Devon also sits down with Daniela Contreras, a DREAMer and spokeswoman for the Me Too and Time’s Up movements with the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance. They discuss fear, immgration status and sexual harrasment in domestic work spaces.
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Key Articles
Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort
- Michael Cohen, Trump’s Ex-Lawyer, Investigated for Bank Fraud Over $20 Million by William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess and Maggie Haberman (NYTimes)
- Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women at Trump’s Direction by William K. Rashbaum, Maggie Haberman, Ben Protess and Jim Rutenberg (NYTimes)
- Michael Cohen’s attorney says he’s talking to lawyer who brought down Nixon by Daniel Lippman (Politico)
- Paul Manafort was found guilty on 8 counts by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Who’s been charged in Mueller-linked probes, and why by Julie Vitkovskaya, Samuel Granados, Kevin Uhrmacher and Aaron Williams (WaPo)
I feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. “Justice” took a 12 year old tax case, among other things, applied tremendous pressure on him and, unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to “break” – make up stories in order to get a “deal.” Such respect for a brave man!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 22, 2018
#MeToo
- Keith Ellison denies abuse allegations by Emily Stewart (Vox)
- The abuse allegations against Rep. Keith Ellison, explained by Ella Nilsen (Vox)
- Asia Argento, a #MeToo Leader, Made a Deal With Her Own Accuser by Kim Severson (NYTimes)
- The Asia Argento accusation proves #MeToo’s point by Molly Roberts (WaPo)
I got to know Asia Argento ten months ago. Our commonality is the shared pain of being assaulted by Harvey Weinstein. My heart is broken. I will continue my work on behalf of victims everywhere.
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) August 20, 2018
Mollie Tibbetts
- The far-right is already gloating over the tragic death of Mollie Tibbetts by Luke Barnes (ThinkProgress)
- Mollie Tibbetts’s tragic death shouldn’t confuse the truth about immigrant crime by German Lopez (Vox)
- Mollie Tibbetts’s family doesn’t want her death politicized. Trump is doing it anyway. by Dara Lind (Vox)
Mollie Tibbetts was murdered b/c she told a man to leave her alone while she was jogging. Her murderer happens to be undocumented. This isn’t about border security. This is about toxic masculinity. Mollie Tibbetts lost her life b/c a man couldn’t take her saying no. Full stop.
— Symone D. Sanders (@SymoneDSanders) August 22, 2018
(THREAD)
this is fucking disgusting. But it's not surprising at all that the cynical grifters in the White House would leverage the sacrality of white womanhood — the linchpin of American racist fear for generations — to gin up fear and violence; it's what they do https://t.co/m7sgxJNRUt
— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) August 22, 2018
https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/1032345404241846272
Hellion of the Week: Beto O’Rourke
Action Items
- Please continue donating to these 3 very important causes:
- RAICES Texas – they are providing legal services to immigrants
- LEAF Project – universal representation for unaccompanied children
- Unidos Por Puerto Rico
