ICE Detainee at Troubled For-Profit Jail Dies in Apparent Suicide
Detainees walk with their hands behind their backs at the Winn Correctional Center, one of six jails in Louisiana run by LaSalle Corrections that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has started using this year. Gerald Herbert/AP On May 18, Roylan Hernández Díaz and his wife, Yarelis Gutierrez, legally entered the United States in El Paso, Texas,…
Trump Offers Big Middle Finger to Emoluments Clause
President Trump has announced that next year’s G7 meeting will be held at the Trump National Doral in Miami. His acting chief of staff explains that there’s nothing wrong with this: MULVANEY: “Again, anticipating your questions, how is this this is not emolument violation? Will the president profit from this? The president pretty much made…
The Evidence of a Trump Quid Pro Quo Is Becoming Overwhelming
Douglas Christian/ZUMA NBC News reports today about a White House meeting with Ukrainian officials that took place earlier this year. The Ukrainians wanted to agree on a meeting date between President Trump and newly elected Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but John Bolton was noncommital. Then Gordon Sondland piped up: Sondland directly contradicted Bolton by telling…
Donald Trump Sends a Letter to Turkey
Apparently the White House has confirmed that this is real: EXCLUSIVE: I have obtained a copy of @realDonaldTrump’s letter to #Erdogan. @POTUS warns him to not “be a tough guy! Don’t be a fool!” Says he could destroy Turkey’s economy if #Syria is not resolved in a humane way. Details tonight at 8pm #TrishRegan #FoxBusiness…
Trump: Kurds Are No Angels
President Trump gives himself an A+ for his handling of Syria: “That has nothing to do with us,” Mr. Trump said, all but washing his hands of the Kurdish fighters who have fought alongside American troops against the Islamic State for years but have now been left to fend for themselves. “The Kurds know how…
The Trumpiest Governor in the Country Is Tied for Reelection in Kentucky
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin with President Donald Trump at the White House in 2018Ron Sachs/CNP/Zuma Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has spent the past four years acting like a mini Donald Trump, a politician prone to social media outbursts belittling his ideological opponents in the most bombastic fashion. And just a few weeks out from Election…