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Hopefully, the beginning of the genuine end. Very comprehensive report. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cuba Falling: There's a Lot Going On Right Now. This Could Be the Breaking Point. The situation in Cuba may be at or near a breaking point. Many experts — real ones whom I trust and learn from regularly, not just whoever the MSM could dig up — are calling today the "beginning of the end" of the regime that has been in power for 67 years. [...] https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2026/05/14/cuba-falling-whats-all-this-talk-about-100-million-n4952867

This is entertaining, albeit containing some strange terminology from this Brit-turned-Colonist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Britain is embarrassing itself | America needs a functioning ally The scenes were chaotic, verging on slapstick. Was this real life — or another episode of The Thick of It? As camera crews and presenters jostled and exchanged banter outside No. 10, waiting for a hapless politician to quiz, you'd have been forgiven for thinking you were watching farce. Every 30 seconds or so, a minor Minister would emerge blinking through the familiar Downing Street doorway, only to be heckled by the chaotic bunch of hacks who sounded more like creditors demanding their money in small-claims court than esteemed veterans of Britain's press. Most of the representatives of His Majesty's Government managed to ignore the questions being shouted at them and scuttled off. But a few stopped to impart their wisdom. They did that British-politician thing, repeating the same line, over and over, no matter the query: "Our job is to carry on, as the public expects . . . to carry on . . . as the public expects." Is there a God? Can historicism survive itself? [...] https://unherd.com/2026/05/britain-is-embarrassing-itself/?edition=us

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Thursday-on-Friday report, see man: Suboptimal zzz, groggy we man. Breakfast was toast, ingest we man. Doc was an hour behind before noon, happens man. Fairly productive caucus, brief though it was man. Doc approves of our fizzicle therapy and wants us to continue, no objection from us man. Went from doc to Mama T-B., see senior she man we man. We out-straightened her pills, not totally unjustified complaint by senior she man man. Mostly no yelling, admirable for such a long visit man. Lunch was several leftover half-sandwiches et al. donated by Mama T-B., ingest we man. At casa, arranged for caucus with new dentist, Mexican chica man. Prices will be lower than at our usual place, F$WM. Clean-teething will be done by chica herself, by bossette herself man. Office is inside where we get our blood labs, no traipsing blocks in the heat we man. Furthermore, it's right across the street from our cut-hairing place, convenient also man. Furthermore, it's a block from our favorite restaurant, convenient also man. This should free much time & energy for pharmacies, exploring, and leisure, look forward we man. This happens only if Mama T-B. doesn't aysheep us out of going at all, dread this certain event we man. A siesta was taken, good first half truncated second half we man. Din-din was onecan of Chunky soup, ingest we man. We inventoried our fridge/freezer and found enough already for next Two Guys week, inventory we man. Mowed full lawn, Texas weather still Many if done tonight man. Many (2+1) sweatbands were consumed, 2 job 1 recovery man. None of our body parts hurt except for hamstrings, Many (2+1) cheers for fizzicle therapy man! No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+1) highly proximal ESs for Friday, itinerary we man. Friday will be Two Guys eve, ex-Mrs.-T-B. cavorting with the Nuevo Rojo man. Mini-B. is beefing about year-end skool projects & Finals, better get used to this wee man man. This skoolwurk will probably hose our going to a mutually enjoyable festival on Saturday, sigh man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

You might try calling CBP at JFK itself, if they hosed things at her entry. https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/border-patrol-sectors

You're completely forgiven. This is one of the more obscure subforums, but one of the most satisfying. Edited to add: When you apply, order the passport book with extra pages. It's free, and you never know how handy it will turn out to be.

It's refreshing to see someone from (almost) my VJ era. Others can comment on timelines; filing online seems to yield faster results than do paper filings. Keep us apprised of your progress. We care.

If you haven't yet done the following, it gives you the perfect excuse to shop for a lawyer. Find one who can draft wills, medical & financial powers of attorney, and similar estate documents. These make superlative evidence for the N-400 (and I-751), and they're even more crucial to have in "life." Remember that if you move from one U.S. state to another, your wills may need to be redone.

Yeah... and this is a whopping big one.

Those, too.

Nothing like attorneys. He's probably suffered lifelong ridicule for his name.

A billion? Jeesh. DoJ and Florida aren't messing around.

Shame. And Sikhs aren't known for violence.

Comments? ~~~~~~~~~ ICE Uncovered a Massive Immigration Fraud Scheme The Department of Homeland Security has announced that an ICE investigation has identified over 10,000 potential cases of student visa fraud through the Optional Practical Training program. "Today, we are announcing that we have found over 10,000 who claim to be working for highly suspect employers," Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said at a press conference. "This is only the tip of the iceberg. Over the past year, we dramatically expanded our oversight of OPT and can report that we found fraud nationwide." The Optional Practical Training program, or OPT, is an initiative that allows for foreign nationals who have entered the U.S. under a student visa to legally work for a period of 12 months and creates a streamlined path to transition to an H-1B visa. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/josephchalfant/2026/05/12/ice-uncovered-a-massive-immigration-fraud-scheme-n2675971

A post has been split from this thread, moved to the "Passports, etc." subforum, and given the topic title "Send in Nat Cert. *and* Foreign Birth Cert.? [split topic]."

The above was split from the U.S. Citizenship Case Progress subforum into its own thread here.