Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The revolution will be supervised.

Let’s not be the monsters we hate.

If you still can’t see these things even now, maybe politics isn’t your forte and you should stop writing about it.

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

Peak wingnut was a lie.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Putin dreamed of ending NATO, and now it’s Finnish-ed.

Republicans don’t trust women.

Polls are now a reliable indicator of what corporate Republicans want us to think.

“That’s what the insurrection act is for!”

In my day, never was longer.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

Everything is totally normal and fine!!!

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

It’s a good piece. click on over. but then come back!!

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Dead end MAGA boomers crying about Talyor Swift being a Dem is my kind of music. Turn it up.

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  1. 1.

    Yarrow

    This is the fight for the soul of our country. Who we are as a people. What we stand for. I fear we either win this war or it will be lost to us for a long time, perhaps forever.

  2. 2.

    Miss Bianca

    Well, the Too Cool for School lefties I know are probably ecstatic that the Revolution!!11!1 has come. At the trifling expense of thousands of lives disrupted. Me? I just feel sick.

  4. 4.

    Adria McDowell (formerly LurkerExtraordinaire)

    If it is true that lots of CBP are vets, then someone needs to tell them:

    YOU ARE FOLLOWING UNLAWFUL ORDERS! LITERALLY!

  5. 5.

    amygdala

    I didn’t sleep very well last night because of all of this. Just woke up to find out that there are several hundred protestors at SFO, and that protests have sprung up at international airports across the country. Maybe I’m just naive, but I’m heartened by this.

  6. 6.

    rikyrah

    Vets Against Trump ‏@Vets_Vs_Trump

    The detention of already-vetted refugees and Green Card-holders today is absolutely unacceptable. As veterans we condemn this tyranny.

  7. 7.

    Peale

    Of course trump thinks it’s working nicely. He probably thinks he’s preventing terrorists from entering the country.

  9. 9.

    PsiFighter37

    @debbie: I will be shocked if Chuckles or any of the other numbnuts hold their Republican guests’ feet to the fire on this.

  10. 10.

    PaulW

    so Trump issues this executive order on a Friday, and apparently without any lawyers to vet it for questionable conflicts with established law.

    and as he promised, he takes the weekend off, does anyone even know where he’s got to this weekend?

    there’s almost no chain of command in place – ONE WEEK IN – at the West Wing, and the agencies stuck with this order – DHS, TSA, Customs, etc. – have no idea who to call to get verification and directives.

    Kakistocracy in action. this is a truly inept administration. And this is only going to get worse.

  11. 11.

    PaulW

    @debbie:

    The Sunday morning talk shows should be interesting.

    No. the Sunday talk shows are going to invite the same damn Trump shills and the same damn GOP apologists and the same damn Senators who can’t be bothered to take a moral stand on this.

  12. 12.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @PaulW: He’s in his bedroom reading the Breitbart comment section and Free Republic. They love that he’s such a Man of Action; that’s why he thinks it’s working out very nicely.

  13. 13.

    Yarrow

    @Miss Bianca:

    Well, the Too Cool for School lefties I know are probably ecstatic that the Revolution!!11!1 has come.

    Have you asked them? May be time to follow up. Ask them if Hillary and Trump are still the same. Find out what they think.

  14. 14.

    Anne Laurie

    @PaulW:

    so Trump issues this executive order on a Friday, and apparently without any lawyers to vet it for questionable conflicts with established law.

    Jared and Ivanka keep the Jewish Sabbath, they’re not around to supervise Daddy after sunset Friday. Steve Bannon and the overt white supremacists, on the other hand…

  16. 16.

    BBA

    @PaulW: Established law gives extremely broad discretion to CBP to decide who not to let in, and even broader discretion to the President to give orders to agencies.

    The law, as Mr. Bumble observed, is an ass.

  18. 18.

    Yarrow

    I wonder how Trump will like this nightmare:

    War with the US under Donald Trump is “not just a slogan” and becoming a “practical reality”, a senior Chinese military official has said.

    The remarks were published on the People’s Liberation Army website, apparently in response to the aggressive rhetoric towards China from America’s new administration.

    They communicated a view from inside the Central Military Commission, which has overall authority of China’s armed forces.

    Quoted in the South China Morning Post, the official from the Commission’s Defence Mobilisation Department wrote: “A war ‘within the president’s term’ or ‘war breaking out tonight’ are not just slogans, they are becoming a practical reality.”

  21. 21.

    Paul W.

    I don’t see how Trump wins this battle, this is NOT a Putin tactic where something happens abroad. It is happening right now on US soil not 10 miles from where I live in NYC. It looks stupid, doesn’t seem to accomplish anything, and is going to backfire as long as we keep attention on the negative and needless pain we are putting ourselves and these travelers through.

