Two days ago 630 people were arrested in the U.S. Senate in Washington, D.C.. They continue to want a change in the new Trump policy over the deportations of immigrants, and especially the separation of detainees from their children.
575 people, mostly women, were arrested at the Senate office building in Washington, D.C. while protesting family detention and separation at the U.S.-Mexico border. pic.twitter.com/nd04KDGUuA— AJ+ (@ajplus) June 28, 2018
These protests and demonstrations have continuously spread since news of the change in policy was extracted from this weak and vacillating White House last month.
Another action that was much praised earlier this month was the "breakthrough" in US and North Korean talks at denuclearization. But that seems to be having serious problems.
The Donald seems blithely unaware how his actions effect anything else. I'm not even mentioing his trade wars. The stories write themselves...It's hard to have nuclear diplomacy when you have no diplomats, no plan for diplomacy & one of your military orders as Commander in Chief is to cancel military practices to defend against NK aggression.— Tina Issa 🇺🇸 (@tinaissa) July 1, 2018
So, the outcome of this "strategy" is NK proliferating more Nuclear Weapons. https://t.co/3v51ayOTXj
“Nature commands me to bring help to all people. What difference is it whether they are slaves, born free or freed, whether laws made then free or friends did? Wherever there is a human being, there is a place for kindness.” Seneca— sententiae antiquae (@sentantiq) June 29, 2018
"The unfortunate reality is that under the present system, migrant children are not accounted for with the same efficiency and accuracy as property," Judge Dana M. Sabraw said in the ruling. https://t.co/rF5X9SMgs9— NPR (@NPR) June 27, 2018
But Saturday there were marches. Lots of them.
35,000 – Washington, DC
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) July 1, 2018
30,000 – New York City
60,000 – Chicago:
70,000 – Los Angeles
and 750 other cities!
(Including Dallas, San Francisco, Orlando, Austin, Boise, Nashville, Minneapolis...)
Name the city where you or a loved one marched today in response to this tweet. pic.twitter.com/h8zVTibniY
— Chris Trani (@ChrisTrani) June 30, 2018
Banksy's back in Paris to highlight France's tough anti-migrant policy. pic.twitter.com/nBBsCjXwIB— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) June 29, 2018
Ivanka Trump’s business received registration approval for three additional Chinese trademarks on June 7, according to records reviewed by CREW. On that same date, Trump agreed to lift sanctions against the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE. https://t.co/UhMilITPeP— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 27, 2018
Trump has another bad habit as well.
And this seems so important.I tried to ask the president if he would stop calling us the enemy of the people. He did not respond.— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 29, 2018
________________________________________________Turkey shows that authoritarian populists can, in the long run, prove effective in delegitimizing anybody who disagrees with them by denigrating the opposition and telling lies about critical journalists, and stay in power by mobilizing a fervent base. https://t.co/JdrAXIgbeH— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) June 27, 2018
Another mass shooting, this time at the Annapolis, MD Capitol-Gazette killed five.
It's a terrible time when journalists are being killed by sociopaths who feel underserved by the broader public.The #Annapolis paper has been around so long that it published the Declaration of Independence in July 1776 https://t.co/aj8NmH5DxC— David Beard (@dabeard) June 29, 2018
Another post will have to mull over Supreme Court Decisions and the surprise retirement of Judge Anthony Kennedy.These profiles on https://t.co/5W5jXqnAPe are extraordinary. Heartbreaking beyond belief, but joyful, truly funny and full of love. pic.twitter.com/fBXnOQ86YO— Jonathan Ellis (@jonathanellis) June 29, 2018
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