The first mediation date went off, just as planned (and as ordered by the able USDC Chief Judge Alia Moses), and a second date is now scheduled — as unsurprisingly, not all issues were solved in one day.

Just the same, this is good news for the families of the dead, and the maimed — at MAGA Gov. Abbott’s lawless “Berlin Concertina Wire / Wall” style barriers, on the Rio Grande at Eagle Pass. The parties will keep mediating, toward compensation for the victims — from State of Texas taxpayer funds. Here’s the latest (a more detailed description of the status of the mediation efforts is restricted to “eyes only” — lawyers, in dusty West Texas):

…In order to facilitate further mediation pursuant to Chief United States District Judge Alia Moses’ Order [ECF No. 142], the undersigned ORDERS the parties to appear before it, in person, on July 8, 2026, at 1:30 p.m. The mediation will occur in Courtroom No. 4 of the United States Courthouse, 111 E. Broadway Street, Del Rio, Texas. If the parties need the hearing to be reset, they must file an advisory with the Court by July 2, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Further, if the parties wish to file these advisories outside of the Court’s electronic filing system, they must mail the advisories to 111 E. Broadway St. Ste. 100, Del Rio, Texas 78840 C/O Carmen Levrie, and indicate that the filing is made ex parte, under seal, and that it contains documents which are not to be filed electronically….

…IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the above entitled and numbered case is set for DOCKET CALL/ STATUS CONFERENCE in Courtroom 1, on the 2nd floor, U.S. Courthouse, 111 E. Broadway, Del Rio, TX, on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 at 10:15 AM. All parties and counsel must appear at this hearing.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 16th day of June, 2026….

Onward, resolutely — to a gray chilly wet Wednesday in the City of Big Shoulders.

And to amplify the thoughts in my last post, of last night — if the Tangerine [Mal-]Administration truly wishes to stop a voter-approved local law on reparations, it must do so by bringing its own suit.

The law is clear — it cannot just pop up like a daisy, and try to beat a statute of limitations problem, by intervening — to step into the shoes of the Fitton-recruited shills in 24-cv-4269 (USDC ND IL).

And certainly, the same statute of limitations has run, on any purported US government claim — as well. The program has been running since 2021, based on local pot tax revenue, and approved by the city council, and now impliedly by all voters in Evanston.

It is beyond dispute that from at least 1909 through 1969, Evanston had codified red-lining ordinances — which actually prevented my father in law and mother in law from buying a high end house, in a whyte ward, in 1968. So, as a doctor and lawyer, they picketed and won a seat on the city council, and then passed a fair housing ordinance — and bought the next big house, in that ward, by 1971. The proof (of invidious race discrimination against people of color) is everywhere, in the newspapers from 1909 through at least 1971, in Evanston. [But that evidence will not be needed in open court in Judge Kness’ courtroom in Chicago, as the whole thing will be bounced — on failure to make a timely claim, by these Fitton shills, and/or the Andrew Boutros led US Attorneys’ office here.]

So, the whyte Karen woman / Palatine Village Trustee (not even from here, and so, carpet-bagging) — acting as counsel to these crisis actors / five whyte complainers will still lose… in the end.

And Evanston will recover its legal fees from either the Fitton shills, or the AUSAs. The suit was filed in bad faith. As was the supposed intervenors’ motion.

Here endeth the lesson.

नमस्ते