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riversedge's JournalRussian TV makes fun of Trump. who had stand around and wait for Putin.............
#Russia's state TV revels in the idea that Trump arrived early & had to stand around waiting for Putin, along with Ivanka, Kushner, Bolton and Pompeo. To make fun of Trump, they show an Internet meme that depicts Trump welcoming Putin with Russian karavai on an embroidered towel.
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1144608256846962688
Walter Mondale on President Trump: "He's got something deep in him that is detestable."
Spot on. spot on!!
Susan Page Verified account @SusanPage
29m29 minutes ago
NEW: Former president Jimmy Carter says a full investigation “would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016….He was put into office because the Russians interfered.” Does that mean he’s an illegitimate president? “Based on what I said, which I can’t retract.”
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Susan Page
?Verified account @SusanPage
26m26 minutes ago
At @CarterCenter conference on human rights moderated by historian Jon Meacham, former president Jimmy Carter says “every day we send a terrible signal” with border policy, “a disgrace to the United States, and I hope it will soon be ended. Maybe not until the 2020 election.”
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Susan Page Verified account @SusanPage
Former Vice President Walter Mondale on President Trump: “He’s got something deep in him that is detestable.” Cites “his rhetoric, his harshness, his divisiveness,” then adds: “Doctors tell me they think they recognize symptoms of psychological problems.” At
https://twitter.com/SusanPage/status/1144621287333081089
Mad Librarian ? @nyclibrarian
5m5 minutes ago
Replying to @SusanPage @CarterCenter
SPEAK THE TRUTH!
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Thomas urges Supreme Court to revisit abortion precedents as judges dodge another case
Source: CNN
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter
Updated 10:03 AM ET, Fri June 28, 2019
Washington (CNN)An Alabama law that prohibits a type of surgical abortion that is clinically referred to as Dilation and Evacuation will remain blocked after the Supreme Court declined on Friday to hear the case, but Justice Clarence Thomas made clear he wants the court to consider rolling back historical precedent on abortion.
The West Alabama Women's Center, represented by the ACLU, argues the law prohibits physicians from performing and abortion using "the most commonly used method for performing pre-viability second trimester abortions."
In court briefs they argue that "starting around 15 weeks" D&E is the "only abortion method that can be performed outside a hospital; it accounts for 95% of second-trimester abortions nationally and 99% of abortions after 15 weeks in Alabama." They also dispute the robustness of the health exception for women.
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Referring to past cases he said "we cannot continue blinking the reality of what this court has wrought."
This story is breaking and will be updated.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/28/politics/supreme-court-alabama-abortion-clarence-thomas/index.html?utm_source=twCNNp&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-06-28T14%3A10%3A41&utm_term=image
Oh, it is PAST time to put yourself out to pasture!!
Sanders campaign says he will close migrant detention centers if elected
Sanders campaign says he will close migrant detention centers if elected
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/2020-democrats-migrant-child-detention-centers-sanders
Move would be the first executive action he would take, says Jane Sanders as 2020 contenders visit Homestead facility in Florida
Lauren Gambino @laurenegambino
Wed 26 Jun 2019 15.41 EDT
Last modified on Wed 26 Jun 2019 16.47 EDT
Senator Bernie Sanders’ first executive order as president would be to close America’s private detention facilities, which are part of an ongoing row over the treatment of child migrants, his wife and senior adviser, Jane Sanders, has said.
Jane Sanders was outside a detention facility in Homestead, Florida, along with several 2020 Democratic candidates voicing upset at the immigration policies of Donald Trump.
Jane Sanders told the Guardian it was “heartbreaking” to see the Homestead facility firsthand and outlined what the Vermont senator – who is one of the 2020 frontrunners to take on Trump – would do if he won the White House.
“The first thing – one of the things that he says he’ll do as president – the first executive action he’ll take is to shut these down, to shut down the child detention centers across the country,” she said.
Sanders said her husband has a forthcoming immigration plan informed by Latino staff members and immigrant activists. She also he had voted against legislation that led to the creation of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency in 2002.............................
Asylum Officers: Trump's 'Remain In Mexico' Policy Is Against 'Moral Fabric' Of U.S.
Source: npr.org
June 27, 201912:01 AM ET Bobby Allyn
The labor union for federal asylum officers is condemning President Trump's policy of sending migrants to Mexico as they wait for their assigned court dates in the U.S., calling the Trump administration's program "fundamentally contrary to the moral fabric of our Nation."
The asylum officers, who are tasked with carrying out a policy widely known as "Remain in Mexico," said they have a duty "to protect vulnerable asylum seekers from persecution," claiming that Trump's policy creates a conflict between their professional responsibility and the president's directives.
The policy formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols is a "widespread violation" of international and domestic law, the asylum workers' union wrote.
"[The Migrant Protection Protocols program] violates our Nation's longstanding tradition and international treaty and domestic obligation not to return those fleeing persecution to a territory where they will be persecuted," the union, the American Federation of Government Employees Local 1924, wrote to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in an amicus brief filing.
It is significant and unusual for a sitting president's own federal workers to publicly criticize a policy they have been directed to follow. The asylum officers say the MPP program undercuts a core part of their job and may endanger the lives of asylum-seekers, so the officers are asking the federal appeals court to halt the program. ............................
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/27/736461700/asylum-officers-trumps-remain-in-mexico-policy-is-against-moral-fabric-of-u-s
Bravo for these Federal workers.
The actual law suit is available at the link......
Cuban migrants cross a bridge in Mexico to be processed as asylum-seekers in the U.S. The labor union representing asylum officers claims the policy formally known as the Migrant Protection Protocols is a "widespread violation" of international and domestic law.
