Some folks are saying I’ve been too hard on Democrats lately. I’ll lighten up a bit because they are underdogs in Washington and having a tough time scoring on Republicans. I’ll overlook Zohran Mamdani in New York City; he doesn’t qualify as a true Democrat.

Senator Schumer of New York is putting up a courageous battle. He has to not only beat Republicans but hold off Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Senator Schumer and other Democrats are putting up quite a fight over the Covid pandemic subsidy for health insurance. They want to continue the 4-year temporary subsidy for 10 more years. Twenty-four million citizens are suffering because the transitory inflation added 20 percent to the cost of everything in 4 years. Now, there’s two words, “temporary” and “transitory,” that no politician ever found in Webster’s.

Can’t blame ‘em because a hundred economists assigned to count the number of new jobs every month were off by 900,000 over the past year. That’s 900,000 extra Americans without a job who still get sick once in a while. Add the 10,000,000 illegal immigrants after Covid and you end up with over-worked doctors and nurses, especially in sanctuary cities. Those cities and a few states need all the money they can claw out of Washington.

In Chicago, Mayor Brandon and Governor Pritzker told the federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement that they are on their own. The Chicago police have been de-funded to the point they can’t spare even a half-dozen on bicycles to help out. So, if you live in Chicago, and you don’t want to get shot, the safest place may be in the middle of the gang of protesters confronting ICE agents. Yes, those modern “G-men” are armed. But they know that the mayor and governor want them to shoot a couple of “free speech” protesters. That would be insignificant compared to the dozens that get shot every week. But it would boost the “Pritzker for President” campaign even more than losing 75 pounds.

Democrat office holders may not like ICE. But let me tell you who would have liked ICE. About 135 years ago the Cherokees, Seminoles, Osage and the other tribes in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) would have welcomed ICE to arrest and remove “intruders.” Back then thousands of white men, including armed criminals, from Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas illegally entered and settled in Indian Territory, stealing land, water, timber, and other resources. Residents implored the U.S. government to help. But Congress sided with the Intruders who entered illegally, much “sooner” than would be allowed after 1900.

Yes, before Jim Thorpe ever touched a football, the Intruders were the original Oklahoma Sooners.

Historic quote by Will Rogers:

“Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.” WA #345, Aug. 4, 1929

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