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Mary Turck@maryturck.bsky.social |
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Writer, blogging at maryturck.com and maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com
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Mary Turck
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Just shoot them: that’s the message that Texas law enforcement is getting. Now that the Texas National Guard has shot migrants with less than lethal weapons and faced no repercussions, local police plan the same. Or more—one sheriff plans to have them on hand for elections.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Texas strategy for border control (and elections) involves shooting people with “less than lethal” weapons; Judge allows students to sue ICE for fraud; more.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Extreme heat endangers asylum seekers in California; Republicans (and MN Republicans) on the campaign trail lie about immigrants; Paxton continues persecution of charities aiding migrants; more.
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Robert Reich
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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the platform changed the GOP's position on abortion the same way i changed my position on bedtime when i told my kids they could stay up until half-past 7pm instead of 7:30pm.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Essential role of immigrants in U.S. economy; Texas judge denounces AG Ken Paxton’s “outrageous and intolerable” attack on Annunciation House; immigration news from MN; more.
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Jendia Gammon
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The UK and France just proved that getting out and actually voting makes a difference. Don’t let anyone ever tell you differently.
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Aaron Rupar
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North Carolina GOP gov nominee Mark Robinson endorses political violence in June 30 video surfaced by The New Republic: "Kill them! Some liberal somewhere is gonna say that sounds awful. Too bad! ... Some folks need killing! It's time for somebody to say it."
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Aaron Rupar
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"Trump can say seven outrageous things on a Saturday, and by Monday people have forgotten about them. That’s the problem with Trump... he's a firehose of bullshit... as a result, he’s held to a completely different standard than Biden." -- Charlie Sykes
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Kevin M. Kruse
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It’s a very obscure question but I did some research and it turns out that the president who led us out of the Depression and kicked Hitler’s ass was actually in a wheelchair? Who knew?
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Mary Turck
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Timothy Snyder reminds us of four basic lessons from 1933--starting with voting, which he says includes "not just going to the polls yourself, but making donations, phone-banking, and knocking on doors." snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-sto...
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Mary Turck
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The right-wing crazy tree has many branches: apostles, prophets, warriors, bullies, criminals, and more. Some claim they are following directives from God, while others profess overtly racist ideas, sport Nazi symbols, or promote a second civil war.
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Katie Mack
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I kinda feel like now that the Supreme Court has declared it legal for a president to straight-up murder people they don't like, it's probably even more important to not elect people who seem extremely inclined to murder people they don't like
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: 11,000 new citizens for Independence Day; Tennessee targets naturalized citizens who are registered voters; Louisiana slashes funding for Catholic Charities; DHS sends deportation flight to China; more.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Supreme Court decision on deportation notices; more protection for Haitians, Liberians; nursing shortage exacerbated by immigration backlogs and quotas; more.
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Emma Evans
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It's important to note that Trump tried to order this at least twice we know of during his regime.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Disparities in grants of asylum, nationally and in Minnesota; Tohono O’odham Nation and the border; proposal for Heartland Visas; more.
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Gabe Ortíz
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This group of lawmakers got it right last year: “Congress can determine the size of the Supreme Court; it has already added and removed seats on the Court seven times throughout its history.” www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...
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Robert Reich
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Jack Womack
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www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Mary Turck
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Teaching the Bible in Oklahoma public schools, posting the Ten Commandments in Louisiana, and outlawing criticism of the government in Florida.
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@SIfill
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Ha!
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Joe Katz
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There will be a lot of talk about Biden's age in the next few days, but let's be clear: Donald Trump just spent 90 minutes lying his ass off and demonizing immigrants. Then capped it by refusing to say he'll respect the results of the election. That is the substance of what we saw tonight.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Three stories give very personal perspectives on living undocumented in the United States; where new immigrants come from and where they go; more.
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Moira Donegan
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This is not what they ruled; they ruled than an injunction can stay in place while the case proceed through the lower courts. This headlines makes it sound like the Court vindicated the right to an emergency abortion; they did not.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Focus on Minnesota—wage theft cases; avian flu fears for farm workers; Somali-Minnesotan city council candidates in St. Cloud; and an eloquent and informative article on President Biden’s Parole in Place policy by Minnesotan Juventino Meza.
