Article History
Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 12 Comments • 6 years ago
“The White House again wants to expel certain groups of protected immigrants, a reversal after backing away from the policy months ago.”
The Trump administration is resuming its efforts to deport certain protected Vietnamese immigrants who have lived in the United States for decades—many of them having fled the country during the Vietnam War. This is the latest move in the president’s long record of prioritizing harsh...
Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 6 years ago
“The White House again wants to expel certain groups of protected immigrants, a reversal after backing away from the policy months ago.”
The Trump administration is resuming its efforts to deport certain protected Vietnamese immigrants who have lived in the United States for decades—many of them having fled the country during the Vietnam War. This is the latest move in the president’s long record of prioritizing harsh...
In Early Holiday 'Gift to Polluters,' Trump Guts Protections for 60 Percent of Nation's Streams, Wetlands, and Waterways
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 37 Comments • 6 years ago
“"Piece by piece, molecule by molecule, Trump is handing over our country to corporate polluters and other industrial interests at the expense of...”
Sixty percent of U.S. waterways will be at risk for pollution from corporate giants, critics say, following the Trump administration's announcement Tuesday that it will roll back an Obama-era water rule meant to protect Americans' drinking water and all the waterways that flow into it. The...
Fox News Legal Analyst Says Trump May Be Charged With 3 Crimes
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 6 years ago
“Fox News’ senior legal analyst Andrew Napolitano said Monday that President Donald Trump may be charged with three separate crimes. He also said...”
Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York (SDNY) filed a court document on Friday saying that Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to commit campaign finance violations. Although Trump has not been charged with any crime there is no law saying he can’t be indicted while...
Trump’s Horrific Spelling Reassures Nation That He Cannot Correctly Enter Nuclear Codes
Via: Don Overton • The Lighter Side/ Humor • 15 Comments • 6 years ago
“Donald J. Trump’s demonstrable inability to spell even the simplest words has reassured many that he lacks the aptitude to correctly enter the...”
While millions of Americans have lost sleep over the thought of Trump being anywhere near the nuclear codes, his failure to spell such words as “heal” and “tap” suggests that mastering a more complicated sequence of letters or numbers would be well above his grade level. “Giving one person the...
Religious Freedom Manifesto Calls for Compromise and Civility—What’s So Wrong With That?
Via: Don Overton • Religion & Ethics • 0 Comments • 6 years ago
“Behind earnestly worded appeals for religious freedom and respect is a pretense that the Framers of the Constitution and the First Amendment...”
A manifesto on religious freedom called The American Charter of Freedom of Religion and Conscience was rolled out at an invitation-only event at the National Archives Museum last week. Original copies of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are on display in the museum’s “Rotunda for the...
In Possible Plea Deal, Accused Russian Agent Case 'Resolved'
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 2 Comments • 6 years ago
“Prosecutors have alleged Butina, 30, gathered intelligence on American officials and political organizations and worked to develop relationships...”
Butina, who was arrested in July, was charged with conspiracy and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for Russia. Her lawyer has argued that Butina is a student interested in American politics and better U.S.-Russian relations. The documents did not provide details about the resolution....
Trump Accused Of Fraud And Conspiracy Against The American People
Via: Don Overton • News & Politics • 45 Comments • 6 years ago
“Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-CA), the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said that Trump defrauded and conspired against the American people.”
Rep. Nadler said on CNN‘s State Of The Union, “Well they would be impeachable offenses. Whether they are important enough to justify impeachment is a different question, but certainly, they would be impeachable offenses because even though they were committed before the president became...
In Face of GOP’s Shockingly Anti-Democratic Actions, ‘Love’ Is a Moral Failure
Via: Don Overton • Religion & Ethics • 4 Comments • 6 years ago
“The corrupt legislative shenanigans by lame-duck Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Carolina have prompted many to reiterate calls for...”
Republicans in Michigan, North Carolina, and Wisconsin are losing complete control over their respective state governments come January. They are not taking it well. In all three states, the Republican legislature is laying down a flurry of bills in a last-ditch attempt to hamstring any sort...