Trump administration considering restrictions on legal immigration

IHis base will be happy. It’s an appeal to white nationalism.

New policy of targeting legal immigrants over "welfare" is about midterms. But advocates believe it could resonate not just w/Trump base but also w/softer Rs.

If GOP does better than expected tonight, expect this stuff to ramp up.@paulwaldman1 and me:https://t.co/ZZxH3zHFDa

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 7, 2018

Trump adviser Stephen Miller has a plan to impede the status of millions of legal immigrants: report https://t.co/18CNWdKHqI

— Salon (@Salon) August 7, 2018

This is outrageous. Legally using Obamacare or food assistance shouldn’t disqualify immigrants from becoming citizens. https://t.co/lfZ1knbvrq

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) August 7, 2018

Forcing legal immigrants to abandon all hope of citizenship or even green card status unless they deny their own children food stamps or health insurance is a cruel Sophie’s Choice akin to the family separation policy Trump imposed. @chrislhayes @AC360 https://t.co/S09q4KLje1

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 7, 2018

Opinion: Trump and Stephen Miller are now targeting legal immigrants. This will get uglier. https://t.co/LnALahxJfH

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 7, 2018

Trump & Stephen Miller are playing white nationalist playbook, going after immigrants by reviving a racist law from 1800s that seeks to keep 20 mil immigrants from receiving citizenship. We must stick together in the streets, in the courts, & at the ballot box!

— Rev. Dr. Barber (@RevDrBarber) August 7, 2018

Maybe, and hear me out, the immigration debate was never about criminality at all? https://t.co/NnyJrVfQvi

— Astead (@AsteadWesley) August 7, 2018

Miller is a ghoul. https://t.co/4NdmBquzub

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 7, 2018

Stephen Miller is simply a sadistic white supremacist monster. His family should be deeply ashamed on him. As should any decent people. This is the antithesis of American values. https://t.co/apAhhbN9hM

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) August 7, 2018

Prosecutions of white collar crimes are down

This trend pre-dates Trump.

White-collar crime prosecutions are on track to reach an all-time low this year (via @TRACReports data) https://t.co/NbIkpF86tO pic.twitter.com/B5YoEIMLqL

— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) August 7, 2018

"Federal prosecutions of white-collar crime — a category that includes tax, corporate, health-care or securities fraud, among other crimes — are on track this year to reach their lowest level on record."

Opinion at @washingtonpost: https://t.co/didaR1MKe2

— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) August 7, 2018

More on Trump and the California fires

Liar!

The White House can’t or won’t explain his tweets

President Trump will blame anything but climate change for the California wildfires https://t.co/jJ4beg21eJ | Analysis by Z. Byron Wolf pic.twitter.com/hYO25WxHpW

— CNN (@CNN) August 7, 2018

Fire officials to Trump: No, California didn’t worsen wildfires by dumping water into ocean https://t.co/6QTDO6I2On

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 7, 2018

https://t.co/f8FxI1pARM pic.twitter.com/IcKozYSt8u

— Share the Facts (@sharethefact) August 7, 2018

Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) tells Shareblue: “The ignorance displayed by the president is a serious national crisis." https://t.co/jxf3LUQnNV

— Shareblue Media (@Shareblue) August 7, 2018

Update 8/10/18:

"We have plenty of water for the firefight” — Cal Fire spokesperson

"Unequivocally, we do not have a water supply issue” — Cal Fire region battalion chief

"This is gobbledygook bullshit” —California water management expert https://t.co/BsjyvYBseI https://t.co/zG64j9LNL8

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) August 8, 2018

Sequence: Trump tweets nonsense about a water shortage affecting California firefighting; California fire agency says there’s no shortage; Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross issues directive to address the nonexistent issue. https://t.co/etRpKu4N6t

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 8, 2018

The Trump Administration Is Politicizing the Tragedy of California’s Catastrophic Wildfires https://t.co/y1hmNLgXp0 pic.twitter.com/8YoO3N9i4U

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 10, 2018

Even I wouldn't have expected a link between QAnon theorists and forest fires. But here we are https://t.co/as2dgTGv9v

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) August 10, 2018

The latest on Wilbur Ross

Who’s the biggest grifter in the cabinet now that Zinke is gone?

