Information Friday

 

I'm having a blast with my dear friend this week! We are enjoying trips to the Amish produce stands, eating local tomatoes, peaches, lettuce. 

I'm so grateful for this time together.

Here's the info for the week!

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CLARENCE THOMAS JUST PUBLISHED THE EXACT ARGUMENT FOR WHY THE SUPREME COURT'S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP RULING IS CONSTITUTIONALLY WRONG

Not a political objection. Not a policy disagreement. NAMED HISTORY. SPECIFIC TEXT. Amendment by amendment.

14th Amendment, 1868 — "ONE pervading purpose": securing equal citizenship for FREED SLAVES after the Civil War

Reconstruction Congress intent — zero evidence the drafters contemplated children of foreign temporary visitors or illegal aliens

"Subject to the jurisdiction" clause — Thomas: means full political allegiance, not mere physical presence on US soil

The majority opinion — Thomas says it REPURPOSED the Amendment to protect preferred rights the drafters NEVER contemplated

Thomas's direct quote — those rights "CANNOT find support in the text today"

His warning on the ruling — "I am not sure that today's opinion will stand the test of time"

Thomas during April 2026 oral arguments — probed whether immigration debates even existed when the 14th was written

His core distinction — freed slaves were entitled to citizenship because they were Americans with no other homeland; children of foreign nationals are not in the same category

Roberts and Barrett — joined the liberal bloc in the 6-3 majority in Trump v. Barbara

Gorsuch — joined Thomas in dissent; Alito filed a separate dissent

91 pages

1 purpose the 14th Amendment actually had, per Thomas

ZERO rights the Reconstruction Congress contemplated for children of foreign nationals

100% of Thomas's argument grounded in the specific post-Civil War historical record — not modern policy preference

Every argument on this list is anchored in the text and history of the Amendment. Not in what the Court wishes it said. In what the people who wrote it actually intended.

The Court's ruling stands. But Thomas put a 91-page marker on the record.

Thomas's dissent is still ticking. These are the arguments at the core of it.

I got this from FB and I am so grateful for Justice Thomas!

Marco Rubio is a great Secretary of State!

These two photos from an interview with his wife crack me up!

This is incredibly scary!

Did you hear about this?

Incredible!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Weekend

 

Summer is beginning to wane here in Pennsylvania. Oh, we'll have heat and thunderstorms and swimming weather for many weeks yet, but the turn has begun. 

I saw it along the roadsides yesterday as we drove to the mid-state to pick up my dear friend Jane. Sumac, and other shrubs along the road are beginning to change their color. The kids in our area go back to school in two weeks, and I can begin to see a slight change in the light.

I love this time of year. We still have peaches, sweet corn, fresh tomatoes and yet the tobacco is being harvested on Amish farms. If I blink the corn will begin to come down, too.

Soon it'll be Amish wedding season.

I've heard that the government are on track to make daylight savings permanent. 

I love the change of seasons, especially the change from summer into autumn and winter to spring.

I am going to savor the rest of summer, and time with my dear friend. I hope you are enjoying a fun and satisfying season as well.

Information Friday

 

Took this photo last night, 

and this one this morning.

A full reveal coming soon!

Just a reminder that the media lies to you everyday.

The media is trying to walk back what they did during covid.

Have an excellent weekend friends!

Weekend

 

           I want to replace this Ikea chair by the closet. I can't sit in it comfortably as I am too short!

                                                Also I want a new bedside table for Tim.

We had a really good weekend. Saturday we got a lot done in our room - including decluttering all the things. Our room had become a dumping spot. 

Tim got my FB Marketplace painting hung. It's of a Scottish Loch. We like the way the painting looks against the wallpaper.

We also got our curtains hung. I went with burgundy velvet. They look great with the wallpaper, too!

We need a couple of chairs, and a rug for the sitting room area of the bedroom. 

In the office, the Colonial Williamsburg Nicholson Green is wonderful. I completely love this color. The white paint in both our bedroom and the office is Farrow and Ball Pointing mixed into another brand. 

We loved the way the black door handles looked against the green, so we decided to go with black outlets and covers, too. The store only had shiny plastic, so we used satin black spray paint that we had and that looks great.

The office needs a desk with drawers for Tim and a nicer table or small desk for the computer. We will bring our console that we have in the basement up and have the printer on that. 

In Family news, today is my youngest son's 21st Birthday! All my kids are full adults now!

This is him when I started my blog in 2007.

This was yesterday! I love this guy so much! Happy Birthday, son! 

Yesterday was our youngest daughter and son in law's first wedding anniversary! We went to lunch with our son in law's parents, this guy above, and our local son in law. (our daughter was seeing a movie with her girlfriends) We sent our happy wishes to them on their anniversary!

What a great weekend!