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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
Hey, Stephen Miller, you know what offends me as a Jew & son of a Holocaust survivor? Trump’s kidnapping migrant kids & caging them, his brutal assault on immigrant families across the US & his criminal exploitation of undoc immigrants at his golf clubs
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
There can be no question, no question whatsoever, that the President of the United States has engaged in a multistate criminal conspiracy to violate immigration, visa, and trafficking laws. There must be federal, state and congressional investigations now.
@NickMiroff
Nick Miroff
6 years
It was more than a few housekeepers. We went to rural Costa Rica and found a town full of former Bedminster employees who worked illegally at Trump’s prized golf course, from the beginning. EXCLUSIVE with @partlowj @Fahrenthold
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
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My dad, a US army vet & #Holocaust survivor, who returned to Germany as a proud US solider & immigrant 2 fight the Nazis, standing atop the ruins of Hitler's bunker. At 97, & now a #COVID19 survivor, he's counting the days 2 vote 4 @JoeBiden & end #TrumpChaos bec #TrumpHatesVets
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
The President of the United States is a national security threat.
@GregTSargent
Greg Sargent
5 years
Remarkable and important new reporting from NYT. Officials are now letting it be known that US counter-terror initiatives were derailed by the chain of events set in motion by @realDonaldTrump 's decision:
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
2 years
A lot of antisemitism to unpack here. But one thing is clear; Trump has no problem threatening American Jews. “US Jews have to get their act together..before it’s too late.”
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
. @DHSgov , @ICEgov have locked up a 7yr old girl for 4 months at a jail in Chicago; the child has been allowed just a handful of telephone calls w/her mom. Will the Trump administration continue to traumatize an innocent child? Feel safer?
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
3 years
Yep. I did. #FactsMatter
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Acyn
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Oh shit, he went there
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
.⁦ @MollyJongFast ⁩ explains Trump’s Twitter attack on Yovanovitch: “What was the big diff bet Kent & Taylor & Yovanovitch? All 3 are career diplomats, all 3 are Ivy League grads, all 3 have worked in the State Dept, all 3 are experts in Ukraine.”
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
2 months
All the questioning of Biden’s cognitive abilities is bullshit. Just listen to his detailed answers tonight, full of policy details and precision. The gaffs are nothing new. That’s Biden. This pressers proved he’s on it. America needs him. The alternative is unthinkable.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
8 years
Result of the Franken cross: Sessions now concedes his role was to "assist" in cases not act as lead counsel. Wow.
@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
8 years
Al Franken, a non lawyer, doing great job of cross examining Sessions on his questionable claim to have prosecuted key civil rights cases.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
Trump’s America. “Children as young as 14 stripped naked, shackled, strapped to chairs, their heads encased in bags, left for days or longer in solitary confinement, and in some cases beaten and bruised — it sounded like a scene from the Soviet gulag.”
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
2 years
@GOP And 86.3% of it was seized from US citizens, not asylum seekers
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
Justice #Kavanaugh finally admits that what happens 30+ years ago matters—at least when it comes to immigrants.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
Nobody, citizen or not, has to open the door to their home if ICE agents show up, unless agents have a judicial warrant signed by a judge. ICE administrative warrants don’t count. Know your rights.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
8 years
The President is now in violation of his oath of office.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
Jorge Castro did backbreaking labor for @realDonaldTrump as part of a mobile construction crew of 15 undocumented workers. All were exploited & abused, paid meager wages, denied health care & overtime pay. Read @partlowj ’s & @Fahrenthold ’s latest shocking @washingtonpost expose.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
2 years
This is no political stunt. It’s a multi-state criminal conspiracy. And demands full criminal investigations by the Departments of Justice @TheJusticeDept and Homeland Security @DHSgov . Now.
@Sky_Lee_1
Skyleigh Heinen-Uhrich
2 years
Rachel Self, a Boston immigration attorney tells you everything you need to know about immigrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard. They’d been given falsified U.S. addresses by immigration officials, perhaps ensuring that they’d be deemed in the country illegally.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
Trump's anti-immigrant hate now includes the forced separation of parents fr children. @mashagessen explains: "Hostage-taking is an instrument of terror. Capturing family members, especially children, is a tried-&-true instrument of totalitarian terror"
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
4 years
A senior Department of Homeland Security official whose office compiled “intelligence reports” about journalists and protesters in #Portland , Ore., has been removed from his job, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
To emphasize, this is a BFD. Potentially gives Trump admin carte blanch to round up, lock up & deport people without even seeing a judge.
