In keeping with the Trump administration’s hatred of immigrants, Attorney General William Barr just further narrowed the class of people eligible for asylum. Now, immigrants who have been persecuted based on their familial relationships are not necessarily eligible for asylum. On Monday, Barr reversed a 2018 decision from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA). The 2018 ruling held that a...
Trump campaign gave draft of ‘America First’ speech to foreign government for approval
Documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Monday reveal that the Trump campaign submitted a speech to a foreign government for approval and additions. The subject of the speech was “America First.” Emails and text uncovered by the committee show that investor and Trump adviser Thomas Barrack provided an advance copy of Trump’s planned speech to an associate in the...
Mike Pence’s office accidentally leaks secret meeting with airline CEOs
Airline CEOs from several major U.S. carriers recently held what was supposed to be a private meeting with Trump, but the word is out thanks to a mistake by Vice President Mike Pence’s office, NBC News reported Monday. On July 18, representatives from United, American Airlines, Delta, and others met in the Oval Office with Trump and his trade adviser, Peter Navarro, along with other top...
15% of Republican women in the House have decided to bail this year
As of Friday, 15% of the Republican women serving in the House of Representatives have announced they will not be running for reelection. The announcements highlight the ongoing fallout from the Republican Party’s open hostility to women. There are currently 13 Republican women serving in the House. But on Friday, Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL) announced she would not run for another term. Earlier...
McConnell: Protecting elections means letting ‘modern-day McCarthyism win’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell complained from the Senate floor on Monday that ongoing criticism of his refusal to advance election security bills is “McCarthyism.”. “This Congress, this entire country, only works when we refuse to let baseless smears displace real debate,” he said. “Benjamin Franklin said we have this republic if we can keep it. Among other...
4th Republican ditches Congress in less than a week — and another is on his way out
It looks like the prospect of being on the same ballot as Trump is pushing Republicans to opt to retire rather than run again in 2020. On Monday, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT) became the fourth Republican in less than a week to announce his retirement. Bishop will leave Congress after serving eight terms. He currently serves as the highest-ranking Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee...
GOP senator trying to get rid of protections for preexisting conditions blames Democrats
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), one of the Republican Party’s key figures in attempting to repeal Obamacare, now claims that it’s Democrats who are obstructing efforts to protect people with preexisting conditions. “Again and again, Democrats have refused to join Republicans in guaranteeing coverage for preexisting conditions,” Cornyn wrote on Monday. His statement was written in...
New polls show trouble for GOP in Colorado — and Trump isn’t helping
Two recent statewide polls in Colorado show Trump is unpopular and the wind is at the backs of Democrats heading into the 2020 election, the Colorado Sun reported Thursday. “I think having President Trump at the top of the ticket is not good for any Republican running,” Ryan Winger, a pollster with the GOP-affiliated Magellan Strategies, told the Sun. Magellan Strategies released a...
99% of Trump’s trade war bailout went to white farmers
A new analysis published on Monday found that 99.5% of the $8 billion-plus bailout package Trump has used to subsidize farmers affected by his trade war has gone to white farmers. Trump has chosen to engage in a trade war with countries like China, which has since retaliated by freezing out American goods. U.S.-based farmers are losing revenue because they can no longer sell overseas to major...
GOP state senator says Kentucky governor ‘failed miserably’ and endorses Democrat
Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is so toxic that a state senator of his own party not only abandoned him but made a video endorsing Bevin’s Democratic challenger, Andy Beshear. Kentucky is one of a handful of states holding a gubernatorial election in 2019. “Today I’m here to endorse Andy Beshear for governor,” state Sen. Dan Seum, a Republican who represents a...