reasons while foreign criminals must be allowed to remain perpetually in the US.

It is true that these cases can be appealed to Article III courts -- but the lowly leftwing district court judges have been giving zero deference to the factual determinations of these courts, instead of doing what courts usually do, which is giving a lot of deference to factual determinations and only correcting on matters of erroneous legal interpretations.

The Supreme Court just ruled 9-0 that these lawless rogue judges must give high deference to the factul rulings of the courts actually created to hear these cases.

Appeals are not about fact-finding. Fact-finding happens in the originating court. Appeals are for review of legal rulings, not factual determinations.

Appeals courts can set aside factual determinations but only by a high "clear and convincing standard" -- they have to find that the lower court clearly, convincingly got the facts wrong. Anything less than that the appeals court has to accept their findings of fact.

But these lawless leftwing judges have been routinely treating every appeal of a deportation order as a complete factual do-over, with the lawless leftwing district court judge now determining the "facts" as he'd like them to be.

The Supreme Court just said: "No."

This case is such a slam-dunk they let The Retard write the opinion. (The Black Retard, not the Wise Latina Retard. The one who by her own admission "just doesn't understand" nearly everything said to her.)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authored the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling Wednesday ordering federal appeals courts to defer to immigration judges when reviewing asylum decisions, bolstering the executive branch's authority in immigration cases and handing the Trump administration a win as it pushes an aggressive deportation agenda.
Jackson, a Biden appointee and one of three liberal justices on the high court, wrote that immigration laws require federal courts to use a "substantial-evidence standard" when reviewing immigration judges' decisions about whether an asylum seeker could face "persecution" if deported.
Jackson emphasized the high bar courts must meet before overturning an immigration judge's findings, potentially making it more difficult for migrants to challenge their deportations as the Trump administration cracks down on illegal immigration.
"The agency's determination... is generally 'conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary,'" Jackson wrote.

Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, migrants can claim asylum when crossing the border without documentation. But immigration judges, who are employees of the Department of Justice, eventually vet those claims and determine whether to grant migrants asylum, which would allow them to stay in the country, or order their deportation.
The migrant can appeal the decision to the Board of Immigration Appeals, which is also housed within the executive branch, and can then appeal that decision to the federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court.
The decision in this case, Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, affirmed that the judicial branch must largely defer to the executive branch's findings about whether the migrant would suffer persecution if deported, rather than start from scratch and conduct its own review.
"Another WIN for common sense!" the conservative think tank America First Policy Institute wrote on X. "The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that immigration agencies not individual judges determine asylum claims based on alleged persecution. A clear reminder: America's laws should be enforced as written."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:37 PM

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1 I bet they won't though.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

2 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (kgE5c)

3 Nood has been called.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:37 PM (ExV1e)

4 That's it...I'm done.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (kgE5c)

5 Breaking. Jeb Boasburg orders all courts to ignore the SCOTUS.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (2UnvF)

6 Or else what?

Posted by: Simon Phoenix at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (nDy1Y)

7 Countdown to when the first "lowly" judge defies the ruling.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (fZiTB)

8 Gave the assignment to Jackson to write a boring procedural opinion?

That's all they trust her with.

It's hilarious.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:39 PM (GBKbO)

9 So even the airheads with three names joined in?

Posted by: Go figure at March 05, 2026 01:39 PM (HU4ZK)

10 Lowly Lawless District Court Justices Must Defer to Immigration Judges

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Ok, hear me out. I think the reason Kenji voted for it because she could not understand the crux of the matter, thought that she is limiting Federal Branch activities in toto! and making all of Trump's immigration enforcement subject to some immigration "judge".

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:40 PM (GD0B3)

11 Does this mean the Maryland man can finally be kicked the fuck out?

Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2026 01:40 PM (3tZV2)

12 9 So even the airheads with three names joined in?

Posted by: Go figure at March 05, 2026 01:39 PM (HU4ZK)

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It was a rote procedural question.

Even they can agree on rote procedural questions of "Congress gave specific jurisdictions to district courts, which Congress created."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:40 PM (GBKbO)

13 Good.
I'm surprised the retard has staffers able to write complete sentences, frankly (I do not believe she wrote the opinion.)

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 05, 2026 01:41 PM (xcxpd)

14 Even Brown 25 got this one right. Must be very obvious....

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 05, 2026 01:42 PM (xT8gx)

15 no no no democracy can only be protected if all judges are allowed to issue whatever rulings they want, unless they were put on the bench by trump

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 05, 2026 01:42 PM (CWTWj)

16 'they let the r*tard write it.'

Just spit coffee all over my desk at work. Thank you for that laugh.

Posted by: Nelly at March 05, 2026 01:42 PM (7gpcF)

17 In before Boasberg overrul... oh shoot @5

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:42 PM (Dv3i1)

18 I'm surprised the retard has staffers able to write complete sentences, frankly (I do not believe she wrote the opinion.)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 05, 2026 01:41 PM
+++

Sitting right here, boss.

Posted by: Grok AI at March 05, 2026 01:42 PM (HU4ZK)

19 as it pushes an aggressive deportation agenda.
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You spelled immigration enforcement wrong.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:42 PM (Nhyh3)

20 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

This seems like a win....

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My comment on the last thread got willowed (if this violates the 100 comment rule, just let me know):

247 Eh, look at Cornyn’s voting record. When you do that there’s very little that screams I’m a RINO. People are largely flogging him for that one vote.
Posted by: Marcus T at March 05, 2026 01:12 PM (wJXLk)

Me?

I'm still mad at him for tacitly supporting Lisa Murkowski in her Senate run AFTER she lost the primary to what's-his-face (Miller?).

Dude might have been nutter than a fruitcake, but at least it would have gotten Cocaine Bear out of there.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (SRRAx)

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 05, 2026 01:42 PM (SRRAx)

21 How did they get the Three Stoogettes to sign on?

Posted by: Eeyore at March 05, 2026 01:43 PM (AlhUl)

22 Now to find a way to resolve those asylum claims without a four-year wait.

Posted by: Octochicken at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (oCS0o)

23 Noem fired official?

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (Nhyh3)

24 Better make sure that you appoint a shit ton of conservative immigration judges

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (/C62k)

25 I miss Tami, bless her, for breaking news

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:45 PM (Nhyh3)

26 Ahem. We all go by THREE NAMES, thank you very much.

Posted by: The Stoogettes at March 05, 2026 01:45 PM (HU4ZK)

27 Now do habeas petitions where they are picking and choosing judges in friendly jurisdictions.

Instead of the clear statute requirement they be filed in the district where the petitioner is being held.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:45 PM (HXT0k)

28 23 Noem fired official?

yeah curious about this

WSJ reporting

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (j+aD2)

29 You know what the best course of action would be? Just get rid of the stupid provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act that allow asylum seeking in the first place, or at least highly restrict it. Problem solved. Yeah, I know, that would require Congress to actually do their damn job, but one can dream.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (XMwZJ)

30 Austin PD just released video from the scumbag shooting over the weekend, those cops did good.

Posted by: sharksauce at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (It5AG)

31 Can we put Boasberg in the stocks on the mall so everyone can kick his ass?

Posted by: pudinhead at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (pZ64F)

32 Depends how thin you slice them.

Posted by: Just the punchline at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (HU4ZK)

33 Say Boasberg is a district court judge, correct? So does this ruling slap all his stupid immigration rulings down (including his stupidities regarding maryland man)?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 05, 2026 01:47 PM (xT8gx)

34 27 Now do habeas petitions where they are picking and choosing judges in friendly jurisdictions.

Instead of the clear statute requirement they be filed in the district where the petitioner is being held.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:45 PM (HXT0k)

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It's like a few hundred people doing it. They spend tens of thousands of dollars to lose, almost none of them able to raise money from GoFundMes because no one hears about them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)

35 Noem is out. Senator Mullin on OK is Trump's nominee to replace.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 01:47 PM (CNl8/)

36 They told me this was a vote on tacos for lunch.

Posted by: KJB at March 05, 2026 01:47 PM (LLQU7)

37 Noem is being moved to a new position in a new body (Special Envoy to the Shield of Americas, forming later this month). She's being replaced by Mullin from OK as head of DHS.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

38 I shall not shed a tear for all the East German judges fvcking this great country.

Posted by: uniparty, Raping and Mutilating the children They do not Kill at March 05, 2026 01:48 PM (gxokI)

39 Since when does the Supreme Court decide? The district judges should immediately appeal this to the U.N.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 01:48 PM (EJWxb)

40 Noem is being moved to a new position in a new body (Special Envoy to the Shield of Americas, forming later this month). She's being replaced by Mullin from OK as head of DHS.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)

That will, of course, increase the difficulty in getting the SAVE Act passed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

41 Does Trump know that Mullin needs sent confirmation?

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (CNl8/)

42 Me?

I'm still mad at him for tacitly supporting Lisa Murkowski in her Senate run AFTER she lost the primary to what's-his-face (Miller?).

