mary otten

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

A shorter sentence than black woman in Texas who got 5 years for voting while on supervised release

[American Progress @amprog]

At least nine infants younger than a year old, including one who is just 5 months old, are being held in ICE custody at a rural Texas detention center without care that's legally required. https://t.co/ZD5j0ETyD6

[David French @DavidAFrench]

By the way, the porn affairs and hush money payments by themselves are enough for me to never, ever vote for Trump.

And that’s just one thing, of many.

I remember the days, like way back in, say, May 2015, when that would have been a consensus Evangelical position.

[Rowaida Abdelaziz @Rowaida_Abdel]

While everyone's distracted by the Cohen hearing, just wanted to let you know that the State Department finally released its numbers and we know now that more than 37,000 visa applications were rejected specifically due to Donald Trump's Muslim ban. https://t.co/VQRZUxgebv

[Ron Kampeas @kampeas]

This is truly Orwellian: It relates to conversations with a publisher aimed at silencing critical coverage of Bibi.

[Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt]

In the biggest strike by factory workers in years, nearly 2,000 workers walk out at locomotive factory in Pennsylvania as workers resist company's demands for a two-tier pay scale and mandatory overtime @jamieson https://t.co/pi73ul74O7

[The Nation @thenation]

The world’s richest 1 percent own 45 percent of total wealth on this planet. https://t.co/fUiU1rjhI9

[Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff]

Excellent questions posed by @RepKarenBass tonight with @maddow:

Where are the hundreds of separated parents deported before they could be reunited with their kids?

Who are the thousands of kids separated before zero tolerance?

Why are some kids still being separated?

[The Nation @thenation]

Several American nonprofits appear to have been founded for the purpose of funneling tax-exempt dollars to Kahanist causes, some of which are directly linked to Jewish terrorist groups. https://t.co/lqOJZZaeGe

[Rob @philosophrob]

Sen. Mitch McConnell's net worth:

2005: $2,962,015
2015: $26,927,535
Increase: $23,965,520 (+809.1%)

How does a senator earning $193,400 a year increase their net worth by nearly $2.4 million a year, every year for a decade?

[Donie O'Sullivan @donie]

NEW: Facebook restores network of Russia-backed pages targeting American millennials, 10 days after suspending them. https://t.co/lSl4yULJpj

[American Progress @amprog]

These are the facts:
- Undocumented immigrants commit crimes at lower rates than native-born Americans
- The vast majority of drugs smuggled through the southern border come through ports of entry
- The border wall in El Paso didn't reduce violent crime
https://t.co/fZ3HehxMLW

[Nina Teicholz, PhD @bigfatsurprise]

Majority of EAT-Lancet Authors (>80%) Favored Vegan/Vegetarian Diets before joining commission. These potential conflicts of interest were not disclosed. Why not, @thelancet? Please RT if you agree disclosure is needed. https://t.co/AYBchSdbYQ

[mary otten @motten53]

£GivingOnUs

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

Stunning new stat out of Ohio:

We already knew that Republicans got 12 of OH's 16 US House seats despite winning only 52% of total congressional vote.

But get this: Republicans also managed to hold supermajorities in the Ohio legislature despite LOSING the total state leg vote.

[StanceGrounded @_SJPeace_]

2 Hispanic women were approached and verbally assaulted by a racist white lady for speaking Spanish in store.

Another white woman who saw and heard this happening immediately stepped in to defend them.

SHERO!

WE NEED MORE OF THIS! SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING!

RETWEET THIS!

[Bishop Eaton @ELCABishopEaton]

Media reports say the Trump administration will stop funding the Lutheran World Federation operated Augusta Victoria hospital in Jerusalem. AVH provides care to Palestinian children and others with life-threatening conditions. Call the White House hotline [phone].

[Andrea Mitchell @mitchellreports]

.@realDonaldTrump says economy heading south when he took office going in the wrong direction:
Facts: Jobs grew from Nov 2012 to Nov 2016 at 1.88 % a year during @BarackObama 2nd term
Jobs grew from November 2016 to today by 1.57 % since @realDonaldTrump elected
Do the math

[Richard Tofel @dicktofel]

The CBS Board actually signed a contract with its CEO giving him $115 million in severance if he was fired for cause. This sums up much of what is wrong with corporate America. https://t.co/RLqdyr163w

[Rachel Held Evans (1981-2019) @rachelheldevans]

We have no business calling this a Christian nation when it would turn away toddler Jesus when his family sought asylum, fire preacher Jesus when he spoke of justice for the poor, and execute brown & unarmed Jesus when he was perceived to be a threat.