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The House Judiciary Chairman makes the impeachment announcement we’ve been waiting for
Jerry Nadler went public after quietly working behind the scenes.
Take Action: Tell Congress to Impeach Donald Trump!
El Paso suspect told police he was targeting Mexicans
The man who authorities say killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart told police that his targets were Mexicans, according to an arrest affidavit.
Take Action: Demand Republicans to join Democrats in condemning Trump’s hateful, racist tweets!
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New Hampshire Governor vetoes three gun-control bills
A popular Republican governor faces a test from state Democrats.
Kid Rock uses sexual innuendo to attack Taylor Swift over her jab at Trump
The conservative rocker set off controversy with his outrageously crude tweet.
More advertisers flee after Fox News host Tucker Carlson falsely claims white supremacy is a “hoax”
ox News and Carlson have lost more advertisers in the wake of the racist and false remarks the conservative commentator made this week about white supremacy
Lindsey Graham: If the GOP wins in 2020, ‘I can promise you’ we will repeal your health care
It’s official. The Republican Party is running on repealing the health care of millions of Americans in 2020.
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White House proposal would have FCC and FTC going after social media censorship
If put into effect, the order would be a significant escalation by Trump in his frequent attacks against social media companies over an alleged but unproven systemic bias.
Today’s Action: Family separation is STILL happening and needs to stop NOW
Last summer, after massive public outcry, Trump signed an executive order to stop the family separation policies he created at the border. Since then, he has separated at least 900 children from their parents.
Trump is relying on a technicality he included in his executive order, that a child may be separated if the parent poses a risk. And he’s abused this technicality far beyond any reasonable line. For example:
- Removing three young girls from a father who tested HIV positive, without giving any explanation of this “risk”
- Separating a baby from her father because her diaper was dirty
- Keeping a daughter from her father on false doubts of his paternity…resulting in the daughter being sexually assaulted under federal custody while separated
- A father losing his son due to the father’s speech impediment
- Separating families for traffic violations, property damage, and other minor “crimes” that happened many years ago, and often allegations without actual convictions
We are so angry, and our leaders should be, too. Call or email your Members of Congress and state representatives and read these examples to them. Tell them Trump has separated 900 families since promising to stop – and it’s up to Congress to fix this monstrous policy.
More than half of the separations have included children under the age of 10…nearly 200 have included children under five. And five children have died in custody.
Their living conditions are beyond inhumane, with countless examples of 8-year-olds caring for toddlers, no access to showers or clean diapers, overcrowding, and frigid temperatures. History will not remember kindly those in power who allowed these policies – IF we keep the heat on, IF we make sure it is not normalized, IF we fight back.
PS — Please don’t forget to sign the petition to demand Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeated, brazen Hatch Act violations, and check out the brilliant “Don’t Think of an Elephant” by George Lakoff — a quick read that contains the ultimate keys for Democrats to win elections — and arguments.