Moderates fail the ‘dreamers’ again

For a moment last week, it looked as though the ever-diminishing moderate wing of the Republican Party would assert itself after years of being pushed around by radical right-wingers and a GOP establishment scared of the extremists. But when the chips were down, the moderate bloc in the House could not gather the last few signatures it needed to force a vote on mainstream bills to protect the "dreamers," immigrants who came to this country as children and now are at risk of deportation.

The Racist Trope That Won’t Die

The comedian Roseanne Barr resurrected one of the oldest and most profoundly racist slanders in American history when she referred to Valerie Jarrett, an African-American woman who served as an adviser to President Barack Obama, as the offspring of an ape. This depiction - promoted by slave traders, historians and practitioners of "scientific" racism - was used to justify slavery, lynching and the creation of the Jim Crow state.

Editorial: Gareth Rhodes in the 19th District

New York's 19th Congressional District stretches from the wealthy enclaves of Rhinebeck and the tie-dye world of Woodstock across the Catskill Mountains to the struggling dairy farmers near Cooperstown. In this enormous district, seven Democrats are competing in the primary on June 26 to challenge Representative John Faso, a first-termer who is considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House.

Comey made was the same error everyone made – assuming he knew…

Registration will allow you to post comments on StamfordAdvocate.com and create a StamfordAdvocate.com Subscriber Portal account for you to manage subscriptions and email preferences. For former Clinton campaign staff like me, the Justice Department Inspector General's report on the Clinton email investigation is an experience of frustrating vindication and mouth-dropping irony.

Seattle Times: Trump should back off states with legal pot a ” and…

On [June 8], the president said he “probably will end up supporting” a bill in Congress to keep the federal government from interfering in states with legal pot laws. The president must not leave legal marijuana states yo-yoing between his vague words of support and Attorney General Jeff Sessions' marijuana-averse statements and policies.

Your Turn: June 18

A crowd pays attention to a presentation on a draft design for Alamo Plaza, presented publicly June 7. A reader suggests the Editorial Board has bought into a false narrative on the Alamo reimagining. A crowd pays attention to a presentation on a draft design for Alamo Plaza, presented publicly June 7. A reader suggests the Editorial Board has bought into a false narrative on the Alamo reimagining.

Our uncompassionate president and his pardons

According to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the U.S. government has a right to separate immigrant children from their parents when they cross the border illegally. Sessions says this right was defined by Apostle Paul through “his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes.” However, by the U.S. law as defined in Article II, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, the president has been given the right to pardon individuals who have been found guilty of federal crimes.

Closed doors

Something is terribly wrong when a U.S. senator can't get into a facility that is filled with federal detainees, as happened June 3 when Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., arrived at the Southwest Key center on Texas Highway 48 in Brownsville. Victoria Palmer with Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and Families said Merkley arrived unannounced.

5 commentary Jennifer Rubin: Departing Republicans confess they have…

There is something refreshing about having the Republican Party's cowardice out in the open, acknowledged by its own members. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters after meeting with Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 13, 2018.

6 commentary Dana Milbank: Trump’s America goes full Charles Dickens…

School children carry a crown of flowers for Claudia Gomez Gonzalez a Guatemalan immigrant who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas, during the second day of her wake, in San Juan Ostuncalco, Guatemala, Friday, June 1, 2018. The young woman, who was fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas on May 23, had graduated as a forensic accountant but was unable to attend college or find a job, so she had left Guatemala for the U.S., according to her aunt.

Peter Lucas: Give Trump credit. Our boys are finally coming home

Korea, the long-forgotten war fought by a long-forgotten generation, is, thanks to President Donald Trump, finally back on the front burner. As part of the denuclearization deal, the North Korean leader committed to the recovery and repatriation of the remains of some 6,000 U.S. soldiers killed in North Korea.

In Our View: President Trump continues win streak during primaries

His meeting with G7 leaders played well with his base, who see the president as putting America's economic interest first. And he's coming off from a historic summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un that could lead to a denuclearization of that rogue nation and almost certainly has brought us back from the brink of war.