Now that Los Angeles is unifying, thankfully, in condemnation of the contemptible rhetoric (detestable on almost unfathomably different levels), what's next? People who live here know our city feels on the verge of wholesale failure. What now? Some questions... Who leaked the tape? And why? Was it a whistleblower or an opportunist? Intent matters. It particularly matters when so many incendiary issues are surfaced. LA is in metaphorical political drought. Lots of combustible timber. Did leaker consider what happens when match is lit?

Tuning-in NOW to watch @ahilan_toolong and @AliMayorkas enter into important dialogue assessing Biden Admin’s record on immigration in first 100 days. Might even do a little live tweeting…
#CILP100 @UCLAImmigration @ahilan_toolong @AliMayorkas @UCLAImmigration You can watch live on @cspan at this link: c-span.org/video/?511376-…

Excellent oped from @AliciaMenendez: “The big question is whether the administration has the fortitude to continue to act boldly in the face of the political attacks it is facing on immigration.” (Fwiw I would quibble with the word ‘continue’ here) msnbc.com/opinion/biden-… @AliciaMenendez “'Promises are not enough,' said @lorellapraeli. “We need to pass legislation this year. The WH must *start* working with Democrats to make sure that citizenship for essential workers, undocumented youth, TPS holders and farmworkers are included in the infrastructure package.'”

I am only sharing this thread (which is riddled with a mixture of falsehoods and semi-valid points) to illustrate a contradictory conflict that exists between Democratic establishment CIR campaign and the Sanders campaign. So here’s my own mini-thread on this… /1

https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1232405576107397125

First, I’ll demur on what to do about the the Lou Dobbs footage. It is truthfully troubling to see Sanders’ validating Dobbs’ racism, both with his presence on the show and with irksome his nods of agreement. Hopefully, if asked, Sanders will express regret the appearance. /2

All these years later, and just months ahead of a monumental SCOTUS decision, @jonfavs continues to be either ignorant or dishonest or both about DACA. THREAD on why this is so annoying, and more importantly, why it matters. /1 @jonfavs Here’s what he said yesterday: “[T]hinking back on our immigration policy, for example, like, we had to wait until the second term to do the DACA EO […] and when you ask people why we did it take so long do x,y, and z, the only reason is cuz well the lawyers said no, no, no.” /2

Here is a thread with a few thoughts on the immigration discussion last night…. /1 First, YES to more questions about President Obama’s catastrophic failure on immigration. There should be more discussion about his deportation policy, legislative approach, & political strategy. If we don’t get this empirical diagnosis right, we are doomed to repeat failure. /2