Devon and Varsha discuss more family separation issues, including issues that affect more than immigrants at the southern border. They also discuss the effort of neo-Nazis to organize another rally in Charlottesville, (and what an embarrassing flop that was), and they dig into Devon’s personal arch nemesis, Betsy DeVos.
Key Articles
Unite the Right Rally
- What Sunday’s Unite the Right 2 rally tells us about the state of the alt-right in America by Jane Coaston (Vox)
- D.C. officials, union criticize decision to use Metro to transport Jason Kessler and white supremacists to Unite the Right rally by Martine Powers (WaPo)
- Rally by White Nationalists Was Over Almost Before It Began by Richard Fausset (NYTimes)
- Unite the Right 2018 was a pathetic failure by German Lopez (Vox)
- The cost of Unite the Right activity: $2.6M, D.C. estimate says by Andrew Glambrone (Curbed Washington DC) – that figure could grow as more data is collected
- The organizer of the Charlottesville rally just got humiliated by his own father by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
Family Separation
- Couple’s 4-year-old adopted daughter facing deportation amid U.S. immigration crackdown by Elham Khatami (ThinkProgress)
- Adopted and Undocumented by Daniel A. Medina (The Intercept)
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Over the last 10 months, I have obsessively tracked down and spoken to 25+ foreign-born adoptees who were brought as children to the US by American citizens but who remain without citizenship, in some cases well into their 40s and 50s. There are more than 40,000 of them.— Daniel Medina (@dmedin11) August 12, 2018
Betsy DeVos and her fucking Department of Education
- Trump’s Education Department moves to rescind rule aimed at for-profit schools by Nick Anderson (WaPo)
- Emails From Trump Education Official Reveal Ties to For-Profit Colleges by Adam Harris (The Atlantic)
Dickwad of the Week: Devin Nunes
With Bonus Round! Michael Avenatti is obviously drunk and needs to go home
- The Devin Nunes tape tells us what we all knew: his investigation is about protecting Trump by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’s Lawyer, Eyes Another Gig: President by Jonathan Martin (NYTimes)
Action Items
Puerto Rico is still in crisis and needs our time, money and attention
- Puerto Rican Government Acknowledges Hurricane Death Toll of 1,427 by Frances Robles (NYTimes)
- DONATE to Unidos Por Puerto Rico – all proceeds go directly relief efforts
