bipartisanreport--2020-06-17--2nd Top Justice Department Official Abruptly Announces Resignation

Jody Hunt , who leads the civil division at the Justice Department , abruptly announced his impending resignation on Tuesday , the same day that he formally signed onto a lawsuit trying to block the publication of a memoir from John Bolton , President Donald Trump ’ s former national security adviser .
The civil division is tasked with defending the government and members of the government in court ; as its head , Hunt has been involved in an array of legal fights on behalf of the administration , including the court battles over the president ’ s push @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2020 census , an idea that Trump eventually abandoned .
It ’ s unclear precisely why Hunt is stepping away from the Justice Department ; his resignation takes effect on July 3 , CNN reports , while also explaining that political appointees in the federal government frequently resign ahead of a presidential election .
Perhaps Hunt worries about the Trump team ’ s prospects in that presidential election .
Besides his resignation , the Justice Department has also seen a couple of other high-profile resignations recently , including from Solicitor General Noel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the administration ’ s side in U.S. Supreme Court cases .
‘ In an email obtained by CNN , Jody Hunt told his division that he would be exiting on July 3 .
He joins a list of senior Justice Department officials who are leaving their posts ahead of the election , as is typical for many political appointees in the department .
CNN reported earlier this month that the head of the criminal division and the solicitor general were both planning to step down .
Hunt ’ s division defended the administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in several headline-grabbing cases , like the fight over congressional subpoenas.
’ Before his role at the top of the civil division at the Justice Department — a role that requires confirmation by the Senate , which has been controlled by a Republican majority for the entirety of Trump ’ s presidency — Hunt served as chief of staff for Attorney General Jeff Sessions , who has since left the administration and had a very public falling out with the president .
Trump wanted Sessions to have kept closer control of the Russia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sessions ’ s opponent in an ongoing Republican Senate primary that the former attorney general is running in .
It ’ s unclear if the lawsuit over Bolton ’ s book will be resolved by the time Hunt steps aside on July 3 .
The book is currently scheduled for publication on June 23 , but the Trump administration alleges that there is classified information in the manuscript .
Bolton ’ s side counters that they ’ ve already gone through a review process to deal with classified information and the latest antagonism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ This last-minute allegation came after an intensive four-month review , after weeks of silence from the White House , and… after press reports alerted the White House that Mr. Bolton ’ s book would be published on June 23 .
This is a transparent attempt to use national security as a pretext to censor Mr. Bolton , in violation of his constitutional right to speak on matters of the utmost public import .
This attempt will not succeed , and Mr. Bolton ’ s book will be published June 23.
’ Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and suggested that all conversations with him are classified — which isn ’ t how classification tends to actually work .

Jody Hunt, who leads the civil division at the Justice Department, abruptly announced his impending resignation on Tuesday, the same day that he formally signed onto a lawsuit trying to block the publication of a memoir from John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser. The civil division is tasked with defending the government and members of the government in court; as its head, Hunt has been involved in an array of legal fights on behalf of the administration, including the court battles over the president’s push to include a question about citizenship on the 2020 census, an idea that Trump eventually abandoned.
The head of the Justice Department's civil division announced his resignation, telling his staff in an email obtained by CNN that he would be exiting on July 3 https://t.co/JoD3VAvQPg — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 17, 2020
It’s unclear precisely why Hunt is stepping away from the Justice Department; his resignation takes effect on July 3, CNN reports, while also explaining that political appointees in the federal government frequently resign ahead of a presidential election. Perhaps Hunt worries about the Trump team’s prospects in that presidential election. Besides his resignation, the Justice Department has also seen a couple of other high-profile resignations recently, including from Solicitor General Noel Francisco, whose job is to defend the administration’s side in U.S. Supreme Court cases.
CNN explains:
‘In an email obtained by CNN, Jody Hunt told his division that he would be exiting on July 3. He joins a list of senior Justice Department officials who are leaving their posts ahead of the election, as is typical for many political appointees in the department. CNN reported earlier this month that the head of the criminal division and the solicitor general were both planning to step down. Hunt’s division defended the administration’s policies in court, including in several headline-grabbing cases, like the fight over congressional subpoenas.’
Before his role at the top of the civil division at the Justice Department — a role that requires confirmation by the Senate, which has been controlled by a Republican majority for the entirety of Trump’s presidency — Hunt served as chief of staff for Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has since left the administration and had a very public falling out with the president. Trump wanted Sessions to have kept closer control of the Russia investigation, and the president has endorsed Sessions’s opponent in an ongoing Republican Senate primary that the former attorney general is running in.
It’s unclear if the lawsuit over Bolton’s book will be resolved by the time Hunt steps aside on July 3. The book is currently scheduled for publication on June 23, but the Trump administration alleges that there is classified information in the manuscript. Bolton’s side counters that they’ve already gone through a review process to deal with classified information and the latest antagonism from the Trump team constitutes censorship.
Bolton lawyer Chuck Cooper said:
‘This last-minute allegation came after an intensive four-month review, after weeks of silence from the White House, and… after press reports alerted the White House that Mr. Bolton’s book would be published on June 23. This is a transparent attempt to use national security as a pretext to censor Mr. Bolton, in violation of his constitutional right to speak on matters of the utmost public import. This attempt will not succeed, and Mr. Bolton’s book will be published June 23.’
Trump has called the book “inappropriate” and suggested that all conversations with him are classified — which isn’t how classification tends to actually work.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-17--Lindsey Graham Suffers Public Embarrassment During Press Conference

At a press conference this Wednesday , Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham ( R-S.C. ) yet again proved his utter fealty to the Trump administration .
While discussing the introduction of a policing reform bill in the Senate , he harshly criticized Democrats in general and former President Barack Obama in particular for supposedly failing to take action to deal with policing problems across the United States .
But that ’ s a brazenly false claim — across the eight years of his presidency , Obama did , in fact , institute a number of police reform policies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Obama faced Republicans in Congress who seemed ready to try and block his every move — the GOP controlled the House , for instance , from 2011 through 2019 .
‘ I ’ m getting a little tired of being lectured to by my Democratic colleagues that all of this is Trump ’ s fault .
You had eight years under President Obama .
The Justice and Policing Act — none of it was taken up virtually .
Let ’ s knock that off .
You ’ re making no points with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re bad and y ’ all are not when it comes to this issue .
You had eight years , no attempts to ban chokeholds , no attempts to do any of the things we all agree we need to do now .
If you want to fight about that , let ’ s fight .
If you want to admit that the country needs to move on together , let ’ s do it.
’ Graham ’ s suggestion that there were “ no attempts to do any of the things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now ” is brazenly false .
In fact , as a report from NBC outlines , the Trump administration has specifically rolled back police reform initiatives that were kickstarted under the Obama administration .
For example , the Trump administration ended an Obama era ban on the military selling surplus equipment to local police departments , meaning cops are thereby free to militarize themselves at a sharper rate .
The Trump administration has also worked to try and roll back federal oversight of local police departments , although in the past , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spotlight on urgent needs for reform .
As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s deputy campaign manager , Kate Bedingfield , put it : Indeed — at a press conference outside the White House this week , Trump himself claimed that Democrats had dropped the ball .
He claimed : That is brazenly untrue .
Perhaps Trump is lying out of a desperation about his political prospects , since Biden leads by big margins in many polls on both the national level and the levels of individual swing states around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2016 .

At a press conference this Wednesday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) yet again proved his utter fealty to the Trump administration. While discussing the introduction of a policing reform bill in the Senate, he harshly criticized Democrats in general and former President Barack Obama in particular for supposedly failing to take action to deal with policing problems across the United States. But that’s a brazenly false claim — across the eight years of his presidency, Obama did, in fact, institute a number of police reform policies. Additionally, for much of his presidency, Obama faced Republicans in Congress who seemed ready to try and block his every move — the GOP controlled the House, for instance, from 2011 through 2019.
Graham ranted:
‘I’m getting a little tired of being lectured to by my Democratic colleagues that all of this is Trump’s fault. You had eight years under President Obama. The Justice and Policing Act — none of it was taken up virtually. Let’s knock that off. You’re making no points with me, trying to suggest that we’re bad and y’all are not when it comes to this issue. You had eight years, no attempts to ban chokeholds, no attempts to do any of the things we all agree we need to do now. If you want to fight about that, let’s fight. If you want to admit that the country needs to move on together, let’s do it.’
Watch below:
Lindsey Graham throws a fit and yells at Democrats that police brutality is not Trump's fault and blames Obama for not doing anything, which is false, about policing. pic.twitter.com/vEIRcA81sL — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 17, 2020
Graham’s suggestion that there were “no attempts to do any of the things we all agree we need to do now” is brazenly false. In fact, as a report from NBC outlines, the Trump administration has specifically rolled back police reform initiatives that were kickstarted under the Obama administration. For example, the Trump administration ended an Obama era ban on the military selling surplus equipment to local police departments, meaning cops are thereby free to militarize themselves at a sharper rate.
The Trump administration has also worked to try and roll back federal oversight of local police departments, although in the past, that oversight has been used to put a spotlight on urgent needs for reform.
As presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s deputy campaign manager, Kate Bedingfield, put it:
‘Donald Trump says President Obama and Vice President Biden didn’t do anything on policing reform, but he knows that isn’t true because he has spent the past three years tearing down the very reforms the Obama-Biden administration pursued.’
Indeed — at a press conference outside the White House this week, Trump himself claimed that Democrats had dropped the ball. He claimed:
‘President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. The reason they didn’t try is they had no idea how to do it,’
That is brazenly untrue. Perhaps Trump is lying out of a desperation about his political prospects, since Biden leads by big margins in many polls on both the national level and the levels of individual swing states around the country, including some that Trump won in 2016.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-17--Trump’s Abuse Of Father After Alzheimer Diagnosis Leaked To Media