Christian Torres/AP
Sanders campaign says he will close migrant detention centers if elected
Sanders campaign says he will close migrant detention centers if elected
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/2020-democrats-migrant-child-detention-centers-sanders
Move would be the first executive action he would take, says Jane Sanders as 2020 contenders visit Homestead facility in Florida
Lauren Gambino @laurenegambino
Wed 26 Jun 2019 15.41 EDT
Last modified on Wed 26 Jun 2019 16.47 EDT
Senator Bernie Sanders’ first executive order as president would be to close America’s private detention facilities, which are part of an ongoing row over the treatment of child migrants, his wife and senior adviser, Jane Sanders, has said.
Jane Sanders was outside a detention facility in Homestead, Florida, along with several 2020 Democratic candidates voicing upset at the immigration policies of Donald Trump.
Jane Sanders told the Guardian it was “heartbreaking” to see the Homestead facility firsthand and outlined what the Vermont senator – who is one of the 2020 frontrunners to take on Trump – would do if he won the White House.
“The first thing – one of the things that he says he’ll do as president – the first executive action he’ll take is to shut these down, to shut down the child detention centers across the country,” she said.
Sanders said her husband has a forthcoming immigration plan informed by Latino staff members and immigrant activists. She also he had voted against legislation that led to the creation of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency in 2002.............................
Trump: "I have tremendous numbers of Iranian friends... they're from Iran." Just. Watch. His. Eyes.
bags under eyes. looks tired to me.
Richard Marx
?Verified account @richardmarx
21h21 hours ago
Richard Marx Retweeted Travis Akers
Just. Watch. His. Eyes. #heisnuts
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Travis Akers
@travisakers
“I have tremendous numbers of Iranian friends... they’re from Iran.”
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https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1143837565767888897
https://twitter.com/ungerbn103/status/1143863153891131392
https://twitter.com/WakeUp2News/status/1143907265268854784
THERE IS NO SIGN OF LIFE ANYWHERE:
https://twitter.com/cornflakekatie/status/1143944282610573312
"It was [Julin] Castro that came out of nowhere,"
I am glad to see this. He has always been in my top 5 of Candidates. Maybe top 3.
"It was [Julián] Castro that came out of nowhere," says @VanJones68 on tonight's #DemDebate. "Nobody was talking about Castro. He did the Texas takedown. Turned around, clocked Beto... You never saw it coming... He bought himself a lifeline and that's why I love these debates."
Anderson Cooper 360°
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1144095158256001024
https://twitter.com/JulianCastro/status/1144076626482925568
Senate GOP plan to force House Dems to accept their bill or get nothing done as the humanitarian cri
Pure meanness.
Mitch McConnell
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday set up votes on the House bill, the Senate bill and an amendment to cut spending in order to pay for the Senate’s bill. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo
Senate passes border spending package, setting up fight with House
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/26/immigration-border-fight-congress-1383717
Senate Republicans plan to force House Democrats to accept their bill or get nothing done as the humanitarian crisis worsens.
Updated 06/26/2019 05:41 PM EDT
Both the Senate and House have now passed legislation delivering billions of dollars to address the growing humanitarian crisis at the southern border. But lawmakers have no agreement on how to reconcile those bills before a recess set to start on Friday.
The Senate passed a $4.6 billion emergency spending bill on Wednesday, one day after the Democratic House approved its own competing legislation. House and Senate Democrats immediately then began urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to enter into negotiations to craft compromise legislation.
But McConnell was noncommittal and may simply leave Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a take-it-or-leave-it decision heading into the July Fourth recess. McConnell would only say Congress "is going to try to get it finished this week" when asked if he'd enter into talks with House Democrats. 
McConnell's chief deputy said House Democrats have proposed changes to the Senate bill that would make it more palatable to liberals, but said Republicans are unlikely to support them. Democrats are seeking to reimburse local governments and organizations that offer support to migrants and also limit to 90 days the amount of time that unaccompanied minors are kept in temporary shelters at the border, among several changes requested by Pelosi. .................................
Trump's Solution for Migrant Kid Horrors: Blame Obama
Source: DAILYBEAST
HORROR SHOW
Far from moving to ameliorate the treatment of small children that has become a national story, the president is telling senior aides to stick to blaming Democrats and Obama.
Updated 06.26.19 10:18AM ET / Published 06.26.19 5:06AM ET
As news broke on the reportedly horrific conditions at a Texas detention center holding migrant children, President Trump did what he normally does in times of crisis and public-relations hellscapes: He monitored the media and political reactions via his White House TV and the DVR device he dubs his “super TiVo.”
And in the days since the treatment of small children at this detention facility became major national news, the president wanted to make one thing clear to his subordinates, though his focus was not at all about ameliorating appalling conditions. Trump has repeatedly told advisers and senior aides that, no matter how great the public outrage toward his administration, his lieutenants were to stick to a simple strategy of blaming Democrats and Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, according to two people with knowledge of the exchanges.
In the end for Trump, the dire situation was a mere messaging problem.
The strategy was a practical Xerox of the president’s approach to other immigration scandals of the Trump era, such as the brutal, widely condemned family-separation policy. When the president and his team don’t want to own the negative coverage and political backlash to the treatment of migrants, asylum-seekers, or undocumented immigrants—but also want to continue draconian policies nonetheless—they frequently revert to trashing the Democrats as the real culprits.
“Well, they’re better than, much better than Obama… The conditions are much better than they were under President Obama,” Trump alleged during an interview with The Hill on Monday, when asked about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s characterization that he was presiding over an American “concentration camp.” .............................
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-sees-dire-migrant-detention-conditions-as-messaging-problem?ref=wrap
It really is Trumps default response--Blame Obama-or Hillary-or the Dems--or all 3 at once.
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