Quotable
Year: 2018
Trump Lies
Trump Signs Executive Order to Stop What He Said Signing an Executive Order Couldn’t Stop (?)
Daily Beast: “President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday halting his administration’s separation of immigrant families, putting an end to a practice that caused international outrage and rare condemnation from both parties in […]
Wrecking Ball
GOP Budget Proposal Slashes Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security to Offset Tax Cuts For the Rich
“House Republicans released a budget proposal Tuesday that would balance in nine years – but only by making large cuts to entitlement programs, including Medicare and Social Security, that President Donald Trump has vowed not […]
Fascism
Where Are the Girls?
The Washington Post: “As journalists and elected officials have gotten a chance to tour facilities in which children are being held after being separated from their families under the Trump administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ immigration policy, a […]
Fascism
Trump And The Red Hats Refuse To Stop Snatching Children From Their Parents
CNBC: “President Donald Trump showed no sign of backing down from his administration’s migrant family separation policy Monday, despite mounting condemnation of the practice that threatens the political fortunes of the president and his Republican […]
History
June 18, 1798
History.com: “President John Adams passes the Naturalization Act, the first of four pieces of controversial legislation known together as the Alien and Sedition Acts, on this day in 1798. Strong political opposition to these acts […]
Russia
Paul Manafort, Former Trump Campaign Manager, Booked Into Jail, Awaiting Trial
Reuters: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former election campaign manager, Paul Manafort, was sent to jail pending trial on Friday after being charged with witness tampering, the latest episode in his long fall from grace.” “Manafort, […]
immigration
Who Would Jesus Detain?
The Guardian: “This week, attorney general Jeff Sessions quoted the bible to justify a cruel policy that is, in fact, not a required law: the forced separation of immigrant families at the border.” “Sessions cracked […]
Con Man-in-Chief
NY Attorney General Sues Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr. and Eric For Running Bogus Charity
“A bombshell civil lawsuit filed Thursday — President Trump’s 72nd birthday — accuses the commander-in-chief and his three oldest children of operating a bogus namesake charity ‘in persistent violation’ of federal and state laws for […]
Fascism
Mural of ‘The Leader’ Greets Immigrant Children in Detention Warehouse
MSNBC Correspondent Jacob Soboroff was among the first journalists allowed to enter one of the detention facilities housing over a thousand immigrant children the Trump administration has separated from their parents. Here’s part of his […]