Tuesday Morning Open Thread: This, Too, Is America
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View ArticleCraven Idiocy Open Thread: GOP WannaBes Rush the (2024) Border
I thought this was a joke–south dakota is at least 1,000km from the southern border of the u.s.–but it’s not https://t.co/nqFUCpsrp5 — Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) June 29, 2021 Kristi Noem says the...
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Sunday Evening Open Thread: Go, Fourth
(John Deering via GoComics.com) . Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas, himself an immigrant from Cuba, delivers the oath of allegiance at a naturalization ceremony in the East Room of the White...
View ArticleRepub Stupidity Open Thread: People for Whom It Is Impossible to Feel Sympathy
Meet Tommy Fisher. His company spent millions to build a 3-mile border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Now, he needs to find someone to buy it. More @BW: https://t.co/JPg6mtWfmo...
View ArticleImmigration Open Thread: Family Stories
Absolutely lovely kids. Anyone who looks at this and experiences fear or hatred needs to see a doctor. https://t.co/lxmUnVb8XV — Slava Malamud (@SlavaMalamud) August 27, 2021 According to my maternal...
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Monday Evening Open Thread: Good Numbers
This is a stunning achievement for which every service member and diplomat sent to Kabul deserves our thanks. And the way to honor it is ensuring everyone who escaped is settled and supported as...
View ArticleLegal Permanent Residence: ‘This Could Be the Year’
This could be the year. “This is the best chance we have,” Schumer told the Post. “We’re fighting every day to make it happen.” In Schumer’s Brooklyn neighborhood, and in migrant communities across...
View ArticleHonoring America’s Promise Open Thread: Welcoming Afghan Refugees (Or Not)
Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have formed a new group that will rally volunteers to help resettle Afghan refugees in the U.S. https://t.co/G7qJXUwUF3...
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Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Why Is It Always *Democrats* Who Have to Be the...
For better… The Biden administration, fulfilling an earlier pledge, says the U.S. will take in 125,000 refugees and their families next year. Former President Donald Trump had capped the number at...
View ArticleExcellent (Long) Read: “Afghans arrived near a small Virginia town…”
Afghans arrived near a small Virginia town, exposing two different versions of America https://t.co/BgVtxoNzrS — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 25, 2021 The Washington Post once again...
View ArticleOpen Thread: Good News for Afghan Refugees (and Americans, Too)
NEW: The Biden administration is taking an unprecedented step to resettle the 55,600 Afghan evacuees from the US military bases where they've been living for weeks and into permanent homes. Latest:...
View ArticlePandemic Horror Stories: ‘Coronavirus infections at U.S. meat plants far...
wow, the Covid situation at the meatpacking plants was WAY worse than we thought at one Tyson plant in Texas, about 50% of the staff had Covid via @leahjdouglashttps://t.co/MbWlv69OZz — Deena Shanker...
View ArticleWednesday Morning Open Thread: Some BFDs
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seeking reelection. Her announcement ends speculation that she would retire as Democrats face the threat of losing control of Congress in the 2022 midterms....
View ArticleLate Night Open Thread: Everything’s Bigger in Texas, Including the Manure Piles
interstate human trafficking to own the libs https://t.co/Leudg2zZon — zeddy (@Zeddary) April 6, 2022 … Some of them achieve a near approach to sentience, and might even get elected Governor! Greg...
View ArticleThe ‘Caravan’ Dilemma
Here’s an excerpt from a WaPo article on growing worries within the Democratic caucus that Republicans will successfully use anti-immigration demagoguery to pick off vulnerable congresspeople in...
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