“Lawyers argue the CFTC has no authority over the virtual currency because it is not a commodity like wheat or cotton or a service that is traded using futures contracts, the typical focus of the agency’s enforcement regime.”
“America got along just fine for 225 years before ICE, the monstrous child of the wars on drugs and terrorism, was spawned. It can do so again.”
Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2018/06/11/abolish-ice
“Senator Coleman Livingston Blease hailed from the hills of South Carolina. In 1925, he entered Congress committed, above all else, to protecting white supremacy.”
Read more: http://theconversation.com/how-crossing-the-us-mexico-border-became-a-crime-74604
“HHS said Thursday that it had 11,432 migrant children in its custody, up from 9,000 at the beginning of May.”
“Your government has separated these children from their families and is detaining them in warehouselike conditions.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/casa-padre-immigrant-children-walmart.html
“The proposed Fair Day in Court for Kids Act would require the government to appoint counsel to unaccompanied children, and it’s important to ask Congress to support its passage.”
Read more: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/opinion/children-parents-asylum-immigration.html
“For workers — including teenagers, mothers, fathers, and those with medical issues — to be treated like enemy insurgents is beyond disturbing.”
“Jose Luis García, who has been a legal permanent resident since the 1980s, was sitting in his yard on Sunday morning, enjoying a cup of coffee, when federal agents took him into custody, according to his family.”
“The two Democrats want their amendment added to the Senate’s version of the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military policy for the next fiscal year.”
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senators-move-block-trump-removing-us-troops-south/story?id=55866351
“Is Berkeley’s pledge actually achievable? Evidence from other cities suggests ambitious climate plans often fail.”
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/13/berkeley-climate-emergency-population-control/