“Maybe we should ask Kim Jong Un or Vladimir Putin to lobby Trump to end the separation of children from parents at the US border- since those are the two guys he seems to listen to nowadays” Roland Scahill on Twitter
Jon Favreau on Twitter
“Family separation isn’t just a Trump policy, it’s a Republican policy. They control both houses of Congress and haven’t lifted a finger to stop it.” Jon Favreau on Twitter
Pa. state Dem posts photo flipping off Pence as ‘official welcome’
State Rep. Brian Sims (D), who represents Philadelphia and is the state’s first openly gay legislator, posted the photo on Facebook ahead of Pence’s Tuesday visit to the city. “To be clear, we’re a City of soaring diversity. via Pa. state Dem posts photo flipping off Pence as ‘official welcome’ This is what it looks… Continue reading Pa. state Dem posts photo flipping off Pence as ‘official welcome’
Matthew Yglesias on Twitter
“The only alternative to this cruelty and chaos was to elect a person who used a personal email account for work, so you can see why it was a tough call for so many people.” Matthew Yglesias on Twitter
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The border crisis is a reminder that Trump has no idea what he’s doing So you get instead what he’s delivered over the past two weeks — aggressive hostage-taking, lying, trolling, chaos, dissembling, and cruelty — none of which is going to advance Trump’s legislative goals or address the underlying issue of the northward flow… Continue reading Untitled
ICE Director: ICE Can’t Be Compared To Nazis Since We’re Just Following Orders – The Intellectualist
Asked what he thinks of people comparing ICE to Nazis, acting director Thomas Homan replied with the Nuremberg defense. ICE Director: ICE Can’t Be Compared To Nazis Since We’re Just Following Orders – The Intellectualist Just following orders!
Trump reverses course, signs order to keep families together
Trump reverses course, signs order to keep families together Arsonist puts out fire he started, demands praise for doing right thing.
In America, Naturalized Citizens No Longer Have an Assumption of Permanence
Last week, it emerged that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (U.S.C.I.S.) had formed a task force in order to identify people who lied on their citizenship applications and to denaturalize them. via In America, Naturalized Citizens No Longer Have an Assumption of Permanence The administration is already getting the next scandal ready.
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Trump’s executive order only protects against family separation for 20 days Though President Trump declared that the executive order he signed Wednesday would “solve” the problem of family separation while parents are prosecuted for illegal border crossing, the order is really only good for 20 days, CBS News’ Paula Reid reports, citing a source familiar… Continue reading Untitled
Bill Black: Bitcoin Frauds Keep Growing
By William K. Black, Associate Professor of Economics and Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One. Originally published at New Economic Perspectives via Bill Black: Bitcoin Frauds Keep Growing