He is just a prince of a son .
Of course , we are talking about Donald Trump .
In a book telling all the family secrets , his niece Mary Trump explains how the president treated his father .
Remember , this is the boy who threw rocks at a neighbor ’ s baby in its playpen .
POTUS ’ niece is a clinical psychologist and a member of the country ’ s first family , which gives her particularly special insight .
Her new book Too Much and Never Enough : How My Family Created the World ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out on July 28 .
Mary Trump is the only daughter of the president ’ s older brother Fred Trump Jr .
Her brother suffered from complications at birth , and her father died of alcoholism when he was just 42-years-old .
Fred Trump Sr. died when he was 93-years-old with Alzheimer ’ s disease .
After he died , the Trump ’ s leaped upon the family fortune like a pack of hungry dire wolves feasting on the carcass of a dead deer .
The Worlds Most Dangerous Man delves into Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
as Fred Trump fought Alzheimer ’ s disease in his later years .
How was the president ’ s treatment of his father ?
According to his niece , it was “ appalling.
” Mary Trump has remained behind the curtain of family shame as the man who occasionally sits in the Oval Office took over the nation .
Her book promises “ unsparing detail ” about her uncle .
She digs deeply into the family dynamics where Donald Trump formed the core of the tornado of family conflict .
Her publisher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that created the damaged man.
” In particular , she looks at the “ strange and harmful relationship ” that existed between the father and both of Fred Senior ’ s elder sons .
The publisher of Mary Trump ’ s book successfully teases potential readers about that relationship , according to The Huffington Post : When Donald Trump was a little boy , his father took particular pleasure in his son fighting .
In other words , he fostered the president ’ s worst instincts .
Then , when POTUS got older @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manage at home , so they did what many parents of that era did .
They shipped him off to military school in the hope that the school would straighten him out .
Of course , the president ’ s patterns of behavior were already deeply entrenched by that time .
Perhaps , if they had sent him off to the last resort families ’ chose , the real military , something might have jarred loose in the Donald ’ s psyche .
Instead , Fred Trump Sr. bribed a doctor to give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As a result , another young man went to Vietnam in POTUS ’ place , perhaps to die on the battlefield .
Mary Trump pointed out in her book how the elder Trump ’ s “ favorite son ” treated him : The Daily Beast reported earlier this week that the author was also the source for The New York Times incisive reporting on Donald Trump ’ s sleight of hand to help his father and himself avoid millions in taxes in the 1990s .
Trump ’ s people said that he “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to block the publication of the book , ” according to The Times : The Mueller Report Adventures : In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page .
These quick , two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people .
Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery .
Interestingly enough , Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order .

He is just a prince of a son. Of course, we are talking about Donald Trump. In a book telling all the family secrets, his niece Mary Trump explains how the president treated his father. Remember, this is the boy who threw rocks at a neighbor’s baby in its playpen.
POTUS’ niece is a clinical psychologist and a member of the country’s first family, which gives her particularly special insight. Her new book Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man will be coming out on July 28.
Mary Trump is the only daughter of the president’s older brother Fred Trump Jr. Her brother suffered from complications at birth, and her father died of alcoholism when he was just 42-years-old. Fred Trump Sr. died when he was 93-years-old with Alzheimer’s disease. After he died, the Trump’s leaped upon the family fortune like a pack of hungry dire wolves feasting on the carcass of a dead deer.
The Worlds Most Dangerous Man delves into Donald Trump’s relationship with his father. as Fred Trump fought Alzheimer’s disease in his later years. How was the president’s treatment of his father? According to his niece, it was “appalling.”
Mary Trump has remained behind the curtain of family shame as the man who occasionally sits in the Oval Office took over the nation. Her book promises “unsparing detail” about her uncle. She digs deeply into the family dynamics where Donald Trump formed the core of the tornado of family conflict.
Her publisher Simon & Schuster examined “family patterns that created the damaged man.” In particular, she looks at the “strange and harmful relationship” that existed between the father and both of Fred Senior’s elder sons.
The publisher of Mary Trump’s book successfully teases potential readers about that relationship, according to The Huffington Post:
‘She explains how specific events and general family patterns created the damaged man who currently occupies the Oval Office, including the strange and harmful relationship between Fred Trump and his two oldest sons, Fred Jr. and Donald.’
When Donald Trump was a little boy, his father took particular pleasure in his son fighting. In other words, he fostered the president’s worst instincts. Then, when POTUS got older, he become far to difficult to manage at home, so they did what many parents of that era did. They shipped him off to military school in the hope that the school would straighten him out.
Of course, the president’s patterns of behavior were already deeply entrenched by that time. Perhaps, if they had sent him off to the last resort families’ chose, the real military, something might have jarred loose in the Donald’s psyche. Instead, Fred Trump Sr. bribed a doctor to give his problem son “bone spurs.” As a result, another young man went to Vietnam in POTUS’ place, perhaps to die on the battlefield.
Mary Trump pointed out in her book how the elder Trump’s “favorite son” treated him:
‘[She wrote about] he appalling way Donald, Fred Trump’s favorite son, dismissed and derided him when he began to succumb to Alzheimer’s.’
The Daily Beast reported earlier this week that the author was also the source for The New York Times incisive reporting on Donald Trump’s sleight of hand to help his father and himself avoid millions in taxes in the 1990s.
Trump’s people said that he “is considering a lawsuit in an attempt to block the publication of the book,” according to The Times:
‘[Mary Trump] alone can recount this fascinating, unnerving saga, not just because of her insider’s perspective but also because she is the only Trump willing to tell the truth about one of the world’s most powerful and dysfunctional families.’
The Mueller Report Adventures: In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page. These quick, two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people. Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery. Interestingly enough, Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Trump Says Stupid Stuff During Late Night Sean Hannity Interview (VIDEO)

On Wednesday night , Trump sat for an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity , a vocal Trump supporter and second client to Trump ’ s attorney and “ fixer , ” Michael Cohen .
Hannity began the interview by mentioning that the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson , the first murder to inspire a widespread Black Lives Matter movement , happened under Obama and Biden , and that Democrats did nothing for eight years .
Trump agreed that the previous administration did nothing .
ignoring the fact that he rolled back many of Obama ’ s police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ opportunities we ’ ve given everybody.
” Trump then took credit for dash and body cam use , explaining to viewers that these are “ a camera , actually .
A very sophisticated camera ” He then warned that Democratic politicians want to abolish the police and take away guns , saying “ that ’ s what it ’ s gon na be , under Biden…ending the Second Amendment , you won ’ t have a Second Amendment ” Hannity also asked Trump about charges against police in Atlanta who killed a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ car .
Trump said that this was “ a different kind of case than George Floyd ’ s and said that he hadn ’ t seen the video of Floyd ’ s murder , because “ eight minutes who could watch that ?
” However , Trump said , “ you can ’ t resist a police officer ” and then planted a conspiracy theory , saying that an officer there heard a sound , “ like a gun shot…that ’ s interesting.
” Hannity then joked that Biden is still staying in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his , “ mental alertness , stamina , strength , and mental acumen.
” Trump said that Biden ’ s “ obvious health problems are “ going to be an interesting issue.
” He also said that Biden has been writing “ long beautiful flowing sentiments ” about Trump on social media , but that he doesn ’ t believe Biden wrote them or that he even knew the posts were issued .
He then said again that the coronavirus is going to “ fade away ” Toward the end of the interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high , Trump took the time to bash Colin Kaeperrnick a bad football player who would be drafted if he could win games .
No one , however , should protest during the National Anthem , Trump said .
Dismissing the concerns of black America , he said , “ they can protest enough ” without being given permission to kneel for the flag .
Twitter didn ’ t seem all that excited about Trump ’ s upcoming interview even before it started .
Read some of their comments below :