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David Brauer
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Minneapolis Police Federation: "What if one of us murders a black man & we work that into staggering back pay & a hefty raise?" Minneapolis pols: "Sure, yup, cool, and any reforms are temporary or secretly subverted."
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Mary Turck
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Crime is falling in the United States. Homicides are falling. Violent crime is falling. Crime is falling in big cities. Crime is falling in blue states. Crime is falling across the country. Trump and Republicans continue to lie about crime. Americans continue to believe those lies.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: News from Dadaab, the world’s largest refugee camp; Greek coast guard attacks refugees; more. In the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, the world’s largest camp, refugees wait for years, decades, even generations, for a way out. ...
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Robert Reich
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Impact of Biden administration restrictions on asylum at the border; racist “replacement” theory and lies about non-citizen voting; more.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Bringing back veterans who have been deported; Texas National Guard shooting migrants with pepper balls; Some migrants will benefit from parole in place, but many others are left out; more.
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Dara Lind
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In 2008 I witnessed a judge tell a father that while she personally would’ve shown him favorable discretion & let him stay, the fact that his ~10 y/o and her younger brother would have to move to MX after never having lived there & give up US schooling wasn’t hardship enough. I will never forget it.
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Joe Sudbay
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Sotomayor's dissent in State Dept v Muñoz is worth a read. She explains how the majority is coming for same-sex marriage. They are
And she lays out the complications faced by US citizens who marry undocumented immigrants. Biden took action on that this week
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Climate change driving migration around the world—and within United States. A 2021 World Bank report estimated that climate change would force 216 million people to move by 2050. That number has already been surpassed.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Challenging state anti-immigrant laws; a doctor in Texas tells painful, personal stories of life “between the cartels and the concertina wire;” more.
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Robert Reich
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A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.
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Mary Turck
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Even though parole in place leaves out millions and: immigration reform remains a painful, urgent, and seemingly impossible task, Biden's announcement is still a genuine BFD, the biggest deal since DACA. Half a million undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens, and their families are safer today.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Watch for it–Biden’s Parole in Place announcement is expected today; debunking major election season lies about immigration; ICE’s Smart Link monitoring program; more. maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2024/06/18/i...
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Mary Turck
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Can you send me a link to the press release? Or is this one of the annoying departments that does not publish press releases on line?
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Aaron Rupar
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How Sinclair works with the notoriously deceptive RNC Research twitter account to launder cheap right-wing smears into local websites that the imprimatur of mainstream media brands, including NBC, ABC, and CBS popular.info/p/sinclair-f...
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David Brauer
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As a guy who spent six years with parents in assisted living, hospitals, dialysis centers, and transitional care units, I think of this whenever some asshole is going off about immigration.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: rumors of relief for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens; Mexican election violence creating refugees; more. President Biden may announce protections for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens at a DACA anniversary event on Tuesday, June 18.
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Mary Turck
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Very strange -- when we ask Alexa, who won the 2020 presidential election, she always answers that Joe Biden won -- usually cites Reuters.
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Robert Reich
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In the years after Trump's tax cuts, S&P 500 corporations spent $2.72 trillion on stock buybacks to enrich wealthy shareholders. That's more than what they spent on investments in plants and technology to boost production and create jobs. So much for trickling down, huh?
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Marking the 12th anniversary of DACA; stories from the southern border; more. Americans, in 2012 and now, overwhelmingly favor creating a way for the Dreamers to become U.S. citizens. But Republicans in Congress then and now refuse to pass the needed legislation.
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: Myth-busting about immigration; tight job market in U.S. attracts immigrants; relief for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens under consideration; more.
maryturckimmigration.wordpress.com/2024/06/13/i...
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David Brauer
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In response, Amy will drop a bill strengthening water fountain safety
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Mary Turck
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In today’s immigration news: the already-broken U.S. asylum system gets worse—for family groups, for asylum seekers waiting at the border, for asylum seekers looking for legal representation, for just about everybody.
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