Tuesday short takes

I’ll let others debate Trump’s desire for blanket Presidential immunity – have to ask, though, if the President is shielded from culpability, why does the Constitution include impeachment?

Moving on – if convicted of a crime based on DNA evidence in Colorado, your lawyer should be smiling now.

A Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA analyst intentionally manipulated data in the testing process for at least 15 years, according to an internal affairs investigation.

Yvonne “Missy” Woods, a now-former DNA scientist who worked at the CBI crime lab for 29 years, has been under investigation since September 2023, according to the bureau, known as CBI.

“At this time, 652 cases have been identified as affected by Woods’ data manipulation between 2008 and 2023,” the CBI said in a release. “A review of Woods’ work from 1994 to 2008 is also underway.”  NBC News

Seems a lawsuit filed by the Center for Immigration studies has discovered that the current administration, in addition to running the most porous border since the Maginot line fell, has flown almost a third of a million (mas o meno) illegals into the US:

The latest evidence of his administration’s secretive migration schemes reveals that they allowed  320,000 otherwise inadmissible migrants to fly into the country last year but won’t reveal where they landed.

Some 320,000 migrants were flown into 43 airports around the United States and were given parole, which grants them authorization to live and work in the country for at least two years. These are all migrants who have no lawful claim to live in the United States based upon the laws passed by our elected representatives. Humanitarian parole was created via the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act, which permits the president to admit people “only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit.”  The Telegraph

I guess some would say “at this point, what does it matter.” And yes, I know that is a Russian IL-76. It just seemed appropriate.

 

And in Spokane, that bastion of conservatism (maybe a little sarc?) the school district has barred Border Patrol agents.

The school district in Spokane, Washington voted unanimously to ban U.S. Border Patrol agents from entering schools, saying that it could be traumatizing for immigrant students.

The board also approved new additions including, that staff will not “collaborate with immigration enforcement agencies or share information that could put a student’s security at risk.”Fox News

Any idea how many raids or deportations occurred via info found at schools?  I’m betting the number may approach zero nationwide. This does, however, make me want to propose a new law – if an entity bans public service personnel like CBP, cops, etc. they should be cut off from all services from such agencies. Ban the cops and the place burns down? Besides being personally liable –  ” You chose – poorly.”

Now for today’s shocker – San Francisco Mayor London Breed makes the news for what appears to be a rare bit of sanity:

But the focus of Breed’s excitement that evening centered on two ballot measures she had championed to broaden police surveillance powers and impose drug treatment mandates that were garnering overwhelming voter support — a stunning rightward shift for a city known nationally for its progressive politics.

The first measure, Proposition E, bolsters police powers in the city. The second, Proposition F, will require drug screening and treatment for people receiving county welfare benefits who are suspected of illicit drug use.

Wha…?

Breed faces a difficult reelection campaign in November as she seeks a second full term in office. Two of her opponents — Levi Strauss heir and nonprofit founder Daniel Lurie, and venture capitalist Mark Farrell, a former district supervisor and interim mayor — are considered moderates by San Francisco standards, and have blasted the mayor for the city’s street conditions and the lagging post-pandemic economic recovery.

I feel better. It’s not an epiphany or even common sense – it’s just raw opportunism. The world is OK after all.

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