Motus Mentis

We haven’t been covering political events very closely of late, so here are two items of interest.

In the first, we learn that the Executive Branch has been short-circuiting deportation proceedings for thousands of criminal aliens, choosing instead just to let them go. Apparently this cohort, now at large within our borders again, have already distinguished themselves as follows:

The document reveals that the 36,007 convicted criminal aliens freed from ICE custody in many instances had multiple convictions. Among them, the 36,007 had nearly 88,000 convictions, including:

193 homicide convictions (including one willful killing of a public official with gun)

426 sexual assault convictions

303 kidnapping convictions

1,075 aggravated assault convictions

1,160 stolen vehicle convictions

9,187 dangerous drug convictions

16,070 drunk or drugged driving convictions

303 flight escape convictions

No doubt they’ll get right back to business. You can read the details here, although if you have high blood pressure, or anger-management issues, perhaps you’d better not.

In our second item, the Daily Caller reports that Senator Carl Levin (D, MI) has been up to his wattles all along in the IRS Tea-Party-persecution scandal. Story here. For a detailed timeline of this partisan abuse of government power, have a look here.

“Not a smidgen” of corruption, says Mr. Obama. Cue Joe Wilson, please.