Moral indignation rises as a major imperative of anti-ICE protests

 America sours on Trump's immigration policies in new poll. The fallout to Milwaukee's resistance of ICE's overreaching invasion is spreading nationally and impacts Trump's approval rating.  The legalism approach as a basis for argumentation, like NO  Kings advocating on behalf of keeping and supporting our Constitutional democracy, has been joined by those with moral outrage that human beings, regardless of legal status or race, are treated this way. The fear that all immigrants are somehow criminals has been replaced by the word "neighbor," and its meaning in biblical terms is as defined by the words of Jesus.

 Yes, if polled, most Americans approve of deporting illegal migrant violent criminals, but that is not what is happening. In ICE's  dragnet approach, there are far more innocent victims of their violent techniques. Yes, No Kings still has great significance and protections in the amendments of the Constitution that need to be respected and upheld. Moral outrage is becoming even more significant as the stories emerge of the treatment, the denial of civil and human rights, the warehousing of thousands of children and adults, disappeared with no recourse, no sunlight, into a chain of concentration camps.  These are echoes of what we know and see as evil, the Japanese internment in WWII, or Russia throughout history, the gulag archipelago. Cruelty is not a humane value nor an American one. 

Note, too, while polls reflect attitudes of a wide cross-section of Americans, these protests are mostly by white participants. The demographic profile of protestors seen on TV is significant. The street demonstrations (big one scheduled in Chicago today led by the Catholic church on Ash Wednesday) are by, yes, mostly white people on behalf of brown and black people, risking to die for them, as two did, and still speak out against ICE trying to intimidate them as they photo and blow their whistles..New Filings Detail Harrowing Accounts of ICE and  In this current atmosphere, black and brown people keep a low public profile, especially brown people racially profiled by ICE and persecuted for just being brown, or without documents and with documents, so terror keeps them hidden.

 For those who still harbor racism in their souls, or white nationalism /or white supremacy, these polls must come as a shock, especially if they only listen to friends restricted to those they know who already agree with them, or only get their news and information from social media and TV media that cater to their preferred political beliefs and prejudices. 

How Trump plans to subvert the midterms: it is no secret

 From my Muftic Forum Facebook post 2/15/2026

Here is how Trump and Noem plot to subvert the midterms, even if the Senate votes down the House version.

Kristi Noem says she will ensure the 'right people' vote in midterms...

Trump says he'll issue an executive order on voter ID by midterms

They intend to simply issue executive orders that are clearly unconstitutional and tie up the results of the midterms, creating worse than chaos, in their defiance. It may be worth taking some legal action in advance, and certainly a lot of planning from those who can secure any court orders on the issue in a similar case before November. Trump will ultimately rely on "his" Supreme Court to give him the same rights the Constitution clearly denies the executive branch. Methods and actual elections are controlled separately from the federal government by each state acting individually. This would never be an issue, nor has it been for 250 years, until now, when we have a wannabe dictator trying to seize power for himself and to flaunt the will of voters by such subterfuge and to create legislation by executive order. This action he threatens is like others: "I don't care if the law says I can't; I'll do it anyway and I dare someone or court to stop me."

The only answer is for an up and down the ballot vote against MAGA control that is so overwhelming, that quibbling over "show me your papers" to prove citizenship to be a voter, is so obvious, the lower and Supreme courts act immediately, or impeachment gains momentum. I am out of ideas other than voters revolting in overwhelming numbers. Trump is out of control, obsessed with power, an egomaniac, worthy of comparison with similar types in civilization's history.

Yes, only citizens can vote, and the penalties of non-citizens voting are so severe already that few have tried, but Trump has created a myth without any proof or evidence that national security is threatened by illegals. To him I say: "Show me your papers of evidence. You have had 6 years to prove it since. 2020, and you have failed."

MUFTIC FORUM BLOG: Show me your papers. If you are an American citizen, what papers?

From google AI:

Voting as a non-citizen in a federal election is a crime with severe legal and immigration consequences. While non-citizens can vote in a handful of local elections (e.g., in parts of Maryland, Vermont, and D.C.), it is strictly prohibited for federal and state offices. 
The primary penalties include:
1. Criminal Penalties
• Imprisonment: Under federal law (18 U.S.C. § 611), illegal voting is generally a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison.
• Fines: Individuals may also face significant financial penalties alongside or instead of prison time.
• Perjury Charges: Since voter registration forms require an attestation of citizenship, non-citizens who register may be charged with perjury or making false statements, which can carry up to five years in prison. 
2. Immigration Consequences
For many non-citizens, the immigration penalties are far more severe than the criminal ones: 
• Deportation: Unlawful voting is a deportable offense. Once discovered, even legal permanent residents (green card holders) can be placed in removal proceedings and expelled from the U.S..
• Inadmissibility: A violation makes a person "inadmissible," meaning they are barred from re-entering the U.S. and ineligible for future visas.
• Denial of Naturalization: Voting or falsely claiming citizenship to register can permanently block a person's path to becoming a U.S. citizen due to a lack of "good moral character" required by law. 
3. Notable Exceptions
Federal law provides a narrow exception if the non-citizen: 
• Had two U.S. citizen parents (natural or adoptive).
• Permanently resided in the U.S. before age 16.
• Reasonably believed they were a U.S. citizen at the time of voting. 
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I fear white supremacy has raised its ugly head again.

