What appeared to be a clip of Ilhan Omar advising illegal Somalian migrants to evade ICE went viral yesterday, provoking commenters to suggest Ilhan herself should be deported. But Ilhan, a naturalized citizen and congresswoman, can’t actually be deported unless she’s convicted of one of a small handful of extreme crimes, none of which she has committed. Frankly, the whole conversation feels a bit unseemly, and is definitely beside the point. Even before the vibe shift, our population was crashing. I don’t think illegal immigration is the answer, but America needs to grow. Fortunately, the Washington Post is baby-pilled, or at least that’s what it looked like in their glowing profile of pronatalists Simone and Malcolm Collins this week, as they encouraged our nation to start making babies. Which leads to my recommendation, something more positive than the deportation dialogue, and a lot more fun: friends, it’s time to Make America Fuck Again.

Donald Trump wants to close the “de minimis” loophole, a century-old tariff exemption that allows packages under $800 to enter the U.S. duty-free. This clause is the lifeblood of ultra-cheap Chinese retailers like Shein and Temu, notorious for selling oodles of shitty tchotchkes to shopping-addicted Americans. These companies ship their gimcrack goods straight from Chinese factories to American doorsteps, dodging import taxes and undercutting domestic competition. In the last year alone, this loophole has been exploited to the tune of over a billion packages. To me, this thing can’t go away fast enough. Temu and Shein aren’t just bad for American companies, they’re bad for the American soul. If we’re going to fuel an ethos of bottomless consumerism, at least fill the landfills with made-in-America knicknacks — our beloved vice is not your profit machine, China. Get your own.

This week, President Trump — in tandem with DOGE Overlord Musk and his zoomer bureaucrat bounty hunters — took steps toward dissolving the U.S. Agency for International Development, laying off staff members, taking down the agency’s website, and shuttering their D.C. headquarters. Meanwhile, Washington Democrats, panicked at the thought of questionably managed U.S. taxpayer dollars no longer going to foreigners, went full Resistance™, as Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz vowed to stall Trump’s nominees “until this is resolved.” I’m curious though… which USAID program are they so desperate to preserve? The one promoting gender equality through video games? Funding the Wuhan COVID Lab? Perhaps the $1M+ program to “strengthen trans-led organizations to deliver gender-affirming health care” in Central America? (all real, btw). Look, I get cutting government nonsense is something you’re reflexively against, but if you’re gonna pick a hill to die on, maybe don’t pick the one using my tax dollars to fund Guatemalan sex changes.

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