Somewhat overlooked yesterday in the celebration of the protection of LBGTQ rights under Title VII, but also important:
Trump loses effort to overrule state “sanctuary city” efforts.
States can continue to refuse to be conscripted into helping ICE and CBP with deportation sweeps. https://t.co/dyemqmkaZH
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 15, 2020
(Full details here.)
Joe Biden pulled in $81 million for his election effort in the month of May, a massive sum that shows the extent to which Democrats have unified behind the former vice president as he seeks to defeat Republican President Donald Trump. https://t.co/mnHStwzChb
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) June 16, 2020
Please say Death Star… please say Death Star… https://t.co/Yz4Dp2YOxP
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) June 15, 2020
They may give it a catchy name, but it’s just doubling down on the BS:
… Trump wants to run as the candidate of “law and order.” But one reason Trump 2020 is not analogous to Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign — based on the same theme — is that Nixon wasn’t president while he exploited fear of violence in American cities during that volatile year. Nixon was campaigning against a chaos for which voters could not conceivably hold him responsible.
Trump, however, leads a nation roiled by protests and bursts of looting and violence. Trump’s aides say he needs to paint a picture of what a Biden presidency would look like. So, naturally, he grabs onto what he considers the most unappealing excesses of the left and tries to brand Biden with these images…
The Biden campaign’s response: “As he exacerbates crisis after crisis, Trump has stepped on his own message so much that he no longer even has one,” said Andrew Bates, Biden’s director of rapid response.
“Any politician who tear-gasses Americans peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights for a cynical photo-op, who defiles the Department of Justice by treating it as an extension of his re-election campaign, and who has leached untold millions off of taxpayers into his own pocket while still refusing to show them his own tax returns has no business saying that he stands for either ‘law’ or ‘order.'”…
No social distancing, masks optional: Here is what President Trump's Tulsa rally will look like https://t.co/GbmdZh9rEQ pic.twitter.com/AJDtLOqQaq
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 15, 2020
On Planet Trump, Daddy needs a dopamine hit:
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