Here we go: Donald Trump, the leading contender to become the Republican party’s nominee for US presidential candidate, has called for a “total and complete shutdown” of the country’s borders to Muslims in the wake of the San Bernardino terrorist attack. […] Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said Trump’s proposed ban would apply to “everybody”, …
Immigration
Bring On The Dancing Ponies
Kevin Drum lost his even keel yesterday (just a bit, and he’s back today) with a post titled “The Press Needs to Stop Encouraging Republican Lunacy Toward Muslims“. His point is that the press is just trolling with questions like “should Muslims be registered?” or “should Muslims have special identity cards?” and perhaps they should …
Obama v Rubio, Cruz and Jeb¡
Here’s Obama’s response to the clowns who say that we should either take no Syrian refugees (Rubio) or only take Christian Syrian refugees (Cruz and Jeb¡). I like the little jab he throws in at Rubio, whose parents were Cuban immigrants. Marco, like most of the rest of the Florida Cuban/Republican delegation, is fine with …
Seems Important
This was probably mentioned in the comments somewhere but nobody seems to be making a big deal of the fact that the next NBC debate is on Telemundo, and it’s the only debate on a Latino network for the Republicans. So the hissy fit du jour has a second benefit, aside from working the refs: …
Los Pollos Hermanos, Con’t
Latino Republicans are sick and tired of The Donald and Ted show, and want to put an end to the notions of mass deportation and ending birthright citizenship. Months since Donald Trump sparked outrage with his comments about Mexican immigrants, about two dozen of the nation’s top Hispanic conservative activists are joining forces to respond …
Long Read: “The Fearful and the Frustrated”
The overlap between People Condemned by SPLC and People Supporting Trump continues http://t.co/8EToQVzsRO — daveweigel (@daveweigel) August 25, 2015 Evan Osnos, at the New Yorker, on how “Donald Trump’s nationalist coalition takes shape—for now“: On July 23rd, Donald Trump’s red-white-and-navy-blue Boeing 757 touched down in Laredo, Texas, where the temperature was climbing to a hundred …
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Open Thread: Follow the Money, GOP Style
"I'm excited about the opportunity to change the status quo," Sam Clovis says – Trump's new national co-chair pic.twitter.com/cmmLxWRvqV — Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) August 25, 2015 Sam Clovis is the Perry campaign defector I wrote about Monday evening. Spoiler alert, he went for the quick dollar. In his defense, there’s some question whether there will …
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