On Wednesday night, Trump sat for an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, a vocal Trump supporter and second client to Trump’s attorney and “fixer,” Michael Cohen.
Hannity began the interview by mentioning that the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, the first murder to inspire a widespread Black Lives Matter movement, happened under Obama and Biden, and that Democrats did nothing for eight years. Trump agreed that the previous administration did nothing. ignoring the fact that he rolled back many of Obama’s police reform policies, then bragged about the “opportunities we’ve given everybody.”
Trump then took credit for dash and body cam use, explaining to viewers that these are “a camera, actually. A very sophisticated camera” He then warned that Democratic politicians want to abolish the police and take away guns, saying “that’s what it’s gonna be, under Biden…ending the Second Amendment, you won’t have a Second Amendment”
After Hannity asks about police reform, Trump falsely says previous administrations, including Obama's, "did nothing on this." Not even close to true. (Extended fact check here: https://t.co/j44USu5D7f) https://t.co/HkICtVF3z9 — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 18, 2020
Hannity also asked Trump about charges against police in Atlanta who killed a man after he fells asleep in his car. Trump said that this was “a different kind of case than George Floyd’s and said that he hadn’t seen the video of Floyd’s murder, because “eight minutes who could watch that?” However, Trump said, “you can’t resist a police officer” and then planted a conspiracy theory, saying that an officer there heard a sound, “like a gun shot…that’s interesting.”
Among the things Trump is telling Hannity that Biden would do as president: “abolish the police” and says “you won’t have a Second Amendment,” overstating how much power a president has. Trump later says that “police have not been treated fairly” in the US — Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 18, 2020
Hannity then joked that Biden is still staying in basement to avoid spreading COVID-19 and questioned his , “mental alertness, stamina, strength, and mental acumen.” Trump said that Biden’s “obvious health problems are “going to be an interesting issue.” He also said that Biden has been writing “long beautiful flowing sentiments” about Trump on social media, but that he doesn’t believe Biden wrote them or that he even knew the posts were issued. He then said again that the coronavirus is going to “fade away”
President Trump tells Sean Hannity he will be traveling to "The Wall" soon, "to celebrate." — David Gura (@davidgura) June 18, 2020
Toward the end of the interview, with racial tensions at an all-time high, Trump took the time to bash Colin Kaeperrnick a bad football player who would be drafted if he could win games. No one, however, should protest during the National Anthem, Trump said. Dismissing the concerns of black America, he said, “they can protest enough” without being given permission to kneel for the flag.
Twitter didn’t seem all that excited about Trump’s upcoming interview even before it started. Read some of their comments below:
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bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Trump Demands Replacement SCOTUS Judges During Afternoon Freak-Out

President Donald Trump ’ s priorities remain squarely with complaining about his political opponents .
This Thursday , he took to Twitter with an angry rant against the U.S. Supreme Court after they ruled in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program , which the Trump administration had tried to end .
Eventually , he even claimed that the Supreme Court needs “ NEW JUSTICES , ” suggesting that he ’ s contemplating trying to find some way to replace members of the court , whose appointments are supposed to be lifetime .
An apparent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well for the rule of law under Trump .
‘ The recent Supreme Court decisions , not only on DACA , Sanctuary Cities , Census , and others , tell you only one thing , we need NEW JUSTICES of the Supreme Court .
If the Radical Left Democrats assume power , your Second Amendment , Right to Life , Secure Borders , and Religious Liberty , among many other things , are OVER and GONE !
’ That is not true .
Democrats are not trying to do away with the Second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to do away with a right to life either .
Trump is brazenly fearmongering and seemingly trying to essentially scare his supporters into voting for him .
In other words , Trumpism yet again seems like a definite personality cult .
After the above , Trump went on to claim that the “ DACA decision ” is “ a highly political one , and seemingly not based on the law.
” It ’ s amazing that Trump is so self-obsessed that he believes that the upholding of a program by the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plot .
‘ As President of the United States , I am asking for a legal solution on DACA , not a political one , consistent with the rule of law .
The Supreme Court is not willing to give us one , so now we have to start this process all over again.
’ What on earth does he think that the U.S. Supreme Court does ?
He seems to be implying that a legal solution could be found elsewhere , as if the entire point of the court isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not some “ political ” play by the Supreme Court — the Trump administration ’ s decision to try and upend DACA did not follow the law .
Check out more from the president :

President Donald Trump’s priorities remain squarely with complaining about his political opponents. This Thursday, he took to Twitter with an angry rant against the U.S. Supreme Court after they ruled in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which the Trump administration had tried to end. Eventually, he even claimed that the Supreme Court needs “NEW JUSTICES,” suggesting that he’s contemplating trying to find some way to replace members of the court, whose appointments are supposed to be lifetime. An apparent threat of brazen court-packing does not bode well for the rule of law under Trump.
He tweeted:
‘The recent Supreme Court decisions, not only on DACA, Sanctuary Cities, Census, and others, tell you only one thing, we need NEW JUSTICES of the Supreme Court. If the Radical Left Democrats assume power, your Second Amendment, Right to Life, Secure Borders, and Religious Liberty, among many other things, are OVER and GONE!’
…Religious Liberty, among many other things, are OVER and GONE! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
That is not true. Democrats are not trying to do away with the Second Amendment, and they’re not trying to do away with a right to life either. Trump is brazenly fearmongering and seemingly trying to essentially scare his supporters into voting for him. In other words, Trumpism yet again seems like a definite personality cult.
The Supreme Court found that white nationalist Stephen Miller’s attempt to end DACA was cruel and now illegal. He should resign immediately. — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 18, 2020
After the above, Trump went on to claim that the “DACA decision” is “a highly political one, and seemingly not based on the law.” It’s amazing that Trump is so self-obsessed that he believes that the upholding of a program by the U.S. Supreme Court is some kind of political plot.
He added:
‘As President of the United States, I am asking for a legal solution on DACA, not a political one, consistent with the rule of law. The Supreme Court is not willing to give us one, so now we have to start this process all over again.’
The DACA decision, while a highly political one, and seemingly not based on the law, gives the President of the United States far more power than EVER anticipated. Nevertheless, I will only act in the best interests of the United States of America! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
As President of the United States, I am asking for a legal solution on DACA, not a political one, consistent with the rule of law. The Supreme Court is not willing to give us one, so now we have to start this process all over again. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
What on earth does he think that the U.S. Supreme Court does? He seems to be implying that a legal solution could be found elsewhere, as if the entire point of the court isn’t to determine legal solutions. There’s not some “political” play by the Supreme Court — the Trump administration’s decision to try and upend DACA did not follow the law.
Check out more from the president:
…Based on decisions being rendered now, this list is more important than ever before (Second Amendment, Right to Life, Religous Liberty, etc.) – VOTE 2020! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
First thing the anarchists did upon taking over Seattle was “BUILD A WALL”. See, I was ahead of our times! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
It was not Ambassador Lighthizer’s fault (yesterday in Committee) in that perhaps I didn’t make myself clear, but the U.S. certainly does maintain a policy option, under various conditions, of a complete decoupling from China. Thank you! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response below:


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Justice Sotomayor’s Criticized Chief Justice Roberts  For Letting Trump Off The Hook

‘ This final rule will protect hardworking American taxpayers , safeguard welfare programs for truly needy Americans , reduce the Federal deficit , and re-establish the fundamental legal principle that newcomers to our society should be financially self-reliant and not dependent on the largess ( e ) of United States taxpayers.
’ ‘ The government seeks emergency relief from this Court [ after lower courts will not do so , and ] as been all too quick to grant the government ’ s reflexive requests .
Make no mistake , this Court is partly to blame for the breakdown in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ the risk of irreparable harm is the loss of life : ” ‘ The Court often permits executions—where the risk of irreparable harm is the loss of life—to proceed , justifying many of those decisions on purported failures to ‘ raise any potentially meritorious claims in a timely manner .
I fear that this disparity in treatment erodes the fair and balanced decisionmaking process that this Court must strive to protect.
’ CNN Contributor Professor Steve Vladeck has studied the issue of emergency requests .
He noted that noted Solicitor General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process as per The Harvard Law Review .
Vladeck said : ‘ [ H ] e has done so far more often than his predecessors .
This is now the 24th time that the Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to put a lower court decision on hold in less than three years compared to a total of eight such requests during the 16 years of the George W. Bush and Obama administration ’ s combined .
As in this case , the justices have often agreed to these requests even when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most recent case , had only a local impact.
’ The conservative Chief Justice John Roberts was the swing vote on the important DACA ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program ) case .
Frequently described as the dreamers , Obama ’ s program protected children of their illegally-entering parents .
It ensured them freedom from ICE raids and deportation .
Plus , it gave them the opportunity to go to college and obtain jobs .
This was a day of celebration .
Still , Chief Justice John Roberts was not perfect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in her concurrence ( agreement ) that he was far too easy on Trump .
She pointed to Donald Trump ’ s “ vicious ” history and racist comments that added a “ vital legal context.
” She pointed out that Roberts should never have discounted the president ’ s racist comments about Mexican immigrants.
” Former Justice Department Civil Rights Official Sam Bagenstos said : She said that Roberts should not have discounted all the many slurs the president had spoken about Mexican immigrants , such as calling them “ people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bad ones , ” “ criminals , drug dealers , [ and ] rapists.
” She condemned POTUS for comparing undocumented immigrants to “ animals.
” Sotomayor continued : In addition , the justice derided Chief Justice Roberts for making little of the massive impact of killing off DACA on Latinos : Next , she wrote that Roberts should not have dismissed “ the idea that DHS ’ s handling of the DACA recision raised red flags : ” ‘ As late as June 2017 , DHS insisted it remained committed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , DHS terminated DACA without , as the plurality acknowledges , considering important aspects of the termination .
The abrupt change in position plausibly suggests that something other than questions about the legality of DACA motivated the rescission decision .
Accordingly , it raises the possibility of a “ significant mismatch between the decision…made and the rationale…provided.
’ Earlier , MSNBC Legal Analyst and Georgetown University professor Neal Katyal said that losing before the Supreme Court was like failing a class at Yale University .
Who knew ?
Sotomayor feared Roberts would only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that those who come from Mexico could not be pulled apart from Trump ’ s attitude toward them .
The Mueller Report Adventures : In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page .
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Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery .
Interestingly enough , Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order .

