Judith Levine: They've given up even caring about appearances. The president is pilfering money directly from the US treasury -- that is, picking our pockets. And he is doing it in plain sight. read more
Trump, his family, his companies and his administration have always been more concerned with the appearance of conflict of interest than with conflict of interest itself. Indeed, conflict of interest is White House Inc's business model. But something has changed in the last few months. They've given up even caring about appearances. The president is pilfering money directly from the US treasury " that is, picking our pockets. And he is doing it in plain sight. read more
President Trump, who will turn 80 next month, did not give details on the exam. read more
Tom Nichols: Even the president's supporters are alarmed. read more
Robert Kagan: He seems to hope to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat. read more
Judging by a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" put out by the DOJ last August (www.justice.gov), the following qualify as sanctuary cities:
Albuquerque, NM
Berkeley, CA
Boston, MA
Chicago, IL
Denver, CO
East Lansing, MI
Hoboken, NJ
Jersey City, NJ
Los Angeles, CA
New Orleans, LA
New York City, NY
Newark, NJ
Paterson, NJ
Philadelphia, PA
Portland, OR
Rochester, NY
Seattle, WA
San Francisco City, CA
"According to prosecutors, Castro fired through a home's front door and shot [Julio] Sosa-Celis in the thigh after Castro and another officer chased a different man, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna, to the Minneapolis apartment duplex where he and Sosa-Celis lived. Sosa-Celis and Aljorna were legally residing in the US, Moriarty said.
"Federal authorities initially accused Sosa-Celis and Aljorna of beating an officer with a broom handle and a snow shovel. A federal judge later dismissed the charges, and ICE and the justice department opened an investigation into whether officers lied about what happened."
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