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QUOTE (Con te Giolito @ Jan 30, 2017 -> 01:19 PM) Democrats are going to be too busy telling each other how great they are and taking selfies at protests to bother asking people in the rust belt for their votes. They're gonna get rolled again and ask themselves how on earth it could have happened. "Trump was so evil, didn't you see us on TV and social media telling you so?" There was a moment of clarity for about 48 hours after the result of the election dropped where everyone seemed to understand that the identity politics and political correctness of the left alienated the traditional bedrock of their party. Now were back at it again, having a level 10 freakout over Trump resurrecting Obama's old policies. Protesting on the streets of cities like Seattle, the poster child for "I like people who aren't white to be on my TV, not in my neighborhood", accomplishes nothing. In a way it helps Trump, because nothing grinds the gears of the working poor more than bougie liberals LARPing as activists while ignoring issues that have been brooding in the belly of this country since the 70's. The election flipped because of essentially 38,000 votes in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, that had they gone away from Trump, would have still given the election to Clinton. With the decided advantage of the FBI letter and Russian intervention, it was nevertheless a razor-thin margin, not to mention the 2.9 million spread in the popular vote. If you still think Trump would win again were another election to be held...well, good luck. If even 20-25% of those Republicans who voted Trump disagree with his core values of building the wall, immigration bans (when we're a 99.2% immigrant country, other than Native Americans), government intervention and regulation of trade (protectionism always leads to higher consumer prices and stifled innovation), persecution of all non-white non-Christian males, complete indifference about balancing the budget....it won't even be close. You're also not taking into account the many African-American (stung by the Clintons, loyal to Obama) and young people (Sanders) who sat this one out. Hispanic-Americans who watching a Cabinet without Representation among 22 posts for the first time in 30 years won't sit out, either, assuming Trump can't possibly win. In addition, the GOP had huge numbers of "late breakers" for reasons outlined above. And then you want to see MOST of the women in the U.S. engaged when they try to push through a Supreme Court justice who wants to reverse Roe v. Wade? This won't even last until 2018 at the rate egregious mistakes are being made on a daily basis.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-mocks-schu...-144218788.html Trump twice mocks Schumer for crying about refugee ban...hello Democratic legislation coming down the pike that's going to force the GOP to choose Trump/party unity or their clear consciences Eleven days in and we've already had our first, "Brownie, you're doing a great job!" moment...which was the whole "it's going great!" response when questioned about the implementation of the Muslim ban.

Great, now Israel, empowered under the cover of Trump, is basically annexing parts of the West Bank with their new "legalization" bill...can't wait for Trump's first real foreign policy crisis

Story highlights Fareed Zakaria delivers a damning assessment of Trump's executive order Zakaria: "Donald Trump seems to want to turn off that lamp on the Statue of Liberty" (CNN)CNN's Fareed Zakaria delivered a scathing critique of Trump's travel ban on his show, "GPS," on Sunday, calling the refugees and foreign nationals affected by the order the "roadkill of Trump's posturing." Referencing President Trump's request that the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department provide information and progress reports on the numbers of foreign terrorists over the next three months, Zakaria offered up some figures there and then on the seven countries affected by the ban. "Let me save the government some money and offer up the data right now," he said, quoting a study by Alex Nowrasteh of the CATO Institute, a conservative think tank that has tallied the number of Americans killed on US soil from 1975 to 2015 by citizens of the seven countries. "Iraq - zero, Iran -zero, Syria - zero, Yemen - zero, Libya - zero, Somalia - zero, Sudan -- zero," Zakaria said. As to how these particular countries were chosen, Zakaria said it was "truly mysterious," before observing that "none of the Muslim majority countries that have a Trump hotel, building or office are on the list." "There is really no rational basis for this ban," he said, before adding that it could only be explained by looking at what he considered to be the hallmark of Trump's political career: "the exploitation of fear." "From the birther campaign to the talk of Mexican rapists, Trump has always trafficked in fear mongering," Zakaria said. To "present himself as the country's protector," Trump had chosen to "punish ordinary men, women and children who are fleeing terrorism and violence," Zakaria said. "These people are the roadkill of Trump's posturing," he added. "The image, reputation and goodwill of the United States of America as the beacon of the world" was destroyed by the executive order, Zakaria said. "Donald Trump seems to want to turn off that lamp on the Statue of Liberty." http://finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-street-...-132039045.html Even Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and the Koch Brothers are against Trump/Bannon Let me close by quoting from our business principles: ‘For us to be successful, our men and women must reflect the diversity of the communities and cultures in which we operate. That means we must attract, retain and motivate people from many backgrounds and perspectives. Being diverse is not optional; it is what we must be.’ Now is a fitting time to reflect on those words and the principles that underlie them.” CEO Lloyd Blankfein

