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• Internet Blasts ‘Openly Racist’ Mike Huckabee for Posting Racist Tweet: 'This Is Fascism' June 23, 2018
  "Laying the Groundwork for Genocide." Mike Huckabee once portrayed himself as an affable centrist Republican, a man who loved people and loved playing his guitar. An ordained Baptist minister who would minister to the nation. He used all that to serve as the Republican governor of Arkansas for nine years, and run for president twice.That was […]
  David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
• Here Are 6 of the Most Absurd Excuses Right-Wing Media Used for Trump's Draconian Family Separation Policy June 23, 2018
  The president’s media enablers blamed Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, “the law on the book,” Democrats in Congress, the media, the families themselves, and even “the Illuminati of K Street” for the Trump administration’s policy. As President Donald Trump’s administration implemented a new “zero tolerance” prosecution policy at the border that led to […]
  Bobby Lewis, Media Matters
• Deluxe Charter Schools Serve Up Opportunities For Taxpayer-Funded White Flight June 23, 2018
  Why charter schools do this is no mystery: racism pays. Charter schools are often billed as benefiting disadvantaged urban kids—but in lots of places around the country, charters are segregating school systems by offering rich white families a way to get their kids away from students of color and poor students. In reality, 115 charter schools […]
  Laura Clawson, Daily Kos
• 'I Work For POTUS': Sarah Sanders Lashes Out at Restaurant Owner Who Booted Her Out June 23, 2018
  "Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS" White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed she was kicked out of a Virginia restaurant on Friday night -- and attacked the owner on Twitter.According to the spokesperson, who is reportedly looking to […]
  Tom Boggioni, Raw Story
• 'We Need to Talk About the Future of the Democratic Party': A Progressive Candidate's Twitter Thread Every Democrat and Independent Voter Should Read June 23, 2018
  Ok. Republicans can read it, too. Battling to unseat powerful Democrat and incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley from his seat in New York's 14th Congressional District in next week's primary, progressive challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Friday issued a rousing challenge to her party—and its wouldbe voters—as she offered a critique of the status quo and explained […]
  Jon Queally, Common Dreams
• Your Rage at Trump is Justified: Don’t Let Scolds Like the New York Times Shame You For It June 23, 2018
  There’s a myth that goodness exists independent of rage. It’s a lie to keep those being held down from rising up When they go low, we go high. But even at an elevated altitude, there's plenty of breathing space to vent. Justifiable outrage isn't rude. And beware of anyone who tries to silence you by […]
  Mary Elizabeth Wililams, Salon
• Young Trump Staffers Say They Are Having a Hard Time Dating June 23, 2018
  The world’s tiniest violin plays for these foot-servants of authoritarianism Politico recently touched down in the millennial hub of Washington D.C. to get a sense of the Trump junior staffers’ social scene. Life as a Trump-supporting 20-something in D.C. seems to boast challenges distinct from the staffers serving less-authoritarian administrations, who did not face the formidable […]
  Salon
• Ralph Nader Asks Former First Ladies: Why No 'Heartfelt Concern for Tens of Thousands of Children Killed or Seriously Maimed' by Their Husbands' Wars? June 23, 2018
  Consumer advocate puts check on Laura Bush and Michelle Obama for selective criticism when it comes to kids harmed by brutal U.S. policies Noted consumer advocate and author Ralph Nader on Friday offered a sharp retort to Laura Bush and Michelle Obama in response to the former first ladies levied criticism at the Trump administration's […]
  Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams
• Care About Kids in Cages? Then It’s Time to Break the Republican Grip on Power June 23, 2018
  Yes, the Democrats are problematic. But as became clear this week, this is an emergency. Republican rule must end The political situation in America right now is not normal. It hasn't been normal since January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States. That lack of normality has been reinforced […]
  Matthew Rozsa, Salon
• Virginia Restaurant Attacked by Online Trolls Over Reports Manager Refused to Serve Sarah Sanders June 23, 2018
  After not holding a briefing on Friday, the press secretary reportedly travelled 180 miles to Lexington, Virginia to eat dinner. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was reportedly denied dinner a restaurant in rural Virginia on Friday night, setting off a barrage of negative online reviews of the establishment.Raw Story has not been able […]
  Bob Brigham, Raw Story