The mainstream media has identified another “crisis” over which we are supposed to drop everything and “do something”: people crossing our border illegally with children are being arrested and their children separated from them. But this is not a new phenomenon. The “crisis” is largely manufactured because the media has no interest in looking at […]
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Este articulo pronto estará disponible en español. The desperate sobbing of 10 Central American children, separated from their parents one day last week by immigration authorities at the border, makes for excruciating listening. Many of them sound like they’re crying so hard, they can barely breathe. They scream “Mami” […]
US President Donald Trump says he’s considering vetoing the freshly-passed $ 1.3 trillion spending bill over immigration issues. He cited a lack of funding for his much-touted Mexican border wall and concerns over DACA. Trump tweeted Friday morning that he is considering blocking the bill because 800,000 ‘Dreamer’ immigrants aren’t even mentioned in the legislation. […]
Encinal, Texas – A landowner has filed a lawsuit after he discovered that Border Patrol agents had illegally placed a camera on his property that gave them access to 24/7 surveillance of his land, and they then threatened to arrest him if he did not comply. Ricardo Palacios, 74, told Ars Technica that he was […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device North and South Korea have agreed to hold military talks to defuse border tension, after their first high-level meeting in two years. The North will also send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games taking place in South Korea in February. Agreement was also reached to reinstate […]
“Nice is something you say, whereas Kind is something you do. If we had to sum it up, we’d say this: Nice is passive, but kind is active.” This phrase is from the newest commercial campaign of snack bar company, “Kind.” ‘Kind’ partnered with Academy Award winner, Emmanuel Lubezki, who is part Mexican, to spread […]
The high street pub-chain, curry-purveyor and purchaser of carpets that are even more spaced out than Shetland pony on an acid trip, has announced that they are prepared to break the Brexit deadlock by allowing their premises to be treated as Irish sovereign soil. In a surprise announcement, the pub-chain has committed to ensuring that […]