BTW, happy to report that I tried to call my Senators today and both lines were busy (not just full mailboxes, I assume). Yay, NC.
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Senate rejects billions in Trump spending cuts as two Republicans vote ‘no’ – The Washington Post
Well, well, well, one of my Senators, and not generally known for bucking the system. Makes me wonder if McConnell is “peanut buttering” the necessity of votes unpopular with the base, or otherwise assigning tough votes to Senators safe in their next reelections.
Tweet from Matt Jones (@tinyarmoredone)
Matt Jones (@tinyarmoredone) Tweeted:
me: *opens mouth to scream into the void*
the void: sorry man we’re full up
me: what?
the void: there’s no more room. we’re teeming with screams
me: but—
the void: we👏are👏at👏capacity👏sir. try a pillow. https://twitter.com/tinyarmoredone/status/1009465370833453057?s=17
Here it is, the ransom note (tweet)
https://twitter.com/kenolin1/status/1008922177641635841
«Here it is. The ransom note. Give him the Wall and the kids go free. Never in our lifetimes has there been more despicable leadership of our country. This is truly vile.
@NBCNewsBREAKING: AG Sessions on Trump admin. policy of separating migrant families at US border: “If we build a wall, we pass some legislation, we close some loopholes, we won’t face these terrible choices.” https://nbcnews.to/2t5uPc0 »
Wittes and Rauch: Boycott the Republican Party – The Atlantic
Time to resurface this (and pin it).
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/boycott-the-gop/550907/
«This, then, is the article we thought we would never write: a frank statement that a certain form of partisanship is now a moral necessity. The Republican Party, as an institution, has become a danger to the rule of law and the integrity of our democracy. The problem is not just Donald Trump; it’s the larger political apparatus that made a conscious decision to enable him.»
Opinion | The Rise of the Amnesty Thugs – The New York Times
Accidentally found myself reading a David Brooks columna, and he had this to say:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/opinion/amnesty-deportation-immigration-family-separation.html
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For centuries, conservatives have repeated a specific critique against state power. Statism, conservatives have argued, has a tendency to become brutalist and inhumane because a bureaucracy can’t see or account for the complexity of reality. It tries to impose uniform rules on the organic intricacy of human relationships. Statist social engineering projects cause horrific suffering because in the mind of statists, the abstract rule is more important than the human being in front of them. The person must be crushed for the sake of the abstraction.This is exactly what the Trump immigration policies are doing. Families are ripped apart and children are left weeping by the fences constructed by government officials blindly following a regulation.
This illustrates something crucial about this administration. It is not populated by conservatives. It is populated by anti-liberal trolls. There’s a difference.»
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Tweet from Nicolas Steenhout (@vavroom)
Nicolas Steenhout (@vavroom) Tweeted:
I was not going to get involved because so many people have jumped on the band wagon. But it pisses me off. Warning: Rant coming on!
#servicedog https://t.co/7kMYBmMybo https://twitter.com/vavroom/status/1009067707503923200?s=17
Tweet from Rachel Held Evans (@rachelheldevans)
I think, for once, “aren’t messing around” is the right description.
Rachel Held Evans (@rachelheldevans) Tweeted:
The Methodists aren’t messing around.
https://t.co/0nJ4ZMvQSL https://twitter.com/rachelheldevans/status/1009192193028972545?s=17
(Jeff Sessions charged under UMC Discipline.)
Church charges brought against Sessions – The United Methodist Church
Thread by @ImmCivilRights: “Thread: How did we get here? In 2015, I shook President Obama’s hand, thanked him for DACA, and asked him to reverse course & close the […]” #EndFamilyDetention #DACA
Source: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1008902662828511232.html
Echh.
Thread by @ImmCivilRights: “Thread: How did we get here? In 2015, I shook President Obama’s hand, thanked him for DACA, and asked him to revose the for-profit baby jails (also known as “family detention centers”) he opened in Dilley & Karnes Ci […]” #EndFamilyDetention #DACA
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