Reading Time: 3 minutes The bottom line is that the Attorney General has the authority to shut down the Mueller investigation. Sessions’ recusal angered the President because that is exactly what he wanted. The investigation shut down. If Rosenstein is fired whether a replacement is made via the succession plan or the Vacancies Reform Act it is pretty obvious that the intention would be to limit or end the investigation, which makes every choice suspect. Per usual for this presidency, we are wandering into unknown territory.
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(PART 2) IN A FIT OF FRUSTRATION TRUMP THREATENS TO MOBILIZE TROOPS TO THE US/MEXICO BORDER
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 2 minutes The most maddening piece of this is that Trump’s ramped up rhetoric and his recent twitter rage manufactures a crisis – they don’t match the actual numbers. The number of people crossing the border illegally is historically low and the DHS recently reported the border is as secure as it has ever been.
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In a Fit of Frustration Trump Threatens to Mobilize Troops to the US/Mexico Border (Part 1)
by Confluenceby ConfluenceReading Time: 3 minutes The unfortunate reality is that while militarization of our borders takes the spotlight the human loss, the human stories, the human pain of walking days on end, the sorrow of leaving home behind and the desperation that drives one to take that kind of risk…those stories and those realities get lost in this current landscape.