Week 137 - Detention Center Realities

This week as Trump backed off mass deportations,  public outcry grew over conditions at detention centers for migrant  children. Reminiscent of Theresienstadt Ghetto in the Nazi era, the  Trump regime offered limited tours of detention centers to the  media — viewings that contradicted interviews of immigration lawyers and  advocates who described first-hand the inhumane conditions and  traumatized children. Much of the country was moved and heartbroken over  a photo of a Salvadoran father and daughter who drowned on the bank of the Rio Grande trying to cross to the U.S.

This week Trump headed to the G-20 summit in  Osaka, Japan, ahead of which he attacked Japan, China, and European  countries. While there, he cozied up to Russian President Vladimir Putin  and reveled in joking about 2016 election interference and attacking  the free press. Trump had a second private meeting with Saudi Arabia  Crown Prince MBS despite United Nations findings of his likely  involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Supreme Court made two major decisions on  gerrymandering and a Census citizenship question, and seemed to signal a  shift towards revisiting controversial issues with the now five  conservative justices. Robert Mueller agreed to testify before two House  committees on July 17, as the Trump regime continued to stonewall all  congressional investigations.

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