Seamus Romney, please pass the baton to Cricket Noem

As Vanessa Cardenas of America's Voice wrote, stoking this fake fear = Trump laying 'groundwork for delegitimizing the democratic process, promoting the lie that elections are rigged and bolstering the false grievance of MAGA supporters'

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As always, read Greg Sargent on right-wing & immigration fears and conspiracies

Additionally, per America's Voice, 'replacement theory' and fake fears over non-citizen voting also lays groundwork for delegitimizing democratic process and another J6

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Prior episodes of mass deportations/exclusions have occurred at several moments in US history. Research has shown that, far from generating economic benefits, their net effect was to reduce employment & earnings for US workers—in the short run & long run
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from Douglas Rivlin 🇺🇲: The Immigration State of the Union Address I Hope to Hear from President Biden medium.com/@drivlin/the-i…

Trump 'likes to pretend that the border was supposedly “secure” during his presidency or that these challenges started under my presidency. Malarkey.'

'Dad, who is the dumbest elected official?'

Sharp Greg Sargent ⬇️

“Suozzi won as border hawk' shorthand misses “both/and' approach (that inc. some unnecessary demagoguery)

Per Vanessa Cardenas of America's Voice lesson for Ds = lean in, call out GOP gamesmanship, be for border security AND citizenship
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For those tempted to say Suozzi won just by running as a Republican on immigration worth noting that to the camera in his key ad on the issue he pledged to 'secure our border...but open paths to citizenship for those willing to follow the rules'

'Now, let me turn to my colleague Marjorie Taylor Greene, whom I've empowered...'

Yup, and GOP & right-wing messengers had already started trying to blame Biden for rise in border encounters occurring under Trump

-See Tom Homan in Aug '20 road-testing 'Biden effect' on Fox when discussing border spike, 5 months before inauguration

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This sure looks like Republicans saying “the border is such an urgent crisis that … we are going to ensure nothing is done about it for 12 months, while we campaign on the complaint that nothing is being done”

Sharp analysis from David Dayen echoing Vanessa Cardenas and America's Voice: GOP priority is politics of immigration and pointing to a perpetual 'crisis' rather than actually addressing via serious policy

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Classic Kinsley gaffe & another reminder that goalposts will constantly move when GOP political incentives call for no agreement

There was a big push for war powers reforms at the end of Trump's term, but the Biden administration showed little enthusiasm for them, and efforts stalled.

In @demjournal I argue that it's time to put reform back on the agenda.

democracyjournal.org/magazine/71/wa…

Great lede in Democracy Journal new symposium on “Rebalancing National Security” - “In recent decades, Congress’s approach to national security policymaking has been like Bartleby’s: It would prefer not to.”

Read full set of articles:

democracyjournal.org/magazine/71/re…

Must read from @ThePlumLineGS

- if goal is increase in legal, orderly, and safe migration that reduces border chaos, we should be expanding - not restricting - these efforts

-just one of many reasons to reject trajectory of negotiations

Exactly - orderly, safe and legal process reduces need for trek to border.

Good USA Today op-ed by David J. Bier and Ilya Somin makes case

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Trump discovering semicolons is like velociraptors learning how to open doors.

'Before we get going, are there any Moms for Liberty in the house? No? Good. then hands will not need to be thrown tonight.'

Host LeVar Burton kicks off this year's National Book Awards ceremony. #NBAwards

.@ThePlumLineGS is completely right. As a condition of passing funding for Ukraine, Senate Republicans also want to end the Biden admin's parole program that provides a literal lifeline to people fleeing Ukraine. /3 x.com/ThePlumLineGS/…