  22. 22.

    stibbert

    Awhile back in 2002, I returned to the states via Boston/Logan, where it was having a construction convulsion. Intl arrivals was jammed, I was ready to kiss my connecting flight good-bye. I remember the CBP agent (whose working days had been & would be awful for months) stamping my passport & giving me a cheery “welcome home!”
    I was impressed by his kindness, so here’s a shout to those good eggs at CPB who are having to cope w/ this trumpian shitshow.

  23. 23.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @chris: Depends. Has anyone told him it’s there? Ghu knows he’ll never find it on his own.

  24. 24.

    Major Major Major Major

    @PhoenixRising: maybe a rabbi can give them a waiver if this keeps happening.

    Edit: alternative theory, trump actually wants to do these things, has a documented history of wanting to do these things, and campaigned on these things, so he’s doing them. Doesn’t need Bannon whispering in his ear.

  25. 25.

    Smiling Mortician

    @Anne Laurie: Call me cynical, but now I’m thinking Ivanka converted so she’d have a valid reason to shut herself off from her rancid creepbomb of a dad one day a week. I’m not saying, I’m just saying.

  26. 26.

    S. Gittens

    Canadians barred from entering United States. Will cruise lines give me my money back if I can’t get to Miami?

  27. 27.

    debbie

    Oh, boy. The local Saturday night radio show on NPR, “Shaking It,” started off with an excerpt of Sean Spicer’s statement and Kellyanne’s explanation of alternative facts, followed by Argent’s “Liar” and the Beatles’ “Lies.” I was going to watch a DVD, but radio may prove a better choice tonight.

  28. 28.

    ruemara

    This whole situation has me nauseous. I’d really like to believe our military men & women would hold firm against a dictator at home. And that they know an unlawful order when they hear one. However, I also know that recruitment standards have dropped. I need to calm down and try to get some more work from home done.

  32. 32.

    japa21

    Went to Mass this evening. While reading the church bulletin noticed a full page dedicated to the current status of the Syrian refugee family our church is sponsoring. Husband, wife and two kids. They spent 3 years in a camp in Jordan. The husband/father is working and one of the kids is in school. They were settled in an area with a large Syrian population, connected to the local mosque and, apparently, doing well.

    It was pure coincidence it was in this week’s bulletin, but I hope those parishioners that voted for Trump read it.

    As bad as it is for those trying to get to the US, i m very concerned for the safety of those already settled in.

    Also, I wonder what they are going to do with those people who have applied for citizenship. Will they just casually lose those applications?

  34. 34.

    Roger Moore

    @Peale:

    Of course trump thinks it’s working nicely. He probably thinks he’s preventing terrorists from entering the country.

    More that it’s keeping him the center of attention. That’s what he craves above all else.

  35. 35.

    Timurid

    …and he pulled this on a Friday afternoon so he’d have 60+ hours of free reign and mounting chaos until the first filing hits the courts.
    Any bets on what dirty tricks he has planned for next week when the Federal courts are already choking on the backlog of cases from this boondoggle?

    Compromising the federal court system will take a long time. Simply overwhelming and paralyzing it by flooding the zone with barely legal and outright crooked EO’s may be simpler in the short term…

  36. 36.

    Ella in New Mexico

    @Anne Laurie:

    Jared and Ivanka keep the Jewish Sabbath, they’re not around to supervise Daddy after sunset Friday. Steve Bannon and the overt white supremacists, on the other hand…

    How do any of these people look themselves in the mirror.

  37. 37.

    Sloane Ranger

    Dump’s action has been condemned by senior figures in the British Labour Party including Corbyn and Milliband. Also by the leader of the Lib Dems.

    There has also been push back from several Tory MP’s including Nahead? Zhahari who says he is affected by the ban as he was born in Iraq. Another has tweeted that the Dumpster should not be given the honour of addressing MP’s and members of the House of Lords in Westminster Hall, as this is reserved for those who have made a positive contribution to world affairs. She added that anyone who wished “to fawn” on Dumpy should do so in the Royal Gallery. THe newspapers are interpreting this as a sideswipe at Theresa May’s lack of condemnation of this action. In the same vein, Baroness Wars, a senior Tory Muslim has described May’s behaviour as “a lack of moral leadership”.

    Just breaking, Downing Street has just released a statement saying that the PM does not agree with the ban and will make representations to his smallness. Looks like May has been either shamed or pressured into doing the right thing.

    O/T but showing his complete lack of class, according to the press, Dump has been making demands about his State Visit. These include cavalry parade, tea or dinner with Wills and Kate (including photo-op), no meeting with Prince Charles (climate change) and a round of golf at the Royal Family’s private 9 hole course at Balmoral.

  38. 38.