@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
#BREAKING : Trump to expand expedited removal, eg deportation w/o the rt to see an immigration judge, throughout the US; could have devastating consequences, subjecting millions to immediate detention & deportation. Fed Reg Notice 2b published tomorrow
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
2 years
@fred_guttenberg @JohnCornyn Thank you @fred_guttenberg for your courage in the wake of unspeakable tragedy. May Jamie’s memory be a blessing. ז״ל
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
This WashPo piece is stunning. If true this raises the possibility that CA violated election laws and used mass immigration fraud to elect Republicans.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
4 years
This shocking report needs to be unpacked but @DHS_Wolf & @HomelandKen need to #resign now. #TrumpChaos #BidenIsBest
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
4 years
Trump and illegal Acting DHS Sec Chad Wolf are naturalizing immigrants on TV. Is this before or after Trump cages their children? #TrumpChaos
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
4 years
. @soledadobrien pens powerful oped on racism in the newsroom: "the panel-driven journalism that sometimes gives voice to liars & white supremacists; the excuse of “balance” to embolden & normalize bigots & bigotry by posing them as the “other side.”
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
4 years
Joe Biden summarizes the entire #Debates2020 : "He doesn't want me to answer because he knows I have the truth.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
7 years
Stop lying. You, not the Democrats, cancelled #DACA exposing over a million #DREAMERs to Deportation; You, not the Democrats, have unleashed the ICE Deportation Force to tear apart American families across the US; You, not the Dems, are separating refugee children from parents.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Democrats are doing nothing for DACA - just interested in politics. DACA activists and Hispanics will go hard against Dems, will start “falling in love” with Republicans and their President! We are about RESULTS.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
Good morning @SecNielsen . Kids don’t sleep in peace. You don’t sleep in piece.
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philip lewis
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Protestors are outside of DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s Alexandria townhouse, playing audio of the detained children. She appears to be still be home.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
7 years
The question is rhetorical. And the answer is clear.
@EvanMcMullin
Evan McMullin 🇺🇸
7 years
In our Trumpian era, is there any longer a traditional right and left? Or are there only those who fight for liberty and those against it.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
I was originally of the opinion that Congress shouldnt impeach Trump because of the political fallout and danger of making DJT a martyr. I have changed my mind. The Mueller report is a devastating document. If the House doesnt impeach on these facts... 1/2
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
4 years
What’s happening in #Portland is #TrumpViolence calculated to scare people into voting for the thug-in-chief. Don’t be fooled. These are #TrumpRiots .
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
.⁦ @ICEgov ⁩ prosecutor does the right thing. She resigns in protest: “I became a lawyer because I believe in the rule of law and fundamental fairness, not to prosecute babies and send them traveling in planes alone.” #FamiliesBelongTogether
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
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Thanks for the words @SenJohnMcCain , but action in the Senate is what's needed.
@NBCLatino
NBC Latino
8 years
NBC News: McCain Defends Free Press: 'That's How Dictators Get Started'
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
BREAKING->Trump shuts down the government for a Wall & slanders immigrants as criminals, while undocumented workers are recruited, exploited & hidden from the Secret Service at his Bedminster golf club.
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David Leopold
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Agree. Inconceivable. And I say that as the son of a Holocaust survivor.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
Let’s see that this man becomes the next US Senator from South Carolina.
@harrisonjaime
Jaime Harrison
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I may not be a superhero, but I am a proud South Carolinian, and I'm ready to fight for a better future for our state and our country. I hope you are, too. Find out how you can #JoinJaime and get involved:
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David Leopold
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As the son of a Holocaust survivor & Refugee I am ashamed that Trump would ban Syrian refugees. Today is #HolocaustMemorialDay ; #NeverForget
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David Leopold
6 years
Great. It's high time Alabama had a Democratic governor to go along with its Democratic Senator.
@thehill
The Hill
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Roy Moore: I may run for governor of Alabama
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
This is serious stuff which federal and state authorities must investigate. The Trump organization allegedly procured false documents to employ undocumented workers at Bedminster and then abused the workers, including threatening them with deportation.
@CNN
CNN
6 years
The lawyer for two women who claim they were undocumented workers at Trump National Golf Club is calling for state and federal investigations into the Trump Organization's hiring practices
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David Leopold
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While Trump screams for his Wall, his company sneaks in its own private caravan through the service entrance of the Bedminster golf club. Then it procures false papers, and exploits the workers. These are serious crimes which demand full state and federal investigations.
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Philip Bump
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"...handed over fraudulent green cards and Social Security numbers that management at the club allegedly procured and gave his clients"
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David Leopold
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It's official,Trump has ended DACA, perhaps the cruelest most cowardly act yet of his presidency; sends AG sessions out as surrogate. #Shame
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David Leopold
6 years
This is the headline; not Trump’s diversionary speech from the oval.
