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Trump Is Taking Money From FEMA To Pay For ICE Detention Camps
As the Carolinas prepare for "tremendously big and tremendously wet" Hurricane Florence to hit their coast on Friday, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley revealed on last night's Rachel Maddow Show that the Trump Administration diverted almost $10 million from FEMA to ICE earlier this ...read more
America Doesn't get to Bitch About North Korea's Prison Camps Anymore
One of America's favorite ways to justify escalating hostilities with another country is to breathlessly decry the awfulness of said country. The media will regularly report on human rights abuses in China or food lines on Soviet Russia or, most recently, the inhumane prison ...read more
This is How Fox News Manipulates Data to Smear Sanctuary Cities and Immigrants
Since the US Supreme Court announced it would hear arguments regarding Trump's travel ban Republicans have once again fixed their attention on immigration. On June 29 the House of Representatives passed "Kate's Law," named after Kate Steinle, a 32-year-old who was allegedly ...read more
Trump's Cruel Immigrant Purge Is Forcing Rape Victims Into The Shadows, Afraid Of The Police
Imagine you are a woman who was just violently raped. You are laying on the ground bleeding because your attacker decided he wanted to beat you before forcing himself on you. When he leaves, you are afraid for your life and you just want someone to help you. So, you do what you ...read more
ICE Spent A Week Lying To The Public With Trumplike Disregard For Transparency
Friday night, Rachel Maddow discussed the surge in immigration raids under the geas of Trump's war on Latinos. While the surge itself was not surprising in the context of Trump's racist rhetoric, the fact that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) lied about them is a signal ...read more