Yesterday, as usual, I signed a bunch of petitions in my email. Lately, at least one of the groups sponsoring them has added an item in the personal information – “Do you want a response?” Frankly, as any as I sign I’d just as doon not have a response to every pne especially if it goes to multiple senders. This particular one also allows signers to edit (personalize) their individual letters. I decided to check “No” on a response and add this in a separate paragraph at the bottom of the letter: “Your vote will be my response.” I like that. It says “You are being watched and your votes are being noted. No amount of boilerplate language by a staffer is going to blind me to your record.” I am going to start doing that in every case where I am able to edit the message.
Digby quotes Josh Marshall at length to good effect. Most of us are aware that ships, railroad, trucks, all are part of the Supply Chain. But that’s not the same as understanding the timelines (and even that is incomplete unless one knows what cones from where.) There is still a little time for stocking up, but very little. This link from Fortune also has good information. If it looks like there’s nothing there, scroll down a bit.
Colorado Public Radio reprinted this from Chalkbeat (and has a link to it.) I guess how you look at this depends on how you define “legal system.” The laws themselves, though not perfect are what I would call broken. The enforcement, on the other hand, is catastrophic. It seems like every LEO involved in immigration in any way has the mindset of a small town sheriff in the deep South during the Civil Rights movement. Who wouldn’t be confused and anxious, for heaven’s sake? I’m very glad Denver University has this clinic, but I’m certainly not expecting it to solve everything.
