Told @JoeNBC about most shocking news in the latest numbers of still-separated kids: over 1/3 of parents *aren't eligible* for reunification.
And @jheil asked critical question about points we must keep demanding answers on — like already released parents and deported families. pic.twitter.com/gwrhwE5SqB
— Jacob Soboroff (@jacobsoboroff) July 20, 2018
YOU STEAL THEIR CHILDREN and then try and deem them INELIGIBLE to get their own children back?
DA PHUQ?
I will remind people that THEY HAD A PILOT PROGRAM for STEALING CHILDREN.
A Pilot Program that NEVER INCLUDED A REUNIFICATION PORTION.
Because, they NEVER INTENDED TO GIVE BACK THESE CHILDREN.
So, I want to make that absolutely clear.
More evidence emerges that Trump intended for family separation to be permanent: https://t.co/qbrGEjqY62 via @slate
— Presente.Org (@PresenteOrg) July 20, 2018
Stealing people’s children has become a BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY, ladies and gentlemen.
Another update Sunday Morning from a Congresswoman who has been on this topic from the very beginning.
.@JoyAnnReid: You're saying the #Trump administration is still separating children from their parents and still caging #migrantchildren.@RepJayapal: Absolutely. These are cages. #AMJoy #ImmigrantChildren pic.twitter.com/WbgscW3I2M
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 22, 2018
Migrant Children Separated at the Border #AMJoy #immigrantchildren pic.twitter.com/RBqQ3BMLrF
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 22, 2018
And, let’s be clear – these folks need to be brought up on charges at The Hague for what they’ve done to these children.
Migrant family separation is “one of the darkest moments in our history,” Biden says https://t.co/1WwODGU5R1 via @nbcnews
— Formerly 'AM JOY' on @MSNBC (@amjoyshow) July 22, 2018
One of the reunification stories…the people from this Administration should be on their way TO JAIL for what they’ve done to these children
José was reunited with his son — but the 3-year-old is not the samehttps://t.co/N45LREH57H
— NBC Latino (@NBCLatino) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/TalbertSwan/status/1021008303877435403
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/1021574405523206144
Hate crime
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1021579496313561090
Great Thread
https://twitter.com/jameyhatley/status/1021050000892100609
https://twitter.com/axios/status/1021566026344001538
https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/1021563395269697536
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/1021559628256227328
https://twitter.com/AliceOllstein/status/1021516688729296896
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1021556991553093632
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1021517310245257217
OMG. The Internet got this one wrong. Glad they’re setting it straight. Poor guy…
https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1021519827863838735
https://twitter.com/splcenter/status/1021515384627900417
Identified…
https://twitter.com/LeftSentThis/status/1021478486395912192
Thread
TokenSuperhero (@MarcusTheToken) Tweeted:
So this morning @PlanetFitness, I was working out with my teenage son. Now when I workout, I always wear a hoodie. Always up. Headband, and headphones. I’ve been going to planet fitness for years. I’m in New Hampshire, and this is my second day going to this location. 1/10 https://twitter.com/MarcusTheToken/status/1021048298424160256?s=17
https://twitter.com/politico/status/1021379480810647552
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/1021495673080958976
https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1021489905162219520
https://twitter.com/havewhatusay/status/1021491687754018816
LOL
Judge indicated he was not inclined to grant Manafort’s request to ask jurors if they voted in 2016. That sort of question had more to do with “theater,” he said.
Ellis: “I’m not in the theater business. You have to be better looking for that.”https://t.co/0UbXA3n9fN
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/aliasvaughn/status/1021474268037693440
They know where the dollars went.
https://twitter.com/DelWilber/status/1021469585646718977
Ha ha ha.
https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1021454647439966208
https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1021473654872395776
https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/1021468720949006336
He ain’t gone do nuthin’. She’s probably back to lying again. Why is she so ugly?
get.that.popcorn :)
BREAKING: There isn’t just one audio file in the Michael Cohen matter.There are at least 12, and prosecutors got them on Friday – when the Times story ran on one of them. pic.twitter.com/FrZNaawVt5— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) July 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/gelles/status/1021467380294332416
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/1021427257926127616
UNTIL proven otherwise, IMO, it’s a HATE CRIME.
They will destroy EVERYTHING that is good…
https://twitter.com/RepRaulGrijalva/status/1021428563478794240
Found this explanation about the two different kinds of immunities from an attorney over at BJ
https://twitter.com/Rosie/status/1021081540628041728
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1021437168005337088
Did he speak up this much about proven traitor Mike Flynn?
