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Democrats Push For Death Certificates To Be Accepted As Voter ID WASHINGTON, D.C. — With President Trump and Republicans campaigning hard to shore up election integrity in the U.S., congressional Democrats agreed to negotiate on the issue on the condition that death certificates be added to the list of acceptable forms of voter ID. Though initially opposed to any form of legislation mandating voter ID, Democrats surprisingly came forward with a proposal to compromise by guaranteeing that presenting a current death certificate would be accepted as valid identification to vote in elections. "It's our base's most widely used form of documentation," said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-push-for-death-certificates-to-be-accepted-as-voter-id

Hunter Biden Launches HunterRx From Back Of Van MALIBU, CA — In direct competition with President Trump's new TrumpRx website, Hunter Biden announced the launch of HunterRx, a brand new low-price pharmacy he runs out of the back of his van. "Drugs? I got ‘em!" Biden stated proudly. "And remember, the first one's free!" HunterRx was expected to undercut Trump's pharmaceutical discount effort while also boasting a significantly larger inventory. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/hunter-biden-launches-hunterrx-from-back-of-van

Does this guy have Starmer Derangement Syndrome? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Britain Can Always Get Worse Being in England at the moment, I suffer not so much from a state of cognitive dissonance as from a state of emotional dissidence. On the one hand, I have nothing but contempt for the prime minister, Keir Starmer. He is dull and humorless and has the soul (or perhaps I should say he appears in public to have the soul, since I do not know him personally) of an apparatchik advanced to the rank of the nomenklatura. His ideas are pure gimcrack, and therefore he has only to be faced by a choice to make the wrong one. Although claiming to be working class (which he assumes to confer on him the status of moral aristocrat), he made an excellent living, before turning politician, in that most parasitic and destructive of all branches of the law, human rights. Even his face, his very hair, is boring. He is the kind of man who is able to bore at a distance. [...] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/britain-can-always-get-worse/

This author is one of my favorites, and he has good observations here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ How Deep Is the Deep State? How deep is the deep state? That's a question I have thought and written about a lot. I had something to say about it recently at The Spectator on the occasion of Abigail Spanberger's recent election as governor of Virginia. It saddens me to report that every time I think I have taken the measure of the Leviathan that is the deep state, new precincts and vistas open up beyond the boundaries I had delineated. Sometimes I think the deep state is like an onion. Peel back one layer, and another layer presents itself. Sometimes I think it is like a basement with an endless procession of sub-basements. Excavate one, and you encounter another below it. It is like that bit of Hindu cosmology that envisions the world resting on the back of a turtle, which rests on the back of a larger turtle, which rests on the back of a still larger turtle. Asked what that larger turtle stands upon, the answer is that it is "turtles all the way down." That said, I suspect that the difficulty in surveying the deep state is not its depth but its extent. That is, I suspect that its roots are shallow while its area is both indefinitely large and protean. [...] https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/15/how-deep-is-the-deep-state/

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: We did not leave the casa all day, normally a perfect Sunday man. Mini-B. spent nearly the entire day yakking with his presumed rubia, garrulous wee man man. Breakfast/lunch for Mini-B. was onebowl of cereal, ingest wee man. Breakfast/lunch for us was onebowl of a different cereal, ingest differently we man. We managed to conquer our Many (2+1) LLs, victorious we man. How (and why) Mini-B. had Many (2x2x2 +2) pants in his basket escapes us, man. We actually got him to help us make the beds and he put his own clothes away, minor miracle man. Mama T-B. called to bemoan the poor service and uncertain schedule of it, bemoan senior she man man. We desperately wanted/needed a siesta but did not get one on a Sunday, man. Miu made up for it all by herself, somnolent miu man. Din-din was shepherd's pie from Aldi, ingest Two Guys man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. collected Mini-B. at usual time, end of Two Guys week man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must visit Mama T-B. on Monday, visit we man. We have developed a protocol to avoid administrative inertia regarding her taxes, hope we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Lurn tu reed, si man. Mini-B. needed a new basket, and it was delicious, ingest we man. During which you wait with baited breath, surely man. Aw, shoot, si man.

You're right, but avoid fretting. File the I-485 ASAP. Then, become an "A" student of every successive step of this immigration process. Lots of good reading in the VJ Guides and countless threads.

This. Good thinking.

Congressional offices will be closed on Mon. Feb. 16 for Presidents' Day. You can get a head start by completing the "Help with..." online form, as suggested by Edward. Fax it in, or e-mail it to "Att'n.: Rep. ___'s Immigration Liaison" in the Subject line. Keep a paper trail.

