Supporters of DACA rallied outside the Supreme Court, which on Thursday ruled that the Trump administration could not immediately end the program that protects 700,000 young immigrants from deportation.
Read more here: https://t.co/e8PTmRS2wp pic.twitter.com/o70pU4VzuZ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 18, 2020
THREAD: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended the DACA program that protects immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
Here are some questions and answers about the decision. (1/7)
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 18, 2020
Trump is raging at SCOTUS for ruling against him on the Dreamers. But the irony is that this outcome is the direct result of the epic bad faith he's shown throughout this whole process. He never wanted to own this decision. Here's what really happened:https://t.co/fBZdpr3Rd0
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) June 18, 2020
ANALYSIS: Trump has now lost two huge Supreme Court cases — DACA & census citizenship — because of what many legal experts have attributed to the administration's sloppiness when it comes to boring administrative process: https://t.co/q6atcRGOL4
— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) June 18, 2020
Neal Katyal on President Trump's comments on DACA ruling: "The idea that a President of the U.S. would accuse … a co-equal branch of government or ruling just because they don't like him demonstrates just how much this guy is unfit for office." https://t.co/xij1hdWpw4
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 18, 2020
Elsewhere in Trumpworld…
Unredacted version of Bolton book reveals what Trump told President Xi last year when Trump asked China to help his campaign: “Make sure I win… Buy a lot of soybeans and wheat and make sure we win.” https://t.co/IG2IBQbgRU
— Gabriel Sherman (@gabrielsherman) June 18, 2020
Where was John Bolton when @RepAdamSchiff was specifically highlighting how Trump was openly asking China to help him win re-election? https://t.co/AWrlgp8nbe
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) June 18, 2020
agree. Mind boggling. And all the more telling for it’s cynicism. He sees which way the wind is blowing.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) June 18, 2020
Facebook on Thursday removed content and political ads run by President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign that featured a symbol that the Nazis used in the World War II era to identify certain prisoners in concentration camps https://t.co/U73gAAoAFz
— POLITICO (@politico) June 18, 2020
“I wasn’t gonna get tested, because on Saturday they were gonna give out half a slab of rib-eye, and I really wanted it.”
Her husband talked her into getting screened that Friday. She tested positive for COVID-19 and didn’t get to collect the prized meathttps://t.co/BzKUMDYS0D
— Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 18, 2020
Bruce Springsteen to Trump: "Put on a f–king mask" https://t.co/FmShwId7bb pic.twitter.com/k3ZtALYO66
— The Hill (@thehill) June 18, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
The UK now has:
– The highest excess death rate of any country.
– The worst forecast economic recession.
– The joint-lowest government approval rating. https://t.co/k3sSmXjMda— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) June 18, 2020
Staggering… https://t.co/98wnylZ1zH
— alan rusbridger (@arusbridger) June 18, 2020
Standing apart on either side of a strip of red carpet outside 10 Downing Street, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron demonstrated the new reality of international diplomacy https://t.co/cbk9Nefdmo pic.twitter.com/XQD3amKGfy
— Reuters (@Reuters) June 18, 2020
As Boris steps aboard the newly-decorated Clown Force One, the world is laughing at Britain | Sean O'Grady https://t.co/zIFGpIVGUy
— The Independent (@Independent) June 18, 2020
Cummings post-COVID19 strategy now clear: a ‘Maoist dead cat’ a week, like this week’s abolition of DFID & ‘no Brexit border controls’. Strategy is to outrage Labour & the left media constantly, as Boris zig zags to the populist right
Big problem – COVID19 isn’t remotely over!
— Andrew Adonis (@Andrew_Adonis) June 18, 2020
Boris Johnson pledged to scrap the £400-a-year fees foreign-born NHS staff have to pay for healthcare. Yet the Home Office is still charging large sums to these NHS workers.
Either ministers do not talk to each other or they are incompetent, or both.https://t.co/pSJaGvYPJE— Prem Sikka (@premnsikka) June 18, 2020
I think you once described it as a “cabinet of all the talentless”. Spot on. They don’t even know when their words open a sinkhole in front of them.
— PeterBale (@PeterBale) June 18, 2020
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WORLDWIDE
"Kim Jong Un was right to threaten our allies with ballistic missile launches because the Bad Mustache Man said something dumb on Meet the Press."
Hell of a message for our president to send at a time when North Korea is again threatening the South. pic.twitter.com/vnImsDi6UJ
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) June 18, 2020
South Korea's Minister of Unification has offered his resignation, potentially becoming the latest casualty of the rapidly deteriorating relationship between the two Koreas. https://t.co/cewJhAHlju
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 17, 2020
oh and, er… Best of LinkedIn awaits…
Here's why billionaire VC Marc Andreessen schedules every second of his day, including "critical" free time. (via @CNBCMakeIt) https://t.co/qwhpeZ9hq2
— CNBC (@CNBC) June 18, 2020