Rand Paul to ask Trump to revoke Brennan security clearance
Updated 10:53 AM ET, Mon July 23, 2018
See video down thread
Dispatch from court this a.m. in Manafort’s Virginia case:- Judge will grant govt’s motion for use immunity to five potential govt witnesses. Judge ordered pleadings unsealed, so we’ll find out who they are- Judge expects to rule this p.m. on Manafort’s motion to delay trial— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 23, 2018
And thus why 45 (or his twitter bot, because I still think someone is tweeting for this idiot) is tweeting in ALL CAPS this morning.
TELL.IT. Rikyrah.
STATE-SANCTIONED.KIDNAPPING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDlefs-Scm4
Notice this article is nearly a year old>>>>>>
Rand Paul’s Russian Connection
Paul names controversial Kremlin expert foreign policy adviser
August 20, 2014 9:59 am
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) has named as one of his key foreign policy advisers a controversial Russia policy expert with deep ties to the Kremlin.
Dimitri Simes, the president of the Center for the National Interest, and Ambassador Richard Burt, a member of the Center’s board of directors, are recent additions to Paul’s foreign policy advisory team, the senator told National Journal earlier this year.
For years, Simes and the center have provided a sympathetic platform for the Russian government in the heart of the D.C. policy establishment. Its ties to Moscow extend throughout the organization.
The advisory council of the National Interest, the center’s chief publication, includes Alexey Pushkov, a Russian Duma official recently targeted for sanctions by the U.S. government in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/rand-pauls-russian-connection/
Why POS 45 is tweeting in ALL CAPS about Iran today.
UPCOMING!!!!!
POLITICS
JULY 23, 2018 / 7:39 AM / UPDATED 14 MINUTES AGO
Trump’s ex-aide Manafort in bid to delay U.S. fraud trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A court hearing began on Monday on a request from U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to delay his criminal trial scheduled to begin this week on more than two dozen financial charges, including bank and tax fraud.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/trumps-ex-aide-manafort-due-in-court-over-bid-to-delay-trial-idUSKBN1KD1JN
So…now that the Manafort trial is coming up…
Tad Devine….
Co-Conspirator
or
Immunity Snitch?
Look at this…
https://twitter.com/Cut4/status/1021147509849305089
The Cubs fixed it. Look at that smile now.
https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1021134802580393989
https://twitter.com/armandodkos/status/1021012670999351296
2. The bulk of the political coverage for the next 834 days will focus on horse race polling.
At best, this is a distraction
At worst, it creates the false impression that the outcome is predetermined and reduces turnout
This likely happened in 2016https://t.co/dFwuvxQkRp
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) July 23, 2018
Equalizer 2′ squeaks past ‘Mamma Mia 2’ to lead the box office
The follow-up to 2014’s “The Equalizer” is Denzel Washington’s first sequel and the biggest opening of director Antoine Fuqua’s career.
by Associated Press / Jul.22.2018 / 5:37 PM ET
In the battle of two very different sequels at the box office over the weekend, Denzel Washington’s action pic “The Equalizer 2” has narrowly won out over the ABBA jukebox musical “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.”
Studios estimated Sunday that the R-rated “Equalizer” follow-up grossed $35.8 million from North American theaters over the weekend. It’s Washington’s first sequel and the biggest opening of director Antoine Fuqua’s career. The first “Equalizer,” from 2014, opened similarly and went on to earn more than $190 million worldwide.
Second place went to Universal Pictures’ “Mamma Mia 2,” which took in $34.4 million, a sum that was driven by an audience that was 83 percent female and 64 percent over 25. The film brought back much of the original cast, like Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried and Pierce Brosnan, and added Cher, Andy Garcia and Lily James to the mix. Critics overall gave the sequel better marks than the first, which still went on to gross more than $600 million worldwide 10 years ago.
Did you go see ‘The Equalizer’, Rikyrah?
I saw “Sorry to Bother You.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enH3xA4mYcY
UH UH UH Interested to hear your thoughts on this one.
I didn’t see Equalizer 2 yet. I will this weekend. Looking forward to it. Loved the first one.
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1021396636805844997
https://twitter.com/krassenstein/status/1021398094569721857
Sounds like the treasonous buffoon is listening to idiotic, neo-conservative warmonger John Bolton.
Lips pursed.
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Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson hands out cash to potential voters
POSTED 4:55 PM, JULY 22, 2018,
BY TAHMAN BRADLEY,
CHICAGO — Willie Wilson, the millionaire businessman and candidate for Chicago mayor, handed out cash to potential voters Sunday morning at a church on Chicago’s South Side.