The president has been anxiously awaiting the death of just one more justice before he leaves office, knowing full well that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gleefully stole President Barack Obama’s third justice. Yet, it was Obama’s appointment of the third woman and first Latina justice to the Supreme Court who made news Thursday.
Justice Sonja Sotomayor wrote the court’s 5-4 dissent granting the government’s “public charge” rule to take place in all 50 states. The rule makes life far more difficult for immigrants to get their legal status should they have ever used a government benefits such as food stamps.
She was the only one who came down hard on this point when she wrote, according to The Mother Jones publication:
‘Claiming one emergency after another, the Government has recently sought stays in an unprecedented number of cases. It is hard to say what is more troubling [and that] that the Government would seek this extraordinary relief seemingly as a matter of course, or that the Court would grant it.’
She pointed out that SCOTUS only ruled on one state and claimed the court was lowering its standards. The court ruled that the “public charge” rule would affect all but one state — Illinois. That state fell under “a separate judicial order.” When the White House asked the court to free the Illinois order, it did.
The public charge rule will kick into effect on Monday. White House attorneys wrote:


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Facebook Infuriates Trump & Removes Campaign Ad Using Nazi Symbols

The Trump campaign used a symbol in a recent round of Facebook ads that was also used by the Nazi regime , and Facebook has now removed the ads .
The symbol in question is an upside-down red triangle ; it ’ s a symbol that Nazi authorities used to identify political opponents , and in the Trump ads , it was used in reference to imaginary “ dangerous MOBS of far-left groups , ” which President Donald Trump and his allies have consistently tried to fearmonger about .
Trump , for instance , has sounded an alarm about “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means “ anti-fascist , ” and while a strong anti-fascist political movement has existed at least since the Allies took on the Nazis in World War II , “ Antifa ” is not some kind of nationally centralized organization .
It is staggering , of course , that it ’ s the re-election campaign for the president of the United States who was using a “ banned hate group ’ s symbol to identify political prisoners.
” The Trump campaign has claimed as part of their attempted defense of the ad that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by “ Antifa ” — which again , is not some kind of nationally centralized organization — to identify themselves .
In fact , anti-fascist activists actually frequently use a symbol displaying two flags alongside each other , one of which is red and one of which is black .
As Axios explains , “ antifa supporters tend to instead use a different symbol — two flags surrounded by a circle — that dates back to opponents of the Nazis in 1930s Germany.
” Besides — even if there is some “ Antifa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ used the upside-down red triangle to identify themselves , why would the Trump team pick that symbol out of the many available ?
Why not something that wasn ’ t a way that the Nazis identified their political opponents ?
‘ The inverted red triangle is a symbol used by Antifa , so it was included in an ad about Antifa .
We would note that Facebook still has an inverted red triangle emoji in use , which looks exactly the same , so it ’ s curious that they would target only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not included in the Anti-Defamation League ’ s database of symbols of hate .
But it is ironic that it took a Trump ad to force the media to implicitly concede that Antifa is a hate group.
’ This statement is a completely bad faith assessment of the situation .
Inverted red triangles are not some kind of obvious symbol of Antifa , and it ’ s the Trump campaign that used the symbol .
The Trump campaign wages a consistent war on facts .

The Trump campaign used a symbol in a recent round of Facebook ads that was also used by the Nazi regime, and Facebook has now removed the ads. The symbol in question is an upside-down red triangle; it’s a symbol that Nazi authorities used to identify political opponents, and in the Trump ads, it was used in reference to imaginary “dangerous MOBS of far-left groups,” which President Donald Trump and his allies have consistently tried to fearmonger about. Trump, for instance, has sounded an alarm about “Antifa,” but the term just means “anti-fascist,” and while a strong anti-fascist political movement has existed at least since the Allies took on the Nazis in World War II, “Antifa” is not some kind of nationally centralized organization.
The President of the United States is campaigning for reelection using a Nazi concentration camp symbol. Nazis used the red triangle to mark political prisoners and people who rescued Jews. Trump & the RNC are using it to smear millions of protestors. Their masks are off. pic.twitter.com/UzmzDaRBup — Bend the Arc: Jewish Action (@jewishaction) June 18, 2020
In this case, Axios reports:
‘Facebook has taken down an ad from the Trump campaign that went after antifa and leftist groups with a prominent display of an inverted red triangle in a black outline, a symbol the Nazis used for political dissenters.’
Was just made away of this, but on Facebook Trump posted an upside down red triangle alongside his latest unhinged antifa tirade… the symbol has one major historical reference: it was used by Nazis in concentration camps to classify political prisoners inc. communists. pic.twitter.com/NTDJB1PXia — Natasha Lennard (@natashalennard) June 18, 2020
In a statement, Facebook explained:
‘We removed these posts and ads for violating our policy against organized hate. Our policy prohibits using a banned hate group’s symbol to identify political prisoners without the context that condemns or discusses the symbol.’
It is staggering, of course, that it’s the re-election campaign for the president of the United States who was using a “banned hate group’s symbol to identify political prisoners.”
Trump's new online campaign to label people opposed to fascism and white supremacy as terrorists involves a downward red triangle, the same symbol used by the Nazis in concentration camps to label communists, trade unionists, and political dissidents. pic.twitter.com/ro82090nGR — It's Going Down (@IGD_News) June 18, 2020
The Trump campaign has claimed as part of their attempted defense of the ad that the upside down red triangle is actually used by “Antifa” — which again, is not some kind of nationally centralized organization — to identify themselves. In fact, anti-fascist activists actually frequently use a symbol displaying two flags alongside each other, one of which is red and one of which is black. As Axios explains, “antifa supporters tend to instead use a different symbol — two flags surrounded by a circle — that dates back to opponents of the Nazis in 1930s Germany.”
Besides — even if there is some “Antifa” supporter out there who’s used the upside-down red triangle to identify themselves, why would the Trump team pick that symbol out of the many available? Why not something that wasn’t a way that the Nazis identified their political opponents?
Trump campaign spokesperson Tim Murtaugh claimed:
‘The inverted red triangle is a symbol used by Antifa, so it was included in an ad about Antifa. We would note that Facebook still has an inverted red triangle emoji in use, which looks exactly the same, so it’s curious that they would target only this ad. The image is also not included in the Anti-Defamation League’s database of symbols of hate. But it is ironic that it took a Trump ad to force the media to implicitly concede that Antifa is a hate group.’
This statement is a completely bad faith assessment of the situation. Inverted red triangles are not some kind of obvious symbol of Antifa, and it’s the Trump campaign that used the symbol. The Trump campaign wages a consistent war on facts.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Obama’s Celebration Of SCOTUS Ruling Will Make Donald Crazy

President Barack Obama has that keen ability to see around the corners in life .
When he first ran for office in 2008 , his slogan was “ Change We Can Believe In.
” Speaking of books that can shift the country slightly on its foundations , President Obama was in for the heavy lift .
His book , Change We Can Believe In : Barack Obama ’ s Plan to Renew America ’ s Promise was a promise to move the country completely off of its old crumbling foundation and onto a firmer foundation .
That meant recognizing then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offered .
One of those great changes was his DACA Act .
He freed people whose parents brought them to the United States , through no fault of their own , from the constant anxiety of deportation .
It allowed them to lead full lives , going to college if they chose and getting jobs .
What is DACA ?
The Anti-Defamation League website describes the recent Supreme Court news this way : The 44th president tweeted “ we may look different and come from everywhere.
” Then he added , “ what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : ” ‘ Eight years ago this week , we protected young people who were raised as part of our American family from deportation .
Today , I ’ m happy for them , their families , and all of us .
We may look different and come from everywhere , but what makes us American are our shared ideals… ’ In the description of Obama ’ s book , Amazon wrote about his “ vision for America : ” ‘ The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington , this is our chance to reclaim the American dream .
Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader–one who can bring people together , be honest about the challenges we face , and move this nation forward .
Change We Can Believe In outlines his vision for America.
’ Then , President Obama expanded that vision to include his former Vice President for eight years Joe Biden .
In November , Americans can stand beside Obama and help fulfill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be “ truly worthy of this nation of immigrants once and for all : ” In both the Amazon and the Waterstone sites , The Guardian eloquently reviewed the president ’ s book : ‘ Like Bill Clinton , he has the knack of weaving together the personal and the anecdotal with the political and the conceptual , so that each point seems both persuasive and commonsensical.
’ The Financial Times described Obama ’ s book this way : ‘ Speaking in public seems to be both a personal need and a political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just a fine orator : he is consciously putting oratory at the centre ( British spelling ) of his political being – and in doing so seeks to embed himself in a vital American tradition.
’ Twitter world caught fire at President Obama ’ s words .
Take a look at how Americans responded to him today : The Mueller Report Adventures : In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page .
These quick , two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people .
Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bite-Sizes can be read in any order .

