Washington Examiner investigations editor Sarah Bedford said immigration could cost Democrats the presidency, and that they need to come to an agreement on the issue if they want any chance to regain power. “Democrats right now, all they’re talking about is their opposition to the way Trump has carried out immigration enforcement, but they still […]
Washington Examiner White House reporter Naomi Lim said a lack of vetting on Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, could hurt Democrats’ hopes of controlling the Senate. Lim’s comments follow political consultant Daniel Moraff and fiancée Leanne Fan’s account of how they identified and recruited Platner to run for Maine’s Senate seat. […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin will speak with reporters Thursday morning about the Trump administration’s efforts to protect unaccompanied migrant children. The joint press conference comes as the administration has faced scrutiny over President Trump‘s sweeping immigration enforcement and deportation agenda. It also comes a day…
President Donald Trump warned that U.S. forces were preparing to take control of Kharg Island in a major escalation of the war in Iran, and a national security expert denounced his statements as "unhinged" and unnecessarily risky.The 79-year-old president posted on Truth Social that U.S. forces would be "hitting Iran ... very hard tonight" and seizing the country's oil and gas markets on the Persian Gulf island. Former Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told CNN's "The Situation Room" that his statements were reckless."This post is incredibly unhinged and incredibly dangerous," said Singh, the former deputy press secretary for the Defense Department. "It is previewing U.S. military action before it actually takes place, which puts the lives of our pilots at risk, our Navy and Marines, our sailors and Marines who are operating in that area of responsibility just outside of Iran. So previewing military action before it's actually happened, one, you're losing the element of surprise, and two, you're putting our troops at risk.""You'll remember just a few weeks ago, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the war has concluded," she added. "This is clearly not the case, as we're seeing the ceasefire is not holding – we're back at kinetic action. So, I think, you know, to say that the war is even concluded back then was was a silly statement, and now it's proven so even more so."Singh suggested the president didn't appreciate what a massive undertaking the operation would be."Taking Kharg Island would require so many capabilities and resources that the U.S. is continuing to draw down every single day, including long-range capabilities, and it's not just taking Kharg Island, which we know is the crown jewel of Iran's oil hub and exporting. It's also holding Kharg Island. Essentially, our military would have to hold that, and it would require an incredible ground force that would basically be sitting ducks for Iran to target if they have to. For how long? For however long they have to hold that island."The president is allowed under the law to declassify information as he sees fit, but Singh said Trump's statements would have been problematic for anyone else in government to make."I would have probably been fired," the former Pentagon official said. "I think, you know, we would always have issues when it came to, you know, media outlets reporting on actions that hadn't been taken, even though we were, you know, leaning in that direction. It's incredibly dangerous to signal to the enemy that one when you're going to conduct strikes and potential targets, and so the fact that it's the president of the United States doing that not only just puts our men and women in uniform at risk. It is just so unprecedented. I could not imagine Secretary [Lloyd] Austin or President [Joe] Biden doing something like this and not having just such tremendous bipartisan blowback, and I'm not really seeing that today from the Republican Party right now."In fact, Singh said, she would have probably faced criminal charges for making the same statements as Trump."I would have faced charges," she said. "Yeah, definitely." - YouTube youtu.be
“People are really, really afraid … that ICE will go and raid communities where people are watching and gathering together” to watch the FIFA World Cup, says Nelini Stamp. She is an organizer with the Our Copa campaign, a grassroots initiative that aims to protect immigrant fans, center the sport’s working-class roots, and host accessible local watch parties during the World Cup. “We will keep each other safe as much as possible during these games,” says Stamp.
President Donald Trump's birthday bash for America is hitting fresh trouble, with at least six states publicly saying they will not officially participate in his Great American State Fair, NOTUS reported Wednesday.Officials from Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Oregon told the outlet they will not send official delegations to the 16-day fair on the National Mall, set to open June 25. Three other states — Maryland, Pennsylvania and Washington — remain uncommitted just two weeks out.The state holdouts come days after a wave of musical acts abandoned the festival, with performers including Martina McBride and Bret Michaels saying they had been misled about the event's political ties. After the lineup collapse, Trump announced he would open the fair with "the Greatest Rally, EVER!"NOTUS reported the fair is an example of a deeper rift between Freedom 250, the Trump-created entity producing the spectacles, and America 250, the bipartisan commission Congress created a decade ago. The Trump administration has withheld tens of millions from America 250, which now faces a $100 million shortfall, while funneling at least $68 million to Freedom 250, NOTUS found.Freedom 250 spokesperson Rachel Reisner told NOTUS, "all 50 states and U.S. territories will be represented," adding: “The idea that a president’s presence at America’s 250th birthday is somehow a political act is not a serious argument — and frankly, it is not serious journalism to treat it as one."Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey delivered a withering assessment on the spectacle."This guy finds a way to try to get money into his own pocket any which way," she said.North Carolina, the only Trump-voting state skipping so far, said preparing its space would cost at least $100,000, which it doesn't have. Officials in other states cited rushed timelines and concerns about staffing 11- to 13-hour days. "This is not the hill we want to die on," one official told NOTUS anonymously.
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