Bad Moon Rising, Part 2

Part two on the coming attempt at “mass deportation” and what it means for a country in political and moral freefall.

Last week I detoured briefly to discuss a risible plan to pardon Trump because “the voters had spoken,” floated by someone who should know better. We now return to our regularly scheduled nightmare, already in progress.

In part one of this essay, we began a discussion of the brutal paramilitary mass deporations which we can absolutely expect to begin on Inauguration Day, 2025. Now let’s dig into that looming human catastrophe a little deeper.

Screw You, Emma Lazarus

Donald Trump has openly announced that he will declare a national emergency on the very day he is inaugurated for a second term, no doubt while Kid Rock and Lee Greenwood are still dueting on a hick hopversion of “God Bless the USA.” Almost immediately we can expect raids aimed at mass arrests of migrants ahead of incarceration in privately-run internment camps while awaiting deportation. (Though indefinite detention is more likely.) Trump has also publicly affirmed that he intends to enlist the US military in that task, a longtime obsession of his, as we reported last time — and not just the National Guard but also active duty regulars, if he can swing it. You know, like the real dictators he so admires.