Our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War. There is no reason for this. Russia needs us to help with their economy, something that would be very easy to do, and we need all nations to work together. Stop the arms race?

Just imagine if there was a push for the same questions to be required and stored in a database when someone wanted to purchase a firearm.

Very interesting, I had no idea about Guyana and Suriname. Thanks :)

Thanks for your point and the graphic - it’s pretty interesting.

Yeah, she’s a Republican hired gun essentially. Her job is to go on TV and defend the guy writing the checks, doesn’t matter how ridiculous or indefensible he or what he said is. I doubt she has any guiding principles that aren’t related to getting that $$$$.

I grew up in AZ but luckily got out and went to a CA college. Most of the people I grew up with that remained in AZ are casual (or not so casual) racists and idiots.

It’s almost as if this decision is rooted in xenophobia and immigrant-bashing rather than the sound conclusion of rigorous economic analysis.

subsequent summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago

I’m not sure in this instance since the U.S. attorney’s office is federal, but turning over things to state prosecutors (such as the NY Attorney General) is a good way to circumvent Trump’s pardon powers. He can only pardon federal crimes - not state ones.

Any chance she is using GoFundMe or another public forum to raise money? Or is she raising it within the community? I’d happily donate for her next Wash Day, this is a fantastic idea. Sometimes it’s the little, unseen things that make a big difference.

Thank you, I think this has a lot to do with it beyond just not enough access to birth control/comprehensive sex education.

Fair bet, I’m guessing at least Lindsay Graham sent money O’Rourke’s way.

I also went to UCLA, and I was friends with his grandson when we were in undergrad. Tragically, he passed away in a hit and run a year and a half or so after we graduated. He was a wonderful person and universally-liked on campus, with a bright future ahead in film, and surely that is a testament to his family. I’d…

Yeah, I’m surprised there isn’t someone in her life/employ that could point out that these attempts at “normalcy” just make her look even more out-of-touch because it’s an out-of-touch rich person’s idea of normal. The Elle profile from a few months ago was equally rich with these sort of anecdotes:

I’m gonna guess he was going to go with “two of my children” and fucked it up because as you point out, he don’t English so good.

What is the law if a child is born in a detention center? Since they are on American soil, wouldn’t they still be granted citizenship? Or is this a totally fucked up end-run around that?

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE “PRO-LIFE” PARTY OF FAMILY VALUES AND FETAL PERSONHOOD, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!

Very true, though I wonder if it’s more about preserving the status quo. An influx of too many black and brown immigrants vs. continuation of current demographics is more likely to lead them to be the minority. I hope I’m wrong, but I wouldn’t put it past these people.

I might be giving them too much credit, but do you think it has anything to do with the aging population too? I know anti-choice assholes have been chipping away at Roe since it happened, but I do wonder about that. We have an aging population so fewer people in the labor force to pay into Social Security, etc. to…

I’m not a lawyer (or doctor), but how is this legal? If it’s untested by the FDA, what separates this from some other untested procedure? Like what if they were hawking ground up chicken feet injected straight in the bloodstream as “abortion reversal” (going for an extreme example)? Can doctors just decide something…