Outside the Beltway

Via Politico: Dead members of Congress can’t stop posting.
Via the AP: Justice Department abruptly fires 3 prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 criminal cases, AP sources say.
Via Politico: Key GOP centrist Rep. Don Bacon will not seek reelection.
Via the Arizona Republic: Why did Pete Hegseth attack Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin for being right? | Opinion.
Via Wired: ‘Big Balls’ No Longer Works for the US Government.
Via Politico: DHS terminates temporary protected status for Haitians in the US. The cruel process of taking away legal status so they can be deported. Just more evidence that the goal was not deporting “the worst of the worst” but continues to be about xenophobia and ousting persons of the wrong hue.
Via NBC News: ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ provides a political ‘boon’ for Ron DeSantis and his top allies. Gotta put all those dangerous Haitans and Venezuelans who have had their temporary protected status revoked!
We are governed by the cruel and unserious.

Coming soon! pic.twitter.com/v3DCJsrDwV
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) June 28, 2025

Ron DeSantis on his new camp for migrants: "We've got showers. There you see the shower and bath facilities." pic.twitter.com/JgBGde7qvD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 27, 2025

Meanwhile.

Jobless claims have really climbed in June — we may start to see a slowdown in the next jobs report.

My @Morning_Joe Chart pic.twitter.com/Pls50FC1nT
— Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) June 26, 2025

Tab Clearing

Arizona, Justice Department, Ron DeSantis

4 responses to “Lazy Like Sunday Morning Tabs”

Just nutha ignint cracker

June 29, 2025 at 10:44 am

Just more evidence that the goal was not deporting “the worst of the worst” but continues to be about xenophobia and ousting persons of the wrong hue.

2 points:

1) They’ve always known that they weren’t going to get to 10 million deportations on gangstas alone (and so did the MAGAts).

2)Being the “wrong hue” is what makes someone “the worst of the worst” (just ask any MAGAt you meet).

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gVOR10

June 29, 2025 at 2:17 pm

Just more evidence that the goal was not deporting “the worst of the worst” but continues to be about xenophobia and ousting persons of the wrong hue.

I’ve complained that you need a program to keep up with the changes in the eternal, carved in stone, conservative verities, but one thing is a constant. “Immigrant” is the current racist dogwhistle.

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Just nutha ignint cracker

June 29, 2025 at 3:46 pm

@gVOR10: Every societal cohort needs an enemy with which to battle. Conservatives and Republicans are fortunate in that the enemies outside their cohort are formidable enough for them that they don’t feel the strong need to pick fights in-house as liberals and Democrats seem to.

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Gustopher

June 29, 2025 at 8:02 pm

Coming soon! pic.twitter.com/v3DCJsrDwV

Another reason I oppose AI — without AI, someone would have had to actually line up alligators and put ICE hats on them, and they might have had their arm bitten off.