    Major Major Major Major

    The tweet in the OP about assimilation makes a very important point, by the way. Maybe we can include that in our messages of inclusion. Not just morally right, it’s security-minded and good for business. Does that feel gross? I don’t care, if it works.

  39. 39.

    Skepticat

    No, it’s a nightmare BECAUSE he’s DT. A while ago, there was a superb article about what ISIS really wants. (I think this is the link. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/what-isis-really-wants/384980/) However, the short version is that they want exactly what tRump just handed them.
    One of my favorite signs from the women’s march is “First they came for the Muslims. And we said, NOT THIS TIME, M*TH*R*F*CK*RS” (but without asterisks). Please let it be so.

  40. 40.

    Yarrow

    @efgoldman: Well, the comment wasn’t directed to you about your friends. It was a reply to Miss Bianca about her acquaintances. If they voted third party or sat it out because the candidates were insufficiently pure, then those choices have real world consequences. Personally I think it’s important to hold people accountable by asking them how they like this new regime they enabled.

  42. 42.

    Comrade Scrutinizer

    And in other news, the President* reorganized the NSC. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and the DNI are no longer Principle Members of the NSC.

    Edited because sometimes I can’t spell.

  43. 43.

    Mnemosyne

    @amygdala:

    I’ve been sitting around in my pajamas all day, but I found out about a candlelight vigil at LAX and me and my #pussyhat are on our way down there. If any Juicers are going, I’m a short brunette with purple glasses and I’ll be wearing a dark purple coat with a pink-and-white hat. G is staying home in case I need to be bailed out or something. Nervous, but I don’t feel right staying home. Stronger together!

  44. 44.

    Hellbastard

    If I had known this was coming down the pike I would have been a lot more, shall I say, passionate, at the rally last week. This monster needs to be stopped.

  46. 46.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @PaulW:

    and as he promised, he takes the weekend off, does anyone even know where he’s got to this weekend?

    Camp Ivanka?

  51. 51.

    Cacti

    Bernie accuses Trump of fostering hatred with travel ban.

    Does this mean he’s no longer “delighted” to work with him?

  53. 53.

    Thor Heyerdahl

    Is there a new New Testament for sale in the US that somehow cuts out the 5th, 6th, 7th and 25th chapter of Matthew? It seems to be the one for sale at mega churches.

  55. 55.

    Mary G

    This is about a professor at Clemson who was on her yearly visit to see her mom and dad, taken off return plane by TSA agents:

    Her car is at the airport here. Her dog is sitting at home waiting for her. She's lived here for seven years and she can't come back. https://t.co/MxIqiquDcQ— Eric Geller (@ericgeller) January 29, 2017

  59. 59.

    PsiFighter37

    @JMG: I doubt it. May is such a fucking hack that she’ll probably go ahead with it. Politics in the UK are pretty screwed up right now post-Brexit, so she probably won’t face any repercussions, aside from having gigantic protests in London the whole entire time.

    I would hope that William and Kate politely say hell no to having to see that orange doofus.

  61. 61.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Sloane Ranger:

    I’m wondering if the Queen could come down with a bad cold (totally understandable at her age) that would preclude her receiving the Trumps. And maybe William and Catherine Cambridge could have a long-standing commitment that would keep them from having a meeting. But hey, I’m sure one of the junior Royals — perhaps Princess Beatrice of the Fallopian Fascinator — could carve out an hour or so.

  66. 66.

    Hal

    I keep looking at that gif of Melania Trump at the inauguration. That shift from a smile to a look of sadness and anguish. Maybe it’s just the moment and she’s overwhelmed, but I’ll be shocked if that reaction doesn’t end up in a museum someday.

  67. 67.

    PsiFighter37

    @Yarrow: I doubt they would ban entry, but I could see all of them requiring much more stringent visa requirements going forward (Australia and NZ are just e-visas you can do online quite easily as of now). Unfortunately, that probably impacts liberals more, as the scaredy-cat conservatives who think the world is ending if they enter any kind of population center greater than a few thousand would never travel internationally anyways.

  70. 70.

    Mike J

    @Anne Laurie:

    Jared and Ivanka keep the Jewish Sabbath, they’re not around to supervise Daddy after sunset Friday. Steve Bannon and the overt white supremacists, on the other hand…

    Remember the West Wing ep where the death penalty activist got to Toby’s rabbi, got an appropriate homily scheduled? Wonder where he goes.

  72. 72.

    Anne Laurie

    @Yarrow: It’ll just confirm what Putin’s been telling him: Dirty Chinese Commies, bad! Lovely Russian oligarchs, good!

