Conservatives’ Dishonest Use of ‘Religious Bigotry’ To Deflect Attention From Nominee’s Disturbing Records

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  5 years ago

“ New year, same old tactic by conservatives, who are hoping to insulate narrow-minded judicial nominees from scrutiny by smearing people who ask...”

Happy New Year! Well, for most of us it should be — unless you are fighting to protect our courts. New year, same old tactic by conservatives, who are hoping to insulate narrow-minded judicial nominees from scrutiny by smearing people who ask critical questions about their records and rhetoric....

31 Actual National Emergencies

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  57 Comments  •  1 Like  •  5 years ago

“A Wannabe Strongman’s Brown Menace Straw Man”

Everyone with five functioning gray cells knows that the aspiring fascist strongman Donald Trump’s Declaration of a National Emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border is absurd. There is no “national security crisis” of illegal immigration on the southern United States border. Illegal crossings are...

https://rewire.news/article/2019/02/12/the-trump-administration-wants-to-detain-migrant-kids-at-toxic-waste-sites/

Via: Don Overton  •  Heated Discussions  •  0 Comments  •  5 years ago

“Thousands of migrant children would be held "on top of and in close proximity to toxic waste sites" if the Trump administration gets its way.”

UPDATE, February 12, 10:23 p.m.: A spokesperson at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told Rewire.News in an email on Tuesday evening that the Department of Defense properties at Fort Bliss and Goodfellow Air Force Base are not actively being considered for temporary housing at...

Chris Wallace Rips Into Stephen Miller on Fox News

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  49 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  5 years ago

“He also confronted Miller about the lies he tells about immigration and drugs.”

Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday challenged right-wing White House aide Stephen Miller about the need for a wall on the southern U.S. border. He also confronted Miller about the lies he tells about immigration and drugs. In his interview on Fox News Sunday, Wallace told Miller that...

A scholar of ancient history explains how right-wing ‘intellectuals’ hijack academic respectability to bolster MAGA talking points

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  5 years ago

“Last week during a rally in the border city of El Paso, Texas, before thousands of his most adoring fans, Donald Trump showed America and the...”

Last week during a rally in the border city of El Paso, Texas, before thousands of his most adoring fans, Donald Trump showed America and the world–again–who he really is. Trump worked his audience up into a fever pitch as he lambasted and threatened the news media and free press. For Trump and...

Don’t Feed the Trolls: How to Handle Haters in Blog Comments and Social Media

Via: Don Overton  •  Metafied  •  23 Comments  •  1 Like  •  5 years ago

“If you’re a blogger, at some point you’ve probably gone toe-to-toe with an Internet troll — “a person whose sole purpose in life is to seek out...”

If you’re a blogger, at some point you’ve probably gone toe-to-toe with an Internet troll — “a person whose sole purpose in life is to seek out people to argue with….over extremely trivial issues.” If you haven’t had this delightful experience yet, you will sooner or later. Technology is...

First stop for migrant kids: For-profit detention center

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  39 Comments  •  5 years ago

“For a growing number of migrant children, this is their first home in America: a sprawling campus dotted with beige buildings, massive white tents...”

The federal government is holding nearly 1,600 migrant children here, at what it calls a “temporary influx” shelter. It has added 250 beds in the last two months and could soon house 2,350 children who crossed the nation’s southern border on their own. It is the country’s only such temporary...

Trump’s Christian Apologists Are Unchristian

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  3 Comments  •  5 years ago

“Polls show that on immigration, race, and poverty, white evangelical Protestants have surrendered moral judgment and social responsibility.”

Ed Stetzer is grappling with a moral crisis. Stetzer, the director of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College, is preaching the Gospel to his fellow Christians. And they’re not listening. “White evangelicals are highly motivated to support President Donald Trump around the issue of...

A Terrifying Number Of Trump Supporters Believe God Made Him President

Via: Don Overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  203 Comments  •  1 Like  •  5 years ago  •  LOCKED

“It’s bad enough that the human embodiment of a YouTube comment section – Donald Trump – is president of the United States. More frightening,...”

According to a brand new Fox News poll, 55 percent of white Evangelical Christians – one of Trump’s strongest voting blocs – believe God wanted this president to beat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Overall, 25 percent – still a scary number – believe a higher being favored a Trump...

Former Trump Officials Are Supposed to Avoid Lobbying. Except 33 Haven’t.

Via: Don Overton  •  News & Politics  •  2 Comments  •  5 years ago

“The former officials — including ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — have found ways to sidestep the administration’s ethics pledge. At least 18 of...”

It’s been more than two years since President Donald Trump, who rallied campaign supporters with calls to “drain the swamp” of lobbyists and their ilk, took office. But despite that campaign promise, Washington influence peddlers continue to move into and out of jobs in the federal government....