I love BB&P (seriously, I went through a phase where their chipotle chicken panini was like... my go-to brunch meal), and I’ve always felt that they’re managed to do a great job of being one of the truly diverse restaurant spaces in DC, but damn if this isn’t a stupid idea on their part.

The Supreme Court’s decision today was a reversal of previous courts but, as the ACLU noted in an explanatory thread on Twitter, “the Court did not rule that the Constitution gives a right to discriminate”

*fistbump* You and I are in complete agreement.

Hah, sorry. “Hielera” is Spanish for “icebox,” which is used to describe the CBP short-term custody facilities which anyone caught crossing the border (or who turns themselves in at a port of entry and asks for asylum) is taken to before being deported or transferred to ICE detention. People call them iceboxes because…

I find myself both annoyed and relieved by the amount of attention family detention is getting now. Annoyed because we’ve been screaming about this for years now, because the conditions in ORR custody and at Dilley and Karnes are always bad, because hieleras have been an issue that advocates have been shouting about…

Any women in the area want to go visit the summit and start asking some pointed questions about reproductive rights, healthcare, and the pay gap?

Blasphemy!

Yeah, nobody is “forced” to cross the border illegally.

Escobedo Shepherd: U phuck the Phanatic, he takes you to Wawa later.

Michael Cohen’s sitting in his office right now breathing a huge sigh of relief.

I wish! If you look at my posting time, it was at 4:49 PM. Sooooo close to end of the work day, hahaha.

I mean, that’s barely even an hour in the air! Dude couldn’t wait until he landed??

Seriously, give the Help Desk thing a try! Tell them you used to be an approved commenter and when you had a log-in glitch it kicked you back to being in the greys. It can work.

P.S. Lol on ‘she re-greyed’ me :)

What? PolicyChick is great, I was saying it was bullshit that she got put back into the greys!

The Trump administration as a whole seems to be actively trying to sabotage people seeking asylum in the United States.

Whoops, I meant re-ungreyed. Re-blacked? I dunno. Restored my old position, haha.

ETA: Hey why am I grey? I’ve been in the blacks since The Slot came about. Ashley can you get me out? I am a good commenter!

Part of the issue is that the cells are all concrete and detainees have their outer layers taken away and are only allowed a single shirt. They’re then forced to lay down on cold concrete for potentially days at a time, in a small, overcrowded cell with limited room to move around. So they lose a lot of body heat due…

Part of the issue is that the cells are all concrete and detainees have their outer layers taken away and are only allowed a single shirt. They’re then forced to lay down on cold concrete for potentially days at a time, in a small, overcrowded cell with limited room to move around. So they lose a lot of body heat due…