  76. 76.

    aliasofwestgate

    It looks like SE Michigan reps are pissed off as hell, and saying as much. They are probably working different channels, and the Detroit Free Press has statements from locals from Dearborn and Bloomfield and various other areas where many of our muslim immigrants and refugees have settled around here. The Detroit Free Press even published the times of some protests, incluing one at Detroit Metro, which is our big international airport with many locals and families from those banned countries likely being detained. The lawyers mobilized immediately too.

    Glad to see that action taking place here. I wish i could say the same for the west side of the state, but that’s also the fundy christian territory. I have a friend over there, and she keeps me posted on the local protests in Grand Rapids.

    The Persimmon Pinochet is so stupid and these actions are just horrible on so many levels. The only reason i think my canadian immigrant mother is safe, is because she’s white. But i don’t think that will save her from the Medicare hack and slash that ZEGS wants to do. My own status on the ACA is in jeopardy because of these assholes too.

  80. 80.

    Yarrow

    Dammit. Moderation. I think for too many links. Trying again.

    @PsiFighter37:

    Flynn+Bannon are running the WH. Both are abrasive d-bags. They'll alienate everyone not in their gang in no time. John Schindler (@20committee) January 29, 2017

    Bad news is these lunatics might wreck the country — or cause a major war — b4 they get run out of DC on a rail. John Schindler (@20committee) January 29, 2017

    I hope when they get run out they take all the GOP with them.

  81. 81.

    Mike J

    James Fallows Verified account ‏@JamesFallows
    James Fallows Retweeted Steve Collins
    And now there are 4: GOP Sens/Reps opposing ban.
    – House: Dent, Amash
    – Sen: Sasse, Collins

    288 still silent (or supportive, like Ryan)

  84. 84.

    burnspbesq

    There was a hearing scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn on the emergency habeas petition filed on behalf of the two Iraquis detained at JFK. There are reports of a big-ass demo in front of the courthouse. Can’t find a live-blog.

    Pretty proud oh how ACLU is spending my donations.

  89. 89.

    Sloane Ranger

    @PsiFighter37: Regretfully I agree but the demonstrations will be massive and, unless they clear the ceremonial route of people, it will be right in front of him.

    If Wills does agree to meet with him I like to fantasise that it will be to give him a good thumping for his comments concerning Wills mother.

  90. 90.

    Peale

    @lamh36: ok. Let’s remember this when it’s time for the wall christening. You know there will be one. First mile built, let’s hand him a bottle and have him climb a ramp to declare victory.

  95. 95.

    PsiFighter37

    @chris: Not surprising. People go to fucking EPCOT in Orlando and think they are experiencing actual international culture when they eat in the fucking food hall there.

  96. 96.

    ms_canadada

    @Yarrow: Hmm…If i didn’t have friends and family in the U.S., I would suggest Prime Minister Trudeau ban Americans, except for refugees. (I have a spare room!)

  98. 98.

    JMG

    I have to think the US armed forces aren’t happy about losing precedence to Steve Bannon. I wonder if by July 4 we’re rooting for the tanks in the street.

  99. 99.

    Lyrebird

    @Mary G: THANK g*d bc otherwise Schumer’s gonna have way too much to atone for…. I can include that in the letter I’m about to write…

    @Skepticat: Thanks for the awesome sign! Sorry I didn’t save the photo someone shared (from Indiana????) with “so glad you’re my neighbor” in Span., Engl., & Arabic

  104. 104.

    amk

    astonishing to see the edifice of ‘the most powerful country on earth’ brought down so easily and so quickly just because of one megalomaniac pos. whatev fuck happened to the checks and balances touted by ‘the founding fathers’ ?

  106. 106.

    Brachiator

    @debbie:

    The Sunday morning talk shows should be interesting.

    Well, Grover Norquist was on Bill Maher’s show and pretended to be a reasonable Republican for a while, then gave up and tried false equivalence (well Obama lied about not raising taxes on middle class people, so he’s a fascist, too). But he really gave up the ghost when he tried to find some rationale for the voter fraud bullshit.

    The pundit shows will be bullshit as long as they allow panelists and guests to pretend that lies are reasonable arguments. In other words, nothing will change.

  107. 107.

    Ohio Mom

    @Major Major Major Major: No rabbinical dispensation needed. Jewish law commands you to break Shabbat if necessary to save a life because preserving life is the highest value.

    On the other hand, ivanka and Jared belong to Chabad, which is somewhere between the Jewish version of a megachurch and a cult.

  108. 108.

    debbie

    Too smooshy?

    Senator Portman:

    I have to tell you up front that I didn’t vote for you, but even so, I hope you won’t ignore what I have to say.

    I saw a moment of honest and compassionate humanity when you stood against the dictates of your party and supported same-sex marriage. I know your primary motivation was your son, but I would hope that at some level, you also knew it was the right thing to do for a significant percentage of Americans. At that moment, I saw you stand up for the real principles of America.

