I understand the networks are still deciding whether they’re going to carry Trump’s speech tonight. I have seen claims on social media that they are refusing, but I haven’t found corroboration for that in news media sources. But as of this writing none of the networks have listed it on their online schedule of tonight’s programming.  So we’ll see. I will not be watching, wherever it is.

I want to follow up a bit on what I wrote yesterday.  Poor Markwayne Mullin, current Homeland Security Secretary, is catching hell for his temporary suspension of ICE traffic stops. This is from WaPo:

Mullin’s attempt to quell the uproar over the shootings this week — ordering a temporary moratorium on ICE officers from making vehicle-stop arrests — has exposed the precarious position he is in while trying to comply with President Donald Trump’s demands. Within less than 48 hours of issuing the directive on traffic stops, a White House official confirmed that it had been reversed. …

… Trump abruptly undercut Mullin on Wednesday by praising vehicle stops as one of ICE’s most important tools, and Trump’s far-right base revolted over Mullin’s leadership on enforcement, calling him weak and ineffective. After the policy was reversed, Mullin wrote on social media that there was no conflict between himself and the president.

And we have always been at war with Eastasia. But I’ve learned from this that Mullin has jacked up numbers of immigrants arrested by about 40 percent over last year, when The Gnome was in charge. He’s also attempted to be more low-key about it. No more rappelling from  helicopters with flashbang grenades, I guess.

But here is another case in which Trump and his base are out of touch with the majority of the electorate.  Mullin’s order to at least temporarily halt traffic stops pending review was actually sensible. MAGA doesn’t do sensible.