Mexico and human rights groups had objected to the Border Patrol dropping deportees off late at night, saying it made them prey for cartels and pimps.
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Saturday, June 30, 2018
Activists Say The US Has Resumed Late-Night Deportations, Violating An Agreement With Mexico
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Trump Said He Would Be An LGBT Ally, But Here Are All The Anti-LGBT Actions He Has Taken
The White House claims Trump is "supportive of LGBTQ rights.” Here's a list of the actions his administration has taken to roll back those rights.
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Friday, June 29, 2018
Paul Manafort Is Running Out Of Options To Stop A Trial From Starting Next Month
A judge said Friday that Manafort's allegations of leaks by special counsel Robert Mueller's office wouldn't be enough to get the charges tossed out.
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Donald Trump Appears To Have Gotten Tricked Into Calling A Podcast Host From Air Force One
"Congratulations on everything," the president appears to say on a call to someone pretending to be a Democratic senator.
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Anthony Kennedy’s Supreme Court Retirement Sets Stage For Environmental Rollback
The Endangered Species Act could be the first environmental issue to take the stage on a Kennedy-less court.
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Three Black Senators Have Banded Together To Introduce Anti-Lynching Law
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said in the past he'd support federal legislation.
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The White House Is Becoming A Ghost Town. Trump Loyalists Worry It's Going To Get Worse.
With high-profile departures and a dysfunctional hiring process, a former White Hose official jokes part of the building is a "barren wasteland" with rustling "tumbleweed."
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Trump Hoped Black Americans Would Be Down With His Immigration Plan — And They’re Still Not
But that hasn’t stopped black conservatives from hoping Trump's policies will appeal to black voters.
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A Republican Running For Governor In Florida Won’t Own Up To His Trump Trashing
“I did not call the president those things,” said Adam Putnam. (Emphasis added.)
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Thursday, June 28, 2018
Rural Democrats' Big Problem In Minnesota: "Nobody Cares About Us"
City liberals, miners, environmentalists, and union workers make up the Minnesota Democratic coalition. But, like in a lot of the Midwest, it's getting tougher and tougher to hold together.
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Poll Finds Gay Men And Older LGBTQ People Are Most Opposed To A Brown Stripe In The Pride Flag To Represent People Of Color
But LGBTQ people of color, younger LGBTQ folks, and queer and transgender people are more likely to support the change.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Justice Anthony Kennedy Is Retiring From The Supreme Court
Kennedy's retirement is effective July 31, he told President Trump in a letter
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The GOP’s Final Attempt To Address Immigration And DREAMers Has Died In The House
Congress is unlikely to take another shot at an immigration bill any time soon after yet another attempt ended in failure Wednesday.
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As Democracy Suffers, Digital Dictators Are Seizing Power
A handful of giant companies are centralizing control of the internet, and our courts and government are going along with it.
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Why Are So Many Democratic Women Winning? Everyone Has A Different Explanation.
“I’m counting on the fact that she’s a woman helping us out.”
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
The Top 7 Primary Races To Watch Tonight
So thrilling you might just want to throw someone off a balcony (pace yourself).
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The Supreme Court Just Axed Part Of A California Law That Requires Crisis Pregnancy Centers To Post Abortion Information
The debate brought arguments over free speech, yet again, to the abortion debate.
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The Supreme Court Upholds Trump's Travel Ban
The 5-4 majority decision was written by Chief Justice John Roberts.
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Monday, June 25, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Trying To Unseat “The King Of Queens” And Become The Future Of The Anti-Establishment Left
“I can’t tell you how many people in New York politics who I’ve met with that tell me, ‘if this wasn’t about me and not being afraid of power I would’ve endorsed you a long time ago.’”
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This Christian Florist Who Turned Away A Gay Couple Gets Another Chance To Win, The Supreme Court Says
Lawyers for Barronelle Stutzman contend state officials were hostile to her Christian faith.
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Paul Manafort Is Appealing A Judge's Order Sending Him To Jail
Manafort is also appealing a judge's order dismissing his civil lawsuit challenging Robert Mueller's authority.
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Trump Keeps Complaining The US Is Hiring "Thousands" Of Immigration Judges. That's Not True.
Congress has approved funding for 484 immigration judges. Republican proposals would add a few hundred, not thousands, more.
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Saturday, June 23, 2018
Child Marriage Is Legal In 48 States. These Women Are Asking Why.
Over the past two years, at least 20 state legislatures have considered whether to ban marriage under 18. Only two have actually done it.
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Friday, June 22, 2018
Migrant Parents, In Their Own Words, Tell A Judge What It's Like Being Separated From Their Kids
"Not knowing anything about my daughter is torture. I am not able to sleep. I desperately want to be with her," one father wrote.
Source BuzzFeed - Politics https://ift.tt/2tvOdOC
Fox News Was Concerned The Chinese Would Bug Sean Hannity
The Fox host brought a burner phone to Singapore, where he interviewed President Trump after the summit with North Korea.