    What I’ve seen this past week has saddened me in many ways, but nothing has horrified me more than the immigration ban announced on Friday. Setting aside the arbitrary nature and incoherent justifications about which countries are included in the ban, I cannot understand why your administration has decided collective punishment is the proper response to terrorism. Collective punishment has never, ever worked before, and it will not work this time.

    This policy will only result in the diminishment of this country in the eyes of the world. The millions who despair and dream of one day living in a country where they can be free will no longer see America as that haven.

    I will skip listing all my other objections to the week’s events and instead plead with you to again take a stand and work to end this sorry situation. Please set aside politics and do the right thing for fellow human beings.

  109. 109.

    MomSense

    We’re going to have to protest every goddamned day. These anti American motherfucking Republicans have created chaos and violated our Consitution in one week. All of them are unfit for office.

    I think every single Republican should be asked point blank if they support this or not. If they do support this they have to be impeached.

  110. 110.

    PsiFighter37

    @amk: Doesn’t work when the party in charge puts itself and holding power above any principles.

    You can bet all of the Founding Fathers, even the ones who were kinda dicks, are spinning in their graves.

  111. 111.

    Yarrow

    @chris: Yep. Just ban people born in America. Unless they’ve become citizens of other countries. Then they’re okay.

    @ms_canadada: Doesn’t even have to be forever. But make a point. It’ll hurt business if it’s done by a large trading partner, like, say, Germany.

    Speaking of Germany, I mentioned yesterday that a neighbor who works for an American manufacturing company said that the Germans are putting projects with his company on hold and canceling all travel to the US due to the unsettled political situation. The election of Trump is hurting his business directly. I’m sure he’s not the only one.

  112. 112.

    Patricia Kayden

    @rikyrah: Let’s keep in mind that it takes at least two years for refugees to be vetted. It’s not as if foreigners are given such status willy nilly.

  115. 115.

    PsiFighter37

    @MomSense: The DCCC should be recruiting candidates to run in every single district – do not leave any of the 435 unchallenged.

    And given that Granny Starver represents something of a swing district (Obama actually won it both times), we should be trying to take that smug asshole out as a top priority.

  120. 120.

    burnspbesq

    Gothamist reporting that someone (NYPD? ICE?) is turning people away from JFK if they don’t have a ticket. Twitter and FB are full of “if you can’t get to JFK, go to Cadman Plaza” messages.

    Noo Yawkas can be counted on to do the right thing when the occasion demands it.

  121. 121.

    PsiFighter37

    @chris: Curious – in one of the bigger cities or one of the more outdoorsy spots? I have been wanting to go see Yellowstone and Glacier National Park, but now I am very disinclined to give any business to red states unless I have to – so was thinking about Banff as an alternative.

  122. 122.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Peale: Because in his small brain, Muslims = terrorists, notwithstanding the scores of Christianist terrorists born and raised right here in the good ole USA.

  123. 123.

    Jeffro

    @Another Scott:

    What are people listening to that has a similar “Shit’s fucked up and bullshit” vibe – as Atrios puts it? Who are writing and singing the new protest songs?

    It’s not punk, but many of us like the pro-Black Lives Matter, anti-NRA, anti-racist, anti-demogogue songs on Drive-By Trucker’s “American Band”

    A little Bad Religion can’t hurt at a time like this, either =)

  125. 125.

    Jeffro

    @Jeffro: Oh hey while I’m plugging bands and singers: Dave Hause (formerly of The Loved Ones) is pretty anti-RWNJ…he has a new disc out called “Bury Me in Philly” soon (if not already)

  126. 126.

    Yarrow

    Warning, NYT link. But still.

    Mr. Trump’s falsehoods have long been viewed as a reflexive extension of his vanity, or as his method of compensating for deep-seated insecurities.

    Interesting to see them say it in public. It’s under “Politics” not “Opinion.”

  127. 127.

    PsiFighter37

    @burnspbesq: We can also be counted on because we absolutely hate that someone who is a born and bred New Yorker is representing us so fucking horribly.

    Don’t forget that, outside of Staten Island, Trump got destroyed here (87-10 Manhattan, 89-10 Bronx, 79-17 Brooklyn, 75-22 Queens).

  129. 129.

    willard

    Keep in mind as Trump goes about keeping every deplorable campaign promise that he promised to use nukes.

  130. 130.

    Citizen_X

    Let me just emphasize that IT TOOK HIM ONE FUCKING WEEK TO POINTLESSLY FORMENT AN INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC CRISIS.

  131. 131.

    laura

    @Another Scott: London Calling, Anarchy in the UK, Billy Bragg, Leonard Cohen, Henry Rollins, X, Dixie Chicks, NWA, GnR, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, John Prine.