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner, himself seeking reelection, joined Wilson at New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church at the event.
An aide to Wilson said the businessman gave away $300,000 to 2,000 people through the Dr. Willie Wilson Foundation, a 501(c)(3). Such organizations are tax-exempt, must not be organized for the benefit of private interests and are restricted in how much political activities they can conduct. Wilson says he organized the giveaway to assist homeowners who are struggling to pay their property tax bills.
“My wife and I have been blessed by God to be able to get a few of the material things out of life and so it’s up to us to now continually to share back with all of you all and others,” Wilson told church members during the event.
Wilson’s campaign spokesman insists today’s appearance was not campaign related. But Chicago politicos on both sides of the aisle raised concerns about the event.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1021398925813731328
https://twitter.com/politvidchannel/status/1021398046477672448
https://twitter.com/AlexMorash/status/1021357641883414528
Yeah, Ann Kirkpatrick is the elderly Republican-lite ding bat that the Democratic party, specifically the DCCC, is ramming down our throats in my congressional district (AZ CD2).
They had a candidate forum last Thursday, 450 people attended. They made it known they did not like Ann.
When she represented CD1 in northern Arizona, she was Annie Oakley, a gun loving cowgirl with an “A” rating from the NRA. Well, when the tide changed she decided she did not want to be Annie Oakley anymore. So, she tells people publicly (she has said this many times), that she changed her mind when people she knew personally got shot, Gabrielle Giffords and Judge John Roll in the Tucson massacre (Jan, 2011).
She repeats this over and over, tone deaf to how offensive it is. Anyone who got shot prior to January 2011 didn’t matter because she didn’t know them.
I could go on and on about how bad she is for my district, there are other issues like opposing the legalization of marijuana.
But suffice it to say that the politically engaged Democratic voters in this district are seething with rage that this ding bat was imported from northern AZ and rammed down our throats by the DCCC because apparently they think we are too stupid to pick a good candidate who actually lives in our district.
Rant over.
If not ANN, who is your choice, Liza.
I’ll probably vote for Matt Heinz in the primary. He’s the only candidate who raised enough money to compete with Ann K who is taking PAC money. But Bruce Wheeler (former state legislator) and Billy Kovacs have consistently been the crowd favorites at the forums.
Matt Heinz is a physician at Tucson Medical Center and a former state legislator as well. Billy, Bruce, and Matt are almost interchangeable if you’re talking about their politics. But Billy and Bruce haven’t raised nearly enough money to run a campaign.
I think CD2 would be just fine with any one of these three.
Here’s Matt’s website.
https://www.heinzforarizona.com/
Bruce Japsen (@brucejapsen) Tweeted:
Kentucky’s Medicaid administration costs jumped more than 40% after implementing work requirements @FitchRatings https://t.co/tblc1NdYgq #PoliticsNation #CNNSOTU #ThisWeek #AMJoy https://twitter.com/brucejapsen/status/1021010378225053696?s=17
Word of the Day : July 23, 2018
Pro rataplay
adverb proh-RAY-tuh
Definition: proportionately according to an exactly calculable factor (such as a share or liability)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/pro+rata-2018-07-23?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=p&file=prorat02&utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=wotd&utm_content=pron
Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) Tweeted:
The sheer number of tweets in which Trump predicted Obama would go to war with Iran for political purposes is staggering https://t.co/h3bVd4iQTL https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1021383923820003328?s=17
Candidate whose data was hacked in 2016 talks defending democracy
Former Rep. Brad Ashford, whose data was stolen in the hack of the DCCC by Russia military intelligence, talks with Rachel Maddow about how details of the hack were addressed by the Democratic Party, what it meant to his campaign, and what it means to American democracy.
Trump camp changed strategy after Russians stole DNC analytics
Rachel Maddow looks at the timing between the theft by Russian military intelligence of DNC analytics data in September 2016, as described in the recent indictment brought by Robert Mueller, and an abrupt change in campaign strategy by the Donald Trump campaign in early October.
As Trump threatens war with Iran, few know whether to take it seriously
07/23/18 08:00 AM
By Steve Benen
Welcome to Monday morning, Americans. Your president published a series of tweets overnight, directed at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, raising the prospect of a war.
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Under normal circumstances, when a sitting American president threatens a possible war with a foreign adversary, it would be a development of great international significance. But Donald Trump’s presidency offers little in the way of normal circumstances.
It’s an awkward feeling. On the one hand, the Commander in Chief of the world’s strongest military is publicly raising the prospect of a deadly conflict, and it seems irresponsible to just shrug that off as background noise. On the other hand, most observers realize that Trump is an erratic amateur with the temperament of an elementary-school bully, who finds joy in chest-thumping bluster, and whose occasional tantrums frequently amount to very little.
