Donald J. Trump did not have a good weekend. On the one hand, his attempt to cancel DACA backfired. On the other, he and his Attorney General, Bill Barr, stayed exactly as they are, two liars, in their plan to dismiss, five months before the elections, the federal prosecutor...
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Fresh off a stinging defeat on DACA at the Supreme Court and a fizzled campaign rally in Tulsa, President Trump is returning to his favorite subject: his border wall obsession. Tuesday, Trump is set to go to Yuma, AZ to tout the supposed construction of 200 miles of the...
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Trump, Wolf Set on Trying Again to Deport Dreamers Stunned by their loss at the Supreme Court on DACA, President Trump and his administration are predictably relying on falsehoods and blame-shifting excuses. President Trump said at his infamous Tulsa rally, “People don’t understand but we actually won on...
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Jun 18, 2020
Maribel Hastings and David Torres While in the midst of a pandemic, racial conflicts, and Donald Trump’s excesses, good news have to be taken with a grain of salt, it’s important to celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that blocks the president’s decision to eliminate the Deferred Action for...
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Jun 16, 2020
Five Years Ago Trump Descended his Escalator to Inflame Racial Tensions; Since Then, He’s Never Stopped Five years ago – on June 16, 2015 – Donald Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower and kicked off his presidential campaign by slandering Mexicans as “rapists” and “criminals.” Since then,...
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“Mexico and The Wall Will Once Again Take Center Stage” Paul Waldman writes for the Washington Post that, “The Trump administration has all but given up fighting the pandemic,” noting that despite “rising rates of infection and hospitalizations,” and projections showing up to 200,000 deaths by the beginning...
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The following is a statement from Frank Sharry of America’s Voice in response to the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling on Bostock v. Clayton County. We stand with our loved ones and allies in the LGBTQ community to celebrate a huge movement victory some five decades in the making. The...
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“This is a scorched earth policy with Trump and Miller determined to do as much damage as possible on their way out.” Yesterday, the Trump administration introduced sweeping restrictions to asylum. The intended outcome is to make it virtually impossible for human beings to be granted refuge from...
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By Maribel Hastings and David Torres Only in the twisted era of the Donald Trump presidency would they charge the architect of the most racist and anti-immigrant policies of this administration, advisor Stephen Miller, with writing a speech on race relations, right in the middle of this painful moment...
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*(Unless, of course, it is about white racial unity) In response to reports that President Trump is considering a speech to the nation on race and unity and that advisor Stephen Miller is drafting the speech, we offer the following reminders why Stephen Miller is singularly unfit to write...
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