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We are deciding — collectively — to separate Children from a Parent (or both Parents). The government should be sharing what they know, and ensuring that data on the Children is collected, so we can make sure these Kids are in good situations. - Tara Watson

May 19, 2026 - PBS NewsHour. White House correspondent Liz Landers interviews Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution: brookings.edu/people/tara-watson

Here’s the Brookings research article: The administration has detained 400,000 immigrants: What do we know about their children? - Brookings - May 18, 2026 (Research article)

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Here’s the full 6-minute segment on:

* PBS NewsHour’s website (with Transcript): What happens to children when immigrant parents are detained by ICE - May 19, 2026 (PBS NewsHour’s website)

* YouTube: What happens to children when immigrant parents are detained by ICE - PBS NewsHour - May 19, 2026 (YouTube)

From the video description: Since the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has detained nearly half a million immigrants, according to a new report. But the number of children they leave behind and what happens to them, most of whom are U.S. citizens, is largely unknown. White House correspondent Liz Landers discussed more with Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution.

PBS News: pbs.org/newshour

Donate to PBS News: go.pbsnews.org/support

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u/Alissinarr — 11 hours ago
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“Betrayal”: Trump EPA Rolls Back Key Drinking Water Protections | The EPA has repealed limits on four types of “forever chemicals.”

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u/WebPage_Error404 — 12 hours ago
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How Trump's IRS settlement could block tax audits of him, his family and their businesses | Some lawmakers and legal experts say the department has violated federal law with its addendum to the settlement that shuts down current possible tax audits and investigations.

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u/WebPage_Error404 — 10 hours ago
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Adam Mockler DESTROYS narrative that tariffs are effective...

u/AffableYolk_33 — 19 hours ago
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Scientists improve knowledge on sea level rise—and confirm it has been accelerating since 1960 | Sea level rise is a direct consequence of human-induced climate change: global warming. It is relentless and very hard to stop.

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u/WebPage_Error404 — 18 hours ago
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Trump’s Slush Fund Will Reward Criminals. Americans Will Pay for It. | There Has Never Been an Example of Presidential Corruption Like This

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u/IntnsRed — 1 day ago
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Tennessee Man Who Spent 37 Days in Jail Over Charlie Kirk Facebook Meme Secures $835,000 Settlement

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u/selatnia — 24 hours ago
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The origin of sex is a 567 million-year-old deep-sea creature | The fossil of a tube-shaped coral-like organism shows it was reproducing ten million years earlier than previously believed, scientists found in Canada

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u/WebPage_Error404 — 18 hours ago
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RFK Jr.’s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research

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u/skypilo — 1 day ago
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Jeff Bezos says raising taxes on the rich wouldn’t help average Americans

Likely Bezos didn't take into account that those that want higher taxes paid by the super wealthy are not talking about just the theoretical rate but also the actual percentages paid, as opposed to deductions, exemptions, and outright cancellations of taxable categories.

The adage that comes to mind, " Don't make the perfect the enemy of the good."

Also, there's no reason that any single individual anywhere in the world should have amassed or be able to amass a vast fortune that at the a snap of a finger can hire consultants and swing elections, from or to any candidate of any persuasion.

Those two stalwart friends of common experience, Senators Robert Dole and Daniel Inouye, must surely be weeping over this.

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u/Dramatic-Shake-8888 — 21 hours ago
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Elon Musk's baby mama Ashley St. Clair reveals that he used "space technology" in the 2024 election and implies that he STOLE it for Donald Trump

Elon Musk's baby mama reveals that he used "space technology" in the 2024 election and implies that he STOLE it for Donald Trump.

This deserves a full federal investigation by Democrats...

"In October, Elon tells me that he is ready to release his, in his words 'anomaly in the matrix' And I am like, oh, like, who's that? And he says that he has 10,000 lasers in space, referring to his satellites," said Ashley St. Clair, one of the many women whom Musk has impregnated and then promptly began treating like dirt.

"I say, because I am like, rather uncomfortable, and I know the gravity of what he's trying to tell me right now. I say, 'Wow, finally, a focus on the Jewish vote. He keeps going," she continued. "And he says, you know, this is not something on, this is not a piece that they'll see on the chessboard."

"And I straight up tell him, I say, I would ask more, but I really don't want to be deposed, to which he says, very wise," she added.

The implication here is clearly that Musk was doing something illegal and that St. Clair wanted plausible deniability.

"Shortly after that, you know, he's involved with AmericaPAC and all of this other stuff, and he's sending me some internal data from AmericaPAC, real time delta vote metrics," recounted St. Clair. "And I am just like, how the f*ck do you have this sort of data? You don't get this from door knocking, because one of my first jobs in politics was in campaigns and cleaning up this bad data from door knocking, because the vendors that AmericaPAC is using at this point is a vendor that hires Craigslist crackheads for door knocking. And I wish I was exaggerating there, but I'm not."

St. Clair said that she now recognizes that she "caused harm" with her "rhetoric" when she was leaning into being a far-right persona, but claimed that she only ever wanted what's "best" for America. Clearly, she feels that she can no longer in good conscience remain silent on 2024.

"And one thing is I have always, always hated big tech," she said. "So then to have arguably the most powerful man in the world, who is sending me things about, you know, using his space technology in the election. I should also say that I have all of this backed up with many people with explicit instructions, should anything happen to me, okay."

"But this was something that I was internally wrestling with, while publicly not really showing that I was having any of these internal ethical conflicts with myself regarding this information," she went on.

"And then on election night itself, Elon, you know, left Mar-a-Lago early. I was at Mar-a-Lago and he told me, he told me over text, he's like, 'Yeah, I knew hours ago that Trump won. My team has the best real-time data anywhere,'" said St. Clair.

"First of all, how the f*ck do you have real-time data on elections?" she continued. "How do you have real-time data? I could not understand that. I don't know that I ever will. I just, I saw some shit, guys. Like, I saw some shit and I'm fighting really hard to keep my voice because I saw shit that impacts everyone. And if I was self-interested, I have been offered the self-interested deal to shut up and not talk about anything. But what I can tell you is I've not been offered certain deals just because I know that he's weird."

"Okay. I saw some shit," she concluded.

This woman must be immediately subpoenaed to testify before Congress under oath about the "shit" that she saw. If Elon Musk — who spent $291 million to help Republicans win during the 2024 cycle — really used his technology to illegally interfere in our elections, he must be prosecuted and imprisoned. And if any votes were tampered with, the election must be overturned!

Please like and share to demand a full investigation!

u/SimonGloom2 — 2 days ago
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Thomas Massie hints at Zionist AIPAC interference with U.S. politics by oligarchs like Miriam Adelson, Jared Kushner, Bill Ackman, and Larry Ellison: “They gave me a number to call to concede…but the area code is Tel Aviv”

u/grrrbr — 2 days ago
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Mike Johnson says we should have sympathy because Congress isn’t paid enough—so we should “allow” insider trading just so they can take care of their families(70% of Americans can’t afford a $1k emergency)

u/50501Portland — 3 days ago
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President Donald Trump is currently having a mental breakdown and crashing out about his failed war on Iran

u/Abrubt-Change-8040 — 3 days ago