@RVAwonk
Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
6 years
NEW: Both Paul Manafort & Rick Gates sent polling data to Russian operative Konstantin Kilimnik in the Spring of 2016, as Trump clinched the nomination. Manafort then asked Gates to tell Kilimnik to pass the data to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
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David Leopold
6 years
Per @SenatorDurbin , Trump officials refuse to commit to reuniting families, despite court order requiring them to do so. Disturbing #Thread 👇🏻👇🏻
@SenatorDurbin
Senator Dick Durbin
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I received a briefing yesterday where Trump officials refused to commit to reuniting families. They could not say how many families have been separated and said they only have plans to reunite 10 parents in their custody with children under 5. Outrageous.
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David Leopold
4 years
BREAKING: Trump administration rescinds ICE order prohibiting foreign students from taking online classes.
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David Leopold
5 years
Trump's Achilles heel. From tax fraud to exploitation & abuse of undocumented workers; Trump knows that once Congress digs in they'll find an organized criminal enterprise, not a legitimate business. No wonder he's trying to block the subpoenas.
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David Leopold
6 years
Breaking news: A tweet from a President that is uplifting and inspirational.
@BarackObama
Barack Obama
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Michelle and I are so inspired by all the young people who made today’s marches happen. Keep at it. You’re leading us forward. Nothing can stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.
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David Leopold
5 years
Congress needs to start asking serious questions about Stephen Miller, Trump's 33 yr old senior policy adviser who wields unchecked power over Trump's failed, cruel immigration policies.
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David Leopold
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Shameful that Trump would ban #Refugees on #HolocaustMemorialDay ; With the stroke of a pen he sentenced innocent women & children to death.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
The President needs to resign. Period.
@maggieNYT
Maggie Haberman
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The president says the problem is a lack of armed guards inside a house of worship
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David Leopold
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Hard to decide which makes him look like more of an idiot. 🤔
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David Leopold
5 years
#Breaking : Yet another WashPo expose on Trump's multistate criminal enterprise: dispatching a mobile construction crew of undocumented workers around the US to fix Trump properties while Trump dehumanizes immigrants; low wages; no overtime; no heathcare
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
7 years
Trump has withdrawn the US from a United Nations pact to improve the handling of migrant and refugee situations, deeming it "inconsistent" with its policies, the US mission to the global body announced Saturday.
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David Leopold
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Translated: The Acting @ICEgov Director Thomas Homan just called for the arrest & prosecution of local officials who follow the US Constitution by refusing to incarcerate people without probable cause. He is #unfit to serve.
@thehill
The Hill
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Acting ICE director: Politicians in sanctuary cities should be arrested and charged with crimes
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
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@elonmusk Congratulations @elonmusk . Your transformation from a business magnate into a QAnon troll is complete.
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David Leopold
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Fed Judge deals 1st major smack down to Trump's family separation policy. Says it “arbitrarily tears at the sacred bond between parent & child..is brutal, offensive & fails to comport w/traditional notions of fair play & decency" #StopSeparatingFamilies
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
5 years
My grandparents “traipsed” their two young sons more than 2,000 miles in dangerous conditions when they fled Nazi Germany in 1938. Clearly, you don’t know shit about parenting or protecting children.
@TomiLahren
Tomi Lahren
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If you traipse your kid 2,000 miles in dangerous conditions you're not only a criminal, you're a shitty parent.
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David Leopold
6 years
The law permits asylum applications at ports of entry & between ports of entry. In fact, Congress specifically enacted a provision, 8 USC 1225(b)(1)(A)(ii) w/covers both; ppl who are "arriving" in the US, regardless of how they arrive. @SecNielsen is spewing bullshit.
@rabiasquared
rabia O'chaudry
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The administration is banking on the fact that most ppl don't know how immigration law operates to sell their bullshit. Don't buy it.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
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. @JoeBiden is going to win this. It may take some time tonight for the vote to come in in critical areas, but he's going to win and he is going to be the President of the U.S. on January 20, 2021. #BidenHarris2020
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
4 years
Police officer to @CNN ’s @OmarJimenez , “I don’t know man. I’m just following orders.”
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David Leopold
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@Young25Tim I disagree. It feels exactly like a political rally. A political rally in Germany in the 1930s.
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David Leopold
5 years
Mayor Pete is pretty damn good.
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David Leopold
7 years
#United announces new milage+ program.
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David Leopold
4 years
I feel like America just got it’s soul back.
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David Leopold
6 years
Donald Trump has based his entire business and political life on a lie. He has perpetrated a multi-state criminal conspiracy involving immigration fraud, forced labor, coercion. Post hoc use of e-verify doesn’t change that. Congress must investigate now.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
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. @paulkrugman : Trump hasnt yet destroyed our democracy “What weve seen instead is the emergence of a highly energized resistance..If American democracy survives this terrible episode, I vote that we make pink pussy hats the symbol of our delivery from evil
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David Leopold
5 years
Outstanding #thread on Trump’s decision to take out Suleimani.