  132. 132.

    weaselone

    @amk:

    Because it wasn’t brought down due to the one POS in the Whitehouse. This is the culmination of a decades long action on the part of Republicans to hollow out and undermine those very institutions and checks.

  133. 133.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @Peale:

    First mile built, let’s hand him a bottle and have him climb a ramp to declare victory.

    According to the times of London, he’s phobic about stairs and ramps.

  134. 134.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @lamh36:

    And how fucking hard would it have been for them to say something like “….the six million Jews and countless other innocents….” ??

  136. 136.

    Jeffro

    @chris:

    Read somewhere that only 14% of USians have passports.

    True…

    …but I bet a higher % use airports, dine out, take cabs, are connected to Silicon Valley and other start-ups, and/or use doctors not born in this country. It’s not hard to bring the pressure, we just need to direct it at the right folks. OWN IT GOP!

    Ryan, McCain, McConnell, Graham, you fucking louses, I know you’re terrified of the Republican civil war that will ensue once it’s time to force Trump from office, but it’s him or the Republic. CHOOSE.

  138. 138.

    PsiFighter37

    @Jeffro: I find Bad Religion a little too staid when you’re really angry. Great lyrics and all, but it’s not quite the same.

    You can also go with something like ‘State of the Union‘ by Rise Against – from 2004. Their old stuff (and this entire album) is extremely good; the newer stuff – they have their moments, but it’s not quite as raw.

  139. 139.

    Gin & Tonic

    @PsiFighter37: Banff/Jasper/Lake Louise is/are gorgeous. You will not regret visiting.

    Since I know you like alcoholic beverages, if you go to Alberta, I highly recommend taking the time to visit Red Cup Distillery in Vegreville. It is not anywhere close to Banff, but it’s worth the trip.

  143. 143.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Ruviana:

    Just because you have bad taste in hats doesn’t mean you have to suffer the persimmon Pinochet.

    No, but it helps.

  145. 145.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    @burnspbesq:

    Gothamist reporting that someone (NYPD? ICE?) is turning people away from JFK if they don’t have a ticket.

    Port Authority. Cuomo has tweeted that he’s ordered them to stand down.

  148. 148.

    Mike G

    The Trumpanzees are probably loving this. Most of them have never even had a passport, and don’t know any Muslims, so I imagine they’re loving this for the grief it’s causing those uppity coastal elites with their “overseas travel” and “immigrant friends and family”.

  150. 150.

    Renie

    @burnspbesq: Port Authority was not letting protesters on the ‘train to the plane’ and stopped it running then Cuomo told them to keep the trains running

    nyc taxi drivers went on a 6pm work stoppage of all rides to JFK

  154. 154.

    PsiFighter37

    @Gin & Tonic: Hah…my reputation from years ago precedes me, eh? That said, I’m much more a beer guy…I can’t appreciate / pick up the nuances of good liquor, but I can appreciate a good cocktail. Not quite the same thing, I suppose…

  162. 162.

    rikyrah

    Justin Elliott
    ‏@JustinElliott

    just interviewed CA immigration lawyer representing 12 year old Yemeni girl w/ US citizen parents, blocked from boarding plane today:

  163. 163.

    Brachiator

    @Roger Moore:

    More that it’s keeping him the center of attention. That’s what he craves above all else.

    He’s the freaking president, God help us. That makes him, by definition, the goddam center of attention.

  170. 170.

    PsiFighter37

    @Baud: I honestly don’t understand Cuomo and some of the things he does here in NYC. He is maddening on many things (most notably wanting to keep the State Senate in GOP control), but he has also been very good on social issues and on some transportation stuff.

  172. 172.

    Peale

    Honestly, im glad our protesters got there first. Remember how those children from Latin America were greeted in small towns when ICE tried to settle them.

  179. 179.

    Gin & Tonic

    @PsiFighter37: You have a history.

    That said, Rob de Groot is a fascinating and hugely knowledgeable character. I spent probably an hour there chatting with him about the history of moonshine in Alberta. His product is really eye-opening, and sells out pretty much the minute he bottles it.

  182. 182.

    Ohio Mom

    @debbie: I would be tempted to reduce the text font size enough so it could all fit on a large postcard and mail it to him at his home in Terrace Park (I’ve seen his address on google). It’s a very nice letter and I would like the rest of his family to have the opportunity to read it as well. Who knows, maybe at least one of them is capable of shame.

  187. 187.

    rikyrah

    Brendan McPhillips
    ‏@BrendanMcP

    .@SenBobCasey left wherever he was in white tie & tails 2 join protest at PHL to get detainees released. Good on him

  188. 188.

    Patricia Kayden

    @JMG: Naw. Not by a Conservative Prime Minister who has said that she wants to be friends with Trump. I expect a lot of anti-Trump protests during his visit though.

