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Update: Justice Department career lawyer defends herself after viral video on child migrant treatment
Somali pirates gave me toothpaste & soap. https://t.co/K8zCP3IVMm
— Michael Scott Moore 🍑 (@MichaelSctMoore) June 22, 2019
I was treated better as a political prisoner in Cuba. https://t.co/iij39KQQUd
— Alan P. Gross (@AlanPGross) June 23, 2019
I had a toothbrush and toothpaste — not exactly Aquafresh or Tom’s — from the first night. Actually, I had almost nothing else in my cell while I was in solitary confinement. I was allowed to shower every couple of days. https://t.co/3Jc4U5g9Uy
— Jason Rezaian (@jrezaian) June 22, 2019
"If you don't have a toothbrush, if you don't have soap, if you don't have a blanket, it's not safe and sanitary," a federal judge told a DOJ lawyer who argued that the government isn't obligated to provide those to migrant children.
via @MarshallProj https://t.co/JJAoskXVMo
— The Marshall Project (@MarshallProj) June 23, 2019
"The sheer effrontery of the government’s argument may be explained, but not excused, by its long backstory." @popehat explains how the government came that it it "safe and sanitary" for children to sleep under bright lights on concrete floors: https://t.co/Stb26iVTiU
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 23, 2019
“People who would do this to children would do anything to anyone. Before this is over, they will be called to do worse.” Family separation, argues @AdamSerwer, is the essence of Trumpism: https://t.co/4RtHNF6XTc
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) June 23, 2019