https://www.instagram.com/p/BP1tTxtFWrw/ USNMT leader Michael Bradley rips Trump to shreds https://www.yahoo.com/news/sorry-mr-preside...-133034416.html Sorry Mr. President, the Obama administration did nothing similar to your "plan" 45th President of the United States of America Washington, DC 41 FOLLOWING22.9M FOLLOWERS Tweets Photos Likes Tweets Donald J. Trump 22m22 minutes ago Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump I have made my decision on who I will nominate for The United States Supreme Court. It will be announced live on Tuesday at 8:00 P.M. (W.H.) 5,370 18.5K Donald J. Trump 34m34 minutes ago Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump If the ban were announced with a one week notice, the "bad" would rush into our country during that week. A lot of bad "dudes" out there! 7,463 29.9K Donald J. Trump 2h2 hours ago Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump There is nothing nice about searching for terrorists before they can enter our country. This was a big part of my campaign. Study the world! 12.2K 50.2K Donald J. Trump 2h2 hours ago Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump Only 109 people out of 325,000 were detained and held for questioning. Big problems at airports were caused by Delta computer outage,.....protesters and the tears of Senator Schumer.Secretary Kelly said that all is going well with very few problems. MAKE AMERICA SAFE AGAIN!

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/1858292...les-our-country Steve Kerr, whose father was assassinated by Middle East extremists

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/pat-tillmans-...a4517947ecb8ede Marie Tillman (Pat's widow) goes after Trump..."this is not the country he dreamed of" https://www.yahoo.com/tv/sag-awards-hidden-...-040039300.html SAG award winners spend evening going after Trump one by one... My wife came to this country on a refugee visa in the middle of the Cold War! My blood is boiling right now!" Ashton Kutcher remarked on Twitter. "We have never been a nation built on fear. Compassion that is the root ethic of America. Our differences are fundamental 2R sustainability." https://www.yahoo.com/news/aclu-says-it-rai...-201828838.html ACLU says it has raised $10 million already since yesterday... Statement from ACLU Director This is a remarkable day. When Donald Trump was elected president, we promised that if he tried to implement his unconstitutional and un-American policies that we would take him to court. We did that today. And we won. Yesterday President Trump signed an executive order that suspended resettlement of Syrian refugees indefinitely, suspended all other refugee resettlement for 120 days, and banned the entry of nationals from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, and Yemen for 90 days. All seven countries are predominately Muslim countries. We have no doubt that the motivation behind the executive order was discriminatory. This was a Muslim ban wrapped in a paper-thin national security rationale. The executive order went into effect immediately and so did its destructive intent. At John F. Kennedy International Airport last night, Hameed Khalid Darweesh arrived and was immediately detained. Darweesh worked as interpreter for the Army’s 101st Airborne Division and, according to Brandon Friedman, a platoon leader in Iraq, saved countless U.S. service members’ lives. We don’t know how many other refugees and foreign nationals with green cards or visas might have been detained when they tried to make their way into the United States today, but we intend to find out. We are asking anyone with any information to get in touch with the ACLU. The ACLU with other organizations immediately sprang into action and challenged Trump’s executive order in court as violating the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses of the U.S. Constitution. We immediately got a hearing and argued our case. At around 9 p.m., Federal District Court Judge Ann M. Donnelly issued a stay, blocking President Trump’s discriminatory policy from taking effect and preventing refugees and immigrants from being deported. She did not rule on the constitutionality of the order, but for now, the men and women who would have been deported are safe. When I and staff attorney Lee Gelernt emerged from the courthouse, we were met with a sea of people cheering and chanting. I cannot express how humbling and inspiring this moment is. The United States is a nation governed by the rule of law and not the iron will of one man. President Trump now has learned that we are democratic republic where the powers of government are not dictatorial. They are limited. The courts are the bulwark of our democracy that protects individual rights and guards against the overreaching of an administration that confuses its will for the American public’s. Tonight was one of the most incredible experiences of my life, one that demonstrates that the people united will never be divided. This is only the beginning. This is merely the first skirmish in a long battle to vigorously defend the Bill of Rights from the authoritarian designs of the Trump administration. Savor this victory tonight, but prepare to fight on.

