So, this happened yesterday: x President Trump says new border wall has ‘wired’ technology. “Sir, there could be some merit in not discussing that.” pic.twitter.com/dw3H3d3Znk — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 19, 2019 Politico “President Donald Trump on Wednesday showed off a swath of his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, boasting about its impenetrability for the cameras…
Category: Border
Ex-ethics chief: Trump administration are 'twisted monsters' for slowing medical care at border
A federal judge had to order Customs and Border Protection to allow doctors into migrant detention centers to treat and check on sick children. Again: The Trump administration has been so negligent and/or cruel, a court had to force it to let detained kids see doctors. CNN: A federal judge has ordered US Customs and…
Meet the Press host disappoints serious journalist Chuck Todd
In late May, President Donald Trump shocked many when he rejected the assessments of his own administration and U.S. allies about recent North Korean violations of United Nations resolutions regarding its ballistic missile program. In response to Trump’s support for the “very smart man” in Pyongyang, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd offered a novel…
'Highlights for Children' becomes the enemy of the people
Et tu, Highlights? Et tu? This pretty much leaves Guns & Ammo, Boys’ Life, InfoWars, and Fox News all alone in the “patriot” camp. x At Highlights, our core belief is that children are the world's most important people. In light of the reports of the living conditions of detained children & threats of further…
What Happened to Outrage?
This essay is not about political rights and wrongs or choosing up sides between Donkeys vs. Elephants. We all should have awakened this morning and become outraged once we saw the photograph of a father and daughter dead, face down in a pool of water. The father, Óscar Alberto Martínez, 25 and his 23-month-old daughter…
Report: Trump wanted to reinstate family separation; Nielsen resisted
He is a monster. Full stop. x Nielsen told the president that federal court orders prohibited DHS from reinstating the policy and that he would be reversing his own executive order from June that ended family separation, two of the officials assert. — MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 8, 2019 And here’s the link to NBC’s story…
OR-Sen: Jeff Merkley (D) Keeps Up The Call To Fire Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley’s (D. OR) re-election campaign: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Tonight, I went on MSNBC to share a bombshell revelation: a leaked memo proving that the Trump administration deliberately created the family humanitarian crisis at the border, specifically targeting children as pawns. What we've long suspected is…
Trump's PR stunt accidentally proves that his wall won't work
For some reason Donald Trump is fixated on wheels and walls these days. The logic? 1) Wheels are older than walls. 2) We still use walls. 3) Therefore, the border wall will work. Wait, I’m not kidding. He actually said that during his PR stunt in McAllen, Texas, today: “Well, a wheel is older than a…
Feliz Navidad. Mexican Girl Sends Santa Her List By Balloon, Arizona Man Finds and Fills It.
Well, this is a feel good story. Washington Post “Randy Heiss found a balloon while hiking in Patagonia, Ariz., on Dec. 16. Attached was a note. “Dayami,” it read on one side, in a child’s handwriting. A hand-drawn bow accompanied the word. Heiss flipped it over. It was a numbered list, all in Spanish. “My…