Wilbur Ross is accused of stealing $120 million from people he worked with https://t.co/iSReFVQBIJ

— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) August 7, 2018

Also, Wilbur Ross is a terrible representative of the US: he hailed Trump’s warm welcome in Saudi Arabia by highlighting the lack of protests—presumably willfully ignorant of the fact that protesting in Saudi Arabia can get you sentenced to death. https://t.co/4ekcE5ncMQ

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) August 7, 2018

When we say allegations against Wilbur Ross ' business point to a pattern of grifting, this is what we mean. More than $120,000,000 detailed below. You may have to zoom in. pic.twitter.com/gp2qtr3YqA

— Dan Alexander (@DanAlexander21) August 7, 2018

More background on the Wilbur Ross allegations from the reporter who documented them all https://t.co/6caoW9CeR8

— Tim Fernholz (@TimFernholz) August 7, 2018

Good @paulwaldman1 meditation on Rick Gates, Wilbur Ross, and the circles of corruption around Trump:https://t.co/Gum1iHMLT7

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) August 7, 2018

The commerce secretary has been accused of pilfering more than $120 million and being, in the words of a former colleague, “a pathological liar” https://t.co/clYJPLT278

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) August 7, 2018

48% of Republicans believe the media is the enemy

48% of Republicans agree that "the news media is the enemy"https://t.co/6wTBaxdvFq

— Axios (@axios) August 7, 2018

A plurality of Republicans (43 percent) in new survey think president should be able shut down news outlets engaged in “bad behavior” (whatever the hell that is). https://t.co/IgJmBHCWiQ pic.twitter.com/GoFkUsWrTH

— Paul Farhi (@farhip) August 7, 2018

Trump makes an endorsement error but blames the media

Pathetic! Liar!

Before Trump's Ohio rally, he tweeted to tell people to vote Steve Stivers. Stivers isn't running. Trump deleted, posted a Vote Troy Balderson tweet.

Then, at the rally, he pretended his own error was a media error for which he was owed an apology. The crowd chanted CNN SUCKS. pic.twitter.com/thmGfTyxW7

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 7, 2018

Two old men ran away from their retirement home to go to a heavy metal festival

Two elderly men went missing. They were found at the world’s biggest heavy metal festival. https://t.co/RSOktBqNs2

— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 7, 2018

Voting Rights Act

53 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson. I shed a little blood on that bridge in Selma and friends of mine gave their lives so that no person would be denied their right to vote. Now do your part—get registered, and vote. #goodtrouble pic.twitter.com/wgKUs37JAG

— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) August 6, 2018

53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 6, 2018

#OTD: President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities. The 1965 Voting Rights Act was designed to enforce the right to vote of all US citizens promised by the 14th and 15th Amendments. #CivilRights pic.twitter.com/I1TT6g6DXS

— Legal Defense Fund (@NAACP_LDF) August 6, 2018

The Voting Rights Act makes our democracy stronger, giving every American, from all walks of life, the right to vote. But the work is far from finished. Join me and @WhenWeAllVote for a Week of Action to get folks registered and ready to spread the word. https://t.co/C4obhrVHLp https://t.co/aAb1dS80Yv

— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) August 6, 2018

53 years after the passage of the #VotingRightsAct, our rights are under attack. In 2013, #SCOTUS decided 5-4 to strip critical protections of Section 5 of the VRA. With the Kavanuagh nomination, even more Americans could be at risk of being disenfranchised. #WhatsAtStake

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) August 6, 2018

Today’s anniversary of the Voting Rights Act is a reminder that we still have so much more to do to protect voting rights for all Americans.