It is Sunday -- time for our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== VACUUM SALE An old lady answered a knock on her door from a well-dressed young man carrying a vacuum cleaner. "Good morning!" said the young man. "If I may take a moment of your time, I'd like to demonstrate the very latest in high-powered vacuum cleaners." "Go away!" said the old lady. "I'm broke and have no money!" She proceeded to close the door. Quick as a flash, the young man wedged his foot in the door and pushed it wide open. "Don't be too hasty!" he said. "Not until you have at least seen my demonstration!" He then emptied a bucket of horse poop onto her hallway carpet. "Now, if this vacuum cleaner fails to remove all traces of this horse poop from your carpet, Ma'am, I will personally eat the remainder." The old lady stepped back and said, "Let me get you a fork. They cut off my electricity this morning."

Fire the lawyer. Call your U.S. Congressman's D.C. office and speak with the Immigration Liaison. That office will have you fill out a brief authorization form to enable their staff to intervene with USCIS on your behalf. Let us know how it goes.

Trump Terminates Protected Status for Yemeni Migrants After Scoring Major Court Victory The Trump administration has moved to end Temporary Protected Status for Yemen just days after a major court victory allowing the Department of Homeland Security to strip the designation from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal. Around 3,000 Yemeni migrants are currently in the United States under the TPS designation, making them eligible for deportation after the status expires in 60 days. The Trump administration's decision will almost certainly face a legal challenge, as numerous lifts of the designation have been brought to court. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/02/13/trump-terminates-protected-status-for-yemen-after-major-court-victory-n2671291

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Getting Mini-B. to Debait tournament was timely and uneventful, good start man. The 2 ESs were in the same city but a different ZIP Code, normally OK man. That same ZIP Code was deceptive, quite a winding distance between the ESs man. Regardless, we were very pleased with each ES, major steals of usable items* man. *in answer to previous queries, we typically look for consumable/edible items, no space consumed man Breakfast/lunch was at a BK** near the second ES, ingest we man. **WUOC, F$WM Returned to casa for Siesta #1, zzz we man. Shortly after Siesta #1, Mama T-B. called, silent senior she man for 1 day + half a day man. Still no resolution of hospice service, no man. She's not getting the services promised, no man. She can barely get any noosering-casa people to help her with simple mundane things, no man. She was in inconsolable tears at feeling abandoned and being unable to die, sigh man. She trip-guilted us about our March trip, "I wouldn't abandon you, no man!", sigh man. We deflected her somewhat by talking about Mini-B., always up-perks senior she man man. Shortly after this call, Mini-B. called, not even Many p.m. man. The Debait tournament was cut to 2 rounds, free-to-leave right then wee man man. We set forth for descendant-retrieval, heavy Saturday traffic + rain man. It took us over an hour to reach him, and frazzled we man. Mini-B. had just consumed his second PB&J lunch sandwich, ingest wee man. He wasn't that hungry, no man. Neither were we, BK quite filling man. Nevertheless, we went to nearby 'za emporium that we had pre-researched, research we man. This 'za place made create-one's-own artisanal 'zas plus some on their menu, let's try it man. Mini-B. consented to a 'roni + hamburger + Canadian bacon 'za, consent wee man man. It was smaller than our usual 'za purchases but a bit thicker, same ultimate price man. It was just about the best 'za that either of us had consumed, agree Two Guys man. We consumed all of it with ease, ingest Two Guys man. We left feeling very well pleased, good choice man. The T-B.-mobile commute was more bearable than any of the Many previous, conclude we man. Mini-B. was out of phone battery, boon for actual conversation man. Mini-B. criticized our driving while using a hilarious (and good) foreign accent, funny wee man man. We reached the casa just before Many (2+2+2) p.m., made it man. We had T-B.-mobiled for well over Many00 miles, quite a day man. At half-past Many (2+2+2) p.m., the mother of all monsoons began for half an hour, wow man. Miu was scared away from front door when hail briefly hit it, all hail to scared miu man. Mini-B. retired to jawbone with (we presume) a girlfriend, hopefully a rubia man. We retired for Siesta #2, re-zzz for over a blessed hour we man. We awoke from Siesta #2 and Mini-B. was still jawboning with presumed girlfriend, hopefully a rubia man. No party with the (our) rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No Sunday plans but for LLs, conquer we man. It was not a bad day, conclude we man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

This is a great relief for you. And thanks for returning with the happy update.

Wondering if this one belongs in the U.S. Immigration News forum more so than here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chinese Criminal Org Recruited U.S. Military for Marriage Fraud The Homeland Security Task Force (HSI) in Jacksonville is targeting a Chinese transnational criminal organization that was recruiting American military members to help them commit marriage fraud and ensure Chinese nationals access to military bases and U.S. residency. This scheme represents not only crime, but a serious national security threat. There were U.S. military members willing to compromise military installations' security in order to obtain Chinese money, and who knows why those particular Chinese nationals wanted access to bases? And are there multiple transnational organizations with similar schemes? ICE announced the three-count indictment of eleven people from the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida in a Feb. 11 press release. The charges are marriage fraud conspiracy, marriage fraud, and bribery conspiracy. [...] https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/14/chinese-criminal-org-recruited-us-military-for-marriage-fraud-n4949507