| It Ain't Over Till It's Over | | Summer, that is. And the Trump campaign is celebrating the last remaining days with an impromptu trip south of the border. Today, Trump will meet with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Yes, the same Peña Nieto who said "there is no way" Mexico pays for Trump's proposed border wall. And yes, the same Peña Nieto who compared Trump to Mussolini and Hitler. This will be the first time in the campaign that Trump will meet with a foreign leader and it's hard to imagine it going smoothly. Either way, what happens in Mexico won't stay in Mexico because after their meeting, Trump will take the stage in Phoenix tonight to give his now long-awaited immigration speech. (Stream it here) | | After a confusing week of immigration rhetoric from Trump last week, we're not holding our breath for substantive immigration policies. Since launching his campaign by calling Mexicans rapists and criminals, Trump has remained firm on what general immigration policies he has—mass deportation, building a U.S.-Mexico border wall, and no legalization—even when he has tried to moderate his rhetoric. But, as this video shows, the more he has talked about his anti-immigrant policies, the less Americans have agreed with them. Watch it here. | | BONUS. Think you know all of Trump's most egregious anti-immigrant quotes? Take our quiz to see if you can tell the difference between Trump and former KKK grand wizard, current senate candidate David Duke. | | 99 Problems. And Louisiana's got a big one: extreme weather. Earlier this summer, record flooding—which has been linked to climate change—swept through southern parts of the state, displacing thousands of residents and destroying homes. And just as the initial floods recede and recovery efforts begin , residents are bracing for the heart of hurricane season. Given the devastation from the recent floods, even a modest hurricane could be catastrophic. | | Following the lead. Something Indiana Governor and Trump VP pick Mike Pence hasn't been doing. People in East Chicago, Indiana are asking why Pence has chosen to visit flood victims in Baton Rouge instead of the city of East Chicago, many of whom just found out that they are living in areas with unsafe levels of toxic lead contamination. And now the city's Mayor announced the closure of a major housing complex, due to lead pollution from nearby lead smelting plants, which will force nearly 1,100 low income, largely African American residents to find new homes. Sound familiar? That because the residents of Flint, Michigan have been dealing with a similar situation all year. | | ISIS. We don't usually hear 'ISIS' and 'good news' in the same sentence. But today we learned that Mohammad al-Adani, ISIS's official spokesman and senior leader, was killed in Syria – although it's still unclear who is responsible for his death. The Pentagon called Al-Adnani's removal from the battlefield a "serious blow" to ISIS, which comes after a summer of significant U.S.-led coalition gains against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. To date, U.S. led coalition forces have conducted a total of 14,093 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, killed roughly 45,000 ISIS fighters, and recent reports suggest that ISIS caliphate's days are numbered in Iraq. But it is still safe to expect Donald Trump to ignore those facts and continue to offer incoherent and reckless comments on how to defeat terrorism. We'll be sure to hear more of this tomorrow when he addresses the annual American Legion convention in Cincinnati, the annual gathering of the nation's largest nonpartisan veteran service organization. | | Flat lining. That's what a lot of people's wages have been doing over the past three and a half decades. Turns out, there's a way to turn the downward tide: strengthening unions. We already know unions raise wages for those they cover, but according to new Economic Policy Institute analysis, the decline in unions also partially drives the decline in wages for nonunion workers too. Especially with Labor Day approaching, it looks like it's really important to strengthen unions. | | Overachieving. President Obama's still doing it. Yesterday he commuted the sentences of 111 federal inmates—the most commutations by an American president in a single day. That raised his August commutation total to 325, a new monthly record in American history. And according to the White House, during his time in office President Obama has granted clemency to 673 inmates, which is more than the last 10 presidents combined. So far no former president has publicly called him a showoff. | |
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