For those who do not approve to President Trump’s Concentration Camps and torturing children, there is a protest on Friday July 12th, 2019. It is called Lights for Liberty: A Vigil to End Human Concentration Camps.

As far as I know, the pro-Concentration Camp rally has yet to be organised.

Is the real purpose of this torture to get us to ignore the Mueller report, various investigations or maybe something else while we are being outraged by his latest actions?

Is torture too strong a word? I don’t think so. Being separated from family and being held in prison is very bad for children. The administration does not call them prisons. They are federal detention centers. They try to use words that minimize the harm they are doing.
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Seems a bit odd to be writing a “Toothbrush Memo to Justice Department“. But it seems it is needed now since the judges seem to think that toothbrushes and other items are needed for the safe and sanitary conditions required to by children separated from their parents by the Trump administration (see Mistreat children in custody (not safe and sanitary)). The Justice Department lawyers working on the case may need a bit of help from a concerned citizen.
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A few days ago the Trump administration argued in court that they do not mistreat children after they are separated from their family at the border and they had not violated the safe and sanitary conditions required for minors in custody. A previous court decision had found that the conditions under which children were held was in violation of the required standards.
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President Trump today gave the GOP members of Congress a second chance to oppose his power grab disguised as a national emergency.

His veto of congressional resolution to rescinded his national emergency declaration at the Mexican border gives those GOP members who did not vote for this resolution (and only a minority did) a chance to vote to override President Trump’s veto and show they have some respect for the Constitution and sepatation of powers.

It is not often that you get a second chance. Make the most of it.

After the Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen spent a bit of time yesterday attempting to defend the indefensible, I think she lost the chance to resign and preserve her reputation as a decent person.

If she had announced a resignation at that time, she might have preserved what reputation is left.
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President Trump and his administration have hit a new low. Is “torturing children” too much here? He is causing children to be taken from their families. In some cases, babies and toddlers ripped from their mother’s arms.

But there is a bit of confusion about why this is being done. Is it a deterrent? Is the the fault of the law and the courts? Is it Congress’ fault? Are the Democrats to blame? Is it a bargaining chip so President Trump can get what he wants in an immigration bill ?
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About 2 weeks ago I wrote about President Donald Trump’s immigration ban wondering why if it was so important that he might get to it next week. If it is so important, why the delay?

At that time the the parts of the ban had been blocked by judges in specific areas followed by a nation-wide ban.

When the acting attorney general told him the immigration ban was unconstitutional, President Trump did not fix it. He fired the acting attorney general.
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