The week in whoppers: Michelle Obama whines over violent illegal-migrant deportations, Chuck Schumer shoots himself in the foot and more

“What’s happening to immigrants ..

.keeps me up at night.”— Michelle Obama, MondayWe say: Team Trump is mainly deporting violent illegal immigrants.Is the former first lady upset with that? Is she ignorant about it? Our guess: It’s all a big show.After all, if Trump’s 140,000 deportations this year keep her up at night, how much sleep did she lose when her husband Barack kicked out 5.3 million illegal immigrants on his watch?“Trump has the lowest 100-day approval rating since they started polling.”— Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Tuesdayvs. “Polls come and go.” — Schumer, a minute later, when asked about his own approval rating of 17%We say: Oops.

Looks like the kettle just learned a lesson about slamming the pot.Yes, President Trump’s ratings have slipped somewhat in some polls.Yet even the worst of them are at least twice as good as Schumer’s. “If the government .

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could use the threat of withholding money [from Harvard] ..

.  then it could threaten you to raise your income taxes unless you toe the line.”— Harvard law prof Laurence Tribe, Monday We say: Team Trump froze Harvard’s funds because it failed to uphold civil-rights law, better protect Jews and comply with Supreme Court rulings on race-blind admissions.Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.

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Meanwhile, where were Harvard’s defenders when the Obama and Biden folks threatened to withhold funds from schools that rejected their agendas?Or when Team Obama’s IRS actually did target the taxes of people who refused to “toe the line” — i.e., conservative groups?“We’re in the middle of an attempted authoritarian overthrow of American democracy.” — Rachel Maddow, SaturdayWe say: How long will the left continue with this idiocy? Their “threat-t...