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The Trump Administration Can’t Find the Parents of 545 Migrant Children They Took at the Border
Because the Trump administration was created to show us exactly what the devil looks like, in 2018 they issued a “zero-tolerance” border-crossing policy that separated migrant children at the southern U.S. border from their parents and enslaved them in cages. Then it turned out that the administration had been separating migrant children from their families…
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America the Beautiful, America the Cruel
The Fourth of July, or the Fourth of You Lie as we black folks like to call it, is here again. And we’ll be inundated with bold-faced lies about American exceptionalism. You’ll hear it from television commentators. From politicians. From dudes wearing a red, white and blue t-shirt…made in China. They’ll talk about how we’re…
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Too Much Breaking Bad: Trump Claims Mexican Troops Pulled Guns on Border Guards as Diversionary Tactic for Drug Smugglers
President Donald Trump has the recipe to rile up his base. Mix equal parts racism and television theatrics with a heaping helping of dog whistling and a can of cream of mushroom soup (because man do they love some cream of mushroom soup), and bake at 450 degrees for 45 minutes, and what you have…
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Donald Trump Handed Rare Victory as 9th Circuit Rules in Favor of Returning Asylum Seekers to Mexico
According to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Trump Administration is allowed to continue sending asylum seekers back to Mexico. The ruling comes after an appeals court decision halted the practice, and days after a federal judge in California blocked the policy, dubbed the Migration Protection Protocols. In a two-paragraph ruling, the 9th Circuit…
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7-Year-Old Jakelin Caal Maquin Died from Sepsis, Medical Examiners Say
Seven-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin, the small girl who died while migrating to the United States from Guatemala, died from a bacterial infection known as streptococcal sepsis while in U.S. Customs and Border Protection custody, according to an autopsy. The El Paso medical examiner released the autopsy report Friday. Sepsis was found in Maquin’s lungs, liver…
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Trump Back to Threatening Border Closure
Trump is reviving his border wall threats. This time, he’s ready to act within a week. “If Mexico doesn’t immediately stop ALL illegal immigration coming into the United States throug (sic) our Southern Border,” he tweeted Friday, “ I will be CLOSING the Border, or large sections of the Border, next week.” During an appearance…
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Montana Women Sue Border Protection Agents After Being Detained for Speaking Spanish While in Public
Ana Suda and Martha Hernandez are suing US Customs and Border Protection officers for detaining them at a gas station last year. Their case could test the agency’s far-reaching power to patrol the border zone, including their ability to stop and question individuals suspected of illegal residence in the United States. Video of the incident…
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Oval Office Confessions: Trump Goes Live on National Television to Talk About His Dumb Wall
Previously on White House Apprentice, we found out that the magical wall of doom your “president” won’t stop talking about was never really supposed to be a thing in the first place. It was revealed that the “wall” was actually a mnemonic meant to help the then-candidate remember to talk about being tough on immigration…
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Donald Trump Tells the Grinch to Hold His Beer: National Christmas Tree Unlit Due to Government Shutdown
The national Christmas tree in Washington, D.C., stood lightless and listless on Christmas Day, a casualty of the partial government shutdown, sending sectors of the country into a whirlwind of delays, stoppages and emergency adjustments to holiday plans. According to the Associated Press, several national parks had closed as a result of the government shutdown…