  189. 189.

    Chris

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I kind of wish they’d listed all of the Nazis’ victims. “Jews, Roma, Slava, homosexuals, the physically and mentally challenged, artists and intellectuals who were considered subversive and unpatriotic, left wingers…” wait, I’m starting to see why they don’t do that. The list of people the Nazis considered undesirable isn’t exactly a who’s who of liberal constituencies, but it’s pretty damn close. Funny that.

  190. 190.

    sloan

    Drumpf has activated more liberal opposition in 7 days than Dubya did in 7 years.

    I’ve never been so excited for a mid-term election this early.

  192. 192.

    Doug R

    @PsiFighter37: For Canada’s 150th birthday, Trudeau is letting EVERY Canadian family have a National Parks pass. So Banff will be PACKED. You may still find space there or in one of our many other National parks. We also have lots of beautiful provincial parks.

  194. 194.

    chris

    @PsiFighter37: Heh. I live almost as far east of Banff (don’t forget Jasper) as you can get but I’ve been there and it is as beautiful as they claim. If you’re into mountains the Rockies are hard to beat and almost anywhere in British Columbia is like being in a postcard. One of my great memories is of driving across Alberta, seeing the mountains in the distance and thinking, oh, they’re not that big. We were about 100 miles away!
    I live in Canada’s Ocean Playground if you like country and salt water that will freeze the nuts off a steel bridge most of the year. (Although that is changing. Thanks, climate change!) Let me know if you’re coming this way.

  195. 195.

    princess (now general) Leia

    Steve Bannon replaces the head of the US military at National Security Council. ??? wtf

  201. 201.

    Another Scott

    @Jeffro: Thanks for the DBT reminder. I know you’ve mentioned them before. :-)

    I’ll have to listen to it. The NPR review has all the tracks and it sounds good.

    At the moment I’m looking for something a little more angry though. ;-) In grad school I wore out some Dead Kennedy’s albums I had, and I played a The Damned compilation a lot.

    Nazi punks fuck off (1:41)

    The old stuff is great and inspirational. But we need more.

    Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  203. 203.

    PsiFighter37

    @Major Major Major Major: If I had to guess, he is going to try and make Kelly strong-arm every single person into following the order before going back to court.

    That said, Donald loves litigation, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he personally showed up for hearings (wanting to be the center of attention, etc.).

  205. 205.

    Mark B

    This has been the worst week for American democracy since the Civil War. It’s been absolutely horrible.

  206. 206.

    Cain

    @PsiFighter37:

    I would hope that William and Kate politely say hell no to having to see that orange doofus.

    Actually better to embarrass the prime minister by being rude and make her own it. Make her job harder. Fuck her bullshit. Even better, it will cause Trump to attack the royalty and you can fucking bet where the British people will do then. She’ll be fucked because Trump can easily be trolled and reactionary.

  207. 207.

    Peale

    @PsiFighter37: yep. The green card holders were the easy ones. I’ve been expecting all day that the airlines would step up in regards to crew members and transit visas. The focus has to be on those with valid visas right now. Those in the queue are probably out of luck, but we need everyone who was granted a visa before Friday to have the US Government make good on it.

  208. 208.

    Patricia Kayden

    @Mike J: That is heartwarming! She must be in a state of shock after such an ordeal. I’ve had a rough time with Border agents before I became a US citizen. It wasn’t fun.

  210. 210.

    Another Scott

    @Major Major Major Major: Fantastic. Thanks.

    I give to the ACLU monthly, and have given twice in the last couple of weeks.

    Off to donate more.

    We have to support our allies. Give what you can when you so they can help protect the rest of us.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  211. 211.

    lamh36

    Anyone know if this is true?

    @JulieDiCaro
    So this stay appears to apply to those stuck in transit with prior approval. Won’t affect the #MuslimBan overall. We still need to protest.

  212. 212.

    Peale

    @Cain: I wonder if, when trump plays on their private golf course, if they couldn’t have sprinklers going off and maybe horse droppings spread around.

  213. 213.

    Jeffro

    @PsiFighter37:

    I find Bad Religion a little too staid when you’re really angry. Great lyrics and all, but it’s not quite the same.

    it’s the oohs and aahs that take away from it, amirite? The harmonizing? Yeah, I get that. =)

  217. 217.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Chris:

    Yeah. Doesn’t need to be a full litany — as you point out, it would be hard to come up with a complete list, because there’s always another group — but it’s offensive to not mention the Jews.

