Posted in Politics on July 28, 2026| 1 Comment »
Now’s your golden opportunity, you Yosemite Sam wannabe…
…to be reunited with Foghorn Leghorn
But be sure to bring your own mask. You’ll need it to insure anonymity because down deep, you’re all cowards.
Posted in Politics on July 24, 2026| 11 Comments »
It can no longer be ignored, denied or otherwise justified by any interpretation or defense of the Trump administration’s actions:
America is now officially a police state.
Take your time. Let the gravity of those seven words sink in and you will realize the dreadful accuracy of that assertion.
How else could you possibly explain masked men with no official law enforcement credentials (The “POLICE ICE” stenciled on the backs of their bullet-proof vests do not constitute fully-trained officers of the law) arresting 10,000 persons over a five-day period in June? ICE arrests 10,000 in 5 days | AP News
How else can you explain the wanton killings of nearly three dozen unarmed, innocent people by these Gestapo agents who all too often either do not even have or fail to activate body cams and who are not held accountable for the murders they commit?
(…And the list of fatalities above isn’t even complete…)
Take ICE thug David Brouillette, the man who gunned down 25-year-old Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero near the victim’s home in coastal Maine. Brouillette, it turns out, is an Army veteran with a history of struggling with serious mental health issues since childhood, according to his own relatives. Family members TOLD ASSOCIATED PRESS that Brouillette had a history of terrifying and violent behavior. He was said to be abusive of women, telling one in a voicemail that someone should slit her throat. His ex-wife said he once threw boiling water at her while holding their daughter. Yet, he was an official ICE agent, charged with protecting American citizens. Do you feel protected by this thug?
Only days earlier, an ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston. Agents claimed the victim tried to run them down in his vehicle. Of course, that’s the same claim agents make in these cases—like that of Renee Nicole Good. That claim was disputed by witnesses, and, of course, there was no body cam video to back up that claim of “weaponization” of his vehicle. His son, Ronaldo Salgado, sad he learned of his father’s death not from official sources, but from a social media video taken from a passing auto.
The day following Brouillette’s killing of Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine, an unidentified man in Florida was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer truck as he was being pursued by ICE.
On July 14, following the Maine shooting, ICE announced it would temporarily end traffic stops
But guess what? Donald Trump did what he does best: shoot from the lip. Taking to Truth Social, he countermanded that order, directing ICE agents, who he said were “doing a GREAT job,” to continue doing traffic stops.
Trump Orders ICE to Not Change a Thing After Third Killing in a Week | The New Republic
Borrowing a phrase LBJ used to describe his predecessor’s Caribbean policies, Trump is running “a damned Murder, Inc.” through ICE. And one of its biggest branch offices is right here in Louisiana.
Inside-the-Black-Hole_Systemic-Human-Rights-Abuses-Against-Immigrants-Detained.pdf.
Louisiana has surged to the FOREFRONT OF NOTORIETY in the treatment of detainees, mostly by private prison companies like LaSalle Enterprises of Ruston and GEO Corp. of Boca Raton, Florida.
When searching online for ICE detention centers in Louisiana, it’s difficult to find anything positive about them. Plagued by inhuman conditions, reports abound about isolation, withholding of medical care that is often inadequate when received, stabbings, beatings and deprivation of civil and legal rights, story after story relates horrific treatment of immigrants and citizens alike.
Louisiana ICE Detention Centers Face Worsening Conditions – VisaVerge
Conditions are such that publications and organizations as diverse as The Washington Times, the Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center and Physicians for Human Rights have found it necessary to feature Bayou State ICE facilities in a negative light.
Federal watchdog flags use-of-force violations at Louisiana’s largest ICE facility
End Louisiana Immigration Detention – Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center
Even the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General’s office reported “horrifying” use-of-force violations at Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield operated by LaSalle.
DHS watchdog reveals ICE agents’ horrifying use-of-force violations
A Louisiana judge earlier this month ordered the ICE facility in Basile in Evangeline Parish to RELEASE A WOMAN only months after she had given birth when ICE ignored its own rules on detaining pregnant and postpartum women.
But that order notwithstanding, ICE, a rogue gang of vigilantes who are unable to conform in a civilized society, routinely defies or otherwise ignores judges’ orders to release detainees.