Dude might have been nutter than a fruitcake, but at least it would have gotten Cocaine Bear out of there.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at March 05, 2026 01:38 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas,
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That's just one of his libertine games.
Cornyn is a Swamp Creature.
Cornyn is devoutly anti-Trump.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (MpEy/)

43 Senate confirmation

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (CNl8/)

44 Special Envoy to the Shield of Americas
____

What ever happened to prohibition on royal titles?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (Dv3i1)

45 40 That will, of course, increase the difficulty in getting the SAVE Act passed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)

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Probably not.

OK Gov can just appoint a replacement. Not exactly a need for a special election.

It won't even be a speed bump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)

46 Noem out, Markwayne Mullin in. Noem to head some new Western hemisphere crime fighting thingy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (/C62k)

47 Yep, as noted above, let's see about compliance. SCOTUS hasn't cared about defiant lawlessness from its subordinates for years (Heller). And it's meek, trembling half-a** moves to correct the inferior courts on their immigration lawlessness have been pathetic.

And as People's Hippo notes, the habeas scam being run doesn't seem affected by this. The "courts" are pulling out all the stops and shredding the skeleton (can you shred a skeleton?) of the rule of law in immigration, at every level - until it reaches SCOTUS. All for delay. Waiting out Trump. With a 75% chance things revert to status quo ante (catastrophic erasure of border and de facto repeal of all immigration law) once he's gone (whoever replaces him).

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (U/Byj)

48 They told me this was a vote on tacos for lunch.

Posted by: KJB at March 05, 2026 01:47 PM (LLQU7)

My God that's funny

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (Nhyh3)

49 Anyway, watch the cartel judges put in all the flowery language in their orders about how they gave "great deference" to the immigration judge as they go on to substitute all the facts they like to justify delaying the deportation and overturning the immigration judge.

Boilerplate language used to be "all the usual terms we all agree on."
Now it's just words and phrases abused by the cartel judges to force their preferred outcome, "I used the magical words, you must obey me!!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (HXT0k)

50 23 Noem fired official?
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (Nhyh3)

Yes, replaced by Oklahoma Sen Mark Wayne Mullin.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (y171U)

51 Noem out, Markwayne Mullin in. Noem to head some new Western hemisphere crime fighting thingy

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (/C62k)

Do they have nice uniforms? AFAF

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (Nhyh3)

52 Does Trump know that Mullin needs sent confirmation?
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (CNl8/)

They don't, generally, withhold confirmation for one of their own. Since the nominee doesn't leave the Senate until confirmed to the new role, it would make the cloakroom orgies a bit tense.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (ExV1e)

53 They'll ignore the ruling. Sure, they know they'll get slapped down, but in the meantime the process will gobble up time and resources.

Posted by: Josephistan at March 05, 2026 01:51 PM (y9ksN)

54 I like this switch

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 05, 2026 01:51 PM (RIvkX)

55 So we lose a strong senator?

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 05, 2026 01:51 PM (fZiTB)

56 "OK Gov can just appoint a replacement." - TJM

Umm. Have you seen that gov lately? Easy to imagine him appointing a useless GOPe stooge.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2026 01:51 PM (U/Byj)

57 Noem is being moved to a new position in a new body (Special Envoy to the Shield of Americas, forming later this month). She's being replaced by Mullin from OK as head of DHS.

Keeping the characters and shows fresh for the new season.

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 01:52 PM (EJWxb)

58 That will, of course, increase the difficulty in getting the SAVE Act passed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:49 PM (ExV1e)
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I assume that Trump has coordinated with the OK Gov and they have a replacement locked and loaded.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at March 05, 2026 01:52 PM (3BwY8)

59 This is good news for Judge Blade! His "Only The Hotties" evaluation will surely be based on "substantial evidence." Just look at the pics of this chick!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:52 PM (iFTx/)

60 lol. Noem didn’t get fired. She was moved to a new position. Nobody wants to continue putting up with that crap.

I wish you luck with MWM. He isn’t going to be the target Noem was but the numbers will keep on coming for illegals being deported. Hahaha

Posted by: Vengeance at March 05, 2026 01:52 PM (LLQU7)

61 Now that squish GOP governor in OK will get to appoint a replacement.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 01:52 PM (CNl8/)

62 The only time I saw Mullin speak (on video of course) he came off as a nutcase, and dumb.

Must've been a very unrepresentative moment?

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2026 01:53 PM (U/Byj)

63 That's it...I'm done.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Well, you really ought to have a tagline such as "Red mind is really fine" to match "sharp as a blade" , although I'm sure you can come up with something more clever than what I just came up with,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 01:53 PM (rZCVI)

64 53 They'll ignore the ruling. Sure, they know they'll get slapped down, but in the meantime the process will gobble up time and resources.

Posted by: Josephistan at March 05, 2026 01:51 PM (y9ksN)

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Eh. This is really limited to a handful of district court judges.

Remember, 700,000 forced deportations (not including voluntary deportations and self-deportations) from DHS in the first year of Trump's second term.

It will speed up the slap downs from appeals and probably get a few district court judges to stop altogether. But these efforts are minor side-shows in the whole deportation effort.

Roughly 75% of those picked up by ICE sign waivers to just leave, waivers of any claim to be in the US (including asylum). Those are voluntary deportations, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:53 PM (GBKbO)

65 >>Since when does the Supreme Court decide?

Surely this is against International Law.

Posted by: garrett at March 05, 2026 01:53 PM (uKtE+)

66 Noem is being moved to a new position in a new body (Special Envoy to the Shield of Americas, forming later this month)

Is 'Shield of Americas' something to do with The Justice League?

Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 01:53 PM (EJWxb)

67 Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2026 01:50 PM (U/Byj)

Brit Lass noted to me back in 2009 that we no longer had a Constitution - that it was essentially trash - because what the lawless Obama admin was proving was you could just do whatever the fuck you wanted and it would take 4 years to get to the Supreme if ever, and meantime you've got plenty more shit rolling behind it.

She was right. People here certainly didn't want to hear it and I honestly don't think many want to do so now.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (Nhyh3)

68 Mullin's been doing the shows recently, but ...is he as committed to Trump's mission as Noem ?

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (GD0B3)

69 So, Thom Tillis is behind the push to move Noem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (MpEy/)

70 Tell Paxton to move to Oklahoma

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (/C62k)

71 53 They'll ignore the ruling. Sure, they know they'll get slapped down, but in the meantime the process will gobble up time and resources.
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Use our Constitutional powers to impeach the lawbreaking judges, or to strip these lower courts of ruling on any immigration related matter.

Haahahahaha We were seeing if you were paying attention! We're not going to do any of that!
- House GOP

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)

72 Noem was canned because she said lied when she testified that Trump approved her appearance in the DHS advertisements.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

73 56 "OK Gov can just appoint a replacement." - TJM

Umm. Have you seen that gov lately? Easy to imagine him appointing a useless GOPe stooge.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2026 01:51 PM (U/Byj)

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Not even a squish is going to walk in as the new guy from a deep red state and try and topple the SAVE Act or anything else.

OK will provide some unremarkable backbencher who does as he's told from leadership.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (GBKbO)

74 How did they get the Three Stoogettes to sign on?
Posted by: Eeyore at March 05, 2026 01:43 PM (AlhUl)
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It was really an open-and-shut case. The standard for review of an immigration judge's findings on the factual bases for asylum claims has long been "substantial evidence."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

75 Mullin's been doing the shows recently, but ...is he as committed to Trump's mission as Noem ?
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (GD0B3)

If not, he can always be fired.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 01:55 PM (ExV1e)

76 MWM is the guy who was going to go all MMA on the head of the teamsters in chamber. He’s a solid dude.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 05, 2026 01:55 PM (LLQU7)

77 If not, he can always be fired.

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good point; hope he is not one of those leakers...

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 01:55 PM (GD0B3)

78 Cornyn has signed onto red flag laws and he's one of McConnell's acolytes. It was between him and Thune who took control of the Senate.

If Talarico were human, I think he might beat him.

