Thread for obviously newsworthy stuff

[Giancarlo]

The pro-Trumpers hate America, hate anyone who is different than them and want to see people like me put in gas chambers.

They even wear shirts saying they'd rather be Russian than a democrat. Yeah, Russian. If they love Russia so much, go ****ing move there with its non-existent healthcare and ballooning military budget that takes up 35% of the entire government budget.

[Giancarlo]

“Last week was a tidal wave of bad news for this presidency and this president, and his approval rating stayed the same,

No it didn't.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_trump_job_approval-6179.html

Even Rasmussen has him under water. And two new pollsters that came out put him at 40%. He's tanking again. And most importantly his disapproval rating is climbing. Reuters/Ipsos (highly regarded) and USA Today have him at 57% and 56% disapproval respectively.

[-Jrabbit]

Geez, you sound like Kenobi claiming the NHL is biased anytime his beloved Canucks are called for more penalties than their opponent.

"Unbiased justice" does not mean tracking the percentages of offenders from each party. It means following where the evidence leads and exposing the criminals, regardless of political affiliation.

[-Jrabbit]

I doubt he will plead out. I believe he will simply tell the truth.

[Kidlicious]

The anti-Trumpers are against unbiased justice. They only want conservatives investigated and prosecuted. They want good Americans like General Flynn to be financially ruined, bullied, and possibly sent to prison because he ran afoul with the deep state, and the deep state doesn't like Trump either. So the left applauds as an American that served this country with distinction is ruined.

So much more I could say ....

[Broken_Erika]

Gotta crack down on those American-Born Illegals! 'cause anyone born within 300 miles of the border isn't a real American!

U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question

PHARR, Tex. — On paper, he’s a devoted U.S. citizen.

His official American birth certificate shows he was delivered by a midwife in Brownsville, at the southern tip of Texas. He spent his life wearing American uniforms: three years as a private in the Army, then as a cadet in the Border Patrol and now as a state prison guard.

But when Juan, 40, applied to renew his U.S. passport this year, the government’s response floored him. In a letter, the State Department said it didn’t believe he was an American citizen.

As he would later learn, Juan is one of a growing number of people whose official birth records show they were born in the United States but who are now being denied passports — their citizenship suddenly thrown into question. The Trump administration is accusing hundreds, and possibly thousands, of Hispanics along the border of using fraudulent birth certificates since they were babies, and it is undertaking a widespread crackdown.

In a statement, the State Department said that it “has not changed policy or practice regarding the adjudication of passport applications,” adding that “the U.S.-Mexico border region happens to be an area of the country where there has been a significant incidence of citizenship fraud.”

But cases identified by The Washington Post and interviews with immigration attorneys suggest a dramatic shift in both passport issuance and immigration enforcement.

In a case last August, a 35-year-old Texas man with a U.S. passport was interrogated while crossing back into Texas from Mexico with his son at the McAllen-Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge, connecting Reynosa, Mexico, to McAllen, Tex.

His passport was taken from him, and Customs and Border Protection agents told him to admit that he was born in Mexico, according to documents later filed in federal court. He refused and was sent to the Los Fresnos Detention Center and entered into deportation proceedings.

He was released three days later, but the government scheduled a deportation hearing for him in 2019. His passport, which had been issued in 2008, was revoked.

Attorneys say these cases, where the government’s doubts about an official birth certificate lead to immigration detention, are increasingly common. “I’ve had probably 20 people who have been sent to the detention center — U.S. citizens,” said Jaime Diez, an attorney in Brownsville.

The denials are happening at a time when Trump has been lobbying for stricter federal voter identification rules, which would presumably affect the same people who are now being denied passports — almost all of them Hispanic, living in a heavily Democratic sliver of Texas.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f2379b5edc 39

[Aeson]

... as are laws, morals, ethics, logic, math, facts, photons, and user interfaces on machines

[Broken_Erika]

The human race is biased against trump.

[Kidlicious]

This is a sample of what the BBC doesn't think is leftist,



“Last week was a tidal wave of bad news for this presidency and this president, and his approval rating stayed the same,” Katy Tur said Monday on the show, visibly frustrated.

“So I wonder — I mean, if that’s not going to move the needle, is this John McCain thing going to move the needle?”

Freckin lunatics. This is every Freckin network.

[Giancarlo]

Trump complicit in murder of US citizens with his gross inaction and negligence in Puerto Rico.

[Broken_Erika]

Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rico mayor derides Trump actions

The mayor of the Puerto Rican capital San Juan says President Donald Trump's response to the hurricane that devastated the US territory last year is a "stain on his presidency".

Carmen Yulin Cruz's comments came a day after officials said 2,975 people had died in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria last September.

The revised death toll is nearly 50 times the previous estimate of 64.

"The Trump administration killed the Puerto Rican with neglect," she said.

Speaking to CNN, she added: "The Trump administration led us to believe that they were helping when they weren't really up to par."

The territory has struggled to repair its infrastructure and power grid since the storm, and is asking US Congress for $139bn (£108bn) in recovery funds.

Ms Cruz criticised Mr Trump personally for his response to the crisis, referencing a photo op during which the president threw rolls of paper towels to a crowd of hurricane survivors.

On Wednesday Mr Trump defended his administration saying: "I think we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico."

"We have put billions and billions of dollars into Puerto Rico and it was a very tough one," he continued, adding "I think most of the people in Puerto Rico really appreciate what we've done."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45348356

[Giancarlo]

McGahn is the next John Dean. He will probably take a plea bargain in exchange for more information.

[Broken_Erika]

Don McGahn: Trump says White House counsel to depart

US President Donald Trump has said White House lawyer Don McGahn will leave his post in the coming months.

The president tweeted that Mr McGahn would depart after the confirmation of a Supreme Court nominee in the autumn.

His exit follows reports of White House unease at the extent of Mr McGahn's co-operation with an ongoing inquiry into alleged Russia election meddling.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45348256

[Giancarlo]

McCain has regrets about past mistakes and was man enough to admit he made mistakes. Donny dips*t not so much.

[Kidlicious]

McCain's VP pick in 2008 was also not invited to his funeral.