Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Congress should reconsider the nation’s immigration enforcement system and possibly “start from scratch” by eliminating the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
“There’s no question that we’ve got to critically reexamine ICE and its role, and the way that it is being administered, and the work it is doing,” Harris said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. “And we need to probably think about starting from scratch.”
Harris’ remarks came in response to a question from host Kasie Hunt about whether she supports abolishing ICE.
— 3ChicsPolitico (@3ChicsPolitico) June 25, 2018
Progressive activists have pushed Democratic lawmakers to support abolishing ICE, the government’s chief immigration enforcement arm that was established in 2002 after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, in response to President Donald Trump’s push to reduce the numbers of immigrants coming to the U.S. from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.
Trump’s efforts range from banning citizens from certain countries from entering the U.S. to ramping up deportations of undocumented immigrants, shrinking the number of refugees accepted into the country, cracking down on students who overstay their visas and the “zero tolerance” policy at the border with Mexico that led to children being separated from their parents.
https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1011320277278625794
https://twitter.com/AdamSerwer/status/1011296856972947457
Why the tax returns for Trump’s charitable foundation are so important
06/25/18 10:42 AM
By Steve Benen
It’s been a couple of weeks since the New York attorney general’s office accused Donald Trump’s charitable foundation of being little more than a slush fund, which, among other things, made illegal in-kind contributions for Trump’s campaign. The scope of the legal issues raised by the New York court filing are still coming into focus.
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The Washington Post’s David Fahrenthold added the other day that Trump’s signature appeared “just below a stern warning from the IRS: Providing false information could lead to ‘penalties of perjury.’”
This suggests we’re not just talking about a possible one-time bureaucratic slip-up. Trump and his family stand accused of running a fraudulent charitable operation and repeatedly lying in official legal documents about the nature of the foundation’s work.
The Post’s article added, “It is a felony to knowingly file a false tax return, with potential penalties of up to $100,000 in fines and up to three years in prison. In rare cases – where prosecutors could prove the falsehood to be deliberate – people have been convicted of signing false tax returns.”
Sounds of Silence: The Absence of Protest Anthems in the Age of Trump
The Resistance.
https://twitter.com/mbieseck/status/1010275582372958209
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1011250879234797568
https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/1011114267548966912
Please read this story about women escaping domestic violence in Central America. The lede alone. https://t.co/fencMnjbj2 via @HuffPostPol by @quasimado pic.twitter.com/xzkwnAC6FS
— Samantha Storey (@samanthastorey) June 25, 2018
The media & #Immigration advocates are dissecting the long game Stephen Miller has been methodically been playing. The logistics behind the recent separation of children from parents has been a year in the making. https://t.co/XROqdN2Hva
— ⛓ Susan Pai and Allies ⛓ (@susanpai) June 25, 2018
Yeah, do they really want to talk about “civility”? And how civil was it for Trump’s third wife to pull a stunt with a statement on her jacket while supposedly on a “humanitarian” trip to visit victims of her husband’s cruelty?
https://twitter.com/eugenegu/status/1011281610870681606
https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1011292789026492418
Comment from another blog:
OMG. So she fixes her hair, puts on eye makeup and red lipstick and goes on local TV to cry and play victim to save her very lucrative cannabis business.
https://twitter.com/510oscar510/status/1011247890595921920
Phuck.Outta.Here.
Another example of WWT, White Women’s Tears. It was she who decided to call the police on a little kid for selling water on a hot day. If the kid had been white and had been selling lemonade, she would have purchased some and would have never called the cops on him/her. She would have thought it was “so cute.” Don’t tell me some of us aren’t treated differently by others of us. By recording the incident and posting it to social media, the little girl’s mother let everyone know who and what she is, and she’s not liking it. She can go on TV and cry as much as she wants to, it doesn’t move me to have any sympathy for her.
https://twitter.com/jonfavs/status/1011254315690921984
Problem with the voter rolls in Maryland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-says-nearly-19000-could-have-difficulty-voting-in-tuesdays-primary-due-to-computer-glitch/2018/06/24/3be7024c-77c8-11e8-93cc-6d3beccdd7a3_story.html?utm_term=.914fefecc6f3
First, California….Now Maryland….
Uh huh
Uh huh
Much more important than ~takes~ about civility or “why trump won” is that the GOP has successfully entrenched itself via gerrymanders, filibusters, and the judiciary to be very insulated from public opinion. https://t.co/qiCo4ObKW0
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) June 25, 2018
https://twitter.com/BreeNewsome/status/1011284685576654848
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Texas Republicans by reviving electoral districts drawn by the state legislature that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the influence of black and Hispanic voters.
In a 5-4 ruling, the conservative-majority court largely accepted the state’s argument that the Republican-led Texas legislature acted in good faith when it adopted new electoral maps in 2013 for state legislative and U.S. congressional seats. Republican President Donald Trump’s administration had backed Texas in the case. The court did rule, however, that one of the state legislature districts was unlawful.
