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Wed Jun 20, 2018, 07:20 PM

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I think we learned a couple of important things this week: [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 OP

K&R smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #1

+1 Blue_Tires Jun 2018 #2

LOL! The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #4

Hi Blue_Tires syringis Jun 2018 #36

Yep Meowmee Jun 2018 #37

Got to keep the pressure on. This is not even close to being over. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2018 #3

I agree with you...We must keep the pressure on.. Stuart G Jun 2018 #15

He will try something even worse. Dave Starsky Jun 2018 #41

We learned the importance of a Free Press calling leaders out on their lies in a strong way. TeamPooka Jun 2018 #5

Yes. NM jayschool2013 Jun 2018 #21

For sure. Dave Starsky Jun 2018 #42

Since he is a sociopath and has no idea what feelings and emotions are, BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #6

So true! lunasun Jun 2018 #8

good one good one..... pangaia Jun 2018 #17

I think Meowmee Jun 2018 #38

media did a good job for once, will they continue? AlexSFCA Jun 2018 #7

K&R - Keep resisting! nt PunkinPi Jun 2018 #9

Correct. But... Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #10

Take a day off, or 2. It's ok. pangaia Jun 2018 #18

LOL! Will do! This is exhausting! At least we didn't have any child detention centers here... Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #22

Necessary reminders Crash2Parties Jun 2018 #11

I'm not so sure about Catholic leaders doing that en masse. Some probably did. Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #26

It was extremely widespread. And it was official, via the American Bishops Crash2Parties Jun 2018 #32

I think you may be misremembering... Honeycombe8 Jun 2018 #33

"As allowed by law" (court permission) is the loophole that won't allow "family detention centers." ancianita Jun 2018 #12

Yes, the Flores settlement prohibits it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #13

Public pressure works! That makes it our responsibility. Jim__ Jun 2018 #14

And don't forget the 2,300 kids STILL caged that the administration PatrickforO Jun 2018 #16

The Executive Order still gives them leeway to separate families. Lonestarblue Jun 2018 #19

Yes! Ohioboy Jun 2018 #25

You're darned right. PatrickforO Jun 2018 #31

Capitalism isn't bad as long as we have good protections from those who would use it for wrong. Ohioboy Jun 2018 #43

If you think it through, the single biggest problem in capitalism is PatrickforO Jun 2018 #48

And please let's keep calling them Trumpvilles. fierywoman Jun 2018 #20

That is the perfect name and likely to get under his orange skin. AllyCat Jun 2018 #29

Amen to that! You are correct on all counts. Ohioboy Jun 2018 #23

Trump has proven fully capable and willing to commit Hitlerian level atrocities Skraxx Jun 2018 #24

Totally agree. He has been operating from that playbook for quite a while. Enoki33 Jun 2018 #28

If the people who so hate America are swept from Congress, Trump is liable for prosecution. NNadir Jun 2018 #27

i know the marching gets tiresome, barbtries Jun 2018 #30

"...what will be done about the kids that have already been separated?" Garrett78 Jun 2018 #34

I told my husband this a.m. that Grammy23 Jun 2018 #35

Yes Meowmee Jun 2018 #39

I'm afraid your good thing isn't so good after all. Pacifist Patriot Jun 2018 #40

I don't agree. The reason for the family separation policy The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #44

Children can't be detained indefinitely. Garrett78 Jun 2018 #49

Exactly - the pressure only forced him to put out a fake press release. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #46

It's not meaningless so much as problematic, to put it mildly. Garrett78 Jun 2018 #50

The Executive Order is a fake. lagomorph777 Jun 2018 #45

Of course it is. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2018 #47

This story is not going away and we need to remind his supporters everyday he's putting kimbutgar Jun 2018 #51