When I recommended Sublimation four days ago, I'd only made it through half of the book. I have now finished it, and I'm here to tell you READ THIS ONE. Seriously. It is the most original and engrossing fictional take on immigration that I've
The idea isn't new, DJT has floated "NICE" before. But today, he opened a poll on Truth Social – should ICE rebrand as NICE? I love that the agents themselves oppose a name change. FWIW, more than 50K have weighed in.
I recently stumbled upon this March 2026 study from the Libertarian/Conservative think tank, the CATO Institute: Illegal Immigrant Incarceration Rates, 2010–2024: The Demographics of American Imprisonment. The report starts by noting that "available evidence shows that [undocumented noncitizens] are less crime-prone than native-born Americans." Moreover, "
From the Department of State: Rising tensions between Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) hardliners and the Ethiopian government have threatened to reignite the conflict in northern Ethiopia and undermine peace and security across the entire region. Earlier this year, members of the Tigray Security Forces (TSF) clashed with Ethiopian
I am in the middle of listening to Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim. Normally, I'd wait until the end to pass along a recommendation, but I'm going to go ahead and tell you to pick it up now. It's that good. The book is
This week, the Swiss voted down a proposal to limit the country's population to 10 million by 2050. Switzerland currently has a population of 9.1 million. The proposal to limit population growth came from Schweizerische Volkspartei (SVP or "The Swiss People's Party"), a
My teen just shared this Instagram Reel from investigative journalist Kelly Wiley. The footage is from May 1, 2026, and it shows the traffic stop and arrest of an Austin, TX, area high schooler named Luis Fernando Cabrera Chavarria. The trooper who pulls Cabrera over takes a photo of his
Today, SCOTUS granted cert in Genalo v. Black, which is on appeal from the Second Circuit. The petition for cert presented these issues: (1) Whether there is a point at which an alien's detention under Section 1226(c), pending a decision on whether he is to be removed,
This week, Pope Leo visited the Canary Islands--an "autonomous community of Spain" off the Western coast of Africa. He met with migrants at the Las Raíces Center in Tenerife and listened to their stories. He said: "As I look at your faces and listen to your stories
Last week, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin testified before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee regarding DHS's budget for FY2027. Here are snippets of an exchange between Senator Murphy (D-CT) and Secretary Mullin: Senator Murphy: "When DHS gets a court order telling them that something they are doing is ... illegal
According to the White House, President Trump Is Restoring American Greatness One Win at a Time. Among those wins: 🎓 Foreign student enrollment is collapsing. New data reveals a 20% drop last spring after the Trump Administration dramatically tightened international visas. This multi-year decline is freeing thousands of spots for American
Following approval from the House and Senate, today Trump signed the Secure America Act into law. Here's how the White House is framing the issue: After four years of Democrats’ dangerous open-border policies that fueled chaos and lawlessness across the country, President Trump has delivered the most secure