Please honor the legacy of this landmark bill by exercising your democratic right—register & commit to vote! https://t.co/2iF7y7QLdZ

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) August 6, 2018

Because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, 17 states with 189 electoral votes had new voting restrictions in 2016. h/t @BrennanCenter pic.twitter.com/tzl0QFNbWA

— Democracy Awakening (@DemAwakening) August 6, 2018

The Voting Rights Act was signed into law on August 6, 1965.

53 years later, we're still fighting for fair and equal access to the ballot. #VRA53 pic.twitter.com/NriZ7NmgHu

— ACLU (@ACLU) August 6, 2018

Because the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, in 2016, there were 868 fewer places to vote in states that previously had to approve voting changes with the federal government: https://t.co/CPdBWqdLa4 #RestoreTheVRA #VRA53 pic.twitter.com/nevBWSh0Oc

— Courtney Fuller (@courtneygfuller) August 6, 2018

US President Lyndon B Johnson, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Martin Luther King Jr, and Rosa Parks at the signing of the Voting Rights Act on 6 August 1965.#OTD pic.twitter.com/tc8CnzEmd3

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) August 6, 2018

Martin Luther King’s invitation to LBJ signing of Voting Rights Act at US Capitol today 1965: pic.twitter.com/t6ivtfrhxU

— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) August 6, 2018

The Trump administration has the Voting Rights Act on life support | By Kristen Clarke and Ezra Rosenberg via @CNNOpinion https://t.co/fQcheMpgx4 pic.twitter.com/XqhlYKoGJw

— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2018

Trump lies about economic and job gains

AP FACT CHECK: Trump declares that the U.S economy and jobs are the best ever, but he's way off the mark: https://t.co/IxNuZzJ5kS

— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) August 6, 2018

Trump lies about California water and fires

Trump lies about California’s water supply for firefighting. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about, he just wants to attack California and Democratic Governor Brown.

Trump doubles down on his previous ignorant tweet about California #water and fires. The only water that reaches the ocean these days is what's left AFTER the massive diversions OUT of our rivers for cities and farms. And there's no shortage of fire-fighting water. Nuts. https://t.co/xWFeuoKv54

— Peter Gleick (@PeterGleick) August 6, 2018

Scott McLean, deputy chief for Cal Fire, tells me there's no basis, "at all," for Trump's suggestion that firefighters there are short of water: “I can reassure you we have water. There is plenty of water."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) August 6, 2018

How does @GOPLeader not got a byline – or at least a contribute line – on these tweets?https://t.co/q5R8x1R1FP

— Jonathan Martin (@jmartNYT) August 6, 2018

Donald Trump has some thoughts on fighting wildfires. They’re nonsense. https://t.co/eAcbfG98bq

— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 6, 2018

It's Sunday. That means @realDonaldTrump is lying, again. There is more than enough readily available water in CA to fight the fires.

The truth is that wildfires across the United States started increasing in the 1980s. Some of this increase is attributable to climate change. https://t.co/K0V6bKT9Go

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) August 6, 2018

We asked a California water expert to make sense of Donald Trump's moronic wildfire tweets https://t.co/sVjZEZNAcE pic.twitter.com/YjYJsokzke

— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 6, 2018

AP fact check: Trump's claims on California wildfires are inaccurate https://t.co/4d9Ln7CM0U pic.twitter.com/HPu3AO93bq

— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 7, 2018

In a tweet, Trump said "vast amounts of water" in California are "foolishly being diverted into the Pacific Ocean." But, as we wrote in 2016, diverting fresh water prevents salt water from contaminating agricultural and urban water supplies. https://t.co/5nfV9MEWwX

— FactCheck.org (@factcheckdotorg) August 6, 2018

Fact Check: Trump's Claims On California Wildfires Are Inaccurate. @cbsladavelopez reports. https://t.co/cmIQqJTY1M pic.twitter.com/9tI1Gq3hcg

— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) August 7, 2018

Trump has accused California of mismanaging water to fight the wildfires. California officials disagree. "We have plenty of water to fight these wildfires, but let’s be clear: It’s our changing climate that is leading to more severe and destructive fires." https://t.co/R6IsjZXOsz

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 7, 2018