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Thursday, November 17, 2016

It’s the racism, stupid. | Fred Klonsky

It’s the racism, stupid. | Fred Klonsky:

It’s the racism, stupid.

Kansas Secretary of State Kobach talks about the Kansas voter ID law in his Topeka, Kansas office

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped write tough immigration laws in Arizona and elsewhere, said in an interview that Trump’s policy advisers had also discussed drafting a proposal for his consideration to reinstate a registry for immigrants from Muslim countries.
The headline above the fold in the morning New York Times:
You will excuse me if I am not surprised.
Mr. Trump campaigned on some issues that Democrats have long championed and Republicans resisted: spending more on roads, bridges and rail, punishing American companies that move jobs overseas, ending a lucrative tax break for hedge fund and private equity titans, and making paid maternity leave mandatory.
 Some Democrats are even co-opting Mr. Trump’s language from the campaign. “Every single person in our caucus agrees the system is rigged,” said Senator Debbie Stabenow, Democrat of Michigan.