Walking across US border to TJ, Mexico

(Cecil Travels) I crossed the border between San Diego (Alta California, US) and Tijuana (the largest city in Baja California, MX, often affectionately referred to as TJ) to see if all the terrifying tales of drug cartels, MS-13 gang members, prostitutes, donkeys, cunning dealers, clueless mules, underage drunken American partying, kidnappings, and human trafficking were true. What I found shocked me.

Aztec: terror, tribes, sacrifice?

(Re Righting History) Aztec warriors kinda sucked as neighbors...

• Neighboring tribe, the Tlaxcaltecs, neighboring tribe or "traitors" in league with European imperialists? It's messy

What if this man's right? Trump's Israel First

This brother says nothing but FACT - Tucker Carlson: Let's do genetic testing on all new Israelis

One of Khalid Muhammad’s controversial statements - Israel first: Truck driver on gas prices

😂 British cop has fun being the enforcer - BlackRock CEO wants our pensions to fund his AI

South Park tackles Trump's ICE (cartoon)

(SketchySide) South Park just went nuclear on ICE (and they went all in)

• Help Wanted: Work for ICE, CBP, SA (whites preferred)

Executions of Pretti, Good, anti-ICE riots

“ICE Out”: Tens of thousands march in Minnesota in general strike against immigration raids

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We will not stand for Trump's America on ICE

Peaceful and legal protests and demonstrations have intensified in Minnesota after federal immigration agents killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse [like they executed Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother] who worked in the Minneapolis Veterans Health Care System, on Saturday.

ICE: Shoot 'n keep shootin

Democracy Now!'s John Hamilton reports from the scene where innocent Pretti was shot to death, where protesters are clashing with federal agents.

“We’ve seen everything from [teargassed] people that are unconscious, that have fainted, tear-gassed, bruised, bloody noses, can’t breathe,” said Melissa, a local resident.

State Senator Omar Fateh responded to the killing with outrage: “He had a camera on his hand. He was tackled, he was pummeled, and he was executed.” VIDEO:

• “He was executed”: Minneapolis residents outraged, defiant after ICE agents kill murder Alex Pretti | Democracy Now!
• “Trumped-up charges”: Out of Jail, Nekima Levy Armstrong faces prosecution for anti-ICE church protest

“What are you hiding?” Minnesota AG Ellison says ICE killing of Good must be investigated

Racist agents enforce racism with impunity.

Democracy Now! speaks with a former colleague of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse ICE shot to death, acting as Trump's federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Dr. Aasma Shaukat, who hired Pretti for a research job over a decade ago, says he lived with “kindness, compassion, and a strong sense of civic duty to help his fellow citizens.” VIDEO:

• RIP Alex Pretti: Colleague Remembers “Compassion,” “Deep Empathy” of ICU Nurse Killed by Feds | Democracy Now!
• “ICE Out”: Tens of thousands march in Minnesota in general strike against immigration raids

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  ICU nurse Pretti worked at VA

  Federal Immigration Agents Fatally Shoot 37-Year-Old ICU Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis
• Attorney General Bondi Demands Access to Minnesota’s Voter Rolls and Welfare Data
• FBI Agent Resigns After Unsuccessfully Trying to Probe ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
• Israel Kills Three Palestinians in Gaza, Violating U.S.-Brokered Ceasefire
• U.K. Authorities Arrest 86 Protesters Demanding the Release of Palestine Action Prisoners
• Venezuela Releases Dozens of Political Prisoners Vaccine Panel Chair Says Polio and Measles Shots Should Be Optional
• Marxist Scholar Michael Parenti Dies at 92
• Economic Blackout: Businesses Close for Day in Minnesota to Protest ICE Crackdown
• Minnesota Activists Arrested for Anti-ICE Church Protest; White House Posts Doctored Photo
• Outrage Grows over ICE Detaining 5-Year-Old Liam Ramos
• Seven Democrats Back Spending Bill to Fund DHS & ICE
• Israel Kills 4 in Gaza as Jared Kushner Lays Out Plan for Turning Gaza into Seaside Resort [paving over a genocide crime scene]

Doctor who fought to treat Alex Pretti says Border Patrol moved body to count holes, not CPR

