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RSN: Juan Cole | It's All About the Midterms: Trump Took Those Children Hostage to Stoke His Base

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20 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News IF YOU ARE GOING TO DONATE, DONATE NOW: The time has come to give this everything we have. It has come to struggle for funding. So be it. If struggle is what it takes, we are prepared. The project is worth it, the community is worth it, the work we are doing is worth it. You have the power to keep RSN strong, the time is now. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Juan Cole | It's All About the Midterms: Trump Took Those Children Hostage to Stoke His Base  Juan Cole, Informed Comment Cole writes: "Trump desperately needs to have the GOP do well in the November midterms. Those midterms are a big question mark." READ MORE A Mission Police Dept. officer (L), and a U.S. Border Patrol agent take Central American asylum seekers into custody near McAllen, Texas on June 12, 2018. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images) ALSO SEE:  Photos: A Tent City for...

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Meet Dolly Gee, the Judge Who Will Consider DOJ's Request on Family Detentions All eyes are on Judge Dolly Maizie Gee, the Los Angeles-based federal judge who will consider the Justice Department’s...  Read More CIVIL APPEALS 'In Chambers' Supreme Court Opinions Get Rare Nod in Gerrymandering Ruling By Tony Mauro The court's website lists only three chambers opinions since 2014. "You used to get six, eight, 10 a term at one point,"...  Read More Here's How Litigators are Pushing Back Against Trump's Border Policy As everyone from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to the ACLU recoils at the separation of migrant children from their parents,...  Read More INNOVATION Why the Treasury Department's Top Lawyer Sold Off His Bitcoin Holdings By C. Ryan Barber Brent McIntosh, a former Sullivan & Cromwell partner who was confirmed as Treasury's general counsel in August, reported...  Re...