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Topic: children in cages

A Honduran mother carries her son, 4, across the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a group of at least 25 asylum seekers who where were allowed to travel from a migrant camp in Mexico into the United States on February 25, 2021 in Matamoros, Mexico (John Moore/Getty Images)

Why are kids still being locked up?

Elayne Clift
U.S. President Donald Trump debates Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at Belmont University on October 22, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. This is the last debate between the two candidates before the November 3 election. (Jim Bourg-Pool/Getty Images)

Let's ditch the presidential dilettante

Bob Cesca
Donald Trump and Neil Diamond (AP Photo/John Minchillo/Ron Frehm)

Neil Diamond's "America" — or Trump's?

Chauncey DeVega
US Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents take part in a safety drill in the Anapra area in Sunland Park, New Mexico, United States on January 31, 2019. (Getty/Herika Martinez)

Happy Fourth of July: Is this America?

Chauncey DeVega
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) attends a press conference following a tour Border Patrol facilities and migrant detention centers for 15 members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus on July 1, 2019 in Clint, Texas (GettyLuke Montavon)

AOC vs. CBP: Border war of words

Amanda Marcotte
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Trump's "greatness": Abuse and cruelty

Amanda Marcotte
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (Getty/Anna Moneymaker)

Lindsey Graham: Hold kids for 100 days

Igor Derysh
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Impeach Donald Trump: Now more than ever

Bob Cesca
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Beto is right on Trump and Nazism

Chauncey DeVega
Migrants held in temporary fencing underneath the Paso Del Norte Bridge await processing on March 28, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Getty/Christ Chavez)

Why Trump loves kids in cages

Amanda Marcotte
Men walk near the US-Mexico border fence as seen from Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on January 17, 2019. (Getty/Guillermo Arias)

What divides us: Americans and the wall

Heather Digby Parton
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Hey Trumpers: Spare us your fake concern

Bob Cesca
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Worst of Donald Trump in 2018

Heather Digby Parton
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is sworn in before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Kirstjen Nielsen simply doesn't know

Igor Derysh
(AP/Evan Vucci)

A wet, hot Trumpian summer finally ends

Andrew O'Hehir
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Is Trump a bumbler? Not that much

Amanda Marcotte
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Care about the kids? Punish the GOP

Matthew Rozsa
A Mission Police Dept. officer and a U.S. Border Patrol agent watch over a group of Central American asylum seekers before taking them into custody near McAllen, Texas. (Getty/John Moore)

Trump backs down, at least for now

Heather Digby Parton
Children and workers are seen at the Tornillo tent camp which houses immigrant children separated from their parents after they were caught entering the U.S. under the administration's zero tolerance policy. (Getty/Joe Raedle)

Trauma of border policy isn't gone

Ian Danielsen
Stephen Miller (AP/Andrew Harnik)

Time for truth on Stephen Miller

Chauncey DeVega
Donald Trump addresses the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration (Getty/Chris Kleponis)

Trump tries to win back Ann Coulter

Heather Digby Parton
Kirstjen Nielsen; Immigrant children outside a former Job Corps site that now houses them. (AP/Susan Walsh/Wilfredo Lee)

Media: Stop enabling Trump's lies

Jared Yates Sexton
A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico Border. (Getty/John Moore)

GOP tries to find excuses: None exist

Amanda Marcotte
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