{"id":173013,"date":"2025-08-20T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=173013"},"modified":"2025-08-19T19:49:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T23:49:50","slug":"wednesday-short-takes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=173013","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday short takes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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That Earth-shattering Big Story? Not today.<\/p>\n

First up, you may remember the odd case of the Massachusetts cop who was trying to buy a gun for his cop job and triggered an ICE response?<\/p>\n

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A Maine police officer arrested by immigration authorities has agreed to voluntarily leave the country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday.<\/p>\n

ICE arrested Old Orchard Beach Police Department reserve Officer Jon Luke Evans, of Jamaica, on July 25, as part of the agency’s effort to step up immigration enforcement. Officials with the town and police department have said federal authorities previously told them Evans was legally authorized to work in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Police Chief Elise Chard has said the department was notified by federal officials that Evans was legally permitted to work in the country, and that the town submitted information via the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s E-Verify program prior to Evans\u2019 employment. Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin then accused the town of \u201creckless reliance\u201d on the department’s E-Verify program.AP<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Chard is being allowed to self-deport, which tells me the judge did not see anything major other than that he overstayed his visa. One would think the department should have asked to see a green card before telling him to buy a gun, though, right?<\/p>\n

On the other – “reckless reliance” on the system they TELL you to use? Think DHS should have some ‘splainin’ to do. Back in 2016 they estimated up to\u00a0 $216 million for only the first four years to bring it on-line, nine years later you know it has cost more by now. US Customs report to Congress<\/a><\/p>\n

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And this guy almost got sent to Mason for the SPOTW column. We see people say stupid things all the time… this guy is notable.<\/p>\n

An air traffic controller was suspended in France after saying “Free Palestine” to an Israeli<\/em> airline crew.<\/p>\n

The staff member at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport said the slogan during a radio exchange with the crew of an El Al flight on Monday, the French Ministry of Transport announced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mean, after all, an El Al flight crew wouldn’t notice, right? The good part is that he has time to reflect on it:<\/p>\n

“Analysis of the recordings proves that the facts are true,” Minister Philippe Tabarot wrote on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He added that the controller had “been deprived of all authority to work until further notice”.\u00a0\u00a0MiddleEastEye<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not a one-off – the same article says when some Jewish passengers on Iberian (Spanish) airlines ordered kosher meals, they arrived with the “Free Palestine” messages, and the airline said an investigation was underway. Not that Muslims doing stupid stuff\u00a0 in Europe surprises anyone.<\/p>\n

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Those folks who swear that illegals don’t get government funding should look at Illinois.<\/p>\n

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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a major Democratic leader and rumored presidential candidate, signed a bill into law opening student financial aid to all residents, regardless of immigration status, opening a pathway for illegal immigrants residing in the state to receive educational financial benefits.\u00a0\u00a0Fox News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Think I would look at it as the final nail in the coffin of student loan relief. Illinois obviously has no good use for its education funds.<\/p>\n

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Jeff LPH sends that the Army has announced yet another medal, this one for folks who TDY at the border.<\/p>\n

\u201cEffective immediately, the Mexican Border Defense Medal (MBDM), is hereby established to recognize Service members deployed to the U.S. international border with Mexico for DoD support to United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP),\u201d a memo uploaded to the Navy subreddit reads.<\/p>\n

Military personnel qualify for the medal if they have been \u201cpermanently assigned, attached, or detailed to a unit that deployed\u201d in support of a military operation supporting CBP within 100 nautical miles of the U.S.-Mexico border after Jan. 20, 2025, when President Trump assumed office.\u00a0Military Times<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why not two or three?\u00a0 And am I the only one snickering at the “100 nautical miles” – have any of these DoD dim bulbs ever looked at the country side? Do words like Sonora or Chihuahua Deserts ring a bell? Nautical miles?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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