Welcome to Thunderdome

Leisher wrote: So what is Kamala Harris? I've seen various articles call her black, American Indian, and Asian-American.

TheCatt wrote: So... yes.

Aaron Coleman, a dishwasher and community college student, holds a five-vote lead over seven-term state Rep. Stan Frownfelter, a 69-year-old small business owner. Officials in their home of Wyandotte County are scheduled to meet Monday to review provisional ballots and decide whether to count them, potentially altering Coleman's 807-802 lead in voting.

Coleman is running a liberal platform that includes universal health coverage, eliminating college tuition, defunding the police and legalizing marijuana. But he received more attention for a social media post suggesting he would “laugh and giggle” if a former GOP state lawmaker died of COVID-19, another post endorsing abortion up to the moment of birth and a third acknowledging that allegations that he engaged in online bullying, blackmail and revenge porn were true. He apologized for the comments and said his past behavior targeting several middle-school girls was that of "a sick and troubled” 14-year-old.

Some Democrats are struggling with the possibility that with no Republican on the ballot in the 37th District this fall, Coleman could sit in the House come January. Frownfelter argues that Coleman's nomination could hurt Democrats' efforts to pick up seats in the GOP-controlled Legislature.

"Later today, I will be signing a full and complete pardon for Susan B. Anthony. She was never pardoned," he said during remarks in the Blue Room.

Leisher wrote: and she blasted Trump for taking kids away from their parents and putting them into cages.

AP points out what Michelle was condemning Trump for was policy and cages her husband had already setup and used.

Oops.

The former first lady was correct, however, in addressing the removal of children from parents at the border.

The Obama administration separated migrant children from families under certain limited circumstances, like when the child’s safety appeared at risk or when the parent had a serious criminal history.

But family separations as a matter of routine came about because of Trump’s “zero tolerance” enforcement policy, which he eventually suspended because of the uproar. Obama had no such policy.

Leisher wrote: So it's fine because Obama's administration didn't do one aspect, but did do all the rest?

Back in 2015, during Obama's tenure, a lawsuit filed by the ACLU referred to detention facilities as "hieleras" or "iceboxes," as Salon reported. The lawsuit accused CBP of maintaining "appalling conditions" that left people in "freezing, overcrowded, and filthy cells for extended periods of time, no access to beds, soap, showers, adequate meals and water, medical care, and lawyers in violation of constitutional standards and Border Patrol's own policies."

Those allegations sound almost identical to current conditions that have faced harsh criticism in recent weeks. Last month, a lawyer for Trump's Justice Department drew significant backlash after she attempted to argue in court that the government should not be required to provide migrants with basics necessities such as blankets, toothbrushes and soap. The judges hearing the arguments were taken aback when the attorney argued these things were not necessarily required to create a "safe and sanitary" environment.

TheCatt wrote: Does it matter if Hitler had killed 1 person or 6 million?

Leisher wrote: The U.S. had more than 100K children in migrant detention centers in 2015.

TheCatt wrote: Do you have any more irrelevant stats?

TheCatt wrote: The aspect you're talking about means that orders of magnitude more children were separated under one administration that th eother.

Leisher wrote: Do you have any more assumptions?

Leisher wrote:
Her statement was about putting kids in cages. Spin the shit all you want, but her husband was doing it too. I don't give a fuck if Trump had some new policy that made things a bit worse or not. Both are sticking children in cages. If you're going to criticize one for it, then have to criticize both.

Leisher wrote: and she blasted Trump for taking kids away from their parents and putting them into cages.

TheCatt wrote: No, it's already known as fact.

TheCatt wrote: Literally quoting you.

Leisher wrote: The policy is fact, but the numbers are not.

TheCatt wrote: I mean, they are.

Leisher wrote:

TheCatt wrote: I mean, they are.

___ <--- "fact"

TheCatt wrote: Obama left Bush's doctrine of "exceptions for adults traveling with children" in place. Trump's administration revoked it.