Tensions with Iran grow as the President threatens obliteration, the U.S. government is holding young children in inhumane detention facilities, and Trump is accused of rape. Then Change Research co-founder Pat Reilly and Jon, Jon, and Tommy break down the results of the very first poll in the Crooked Media/Change Research PollerCoaster 2020 series.

Show Notes

Iran

: Trump escapes to Camp David after bucking aides on Iran, immigration

: How politics explains Trump’s U-turns on Iran and immigration

Trump Has a Point on Iran. So Do the Democrats.

Chuck Schumer wants Senate to vote on Iran, after the Democratic debates

Democratic presidential candidates weigh in on tensions with Iran

Democrats’ Grand Plan to Contain Iran? Just Beat Trump

Monkey Cage Blog – Why weak leadership at the Defense Department could lead us to war in Iran.

: Susan Rice: How Did We Get 10 Minutes From War With Iran?

: Susan Rice: Trump Should Try Talking With Iran, Not Bombing It

: What’s the best way to deal with Iran? The nuclear agreement Trump ditched.

: White House Is Pressing for Additional Options, Including Cyberattacks, to Deter Iran

Trump Goes After Iran’s Supreme Leader

: What Are Iran’s Options In The Standoff With The U.S.?

Trump Warns of More Iran Sanctions, But Not Much Is Left for U.S. to Target

The Threat of War Brings New Fears to an American Hostage in Iran

: Pompeo seeks support from allies to monitor Persian Gulf region amid tensions with Iran

: Pompeo in Mideast talks on building a coalition against Iran

The Question the Iran Hawks Haven’t Answered

: Mike Pence just revealed something important about Trump’s Iran decisions

What Will Follow Trump’s Cancelled Strike on Iran?

: Bolton Warns Iran Not to ‘Mistake U.S. Prudence and Discretion for Weakness’

: Strikes on Iran Approved by Trump, Then Abruptly Pulled Back (From Thursday night)

Urged to Launch an Attack, Trump Listened to the Skeptics Who Said It Would Be a Costly Mistake. June 22

EXCLUSIVE: Trump: I do not need congressional approval to strike Iran

: Trump imposes new sanctions on Iran, warns U.S. ‘restraint’ is limited

: The weekend in the risky US-Iran standoff, explained

: Trump Imposes New Economic Sanctions on Iran

Immigration

AP : Government moves migrant kids after poor conditions exposed

NBC News: Almost 300 migrant children removed from Texas facility described as ‘appalling’

NYT : Hundreds of Migrant Children Are Moved Out of an Overcrowded Border Station

CBS News: 4 bodies, including 2 infants, found near Texas-Mexico border

CBS : Here’s why the Trump administration says it’s not required to give migrant children soap

Axios : Migrant children moved from border facility after reports of unsafe conditions

AP : Attorneys: Texas border facility is neglecting migrant kids

NYT : ‘There Is a Stench’: No Soap and Overcrowding in Detention Centers for Migrant Children

New Yorker: Inside a Texas Building Where the Government Is Holding Immigrant Children

NY Mag: Everything We Know About the Inhumane Conditions at Migrant Detention Camps

The Atlantic: Why a Government Lawyer Argued Against Giving Immigrant Kids Toothbrushes

Slate : What You Need to Know About the Crisis at the Border

The Atlantic: How Family Separation Traumatized Children

Texas Tribune: People want to donate diapers and toys to children at Border Patrol facilities in Texas. They’re being turned away.

NYT : Ocasio-Cortez Calls Migrant Detention Centers ‘Concentration Camps,’ Eliciting Backlash

The Intercept: OCASIO-CORTEZ NOT APOLOGIZING TO KEVIN MCCARTHY: “HE SHOULD APOLOGIZE TO THE CHILDREN THAT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS”

New Yorker: The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps

Vox : I’m a Jewish historian. Yes, we should call border detention centers “concentration camps.”

Politico : Alex Azar both defends and pans conditions for migrant children at detention centers

Crooked : BREAKING CONCENTRATION

NYT : Emergency Aid for Migrants Badly Divides Democrats

Texas Tribune: Here’s a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help the influx of immigrants crossing the Texas-Mexico border

LA Times: Democratic candidates vow to ban private prisons and detention centers

Vox : As immigrant children go without soap and toothbrushes, Trump and Pence say Congress is to blame

NYT : Trump Says He’ll Delay Deportation Operation Aimed at Undocumented Families

WaPo : Trump’s acting DHS secretary appears wary of the president’s ICE raids. That says a lot.

Daily Beast: Trump Suspends ICE Raids, Demands Swift Legislative Action

CNN : Trump delays ICE raids two weeks to see if Congress can ‘work out a solution’

Think Progress: GOP congressman worried that if ICE arrests non-criminals, the ‘left-wing’ press will cover it

NYT : Mexico’s Crackdown at Its Southern Border, Prompted by Trump, Scares Migrants From Crossing

WaPo : Democrats are developing their own answers to Trump’s border cruelties

Center for American Progress: Getting Migration in the Americas Right

Politico : Pelosi: Trump’s delayed ICE raids run counter to ‘civilized human behavior’

Texas Tribune: How Texans in Congress feel about Trump’s delay of family deportations depends on their party affiliation

WaPo : Biden accuses Trump of ‘racist invective’ on immigration, says he has undercut progress made under Obama

Miami Herald: Biden: Our Latin America policies are morally bankrupt. Mine reflect American values

ABC : ‘Dreamers’ should immediately be made citizens in immigration plan: Biden