Six dead and counting....had Quebecois accent....speculation they were Sunnis, as "allahu akbar" was supposedly heard audibly, at least two shooters, as many as 12 others hit or targeted (at least one arrest has been made)

https://www.yahoo.com/style/ivanka-trump-dr...-202610922.html Let them eat cake...Marie Antoinette, errr Ivanka, should have thought first before forcing this Camelot 2 imagery on everyone

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jan 29, 2017 -> 12:50 PM) G&T, I believe the second part of your statement is correct. I havent read it entirely, but it appears that it is a limited stay. Likely any lawsuit in this matter is going to be limited to those already granted some sort of recognition or those already in the US. That's why separate lawsuits involving the Establishment Clause and Civil Rights Act of 1964/65 are being brought into "general challenges" of the whole shebang...and court commentators like Jeffrey Toobin will be needed to explain this messin layman's terms.

Administration officials also defended the process Saturday. They said the people who needed to be briefed ahead of time on the plane were briefed and that people at the State Department and DHS who were involved in the process were able to make decisions about who to talk and inform about and inform about this (including the Office of Legal Counsel, or OLC). Bannon and Miller were running point on this order and giving directives regarding green cards, according to a Republican close to the White House. But even after the Friday afternoon announcement, administration officials at the White House took several hours to produce text of the action until several hours after it was signed. Adviser Kellyanne Conway even said at one point it was not going to be released before eventually it did get sent out. Administration officials also seemed unsure at first who was covered in the action, and a list of impacted countries was only produced later on Friday night, hours after the President signed the document at the Pentagon. President Donald Trump's decision to reorganize the National Security Council in a way that removes the director of intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from always attending the principals' committee is "stone cold crazy," former National Security Adviser Susan Rice said Sunday. Rice retweeted another Twitter user, P.E. Juan, who said: "Trump loves and trusts the military so much he just kicked them out of the National Security Council and put a Nazi in their place." Rice, President Barack Obama's national security adviser, was reacting to an executive order signed by Trump that said that the head of DNI and the nation's most senior military officer would be invited to attend the security meetings "where issues pertaining to their responsibilities and expertise are to be discussed." "This is stone cold crazy. After a week of crazy. Who needs military advice or intell to make policy on ISIL, Syria, Afghanistan, DPRK?" Rice tweeted, with DPRK referring to North Korea. http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/sus...nnon/index.html

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 29, 2017 -> 09:43 AM) We heard similar things about Beck, I'll back Caulfield up on this one. The difference like Q said is people thought Hansen had a shot to be the 1 overall where as Beck was going to be more of a top 10 guy. Hansen also seems to have much better stuff so while I see where Caulfield is coming from they are very different players. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1081432...ber-one-overall Pretty high ratio of hit and miss here...including two players from GSU. Who would have thunk that Georgia Southern would have two of the top draft prospects heading into the 2012 season? Slugging outfielder Victor Roache may get most of the attention, but it's right-hander Chris Beck that could be going higher on draft day. Beck currently ranks behind only Appel among the top college arms, and with a strong, consistent season in 2012, he could give the Stanford ace a run for his money. Beck was excellent in 2011. He thrived as the team's Friday night starter, accounting for a quarter of the team's win total with nine victories. He also posted a 3.23 ERA in 19 starts and struck out a team-high 109 batters in 103 innings. At 6'3" and 220 pounds, Beck has a perfect frame. His fastball is an above-average pitch, sitting in the low-to-mid 90s, sometimes scraping the 96-97 mph range. His slider and his changeup both improved drastically over the course of the 2011 season, with the former showing potential as a plus offering. He has also shown well during the summer, pitching incredibly well (2-3, 2.12 ERA, 41 strikeouts) in the Cape Cod League. Beck has looked sharp in his first two outings of the 2012 campaign, posting one victory while holding down a 2.08 ERA.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/stories-to-watch...-100030101.html In an interview with Yahoo News after the election, Taylor listed some of the campaign promises he most wished to see carried out by the Trump administration, including, “Building a wall to keep out illegals, sending home all illegals, taking a very hard look at Muslims, ending sanctuary cities, putting an end to birthright citizenship.” Trump may not be motivated by their same desire to establish and safeguard a white national identity against the perceived threat of multiculturalism, but Taylor, Spencer and Co. recognize such policies as building a wall on the Mexico border or a temporary ban on immigrants from some majority-Muslim countries as opportunities to limit the flow of nonwhite immigrants into the country. Alt-right leaders would like to see Trump take his proposals even further. According to ThinkProgress, during a press conference at NPI’s November gathering, Spencer outlined a few of the six policy proposals his think tank plans to release over the next year, which, he said, “we hope will directly impact a Trump administration.” Among the policies Spencer reportedly has in mind are a 50-year “break on all immigration, particularly non-European immigration” to the United States, as well as a plan to dissolve NATO and replace it with a new military alliance between the U.S., Europe and Russia. After the election, Taylor outlined his own vision for the future of the country in an interview with WNYC’s Bob Garfield. Deporting undocumented Mexicans and banning Muslim immigration, as Trump has proposed, are just the first steps, he explained. “The ultimate goal is to have at least a portion of the United States where whites are the recognized majority and in which their culture is recognized as the dominant culture and where they can live free from the embrace of people unlike themselves,” Taylor said. “And I believe that that can be achieved through voluntary separation.” Pressed on how, exactly, such a scenario would navigate the equal protection clause guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, as well as the several other federal anti-discrimination laws, Taylor seemed to suggest that the latter, at least, could be subject to change. “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is not part of the Constitution,” he said, noting that before the landmark legislation was passed, “it was perfectly legal for a private operator to discriminate in his place of business, in his choice of associates.” Taylor expressed a desire to return the country to its pre-civil rights state, arguing that “private individuals should have the right to discriminate for good reasons, bad reasons or no reasons at all.” http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/don...x.html?adkey=bn White House discussing asking foreign visitors for social media info and cell phone contacts (Fwiw, this is what the military dictatorship/junta in Thailand is now doing w/ foreign visitors and permanent residents, as well as trying to track their internet usage and building a "great firewall" just like here in China to control access to outside information