The former suggests last night’s presidential tweets were important. The latter suggests we should roll our eyes and focus our attention elsewhere.
The uncertainty is itself an issue the nation needs to come to terms with. When a sitting American president threatens a war, and no one’s sure whether to take it seriously, there’s a problem.
Why it matters that Kavanaugh questioned a key Watergate ruling
07/23/18 09:00 AM
By Steve Benen
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination is controversial for a variety of reasons, but near the top of the list are the conservative jurist’s views related to the power of the American presidency.
As has been well-documented, Donald Trump’s choice for the high court is on record arguing that sitting presidents shouldn’t have to deal with “time-consuming and distracting” lawsuits and investigations. In Kavanaugh’s vision, a president shouldn’t have to deal with civil suits, criminal probes, or even questions from federal prosecutors.
But the scope of the judge’s thinking on the subject is still coming into focus. The Associated Press reported over the weekend:
Excellent thread from a former senior counsel on the Senate Intel Committee and head of intelligence law at NSA https://t.co/0YAg17aqHi
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) July 23, 2018
This is just being rotten for rotten’s sake. Makes no phucking sense.
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The Trump admin is planning to eliminate a vast trove of medical guidelines that for nearly 20 years has been a critical resource for doctors, researchers and others in the medical community, according to The Daily Beast. https://t.co/x70WdciU08
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2018
Hidden Figures: Black Women Have Always Been On The Frontline Of American Activism https://t.co/9O8J2pooqc
— Alycee (@jazziz2) July 23, 2018
DA PHUQ?
‘Alabama-based League of the South launches Russian-language page to promote ‘Southern nationalism’’
‘The new page will reflect that the Russian people and Southerners are natural allies’ 🤦🏻♀️https://t.co/qNqjFNobb7
— RynheartTheReluctant (@TheRynheart) July 21, 2018
Watching all these old white @HouseGOP @SenateGOP men end their careers happily jumping off the cliff for a vile cretin traitor like Trump is in many ways validation of what a vile party it really is and has been all these years. BE A VOTER. The future is DEMOCRATIC.
— meta (@metaquest) July 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1021141718639562755
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1021221278479454208
https://twitter.com/eveewing/status/1021225509571657728
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1020382669333385222
erica orden (@eorden) Tweeted:
An AP investigation found that over the past three years, more than 250 rent-stabilized apartments — 75 percent of the building — were either emptied or sold as the Kushner Cos. was converting the building to luxury condos. https://t.co/23JE8WyS7u https://twitter.com/eorden/status/1018569915949895682?s=17
New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) Tweeted:
The real estate company formerly headed by Jared Kushner exposed children to cancer-causing substances as part of a campaign to push rent-stabilized tenants out of their apartments, a lawsuit claims https://t.co/iQC3oRrg66 https://t.co/nLeHMylEZV https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1018647367891996675?s=17
CNN (@CNN) Tweeted:
Parents waiting to be reunited with their children: “To the people of the United States, please help us. We are desperate parents… The United States government kidnapped our children with tricks and didn’t give us the opportunity to say goodbye” https://t.co/W2WliQNB6f https://t.co/lgceBxbLv5 https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1018806838320599041?s=17
Doug Rand (@doug_rand) Tweeted:
In a series of recent memos, @USCIS has effectively enacted a “zero-room-for-error” policy for visa applicants attempting to navigate the legal #immigration system. 1/ https://twitter.com/doug_rand/status/1018869398172553218?s=17
Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) Tweeted:
The Interior Department has commissioned a $1,700,000 expedited environmental review of the impact of leasing part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling, according to a document released under the FOIA. https://t.co/mCTCyjCwss https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1020148793025720320?s=17
Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) Tweeted:
So Konstantin Nikolaev is the oligarch who bankrolled Butina. His son, erm, volunteered for the Trump campaign: https://t.co/IKDfi5FOPO https://twitter.com/michaeldweiss/status/1021105514875269120?s=17
Liberal Librarian (@Lib_Librarian) Tweeted:
@PMourdoukoutas @Forbes Sigh.
Every few months, a moron like you comes along to say libraries should be replaced. I have to wonder what it is about libraries which frightens people like you so much that you want to be rid of them. https://twitter.com/Lib_Librarian/status/1021061459940261888?s=17
Good Morning, Everyone 😔😔😔
Good morning. Happy Monday!
Good Morning, BEAUTIFUL Peeps!