Posted by: huerfano at March 05, 2026 01:56 PM (98kQX)

79 Yeah no we’re still gonna do our own thing.
- Left Wing judges

Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 01:56 PM (0TtYd)

80 62 The only time I saw Mullin speak (on video of course) he came off as a nutcase, and dumb.

Must've been a very unrepresentative moment?
Posted by: rhomboid at March 05, 2026 01:53 PM (U/Byj)

I don't think he's dumb. His rhetoric isn't the smoothest but he knows what he's talking about.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 05, 2026 01:56 PM (fZiTB)

81 Tillis should light himself on fire.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 05, 2026 01:56 PM (LLQU7)

82 How did they get the Three Stoogettes to sign on?
Posted by: Eeyore at March 05, 2026 01:43 PM (AlhUl)
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It was really an open-and-shut case. The standard for review of an immigration judge's findings on the factual bases for asylum claims has long been "substantial evidence."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at March 05, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

How did they get them to sign on?

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:56 PM (Nhyh3)

83 My husband's plan: have the immigration judges issue status conference notices on all outstanding asylum cases. The judges can block out 8:30-12 every day and stack them like they do traffic court. When the 99.9% who have no legitimate case don't show up, the judge issues either an OSC re: deportation or just goes straight to the deportation orders. No more dawdling.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 01:57 PM (lCppi)

84 Noem was canned because she said lied when she testified that Trump approved her appearance in the DHS advertisements.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 01:54 PM (y171U)

Those ads are lame and cringey. If I were Trump I wouldn't want responsibility for them either.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 01:57 PM (CNl8/)

85 >> How did they get them to sign on?

They stiffed them in a locker until they said uncle.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 05, 2026 01:57 PM (LLQU7)

86 Pam Bondi has to be next, right?

Posted by: Denny Crane - I Love Women, Just Not Incompetent Ones. at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (RfVfI)

87 I'm gonna miss Noem because my criteria is how good does she look and in her case fantastic. She's way more pleasant to look at than this Mullins feller... This is a step back

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (xT8gx)

88
31 Can we put Boasberg in the stocks on the mall so everyone can kick his ass?
Posted by: pudinhead at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (pZ64F)

THIS is why many consider this site a must read.
Horde crime and punishment supersedes the SCOTUS any day. All day.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (69DZM)

89 Glad I get to replace mullin now

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (MGB5H)

90 I guess it depends on what your definition of must is.

- Judge Boasberg

Posted by: Darth Randall at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (kvcuP)

91 Oh wow. Look at all the people with special knowledge of what goes on between Trump and Noem.

Posobiec is that you?

Posted by: Vengeance at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (LLQU7)

92 Tillis always makes me think of Pam Tillis who really did look better and better as she aged, for a while. Some chicks are like that.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:59 PM (Nhyh3)

93 Cut to Roberts, Alito, Thomas holding the opinion up to a light -

"Look at that! What a good job, Kentanji. We're going to put it up on the refrigerator. Right here! So, everyone can see it."

Posted by: Croaker at March 05, 2026 01:59 PM (+BcZI)

94 What color crayon did the illiterate DEi Justice Jackson use to write the majority opinion?

Posted by: Junius at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (nIs0y)

95 So it looks like the bots and trolls got the word to say she was fired. When she wasn’t.

But you go girl. Keep sucking that dick.

Posted by: Vengeance at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (LLQU7)

96 Noem was canned over some ads?
WTF.

Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (0TtYd)

97 Better make sure that you appoint a shit ton of conservative immigration judges
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (/C62k)

Put me in, Coach!

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (lCppi)

98 Truth Social:

I am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026. The current Secretary, Kristi Noem, who has served us well, and has had numerous and spectacular results (especially on the Border!), will be moving to be Special Envoy for The Shield of the Americas, our new Security Initiative in the Western Hemisphere we are announcing on Saturday in Doral, Florida. I thank Kristi for her service at “Homeland.”

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (nn0kD)

99 Pam Bondi has to be next, right?
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Love Women, Just Not Incompetent Ones. at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (RfVfI)

did you read the content? no, guess not

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (GD0B3)

100 What I heard on radio last night is that LA senator Kennedy roasted Noem for sole sourcing the $200 million advertising campaign, and to a newly formed group that included people she knew. Noem hasn't been in the swamp long enough to be allowed to get away with something like that.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (vlkz/)

101 The people denouncing the sinking of the Iranian warship have come up with a new claim: that India required the Iranian ship to unload all of its ammunition as a requirement for participating in India's naval exercise, so it was sailing back to Iran completely unarmed when the pirate American submarine illegally sank it.

IT WAS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS!

Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (n1OCj)

102 What color crayon did the illiterate DEi Justice Jackson use to write the majority opinion?
Posted by: Junius at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (nIs0y)

We know it wasn't "Flesh."

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (lCppi)

103 ...as Elizabeth Scalia said...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (vd6bO)

104 If y'all haven't noticed by now, Trump likes putting good-looking women into the outward-facing positions because we men are, well, men and we become more pliable when casting our Male Gaze upon a hottie.

Noem will do well as the special envoy to all of the nations to our south while their leaders admire her tatas.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at March 05, 2026 02:01 PM (3BwY8)

105 The dirty deals to push the Save Act through the Senate continues.

Posted by: mrp at March 05, 2026 02:01 PM (rj6Yv)

106 Noem will have more time to spend in her throuple now.

Posted by: NCKate at March 05, 2026 02:01 PM (uQzkA)

107 Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (nn0kD

Well, it doesn't sound like he's kicking Noem to the curb.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 02:01 PM (Nx5jP)

108 Why doesn't congress pass a law for rogue judges who are overturned 5x that they are out?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 05, 2026 02:02 PM (wBaIH)

109 Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (lCppi)

🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:02 PM (Nhyh3)

110 But she still can’t define what is a woman.

Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at March 05, 2026 02:02 PM (jZ3ZM)

111 Fuck Cornyn.
NO Betrayal: Cornyn Holds Trump's Agenda Hostage for Personal Endorsement

Sen. John Cornyn, the establishment favorite in Texas' brutal Senate runoff, is playing dirty games with President Trump's priorities. Sources reveal he's stalling critical recess appointments—the fast-track way to install loyal fighters in key positions—and refusing to back the SAVE America Act, which demands proof of citizenship to vote and slams the door on non-citizen fraud.

Why the sabotage? Cornyn won't lift a finger unless Trump endorses him over MAGA warrior Ken Paxton in the May runoff. This is textbook RINO blackmail: holding America's election integrity and executive power hostage to save his own cushy Senate seat.

Texas Republicans sent a clear message in the primary—Paxton nearly tied Cornyn despite the establishment money machine. Voters want fighters who put America First, not cocktail-circuit compromisers who cozy up to Mitch McConnell's old crew and slow-walk Trump's agenda.

Cont.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 02:02 PM (nn0kD)

112 Cornyn claims he's "with Trump 99%," but actions speak louder: delaying recess picks and tying the SAVE Act—a no-brainer to protect American votes—to his own reelection begs. If he truly supported secure elections and a strong administration, he'd pass the bill now, no strings attached.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 02:02 PM (nn0kD)

113 Trump should've nominated Scott Pressler to run DHS.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at March 05, 2026 02:02 PM (qwx/I)

114 IT WAS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS!
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (n1OCj)

I heard the submarine crossed state lines to get to it.

Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (0TtYd)

115 Blondi, Blooondiii, BLOOOONDIIIIII

Posted by: TUCO at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (ehY6c)

116 99 Pam Bondi has to be next, right?
Posted by: Denny Crane - I Love Women, Just Not Incompetent Ones. at March 05, 2026 01:58 PM (RfVfI)

Never. She's there for the duration. An ass-covering, apple-polishing careerist par excellence.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (fZiTB)

117 India required the Iranian ship to unload all of its ammunition as a requirement for participating in India's naval exercise, so it was sailing back to Iran completely unarmed
___

Bad timing. Or good timing, depending on which side you are on.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (Dv3i1)

118 I like Mullin as Senator.... Will he be approved for DHS ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (NdvkI)

119 Should've been Homan.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (CNl8/)

120 Noem is being moved to a new position in a new body (Special Envoy to the Shield of Americas, forming later this month)

Is 'Shield of Americas' something to do with The Justice League?
Posted by: t-bird at March 05, 2026 01:53 PM (EJWxb)

And, more importantly, will she have to wear a skin-tight latex suit?

