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by Causes | 6.28.19

Welcome to Friday, June 28, stars and stripes...

Night [Noche] 2 of the first Democratic debate has concluded.

10 contenders for the 2020 Democratic nomination took the stage in Miami on Thursday, with a combined 153 years of political experience.

Click here for our roundup of the quotes of the night from each candidate.

Here's a peek:

\"We need to put the American people in the position to benefit from all these innovations and other parts of the economy. We automated away four million manufacturing jobs and we are about to do the same to millions of retail jobs and call center jobs and fast food and truck driver jobs.” -Andrew Yang, entrepreneur

“We will have Medicare for All when tens of millions of people are prepared to stand up and tell the insurance companies and the drug companies that their day is gone, that healthcare is a human right, not something to make huge profits on.” -Bernie Sanders, Senator from Vermont.

\"I don't call it climate change, it’s a climate crisis. It is an existential threat to us as a species. The fact that we have a president who embraced science fiction over science fact is to our collective peril.\" -Kamala Harris, Senator from California.

What do you think of the 2020 Democratic contenders?

On the Radar

Census Citizenship Question & Partisan Gerrymandering

The Supreme Court wrapped up its term on Thursday by releasing several highly anticipated opinions, including decisions on the presence of a citizenship question in the Census and a pair of partisan gerrymandering cases.

In a 9-0 decision, the Supreme Court sent the case Dept. of Commerce v. New York back to lower courts for further review which, for now, will keep the citizenship question off of the 2020 Census. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the Court’s opinion that inconsistencies in the Commerce Department’s argument meant the case requires further review from lower courts.

In a pair of 5-4 decisions with conservatives in the majority, the Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering is a political question to be decided at the state level and in Congress, rather than in federal court. The cases involved congressional maps allegedly gerrymandered to benefit Democrats in Maryland (Lamone v. Benisek) and Republicans in North Carolina (Rucho v. Common Cause).

How do you feel about these decisions?

Under the Radar

Ending Deportation Protections

President Trump is looking to scale back a program that protects undocumented family members of active-duty troops from being deported.

Parole in place (PIP) gives protections to family members of active-duty service members in one-year increments. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (UCIS) program allows military family members who are in the U.S. illegally – and can’t adjust their immigration status – to remain in the U.S. temporarily.

\"It's going to create chaos in the military,\" Margaret Stock, an immigration attorney who represents recruits and veterans in deportation proceedings, told NPR. \"The troops can't concentrate on their military jobs when they're worried about their family members being deported.\"

The White House and USCIS did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the status of the PIP program.

Do you support ending deportation protections for families of active-duty troops?

Silencing Silencers

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has introduced the Help Empower Americans to Respond Act, or HEAR Act, which would ban gun silencers on a national level.

“We were reminded how dangerous silencers can be a few weeks ago, when a gunman used a .45 caliber handgun fitted with a suppressor to kill 12 Americans in Virginia Beach. What first sounded like a nail-gun ended up being gunfire,” Menendez said in a statement.

The NRA pushed back against claims that the decibel level of a silenced gun is on-par with a nail gun.

“The only way to accurately perceive the differences in sound levels is to hear them in person (with appropriate hearing protection). Short of that, if the Virginian-Pilot wanted to accurately convey differences in sound level, using commonly occurring sounds can be helpful.”

Should the U.S. ban gun silencers?

Your Gov at a Glance 👀

The White House: President Trump in Japan

At 8:30am local / 7:30pm EDT, the president will participate in a bilateral meeting with the prime minister of Japan.
At 9:15am local / 8:15pm EDT, the president will participate in a trilateral meeting with the prime ministers of Japan and India.
At 9:35am local / 8:35pm EDT, the president will participate in a bilateral meeting with the prime minister of India.
At 10:30am local / 9:30pm EDT, the president will participate in a bilateral meeting with the chancellor of Germany.
At 11:15am local / 10:15pm EDT, the president will participate in an official welcome and family photo, prior to a G20 event on the digital economy and a working lunch.
At 2:00pm local / 1:00am EDT, the president will participate in a bilateral meeting with the president of Russia.
At 3:30pm local / 2:30am EDT, the president will participate in a bilateral meeting with the president of Brazil.
At 6:35pm local / 5:35am EDT, the president will participate in the G20 cultural program.

The House of Representatives: Out

The House will return Tuesday, July 9th.

The Senate: In

\nVoting on an amendment that would prohibit the use of funds for military action against Iran.

What You're Saying

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And, in the End…

Stonewall at 50

On June 28, 1969, police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay-friendly bar in Greenwich Village, New York.

Unlike previous raids on gay hangouts, the patrons of the Stonewall, and residents of Greenwich Village, pushed back.

The uprising became \"a key turning point in the struggle for the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Americans,\" according to the National Park Service, which has designated the Stonewall Inn as a National Historic Landmark.

Happy Pride Month,

—Josh Herman

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