ICE is dumping hundreds of migrants without food or shelter at the El Paso Greyhound station yesterday and  the day before, and probably more today.

Newsweek article.

Apparently, the government shutdown has caused ICE to dump migrants without warning or even processing them.

Jakelin was a K'ekchi (Q'eqchi) Mayan from The Alta Verapaz and the northern jungles of Guatemala.

The K'ekchi Maya are quite stout people.   Historically, they repelled Pedro De Alvarado's attempt to conquer them military.  They were then approached by the Spanish priest De Las Casas through an offer of friendship and peace, and they invited the Spanish into their villages.  The province where the K'ekchi lived was accordingly re-named the Alta Verapaz (the land of true peace.)  And then their leaders were  murdered and their writings burned.

In 1954, the Dulles brothers had the CIA overthrow the Guatemalan democracy that had pursued land reform, and a series of dictators ensued.  

Jakelin Caal Maquin shared a venerable last name with Mama Maquin. In 1980, Mama Maquin led a group of K'ekchi Maya on a march to the municipality of Panzos, Alta Verapaz with a list of demands and complaints involving land claims.  The military opened fire on them, killing dozens of women, children and unarmed men.  That massacre fueled the uprising of the K'ekchi.

In 1982, Reagan boosted Pres. Rios-Monnt, who implemented his infamous "beans or bullets" campaign against the Maya.  He was subsequently convicted of Crimes against Humanity for the genocide he perpetrated with U.S. complicity.

Anecdotally, the Maya did not talk when tortured.  After guerilla leaders were captured and held, the guerilla safe houses were never hit.

And, so, Jakelin fell unconscious in Lordsburg, New Mexico.  It is a very, very remote place, primarily known for being the town that Charles Manson reportedly said he would go to if he ever got out of prison.   The Chihuahuan desert surrounding Lordsburg is in my mind starkly beautiful and vast.  The town, however, is an abysmal hell hole.  Shuttered motel after shuttered motel litter the interstate exit.  

WASHINGTON
A mobile phone traced to President Donald Trump's former lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen briefly sent signals ricocheting off cell towers in the Prague area in late summer 2016, at the height of the presidential campaign, leaving an electronic record to support claims that Cohen met secretly there with Russian officials, four people with knowledge of the matter say.

During the same period of late August or early September, electronic eavesdropping by an Eastern European intelligence agency picked up a conversation among Russians, one of whom remarked that Cohen was in Prague, two people familiar with the incident said.

The phone and surveillance data, which have not previously been disclosed, lend new credence to a key part of a former British spy's dossier of Kremlin intelligence describing purported coordination between Trump's campaign and Russia's election meddling operation.

There's already problems with wifi compatibility with the thermostat and our home  network. The installation was supposed to be simple but nothing ever is in my home. It's funny how new technology that's intended to make things easier/better ends up causing a big hassle.  

Later tonight we're going to check out some nearby holiday light decorations. There are a few neighborhoods near us where people really go all out.

 The complaints ranged from allegations that he lied during judicial confirmation hearings in 2004 and 2006 as well as during his S.C. confirmation hearings, including inappropriate partisan statements showing bias and lack of temperament and his display of disrespect to Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

While the judicial panel noted that the complaints were "serious", it stated that the lower court judges don't have authority to investigate or disciple Kavanaugh now that he is on the Supreme Court, and no longer covered by the misconduct rules.

Chief Justice Roberts forwarded the complaints  sent to him by DC Circuit Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson of the DC Court,(who was serving in place of Merrick Garland, who recused himself) on Oct 11, 2018, after Kavanaugh had been confirmed by the senate on October 6.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office appears to have responded to a foreign company's bid to get the Supreme Court to step into a fight over a grand jury subpoena served on the firm.

Most details of the case remain under seal at the Supreme Court since the company asked for an emergency stay last week, but an entry in the high court's docket indicates a response was filed Friday, three days ahead of the Monday deadline set by the court. The filing was accompanied by an application to put the filing under seal, the Supreme Court docket says.

If the Supreme Court decides not to step into the dispute, the details of the fight could remain and the identity of the company and country involved could remain hidden from public view. But if the justices decide to grant some relief to the company or hear the case on the high court's regular docket, some additional details of the battle could surface, since the Supreme Court rarely entertains cases on an entirely secret basis.

Gay Navy sailor recreates iconic New York WWII kiss photo with his husband but faces brutal homophobic backlash for the modern twist