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at March 05, 2026 02:04 PM (JRP2U)

121 Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (lCppi)

It is rare I wish a comment was mine but there it is

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:04 PM (Nhyh3)

122 @87 -- I'm with you. Noem was doing a good jog, AFAIK, and she's kinda hot.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 02:04 PM (XMwZJ)

123 DC is spending a million $dollars a day to elevate Cornyn above Paxton. How much is the RNC spending to help Paxton.

Cornyn is a DC swamp creature.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 02:04 PM (MpEy/)

124 101 The people denouncing the sinking of the Iranian warship have come up with a new claim: that India required the Iranian ship to unload all of its ammunition as a requirement for participating in India's naval exercise, so it was sailing back to Iran completely unarmed when the pirate American submarine illegally sank it.
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Maybe don't carry your gat through the hood without any ammo.

You might get clapped.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at March 05, 2026 02:04 PM (3BwY8)

125 Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (GD0B3

I don't understand how people know exactly what Bondi should be doing 24/7 and what she isn't doing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Nx5jP)

126 I heard the submarine crossed state lines to get to it.
Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (0TtYd)

You're damn right I did ...

Posted by: Kyle Rittenhouse Midshipman at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (3sXRv)

127 Blondi, Blooondiii, BLOOOONDIIIIII
Posted by: TUCO

AAAA-AAA-AAAAAA~
Wah wah wah~

Posted by: weft cut-Morricone at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (diia5)

128 Should've been Homan.
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:03 PM (CNl8/)

Again... the position has to be confirmed by the Senate. Homan would NEVER get confirmed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (ExV1e)

129 Mullin verbally bitch slapped Bernie a week ago so he's ok in my book

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (/C62k)

130 I don't understand how people know exactly what Bondi should be doing 24/7 and what she isn't doing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Nx5jP)

Possibly because they changed the channel to Fox?

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Nhyh3)

131 122 @87 -- I'm with you. Noem was doing a good jog, AFAIK, and she's kinda hot.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 02:04 PM (XMwZJ)

She was getting death threats so maybe she wants out...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (NdvkI)

132 I'm a bit bummed that I wasn't offered the DHS job, but I'm betting another opportunity for my certain set of skills will turn up.

Posted by: Zombie Curtis LeMay at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (P/woT)

133 Fuck Cornyn. Fuck him up his stupid ass.

Posted by: Jetto at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (Le7ca)

134 Hey, I've just been named assistant to the Special Envoy For The Shield Of The Americas. What a strange coincidence!

Posted by: Corey Lewandowski at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (CNl8/)

135 How much is the RNC spending to help Paxton.

The RNC, I believe, stays out of primaries, as it should.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (ExV1e)

136 Shield? Is Noem changing her name to Sgt. Nick Fury?

Posted by: From about That Time at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (sl73Y)

137 Shield of Americas sounds like a 3rd party after market car warranty company that scams old people.

Posted by: Heroq at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (0TtYd)

138 Maybe Trump will give a left handed endorsement to Cornyn to get the sentage votes he needs, and then Paxton will win the runoff anyway.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (vlkz/)

139 did you read the content? no, guess not
Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (GD0B3)

Of course not! The rules here have always been comment first, then read the post!

Posted by: Denny Crane - I've Seen Your Nic Before, Why Don't You Know That? at March 05, 2026 02:07 PM (RfVfI)

140 Homan would easily get 50 GOP senators, especially after he cleaned up Noem's Minnesota mess.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:07 PM (CNl8/)

141 The “Retard?”

Omg. Snort out loud.

Posted by: nurse ratched at March 05, 2026 02:07 PM (W2Pud)

142 Is Noem changing her name to Sgt. Nick Fury

Yeah. The real, white one.

Posted by: Jetto at March 05, 2026 02:07 PM (Le7ca)

143 117 India required the Iranian ship to unload all of its ammunition as a requirement for participating in India's naval exercise, so it was sailing back to Iran completely unarmed
___

That secondary explosion was a bitch for a ship having no ammo. Loaded or unloaded it was an enemy ship and either way it would have sunk.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 02:07 PM (MpEy/)

144 Shield of Americas Like Viking Shield Maidens ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (NdvkI)

145 The RNC, I believe, stays out of primaries, as it should.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (ExV1e)
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Yeah, the correct question is how much are the NRSC and the various Senate Leadership PACs spending to prop up Cornyn's fat ass.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (3BwY8)

146

Noem is out, Lewandowski is in and out

Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (g6TN6)

147 lol sock fail

Posted by: ballistic at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (3BwY8)

148 Possibly because they changed the channel to Fox?
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (Nhyh3)

Could be that it's the same people who've been pissing and moaning about Bondi since she was nominated. Daily.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (ExV1e)

149 lawless lowly leftwing district court INjustices

fixed it for ya.

Posted by: Dave's not here at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (kp5iD)

150 meh a little restructuring

DHS is a LOT. hoping MarkWayne is up to it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (j+aD2)

151 Cornyn would probably pull a Murkowski if he lost the primary. He's that big of a POS.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (XMwZJ)

152 I like Noem and she is loyal to Trump.

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (GD0B3)

153 140 Homan would easily get 50 GOP senators, especially after he cleaned up Noem's Minnesota mess.
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:07 PM (CNl8/)
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Have we met?

Posted by: The Democrats and the Silent Filibuster at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (3BwY8)

154 Cornyn would probably pull a Murkowski if he lost the primary. He's that big of a POS.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (XMwZJ)

Can't.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (ExV1e)

155 Actually, Shield of Americas sounds like a bad Chinese translation. Rejected names include Super Lucky Defense Force.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (Nhyh3)

156 151 Cornyn would probably pull a Murkowski if he lost the primary. He's that big of a POS.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Texas has a sore loser law

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (MGB5H)

157 129 Mullin verbally bitch slapped Bernie a week ago so he's ok in my book
Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 05, 2026 02:05 PM (/C62k)

Technically that was going into a battle of wits against an unarmed man. But there is no such thing as a fair fight.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (7v6oI)

158 Now we lost one of two Native American Indians in the Senate...

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 02:10 PM (GD0B3)

159
The RNC, I believe, stays out of primaries, as it should.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Propriety is the thing too back Cornyn isn't bound by it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 02:10 PM (MpEy/)

160 145 The RNC, I believe, stays out of primaries, as it should.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (ExV1e)
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Yeah, the correct question is how much are the NRSC and the various Senate Leadership PACs spending to prop up Cornyn's fat ass.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (3BwY

====

Well, that would be $70 million.

To win a plurality of 42 vs. 41 against Paxton with a spoiler in the race.

I do wonder if a lot of the "Trump will endorse Cornyn" stuff is from Cornyn's own people and has no actual provenance with Trump's thinking.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

161 Special Envoy to some to be created outfit to fight crime in the Americas does seem like a somewhat downward job shift. But allows saving face for both Noem and Trump, and I hope Noem and this Shield group do great things.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 02:10 PM (vlkz/)

162 Have we met?
Posted by: The Democrats and the Silent Filibuster at

Not needed for top level appointments.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:10 PM (MGB5H)

163 hoping MarkWayne is up to it

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:08 PM (j+aD2)

I'm hoping MarkWayne isn't a real name.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:10 PM (Nhyh3)

164 153 Have we met?

Posted by: The Democrats and the Silent Filibuster at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (3BwY

======

There's no longer a cloture vote on cabinet appointments.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)

165 I'm hoping MarkWayne isn't a real name.

dude seriously

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:11 PM (j+aD2)

166 @154 and 156 -- Thanks for the clarification!

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 02:11 PM (XMwZJ)

167 SCOTUS got that environmental case factually wrong when they agreed with a crazy lower court decision that CO2 is a pollutant that needs regulations
.
It is an OMG decision that costs trillion$$$

Posted by: torabora at March 05, 2026 02:11 PM (KtOUo)

168 I do wonder if a lot of the "Trump will endorse Cornyn" stuff is from Cornyn's own people and has no actual provenance with Trump's thinking.

from what I'm seeing on X, you got it in one

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:12 PM (j+aD2)

169 I'm beginning to think that the bar owner's response to the left that went viral -- "Go fuck yourselves" -- is the only appropriate and all-purpose response to the Left going forward. I've always been a firm believer in civil debate but we're beyond that now. We're dealing with totalitarian freaks who want us dead. Breitbart seemed to have reached the same conclusion near the end of his life.

Instead, of "Margaret, I really don't care..." I want to hear, "Go fuck yourself." It doesn't mean we can't explain why they should go fuck themselves, but that's all we owe them anymore.

Posted by: Ordinary American at March 05, 2026 02:12 PM (fZiTB)

170 23 Noem fired official?
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (Nhyh3)

Karma, bitch.

