- Melissa Gira Grant @ The New Republic: ICE Is Hoping You Won’t Notice the Man Agents Killed In Texas
The administration may have changed its P.R. strategy for Trump’s mass deportation campaign. The violence hasn’t changed at all.
- Edgar Sandoval and Hamed Aleaziz @ The New York Times: Man Killed by Federal Agent in Houston Was Not the Target of ICE Search
Officials say agents believed a passenger resembled one suspect, but the encounter quickly escalated into a fatal shooting.
- Arelis R. Hernández @ The Washington Post: Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
- Bennito L. Kelty @ Raw Story: MAGA Republican who claimed to have killed people as a child wins Colorado primary
The Republican gubernatorial candidate who claimed to have killed people as a child won his primary, according to the Denver Post.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Why you should care about Trump gutting the Election Assistance Commission
For all of the Republicans’ overwrought rhetoric about “election security,” the gutting of the EAC moves the nation in the opposite direction.
- Kristin Du Mez: When Doug Wilson says he lies, believe him
This is why Wilson is so tricky to interview and write about. He lies. He contradicts himself. Wink wink, nod nod. If you call him out on it, he backpedals. Or he dodges. Or he spews more word salad. He muddies the waters, saying you didn’t understand the context, he obfuscates, he “jokes,” he uses “satire,” he speaks out of both sides of his mouth.
- S.V. Date @ HuffPost: GOP Charging As Much As $20,000 To Be A ‘Delegate’ At Trump’s Fake Convention
The September gathering in Dallas will choose neither a candidate nor a platform, but state parties are charging thousands for the privilege of a floor seat.