How ICE defies judges’ orders to release detainees, step by step – POLITICO
And why not? Those private prisons like LaSalle are paid by the occupied bed, so it’s critical that as many beds as possible be occupied to generate top dollar for the private prison. And because they contribute generously to Republicans like Trump and Jeff Landry, it’s a dead certainty that the orders are going to come down from the Justice Department to DHA and to ICE to keep the facilities as full as possible at all times.
It was only a matter of time before Gov. Jeff Landry, with the blessings of DHS and Trump, would decide to open a detention facility in America’s deadliest prison, the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The decision to house asylum seekers in a place intended for hardened criminals tells you a lot about the mindset of the decision makers and their complete lack of human compassion.
The Notorious Prison Chosen As Latest ICE Facility – Newsweek
What can you do about it? Plenty.
Here is a list of corporations who bankroll the biggest ICE supporters in Congress and the contributions they’ve made for those members who, in turn, lead the efforts to fund ICE so that it can continue to terrorize innocent people with zero accountability:
One individual’s boycott of these corporations won’t mean a thing to them. But collectively, if thousands or tens-of-thousands suddenly were to cease support all at once, the message would be heard loud and clear.
Folks, this may get me in a world of trouble, but these damned ICE agents are nothing more than domestic terrorists masquerading as guardians of the universe as if they were Storm Troopers in a George Lucas movie. My question is, if they’re legitimate, why do they wear masks? Why do they drive unmarked vehicles? Why are local law enforcement agencies so eager to work with these criminals? Why do we allow it?
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The LOUISIANA ILLUMINATOR, as it generally does, had a most interesting story today. Among the quotes contained in that story:
[Atty. Gen. Liz] Murrill and [Gov. Squeaky Toy] Landry said during a Wednesday news conference that although the special prosecutor has dropped the charges, it is not enough to prevent accountability for the city leaders Murrill accused of weaponizing the criminal justice system against her.
Maybe it’s just me, but I see (and hear) a lot of irony in Lizzie’s claim of weaponizing the justice system against her.
I mean, after all, she and the Gov. are butt-kissing buddies of Cadet Bonespurs who has pretty much set the standard for weaponization of the justice department against anyone—opposing politicians, prosecutors, journalists, former Olympic athletes, TV personalities, any person of a darker skin than Nehi orange.
“It’s not over,” Murrill said. “You can’t be friends with somebody who wants to put you in jail for 80 years.
See third paragraph.
“Mutual professional courtesy and professional working relationships, absolutely. We have always extended that to the city of New Orleans and its leadership, no matter how bad their decision-making is.”
That’s an interesting observation for Landry’s sock puppet Murrill to make in light of her reluctance to meet with Mayor Helena Moreno and of her former (and current, it seems) boss’s assertion that N’awlins is no longer so important to the state:
Again, from the Louisiana Illuminator, which has become the GO-TO SOURCE for all things Louisiana, we have Squeaky Toy saying, “Used to be, the saying was, ‘Where goes New Orleans, where goes the state.’ Let me tell you what happened today. That has changed. Where goes Louisiana will determine the fate of New Orleans, okay?”
Perhaps it slipped Squeaky Toy’s mind that the Port of New Orleans ranks 6th among all U.S. ports by total cargo tonnage.
Maybe he doesn’t realize how much revenue is generated by the Superdome and Smoothie King facilities in terms of sporting events, concerts and conventions or how much is generated by the Sugar Bowl and on those occasions when a Super Bowl or NCAA national championship game is held at the ‘Dome. Haven’t seen any of those events held anywhere else in Louisiana.
It could be he doesn’t remember the financial impact of the New Orleans Mardi Gras of Jazz Fest and other tourist attractions.
I haven’t observed anyone knocking down the doors to attend similar events in Monroe or Shongaloo or Dry Prong and the advantages of the huge datacenters he is so proud of have yet to be determined. If they result in higher electricity rates and water shortages, then I’m not buying what he’s selling.
As for now, I would put the value of the Louisiana Offshoe Oil Port (LOOP) in Port Fourchon, some 58 miles south of New Orleans, over the questionable and as-yet-to-be-determined benefits of those datacenters.
Lizzie, you may have won this round with a little help from your friends at the Louisiana Supreme Court, but as you yourself said, “It’s not over.”
Louisiana Voice 