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 29, 2017 -> 08:38 AM) They are too spineless to oppose the party. The threat of losing their support and jobs is too much for them to support what's right. And that's where we are with our government. There has only really been ONE that was overtly critical. "This is ridiculous," Dent, R-Pa., told The Washington Post. "I guess I understand what his intention is, but unfortunately the order appears to have been rushed through without full consideration. You know, there are many, many nuances of immigration policy that can be life or death for many innocent, vulnerable people around the world." Two Christian families were sent back on a 18-hour flight, an Allentown relative told NBC 10. Dent urged the Trump administration to reverse his executive order. The Assails' relatives -- two brothers, their wives and two children -- were not refugees. They are reportedly Christian and had obtained visas and green cards months ago, with plans to obtain American citizenship. They planned to live in Allentown, which has a large Syrian population and has been a landing spot for refugees. "This family was sent home despite having all their paperwork in order," said Dent, who didn't endorse Trump in last year's presidential election campaign. "So this 90-day ban could imperil the lives of this family and potentially others, and it's unacceptable, and I urge the administration to halt enforcement of this order until a more thoughtful and deliberate policy can be reinstated."

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/about/leaders...nce-integration With Clapper out, the two principal positions are unfilled currently. Michael Dempsey is acting DNI. With someone as experienced as Dan Coats in the Senate (and w/ foreigm relations), you'd think they are just waiting for his confirmation? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dunford Dunford was expected to stay on as JCS head, and has worked closely with Mattis at different points in his career. But that won’t be true. In fact, Mattis’ anti-Iran animus and his often over-the-top description of its “malign influence” places him at odds with a number of officers on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff—most notably, with Joseph “Fighting Joe” Dunford, the current Joint Chiefs chairman, who also happened to be chief of staff to Mattis when Mattis was the commander of the 1st Marine Division during Operation Iraqi Freedom. To have a smooth operation at the Pentagon, “Fighting Joe” will have to get along with a man he once saluted—and Mattis will have to respect Dunford’s role as the president’s chief military adviser, even when the two disagree on key military questions. The two are not only friends, they also fought side by side in the same war, but the issue seems in doubt—and the doubt starts with whether Iran is the threat that Mattis thinks it is. Somewhere in Fighting Joe’s office is a thick volume labeled “National Military Strategy.” While the document has not been finalized, it details the military’s thinking on the threats facing the U.S., and how the military plans to respond to them. The most important part of the NMS is its five-part “Annex,” which lists what the U.S. military, and Dunford, believes are America’s greatest threats, what several senior military officers recently described to me as “the four-plus-one”: Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and (the “plus one”), “VEOs”—violent extremist organizations. The NMS contradicts Mattis’ worldview. The gravest threat to America, according to the document, is not “Iran, Iran, Iran,” but “Russia, Russia, Russia.” Dunford has emphasized this in public testimony, but not without some disagreement among his top officers, who head up the powerful Joint Staff, a military headquarters that provides the JCS chairman with strategic direction. Select Joint Staff officers, I was recently told by a ranking senior member of the staff, have pointed out to Dunford that while Russia remains the most dangerous threat to the U.S. (because of its nuclear arsenal) it is not the most likely threat. The most likely threats are the VEOs—like ISIS. Iran comes in at Number 3.

