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Maps, dogs, etc

Second half of immigration court hearings have begun at 55 Monroe in Chicago. We can't film inside or are kicked out. Before lunch, we watched ICE take a half dozen people into custody after DHS dismissed their cases. It's happening in courthouses all over, including NYC at this exact moment.

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Does Marco Rubio know that in order to graduate from a decent Chinese high school, you pretty much have to be a member or the Young Pioneers? And many American-trained Chinese actuaries have calculated exactly how many of their graduates need to come back in order to sustain their growth?

If you had an offer from Yale, and an offer from West Buggeryshire Wales, which one would you take? How about Villanova? Or Stanford? Or Western South Dakota Ag?

The Palisades fire will have burned completely across the Santa Monicas. They were already an island. Have there been other complete burnings of an island mountain range like this? Did the Thomas fire burn through all of the Susannas?