MOTHER JONES DAILY: Pet-eating lies to deportation fears: Haitians in Trump’s crosshairs, We still don’t know what Kash Patel did as a consultant for Qatar, Jair Bolsonaro’s son has an idea for Trump: Send immigrants from Brazil to El Salvador next, Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest in the Middle East are staggering, The GOP's plan to defund Planned Parenthood would add $300 million to the deficit, Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price. 14MAI25

 

May 14, 2025 Hi. It’s Josh Sanburn, producer for More To The Story. You probably remember the moment: It came during a presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, when Trump accused Haitian immigrants of eating cats and dogs. In a campaign full of outrageous accusations, this one stood out. PolitiFact even named it the “lie of the year,” which, in an election season, really takes some doing. But it wasn’t just the fact that Trump’s statement was completely untrue. At its core was the racist notion that people from countries like Haiti are somehow unfit to be in the United States. An estimated 10,000 Haitian immigrants live in Springfield, Ohio. And today, Trump is attempting to revoke their legal status. The moves by the White House are being challenged in court, but they’re all causing chaos and confusion in places like Springfield. One immigrant living there is Lindsay Aime, co-founder of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center. On this week’s episode of More To The Story, host Al Letson sits down with Aime to discuss that ugly moment during the election, how the community is coping with the threat of deportation, and why returning to Haiti for him personally is not an option. —Josh Sanburn

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Pet-Eating Lies to Deportation Fears: Haitians in Trump’s Crosshairs On this week’s “More To The Story,” an immigrant in Springfield, Ohio, discusses why returning to his home country is not an option. BY REVEAL

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Wall Street gutted Steward Health Care. Patients paid the price. One of America’s biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords. BY HANNAH LEVINTOVA, WITH DATA ANALYSIS BY MELISSA LEWIS

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