It's going to be impossible to live up to the Cubs' roughly 75% success rate. It has almost been unreal. Normally, you're lucky to be hitting at 40% with major (Top 100/150) prospects.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 29, 2017 -> 06:34 AM) We've gotten in a time machine and gone back 50 years. I'm shocked at what's going on here. It's very reminiscent of the first stages of the nazi party. Well, that would be the height of the Civil Rights movement...moving to the Vietnam protests, riots all across the country in 1967-68, calamitous Democratic National Convention in Chicago w/ Daley, assasinations of MLK and JFK. Then the abrupt change from JFK/LBJ to Nixon. The better parallels are the America First/Lindbergh movement and McCarthyism. Executive Disorder...Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban...White House overruled DHS, everyone unclear or not notified until the day of the EO http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/don...-ban/index.html Trump's unilateral moves, which have drawn the ire of human rights groups and prompted protests at US airports, reflect the President's desire to quickly make good on his campaign promises. But they also encapsulate the pitfalls of an administration largely operated by officials with scant federal experience. It wasn't until Friday -- the day Trump signed the order banning travel from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and suspending all refugee admission for 120 days -- that career homeland security staff were allowed to see the final details of the order, a person familiar with the matter said. The result was widespread confusion across the country on Saturday as airports struggled to adjust to the new directives. In New York, two Iraqi nationals sued the federal government after they were detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport, and 10 others were detained as well. In Philadelphia, a Syrian family of six who had a visa through a family connection in the US was placed on a return flight to Doha, Qatar, and Department of Homeland Security officials said others who were in the air would be detained upon arrival and put back on a plane to their home country. The policy team at the White House developed the executive order on refugees and visas, and largely avoided the traditional interagency process that would have allowed the Justice Department and homeland security agencies to provide operational guidance, according to numerous officials who spoke to CNN on Saturday. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and Department of Homeland Security leadership saw the final details shortly before the order was finalized, government officials said. Friday night, DHS arrived at the legal interpretation that the executive order restrictions applying to seven countries -- Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen -- did not apply to people with lawful permanent residence, generally referred to as green card holders.

President* Donald Trump shook up the organization of his National Security Council meetings, Time Magazine White House correspondent Zeke Miller reported, Saturday. The change effectively placed Breitbart editor, spiritual leader of the Alt-Right movement, and Trump’s chief propagandist and political adviser, Stephen Bannon, onto a permanent position in National Security Council meetings. The executive order outlined who would be on the “Principals Committee” or the PC of the NSC. The memo included “the Assistant to the President and Chief Strategist,” who is Bannon. It strangely did not include the Director of National Intelligence, or the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Committee will be Chaired by the National Security Adviser, who is Mike Flynn, a man under investigation for his links to Russia, and for calling Russian officials 5 times the day President Barack Obama ordered several Russian officials to leave the country in retaliation for Russia’s hacking of the DNC. Miller compared the arrangement to the arrangement of the NSC under President Obama, which included all the principals of national security, including the DNI and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, but did not include any political advisers. http://reverbpress.com/politics/trump-adds...n-joint-chiefs/

We all heard the same about Beck coming out of Georgia Southern (projected to go 1-1 to 1-5)...but hopefully Hansen's the real deal. And Basabe should the next position prospect to pop up on that list.

https://www.crowdrise.com/donating-to-syria...draiser/kalpenn Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar, Designated Survivor) has already raised over $160k since yesterday in the name of fighting Steve Bannon and this random internet tool who tweeted to Penn (who's Indian-American) "you don't belong in this country you fuc*ing joke." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kal-pe...4b017637794bb0c Victoria (Texas) mosque burned down early Sat morning.... https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-mosque-des...-161902098.html VICTORIA, Texas (AP) — An early-morning fire Saturday destroyed a Texas mosque that was a target of hatred several years ago and experienced a burglary just a week ago. A clerk at a convenience store spotted smoke and flames billowing from the Islamic Center of Victoria at around 2 a.m. and called the fire department. "It's sad to stand there and watch it collapse down, and the fire was so huge," Shahid Hashmi, the Islamic center's president, said. "It looks completely destroyed."