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One Third Of Gay Men Haven’t Heard Of A Drug That Helps Prevent HIV
A poll by Whitman Insight Strategies and BuzzFeed News also found that 34% of gay men think PrEP, or Truvada, which reduces the risk of contracting HIV, “promotes unhealthy sexual behavior.”
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Members Of Congress Are Worried The Administration Won’t Be Able To Reunite Separated Families
“The worst case scenario is they’re never reunited. You have children that grow up without their parents.”
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The Supreme Court Rules That Police Generally Need A Warrant To Get Cell-Site Records
Looking at the records, which "provide a comprehensive chronicle of the user’s past movements," is a Fourth Amendment search, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.
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Thursday, June 21, 2018
House Republicans Couldn't Even Pass A Conservative Immigration Bill That Trump Supported
The bill took a harsh approach to DACA and would have dealt with the child separation crisis by allowing children to be detained with their parents at the border.
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The Big Marijuana Bill That Trump Supports Looks Dead For Now
Committee chairs have no plans to give the bill a hearing.
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Democrats Are Planning To Go Hard At Mark Sanford’s Old Seat
“This is the fastest blue-trending district in South Carolina and one of our best pick-up opportunities in the state and maybe in the south.”
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The Supreme Court Just Ruled That States Can Require Internet Retailers To Collect Sales Taxes
Businesses previously had to have a physical presence in a state in order for the state to require them to collect sales taxes.
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Germany Is Here To Explain Why Trump’s Tweets About Germany Are Super Wrong
Pull up a chair and let Deutschland spell it out for you.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
The Former Senate Intel Staffer Charged With Lying To The FBI Wants A Gag Order For Trump
James Wolfe's lawyers argue that Trump's comments about his case jeopardized his right to a fair trial.
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The Trump-Bush Feud Is Escalating, But They Need Each Other
The fight is now sucking in the children. “Don likes George P. personally, but is not going to go out of his way to help someone whose dad seemingly can’t go a week without publicly bashing Don’s dad.”
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Changing Gun Laws Is the Top Issue For LGBTQ People Going Into The 2018 Election
In a major poll conducted by Whitman Insight Strategies and BuzzFeed News, LGBTQ Americans also said they had an overwhelmingly unfavorable view of Trump.
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Monday, June 18, 2018
A Top Trump Aide Worked In Libya With Key Backers Of An Alleged ‘Sex Cult’
Joe Hagin saw Libyan expatriate Basit Igtet as a golden goose. Igtet was more than that.
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The Supreme Court Just Sidestepped Questions About How Courts Can Decide If Redistricting Is Too Partisan
In a pair of cases, the justices avoided providing answers about whether and how partisan gerrymandering claims can be resolved by courts.
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Saturday, June 16, 2018
The Last Time Democrats Faced A Moment Like 2018, Deval Patrick Ran For Office
Inside the political landscape that once inspired the Massachusetts Democrat to action.
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Harvard Really Didn't Want People To Know How It Treats Top Donors In Admissions
Thanks to Harvard's redactions of a court filing, there is no reference to whether or how the school gives an advantage to the children and other relatives of top donors.
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Friday, June 15, 2018
Paul Manafort Is Going To Jail Pending His Trial
A federal judge made the decision after the special counsel's office accused President Donald Trump's former campaign chair of attempting to tamper with potential witnesses in his criminal trial.
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Documents Offer An Unprecedented Look Inside Harvard Admissions
The court filings made public Friday are part of an extended court battle over Harvard University’s treatment of Asian-American applicants.
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Thursday, June 14, 2018
Investigators Say James Comey Was "Insubordinate" In The Clinton Email Probe
The report concluded that political bias did not play a role in the department’s clearing of Hillary Clinton, but found a text exchange between two FBI employees that suggests bias may have played a role in certain decisions around the investigation.
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The Supreme Court Rules That Bans On "Political Apparel" In Polling Places Must Be "Sensible"
The 7-2 ruling struck down a Minnesota law.
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Democrats Say The House's Harassment Training Doesn't Mention Sexual Orientation Or Gender Identity
In a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan, Democrats say they were told the omission was intentional.
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Trump And His Children Were Sued For Using The Trump Foundation Charity As A Personal And Political Piggybank
Ivanka, Donald Jr., Eric and their father were sued by the New York attorney general “for using the foundation as "little more than a checkbook for payments from Mr. Trump or his businesses to nonprofits, regardless of their purpose or legality."
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Trump Told World Leaders Crimea Is Russian Because Everyone There Speaks Russian
Trump made the remarks over dinner with other world leaders at the G7 summit in Canada.
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Federal Prosectors Dropped More Inauguration Day Protest Cases After Another Bad Week In Court
There are 39 people who were arrested during anti-Trump protests in 2017 still facing charges.
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The RNC Chair Has Walked Back A Threatening Tweet Aimed At Donald Trump Critics
By Thursday morning, the tweet had achieved a beastly ratio of more than 22,000 replies to 1,600 retweets.
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