After yet another federal judge ruled that the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t actually hold that position legally, the department tried one more Hail Mary to make its legal problems disappear.
There is way too much drama in this sad, dark comedy.
The Department tried something similar earlier this year; at the time, TPM called it “Schrödinger’s DHS Secretary.”
”This sort of bureaucratic time travel is unusual and complicated, as Garaufis acknowledged in a footnote.”
“Most readers of Judge Nicholas Garaufis’ Bureaucratic Time Traveler’s Handbook of 1001 Tense Transformations get as far as the ‘Future Semiconditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional’ before giving up; and, in fact, in later editions of the book, all pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.”
(h/t Douglas Adams)
A former Doctor Who writer
Shitgibbon’s Administration=The Gang That Can’t Appoint Shit Legally.
“Illegal Invader in DHS Tries to Screw Undocumented Immigrants”…story at 11.
Offered without other comment
“The court wishes the Government well,” he said, “in trying to find its way out of this self-made thicket.”
Perhaps the government should nominate competent people, have them confirmed by the Senate, and let them do the necessary work of their offices. But, nooooo …
This sounds a lot like surgery to restore virginity.
DHS is putting on a show.
A little OT, but possibly more important …
From WaPo:
November 17, 2020 at 5:09 p.m. CST
Breaking: The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers voted against certifying the ballot count in the Detroit area Tuesday evening, leaving the four-member board in a deadlock. The move means that the largest county in Michigan has failed to certify the vote by the Tuesday deadline. The issue now moves to state board, which has until Dec. 13 to reach a final decision certifying the winner of the election statewide.
This is a developing story.
Oh, dear fucking lord.
So, do we see more of this in other places?
This is one of the earlier States to go, more will be rolling in over the coming days.
You can be sure that other republicans just noticed this game and, if similar stuff is available in their state, will go right for it.
JFC, what a bunch of fucking children.
The DHS then explained that this chain of events was possible because it had access to a top secret weapon developed by Trump’s Space Force. Patterned after the turducken, it’s Peabody’s Wayback Machine, inside a retrofitted DMC DeLorean, inside a TARDIS. It also explains how Trump won the election.