Donnelly's order does not appear to interfere with most of Trump's directive, since the judge only moved to protect a limited number of individuals who were already on or were about to board flights to the U.S. when Trump signed his measure. Now, such travelers will likely be blocked from boarding flights in the first place. The legal battle is now expected to move to a series of individual cases filed in New York, Chicago and elsewhere Saturday, where immigrants will be seeking to be released from detention to travel or settle in the U.S. ACLU National Immigration Law Center Southern Poverty Law Center Asian Law Caucus Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights MALDEF The Asian American Justice Center LatinoJustice PRLDEF NDLON

Cynical view: Trump/admin already envisioned the courts would overrule, but he could still claim to have followed through on his campaign promises, win/win for his base. Judge Ann Donnelly, 57 Donnelly received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1981 from the University of Michigan. She received a Juris Doctor in 1984 from the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University. From 1984 to 2009, she was a prosecutor in the New York County District Attorney's Office. From 1997 to 2005, she served as Senior Trial Counsel and from 2005 to 2009, she served as Chief of the Family Violence and Child Abuse Bureau. From 2009 to 2015, she served as a Judge of the New York State Court of Claims. Concurrent to her service on the Claims Court, she has served on the Bronx County Supreme Court, a Special Term for Election Matters, the Kings County Supreme Court and served on the New York County Supreme Court.[1][2] On November 20, 2014, President Obama nominated Donnelly to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, to the seat vacated by Judge Sandra L. Townes, who took senior status on May 1, 2015.[3] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Donnelly The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to end earlier quota systems that gave preference to immigrants from European nations. As David Bier of the libertarian Cato Institute argues, this law prevents immigrants from being discriminated against based upon “the person’s race, sex, nationality, place of birth or place of residence.” If Trump wants a ban on entry from these countries — even temporarily — he needs Congress to pass that law, Bier argues. Trump is relying upon a 1952 law that allows president to “suspend the entry” of “any class of aliens” if they disadvantage the United States. But Bier and other legal scholars believe the 1965 law supersedes that right. “The 1965 law is clear,” said legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the law school at the University of California at Irvine. “The law prohibits discrimination based on national origin. This is discrimination based on national origin.” The ACLU is also considering crafting a new challenge arguing that the executive order violates the establishment clause of the Constitution, which prevents the government from favoring one religion over another.

http://www.airspacemag.com/daily-planet/th...flight-2901615/ I wish those same Republicans would look at everything that FDR went through to fight for a new world order back in 1943. Hamilton vividly describes how, in the midst of directing military strategy in the largest conflict in human history, Roosevelt always kept his eye on postwar planning. With Congress and the public still suspicious of American involvement, he juggled various plans and proposals to make sure that this time, unlike after World War I, America would help keep the peace. He needed Churchill’s and Stalin’s support, which is why he kept trekking around the globe to meet them at summits. (To understand the strain on FDR, keep in mind that Roosevelt’s trip to meet Churchill at Casablanca in 1943 entailed a long train ride to Miami, a 10-hour flight to Trinidad, a nine-hour flight to Brazil, a 19-hour flight to Gambia and finally another nine-hour flight to Casablanca. All this for a man who was paralyzed, had a failing heart and had not taken a plane ride since 1932.) We're not just undoing Obama in 9 days, we're undoing the pillars that were put in place in 1943/44 to create an interconnected world of alliances which would bring about 71 years of lasting peace and expanding world incomes. https://fareedzakaria.com/2017/01/27/fdr-st...ming-to-an-end/ FDR started the long peace, under Trump it might be coming to an end In an essay in the New York Review of Books, Jessica T. Mathews points out that since 1945, Americans of both political parties have accepted three principles. First, that America’s security is enhanced by its broad and deep alliances around the world. Second, that an open global economy is not a zero-sum game but rather allows the United States to prosper and others to grow. And finally, though there was debate about whether dictatorships were to be “tolerated, managed, or confronted,” in the end there was a faith in democracy and its advantages. Mathews notes that for 30 years, Trump has attacked these views as costly naivete that has allowed the world to rip off America.

Dent in Pennslvania is the ONLY one to be really outspoken so far in the entire GOP Congress... https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/us/polit...p-news&_r=0 Ban likely to increase terrorist threat, not reduce it Can't wait to see the spin going on during Sunday morning political news shows...