Does this Mean Most Republicans Are Now ‘Wacko Birds’ Too? Yesterday, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) made clear that ending DACA was his “top priority” and that eviscerating deportation protections for Dreamers must be a component piece of any congressional action dealing with the Central American child refugees. Far from...
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File this epic fail from Arizona under “I’d Be Laughing If It Weren’t So Tragic.” Republican Congressional hopeful and state legislator Adam Kwasman invited himself to a protest in Oracle, where yet another group of adults had gathered to bravely scream at a rumored bus of child refugees that...
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Last night, Jon Stewart addressed the child refugee crisis. Brilliantly. Among his many observations, Stewart noted, “We have always been a nation of immigrants — who hate the new immigrants.” The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook
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Washington, DC–Here’s a question. Can we give one person two Lifetime Achievement Awards for Hypocrisy? Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) already earned his lifetime achievement award from America’s Voice back in 2011 for being the ‘Biggest Hypocrite on Immigration’. His absolutely incredible double speak and uncanny ability to get to ‘no’...
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At Politico Magazine today, Bill Scher details how Speaker Boehner refused to act on immigration reform — and as a result brought his party to the threshold of impeaching the president (which many suggest would have horrible consequences for the GOP). In Scher’s article, a too-clever-by-half Boehner tried to...
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Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) was told today by House GOP leaders that there will be no vote on immigration this year. In an interview with Greg Sargent of the Washington Post, Diaz-Balart expressed dismay at the GOP leadership’s decision: “We have a historic opportunity to fix a system everyone...
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Republicans Play Politics, Refuse to Govern Washington, DC—In the wake of President Obama’s remarks on how to deal with the ongoing humanitarian crisis at the U.S. border, it’s become evident that Republicans are far more interested in politicking off the plight of child refugees fleeing unspeakable violence than they...
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Last week, President Obama declared legislative immigration dead and chastised House Republicans for killing it. Since then, a slew of commentators have pointed out what a huge demographic mistake the GOP has made in not passing immigration reform. After all, Republicans are now sure to head into the next...
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Political Observers Agree: Obama Action Will Leave GOP Eating Dust in 2016 At his Rose Garden announcement on Monday, President Obama made clear his intention to use his existing legal authority to stabilize the lives of as many qualified immigrants as possible. As we’ve noted, when the President follows through, and if the executive...
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Just how much demographic trouble is the GOP in, now that legislative immigration reform has officially been declared dead and President Obama is poised to take executive action without Republicans? Check out these two pieces from Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post and Jonathan Chait at New York Magazine....
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