President Barack Obama has that keen ability to see around the corners in life. When he first ran for office in 2008, his slogan was “Change We Can Believe In.” Speaking of books that can shift the country slightly on its foundations, President Obama was in for the heavy lift.
His book, Change We Can Believe In: Barack Obama’s Plan to Renew America’s Promise was a promise to move the country completely off of its old crumbling foundation and onto a firmer foundation. That meant recognizing then grasping the opportunity every moment of life offered.
One of those great changes was his DACA Act. He freed people whose parents brought them to the United States, through no fault of their own, from the constant anxiety of deportation. It allowed them to lead full lives, going to college if they chose and getting jobs.
What is DACA? The Anti-Defamation League website describes the recent Supreme Court news this way:
‘On June 18, 2020, the Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) in a 5-4 ruling. The ruling maintains the program and allows DACA recipients to renew membership, which offers them work authorization and temporary protection from deportation. The ruling leaves open the possibility that the Administration could still end DACA in the future if they give a proper justification.’
The 44th president tweeted “we may look different and come from everywhere.” Then he added, “what makes us Americans are our shared ideals…:”
‘Eight years ago this week, we protected young people who were raised as part of our American family from deportation. Today, I’m happy for them, their families, and all of us. We may look different and come from everywhere, but what makes us American are our shared ideals…’
In the description of Obama’s book, Amazon wrote about his “vision for America:”
‘The election of Barack Obama as President of the United States is a defining moment in American history. After years of failed policies and failed politics from Washington, this is our chance to reclaim the American dream. Barack Obama has proven to be a new kind of leader–one who can bring people together, be honest about the challenges we face, and move this nation forward. Change We Can Believe In outlines his vision for America.’
Then, President Obama expanded that vision to include his former Vice President for eight years Joe Biden. In November, Americans can stand beside Obama and help fulfill his vision for a country that can be “truly worthy of this nation of immigrants once and for all:”
‘…and now to stand up for those ideals, we have to move forward and elect@JoeBiden and a Democratic Congress that does its job, protects DREAMers, and finally creates a system that’s truly worthy of this nation of immigrants once and for all.’
In both the Amazon and the Waterstone sites, The Guardian eloquently reviewed the president’s book: ‘Like Bill Clinton, he has the knack of weaving together the personal and the anecdotal with the political and the conceptual, so that each point seems both persuasive and commonsensical.’ The Financial Times described Obama’s book this way: ‘Speaking in public seems to be both a personal need and a political creed for Obama. He is not just a fine orator: he is consciously putting oratory at the centre (British spelling) of his political being – and in doing so seeks to embed himself in a vital American tradition.’
Twitter world caught fire at President Obama’s words. Take a look at how Americans responded to him today:
Featured image is a screenshot via Twitter.
The Mueller Report Adventures: In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page. These quick, two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people. Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery. Interestingly enough, Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Trump Flubs Basic History During Thursday WSJ Interview

President Donald Trump consistently proves that he has no idea what he ’ s talking about on a wide range of subjects .
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal that was published this week , Trump staggeringly tried to take credit for making the holiday of Juneteenth famous .
The holiday commemorates the freeing of slaves at the end of the Civil War — which , of course , took place over 150 years ago .
The first celebration of the occasion was in 1866 — and Trump is so egomaniacal that he wants us to take him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s the one who made it famous .
The context of his remarks is the tumult over his campaign ’ s initial decision to hold a rally in Tulsa , Oklahoma , on Juneteenth , which is June 19 .
Tulsa was the site of a violent attack on a local black community in 1921 that claimed the lives of at least dozens of people , and the Trump campaign ’ s selection of the spot for a June 19 rally seemed like at least someone on the Trump team wanted to turn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The Trump campaign eventually announced that they ’ d be moving their rally to June 20 to accommodate concerns about their commandeering of June 19 and Juneteenth .
The rally is slated to be a big event — it ’ s the first rally that Trump has held in months following shutdowns amidst the sharpest spread of the Coronavirus .
He sounds like he wants to pretend like the controversy around his campaign ’ s ignorance was actually a good thing because it brought attention to the holiday .
Trump was reminded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had actually put out statements acknowledging Juneteenth during each of the first three years of Trump ’ s presidency .
What an absolutely ludicrous debacle .
If nobody had ever heard of Juneteenth , then why were so many people concerned about the Trump campaign holding a rally on that day ?
If nobody had ever heard of the holiday , then why has it been observed for over one and a half centuries ?
At this rate , Trump might as well claim credit for the famousness of the Fourth of July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s the one responsible for making Juneteenth famous is ridiculous .
The actual record of the Trump administration has been dismal for black Americans .
Although Trump has frequently tried to cast himself as some sort of pseudomessiah , the reality is that black Americans have continued to face many of the same setbacks that they did in prior eras .
Trump ’ s widely touted criminal justice reform , for instance , which included an easing of regulations on prisoners , only applied to the federal prison system , which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S .
Elsewhere , black Americans continue to be disproportionately targeted by authorities .
Meanwhile , Trump also signed tax breaks into law for companies that invest in economically marginalized areas — but the acute benefits of those tax breaks go to the wealthy .
Trump has also peddled blatant racism .
He routinely belittles black people among his opponents as supposedly low intelligence people .
Many of his prominent targets for criticism , in fact , have been black , from the late Rep. Elijah Cummings ( D-Md . )
to Rep. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latter of whom he ’ s dismissed as an “ extraordinarily low IQ person .
”

President Donald Trump consistently proves that he has no idea what he’s talking about on a wide range of subjects. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal that was published this week, Trump staggeringly tried to take credit for making the holiday of Juneteenth famous. The holiday commemorates the freeing of slaves at the end of the Civil War — which, of course, took place over 150 years ago. The first celebration of the occasion was in 1866 — and Trump is so egomaniacal that he wants us to take him seriously when he suggests that he’s the one who made it famous.
President Trump: “I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous…It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.” Reminder: Juneteeth has been celebrated since long before President Trump was born.https://t.co/jttPgwnhPW — Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 18, 2020
The context of his remarks is the tumult over his campaign’s initial decision to hold a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Juneteenth, which is June 19. Tulsa was the site of a violent attack on a local black community in 1921 that claimed the lives of at least dozens of people, and the Trump campaign’s selection of the spot for a June 19 rally seemed like at least someone on the Trump team wanted to turn Juneteenth into a reminder of racist violence.
The Trump campaign eventually announced that they’d be moving their rally to June 20 to accommodate concerns about their commandeering of June 19 and Juneteenth. The rally is slated to be a big event — it’s the first rally that Trump has held in months following shutdowns amidst the sharpest spread of the Coronavirus.
Now, Trump told the Wall Street Journal:
‘I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It’s actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it.’
He sounds like he wants to pretend like the controversy around his campaign’s ignorance was actually a good thing because it brought attention to the holiday. Trump was reminded by an aide that the White House had actually put out statements acknowledging Juneteenth during each of the first three years of Trump’s presidency.
Trump: "I did something good: I made Juneteenth very famous. It's actually an important event, an important time. But nobody had ever heard of it." Aide says Trump WH put out statements on Juneteenth: "Oh really? We put out a statement?…Ok, ok. Good."https://t.co/SCP0n3FfXe — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2020
What an absolutely ludicrous debacle. If nobody had ever heard of Juneteenth, then why were so many people concerned about the Trump campaign holding a rally on that day? If nobody had ever heard of the holiday, then why has it been observed for over one and a half centuries? At this rate, Trump might as well claim credit for the famousness of the Fourth of July next, because his insistence that he’s the one responsible for making Juneteenth famous is ridiculous.
On Wednesday, Trump:
– Responded to police killing of Black man by saying you can't resist arrest
– Said nobody had ever heard of Juneteenth
– Told Black SurgGen that he's only on anti-suicide team because Karen Pence wanted him
– Erased Black players' request for NFL statement — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 18, 2020
The actual record of the Trump administration has been dismal for black Americans.
Although Trump has frequently tried to cast himself as some sort of pseudomessiah, the reality is that black Americans have continued to face many of the same setbacks that they did in prior eras. Trump’s widely touted criminal justice reform, for instance, which included an easing of regulations on prisoners, only applied to the federal prison system, which is a small minority of prisons in the U.S. Elsewhere, black Americans continue to be disproportionately targeted by authorities. Meanwhile, Trump also signed tax breaks into law for companies that invest in economically marginalized areas — but the acute benefits of those tax breaks go to the wealthy.
Crazy Maxine Waters, said by some to be one of the most corrupt people in politics, is rapidly becoming, together with Nancy Pelosi, the FACE of the Democrat Party. Her ranting and raving, even referring to herself as a wounded animal, will make people flee the Democrats! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2018
Trump has also peddled blatant racism. He routinely belittles black people among his opponents as supposedly low intelligence people. Many of his prominent targets for criticism, in fact, have been black, from the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) to Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), the latter of whom he’s dismissed as an “extraordinarily low IQ person.”
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, an extraordinarily low IQ person, has become, together with Nancy Pelosi, the Face of the Democrat Party. She has just called for harm to supporters, of which there are many, of the Make America Great Again movement. Be careful what you wish for Max! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 25, 2018


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--John Roberts Shames Brett Kavanaugh By Name During SCOTUS Rebuke

In a Supreme Court ruling released this week , the nation ’ s highest court upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program , which the Trump administration had tried to end .
The program features protections for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children .
The majority on the court ruled that the government had violated the Administrative Procedure Act ( APA ) , insisting that the government ’ s attempted dismissal of the DACA program had been “ arbitrary and capricious.
” In the court majority ’ s ruling , Chief Justice John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticized the Trump-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh for suggesting that the Administrative Procedure Act doesn ’ t even apply to the conduct of government agencies .
In short , Kavanaugh appears to have been himself trying to arbitrarily apply the law in ways that would benefit the Trump administration .
Roberts noted that although the law has been used to outline what kinds of arguments from lawyers are acceptable , that doesn ’ t mean that the law doesn ’ t still mandate what kind of conduct is and is not permissible from government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this ‘ foundational principle of administrative law ’ … actually limits only what lawyers may argue , not what agencies may do .
While it is true that the Court has often rejected justifications belatedly advanced by advocates , we refer to this as a prohibition on post hoc rationalizations , not advocate rationalizations , because the problem is the timing , not the speaker .
The functional reasons for requiring contemporaneous explanations apply with equal force regardless whether post hoc justifications are raised in court by those appearing on behalf of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In other words , the point of the law is still that government agencies are not permitted to engage in “ arbitrary and capricious ” rulemaking , no matter what other applications that the law may have .
‘ Justice Kavanaugh further argues that the contemporaneous explanation requirement applies only to agency adjudications , not rulemakings .
But he cites no authority limiting this basic principle — which the Court regularly articulates in the context of rulemakings — to adjudications .
The Government does not even raise this unheralded argument.
’ When the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the court doesn ’ t even raise the same argument that he does — he ’ s pretty surely gone far off the edge .

