Was in a department store
waiting for my wife
and I saw this grizzly-looking old dude
giving me the stink eye
and before I decided to start a fight,
realized I’d seen that guy before.
A mirror.
Take a moment and ask yourself, why don’t they want us to know our history?
Why don’t they want us all to be educated free thinkers and truth seekers with universal healthcare?
DeSantis Flies Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard
Shawna Chen for Axios. Updated Sep 15, 2022 – Politics & Policy
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) sent two planes of undocumented migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts on Wednesday, joining Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) in sending migrants to sanctuary cities, Fox News first reported.
Why it matters: It’s an escalation of Republican governors’ standoff with President Biden over his immigration and border policies — aimed at forcing predominantly Democratic-run states to grapple with social safety-net issues.
Between the lines: DeSantis appeared to target Massachusetts, which has a Republican governor, because state and local leaders have expressed support for policies that benefit immigrants regardless of their status.
Driving the news: Some 50 migrants believed to be from Venezuela arrived by charter plane at Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Wednesday afternoon, per multiple reports.
- Flight records indicated they’d flown from San Antonio, Texas, and stopped off in Florida’s panhandle before arriving on the Massachusetts island that’s a favorite destination for wealthy and powerful Americans, Boston’s WCVB-TV notes.
- Some of the migrants said they had begun the trip in San Antonio, but DeSantis’ office had taken responsibility for the flights, the New York Times reports.
As a side note, both Nicholas Katzenbach and I left government service in 1969 to go to work for IBM in Armonk, New York. He became General Counsel and I became the guy who guarded his paperwork.
But I digress. And interrupt.
Back to the Big Assie in Tallahassee.
Back to Axios.
What’s happening: Terry MacCormack, a spokesperson for Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R), said in an emailed statement that the governor’s office was “in touch with local officials regarding the arrival of migrants in Martha’s Vineyard.”
- “At this time, short-term shelter services are being provided by local officials, and the Administration will continue to support those efforts,” MacCormack added.
What they’re saying: “States like Massachusetts, New York and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden administration’s open border policies,” Taryn Fenske, DeSantis’ communications director, told Fox News.
- “[I]n this past legislative session the Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to implement a program to facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law,” Fenske added.
- At the time, DeSantis’ office said migrants could be sent to “‘progressive’ states whose governors endorse blatant violations of federal immigration law,” and that Floridians shouldn’t be held responsible for subsidizing migrants’ costs of living.
The other side: State Rep. Dylan Fernandes, who represents Martha’s Vineyard, tweeted Wednesday evening that the migrants “were not met with chaos, they were met with compassion.”
- “We are a community & nation that is stronger because of immigrants,” he added. “The community coming together with water, food, interpretation help, & resources to support these families represent the best of America.”
The big picture: Texas has since April bused over 7,600 migrants to D.C., which declared a public emergency last week.
- Texas has also sent busloads of thousands of migrants to New York and Chicago.
- Massachusetts officials were already discussing plans for potential Texas migrants prior to DeSantis’ move on Wednesday.
- Other Democratic mayors have also geared up for the possibility of becoming Texas’ next target.
Worth noting: DeSantis, who is running for reelection and is possibly eyeing a 2024 presidential bid, has sued the Biden administration over immigration enforcement.
- Representatives for DeSantis’ did not immediately return Axios’ request for comment.
Go deeper: Massachusetts weighing potential plans for Texas migrant buses
“Now, I’m not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist, I’m simply saying the racists believe he’s a racist,” Andrew Gillum, an African-American political rival once said.
Have to judge a guy by his actions.
Purposely excluding old white male veterans from free flights to a pampered playground is wrong.
On its pale face.
It’s in the Constitution.
Look it up.
When Florida’s Fuhrer did try to explain, it was garbled gibberish about how he was doing what others feared to do.
Something about no transgender children to abuse, so this was his next move.
The Negro Family Solution is still a long way off, he must have thought to himself.
And what I’m thinking is, OMG! VOTE FOR CHARLIE CRIST!!!
Save America.
Save yourself.
I have always thought of DeSantis as reading the rules of villainy from a coloring book and acting them out. Nothing about him says clever and tactical. He seems to me the kind of man who must conjure confidence, who is fragile and feisty because of it, a beta male trying desperately to convince the world that he’s an alpha. – Charles M. Blow
Charlie Blow, African-American opinion columnist concluded his The New York Times 9/28/22 piece with “Now, I’m not calling Mr. DeSantis a racist, I’m simply saying this: He has targeted Black people, Black power and Black history.”
Critical Real Truth, it’s called.
Which reminds me.
This post – doubtlessly educational – could not be read aloud in a Florida school.
Especially if I was wearing a dress.
Something seasonal, light and colorful and gay.
Gay, gay, gay.
With black mermaids.
https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/reliving-a-sordid-chapter-in-american?
The Great Replacement Theory has a long, dark history….
“If I had my way,” said Senator Robert Reynolds of North Carolina declared, “I would today build a wall about the United States so high and so secure that not a single alien or foreign refugee from any country upon the face of this earth could possibly scale or ascend it.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/02/us/migrants-marthas-vineyard-desantis-texas.html
Asylum seekers in Texas were recruited for the flights by a woman who appeared to be a former Army counterintelligence agent. “We were tricked,” one migrant said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/14/us/reverse-freedom-rides-marthas-vineyard-migrants.html