When Trump Calls Latinos “Animals,” Should We Hear Echoes of the SS’s Undermen?

"Although Trump's initial move in eliminating those he sees as Undermen is to make sure they are deported if their papers are not in order, we have already seen at Charlottesville that he condones white nationalist violence against anyone who disagrees with him." In the beginning of the internet back in the late 1980s and early 1990s when you for the first time had large and contentious discussions online at bulletin boards like Usenet, attorney Mike Godwin noticed that the longer a discussion went on, the more likely it was that someone would make a Hitler comparison.

Prosecutor Will No Longer Request Bail for Small Crimes

A Florida prosecutor who got into a legal fight with the governor for her blanket refusal to seek the death penalty now says her office will no longer request monetary bail bonds for defendants accused of low-level crimes. Instead, prosecutors in the Orlando-area jurisdiction of State Attorney Aramis Ayala will recommend releasing defendants on their own recognizance for crimes involving possession of small amounts of cannabis, driving without a license, panhandling, disorderly conduct or loitering.

Trump on undocumented immigrants: ‘These aren’t people. These are animals.’

President Trump used extraordinarily harsh rhetoric to renew his call for stronger immigration laws Wednesday, calling undocumented immigrants "animals" and venting frustration at Mexican officials who he said "do nothing" to help the United States. "We have people coming into the country or trying to come in, we're stopping a lot of them, but we're taking people out of the country.

Gov. Cuomo announces more money for ‘holistic approach’ to fight MS-13 on Long Island

Back in January, President Trump gave his State of the Union and mentioned the threat of Central American gang MS-13, which has spread inside the U.S. thanks to lax immigration policies. At the time, there was some pushback from mystery-hacking victim Joy Reid who went on MSNBC to say, "he makes it sound like the biggest issue in the United States, the biggest threat is MS-13, a gang nobody that doesn't watch Fox News has ever heard of."

Remains of Lindsey Baum positively identified

The remains of Lindsey Baum, the McCleary school girl missing since the summer of 2009, have been found and positively identified, Grays Harbor County Sheriff Rick Scott said at a news conference Thursday. "Sadly, she was not recovered as we and her family had hoped and prayed these past nine years," he reported as gasps could be heard from community members wedged between television cameras and reporters.

2 on death row for killing Houston police lose appeals

A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal from a Houston police officer's convicted killer whose attorneys argued the presence of uniformed officers during his trial prevented him from receiving a fair trial. Lawyers for 50-year-old death row inmate Shelton Jones told the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that nearly two dozen officers who attended Jones' trial daily implied to jurors that they must convict him of fatally shooting Houston Sgt.

Chrin secures GOP nomination in 8th Congressional District

The former Wall Street investment banker from Palmer Twp., Northampton County, celebrated his 55th birthday Tuesday by defeating two other candidates to win the Republican U.S. House nomination in the redrawn 8th Congressional District. His victory sets up a showdown in the Nov. 6 general election against incumbent U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright of Moosic, who was unopposed for Democratic nomination.

Marino moves on to November

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Evidence of corruption by Najib Razak ‘rejected’ by then Malaysia’s AG

Malaysia's former attorney-general Mohamed Apandi Ali rejected an anti-corruption body's recommendations to investigate further evidence of corruption by then prime minister Najib Razak, members of a reviewing panel claim. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission found evidence in late 2015 that 42 million ringgit was transferred from a former subsidiary of state fund 1MDB into a Najib account, but its recommendation for further investigation was rejected, the members who reviewed the commission's case files said.

Lawyer: Guantanamo Bay detainee denied motion to show art

A man accused of helping to plan the Sept. 11 attacks will not be allowed to publicly distribute art he makes in his cell at the Guantanamo Bay detention center after a judge denied a motion asking for Department of Defense restrictions to be lifted, one of his attorneys said on Monday.

Immigration crackdown shifts to employers as audits surge

Immigration officials have sharply increased audits of companies to verify that their employees are authorized to work in the country, signaling the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration is reaching deeper into the workplace to create a "culture of compliance" among employers who rely on immigrant labor. Under a 1986 federal law, companies must verify their employees are authorized to work in the United States by reviewing their documents and verifying to the government the employees' identity and work authorization.

Supreme Court orders new trial for accused murderer who disputed his lawyer’s guilty plea

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that criminal defendants can refuse guilty pleas, even if their lawyers believe it's the best way to avoid the death penalty. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the justices granted Louisiana's Robert McCoy a new trial for the killing of three people in 2008, even though the evidence against him appeared so overwhelming that his attorney entered a guilty plea.

HISTORY, May 14: Skylab 1, 1st manned space station, launched in 1973

On May 14, 1948, according to the current-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv by David Ben-Gurion, who became its first prime minister; U.S. President Harry S. Truman immediately recognized the new nation. In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory as well as the Pacific Northwest left camp near present-day Hartford, Illinois.

Three Ways Liberals Hoist Themselves With Their Own Petards On Immigration

If any timeworn phrase perfectly describes liberals and their ridiculous policy positions, it's the fact that they're constantly "hoisting" themselves with their "own petards." Well, according to Wikipedia, "'Hoist with his own petard' is a Shakespearean idiom from Hamlet meaning 'to cause the bomb maker to be blown up with his own bomb.'

Pompeo: US will need to give Kim Jong Un security assurances

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the United States will need to "provide security assurances" to North Korea's Kim Jong Un if the adversaries are to reach a nuclear deal, describing the stakes of President Donald Trump's upcoming summit with Kim. Pompeo met with Kim last week in North Korea, helping set the stage for Trump's historic summit with the North Korean leader in Singapore on June 12. Trump's goal is for North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons in a permanent and verifiable way.

Kelly’s “Family Separation” recalls Slave Era…

John Kelly, White House chief of staff, is an immigrant-hating bigot, as demonstrated by a long series of Draconian statements and measures that would have embarrassed most normal people into a lifetime vow of silence in their wake. Kelly bizarrely defended Confederate slave drivers of the 1860s as having lived at a time before the evils of slavery were apparent to moral people.

Kansas law now forbids police from having sex with people in custody

Officers talk with a woman arrested for possession of heroin before putting her in the back of a police cruiser at a local park in Nashua, NH on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. CREDIT: Ian Thomas Jansen-Lonnquist for The Washington Post via Getty Images As of this week, it is illegal for police in Kansas to have sexual relations with people they've detained in a traffic stop, or are otherwise holding in custody.

In new book, ailing John McCain makes final plea for immigration reform

In his forthcoming memoir, U.S. Sen. John McCain makes one more argument for immigration reform while taking swings at border hard-liners such as as President Trump, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Rep. Steve King of Iowa. McCain, the 81-year-old Arizona Republican who is fighting a deadly form of brain cancer, restates his case for overhauling the immigration system in The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights and Other Appreciations .

WaPo Positions Support for Torturer as Vote for Feminism

Central Intelligence Agency Deputy Director Gina Haspel is sworn in before the Senate Intelligence Committee during her confirmation hearing to become the next CIA director in the Hart Senate Office Building May 9, 2018 in Washington, D.C. As the war over Gina Haspel's nomination to lead the Central Intelligence Agency has waged on this week, we've been gifted an incredible batch of corporate media apologias for the CIA's decades-long legacy of torture, extrajudicial killings and civil liberties violations.