• Russia, Ukraine & U.S. Negotiators Hold Trilateral Talks in Abu Dhabi WSJ: U.S. Seeks Cuban Collaborators to Help Topple Government
• Public Health Advocates Decry U.S. Leaving World Health Organization
• Trump Orders Review of All Federal Funding Going to Democratic-Led States
• Ex-Special Counsel Jack Smith: Not Holding Trump Accountable for Trying to Steal Election Could Be “Catastrophic”
• Larry Ellison’s Oracle Part of New Deal to Own U.S. Version of TikTok
• Filipino Radio Journalist Sentenced to Up to 18 Years in Prison
• Trump Backs Down on Threats to Take Greenland — at Least for Now
• Trump Launches Board of Peace; Critics Warn It Could Undermine U.N.
• Israel Kills Three Journalists in Gaza Working with Egyptian Humanitarian Group
• ICE Claims Right to Forcibly Enter Homes Without Warrant: Leaked Memo
• Federal Agents Detain 5-Year-Old Coming Home from Preschool in Minnesota
• U.S. Moves to Deport 2 Men Who Witnessed Cuban Man Killed Inside ICE Facility in Texas
• Trump Administration Launches New Immigration Crackdown Targeting Somali Communities in Maine
• ALL HEADLINES: democracynow.org
• Amy Goodman, DemocracyNow.org, Jan. 26, 2026; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

We must get rid of immigrants (Simpsons)

(Gangstagrass) This BS has been going on for generations. Which BS? A 1996 episode of The Simpsons tried to warn us. List of The Simpsons episodes (Wikipedia).

(Karoline Leavitt Komedy) My job is lying for Trump. We investigate ourselves

(Karoline Leavitt is an American comedienne who plays the White House)

(DemocracyNow.org) ICE out of Minnesota!

Trump says USA voted for him to be a Hitler.

Satire is a dangerous thing in a post-ironic world with so many citizens suffering from severe irony deficiency, but we carry on. Did viewers send strongly worded complaint letters to The Simpsons, protesting this comically ironic episode? Blaming a scapegoat was done then, and Trump does it now. It seems Hitler's Nazis did it, too, and biblical Jews before them, where it was literally invented that Yaldabaoth (Yahweh) demanded blood, blood sacrifice, and killing to cleanse the people with blood.

Save our wild bears

Momma her and baby bear cubs in the wild

The Center and Alaska Native Tribes just sued the Trump administration for trading away public lands to allow a destructive road through Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The road would slice through crucial migratory bird habitat and wreak havoc on beloved Arctic species like [the charismatic megafauna and keystone species like] grizzly bears, caribou, and endangered Steller's eiders. We are fighting to protect this invaluable refuge and our partner Tribes' subsistence traditions. Give Now to Save the Wild

• Gaza Recovery: Help Deliver Urgent Aid | International Rescue Committee
• SNL (Trump's going to hell, but he says God's happy with him); Matt Groening's The Simpsons via Gangstagrass; I. Rony (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly

Mexican in Congress: Release Epstein Files!

(Secular Talk) Pres. Trump panics as SECRET Epstein emails PROVE he’s GUILTY!

Rep. Adelita Grijalva (Democratic congresswoman) speaks out on Epstein Files and more after finally being sworn in 7 weeks late after Speaker Mike Johnson purposely delayed her to block her vote to RELEASE Epstein File and hold sexual predator Trump accountable.

• Congressperson Adelita Grijalva (Democrat, Arizona)
• House Minority Leader H. Jeffries says Republicans have been running a "Pedophile Protection Program"
• Woman suing Trump for raping her when she was 13

Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva

Adelita S. Grijalva (born 1970) is a Mexican American member of Congress who has served as the U.S. representative for Arizona's 7th congressional district since Nov. 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors for District 5 from 2021 to 2025 and on the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board from 2002 to 2022. She is the daughter of former U.S. representative Raúl Grijalva, who represented the district from 2003 until his death in 2025. More

Jeff did it. I just watched. I mean, I never knew!

The first suit over the alleged rapes [child molestations of child under 14 by Trump and Epstein] was filed in federal court in Riverside, California, in April by someone acting without an attorney and using the name “Katie Johnson.” That suit named both Trump and Epstein as defendants, alleging that the two men held Johnson as a “sex slave” and repeatedly forced her to engage in sexual acts against her will. More: politico.com

Liar Trump "knew about the girls"

(Democracy Now!) Calls grow for release of Epstein Files and photos

• All sexual assault allegations against Trump (PBS News)

(Democracy Now) Top US/World Headlines, Nov. 13, 2025

Three worst people alive? AG Pam Bondi, Jeff Epstein (hiding on Pedo Island), Trump (liar)

• Drop Site News has proven Jeffrey Epstein was a Jewish spy on Americans and others, an Israeli "asset" (working with Mossad agent/asset Ghislane Maxwell, daughter of Zionist Jewish "superspy" for Israel Robert "Daddy" Maxwell)
• Israeli spy stayed for weeks at a time at Jeffrey Epstein's mansion (Drop Site News)
• Senate Democrats cave on health care to end 40-day U.S. government shutdown
• Israel's rampage across the (illegally occupied by Israeli Jews) West Bank and a look at "The Epstein Files"
• Israel arrests dozens in West Bank raids as settlers torch mosque; Trump signs bill ending record government shutdown

• WatchlistTYT: Epstein survivor's Trump story leaves MAGA absolutely terrified

(CNN-News18)

(MSNBC) Trump has been lying, Israeli spy Epstein's emails show

😱Woman filed 2016 lawsuit that Trump raped her when she was 13!