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/06/25/u-s-top-court-largely-backs-texas-republicans-over-electoral-maps.html
Judge in case contesting Trump’s family separation policy speeds up the clock: Federal government has until tomorrow morning, Pacific time, to respond before he rules on proposed injunction. pic.twitter.com/PaG3tOOfKG
— Roque Planas (@RoqPlanas) June 25, 2018
Dr. King had these muthaphuckas nailed a half-century ago
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Here is my bottom line about ‘ civility’
To be honest…I don’t have THE LUXURY to be civil to them…because they mean nothing BUT hostility to me and mine.
Their crying about the lack of civility is such bullsh!t. No one has time for it, and I was very annoyed to see MSNBC giving them a platform.
UH HUH
THREAD
@paulkrugman
So Trump wants to expel illegal immigrants without due process. To say the obvious, who determines if they’re illegal? Suppose an ICE agent stops me on the street and says “you’re illegal”; at what point do I get to show evidence that I’m not? 1/
https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1011241388690812928
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/1011246010402734080
This morning on MSNBC they were talking about “civility”. This is the latest distraction. People who are either committing, supporting, or complacent about crimes against humanity are crying that they are not being treated with civility. They are not being allowed to enjoy their Mexican food in restaurants.
This is a distraction. DO NOT LET THEM GET AWAY WITH IT.
https://twitter.com/AZIndivisible1/status/1011092908450013184
Oakland residents call cops on uniformed black firefighter conducting yard inspections
Travis Gettys TRAVIS GETTYS
25 JUN 2018 AT 10:47 ET
This hurts…
https://twitter.com/MeritLaw/status/1011199193954836481
That poor child.
Haley and Jay called me this morning singing “Happy birthday to you..chop! chop! chop!”
LOL!
Happy Birthday, SG2!
What are you doing to celebrate?
On my way with Josh to eat. I don’t know where we’re going. I told them not to do anything because I have to much work to do here for the family cookout but they won’t listen.
Josh is a sweetheart. Relax and have a good time.
On the way to Houston! I still don’t know where we’re going
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SG2!!!
Benihana
Residents discover railroad owns home, land
By HALEY BEMILLER, Wausau Daily Herald
When those birthday numbers keep going up but you still got it….
Ha ha. You betcha.
Lol
Happy Birthday, Southern Girl!
From Canada, with Love😘💛💛💛💛💛🎈🎈🎈🎈🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you, Ametia! Enjoy Canada! When you get time send me some pics.
Happy, happy birthday Mrs. Southern and many, many more!!!!
Thank you, Vitamin! I had a good time all day. My oldest took me to the Guadalajara Restaurant tonight. Daughter didn’t get to come with us because she fell down this morning on the way to work and fell on her finger. She went to ER but it’s not broken. Thank God. She worked all day delivering mail with a hurt finger. She went to ER after she got off work. I couldn’t have made it. Poor baby!
Trump boasts he’s ‘gutted’ the ACA, avoids blame for consequences
06/25/18 09:20 AM
By Steve Benen
Donald Trump was in Nevada over the weekend, campaigning in support of Sen. Dean Heller (R), and reflected on the vote Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) cast against the Republicans’ plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The president told supporters:
Seven seconds later, Trump added:
The president’s supporters cheered with approval, seemingly oblivious to the rhetorical whiplash. Trump is absolutely certain that, in his words, he’s “essentially gutted” the backbone of his own country’s health care system, and he’s equally certain that the consequences of his actions should be blamed on the one group of people who have no control over the levers of federal power.
There’s no reason for any sensible person to take this seriously, but it is worth understanding why Trump seems a little defensive on the issue.
GOP Amendment Would Pull Governor From Elections Board Loop
Some North Carolina Republican lawmakers are determined to remove the power from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and his successors from appointing the members of the state panel administering elections and ethics laws.
June 22, 2018, at 7:37 p.m.
By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press
White Extinction Anxiety
By Charles M. Blow
Opinion Columnist
June 24, 2018
Heather Locklear got arrested AGAIN?
Uh uh uh
Get help, Heather.
Good tweets against Huckabeast:
You’ve been in hiding for a week as your admin kidnaps & incarcerates children in cages, loses track of thousands of babies & children. Your stain of discrimination is everywhere. We’ve also seen the way you treat @Acosta @AprilDRyan, anyone who insists on accountability & truth. https://t.co/HNgfoNyB54
— meta (@metaquest) June 23, 2018
Actually, you are extremely rude and condescending to those in the @whca that don’t fit into Trump’s vile racist bigoted misogynist paradigm. You malign everyone who isn’t in goose-step with your hate-filled agenda. It’s all on tape. https://t.co/HNgfoNyB54
— meta (@metaquest) June 23, 2018
Let’s be appreciative for the simple things – like it’s good cherry season, and one can snack on beautiful, sweet cherries :)
Great thread
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Good Morning Everyone 😄😄 😄