I’m back home from my cataract surgery and feeling bored after my lil’ nappy poo that the doc said I should do when I got back home. The surgery went well and the sneaky peek I took from behind my eye shield patch was incredible. I can’t wait for February 18th to get the other eye done. Lordy, it’s a miracle! The sky is blue out of my surgical eye and grey out of the other.
Anyhoo, you don’t want to hear about my eyes. You want me to get fired up and ramble about current events. Well, we start with some good news today. As you know, one of tRump’s early Executive Orders was to end birthright citizenship, a right enshrined in the Constitution. Unfortunate for him, fortunate for us, we have a federal judge up in Seattle, who has been on the bench for over four decades and knows what the 14th Amendment is all about. The language is pretty plain and simple. It says, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” It appears the judge was just a little annoyed with the argument brought forth by Trump’s lackey, ripping the DOJ attorney a new a__hole, and then stating, “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades. I can’t remember another case where the question presented is as clear as this one. This is a blatantly unconstitutional order.” He then entered a temporary injunction that will prevent the Trump administration from interfering with the citizenship of people born in the United States, regardless of their parent’s citizenship status. Day four, and Donnie gets his first loss in court. I don’t see where the Supreme Court can help him on this one. The Amendment is pretty clear. 1-0 for the “good guys.”
Moving on, in his typical modus operandi of tearing things down, another Executive Order on Day One was to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). This has been a conservative push for several years after work was being done to develop a “pandemic treaty” to strengthen pandemic preparedness and set legally binding policies for member countries. Some GOP members think the agreement would be a threat to American sovereignty. And, of course, Trump thinks that we are paying an unfair membership fee into the organization. Most health experts think this is a bad move for national interests and national security. But who needs WHO when we’ve got RFK Jr. to lead us in dealing with pandemics, bird flu, brain eating worms. Right?
It’s 4:00 pm and the Blazer game is just starting, so I need to conclude my ramblings for today and pick up again tomorrow. I’ve got FEMA, NATO, the Paris Climate Agreement, Tik Tok, and tRump Meme Coins, on my mind for the future. Keep smilin’. Ziggyman
Note: If there are misspellings in this post that spell check didn’t pick up, it’s because I’m a one-eyed bandit today. I’m looking like Stewart Rhodes, the eye-patched leader of the Oath Keepers. Sorry.
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