Zany Trumpthink has infiltrated the DOJ rank and file: you never know, just maybe you will get judges who have become fans of the new alternative facts.
The Trump administration is sitting on tens of billions of dollars in unspent recovery money meant to help Americans recover from disasters, leaving people less able to rebound from the effects of Hurricane Dorian and other storms https://t.co/4WNyKkiqTz
WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a federal government database that compiles people deemed to be “known or suspected terrorists” violates the rights of American citizens who are on the watchlist, calling into question the constitutionality of a major tool the F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security use for screening potential terrorism suspects.
Mexico isn’t paying for the wall. Tyndall Air Force Base is. Expect more headlines like this in the days to come. $3.6B gone from the @DeptofDefense budget to Trump’s wall is going to hit bases and communities nationwide. And many that are now in the path of Hurricane #Dorian. https://t.co/SpcXhVbbY1
The House Judiciary Committee ordered homeland security officials to hand over records related to reported offers by President Trump to pardon aides willing to break the law https://t.co/Hd4QKCU7D8pic.twitter.com/5RzXUPpjf1
[....] The announcement was the culmination of a dramatic day that saw a defection rob Johnson and his ruling Conservative Party of their single-seat majority in Parliament [....]
"What you're seeing there is very similar to what we saw in Biloxi. Everything's leveled to the ground."@ltgrusselhonore, who commanded the military response to Hurricane Katrina, on Hurricane Dorian's impact on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas. https://t.co/3roGOkEU1npic.twitter.com/vwTUDhWQrp
In 1971-1972 there were almost 5 bombings a day in the US...
The US has a lot of problems right now and our political institutions do appear to be failing in key ways, but there's a real ahistoricism to this kind of rhetoric. https://t.co/IOUchRbUZv
EXCERPT9/ Many in my generation (GenX) who've not spent a great deal of time following recent events in the Middle East—but clearly recall the animus between Israel and its Arab neighbors that periodically exploded in the 80s and 90s—will be stunned to learn how much has changed: pic.twitter.com/NhCpRp3pJW
Xinjiang's imprisonment rates are higher than all of the United States combined. This enormous upswell of arrests, trials and prison sentences is unequaled in China's recent past. https://t.co/9rYPdlJWZOpic.twitter.com/GsTngG7SQF
Buckle up. This next sentence is one that in normal political times (remember them?) might give any follower of politics palpitations.
Tory MPs who vote against the government in the Commons this week will be chucked out of the party and banned from standing for the Conservatives at the next election.