Posted by: Kristy Noem's dog at March 05, 2026 02:12 PM (7v6oI)

171 His parents couldn't decide on a name so they flipped a coin and it rolled under the couch. The rest is history.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:12 PM (Nhyh3)

172

>>>> Noem is being moved to a new position in a new body

With all that work she's had done, her current body is only has about 10,000 miles on it.

/how many planks of the Argos need to be replaced?

Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:12 PM (g6TN6)

173 I do wonder if a lot of the "Trump will endorse Cornyn" stuff is from Cornyn's own people and has no actual provenance with Trump's thinking.

Which is why Paxton's post is genius.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at March 05, 2026 02:13 PM (ExV1e)

174
It isn't Cornyn's fault he's won repeatedly. It's Texans that keep putting him there.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 05, 2026 02:13 PM (IifOV)

175 do wonder if a lot of the "Trump will endorse Cornyn" stuff is from Cornyn's own people and has no actual provenance with Trump's thinking.

from what I'm seeing on X, you got it in one
Posted by: BlackOrchid at

That's what Michael Barry has been saying.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:13 PM (MGB5H)

176 I really don't understand why we have hearings, due process, appeals etc... If it is determined that you are in the country illegally you are subject to immediate deportation.

Posted by: Ripley at March 05, 2026 02:13 PM (PTDkx)

177 Which is why Paxton's post is genius.

it truly is

what a reframe!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:13 PM (j+aD2)

178 Stripping the Senate of a R vote for 7 months gave Chucky Schumer an erection that's going to last more that four hours.

WTF ARE YOU DOING, DONALD.

Posted by: torabora at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (KtOUo)

179 Someone claimed Talarico was citing a gnostic fake "gospel" so I looked it up. Good G-d, it's true, jackass thinks "Thomas" is canon.
I can point this prongsipper to actual atheists who would laugh him out of RELI 101 for that shit.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (gKWVE)

180 If only Trump would actually tell us what's on his mind sometimes instead of clamming up, then we wouldn't need all these anonymous sources to tell us his plans.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (Nhyh3)

181 "The agency's determination... is generally 'conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary,'"

So now, every immigration decision in the lower courts will have "any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude" appended to it.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (OGOaV)

182 178 Stripping the Senate of a R vote for 7 months gave Chucky Schumer an erection that's going to last more that four hours.

my thought also how quickly can Mullin be replaced?!?!?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (j+aD2)

183 175 That's what Michael Barry has been saying.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:13 PM (MGB5H)

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The only thing from Trump himself was that he would endorse one of the two, and that he hadn't decided yet.

He could be misleading and have already made up his mind. I dunno.

I'm not in those rooms.

But the "Trump is going to endorse Cornyn" stuff came out mighty fast for a runoff in almost 3 months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

184 Maybe Trump will give a left handed endorsement to Cornyn to get the sentage votes he needs, and then Paxton will win the runoff anyway.
Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 02:06 PM (vlkz/)
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I understand the disappointment, but that's not how things work in DC.

Posted by: mrp at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (rj6Yv)

185 179 Someone claimed Talarico was citing a gnostic fake "gospel" so I looked it up. Good G-d, it's true, jackass thinks "Thomas" is canon.
I can point this prongsipper to actual atheists who would laugh him out of RELI 101 for that shit.

right it's a heresy

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (j+aD2)

186 Noem was a lightning rod for the Dems...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (NdvkI)

187 Local Arkys wonder why the Joads are in charge of keeping things safe.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (gm9Sb)

188 176 I really don't understand why we have hearings, due process, appeals etc... If it is determined that you are in the country illegally you are subject to immediate deportation.

Posted by: Ripley at March 05, 2026 02:13 PM (PTDkx)

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Being in America without permission is a civil crime.

The due process for such a civil crime is very low. It's deportation.

Everything else is just obstruction by the courts.

Fortunately, it's a side show and represents a very small percentage of those being deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (GBKbO)

189 Stripping the Senate of a R vote for 7 months gave Chucky Schumer an erection that's going to last more that four hours.

WTF ARE YOU DOING, DONALD.
Posted by: torabora at March

He'll be replaced by gov appointment. And then special election for remainder of the term. Not losing a vote.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (MGB5H)

190 Trump needs to leave MarkWayne Mullen where he is. Find some other loser to replace Kristi Noem

Posted by: Jaimo at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (BCuCF)

191 So... any idea what they're doing with Noem's old body? AFAF

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:15 PM (Nhyh3)

192 178 Stripping the Senate of a R vote for 7 months gave Chucky Schumer an erection that's going to last more that four hours.

WTF ARE YOU DOING, DONALD.

Posted by: torabora at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (KtOUo)

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OK gov would appoint a replacement who would take the seat almost immediately.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:16 PM (GBKbO)

193 IT WAS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS!
Posted by: Today's Democratic Talking Points! at March 05, 2026 02:00 PM (n1OCj)

And it forever will be.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at March 05, 2026 02:16 PM (7v6oI)

194 But crabs don't have balls.
Posted by: banana Dream at March 04, 2026 07:00 PM

King crabs do. That's why they're not Queen crabs.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 04, 2026 07:08 PM

Even the Harvard Divinity School would laugh at this tard.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:16 PM (Wnv9h)

195 179 Someone claimed Talarico was citing a gnostic fake "gospel" so I looked it up. Good G-d, it's true, jackass thinks "Thomas" is canon.
I can point this prongsipper to actual atheists who would laugh him out of RELI 101 for that shit.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (gKWVE)

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He's going to lose so badly.

I'm going to laugh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:16 PM (GBKbO)

196 So, did anyone hear about Lloyd's of London canceling their shipping insurance policies on vessels transiting the Hormuz Strait? Pretty big deal that.

Then Trump perks up and said; "we will insure them." Also a pretty big deal. Which means our Navy will likely escort commercial vessels (tankers, container ships, etc.) through Hormuz.
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As for Noem... I think she fumbled the administration's response to the unrest/insurrection in Minneapolis. Specifically, she brought in Border Patrol who's agents were responsible for the two fatal shootings. The Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were obviously armed, but did not engage in some of the stuff BPS got into. ICE are basically process servers with arrest warrants.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 02:17 PM (jtM2q)

197 #172
I'd like to put some more miles on Kristi. You really can't wear that out and it's fun trying to.

Posted by: torabora at March 05, 2026 02:17 PM (KtOUo)

198 I noticed Mullin was all over media suddenly, unusual for a junior Senator. He was auditioning!

Posted by: runner at March 05, 2026 02:17 PM (GD0B3)

199 Noem changing her name to Sgt. Nick Fury

Yeah. The real, white one.
Posted by: Jetto at March

I go back to the wwii comic of the late fifties, then the first Shield comic in sixties? Never seen the movie character. Thankfully, I've heard.

Posted by: From about That Time at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (sl73Y)

200 Talarico maybe the first candidate to get less than 3%

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (+nEug)

201 Incumbents always have a huge advantage. I don't understand full details but the equal air time FCC rules are not in force when radio or TV shows interview a current politician, they can always frame that as informing audience of some issue of the day. So with that, plus the name recognition the incumbent has a huge free advantage, and then the special interests know how the incumbent will vote so that is a campaign chest advantage.

Posted by: PaleRider at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (vlkz/)

202 According to the Gospel of gKWVE, it says right here "lo, there shall come amongst the flock a man with lips dripping with soy milk and a chin upon which hath rested many a scrotum, vote not for this dude".
Probably read better in Coptic.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (gKWVE)

203 170 23 Noem fired official?
Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 01:44 PM (Nhyh3)

Karma, bitch.
Posted by: Kristy Noem's dog

LOL

Learn to hunt my ass...

Posted by: Auspex at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (Y8DZL)

204 200 Talarico maybe the first candidate to get less than 3%

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (+nEug)

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40-42% would be my guess.

A loss of between 16 and 20 points.

He excites undersexed AWFLs in Austin and no one else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (GBKbO)

205 I'm more pissed on the Repub. Senator from Montana not running at the last second... Any Montanans here ? Could we lose that seat ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:19 PM (NdvkI)

206 199 Sgt Fury and the Howling Commandos. Sgt Rock and the Combat Happy Joes of Easy Company. Comics when good.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (gm9Sb)

207 Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (gKWVE)

I lol'd.