In a Supreme Court ruling released this week, the nation’s highest court upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which the Trump administration had tried to end. The program features protections for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children. The majority on the court ruled that the government had violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), insisting that the government’s attempted dismissal of the DACA program had been “arbitrary and capricious.” In the court majority’s ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts, a Bush appointee, bluntly criticized the Trump-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh for suggesting that the Administrative Procedure Act doesn’t even apply to the conduct of government agencies.
Brett Kavanaugh, who sided in favor of deporting DREAMers, remains who we always knew he was. — Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) June 18, 2020
In short, Kavanaugh appears to have been himself trying to arbitrarily apply the law in ways that would benefit the Trump administration. Roberts noted that although the law has been used to outline what kinds of arguments from lawyers are acceptable, that doesn’t mean that the law doesn’t still mandate what kind of conduct is and is not permissible from government agencies.
It's been a good week for Justice in the Supreme Court. But for everyone in Maine, don't forget @SenatorCollins vote for Brett Kavanaugh put someone on the court who will always be on the wrong side of history, just like Collins. — Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) June 18, 2020
Roberts wrote:
‘Justice Kavanaugh asserts that this ‘foundational principle of administrative law’… actually limits only what lawyers may argue, not what agencies may do. While it is true that the Court has often rejected justifications belatedly advanced by advocates, we refer to this as a prohibition on post hoc rationalizations, not advocate rationalizations, because the problem is the timing, not the speaker. The functional reasons for requiring contemporaneous explanations apply with equal force regardless whether post hoc justifications are raised in court by those appearing on behalf of the agency or by agency officials themselves.’
In other words, the point of the law is still that government agencies are not permitted to engage in “arbitrary and capricious” rulemaking, no matter what other applications that the law may have.
Roberts added:
‘Justice Kavanaugh further argues that the contemporaneous explanation requirement applies only to agency adjudications, not rulemakings. But he cites no authority limiting this basic principle — which the Court regularly articulates in the context of rulemakings — to adjudications. The Government does not even raise this unheralded argument.’
When the administration responsible for Kavanaugh’s place on the court doesn’t even raise the same argument that he does — he’s pretty surely gone far off the edge.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Trump Sees Supreme Court Ruling & Erupts Into Spiral Of Rage

This week , as the United States continues to grapple with problems like nationwide police brutality , a continuing Coronavirus pandemic , and more , President Donald Trump is consumed with the question of whether the U.S. Supreme Court likes him or not .
That ’ s not an exaggeration — on Thursday , after the Supreme Court upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program , which the president ’ s team had tried to end , Trump rushed to Twitter in a rage and posted the open-ended question of whether or not the nation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This nonsense is the inane pettiness to which Trump has dragged the presidency .
There was also some startlingly violent imagery in the president ’ s rant .
He compared the Supreme Court decisions that he does not like to “ shotgun blasts to the face.
” His imagined scenario of some kind of violent attack against conservatives could perhaps be used as an excuse by his supporters for engaging in actual violence .
‘ These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves Republicans or Conservatives .
We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd .
Amendment & everything else .
Vote Trump 2020 !
.. Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn ’ t like me ?
’ It ’ s worth noting — in one of the most high-profile recent Supreme Court decisions , in which the court ruled against the Trump administration and insisted that LGBTQ people are protected from workplace discrimination in all 50 states , one of Trump ’ s own nominees ( Neil Gorsuch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thus , this supposed conspiracy against conservatives or whatever actually stretches back to a nomination by the president himself .
In fact , of course , there is no conspiracy — the administration ’ s positions are just entirely untenable in courts of law .
Check out Twitter ’ s response to the president :

This week, as the United States continues to grapple with problems like nationwide police brutality, a continuing Coronavirus pandemic, and more, President Donald Trump is consumed with the question of whether the U.S. Supreme Court likes him or not. That’s not an exaggeration — on Thursday, after the Supreme Court upheld the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which the president’s team had tried to end, Trump rushed to Twitter in a rage and posted the open-ended question of whether or not the nation’s highest court “likes me.” This nonsense is the inane pettiness to which Trump has dragged the presidency.
There was also some startlingly violent imagery in the president’s rant. He compared the Supreme Court decisions that he does not like to “shotgun blasts to the face.” His imagined scenario of some kind of violent attack against conservatives could perhaps be used as an excuse by his supporters for engaging in actual violence.
Trump posted:
‘These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives. We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else. Vote Trump 2020!.. Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me?’
These horrible & politically charged decisions coming out of the Supreme Court are shotgun blasts into the face of people that are proud to call themselves Republicans or Conservatives. We need more Justices or we will lose our 2nd. Amendment & everything else. Vote Trump 2020! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
Do you get the impression that the Supreme Court doesn’t like me? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
It’s worth noting — in one of the most high-profile recent Supreme Court decisions, in which the court ruled against the Trump administration and insisted that LGBTQ people are protected from workplace discrimination in all 50 states, one of Trump’s own nominees (Neil Gorsuch) actually sided against the administration. Thus, this supposed conspiracy against conservatives or whatever actually stretches back to a nomination by the president himself. In fact, of course, there is no conspiracy — the administration’s positions are just entirely untenable in courts of law.
Check out Twitter’s response to the president:


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Pelosi Plows McConnell’s ‘Weak Toothless’ Proposal During Viral Rebuke

The most powerful woman in the United States , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) , stood up this morning for the American workers .
She took on the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) for his “ weak , toothless ” approach to not governing .
Instead , the Speaker demanded more money for American voters .
Wednesday , Pelosi went after McConnell for not holding Donald Trump in check and for his “ slow-walk ” in responding to COVID-19 .
She said that “ American workers were paying the price.
” Yes , they have paid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on to draw people ’ s attention to the “ caravan of workers ” coming to Washington , D.C. to demand the Republicans pass the vital HEROES Act .
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act ( HEROES ) would give the nation ’ s citizens more much-needed money : American families need help , because the virus is just heating up .
Trump has been doing his best to kick-start a worse pandemic by stuffing 19,000 of his cheering followers into an enclosed venue and opening up another enclosed venue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pelosi had in mind to offer the people , according to CBS News : ‘ The HEROES Act offers a larger stimulus payment than the Coronavirus Aid , Relief and Economic Security Act .
Under the new legislation each member of a household would receive $ 1,200 , including children .
The income thresholds would remain the same , meaning that single taxpayers earning less than $ 75,000 and married taxpayers earning a total of $ 150,000 would receive the full payments .
For instance , a family of four whose parents earn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4,800 .
‘ HEROES would cap total payments at $ 6,000 per family .
Under CARES , a family of four whose parents earn less than a combined $ 150,000 received $ 3,400 , since that law directed $ 500 for each child under the age of 17.
’ Then , Pelosi went after McConnell calling his proposals “ weak , toothless.
” It would not take much imagination for people to round the corner and apply those descriptors to the Kentucky senator , too : Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney detailed how the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to NBC Connecticut : Among the fixes , compared to the Cares Act , a family would get up to $ 6,000 , with a change in the definition of dependents : Courtney explained some of the fixes and compared the proposed legislation to the Cares Act .
He said “ a family could now get up to $ 6,000 , with a change in the definition of dependents : ” The Speaker addressed the number of coronavirus deaths already , “ More than 117,000 deaths : ” Then , she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ facing the health & economic crises ” and “ bearing the brunt ” of it all : Twitter world lit up when they heard what the most powerful woman in the nation had to say about the Trump disaster .
Take a look at some of our favorites and some of those who disagreed with her below : The Mueller Report Adventures : In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page .
These quick , two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people .
Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order .

