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The headline in The Guardian (June 16, 2018) read: 2,000 children separated from parents in six weeks under Trump policy. As I went on, each sentence was more disturbing than the one before. The events as reported were horrific, but – this may surprise you – the sentence that finally sank its fist into my gut was this one: A small group of reporters were [sic] given strictly controlled access earlier this week to one immigration detention centre where some children forcibly separated from their parents, or crossing the border alone, are being held. Why were the reporters given only strictly controlled access? For the security of the children? I doubt that. If the government was concerned about the children’s welfare, the children would be with their parents. So I ask again, why was access strictly controlled and why were the reporters allowed in only one immigration detention center? Why […]
I just learned that my brother-in-law bought tickets to the inauguration – real cheap. I don’t know how factual are the other stories about “papering the house”, in other words giving tickets to anyone without a better place to sit down. But if my brother-in-law could get seats – second row, just behind the section reserved for Trump’s illegitimate children – then I’d say the tales might be true. Only a small “basket” of people are eager to attend this bizarre affair. I should mention that my brother-in-law had no intention of attending. He wanted his non-attendance to be a matter of record. And so does Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Below is her statement as published in the Guardian. Please read. Her message must be heard and passed along. Why my seat at the inauguration is empty Barbara Lee, Congresswoman from California I will not be celebrating the swearing-in of a […]