Posted by: Jetto at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (Le7ca)

208 I'm more pissed on the Repub. Senator from Montana not running at the last second... Any Montanans here ? Could we lose that seat ?
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:19 PM (NdvkI)

Montana US Attorney filed right before deadline and received immediate endorsement from Trump. It's fine.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (MGB5H)

209 174
It isn't Cornyn's fault he's won repeatedly. It's Texans that keep putting him there.

Posted by: Frank Barone
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When you have a machine that assures you win the primary and Swamp Money flooding the TV/ad zone he wins. Look at how much was spent for the squeaker.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (MpEy/)

210 I heard Noem was getting death threats daily but also death threats concerning her family. Maybe that spooked her enough to agree to the move

Posted by: Megthered at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (VcRz1)

211 205 I'm more pissed on the Repub. Senator from Montana not running at the last second... Any Montanans here ? Could we lose that seat ?

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:19 PM (NdvkI)

=====

Dear lord.

No. Not a chance.

The switch was done last second to make sure Tester didn't run. It's a R+10 state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)

212

I really don't understand why we have hearings, due process, appeals etc... If it is determined that you are in the country illegally you are subject to immediate deportation.
Posted by: Ripley

Not that I agree with it, but the law is that once the gov't grants a benefit or "right" it cannot be taken away without due process. The evil genius of the last administration's plan was to grant this completely non-statutory temporary protected status of more than 18 months, which then allowed illegal immigrants who made (what were largely specious) claims of asylum to remain and work in the United states. It's a one-way ratchet, and that is why there is never been an indefinite term temporary protected status enacted into statute. It's just like DACA. It is an end run around the specific limits that Congress set in the Immigration Act of 1990, and Congress really should have put a sunset or term limit on how many times it could be renewed.

Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (g6TN6)

213
So if Senator Markwayne Mullin becomes the new Director of DHS -- this means we lose another R vote (from Oklahoma) in the Senate until he's replaced? Ugh.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 02:21 PM (jyU1K)

214 Martini Farmer, those resources had to brought in because the Minneapolis police were not doing anything to deter the riots and leaving ICE in a dangerous situation.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 05, 2026 02:21 PM (+nEug)

215
"Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has openly disagreed with President Donald Trump’s assertion that Democrats support lax border policies to register undocumented immigrants as voters. In an NPR interview, Stitt said he does not believe Democrats aim to add noncitizens to voter rolls, even as Congress debates the Trump-backed SAVE America Act requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration." - MS NOW

This is the governor who will pick Mullin's replacement in the Senate.

Posted by: Frank Barone at March 05, 2026 02:21 PM (IifOV)

216 213
So if Senator Markwayne Mullin becomes the new Director of DHS -- this means we lose another R vote (from Oklahoma) in the Senate until he's replaced? Ugh.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 02:21 PM (jyU1K)

=====

It'll be days, at most.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:21 PM (GBKbO)

217 Dear lord.

No. Not a chance.

The switch was done last second to make sure Tester didn't run. It's a R+10 state.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)

Good.. I remembered how they had Tester and was afraid a Dem could win there again..

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:22 PM (NdvkI)

218 OK gov would appoint a replacement who would take the seat almost immediately.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You can bet Trump already cleared it with the OK governor.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 02:22 PM (nn0kD)

219 Posted by: Megthered at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (VcRz1

Well, it would spoke me-especially death threats against family.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 02:22 PM (Nx5jP)

220 I saw the Undersexed AWFLs open for the Dixie Chicks at Austin City Limit back in ‘03.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at March 05, 2026 02:22 PM (zbPb3)

221 Senator Markwayne Mullin becomes the new Director of DHS -- this means we lose another R vote (from Oklahoma) in the Senate until he's replaced? Ugh.
Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic

Special appointment will replace him immediately. Then we will have a special election. There will be no lost vote.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:22 PM (MGB5H)

222 =====

40-42% would be my guess.

A loss of between 16 and 20 points.

He excites undersexed AWFLs in Austin and no one else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror
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He'll collect a certain number of votes because his name is no longer James Dell Causey.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 02:23 PM (MpEy/)

223 213
So if Senator Markwayne Mullin becomes the new Director of DHS -- this means we lose another R vote (from Oklahoma) in the Senate until he's replaced? Ugh.
Posted by: ShainS
=====
Nope. Appt. by Governor for Senate means almost no lag time for someone to fill the seat. There will be a special election (held during the Nov. term elections) in 2026 I guess for the remainder of the term which ran to 2028.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

224 218 OK gov would appoint a replacement who would take the seat almost immediately.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

You can bet Trump already cleared it with the OK governor.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 05, 2026 02:22 PM (nn0kD)

====

No. OK gov's opinions were a complete secret to Trump and he just leaped before he looked.

If the OK gov replaces Mullin with someone even half decent, it's just Trump getting lucky.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)

225 This is the governor who will pick Mullin's replacement in the Senate.
Posted by: Frank Barone at March 05, 2026 02:21 PM (IifOV)

Pretty sure Trump has "spoken" to the Governor...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:23 PM (NdvkI)

226 I saw the Undersexed AWFLs open for the Dixie Chicks

So, that was like when the Folksmen opened for Spinal Tap?

Posted by: Jetto at March 05, 2026 02:23 PM (Le7ca)

227 I heard Noem was getting death threats daily but also death threats concerning her family. Maybe that spooked her enough to agree to the move

Posted by: Megthered at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (VcRz1)

-----------------

The Democrat-Communists have no problem with hundreds of thousands of Americans being slaughtered by illegal aliens and The Cartels -- but they'll never forgive Noem for shooting her dog.

Posted by: ShainS -- Algorithmic Racist, Semantic Ablationist, and Systematic Lobotomist at March 05, 2026 02:23 PM (iu4Pw)

228 Yeah, I just got an Apple News alert on my phone that Kristi Noem is OUT!!

Taken behind the woodshed and shot like a dog, metaphorically. South Park guys will have a field day.

Why her and not Pam Bondi, IDK. Hopefully it puts Pam and Kash on notice.

Posted by: LizLem at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (gWBY1)

229 It's a complete and total no-brainer, which is probably why they entrusted the biggest retard on the SCOTUS bench with the opinion. Of course the law clerks do the actual work, but the optics remain.

Posted by: What's FUCKING DUH? in lawspeak? at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (TbWk/)

230 Sgt Fury and the Howling Commandos. Sgt Rock and the Combat Happy Joes of Easy Company. Comics when good.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM

And let us not forget Weird War Tales.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (Wnv9h)

231 179 Someone claimed Talarico was citing a gnostic fake "gospel" so I looked it up. Good G-d, it's true, jackass thinks "Thomas" is canon.
I can point this prongsipper to actual atheists who would laugh him out of RELI 101 for that shit.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (gKWVE)

I missed his quote. The Gospel According to Thomas is ancient scripture but has never been canon.

Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (y171U)

232 Fetterman will vote to confirm Mullin:

As a member of the Homeland Security Committee + Ranking Member of Subcommittee on Border Security:

I’m not sure how many fellow Democrats will vote to support our colleague @SenMullin as the next DHS Secretary, but I am AYE.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (CNl8/)

233 202 According to the Gospel of gKWVE,
Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:18 PM (gKWVE)
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LOL

Posted by: The Democrats and the Silent Filibuster at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (3BwY8)

234 ... never forgive Noem for shooting her dog.

You'd think they'd be cool with it, given how the Muzzies feel about dogs.

Posted by: Jetto at March 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Le7ca)

235 It's a R+10 state.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)

Which elects Democrats to the Senate at an alarming rate.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2026 02:26 PM (n9ltV)

236 Posted by: What's FUCKING DUH? in lawspeak? at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM

Res ipsa loquitur.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wnv9h)

237 I'm predicting Talarico will soon start using the Spanish version of his name, Jaime. Also talk alot about his of love of breakfast tacos, which his mama used to prepare for him growing up in their small casa in an impoverished pueblo.

Posted by: Ripley at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (PTDkx)

238 231 179 Someone claimed Talarico was citing a gnostic fake "gospel" so I looked it up. Good G-d, it's true, jackass thinks "Thomas" is canon.
I can point this prongsipper to actual atheists who would laugh him out of RELI 101 for that shit.
Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:14 PM (gKWVE)

I missed his quote. The Gospel According to Thomas is ancient scripture but has never been canon.
Posted by: Joemarine at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (y171U)

Next, he'll be quoting the Secret Gospel of Mark.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (nd2ez)

239 236 Posted by: What's FUCKING DUH? in lawspeak? at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM

Res ipsa loquitur.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wnv9h)

"The thing speaks for itself." Quite apropos indeed.

