This long, drawn-out journey is the failure of higher-ups at The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the recalcitrant Immigrations & Customs Enforcement Agency to to weigh in and say, "This is crazy!" Instead they use of every technical hook in the book - real and created - to thwart a just result.
But the recall provision, which was created in 1911 to thwart the corruption of East Coast-style machine politics and domination by plutocrats, has become another way big money can warp the system.
Then last night, while that was in the news, I edited and published a short article by Allegra Ringo about Vivian James, a new mascot created by 4chan to thwart proponents of social justice in gaming.
Ironically, given his fan base, Trump's ticket to the White House -- the Electoral College -- was created by the Founding Fathers to thwart the potentially unruly passions of small landholders begrudgingly entitled to the franchise.
Similarly, in May BEA Systems open-sourced some programs for creating Web applications, aiming to thwart Microsoft's.NET suite of Web programs.
A Facebook user spent hours creating a page online to thwart the Iranian regime's attempts at spreading disinformation.
The New York-based artist, in collaboration with New York designer Johanna Bloomfield, created a line called Stealth Wear that offers garments created from nickel-metalized fabric designed to thwart IR-detection by thermal cameras, including drone surveillance.
Organizing against Trump will mean dominating races for school board, city council, state senate and governor, creating leaders who will rise to thwart the GOP and ensure the survival of the social safety net.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration created the biannual free, anonymous event to thwart theft of prescription pills and household drug abuse.
