01 July 19
Andy Borowitz | Trump Praises Kim on Immigration: "No One Is Trying to Get Into Your Country"
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Setting foot in North Korea for the first time, on Sunday, President Donald Trump praised that nation's dictator, Kim Jong Un, for his efforts on immigration, telling Kim, 'No one is trying to get into your country.'"
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Setting foot in North Korea for the first time, on Sunday, President Donald Trump praised that nation's dictator, Kim Jong Un, for his efforts on immigration, telling Kim, 'No one is trying to get into your country.'"
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Bernie Sanders. (photo: Antonella Crescimbeni)
Sanders Is Right: Republican Tax Cuts Cost More Than Forgiving Student Debt
Mona Chalabi, Guardian UK
Chalabi writes: "Without policy change, the US student loan debt crisis is projected to keep growing."
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Mona Chalabi, Guardian UK
Chalabi writes: "Without policy change, the US student loan debt crisis is projected to keep growing."
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A question added to the 2020 census asking about citizenship could cause many immigrants to not participate in the census. (photo: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
Harvard Law School's Own Larry Tribe Is Deeply Concerned About the Next Shoe That's Going to Drop
Joe Patrice, Above the Law
Patrice writes: "Constitution nerds might remember that the census is one of those things mandated by the founding document that can't be changed up on a whim by a president trying to find a way to drive down representation."
Joe Patrice, Above the Law
Patrice writes: "Constitution nerds might remember that the census is one of those things mandated by the founding document that can't be changed up on a whim by a president trying to find a way to drive down representation."
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In response, Trump said he’s asking for the census to be delayed:
Seems totally ridiculous that our government, and indeed Country, cannot ask a basic question of Citizenship in a very expensive, detailed and important Census, in this case for 2020. I have asked the lawyers if they can delay the Census, no matter how long, until the.....
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Constitution nerds might remember that the census is one of those things mandated by the founding document that can’t be changed up on a whim by a president trying to find a way to drive down representation. In theory, someone will inform him of this fact and the census will go forward anyway.
But Professor Tribe thinks the mere ask could be an ominous sign:
Is it just me, or does Trump ‘s idea of delaying the constitutionally mandated decennial census remind anyone else of delaying the constitutionally mandated quadrennial presidential election? washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
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Invoking the Holocaust, demonstrators described the conditions in which immigrants are being held as concentration camps and spoke of the immigrant children who have died while in ICE care. (photo: Gili Getz)
Over 30 Jewish Protesters Arrested After Blocking Access to Privately Operated ICE Detention Facility
Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Newsweek
Moritz-Rabson writes: "Those arrested were among dozens of Jews who staged an action at the Elizabeth Detention Center to protest the treatment and detention of undocumented immigrants."
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Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Newsweek
Moritz-Rabson writes: "Those arrested were among dozens of Jews who staged an action at the Elizabeth Detention Center to protest the treatment and detention of undocumented immigrants."
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Brett Kavanaugh. (photo: Salwan Georges/Getty Images)
Brett Kavanaugh Is Exactly Who We Thought He Was
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "Kavanaugh's two most revealing votes came in two cases where Roberts crossed over to vote with the court's liberal bloc - and Kavanuagh did not."
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Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "Kavanaugh's two most revealing votes came in two cases where Roberts crossed over to vote with the court's liberal bloc - and Kavanuagh did not."
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Samar Badawi was arrested last July. (photo: Alchetron)
Saudi Women's Rights Activists Appear in 'Terror' Court
Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera
Chehayeb writes: "Prominent women's rights activists including Samar Badawi appeared in a Saudi court on Thursday over charges linked to their human rights activism."
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Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera
Chehayeb writes: "Prominent women's rights activists including Samar Badawi appeared in a Saudi court on Thursday over charges linked to their human rights activism."
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There's no rule that says beach reads have to be frothy and lightweight. (photo: EcoWatch)
Plastic, Insects, Salmon and Climate Change: The 13 Best Environmental Books of July
John R. Platt, The Revelator
Platt writes: "We've picked the best new environmentally themed books coming out this July, with titles covering everything from insects and salmon to climate change and plastic pollution."
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John R. Platt, The Revelator
Platt writes: "We've picked the best new environmentally themed books coming out this July, with titles covering everything from insects and salmon to climate change and plastic pollution."
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