When the Forever Wars came home: inside the trillion-dollar domestic surge to deport, detain, and deliver jobs to a waiting army of American war workers. chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-gol…
How America’s next trillion-dollar domestic spending spree won’t build bridges or cure cancer — it’ll build detention centers, fund surveillance, and pay millions to deport 30 million people by 2028. chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-dep…
When tariffs and deportation are blocked, the strongman doesn’t quit. He escalates. chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-dep…
The Hidden Logic of Mass Deportation chrisabraham.substack.com/p/start-w…
From Immigration Enforcement to a Domestic War on Terror chrisabraham.substack.com/p/deporta…
Tariffs blocked. Deportations sandbagged. So he reached for the B‑2s. When Trump couldn’t deport, he bombed. chrisabraham.substack.com/p/the-spi…
Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free
I’m 56. Maybe I’m misreading the moment, but I’ve never experienced America as a “once you get here, you’re safe forever” culture.
America isn’t home base. It’s not olly olly oxen free. It’s not crossing the plate and the game stops. It’s more like making it onto the field. That’s when the real work begins.
For some people, getting here already required enormous sacrifice—months of travel, exploitation, danger, debt, stolen savings, physical risk. The journey itself can be brutal. And that reality deserves respect, not dismissal.
But structurally, arrival has never meant insulation.
Historically, the United States guarantees legal status, due process, and protection from foreign tyranny. It offers refuge and extraordinary liberty. It does not promise economic stability, cultural cushioning, or lifelong institutional guardianship.
In many cases, once you arrive, you’re starting from zero. You have to build something from nothing. That’s not cruelty—it’s the nature of a high-liberty, high-risk system.
The safety net exists, but it’s low. There’s no universal baseline that guarantees you won’t struggle. The upside can be extraordinary. The downside is real. That volatility is part of the design.
Even the Statue of Liberty poem—deeply compassionate—speaks of breathing free. It promises a door. It does not promise that once you step through it, the grind disappears.
America has always been sink-or-swim. You get a shot. You don’t get home base.
That’s not anti-immigrant. It’s not anti-American.
It’s just a sober reading of how the system operates.
I’m 56. America has never struck me as a “we’ll take care of you forever” country. It’s a sink-or-swim system. You get rights, rule of law, and protection from foreign tyranny—not guarantees. Even the Statue of Liberty poem promises refuge and freedom, not a nanny state.
Atrocities is a pretty heavy word—do you agree with John Oliver?
Oliver discusses ICE’s repeated atrocities over the past months and explores the massive entity overseeing it all: the Department of Homeland Security. youtube.com/watch
Many countries teach a 6-continent model where “America” is one continent (North+South). The U.S./Anglosphere teach 7 continents, so “America” often means the USA and “the Americas” means the whole landmass (North+South).
I hope everyone knows that when the Media explicitly says “there’s no evidence” everyone’s like “there’s so much evidence” now. Where’s the trust?
Polonium & epibatidine oh my!
Henny Youngbrahaman over here:
“Polonium in the sushi, now dart frog poison. Points for style; show the receipts.”
“Polonium in the sushi, now dart frog poison. Cute story. Where’s the data?”
“Polonium in the sushi, now dart frog poison. Fine. Publish the lab report.”
“Polonium in the sushi, now dart frog poison. Great headline. Proof, please.”
“Polonium in the sushi, now dart frog poison. I’ll believe it when the evidence isn’t classified.”
The “power of emulation” refers to the ability to achieve growth, success, or functionality by deeply modeling oneself after a role model or, in technical terms, by mimicking the behavior of a different system.
Most countries are ethnically majoritarian—Japan ~98% Japanese, Poland overwhelmingly Polish, South Korea overwhelmingly Korean. The U.S. in 2026 is ~59% non-Hispanic White, ~19% Hispanic, ~13% Black, ~6% Asian, ~10% multiracial. It’s a large civic nation without a single ethnic identity.
I agree: the USA is basically empty. We don’t even have two or three billion population cities at all! America is perfectly bucolic. Where are our Hypercities and Megatropolises? Shame! nymag.com/intellige…
Are bird hands red flags? youtube.com/watch
Explaining “Bird Hands” Theory. Could a single social cue be the signal men need for identifying toxic, controlling, manipulative behaviors? Many men believe so.
I don’t think I know/knew about a Greenland nuclear disaster. You? [Cancer-stricken Danes fight for recognition, money decades after Greenland nuclear disaster - EUROPE SAYS] www.europesays.com/2778581/
John Kiriakou (and I) believe that Joe Biden was never President Compos Mentis youtube.com/watch
It sucks that I love this show and subscribed to Wonder to watch it. Gag me with a spoon, I’m so lame!