@rcallimachi
Rukmini Callimachi
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1. I’ve had a chance to check in with sources, including two US officials who had intelligence briefings after the strike on Suleimani. Here is what I’ve learned. According to them, the evidence suggesting there was to be an imminent attack on American targets is “razor thin”.
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David Leopold
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“Stephen Miller stood out as ‘probably the most repugnant individual to serve in the Trump White House.’” Read @SykesCharlie ’s excellent post. ⁦The media should resist @StephenM ⁩‘s attempt to normalize himself.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
7 years
Read this piece. Let it sink in (again) that Trump doesn't have a high schooler's knowledge of govt. We r not safe
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David Leopold
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“We are tired of the abuse, the insults, the way he talks about us when he knows that we are here helping him make money.” Undocumented immigrant who works for Trump. She’s not the only one ⁦ @mirjordan
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David Leopold
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Saying Stephen Miller is necessary to an immigration deal is like saying David Duke is necessary to an agreement on civil rights
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David Leopold
5 years
Trump simultaneously claims he didn’t know he hired undocumented workers at his golf clubs but everyone hires undocumented workers at golf clubs. Could it be, just maybe, that Trump is a conman who exploits immigrant workers for profit while vilifying them for political gain?
@mirjordan
Miriam Jordan
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Trump finally admits his clubs hired undocumented workers tho he says he didn’t know. via @NYTimes
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
7 years
Pay attention people. This is happening and it's a threat to our country.
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
7 years
BREAKING: Here is the order from #Maryland Fed Judge Theodore Chuang blocking Trump's #MuslimBan 2.0
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David Leopold
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Welcome news for working families with private jets; takes the sting out of the repeal of the Obamacare mandate.
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David Leopold
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Novel idea: Border Patrol & all #immigration agents shld spend their time & our tax $ keeping communities safe not persecuting little girls
@ACLU
ACLU
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Border Patrol has been waiting outside of the hospital as this little girl recovers from surgery and is now taking her. This is outrageous and cruel, to both her and all who will now fear seeking medical attention.
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David Leopold
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then what will the standard be for future presidents? And as far as politics go, given the 400+ pages of brazen corruption outlined in the #MuellerReport , it's the Rs who at risk of a political fallout if they continue to stand behind the thug who occupies the Oval. 2/2
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David Leopold
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BREAKING: Hawaii Fed Judge issues nationwide hold on Trump's #TravelBan 2.0; enjoins sections 2 (banning 6 countries) & 6 (Refugee ban)
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David Leopold
6 years
If ur going to bluster about #DACA at least get ur damn facts straight: 1) New arrivals dont qualify 4 #DACA . It was avail to DREAMERs who arrived before 6/15/2007 and were in the US on 6/15/2012; & there are other strict reqs. 2) U cancelled DACA, not the Dems Stop lying
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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These big flows of people are all trying to take advantage of DACA. They want in on the act!
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David Leopold
4 years
You know you're in trouble when Mike Pence is your spokesman for diversity. #TrumpChaos
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David Leopold
7 years
Fired? How about indicted?
@hannahdreier
Hannah Dreier
7 years
Two fired over allowing immigrant father to bleed out internally while in ICE custody in New Jersey
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
6 years
Trump’s child abuse continues. Strapping teens to chairs w/bags over heads; CBP agents kicking kids repeatedly; telling kids theyre going 2 get their parents & then never returning; taunting kids by screaming “Ur never going 2 see your parents again!”
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David Leopold
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New TRAC report: Vast majority of ppl in ICE custody have no criminal record; 4 out of 5 either have no record, or have only committed a minor offense such as a traffic violation. Bottom line: ICE targets families.
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David Leopold
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Seen on the National Mall in Washington DC today
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David Leopold
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Juan Sanchez & his “charity” Southwest Key have made a fortune locking up immigrant children. @nytimes ⁩’s expose on their profiteering is a must read.
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David Leopold
2 years
@elonmusk . @elonmusk , you need a therapist, not a social media platform.
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David Leopold
7 years
I prefer American presidents who aren't unhinged bigots.
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David Leopold
6 years
Trump's personal @caravan amounts to a multistate criminal conspiracy to knowingly hire, traffic & exploit unauthorized workers The outstanding reporting by @partlowj , @Fahrenthold & @NickMiroff shows we do need a wall--around @realDonaldTrump and his business.
@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
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BREAKING: From Costa Rica to New Jersey, a pipeline of illegal workers for Trump goes back years:‘My whole town practically lived there’
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David Leopold
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Eric Trump does an excellent Claude Rains impression here: "I'm shocked, shocked there are undocumented workers at our Golf Club"; Unfortunately for Trump it's impossible to claim you didnt know, when...
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@DavidLeopold
David Leopold
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And his disdain for democracy, contempt for the free press, penchant for murderous autocrats & overall incompetence threaten the rest of us
@politico
POLITICO
8 years
Trump’s unpopularity threatens to hobble his presidency | Getty
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