This makes some good points

https://newrepublic.com/post/194369/chris-van-hollen-trump-newsom

#USpol #AbregoGarcia #democrats #VanHollen #immigration

> There’s no more publishing a white paper or a New York Times op-ed and hoping for the best. Today’s information environment favors brawlers, cheap-shot artists, and the commitment to creating conflict and controversy around any issues that can possibly be politicized.

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The Democratic Senator Who Silenced the Centrist Naysayers

Maryland lawmaker Chris Van Hollen is picking the good fight—and fighting the right way.

The New Republic

> Van Hollen finds himself in an annoying two-front war: On one side, there is an unrepentant Trump administration; on the other, some of his more sclerotic Democrat colleagues.

https://newrepublic.com/post/194369/chris-van-hollen-trump-newsom

#USpol #immigration #democrats #VanHollen #AbregoGarcia

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The Democratic Senator Who Silenced the Centrist Naysayers

Maryland lawmaker Chris Van Hollen is picking the good fight—and fighting the right way.

The New Republic

> The second bit of stupidity here is that talking about the curtailment of immigrants’ due process rights is a “distraction.” The notion that Democrats lack the bandwidth to talk about immigration and the economy at the same time really looks ridiculous in light of the fact that… Trump somehow managed to talk about three whole things! And yet, Democrats can’t dare to talk about just two.

#democrats #USpol #immigration #AbregoGarcia #VanHollen

https://newrepublic.com/post/194369/chris-van-hollen-trump-newsom

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The Democratic Senator Who Silenced the Centrist Naysayers

Maryland lawmaker Chris Van Hollen is picking the good fight—and fighting the right way.

The New Republic