Day 483 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama. #fakenews #TrumpLies
Day 270 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injured 546 and Congress has taken NO action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget
POLITICO reports that legislative affairs tried to kill the prankster phone call after calling Menendez's office and learning the senator had no desire to connect with Trump, but Jared Kushner patched the call through. politico.com/story/2018/06/…
The Trump admin is barreling ahead in its high-stakes nuclear diplomacy with North Korea even though it lacks a full-time envoy to oversee the negotiations, Politico reports.
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Tillerson’s pick for top Asia diplomat officially out ahead of Senate confirmation. @ABC first reported that she was being sidelined from Noko talks and would exit after summit.
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Trump to @MariaBartiromo: “...You get rid of ICE, you’re going to have a country that you’re going to be afraid to walk out of your house.”
"Everyone agrees [MS-13] is bloodthirsty. [But] most of the other assertions I've heard from the Trump admin...have almost no connection to what I'm seeing…The gang is not invading the country. They're not posing as fake families." propublica.org/article/ms-13-…
Ethics watchdog American Oversight submitted 13 Freedom of Information Act requests seeking records from six Trump agencies regarding the implementation and impact of the "zero tolerance" policy and the separation of families.
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"It's been four months since I saw my son," one woman wrote. "He's three years old."
"I haven't even spoken to her," wrote a mother separated from her 5-year-old for weeks. "I'm desperate."
"I'm destroyed," added another.
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Government never had specific plan to reunify families, court testimony shows (not entirely surprising but still shocking) cnn.com/2018/06/29/pol… (via @TalKopan)
BuzzFeed News, ProPublica, The Intercept and Univision have announced that they're partnering to gather vital information about the children in immigration detention facilities and shelters.
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The Trump administration is resuming late night deportations, violating an 2016 agreement with Mexico designed to protect deportees from kidnappings and violence
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More than 600 marches today urging the Trump admin to keep migrant families together.
"I have literally never seen Americans show up for immigrants like this," said Jess Morales Rocketto, who works for the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
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Kirsten Gillibrand: "The mission of ICE is no longer being accomplished. Unfortunately, ICE is becoming a deportation force ... we should separate the missions. Immigration should be dealt with as a humanitarian issue ... criminal issues should be dealt with differently."
Pool report: "Protestors gathered near the Bedminster golf course ... Signs included:
'I really do care you should too #begone'
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'Even the Trump family belongs together'
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'Stop racism now'
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'Mueller ain't goin away'
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'Do you know where our children are?'"
"Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go" -- thousands march in solidarity with immigrant communities in Washington, DC
This is what democracy looks like. 🙌
#FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch
Unusually hot day in Michigan. Doesn’t seem to have affected turnout for #FamiliesBelongTogetherMarch in Ann Arbor.
Sen. Kamala Harris at the L.A. immigration rally: "We are better than this. We are better than having these detention centers that are prisons." (via CNN)
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee who calls the White House a "den of deceit" has provided more than $1,200,000 to immigrant rights groups this year, some of which will go to providing civil legal aid for people, families and unaccompanied minors.
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Trump is selecting a Supreme Court Justice while he is under active criminal investigation.
One of the leading candidates, coincidentally, believes sitting presidents shouldn't be "distracted" by such matters
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WaPo: Regarding possible #SCOTUS nominees, Trump "also wants to see a portfolio of solid academic writing, though this adviser acknowledged Trump does not care to read it; he simply wants to know it exists." washingtonpost.com/politics/we-ha…
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani at the office of the National Council of Resistance of #Iran in Paris, on the eve of the annual grand gathering of the Iranian Resistance.
Giuliani Promises Exiles Trump Will Bring Down Iran Regime
Reminder: Rudy is NOT the Secretary of State
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Saudi Arabia does not confirm agreement to increase oil production, despite Trump claim. hill.cm/V2sJWkc
General Motors: We’ll raise prices and may cut hiring and investment if the U.S. adopts Trump’s proposed auto tariffs. washingtonpost.com/news/business/…
Another US motorcycle company considering moving production outside US over tariffs hill.cm/iujzvYC
Kudlow said deficit is “coming down rapidly.”
A couple days prior, fellow White House adviser Kevin Hassett said the deficit was “skyrocketing.”
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Trump sees the presidency as a promotional vehicle for business interests, both his own and those of anyone who flatters him
Recently Trump-pardoned Dinesh D’Souza under fire after retweeting posts with #BurnTheJews and #BringBackSlavery Hashtags
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The Interior Department plans to let people kill endangered red wolves. 1/2
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They are accepting public comment on this!
Please comment and let @USFWS know that we don't want any wolves to be hunted! 2/2
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Bayou crawfishermen thought President Trump would clean up their swamp but there's no help in sight.
Shocking. <eyeroll>
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EPA's top ethics official had repeatedly come to defense of Scott Pruitt in ethics memos. Now he reveals, in a letter obtained by NYT, that he has asked EPA Inspector General to investigate multiple instances of possible wrongdoing by Pruitt.
nytimes.com/2018/06/30/cli…
The federal program housing nearly 1,800 Puerto Ricans following Hurricane Maria is coming to an end today. abcn.ws/2Km4Qrp
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
Judge rules that Puerto Rican survivors of Hurricane Maria do not have to check out of their TSA approved hotel rooms, at least for now. Here’s what we know as of right now.