Posted by: Needs more profanity though at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (TbWk/)

240 Kristie Noem has been speaking live for 20+ mins.
She has more guts than any woman I've ever known.

and, I believe her and her family had to move into secure housing 6+ months ago. She has given all she has and I thank her.

Posted by: old chick at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (F3Dlr)

241 Meanwhile the DOW is down 1000

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (NdvkI)

242 Did someone say something about breakfast tacos?

Posted by: "Dr." Jill Biden at March 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Le7ca)

243 Posted by: Needs more profanity though at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM

The judge usually like us to be polite.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:28 PM (Wnv9h)

244 241 Meanwhile the DOW is down 1000
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (NdvkI)

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD

*sets hair on fire*
*finds 25-story bank building to jump off*

Posted by: We're ruined! RUINED! at March 05, 2026 02:28 PM (TbWk/)

245 never forgive Noem for shooting her dog
***
I never forgot it. Im a South Dakota resident and could never understand why Trump picked her. She was a Barbie governor. But shooting your dog, nope. She was disgusting.

Posted by: Megthered at March 05, 2026 02:28 PM (VcRz1)

246 Does Markwayne Mullen have a girlfriend? Because it would be great if we could avoid that kind of noise.

Posted by: Piper at March 05, 2026 02:28 PM (pZEOD)

247 So what did Noem do or not do to get fired

tardiness?
insubordinate?
took a stapler home?

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 02:28 PM (ZxPkt)

248 Meanwhile the DOW is down 1000

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (NdvkI)

Panicans

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (CNl8/)

249 It'll be days, at most.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at March 05, 2026 02:21 PM (GBKbO)

Great. Days is another RINO squish

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (Nhyh3)

250 Why her and not Pam Bondi, IDK. Hopefully it puts Pam and Kash on notice.
Posted by: LizLem at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (gWBY1)

Easy now, Liz, you don't want Fen and runner telling you what a jerk you are!

Posted by: Denny Crane - Trix are for Kids at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (RfVfI)

251 248 Meanwhile the DOW is down 1000

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (NdvkI)

Panicans
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (CNl8/)

That's what I figured

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (NdvkI)

252

I just want Brandon Hererra to wipe the floor with Gonzales

Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:30 PM (g6TN6)

253 Posted by: gKWVE at March 05

And what was he using the Gospel of Thomas to prove-that Jesus was a feminist, that God was non Binary , that Jesus was gay or that God is all thumbs up all on abortion?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 02:30 PM (rZCVI)

254 I just want Brandon Hererra to wipe the floor with Gonzales
Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:30 PM (g6TN6)

Me too...

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:30 PM (NdvkI)

255 Does Markwayne Mullen have a girlfriend? Because it would be great if we could avoid that kind of noise.
Posted by: Piper at March

He's married. I don't know about a girlfriend tho.

Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:30 PM (MGB5H)

256 Posted by: LizLem at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (gWBY1)
---

Apple is in court right now defending it's biased news presentation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (MpEy/)

257 I just want Brandon Hererra to wipe the floor with Gonzales

This! Oh so much this.

Posted by: Jetto at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Le7ca)

258 Res ipsa loquitur.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:26 PM (Wnv9h)

Well, in this instance it is: "Res ipsa loquitur...motherfucker!"

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (n9ltV)

259 That Crystal Noem womin lied abouts PRESDENT Obama Our furst blank Presdent. That is be why that Idiot Trump fired her..

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (qZkjS)

260 Posted by: Denny Crane - Trix are for Kids at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (RfVfI)

I called nobody a jerk. I disagreed with the POV

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (rZCVI)

261 I just want Brandon Hererra to wipe the floor with Gonzales
Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:30 PM

From your keyboard to God's ears.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (Wnv9h)

262 > Martini Farmer, those resources had to brought in because the Minneapolis police were not doing anything to deter the riots and leaving ICE in a dangerous situation.
Posted by: Ben Had
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Oh, I understand that. I think BPS operated under some different ROE that Noem either didn't know about, or sanctioned. Bottom like is that BPS was behind the only two civilian deaths, not ICE.

IOW... someone had to be responsible. But that alone probably wouldn't have been sufficient for Trump to can her. It's something else. Maybe.

Again, YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (jtM2q)

263 Here's some hajis getting blown up

https://tinyurl.com/4h3ucnh2

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (ZxPkt)

264 Posted by: imp

Not quite. TPS given by one administration does not mean you get a permanent stay by a new regime. There is no time limit on these because it depends on events in the home country. Appeals courts have already allowed, as they must under the law, the administration to withdraw TPS from a number of countries like Nicaragua, Honduras, etc. that have been in existence since the 90's.

Immigration is a property right normally as a liberty right claim relies on some animus usually against a group.

Ironically, it also means that TPS is treated as a group, not an individual right and thus withdrawal does not get members benefit of individual hearings for withdrawal of TPS protections. It does, however, require perhaps APA following. And members of teh TPS class can claim individual refugee claims pursuant to existing law plus there are some hardship applications to immigration officials that can be made.

TPS is going away for a lot of people and the claim for refugee status on the fear of persecution claims now requires a much higher std. of proof for a judge to be able to overturn immigration officials fact finding.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)

265 228 Yeah, I just got an Apple News alert on my phone that Kristi Noem is OUT!!

Taken behind the woodshed and shot like a dog, metaphorically. South Park guys will have a field day.

Why her and not Pam Bondi, IDK. Hopefully it puts Pam and Kash on notice.
Posted by: LizLem at March 05, 2026 02:25 PM (gWBY1)

B/c DHS still doesn't have a passed budget for this year, and the Dems needed a scalp to even be willing to pass it.

Posted by: Nova Local at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (tOcjL)

266 Why do we want to lose a perfectly good Senator to replace Noem? Please explain to me why

Posted by: Jaimo at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (BCuCF)

267 I was into the Gospel of Thomas when I was a goth teenager.

and hated the RCC I'd grown up in.

it's worse than just "not canon"

it's a very odd little book

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:32 PM (j+aD2)

268 Well, in this instance it is: "Res ipsa loquitur...motherfucker!"
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM

See, Me, at 243.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 05, 2026 02:32 PM (Wnv9h)

269 I can believe it, but I can't believe it post: Noem is being replaced. I thought Trump would have learned from his first time around not to fall for the media polarizing his appointments.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 05, 2026 02:32 PM (n5tGW)

270 Will the DHS funding be approved now that they got Noem's scalp?

Posted by: old chick at March 05, 2026 02:32 PM (F3Dlr)

271 But shooting your dog, nope.

Heard an old girlfriend's side of a phone call with her ex:
"You shot my dog? And sold my mule?"

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 05, 2026 02:33 PM (Kt19C)

272
If there is a blunt Supreme Court ruling like this, is there a way to immediately and quickly cite the ruling to thwart lower judges the next time they try their restraining order delay tactic? I mean, not even bother with a court hearing or appeal, just briefly cite the ruling and ignore the lower judge?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at March 05, 2026 02:33 PM (VWtfl)

273 @nypost
·
1h
Trump says Kristi Noem lied to Congress about getting his approval for $220M ad campaign featuring herself https://trib.al/PwVpxnd

Posted by: Don Black at March 05, 2026 02:33 PM (ZxPkt)

274 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 05, 2026 02:33 PM (LdBR/)

275 I really don't think replacing Noem is a hair on fire event.

plus she will still have a role, it might be a good one, you can't judge based on PDJT's nomenclature. he's a bit of a mixed bag with naming things lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at March 05, 2026 02:33 PM (j+aD2)

276

I'm not going to bag on Talarico for getting adopted, but when he wants to fund abortions for trannies, that deserves a beating like his real daddy used to give him.

Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:33 PM (g6TN6)

277 it's worse than just "not canon"

it's a very odd little book
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Must be why the islamists are sooooo enamored with it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at March 05, 2026 02:34 PM (diia5)

278 And what was he using the Gospel of Thomas to prove-that Jesus was a feminist, that God was non Binary , that Jesus was gay or that God is all thumbs up all on abortion?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
=========
Crackpot theology from the land of make believe. Gnosticism never goes away, it just morphs to fit our current day. Some people always want to claim special privileges in reading the 'real' hidden reality from the rest of the crowd.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 02:34 PM (E4rtv)

279 two legal points

1) immigration courts by definition deal with people who are NOT U.S. citizens, hence the constitutional protections don't apply. They are covered under the executives' foreign relations.

2) Deportation is NOT a punishment, according to multiple court cases, hence there is no trial, just a hearing and a decision. This is a purely administrative matter.

