U.S. Poised to Destroy Immigrant Families -- Your Right to Vote is in Peril -- Mohammed bin Salman

WASHINGTON—President Trump advocated on Saturday for the controversial policy of separating families that cross into the U.S. illegally, saying that fear of being separated from children deters some immigrants.   WSJ

Our borders are sacred, you see;

so we must destroy family

that thinks we're a shrine,

when crossing the line,

of freedom and nobility.

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Nine months after President Trump was forced to dissolve a panel charged with investigating voter fraud, GOP officials across the country are cracking down on what they describe as threats to voting integrity — moves that critics see as attempts to keep some Americans from casting ballots in November’s elections.  WaPo

There was an old man from Bemidji

who wanted to vote, but was fidgy

about his ID

from last century

and so he stayed home and felt tidgy.

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In an initial wave of executions after Mohammed’s abrupt installation as the immediate heir to his father, King Salman, followed by waves of arrests over the past year, he has been ruthless in asserting power. Saudi authorities have spread fear by detaining billionaires and grass-roots activists alike, showing that no one is untouchable. And they have worked to ensure that the arrests are hardly discussed, threatening the relatives of those arrested and forcing them to sign pledges of silence, and holding trials in secret, the rights advocates say.   WaPo

A prince of Arabia said

dissenters are losing their head

about his regime

but there'll be no scream;

the issue, it seems, is quite dead.