(Late Night with Seth Meyers) Trump knew about the girls

• Crystal Quintero, Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Japan's 'Iron Lady,' first metal female PM

(DRM News) Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi gives historic first speech in English

Women should stay in their place, except me.

Heavy metal rocker, motorcyclist, arch conservative, anti-feminist, Iron Maiden-loving new prime minister of Japan. Feminism has sure helped a lot of anti-feminists without being appreciated.

• Young Sanae Takaichi playing drums, singing (AI)

PM Sanae Takaichi becomes Japan's first female prime minister

Dragon Iron Lady PM Takaichi

(CBS News) Oct. 21, 2025: (Average tenure of a new prime minister is currently 16 months, so good luck, Iron Lady. She's conservative, very conservative, so will she be a female Trump?) Japan's parliament elected the country's first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, 64, on Tuesday morning (Oct. 21). CBS News foreign correspondent Anna Coren has more details.

The New York Times digs into PM Takaichi's roots

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All day 'No Kings' coverage: KPFK.org

Aerial shot captures massive human sign, San Francisco, California, reading 'No Kings Yes on 50'

• KPFK 90.7 FM - Listen LIVE
• NBC 10 Boston: 50 protests across Massachusetts
• (APT) No Kings protests sweep the people's nation
• DC: Weak words of the Right Honorable Bernie Sanders
• HITLER vs. TRUMP: Why knowing history is so important! | TITUS: Doomed To Repeat (clip)

Regressive MAGA

(BTC) Trump keeps gov't shut down to cover up release of Epstein Files

with ranking member of the House Oversight Committee Robert Garcia

(MTN) Trump nigtmare as entire nation rises up against him: C. Leavitt

Trump's total shutshow: Stephen Colbert

(TWWSS) Trump's Mike Johnson has a gay Grindr profile

• Desi Lydic, Daily Show: Trump advocates ethnic cleansing
• IHIP News: The homosexual secrets of Speaker of the House
• IHIP News: Moses Mike Johnson betrays Trump on hot mic

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Irish Latinos: Somos paisanos (comedy)

Irish-Mexican boxing champ 'Cinnamon Barrigan' aka Canelo Alvarez

I'm not Irish. I'm purely Mexican.

Canelo in Spanish is the masculine form of the word "cinnamon," which is a common nickname for redheads [19].

Jicama con chile (mx.pinterest.com)

In Mexico, it is common for people to associate red hair with the Irish soldiers who fought for Mexico. They were Los Patricios, "Saint Patrick's Battalion," during the Mexican–American War. Speaking about his ancestry, Canelo Álvarez once said, "There might have been an Irish grandfather somewhere back in my past" [18]. Canelo's neighbors nicknamed him "Jícama con Chile," which translates as "white root with red chili flakes" — a popular snack in Mexico and Los Angeles [20]. More: Canelo Álvarez Wiki (Who's his mother? Ana Maria Barragan).

• What is the Spanish word for "sneaky"? Furtivo (furtive)
• What does Somos paisanos mean? "We are paisanos."
• Irishman becomes Latino; Ana Saia; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

Mexican Independence Day: El Grito

(eastla-parade.com)

Hispanic Heritage Month begins today (Sept. 15th). How is it celebrated? As with most Mexican things, delicious food is involved. Unable to stop the British Empire's intrusion west, Mexico fought a war to expel Spain (France and other European occupiers) during the Mexican War of Independence. It was ultimately successful not on Cinco de Mayo (which was just a successful battle against French forces expelling them from Puebla, near the largest pyramid in the world in Cholula). 

• What's Mexico's "4th of July"? El Grito de Independencia ("The Shout of Independence" or "Cry of Dolores")

East LA hosts Mexican Independence Day Parade

(ABC7) Sept. 14, 2025: The 79th annual East LA Mexican Independence Day Parade and Festival was held under the theme of "Tradition, Education and Achievement." More: abc7.com/17774373

It's National Hispanic Heritage Month

In Spanish es el Mes nacional de la herencia hispana, which is observed annually from September 15 to October 15 in the United States for recognizing the contributions and influence of Hispanic culture to this nation's achievements, culture, and history. More

• Hispanic and Latino Americans

• Vegan Mexican at Home (by Dora)

Fiestas Patrias | ELA Parade Fest

Grand Marshal Jose Hernandez

Food, live music, dance performances, and more are on tap for the 79th annual East L.A. Mexican Independence Day Parade and Festival. Astronaut and current University of California Regent José M. Hernández is the parade’s grand marshal.