These article III courts are way out over their skis - it's not that their rulings are even wrong, they just have zero power or say over this matter.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at March 05, 2026 02:34 PM (k0c0j)

280 B/c DHS still doesn't have a passed budget for this year, and the Dems needed a scalp to even be willing to pass it.
Posted by: Nova Local

You beat me to it.

Posted by: old chick at March 05, 2026 02:34 PM (F3Dlr)

281 Oh, I understand that. I think BPS operated under some different ROE that Noem either didn't know about, or sanctioned. Bottom like is that BPS was behind the only two civilian deaths, not ICE.

IOW... someone had to be responsible. But that alone probably wouldn't have been sufficient for Trump to can her. It's something else. Maybe.

Again, YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (jtM2q)

Both those shitmaggots killed were deranged Communists. No loss at all.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 05, 2026 02:34 PM (8zz6B)

282 Here's some hajis getting blown up

Awwww, I was hoping for something a little more... Lit?

Posted by: Jetto at March 05, 2026 02:34 PM (Le7ca)

283 I called nobody a jerk.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (rZCVI)

You gotta get those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers.

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:35 PM (Nhyh3)

284 248 Meanwhile the DOW is down 1000

Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:27 PM (NdvkI)

Panicans
Posted by: Mark1971 at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (CNl8/)

That's what I figured
Posted by: It's me donna at March 05, 2026 02:29 PM (NdvkI)
====

I'm thinking "That's all it dropped?"

UK, Spain giving us the finger. The EU tut-tutting. Tankers burning, the US intensifying the bombing campaign.

And oil prices zoomed up ... 1%?

US domestic fundamentals haven't changed. DJT's approval ratings are better than Barry's appeasement 2nd term's numbers. And his party approval numbers are stratospheric.

Posted by: mrp at March 05, 2026 02:35 PM (rj6Yv)

285 Jesus saw some little children nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing children can be compared to those who enter the kingdom."

They said to him, "Then we'll enter the kingdom as little children?"

Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and so make the male and the female a single one so that the male won't be male nor the female female; when you make eyes in the place of an eye, a hand in the place of a hand, a foot in the place of a foot, and an image in the place of an image; then you'll enter [the kingdom]."

Gospel of Thomas saying 22. Sounds kinda tranny through a modern whackjob lens though that's probably not what Jesus was getting at. Probably more like Paul's statement in Galatians 3.

Posted by: David and Jonathan were gay y'know at March 05, 2026 02:35 PM (TbWk/)

286 The part of Thomas that gets me is the end when it has Jesus tell Mary she should just go ahead and be a man. Because there's a mens'-only sign at the Gates, like on a lavatory, or a bathhouse.
"Odd little book" indeed!

Posted by: gKWVE at March 05, 2026 02:35 PM (gKWVE)

287 266 Why do we want to lose a perfectly good Senator to replace Noem? Please explain to me why
Posted by: Jaimo
======
Speedy confirmation and Stitt should appoint a decent replacement. Democrats have little chance too in winning the seat in November for the rest of the term (expires in 2028 I think) and the appointee gets to run for the seat as an incumbent.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)

288 156 151 Cornyn would probably pull a Murkowski if he lost the primary. He's that big of a POS.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent

Texas has a sore loser law
Posted by: BruceWayne at March 05, 2026 02:09 PM (MGB5H)

So did Alaska

Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2026 02:38 PM (3tZV2)

289

Whig, TPS has to be renewed every 18 mo at least, on 60 days notice. I just mean that Obiden kept the farce going no matter what was going on in the "old country," and Trump 45 didn't shut it down when he had the chance. This ruling will stop a lot of shenanigans about District judges determining the threat of persecution on a de novo record though

Posted by: imp at March 05, 2026 02:38 PM (g6TN6)

290 237 Also talk alot about his of love of breakfast tacos

Posted by: Ripley

He carries a small 1oz bottle of Tequila in his purse, right next to a tampon.

Posted by: Auspex at March 05, 2026 02:39 PM (Y8DZL)

291 Saying 114: Peter and Mary

Simon Peter said to them, "Mary should leave us, because women aren't worthy of life."

Jesus said, "Look, am I to make her a man? So that she may become a living spirit too, she's equal to you men, because every woman who makes herself manly will enter the kingdom of heaven."

Posted by: Another one from Gospel of Thomas at March 05, 2026 02:40 PM (TbWk/)

292 Editors say the decision raises serious questions about press freedom and readers’ access to primary sources. J. D. Vance delivering his speech at the Munich Security Conference in 2025 THOMAS KIENZLE / AFP. A Belgian online news outlet has been reprimanded by the country’s press ethics body after publishing the full text of a speech by U.S. vice president J.D. Vance, sparking debate about censorship and media freedom.

Posted by: SMOD at March 05, 2026 02:40 PM (RHGPo)

293 Point of order -- The people responsible for the deaths of two "people" in Minnesota were the two commie shitbags who got themselves unalived.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 02:41 PM (XMwZJ)

294 So did Alaska

Posted by: buzzion at March 05, 2026 02:38 PM (3tZV2)

Indeed

Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:44 PM (Nhyh3)

295 imp,
Think we are arguing past each other.

At least 60 days before the expiration of a foreign state's Temporary Protected Status designation or extension, the Secretary—after consultation with appropriate U.S. Government agencies—must review the conditions in the foreign state designated for Temporary Protected Status and determine whether the conditions for the Temporary Protected Status designation continue to be met. See
INA sec. 244(b)(3)(A), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A).

If the Secretary determines that the conditions in the foreign state continue to meet the specific statutory criteria for the Temporary Protected Status designation, Temporary Protected Status will be extended for an additional period of 6 months or, in the Secretary's discretion, 12 or 18 months. See INA sec. 244(b)(3)(A), (C), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(A), (C).

If the Secretary determines that the foreign state no longer meets the conditions for the Temporary Protected Status designation, the Secretary must terminate the designation. See INA sec. 244(b)(3)(B), 8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(3)(B). There is no judicial review of “any determination of the [Secretary]"

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)

296 You know what the best course of action would be? Just get rid of the stupid provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act that allow asylum seeking in the first place, or at least highly restrict it. Problem solved. Yeah, I know, that would require Congress to actually do their damn job, but one can dream. Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 01:46 PM (XMwZJ)

We had that. It was called "Remain in Mexico." Make it law.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 05, 2026 02:48 PM (eStot)

297 You know what the best course of action would be? Just get rid of the stupid provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act that allow asylum seeking in the first place, or at least highly restrict it. Problem solved. Yeah, I know, that would require Congress to actually do their damn job, but one can dream. Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent
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Laws granting it are because US signed a UN Treaty way back in the day due to the mess post WWII and the FDR administration turning back Jews trying to flee Hitler pre War. Ship of the Damned is only one example.

Posted by: whig at March 05, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

298 ***

Instead, of "Margaret, I really don't care..." I want to hear, "Go fuck yourself." It doesn't mean we can't explain why they should go fuck themselves, but that's all we owe them anymore.
Posted by: Ordinary American at March 05, 2026 02:12 PM (fZiTB)

"Argo F* yourself" works, too. Especially this month.

Posted by: LASue at March 05, 2026 02:51 PM (lCppi)

299 293 Point of order -- The people responsible for the deaths of two "people" in Minnesota were the two commie shitbags who got themselves unalived.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 05, 2026 02:41 PM (XMwZJ)

This.

Posted by: Emmie at March 05, 2026 02:52 PM (FMtrg)

300 It's something else. Maybe. Again, YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at March 05, 2026 02:31 PM (jtM2q)

I'm hearing it was the $200 million she spent on ads. It always seemed to me that the ads were fine, but it would have made more sense to do them in Spanish and put them on Spanish networks. Not a lot of illegal aliens watching Fox News.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at March 05, 2026 02:53 PM (eStot)

301
I don't know anything about anything, so does this mean that those 1000+ habeas cases will vanish? I think some Minnesota judges were using habeas to gum up the deportation process.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at March 05, 2026 03:07 PM (pAy1S)

302 Posted by: ... at March 05, 2026 02:35 PM (Nhyh3)

Thanks for the encouragement.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 05, 2026 03:10 PM (Nx5jP)

303 his of love of breakfast tampons.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at March 05, 2026 03:24 PM (Kt19C)

304 Wow! Great news!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at March 05, 2026 03:45 PM (WONhk)

305 The Avett Brothers have a tune called True Sadness, and it would be a good one to use for parody lyrics, renamed Due Process.

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 05, 2026 04:30 PM (KiBMU)

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