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So Much for the Rapists and Murderers

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

Remember when candidate Donald Trump went on and on about all the rapists and murderers who were invading our country and he said he was going to deport them? It was his favorite issue, his answer to everything. It was enough to frighten anyone and helped him win the election. People believed him: According to exit polls, even many Hispanic ...Read more

Toughen Up: Barack Obama's Message to Democrats

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

"It's going to require a little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. And it's going to require Democrats to just toughen up," former President Barack Obama told Democratic donors at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee last Friday night. "What I have been surprised by is the degree to ...Read more

The Justice Department Whistleblower

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

"If they can do this sort of thing to Abrego Garcia, to 238 people that nobody knows, and send them to CECOT forever with no due process, they can do that to anyone," Erez Reuveni, a former Justice Department lawyer who has filed a whistleblower complaint with the Senate Judiciary Committee told The New York Times. "It should be deeply, deeply ...Read more

It's Too Damn Hot

From the Left / Susan Estrich /

Speaking of his budget bill, which will kick millions of people off the health insurance rolls, give tax breaks to the wealthy and add $3 trillion to our kids' debts, President Donald Trump said last Thursday in Des Moines:

"(Democrats opposed the measure) only because they hate Trump. But I hate them, too. You know that? I really do. I hate ...Read more

 

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