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US/Mexico Border Wall Progress

3 miles added this week.  This shows that the rate of border wall construction is indeed accelerating.

Texas Border Wall – Under Trump (2025 – ) I may need to rename this article or split it as work on the Texas Border Wall is complete; or rather it has been taken over by the US Government.

The latest update is that a U.S. District Judge granted a preliminary injunction against SB4 a day before it was set to take effect on May 15, 2026 due to racism and other reasons that have long since been debunked.  Since the reasons are so flimsy, there is a small chance the injunction may be overruled quickly.

This ruling should not come as much of a surprise considering that the 5th Circuit ruled en banc to dismiss the case based on standing as opposed to the merits.  
 
Posted 5/15/26
 
US/Mexico Border Wall Progress

CBP Smart Wall Map had an update today, but I notice that all of the numbers for the border wall remain the same today.  The numbers have been posted regardless.  With today's update, I updated the numbers using the new and corrected calculations for how many miles of Trump style border wall have been completed.  It is revised downward by 10 miles.  I hope to have the older numbers corrected soon.

A note was added below the table to show the formula for the calculations.  
 
Posted 5/11/26
 
US/Mexico Border Wall Progress

New update just dropped for 5/1/26 with 2.5 miles added over the previous week.  We may be back to weekly updates.  
 
Posted 5/1/26
 
US/Mexico Border Wall Progress

CBP just updated their Smart Wall Map for the first time in over 10 weeks.  It has not been updated much due to the longest ever government shutdown which is still going on, so the next update probably won't be for a while.

Some big things to note with this most recent update is that the Pre-Construction number has had its first real and big drop since the start of Trump's second term to 522.1 miles.  This coincides with the first HUGE jump in Under Construction number (199.8 miles) this term which is nearly quadruple what it normally is.  The average weekly increase in Trump style border wall since the previous update on 2/11/26 is still only about 2.2 miles, but with these new numbers the average weekly increase may very well increase significantly by the next update by double or triple what it has been.  
 
Posted 4/25/26
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5/3/26 6:04pm Sunday
kk, starting work on jerky now.

Edit 7:19pm: Recently finished.  I also cleaned up and took out the trash.

I did procrastinate a bit with this, but now that I have some jerky in the dehydrator, I'm kinda looking forward to more cooking projects.

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5/1/26 10:34pm Friday
Last Friday when I spent much of the day clearing away the piles of branches from the back yard, I'd say I cleared away about 95% of the piles.  I don't want to declare that they are fully cleared away until the remaining bits have been cleared away.  Some of that stuff includes charcoal and some stumps.  I'm probably also going to include a back yard project that I am also working on.

When I first started working on the biggest pile of the three which is now only stumps, I discovered a LOT of garbage that I have been diligently cleaning up.  At the current stage of my clean up I have decided to take the lengthy, but somewhat enjoyable, step of sifting through a fair amount of dirt to remove mostly trash.  It'll take a bit, but in the end I have hope that it will be worth it.

I purchased a few more tools from the local hardware store.  My jigsaw is now up and running again.

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4/24/26 9:33pm Friday
Gonna head to bed early tonight, but I wanted to give a small update on the house.  I spent much of today clearing up the two piles of branches although, I'd really call it three.  Anyway, I have been dropping them off at the local compost facility.  They charge $0.50 per container and it doesn't matter the size of the container.  Or free if I don't use a container.  Go figure .  It was quite a bit of fun clearing things up and my back yard looks so much better now.

What remains is to just pick up some stray sticks and clear out a small area of charcoal and I can move on to other aspects of the yard.  Oh!  I also have some nice looking tulips growing around my house that I didn't know about.

TAGS: home improvement


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9/28/25 2:36pm Friday
  1. Remove two piles of branches
  2. Seal porch (R)
  3. Tune up deck
  4. Get/Build Shed (R)
  5. Tune up AC unit
  6. Unlisted item (R)
  7. Add humidifier to HVAC
  8. Consult with flood zone inspector
  9. Gas Stove
  10. Remove tree #2
  11. Roommate (?)
  12. Basement (big project)
    • wall
    • floor
    • Install door to basement (R)
    • Seal AC/Heating in basement
    • Fix foundation sections outdoors
    • Insulate basement
    • ✔ (completed: 03/13/26) Install Dryer (R)
    • ✔ (completed: 03/13/26) Install Washer (R)
Completed (✔) or abandoned (✘)

  1. ✔ (04/17/26) Get Lawnmower (R)
  2. ✔ (01/09/26) Gas Hearth installed
  3. ✔ (12/19/25) Extend Gas lines (2)
  4. ✔ (11/18/25) New water heater
  5. ✔ (10/14/25) Remove tree 1
  6. ✘ (10/13/25) Fix Bathroom fan #2
  7. ✔ (10/11/25) Fix bathroom fan #1
  8. ✔ (10/10/25) Finish moving items from previous residence (✔ mats, ✔ clothes, and ✔ books from garage)
  9. ✔ (10/03/25) Sewer
  10. ✔ (10/01/25) Assemble two shelves

I'd say those are all of the really important things.

I'd like to be able to get all, or at least most of it done, within 5 years.

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