Immigration

Political Beast: Democratic Debate Night 1 Round 1 Dembate! [Or: "...our first round of candidates and the members of the inquisition..."]

Dembate 1!

We at Political Beast aren’t known for breaking news, thus the delay in reviewing the performance of the Dem candidates at Night..................   read more

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Zero Tolerance Equals Zero Humanity

Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
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Political Beast: Two-Year (Cotton Anniversary) Retrospective

And somewhere, weeping in the still of the night, came bleating The Carpenters’ “We’ve Only Just Begun”

The following contains references to articles published by ModState over the past two years. If you don’t get it, then you didn’t read it. Tradition tells..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Trump’s Executive Order 5

On 27 January, 2016, came the “Executive Order: Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry to the United States” or, colloquially,..................   read more

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SPECIAL: POTUS Trump’s Executive Orders 3 & 4

San Francisco, California [proud sanctuary city with a future in lost Federal funds{?)]
From 25 January, 2017 is the third Executive Order of President Trump which is largely aimed at State and local (i.e., “Sanctuary Cities”)..................   read more

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ModState’s 1st Podcast of 2017 Part One: Nogales County (AZ) Sheriff Tony Estrada Returns

Muchas gracias, Sheriff Estrada

One of the most striking figures ever to’ve interacted with us here at ModState, Nogales County (Arizona) Sheriff Tony Estrada graciously..................   read more

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ModState “Thanks[for]giving” Podcast

Well, well, well! We’re rapidly approaching the most significant season in Christendom, that of the season of the Mass of Christ, i.e., Christmas,..................   read more

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OP-ED

America: Cultural Fondue

[image courtesy of The New Orleans Film Society]
[image courtesy of The New Orleans Film Society]
Growing up in New Orleans, Louisiana offered me a unique perspective of the world. The little floating..................   read more

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State of Mind: American

children-around-the-worldThere are so many different ethnicities and life styles living in America and for some reason we feel the need to hyphenate certain ethnicities...................   read more

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Political Beast: Immigration Insanity

Nogalez, Arizona:

We quit for two days, just to prove we could do it. Or maybe we didn’t have a choice. It doesn’t matter. What matters is we kept off of it for five more days, so we’re clear.

The wall already in place (and already failing to be anything save an eyesore) on the America/Mexico border
The wall already in place (and already failing to be anything save an eyesore) on the America/Mexico border

Yes,..................   read more

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