The most powerful woman in the United States, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), stood up this morning for the American workers. She took on the Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for his “weak, toothless” approach to not governing. Instead, the Speaker demanded more money for American voters.
Wednesday, Pelosi went after McConnell for not holding Donald Trump in check and for his “slow-walk” in responding to COVID-19. She said that “American workers were paying the price.” Yes, they have paid with their lives. The Speaker went on to draw people’s attention to the “caravan of workers” coming to Washington, D.C. to demand the Republicans pass the vital HEROES Act.
The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES) would give the nation’s citizens more much-needed money:
‘American workers are paying the price for Leader McConnell’s efforts to slow-walk our response to COVID-19. Truly inspiring to witness today’s caravan of workers in Washington, driving together to demand that the #SenateActNow to pass the #HeroesAct. #WorkersFirst’
American families need help, because the virus is just heating up. Trump has been doing his best to kick-start a worse pandemic by stuffing 19,000 of his cheering followers into an enclosed venue and opening up another enclosed venue for the overflow. Here is what Pelosi had in mind to offer the people, according to CBS News:
‘The HEROES Act offers a larger stimulus payment than the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Under the new legislation each member of a household would receive $1,200, including children. The income thresholds would remain the same, meaning that single taxpayers earning less than $75,000 and married taxpayers earning a total of $150,000 would receive the full payments. For instance, a family of four whose parents earn less than $150,000 would receive $4,800. ‘HEROES would cap total payments at $6,000 per family. Under CARES, a family of four whose parents earn less than a combined $150,000 received $3,400, since that law directed $500 for each child under the age of 17.’
Then, Pelosi went after McConnell calling his proposals “weak, toothless.” It would not take much imagination for people to round the corner and apply those descriptors to the Kentucky senator, too:
‘President Trump & Leader McConnell have offered Americans weak, toothless proposals that fail to deliver #JusticeInPolicing. We don’t need window dressings, we need real change. #CNNNewsroom pic.twitter.com/YC3I8AJXwu — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 17, 2020’
President Trump & Leader McConnell have offered Americans weak, toothless proposals that fail to deliver #JusticeInPolicing. We don’t need window dressings, we need real change. #CNNNewsroom pic.twitter.com/YC3I8AJXwu — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 17, 2020
Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney detailed how the $3.05 trillion HEROES Act would work, according to NBC Connecticut:
‘Connecticut Congressman Joe Courtney outlined some of the help that could be on the way with the $3.5 trillion Heroes Act that the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed last month.’
Among the fixes, compared to the Cares Act, a family would get up to $6,000, with a change in the definition of dependents:
“As you may recall in the Cares Act it was 17 or less, or younger than 17. That left out the dependents who were kids in college. Who you know can go up as high as 21.’
Courtney explained some of the fixes and compared the proposed legislation to the Cares Act. He said “a family could now get up to $6,000, with a change in the definition of dependents:”
‘outlined some of the help that could be on the way with the $3.5 trillion Heroes Act that the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed last month.’
The Speaker addressed the number of coronavirus deaths already, “More than 117,000 deaths:”
‘March 17: 100 known COVID-19 deaths in the United States. June 17: More than 117,000 deaths in the United States. The Vice President thinks the Trump Admin’s response is “a cause for celebration.” I couldn’t disagree more. #CNNNewsroom pic.twitter.com/i9AF5Yq89X — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 18, 2020’
March 17: 100 known COVID-19 deaths in the United States. June 17: More than 117,000 deaths in the United States. The Vice President thinks the Trump Admin’s response is “a cause for celebration.” I couldn’t disagree more. #CNNNewsroom pic.twitter.com/i9AF5Yq89X — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) June 18, 2020
Then, she reminded the country that American women were “facing the health & economic crises” and “bearing the brunt” of it all:
‘American women are bearing the brunt of the twin health & economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Grateful to @HouseDemWomen for calling on Leader McConnell & the GOP Senate to pass the #HeroesAct immediately. #FamiliesFirst Read their letter: https://lawrence.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/democratic-women-s-caucus-leadership-urge-immediate-senate-action-heroes’
Pelosii gave a press briefing Thursday morning:
‘I will be speaking with reporters live at the U.S. Capitol at 10:45 am ET. Tune in here: https://m.facebook.com/NancyPelosi/’
Twitter world lit up when they heard what the most powerful woman in the nation had to say about the Trump disaster. Take a look at some of our favorites and some of those who disagreed with her below:
The Mueller Report Adventures: In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page. These quick, two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people. Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery. Interestingly enough, Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--Trump Shouts About John Bolton In Unhinged Mid-Morning Meltdown

A new memoir from President Donald Trump ’ s former national security adviser John Bolton is clearly getting on the president ’ s nerves .
In that memoir , Bolton insists that Trump ’ s infamous attempts to get along with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un were mostly just for show , indicating that the president never appeared interested in prioritizing substantive concessions from the country .
On Twitter early Thursday morning , Trump belligerently proclaimed that supposedly , Bolton is the one who fumbled when it came to North Korea .
This embarassingly bellicose ranting is the best @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offer , apparently .
At one point , Trump even seems to suggest that he supports the aggression of North Korea when it ’ s in response to something that one of his domestic political opponents — Bolton , in this case — did .
That ’ s not a great look for a president of the United States !
‘ When Wacko John Bolton went on Deface the Nation and so stupidly said that he looked at the “ Libyan Model ” for North Korea , all hell broke out .
Kim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along with very well , went “ ballistic ” , just like his missiles – and rightfully so .
He didn ’ t want Bolton anywhere near him .
Bolton ’ s dumbest of all statements set us back very badly with North Korea , even now .
I asked him , “ what the hell were you thinking ?
” He had no answer and just apologized .
That was early on , I should have fired him right then & there !
’ Trump keeps ranting about Bolton and failing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for so long if the former national security adviser was really so terrible .
A laughably ridiculous implication of the president ’ s latest Twitter meltdown is that he himself had some kind of systematically effective plan for dealing with North Korea .
He had no such plan .
In fact , according to Bolton ’ s book , Trump ’ s “ plan ” got so ridiculous that for months , he was privately trying to get a copy pf Elton John ’ s album Rocket Man delivered to the North Korean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some kind of big game to the useless excuse for a president otherwise known as Donald Trump .
Check out Twitter ’ s response to the president below :

A new memoir from President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton is clearly getting on the president’s nerves. In that memoir, Bolton insists that Trump’s infamous attempts to get along with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un were mostly just for show, indicating that the president never appeared interested in prioritizing substantive concessions from the country. On Twitter early Thursday morning, Trump belligerently proclaimed that supposedly, Bolton is the one who fumbled when it came to North Korea. This embarassingly bellicose ranting is the best that the president’s got to offer, apparently.
At one point, Trump even seems to suggest that he supports the aggression of North Korea when it’s in response to something that one of his domestic political opponents — Bolton, in this case — did. That’s not a great look for a president of the United States!
Trump tweeted:
‘When Wacko John Bolton went on Deface the Nation and so stupidly said that he looked at the “Libyan Model” for North Korea, all hell broke out. Kim Jong Un, who we were getting along with very well, went “ballistic”, just like his missiles – and rightfully so. He didn’t want Bolton anywhere near him. Bolton’s dumbest of all statements set us back very badly with North Korea, even now. I asked him, “what the hell were you thinking?” He had no answer and just apologized. That was early on, I should have fired him right then & there!’
….He didn’t want Bolton anywhere near him. Bolton’s dumbest of all statements set us back very badly with North Korea, even now. I asked him, “what the hell were you thinking?” He had no answer and just apologized. That was early on, I should have fired him right then & there! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 18, 2020
Trump keeps ranting about Bolton and failing to account for why he kept him around for so long if the former national security adviser was really so terrible.
Mr. President, you hired him. • Manafort: in prison • Cohen: in prison • Papadopoulos: in prison • Stone: in prison • Gates: in prison All the “very best” people you hire are in prison or trying to give evidence of crimes you committed. https://t.co/W6UHV83m7f — Ethan Somers (@ethanjsomers) June 18, 2020
A laughably ridiculous implication of the president’s latest Twitter meltdown is that he himself had some kind of systematically effective plan for dealing with North Korea. He had no such plan. In fact, according to Bolton’s book, Trump’s “plan” got so ridiculous that for months, he was privately trying to get a copy pf Elton John’s album Rocket Man delivered to the North Korean leader, as if this is all some kind of big game to the useless excuse for a president otherwise known as Donald Trump.
:: Trump kept trying to give Kim Jong-un an autographed copy of Elton John’s ‘Rocket Man’ on CD.
(Because of the nickname) :: Some of the gifts Trump wanted to give Kim broke his own government’s sanctions on North Korea [*all according to reports of Bolton book]
7/ — Ben Riley-Smith (@benrileysmith) June 17, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response to the president below:


bipartisanreport--2020-06-18--John Roberts Turns On Trump & Joins Liberals With Dramatic 5-4 Ruling

President Donald Trump has made antagonism of immigrant communities a core part of his policy platform since the early days of his presidential campaign .
Part of his anti-immigrant agenda included his administration ’ s attempted shutdown of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) program , an Obama era program which protects some undocumented immigrants who arrived to the U.S. as children from deportation .
The U.S. Supreme Court has now upheld DACA , demanding that it be kept in place , with Chief Justice John Roberts — a Bush appointee — joining the four liberal justices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The court ’ s ruling states in part , discussing the Trump administration ’ s attempted termination of the DACA program : ‘ The termination was challenged by affected individuals and third parties who alleged , among other things , that the Acting Secretary had violated the Administrative Procedure Act ( APA ) by failing to adequately address important factors bearing on her decision .
For the reasons that follow , we conclude that the Acting Secretary did violate the APA , and that the rescission must be vacated.
’ The judges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the attempted end of DACA was unduly “ arbitrary and capricious ” and thus violated the law .
The American Civil Liberties Union ’ s Amber Hikes expressed the sentiments of many when she shared : This is not the first recent occasion on which the Supreme Court , which currently has two Trump nominees , has delivered a decisive ruling against the Trump administration .
Recently , they also handed down a ruling insisting that workplace discrimination on the basis of LGBTQ identity is illegal under current federal law in all 50 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent Trump administration initiative — the removal of anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in medical facilities — could be on the rocks .

