National Politics

BREAKING: Trump retreats on adding a citizenship question to the Census, but reveals the next GOP voter suppression tactic

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The media is focused on the obvious: Trump backs away from census citizenship question, direct agencies to hand over citizenship information to Commerce: President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday directing the Commerce Department to obtain citizenship data through means other than the US census, dropping a controversial plan to include a citizenship question … Read more

Obstruction of justice in plain sight: a completely lawless Trump administration

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The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday broadened its investigation into President Donald Trump and his possible obstruction of justice, authorizing subpoenas for a “Dirty Dozen” of witnesses. House panel authorizes subpoenas for Jared Kushner, Trump officials: The committee also authorized subpoenas to current and former Trump administration officials related to the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that … Read more

ICE raids reportedly to begin on Sunday

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The last time was a head-fake to create a media distraction for the emergency border funding appropriation bill. This time may actually be the real deal, but also to create a media distraction from Robert Mueller’s testimony next week. Better to focus media attention on a scandal that actually inures to the benefit of Trump … Read more

New allegations of child abuse in Yuma migrant detention center

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On Sunday, the New York Times in conjunction with the El Paso Times published an investigative report on the horrible conditions inside the Clint, Texas migrant detention center. Hungry, Scared and Sick: Inside the Migrant Detention Center in Clint, Tex. (excerpt): [I]nside the secretive site that is now on the front lines of the southwest … Read more