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Today’s Top Stories:
Trump makes the first apology of his presidency and women are up in arms about it
For the first time, the Republican president asked for forgiveness…and it’s sickening.
A “lifelong Republican” blindsides his own party with an unprecedented midterm election demand
Right-wing intellectual Max Boot stunned his fellow Republicans with a brutal statement on Monday’s edition of Morning Joe.
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Trump calls for a racist and unconstitutional solution for Chicago gun violence
The president horrified the nation with his latest “solution” to Chicago’s crime problems.
Trump attacks Taylor Swift’s intelligence over her endorsement of Democrats
Yesterday, the beloved star called out Republicans. Now, Trump goes after her in childish fashion.
Conservative media get busted promoting a fake “manspreading” video made by the Kremlin
Putin’s video went massively viral in the U.S. thanks to Trump’s echo chamber.
Trump launches a delusional new attack on Democrats and Kavanaugh’s accusers
Even after his nominee got confirmed, the Republican president won’t let the assault allegations go.
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Today’s Action: Say no to more funding for child detention centers and ICE
In what can only be described as an “of course you did that” move, the Trump Administration has announced they will divert $266 million from refugee funding, Head Start programs (early childhood education for low income Pre-K), cancer and HIV/AIDS research, Medicare/Medicaid, women’s shelters, and mental health support…in order to pay for more immigrant child detention centers.
Of course that’s his plan. More than 13,300 children are currently under federal custody. 16 months ago, that number was 2,400. And this 550% increase is not at all due to higher numbers of children crossing borders.
Trump’s utterly broken immigration system is leaching funding from worthy agencies that provide vital services due to being at full capacity, with 43,000 refugee seekers detained on any given day. Resources are so stretched that ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) has called for an additional $1 billion, with threats that imprisoned immigrants are going to see “reductions in services.” (ICE isn’t considering, you know, releasing them instead.)
Congress must speak up to stop this bloated momentum, just as they successfully did this summer to fight family separation.
Let’s be clear: we absolutely want these children and adult refugee seekers to be properly cared for. But Trump’s Zero Tolerance policy, which has caused this devastation, will only survive long-term if he has the money to pay for it and public support to move forward.
The programs Trump’s proposing to steal from are bipartisan issues. Maintaining Medicare/Medicaid were promises he made to his own voters. Head Start is used by families of every race and in every state across the nation. And cancer doesn’t keep in party lines.
This battle is something Congress can and must enter – but it’s up to us to urge them along.
PS — Please don’t forget to sign the petition to tell the Senators who confirmed accused sexual predator andhot-tempered liar, Kavanaugh, “Shame on you”, 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.