Evening Roundup, August 17: USS Lincoln and ICE Taser Gloves
The real story at sea, ICE escalation operations, the AirForce One decoy disaster, democracy, coffee, and cartoons
Spotlight
The 'Wall Street Journal' Has the USS Abraham Lincoln Story Backward
I was vocal during the first months of this Trump administration about the removal of experienced general and flag officers from the military. I was also critical of what I regarded as the muted response from the ranks of retired senior officers.
In The Headlines
No One Can Keep ICE's Escalating Abuses out of the News
On July 18, Jose Chajon-Raxon, an Guatemalan immigrant, sat in New Jersey’s Delaney Hall Detention Center after being arrested by ICE agents. On July 19, he was hospitalized after experiencing “seizure-like activity.” On July 22, he disappeared after being released from the hospital.
Plane Ruse: Does Trump vs. the Media Now Have Life-or-Death Stakes?
Before a flight home from Turkey last month, President Trump and a few aides were snuck off of an airplane, shuffled into a catering truck, and moved onto another aircraft. The reason involved some sort of possible threat from Iran. The traveling press and some White House staff remained on the main flight, with no inkling that the president wasn’t with…
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