 I fear white supremacy has raised its ugly head again. From my Muftic Forum facebook posting today edited a bit. 

Some personal musings and hand-wringing in the marching orders to the Department of Justice, to focus instead on White rights instead of the civil rights of minorities. https://www.cbsnews.com/.../justice-department-reverse...

Except for eggs (the bird flu epidemic seems to be over), the price of groceries has either stayed the same since Trump promised to lower the prices or has risen dramatically in beef and pork. And, no, gas for my car is not under $2 per gal. AAA says it is averaging well over $2 per gal.

Now I am seeing some shifting in polls, with focus instead on groceries and gas is now on the cost of health care, housing, and retirement, which are big-ticket items that even the middle class is feeling the pain about. Other evaluators and opinion writers watch to see if the MAGA devotees are losing their love of TruImp. Still, his MAGA base, by any estimmates comprise 30 to 35% of the total vote, and the majority of the GOP are holding firm. Any shifts recently to blue have come mostly from independents and Hispanics.

I have always felt the cost of living was not the real concern for MAGA, but it was the stand-in issue for other issues still not politically correct to be so open about. Outweighing the cost of living and affordability of modern life is what I would most kindly identify as "cultural". This umbrella term includes racist attitudes. and that the "again" part of the MAGA slogan most likely refers to pre-civil rights legislation of the 1950's. Anti-DEI removal from every government standard in the past year is just fine for Trump's base, and now the DOJ, under Trump's direction, is to protect the rights of White people who have been so discriminated against, even though they are the majority.

The recent 'Monkey flap depicting the Obamas as monkeys' is revealing, given the silence coming from the right with a few exceptions. Trump blames it on a staffer, but has not apologized. Update: 2/14/2026, Trump has even attacked members of the GOP who have criticized the monkey business as disloyal to him. What that says to me is that he himself believes his MAGA base is as racist as he is, and who also believe that black people are directly descended from apes and are still inferior to White people. Trump privately lashes out at GOP lawmakers over racist video blowback, sources say

That view of Black people was in my most racist Jim Crow eastern Oklahoma birth place and what I experienced and heard until I went off to college in 1956." Negroes were inherently descended from a branch of apes, so it went ,who were therefore inferior and incapable of governing (good at sports and music, however), either to be treated, like children paternalistically, andalso to keep them separate from us White folks. (The Obamas, intellectually, behaviorally, and oratorically, were a slap in the face of the old trope.)

There appears to be still a large segment of Americans stuck in the attitudes of the 1950's, even though there are subsequent generations in leadership. The silence from all but a few to the monkey posting on Trump's media on the right is incriminating. While being called "racist" by those on the left as an insult hurled at MAGA, I fear there are many in MAGA who look in the mirror and are OK with being called one and who are comfortable with a president who has a lifetime history of racist dog whistles and policies that resemble their own feelings.

The icing on the cake, in case you are still upset or sceptical of my view is what happened this past week: While DEI is now removed as a standard for government behavior, the orders from above to the DOJ are now to protect the majority racial groups in power, us White people, who have been so discriminated against by DEI and civil rights legislation. White supremacy has now come out of the closet and into the light as official public policy.

Trump refuses to apologize after posting meme condemned as racist | Watch. Would it be because he would turn off part of this MAGA base who agrees with the belief that the Obamas are descended from apes so they are lesser.

Modern anthropology and science have found the following, per a Goog;e AI search of the question if White people are also descended from apes. The answer:

•  Early hominid species (human ancestors) diverged from the ancestors of chimpanzees and gorillas in Africa
• Race and Evolution: All modern human populations (white, Black, Asian, etc.) share a common ancestor that lived around 200,000 years ago in Africa.
• Light Skin Development: The development of white skin in Europeans is a relatively recent evolutionary adaptation (roughly 8,000–12,000 years ago) as populations moved into higher latitudes. 

Russell Vought and Trump: pulling the Project 2025 schedule F trigger

Trump administration plans to reclassify 50,000 federal workers, making them easier to fire | CNN Politics

Russell Vought and Trump are pulling the Project 2025 schedule F trigger

 Trump tried it before and failed. He is trying it again. In the name of ending the deep state, Project 2025, the blueprint for the authoritarian takeover of the federal government, proposed once again to eliminate civil service protection from political pressure, and instead, to make civil service employees subject to loyalty tests to the President in the Oval Office by reclassifying their positions. Vought was one of the authors of Project 2025, and Trump appointed him to manage the federal government personnel office known as the Office of Management and Budget.

That is the most destabilizing, power-grabbing, corruption-spawning act one can imagine.  Since early in the last century, when the good government reform movement gained steam,  state and local governments have tried to reform corrupt practices of big bosses by removing government bureaucrats from judgment call pressures based on political control. It makes them subject to appointment and removal actions that do not consider job performance and qualifications for their positions.  Appointment to government positions has always been a power play tool for the mayor, the government, and now the presidency, to have as many political positions to fill as they can. It subverts 50 years' worth of good government reforms, and some see it at the Trumpist level, a threat to democracy itself.The Schedule F Threat to Democracy: A Project 2025 Explainer - Kettering Foundation

MUFTIC FORUM BLOG: Chainsaw 1 and Chainsaw 2 : Fulfilling Russell Vought's Project 2025 dreams