This Trump Official Mocked Rep. Omar’s Death Threats on Instagram. It Led to More Death Threats.
Lynne PattonKathy Willens/AP Over the weekend, Lynne Patton, a regional administrator at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the highest-ranking black woman in the Trump administration, used her personal social media account and added to the torrent of death threats that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the first Muslim woman elected to Congress, has…
Lead and Crime in Honduras
I get questions: @kdrum Given that Honduras only ended leaded gasoline in 1996, and had the worst concentration of lead in its gasoline in the world, can you devote a post to lead poisoning’s role in this horrific violence? — Melissa Payton (@Melissa70601) April 15, 2019 Happy to help! However, there’s not a lot to…
The Trump Tax Cut Did Bubkes for the Working Class
Republicans are unhappy about public perceptions of their tax cut. What happened was simple: they paid lots of attention to the business tax cuts and lots of attention to the tax cuts for this rich, but not so much attenton to the tax cuts for the working and middle classes. The middle classes, of course,…
Will the Purity Police Ruin Our Chance to Deny Trump a Second Term?
Paul Christian Gordon/ZUMA A friend of mine texted recently to say that he was worried about Democrats holding a purity contest during the upcoming primaries. “If Medicare for All is a litmus test for the Democratic nomination, Trump will win a 2nd term.” This is not my worry. As near as I can tell, Bernie…
Trump Doubles Down on Plan to Release Migrants in Sanctuary Cities
Immigrant families and activists rally outside the Tennessee State Capitol against a bill to prohibit sanctuary city policies in the state in May.Drew Angerer/Getty Two days after President Donald Trump tweeted that the United States has the “absolute legal right” to send detained migrants to sanctuary cites, he appeared to double down Monday, tweeting that…
Don’t Expect Trump to Stop Targeting Ilhan Omar. It Looks Like His Newest 2020 Strategy.
Brian Lawless/ZUMA President Donald Trump on Monday ramped up his attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) —this time labeling her statements “ungrateful” and “hateful” toward the United States—while newly accusing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of ignoring what he claimed was a record of anti-semitism by the Minnesota congresswoman. If that wasn’t enough, Trump also baselessly…