1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Remember those twits who used to post on this messageboard claiming that HRC would be as bad or worse than Trump?  I'm glad that they were booted off --dumb AF.

 

I sincerely doubt that the U.S. would be opening and operating child concentration camps had HRC been POTUS.

But they probably agree with having child concentration camps. I'm afraid to know what percent of the American population is on board with this. If I had to guess I would say 20% which is downright horrifying. 

56 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

 

There's no doubt in my mind that a lot of things would be completely different if HRC had been elected instead of the moron who currently sits in the White House.

 

 

Sadly the far-left purity ponies like Sarandon and Stein are still playing the "Hillary would be just as bad" card.

1 hour ago, Juliajms said:

 

 

I'm sure he has skeletons in his closet, too.  Nevertheless, right now, I just love this man.

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I sincerely doubt that the U.S. would be opening and operating child concentration camps had HRC been POTUS.

 

Agree.

 

People like the ones you've mentioned always forget that Obama deported far more "illegals" when he was in charge.  Yet, they insist that everyone merely looked the other way around before Trump took office.

11 minutes ago, marceline said:

Sadly the far-left purity ponies like Sarandon and Stein are still playing the "Hillary would be just as bad" card.

 

Yup.  The entire nation is falling apart before our very eyes...but they still believe their consciences are clear.

1 hour ago, Khan said:

 

I'm sure he has skeletons in his closet, too.  Nevertheless, right now, I just love this man.

 

At this point, all I care about is trying to stop the tragedy unfolding on our border.  Anyone helping with that is fine by me unless they've raped or murdered.

 

That said,  I wish the leadership would get their heads out of the sand and support these women.

 

Edited June 17, 20187 yr by Juliajms

And they're not GOING to hear from party leadership, for obvious reasons.

 

But, Black women should be used to saving the rest of our asses and getting no love for it by now.

Obama's immigration policy left a lot to be desired, but that administration genuinely cared about the impact and effect of what they did. Not so much here.

 

 

""I'm going to take your child to get bathed." That's one we see again and again. ... The child goes off, and in a half an hour, twenty minutes, the parent inquires, "Where is my five-year-old?" ... And they say, "You won’t be seeing your child again."" https://t.co/syfG0u7UL2

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 17, 2018

Laura Bush: "I live in a border state. I appreciate the need to enforce and protect our international boundaries, but this zero-tolerance policy is cruel. It is immoral. And it breaks my heart." https://t.co/m6A8o6NERU

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

 

I can’t recall any precedent for this kind of searing rebuke from a former first lady https://t.co/MUeQ3KPyPA

— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) June 18, 2018

Trump’s favorite paper’s edit-heads not mincing words “It’s not just that this looks terrible in the eyes of the world. It is terrible: at least 2,000 children ripped from their parents’ arms, sometimes literally, in just the first six weeks.” https://t.co/GnMkwPvFi4

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 18, 2018

God knows I was no fan of George W. and Laura but I believe at core most of the Bushes are decent if deeply flawed or misguided people. This coming from Laura - who almost never speaks on issues - is very strong stuff.

One more note. This series of tweets from the day of the Comey letter describing an overheard conversation on an airplane remains the best reporting anywhere on the 2016 FBI. It’s still my Rosetta Stone for understanding what happened. https://t.co/k3sjNJSUG0

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) June 16, 2018

If only Laura Bush or her husband had said something when it mattered (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, etc. - 2012 in particular was a big one), although better late than never, I suppose.

No surprise that under Trump, the DOJ has moved to put more people in jail, and one of the consequences of this + the GOP's 'smaller government' ethos-- "the shortage of correctional officers has grown chronic under President Trump".

You now have teachers and clerks serving as substitute guards at maximum security prisons, to a swelling prison population. 

Nice work, America.

 

Safety Concerns Grow as Inmates Are Guarded by Teachers and Secretaries

Despicable

 

 

Somehow I doubt the Breitbarts and the Daily Callers of the world would be circulating this news item.

 There is no doubt in my mind that we are going to be hearing many horror stories like this for years to come.  It's also so unnecessary.

