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Trump puts kids in cages because he wants his wall. How low can he go? The authoritarian shitshow continues ...

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Gumpendorf · 19/06/2018 19:29

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NetofLemons · 30/06/2018 16:56

Jesus Rousette that is appalling, what a sick-makingly sanctimonious, irresponsible reply.

Roussette · 30/06/2018 17:33

Isn't it just net, I just found it sooooo patronising. But he is a first class twat

kalapattar · 30/06/2018 17:54

Jesus Rousette that is appalling, what a sick-makingly sanctimonious, irresponsible reply

Standard Tory reply? It's what Theresa May has said about this - despite all that's gone on.

Gumpendorf · 30/06/2018 18:05

Could they be any more obviousSad

https://twitter.com/tribelaw/status/1013094532718776320

Among the first cases the Court agreed to hear the day after Kennedy announced his retirement will decide whether a Trump pardon from federal prosecution will shield someone from state prosecution even if that state retains its dual sovereignty loophole

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/28/politics/supreme-court-double-jeopardy-clause/index.html

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ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 18:42

And so it starts, Gump. Bloody frustrating.

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 18:49

'How Supreme Court Nominations Lost Their Apolitical Pretense'

'It used to be that nobody would admit to opposing a nominee for ideological reasons. Should we be happy that illusion is over?'

www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/30/trump-supreme-court-nominations-history-bork-garland-218942

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 18:53

In trumpland up is down, in is out.
Alan Rappeport
@arappeport
Kudlow says the rising deficit is falling, Mnuchin says tax cuts pay for themselves as Treasury boosts debt sales, Hassett defends tariffs but won’t show his study that shows they will blunt economic growth.
mobile.twitter.com/arappeport/status/1013085246890364930

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 19:01

Tax dollars hard at work:
Dan Diamond
@ddiamond
A few tweets from @iamgavinjames, an HHS staffer who identifies himself as deputy communications director.
mobile.twitter.com/ddiamond/status/1012810075919044608

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 20:13

@benwikler
Heat index is 105° and there are 30,000 people outside the White House right now standing in front the blazing sun to insist #FamiliesBelongTogether

mobile.twitter.com/benwikler/status/1013100616971939840

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 20:15

@jiatolentino
Signs from the NYC protest
mobile.twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1013075293458886657

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 20:20

@jiatolentino
These two girls today
mobile.twitter.com/jiatolentino/status/1013109029550415872

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 21:09

'Trump Lied About Parents Of Korean War Vets, Now He's Lying About Returned Bodies'

'The president claims North Korea has returned 200 service members’ remains. That has not happened.'

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-korean-war-vets_us_5b352c42e4b007aa2f7e5080

ohmymimi · 30/06/2018 21:16

'Those who are in power depend upon our despair in order to maintain that power. Despair closes off the future, making us feel assured that all of our attempts at building a more just and humane world are doomed. Hope holds the door open, if ever so slightly, to the chance that it could be different. Do everything you can to keep it cracked open.'

slate.com/technology/2018/06/a-trauma-therapist-explains-how-to-cope-with-existential-despair.html

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