Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction Rather than focusing solely on numerical reductions, a strategic approach is crucial for a sustainable solution. 04/26/2024 - 5:30 am | View Link
Talk of an Immigrant ‘Invasion’ Grows in Republican Ads and Speech The resurgence of the term exemplifies the shift in Republican rhetoric in the era of former ... complaining about the number of migrants in their cities. Democrats and advocates for migrants denounce ... 04/26/2024 - 4:44 am | View Link
Afghan Asylum Seekers Are Being Denied Their Religious Rights in ICE Prisons Each week, my organization, Project ANAR, receives multiple requests for assistance from Afghans of all ages who are detained in U.S. immigration prisons after crossing the southern border to seek ... 04/24/2024 - 4:36 am | View Link
We Can’t Trade a Path to Legalization in Exchange for More Border Militarization Author Silky Shah says immigration enforcement and the prison-industrial complex are intertwined systems of oppression. 04/23/2024 - 5:31 am | View Link
Despite a fortified border, migrants will keep coming, analysts agree. The number of people coming from South and Central American is rising and they will eventually arrive at the U.S. Southern border, analysts say. 04/22/2024 - 3:42 pm | View Link
CNN's Dana Bash reacts to Joshua Steinglass' cross-examination of David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, about whether he suppressed stories to help a presidential candidate during the 2016 elections.
Hey, did you guys hear that President Joe Biden is old? It's true—a shithole site with shithole writers has a "scoop" on it. As Susie Madrak wrote earlier today, "the New York Times is nothing more than a Mean Girls burn book," after repeated "articles" on Biden's age simply because the President wouldn't grant them an interview.
While facing a mountain of legal problems, Donald Trump, who ran his 2016 campaign on locking his opponent, Hillary Clinton, up even though she was never charged with any crimes, denies ever wanting to imprison her. Voters have bad memories at times, but the lock her up chants at every single Trump rally are unforgettable.
Some are wondering why South Dakota's Governor included her animal killing spree in her upcoming memoir. "She includes her story about the ill-fated Cricket, she says, to illustrate her willingness, in politics as well as in South Dakota life, to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it simply needs to be done." There is also a story about a wayward aggressive goat that was dealt with decisively, that is to say with a bullet to the brain.
On Trump's shortlist for running-mate, Noem must think such anecdotes paint in a good light.
Trump’s political operatives are putting together a plan that would give him input into the Federal Reserve, including making him an “acting” central bank board member, according to the Wall Street Journal. Via CNBC:
The plans, which the Journal report described as highly secretive, are part of a 10-page document that suggests Trump — if elected — would be consulted on interest rate decisions.
Jamie Raskin hilariously suggested that the RNC headquarters could host the Supreme Court after wingnut justices appeared open to recognizing some form of presidential immunity yesterday. Via HuffPost:
Host Joy Reid, who noted that Trump’s federal election interference case could be remanded back to the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals and thus further delay the trial past Election Day, called the Supreme Court majority “so clearly politicians” before looping in Raskin.
“Well, they’re politicians who are not even subject to popular election unlike me.