"Despicable" doesn't begin to describe these latest atrocities coming from the (tiny) hands of our current administration.  Separating children from their parents?  Relocating them to "tent cities"?  What's next?  Starving them?  Shaving off all their body hair?  Tattooing numbers on all their arms?

 

If only Donald Trump had a bunker to crawl into....

Wow:

 

 

Michelle Brane, director of migrant rights at the Women's Refugee Commission, met with a 16-year-old girl at a detention facility who had been taking care of a young girl for 3 days.

"She had to teach other kids in the cell to change her diaper." https://t.co/TmtSm0v3At

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

It should be reiterated that if Trump is talking about the policy of family separation, that this is a Trump admin policy and a Trump admin policy alone.

Trump could end the policy today with a phone call, as Lindsey Graham has said. pic.twitter.com/gB9KUGaYH3

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

No, these aren't cages, @SteveDoocy says. The authorities simply "built walls out of chain-link fences." Yes, that's a real quote from Fox just now. pic.twitter.com/7oVQ6oE85x

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 18, 2018

Fact Check: The German crime rate just hit its lowest level since 1992.https://t.co/v9RMJBcSKB pic.twitter.com/s6yEMPRe8D

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

This just in from @davidbegnaud: Border Patrol has reached out to @cbsthismorning and said they are "very uncomfortable" with the use of the word cages. They say it's not inaccurate and added that they may be cages but people are not being treated like animals. pic.twitter.com/0zSDqJszgK

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) June 18, 2018

Kirstjen Nielsen says she "will not apologize" for separating families at the border, falsely claims that it is the law and not a Trump admin policy.https://t.co/q6bUWLepTP

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

A Texas sheriff's deputy is being held on a charge of "super aggravated sexual assault" of a 4-year-old girl after authorities say her mother, an undocumented immigrant, was being blackmailed to stay silent about the abuse — or face deportation. https://t.co/VpCtelpALK

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

All 49 Democrats back Dianne Feinstein's bill to reverse Trump's family separation policy now that Joe Manchin has announced his support.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

Americans oppose Trump's family separation policy 66-27%.

Republicans support it 55-35%. The only listed party, gender, education, age or racial group to support it. @QuinnipiacPoll https://t.co/FsWj8mTfnN

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

KING: "I have heard some people describe this as a form of child abuse, do you see it that way?"

COLLEEN KRAFT, president of the American Acaedmy of Pediatrics: "It is a form of child abuse." (via CBS) pic.twitter.com/Mx0FRnowk2

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

Jeff Merkley tells CBS News that several of his Republican colleagues have told him that family separation is "terrible policy" but that they will only "call up and whisper to the admin ... they won't say it publicly." pic.twitter.com/K6cBdqFNRj

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

Kamala Harris: Kirstjen Nielsen should resign. pic.twitter.com/rgJ5a4IYEW

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2018

How is it okay for the children to be taken away their parent without information?
PADILLA: "That's misinformation"@GAYLEKING: "I had parent after parent tell me that they weren't told where their child is going...you're saying they're not telling the truth to me?" pic.twitter.com/SiYtzfV3wo

— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) June 18, 2018

JUST IN: "That is an outright lie," Hillary Clinton says of Trump White House saying separation of families at the US border is mandated by law. pic.twitter.com/iTMEmzRzss

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 18, 2018

Sometimes truth transcends party. https://t.co/TeFM7NmNzU

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) June 18, 2018

 

Wanted to add - props to Gayle King and CBS for going out there on a show where they know people are watching.

2/ Policy Evolution: 1) "Mexico will pay for the wall." 2) "We'll Lend Mexico the Money for the Wall." 3) "We'll Pay for the Wall." 4) "If You Don't Like Seeing Kids in Cages, Gimme the Fuckin' Money!!!"

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 18, 2018

And you have people out there that wondered how slavery and Jim Crow lasted as long as it did.

As bipartisan outrage grows over the administration's zero tolerance immigration policy, the White House briefing has been delayed from 1:15 to 3:30 to 4:00.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 18, 2018