Yes folks, this is still happening. CNN‘s Jake Tapper speaks with Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), the Democratic congressman as he prepares to visit the first 360 children at the Tornillo, Texas tent facility set up to accommodate the massive increase in the number of unaccompanied immigrant children, an increase created by the Trump administration’s new policy of “zero tolerance”. He points out that the process of separating families is “inhumane” and it’s up to everyone – Republicans and Democrats – to stop this practice. [Read more…]
Trio Da Kali and Kronos Quartet – Eh Ya Ye | Video Worth Watching
This selection shot in Casamance, Senegal, features the fusion effort of the Malian group Trio Da Kali and the Kronos Quartet performing Eh Ya Ye as a canvas for a West African dance troupe’s street performance in the rain. [Read more…]
‘We Have No Idea When Or If Mother And Child Will Be Reunited’ | One of the Detention Facilities is Here in El Cajon | More Video Worth Watching
All In’s Chris Hayes speaks with Rep. Beta O’Rourke (D-TX) who visited several immigration facilities in McAllen, Texas this week and tells Chris Hayes what he saw.
Also, one of the detention facilities for the children is here in El Cajon. Chris Hayes speaks with MSNBC’s Gadi Schwartz reporting from outside the facility.
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Elemental | Video Worth Watching
From the Vimeo web site:
Photographer Ray Collins captures the magic that happens at the intersection of water and light. Each shot in this film was created from a single one of Ray’s original photos. The stills are transformed into cinemagraphs – a hybrid between photo and video – an infinite loop that makes a single moment last forever.
The original soundtrack was created by two very talented musicians, André Heuvelman on trumpet and Jeroen van Vliet on piano.
Trump Immigration Facility: ‘Effectively, These Kids Are Incarcerated’ | Video Worth Watching
After Sen. Jeff Merkley was turned away from the Casa Padre Center in Brownsville, Texas, operated by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, where immigrant children are being detained, the department began to provide access to the media. From the MSNBC YouTube website:
MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff was one of a small group of reporters allowed inside the largest facility for immigrant children in the U.S. – the facility Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) was refused entry to earlier this month. Jacob joins Lawrence to share what he saw. Sen. Merkley also joins the discussion.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Mothers Didn’t Even Get To Say Bye To Kids | Video Worth Watching
Another update on the Department of Justice policy of taking children away from their parents when taken into custody at the border: All In’s Chris Hayes speaks with Pramila Jayapal (D-WA7) who reports on her visit with 174 women being held in a Federal prison in Washington state. None of the women had yet even had a “Credible Fear” hearing. [Read more…]
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Students Perform At The 2018 Tony Awards | Video Worth Watching
From the CBS YouTube site:
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, perform Rent’s “Seasons Of Love” in honor of their theatre teacher, Melody Herzfeld, who was named the recipient of the 2018 Excellence in Theatre Education Award, presented by Carnegie Mellon.
This Tiny Home Community In Oregon Is Bringing Shelter And Hope To The Homeless | Video Worth Watching
Eugene, Oregon is not San Diego, but it is not so radically different that the same kind of approach to providing shelter to the unsheltered will not work. This tiny home village in Eugene has already saved lives and the same successes are possible here in San Diego. What’s needed in San Diego is the political will to get it done. [Read more…]
Optimism – a Poem, Paper-Cut Animation and Cello | Video Worth Watching
A brief little work featuring poetry by Jane Hirshfield, animation by Kelli Anderson and music by Zoë Keating. It’s a selection from The Universe in Verse 2018, curated and hosted by Maria Popova as part of her BrainPickings project. [Read more…]
Wake Up (Rage Against the Machine Cover) | Video Worth Watching
For anyone out there who while listening to Rage Against the Machine’s Wake Up has wondered “What would this sound like with heavy brass?”— this is for you. This cover by Brass Against the Machine features Sophia Urista as vocalist. [Read more…]
Blue Whale Mom and Calf Playing with Bottlenose Dolphin | Video Worth Watching
and Venus among the fishes skips and is a she-dolphin
she is the gay, delighted porpoise sporting with love and the sea
-Whales Weep Not! (D. H. Lawrence)
Time for a break from the recent craziness. Here’s a reminder of some of the wonder here in San Diego. Videographer Domenic Biagini used a drone a few days ago on June 4th to capture this sequence of a blue whale and her calf, along with some playful bottlenose dolphins, cavorting in the waters off the coast. On the YouTube we page he notes that “the whales approached us, and we either had our boat out of gear, or engine completely off when approached by the whales.” [Read more…]
Missing Migrant Children Update, June 6, 2018 | Video Worth Watching
Apparently Samantha Bee’s segment last week on migrant children being separated from their parents was permanently scrubbed and will not be coming back. At the beginning of this week’s show she made a brief statement regarding the controversy (and there’s an interesting discussion between Chris Hayes and Rebecca Traister: here). That intro was then followed by this segment with an update on the situation. [Read more…]
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