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Expelled from US at night, migrant families weigh next steps

March 28, 2021
REYNOSA, Mexico (AP) — In one of Mexico’s most notorious cities for organized crime, migrants are expelled from the United States throughout the night, exhausted from the journey, disillusioned about not getting a chance to seek asylum and at a crossroads about where to go next.Marisela Ramirez, who was returned to Reynosa about 4 a.m.

Zimbabwe: Mamombe, Chimbiri to Spend Night in Detention

February 2, 2021
Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe and party activist Cecilia Chimbiri will spend the night at Chikurubi Maximum Prison after Magistrate Stanley Mambanje postponed their bail application to Wednesday. Mamombe, Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were arrested in Harare yesterday with the latter released in unclear circumstances. ZRP has charged Mamombe and Chimbiri with section 11 of

Tuesday Night Owls: Billionaires' gain$ since March could fund Biden's relief for working families

January 26, 2021
Night Owls is a themed open thread appearing at Daily Kos seven days a week. Chuck Collins at the Institute for Policy Studies reports—U.S. Billionaire Wealth Surpasses $1.1 Trillion Gain Since Mid-March: The $1.1 trillion wealth gain by 660 U.S. billionaires since March 2020 could pay for: All of the relief for working families contained

The Attendance at Trump’s Friday Night Minnesota Rally is Pathetic

October 30, 2020
The electoral map for Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign looks arduous. With a number of states turning increasingly blue, Trump needs to thread a very difficult needle to get to 270 electoral votes. Knowing just how bad the math is for him, the president is doing multiple campaign events each day. Tonight, he is in

Night 3 of the RNC Looks Tame Compared to the DNC’s Blockbuster 3rd Night

August 26, 2020
There were a number of compelling politicians who spoke at the Democratic National Convention. The party worked hard on spacing out the speeches so that viewers would turn in every night. Night 3 of the DNC had some of the most anticipated addresses of the entire week. Not only did Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris close

Highlights From the Republican National Convention: Night 1

August 25, 2020
“Democrats started their convention last week with Eva Longoria, a famous Hollywood actress who played a housewife on TV. Well, I’m actually a real housewife and a mom from Michigan with two wonderful kids in public school who happens to be the only — only the second woman in 164 years to run the Republican

Closing Night at the D.N.C.: Joe Biden Accepts Democratic Nomination

August 21, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night, beginning a general-election challenge to President Trump that Democrats cast this week as a rescue mission for a country equally besieged by a crippling pandemic and a White House defined by incompetence, racism and abuse of power.Speaking before a row of flags in

Michelle Obama delivers epic speech on the opening night of the Democratic convention

August 18, 2020
Good evening, everyone. It’s a hard time, and everyone’s feeling it in different ways. And I know a lot of folks are reluctant to tune into a political convention right now or to politics in general. Believe me, I get that. But I am here tonight because I love this country with all my heart,

Democratic National Convention Night 1: What To Know

August 17, 2020
[Speakers, start time, schedule and more: Here’s how to watch the Democratic National Convention.]The first-ever virtual convention begins tonight, as Democrats gather — sort of — to nominate Joseph R. Biden Jr. for the presidency and Senator Kamala Harris of California as his running mate. Even with coronavirus-imposed restrictions, the speeches over the next few