In a year that has been challenging for the Mexican American (Chicano) community in L.A., it’s a great opportunity to get out and celebrate all that makes East Los Angeles and LA's largest immigrant community (some say its new majority) so vibrant, unique, and joyous.

• Best things to do this weekend in Los Angeles and Southern California: Sept. 12-14 (LAist.com)

What is there to eat this month? Decolonize Your Diet

More than just a cookbook, Decolonize Your Diet redefines what is meant by "traditional" Mexican food by reaching back through hundreds of years of history to reclaim heritage crops as a source of protection from modern diseases of development.

Authors Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel are life partners. When Calvo was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006, they both radically changed their diets and began seeking out recipes featuring healthy, vegetarian (then vegan) Mexican foods.

Yeah, but will it taste good with spice and guac?

They promote an eating lifestyle that is rich in plants indigenous to the Americas (amaranth, squash, corn, beans, greens, herbs, and seeds) and are passionate about the idea that Latinos in America, specifically Mexicans, need to ditch the fast food and return to their own culture's food roots for both physical health and spiritual fulfillment.

This veggie cookbook features over 100 colorful recipes based on Mesoamerican cuisine and also includes contributions from indigenous cultures throughout the Americas, such as kabocha squash in green pipian, aguachile de quinoa, mesquite corn tortillas, tepary bean salad, and amaranth chocolate cake.

Steeped in history but very much rooted in the contemporary world, Decolonize Your Diet introduces readers to the energizing and healing properties of a plant-based Mexican American diet. It is full-color throughout. Decolonize Your Diet: Plant-Based Mexican-American Recipes for Health and Healing

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Start a community garden or urban yard-farm

Professors Luz Calvo and Catriona Rueda Esquibel teach at California State East Bay and San Francisco State University, respectively. They grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs on their small urban farm. This is their first book. Esquibel received her Ph.D. in the History of Consciousness Program at UC Santa Cruz (1999) and is now an associate professor in Race and Resistance Studies at San Francisco State University and author of With her Machete in her Hand (U of Texas Press, 2006). She has also published poetry, drama, and literary criticism. Her father's family has lived in northern New Mexico for more than 12 generations. On her mother's side, her great-great-grandmother, great-grandmother, and grandmother all migrated from Sonora to Los Angeles between 1913 and 1919. Each of these women made a living cooking for Mexican migrant workers and Chicanos y Chicanas in Los Angeles. More

More: Mexican "El Grito" celebrations all around the USA

• EastLA-parade.com via LAist.com; Crystal Quintero, CC Liu, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit

Why Trump and CIA want Venezuela: oil

Help me start wars, Elon. - I do. I work for MIC

"War on drugs"? Not this time. That's just an insufficient excuse for war crimes and psyops, planned and already performed. The exploding boat may have been AI propaganda, but sending 4,000 troops, ships, and now a fleet of fighter jets, that's nothing to do with drugs or two F-15s flying over a U.S. ship.

Trump Strongman Sec'y of State Marco Rubio (replacement for Jewish Antony Blinken and Democrat war criminal Hillary Clinton's replacement) strikes again for "Peace President" Trump, who is lying for war and the wholesale theft of oil, resources, and whatever riches it can take from the Americas, particularly Latin America.

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs spells it out: This has NOTHING to do with drugs or interdiction. This is all about regime change, fomenting a coup, and setting up a puppet leader (like maybe a Juan Guaidó) most friendly to the West. It's an old CIA tactic. See book

• Jeffrey Sachs reveals REAL reason behind Trump’s Venezuela moves; ‘Not fighting drug cartels but…’
• Rand Paul: Trump can't defend Venezuelan boat strike

Political assassination of the new "ISIS": Tren de Aragua. It was not on the way to the U.S., nor could it have ever made it if it were. There do not seem to be 11 people on it and certainly no loads of "drugs." If anyone was killed or not, they certainly TERRORIZED millions.

Trump's trans gun ban

• Did Trump murder 11 innocent Venezuelans [with impunity from the Supreme Court] and claim they're drug traffickers
• ‘Get lost you mor**s’: Trump’s SHOCKING order against 270,000 Venezuelans as Pres. Maduro crosses sword
• The U.S. mainstream media loves war and is ready to get behind any conflict and cheer it on with propaganda, psyops, and Project Paperclip assets
• Jimmy Dore, Sept. 5, 2025; Thom Hartmann, the cowardly progressive voice ready to concede; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly