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Commentary: Congress Should Not Turn Away from Judges Behaving Badly
When the Framers penned Article III, they designed a judiciary insulated from the fleeting whims of majoritarian factions, granting federal judges life tenure to protect their decisional independence “during good Behaviour.” They did not, however, intend to create a separate caste of unaccountable magistrates operating entirely above the moral and legal constraints of the citizens they judge.
Yet, if we examine the recent internal disposition of Judicial Complaint No. 11-25-90212 by the Judicial Council of the Eleventh Circuit and its subsequent affirmation by the Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability (C.C.D. No. 26-01), it is clear that our jurists have transformed constitutional insulation into a guild privilege.
Cartoonish Paul Krugman Compares Trump Border Control to ‘Pogroms, American-Style’
Merriam-Webster defines "pogrom" as "an organized massacre of helpless people."
Disgruntled former New York Times columnist Paul Krugman raged over ICE cracking down on illegal immigration in an insane June 1 Substack op-ed headlined, “Pogroms, American Style.”
"Pogrom" is often associated with violent attacks on Jews. But in Krugman’s dusty mind, fixing America’s broken immigration system is equivalent to massacres such as the string of pogroms between 1918-1921 that took place in an area that is today part of present-day Ukraine, where over 1,100 of these violent eruptions resulted in at least 100,000 Jews slaughtered. And yes, that was around 20 years before the hellish events of the Holocaust.
But Krugman took it a step further, likening ICE agents deporting people here illegally — including violent criminals — to the sexual depravity undergirding the twisted philosophy of French nobleman Marquis de Sade: “The Trump administration’s attack on immigrants isn’t about rule of law, crime or jobs. It’s racism and sadism all the way down.”
This is a textbook case of Godwin’s Law if there ever was one, which posits that as “an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.”
Krugman used the word “pogroms” five times throughout his article. So will he apply that same erroneous standard to Mexico, for which an American and anyone else illegally entering its borders could face up to two years in prison and a hefty fine? How about other countries? In 2019, The Washington Times reported that illegal migrants could face up to two years in a prison labor camp in Russia, 10 years imprisonment in Pakistan, and six months imprisonment plus caning in Singapore. In fact, as the report noted then, “The U.S. has one of the world’s weaker laws for illegal entry, according to the data in a study by the Library of Congress, which surveyed statutes in more than 160 nations and released its findings amid a heated debate over whether America’s penalties are too stiff.”
Fun fact: That Washington Times report was published during the tail-end of the first Trump administration.
Krugman proceeded to make the logically derelict argument that Trump cracking down on illegal immigrants means he’s attacking all immigrants: “The Trump administration is trying to drive out all immigrants, legal as well as undocumented, with almost no pretense that its pogroms serve any wider social or economic purpose. And I use the word ‘pogroms’ deliberately.” He continued this line of reasoning, making poorly-crafted strawmen out of conservatives’ long-held policy position that the current immigration system weighing on taxpayers needs to be systemically fixed:
To understand what’s happening, a good starting point is the more or less official acknowledgement that virtually all immigrants — I’ll talk about the few exceptions shortly — are viewed as undesirables to be pushed out in any way possible.
“More or less official acknowledgement?” What in heck does that even mean? Krugman, like any leftist, treated both illegal and legal immigrants as if they weren’t mutually exclusive: “And the idea that immigrants are, as a group, especially crime-prone, has been extensively debunked.” Alexa, define the term “illegal.”
What evidence does Krugman provide for his overtly rhetorical hyperbole? Well, nothing beyond regurgitating the editorialized ramblings of his former colleagues at The Times, a newspaper he himself holds in personal disdain for editing down his more wild-eyed columns in recent years. The piece Krugman relied on, blurted out the following:
‘For more than a year, administration officials have sought to pull every bureaucratic lever possible to cut off immigrants — both documented and undocumented — from jobs, medical care, financial services, tax credits and even from enrolling their children in day care. The goal has been to compel immigrants to leave the country, and, in the long run, to eliminate incentives that draw many people to the United States in the first place.’
Or, perhaps — and stay with us here — the exorbitant costs from the current system as it stands is fiscally unsustainable? In 2023, the Federation for American Immigration Reform estimated based on a juxtaposition between national, state and local expenditures on illegal immigrants and federal/state tax revenues received from them that the total fiscal burden to U.S. taxpayers was a whopping $150.7 billion. Another analysis by CIS author Eric Gordy in 2024 revealed that “the foreign-born population has increased by 6.6 million since 2021, with 58% of this increase coming from illegal immigration. This massive population influx has increased the demand for housing, worsening the existing shortage.”
Does Krugman acknowledge any of this? Nope, he instead just kept spitting out “pogroms” as if anyone is supposed to take that historical juxtaposition seriously:
It’s important to realize that the pogroms, aside from objectively failing to help native-born Americans, aren’t popular. Donald Trump’s approval rating on immigration, which was positive when he took office, is now deep in negative territory.
For Krugman to grotesquely cheapen the nightmarish memories of some of the most barbaric events in human history and shoehorn American law enforcement into them is yet the latest exhibit for why no one worth their functioning brain cells should ever consider him a legitimate source on anything.
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Tennessee’s 1st ‘Nuclear Family Month’ Honoring Traditional Marriage Starts June 1
Tennessee kicked off its first “Nuclear Family Month” on June 1, thanks to a joint resolution signed by Republican Governor Bill Lee.
The resolution defining, defending and honoring the nuclear family affirms that the union of one man and one woman, and their children, has been the basic building block of society and prosperity for both Tennessee and the United States of America, as a whole.
What’s more, the nuclear family is “God’s perfect design for humanity and is aligned with the long-held traditional values of Tennessee,” the resolution proclaims:
“The nuclear family, consisting of one husband, one wife, and any biological, adopted, or fostered children, is God’s design for familial structure and has been the bedrock of society since the creation of the world.”
The resolution does not mention that June is also celebrated as “Pride Month” by the LGBTQ+ community, but it does state that “the nuclear family is under attack in our beloved State and nation, and it is our responsibility to uplift, protect, and support values that help Tennessee prosper.”
Thus, in support of the nuclear family, the resolution declares:
“BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE CONCURRING, that we join with the citizens of Tennessee in designating the month of June 2025 as ‘Nuclear Family Month’ and commend the noble endeavors of those who seek to protect and strengthen the traditional values of our State and country.”
In addition to professing pro-family values, the resolution also goes on to reject the values of organizations that are hostile to the nuclear family:
“Tennessee’s values do not align with the humanistic, globalist ideologies of the World Health Organization, the United Nations, and like-minded organizations that fight for population control through the means of promoting sterilization and abortion practices.”
The resolution, HJR 0812, was originally introduced in February 2025 but was not signed by Gov. Lee until April 9 of this year after the text was amended to update the year to 2026.
Statistics documenting the harm to children caused by being raised in fatherless homes are also presented in HJR 0812:
10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances.
60% of youth suicides.
71% of high school dropouts.
85% of youths in prison.
Sullivan County Commission candidate Lakie Derrick, who helped write the resolution, told Tennessee’s WKRN News that the idea for the resolution was inspired by God after she became aware of a similar celebration in Italy:
“I first got this idea whenever I saw the Italian prime minister, and she dedicated June and had a nuclear family celebration.
“I saw that, and I thought, ‘Wow, if Italy can do that, why can’t we? Why can’t Tennessee?’ For about eight months, I felt God was just asking me, ‘Why can’t Tennessee?’”
Tennessee isn’t alone in honoring family and faith this June, as Newsweek explains:
“Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, has proclaimed June 2026 as ‘Fidelity Month,’ a state observance encouraging residents to renew their commitment to ‘God, family, community, and country.’
“The declaration comes as Pride Month celebrations begin across the United States, placing Arkansas among a handful of GOP-led states that have promoted alternative observances centered on religious and traditional social values.
“Cultivating fidelity to God, family, community, and country contributes to human flourishing and supports a healthy, stable, well-ordered society,” the Arkansas declaration says.