President Donald Trump has made antagonism of immigrant communities a core part of his policy platform since the early days of his presidential campaign. Part of his anti-immigrant agenda included his administration’s attempted shutdown of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, an Obama era program which protects some undocumented immigrants who arrived to the U.S. as children from deportation. The U.S. Supreme Court has now upheld DACA, demanding that it be kept in place, with Chief Justice John Roberts — a Bush appointee — joining the four liberal justices on the court to form the majority.
Breaking: Supreme Court blocks Trump’s decision to end DACA protection for dreamers, ruling the move “arbitrary and capricious". Decision was 5-4 with Chief Justice Roberts joining the court’s liberals. — Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 18, 2020
The court’s ruling states in part, discussing the Trump administration’s attempted termination of the DACA program:
‘The termination was challenged by affected individuals and third parties who alleged, among other things, that the Acting Secretary had violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by failing to adequately address important factors bearing on her decision. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the Acting Secretary did violate the APA, and that the rescission must be vacated.’
The judges then proceed to discuss their conclusion that the attempted end of DACA was unduly “arbitrary and capricious” and thus violated the law.
#SCOTUS rules against Trump administration in challenge to decision to end #DACA program, which allowed noncitizens brought to this country illegally as children to apply for protection from deportation, holding decision was arbitrary and capricious — SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 18, 2020
The American Civil Liberties Union’s Amber Hikes expressed the sentiments of many when she shared:
‘WE WON!!! 8 years later there’s no question, #homeishere. Generations of immigrants fought for this moment, hundreds of thousands of Dreamers continue to put their lives on the line. When we said we’re gonna get free together- we meant together. #DACA’
OMGGGGGGG best week ever!! WE WON!!! 8 years later there's no question, #homeishere. Generations of immigrants fought for this moment, hundreds of thousands of Dreamers continue to put their lives on the line. When we said we’re gonna get free together- we meant together. #DACA — Amber Hikes (@AmberHikes) June 18, 2020
As CNN explains:
‘The court’s ruling will allow the DACA recipients to continue to renew membership in the program that offers them work authorization and temporary protection from deportation.’
This is not the first recent occasion on which the Supreme Court, which currently has two Trump nominees, has delivered a decisive ruling against the Trump administration. Recently, they also handed down a ruling insisting that workplace discrimination on the basis of LGBTQ identity is illegal under current federal law in all 50 states. That ruling suggests that another recent Trump administration initiative — the removal of anti-discrimination protections for transgender people in medical facilities — could be on the rocks.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-19--New Fox News National Poll Has Devastating Results For Trump & GOP

A new national poll from Fox News has devastating results for President Donald Trump and the GOP .
In the results , presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden garnered a full 50 percent of the support , compared to a meager 38 percent for Trump .
The numbers represent yet another dip in Trump ’ s support , who managed to garner 40 percent of the support in last month ’ s national level Fox News poll , and 42 percent in the national Fox poll the month before that , in April .
Similarly , Biden ’ s fortunes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in April , he had 42 percent of the support , and in May , he jumped to 48 percent before his present spot of 50 percent , which is an almost insurmountable lead .
The numbers reflect broader trends in national polling of the presumptive match-up between Biden and Trump .
According to RealClearPolitics , Biden currently leads in national polls by an average of 8.8 percent .
( The average includes the new Fox polling . )
Biden also consistently leads in polls in important swing states including Wisconsin , Florida @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports .
Trump has complained ad nauseum about coverage from Fox that is supposedly unfair .
At one point , he claimed that Fox should “ fire their fake pollster , ” although the polls and their numbers are very real .
‘ @ FoxNews is no longer the same .
We miss the great Roger Ailes .
You have more anti-Trump people , by far , than ever before .
Looking for a new outlet !
’ Trump ’ s refusal to accept reality has reached such a fever pitch that his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apologize for a recent poll that showed Biden with a substantial national lead .
The numbers , however , were not remotely contrived , no matter the petty theatrics .
In poll after poll , Trump is losing .

A new national poll from Fox News has devastating results for President Donald Trump and the GOP. In the results, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden garnered a full 50 percent of the support, compared to a meager 38 percent for Trump. The numbers represent yet another dip in Trump’s support, who managed to garner 40 percent of the support in last month’s national level Fox News poll, and 42 percent in the national Fox poll the month before that, in April. Similarly, Biden’s fortunes have been improving in Fox polling — in April, he had 42 percent of the support, and in May, he jumped to 48 percent before his present spot of 50 percent, which is an almost insurmountable lead.
FOX NEWS POLL Biden 50% (+2)
Trump 38% (-2) MAY: Biden 48%, Trump 40%
APRIL: Biden 42%, Trump 42% — Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 18, 2020
The numbers reflect broader trends in national polling of the presumptive match-up between Biden and Trump. According to RealClearPolitics, Biden currently leads in national polls by an average of 8.8 percent. (The average includes the new Fox polling.) Biden also consistently leads in polls in important swing states including Wisconsin, Florida, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, RealClearPolitics reports.
Trump has complained ad nauseum about coverage from Fox that is supposedly unfair. At one point, he claimed that Fox should “fire their fake pollster,” although the polls and their numbers are very real.
Separately, he’s added:
‘@FoxNews is no longer the same. We miss the great Roger Ailes. You have more anti-Trump people, by far, than ever before. Looking for a new outlet!’
.@FoxNews should fire their Fake Pollster. Never had a good Fox Poll! https://t.co/joHfkQwd9L — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2020
.@FoxNews is no longer the same. We miss the great Roger Ailes. You have more anti-Trump people, by far, than ever before. Looking for a new outlet! https://t.co/jXxsF0flUM — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2020
Trump’s refusal to accept reality has reached such a fever pitch that his team has demanded that CNN retract and apologize for a recent poll that showed Biden with a substantial national lead. The numbers, however, were not remotely contrived, no matter the petty theatrics. In poll after poll, Trump is losing.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-19--Biden Vs Trump Youth Voter Poll Affirms Accelerating Blue Wave

As Trump rants and rails in the White House , threatening to replace the Supreme Court and wage war against Seattle , his chances for reelection in November appear to be fading rapidly .
The president is likely to order an investigation into the pollsters as he claims to have done against CNN after their poll showed numbers similar to those released this week , with 14 points separating the two presidential candidates .
A new Fox News poll released on Wednesday not only shows Trump losing to Biden by 12 points , the demographic makeup of voters shows Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including black Americans and suburban women .
Most sharply , voters were critical of Trump ’ s handling of race relations at a time when protests rage across the country over the disproportionate killing of black Americans by police .
Trump ’ s popularity has sunk to a low comparable only to his numbers during the impeachment hearings , making a Wednesday Reuters poll that shows Trump down by 13 points under Democratic candidate Joe Biden .
A Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday showed a similar result with a slightly lower margin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and Biden , the numbers for younger voters was surprisingly more divided .

As Trump rants and rails in the White House, threatening to replace the Supreme Court and wage war against Seattle, his chances for reelection in November appear to be fading rapidly. The president is likely to order an investigation into the pollsters as he claims to have done against CNN after their poll showed numbers similar to those released this week, with 14 points separating the two presidential candidates.
Fox News poll: Biden 50%
Trump 38% Biden's lead comes from the backing of black voters (+79 points over Trump), those under age 30 (+37), suburban areas (+22), women (+19), and voters ages 65+ (+10). — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 18, 2020
A new Fox News poll released on Wednesday not only shows Trump losing to Biden by 12 points, the demographic makeup of voters shows Trump underwater with several important voting groups, including black Americans and suburban women. Most sharply, voters were critical of Trump’s handling of race relations at a time when protests rage across the country over the disproportionate killing of black Americans by police.
‘Some 61 percent of respondents disapproved of Trump’s handling of race relations, compared to only 32 percent approving. Last month, those figures were at 56 percent and 37 percent respectively.’
Trump’s popularity has sunk to a low comparable only to his numbers during the impeachment hearings, making a Wednesday Reuters poll that shows Trump down by 13 points under Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll showed Trump’s approval ratings sinking fast.
‘The Reuters/Ipsos poll also showed that 57% of U.S. adults disapproved of Trump’s performance in office, while just 38% approved, marking Trump’s lowest approval rating since November, when Congress was conducting its impeachment inquiry into the Republican president.’
New Quinnipiac poll: Biden leads Trump nationally by 49-41 On handling crisis, it's 54-43 On coronavirus, it's 54-41 On race relations, it's 58-36 (!) Trump's lead on econ is only +5https://t.co/4dEQ4Zuoar Maybe Biden's bet on reality of majority opinion is the right one. https://t.co/NsGE240Thk — Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 18, 2020
A Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday showed a similar result with a slightly lower margin of separation. With eight points separating Trump and Biden, the numbers for younger voters was surprisingly more divided.
‘The poll, conducted by Quinnipiac University, surveyed 1,332 registered voters from June 11 to 15. Among respondents between the ages of 18 and 34, 58 percent said they would vote for Biden if the presidential election were held today, while 31 percent favored Trump.’
BREAKING: In the latest Ipsos Poll, Joe Biden now leads President Trump 48% – 35% (+13), while Trump's approval rating is just 38%. Hillary Clinton NEVER came close to this in 2015. Just wait until Mary Trump and John Bolton's books are released! #GOPCowards — Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) June 17, 2020
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