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Border Patrol’s tally of migrant apprehensions in September is the lowest number recorded by the agency since August 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions countries enacted in response to it led to a sharp decrease in migration to the U.S. southern border.
Published by digby on July 21, 2024 Sen. Chris Murphy: On this historic day, I want to tell you a story about Joe Biden, and what he did behind the scenes to make the historic 2022 gun bill – the first major gun safety legislation in 30 years – a reality.
As president, in July 2018, he issued a statement saying that “as the head of the executive branch and Commander-in-Chief, I have a unique constitutional responsibility to protect the nation’s classified information, including by controlling access to it.”.
We aren’t a fancy new Substack, but we deliver every single day, all day. It’s what makes a blog a blog. I’ve mellowed a bit over the years. In the early days when I wrote psuedonymously, I was edgier, more profane, and a whole lot more judgmental towards people who are trying their best.
Published by digby on January 12, 2024 Here we go again. The House Republicans are running around in circles, unable to agree among themselves about what they were sent to Washington to do and we are once again on the cusp of a government shutdown.
So on Thursday Hur redirected the public narrative away from “no criminal charges are warranted” to Joe Biden is senile with a few poisoned adverbs and adjectives. No one will talk about Biden’s innocence now, or the remarkable achievments of a great president.
Published by Tom Sullivan on November 8, 2023. Do the work. Score the points. Noah Berlatsky of Public Notice reflects on Tuesday’s elections (bolding mine): Some 48 hours ago, pundits were rushing to explain how, why, where, and exactly to what extent the Democratic Party is doomed.
The Consensus Gels. Published by digby on July 20, 2024. Contrary to what we’re reading from the Kewl Kidz at Axios and Politico, CNN has a piece today that says the Democrats are actually coming to a consensus that Kamala Harris has to be the nominee if Biden steps aside. (Duh…)
This Is The Alito Court. Published by digby on December 15, 2023. He manipulated the court’s norms to overturn Roe. And he’ll do it again whenever he chooses. This piece in the NY Times about the deliberations in the Dobbs decision is a barn burner.
Lessons Unlearned. Published by digby on August 31, 2021. Robert Wright has an excellent newsletter today about lessons unearned. In a nutshell: Unlearned Lesson #1: The presence of a foreign army can strengthen the enemy by expanding its popular support. Unlearned Lesson #2: Reports about a military intervention that travel through military ...