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Justice Kennedy Retires, No Bill

Thursday, June 28, 2018

Right Turn: Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, the swing vote between four conservatives and four liberals, announced that he’s going to retire, potentially giving President Trump and the Republicans a replacement appointment that will shape court decisions for decades. On …

New York Shocker, Muslim Ban Legal

Wednesday, June 27, 2018

As Goes New York: Primary votes in seven states yesterday resulted in a shocker in New York where 28-year-old political rookie Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez beat 10-term Democratic Rep. Joseph Crowley, who was considered a candidate for Speaker of the House if …

Return of Catch & Release, Harley Goes on Tour

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Catch and Release: In a tacit admission that immigration policy isn’t so easy as big talk, Customs and Border Protection  announced that it is backing away from President Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy of detaining illegal immigrants and returning to the …

Skip Courts and Judges, Reunification

Monday, June 25, 2018

Let Them Eat Cake: While being driven to his golf course in Virginia yesterday, President Trump tweeted a call for illegal immigrants to be deprived of due process and sent immediately back. He wrote, “We cannot allow all of these …

Distraction from Kids, Change of Will

Saturday, June 23, 2018

Separation from Reality: President Trump yesterday trotted out families of people murdered and killed by illegal immigrants in an effort to draw sympathy away from the thousands of children separated from parents who entered the country illegally . “They are …

Housing for 20,000, Message on a Jacket

Friday, June 22, 2018

Summer Kamp: Just a day after President Trump announced he would keep detained immigrant families together, The NY Times  reported that the Pentagon is under orders to prepare for housing up to 20,000 unaccompanied children on military bases in Texas …

Trump Reverses, Babies Still in Cages

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Babies in Cages: It took crying babies from South America to get President Trump to back down for the first time in his presidency. Yesterday Trump signed an executive order ending the policy of separating detained illegal immigrants from their …

Children in “Tender Age” Holding Pens

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Tender Age: Babies and immigrant children under the age of 12 are being held in four of what the government calls “tender age” facilities in South Texas, the Associated Press reports. Lawyers and medical providers who have visited the Rio …

Intolerance for Zero Tolerance, Wizard of Odd

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Less Than Zero: Amid rising opposition, even from within the Republican Party, President Trump and his administration yesterday defended his “zero tolerance” policy toward illegal immigrants that has resulted in the separation of 2,200 children from their parents. Trump said …

Preparing for a Fight, The Princeling

Sunday, June 17, 2018

The Russia Thing: As President Trump declares that he’s already been cleared in the Russia investigation, he and his lawyers are expected to decide within the next couple of weeks whether he will sit for an interview with Special Counsel …