  218. 218.

    rikyrah

    WH: No mention of Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day because others were killed too

    By Jake Tapper

    Washington (CNN)The White House statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day didn’t mention Jews or anti-Semitism because “despite what the media reports, we are an incredibly inclusive group and we took into account all of those who suffered,” administration spokeswoman Hope Hicks told CNN on Saturday.
    Hicks provided a link to a Huffington Post UK story noting that while 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis, 5 million others were also slaughtered during Adolf Hitler’s genocide, including “priests, gypsies, people with mental or physical disabilities, communists, trade unionists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, anarchists, Poles and other Slavic peoples, and resistance fighters.”

    Asked if the White House was suggesting President Donald Trump didn’t mention Jews as victims of the Holocaust because he didn’t want to offend the other people the Nazis targeted and killed, Hicks replied, “it was our honor to issue a statement in remembrance of this important day.”

    ………………………………………………

    Noga Tarnopolsky Verified account
    ‏@NTarnopolsky

    White House doubles down on removing Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement “because others were killed too”

    Jessica Valenti Verified account
    ‏@JessicaValenti

    @jbouie did they just…fucking ‘all lives matter’ the Holocaust?

  219. 219.

    Jeffro

    @WesternPALurker: @sloan:

    YESSSSSSS! GO ACLU!!!

    I’m debating whether or not to go down to DC this coming Friday and arrest Trump myself. I’m either on to something, or need to go to bed early tonight.

  224. 224.

    Doug R

    @Brachiator: @Gin & Tonic: If you like dinosaurs, one of the world’s best natural history museums the Royal Tyrrell is in Drumheller about two hours out of Calgary. If you like badlands, you can camp in the world Heritage park where they found a lot of those fossils, Dinosaur provincial park, about two hours from Drumheller.

  225. 225.

    Jeffro

    @rikyrah: @Major Major Major Major:

    Trump’s next move (of course) will be to go after the judge who issued the ruling, and claim that “Obama appointees are making us less safe in the name of political correctness blargh blah blargh”

    He’s terrified and has been ever since he crapped himself on 9/11. Time for national Dems AND whatever half-sane Rs remain to remind Trumpov that these “policies” (air quotes intended) make no sense and serve no purpose other than recruiting for ISIS.

  229. 229.

    Ohio Mom

    @debbie: Yeah, I noticed that. It is easy to understand though.

    There are two levels to Chabad. There are the true Chabads, who were born into the sect and whose role is that of missionaries. They marry one another and are sent out to start congregations hither and yon.

    Then there are all the people they attract with their fake nostalgia about practicing Judaism the real (sic) old timey way. These people are not really expected to follow all the rules, the rules are sort of aspirational for them. Their shortcomings are winked at.

    It’s a game. The ones born into the sect get to act forgiving and welcoming to all the Ivankas and Jareds who join up but who are never going to go all the way into the super-strict observance. In turn, the sect is supported by their contributions.

    There is a reason why Chabad built its Cincinnati shul in Blue Ash. It’s an area with many Jews, and Jews who have enough money to send some Chabad’s way. They are extremely strategic.

    It is also worth noting that there are other similar ultra-Orthodox sects but the rest of them keep themselves and do not welcome outsiders. Going out to quote unquote bring secular Jews back into the fold is a Chabad innovation.

  230. 230.

    Emma

    @efgoldman: They can’t do that. The invitation is at the behest of the government and their job is to represent the government. HOWEVER they can afterwards invite their good friends the Obamas for a purely personal stay at Balmoral or Windsor.

  234. 234.

    JerryRich

    “It’s A Nightmare, Unless You’re Donald Trump”. I prefer to quote Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes: “It’s a mad house! A mad house!”

  236. 236.

    Brachiator

    @Doug R:

    .If you like dinosaurs, one of the world’s best natural history museums the Royal Tyrrell is in Drumheller about two hours out of Calgary.

    Very cool. Got to put it on my travel wish list.

  240. 240.

    Ohio Mom

    @debbie: There were still ultra-orthodox back then. In New York. In neighborhoods they didn’t much leave because they were recreating the ghetto experience of their forebears in Europe.

  241. 241.

    Anne Laurie

    @burnspbesq:

    Gothamist reporting that someone (NYPD? ICE?) is turning people away from JFK if they don’t have a ticket. Twitter and FB are full of “if you can’t get to JFK, go to Cadman Plaza” messages.

    It was the Port Authority, but Gov. Cuomo put out an official order countermanding them. Cuomo’s a dick, but he’s a dick who knows when to not step on his own.

  242. 242.

    Anne Laurie

    @Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism:

    According to the times of London, he’s phobic about stairs and ramps.

    Old people have balance problems. I’m cautious around stairs myself, and I’m ten years younger than the President-Asterisk.

    (It does help explain his escalator entrance at the announcement of his candidacy, though.)

  243. 243.

    MomSense

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I started with Knob Creek because they sell it at the grocery store and it’s not bad at all. My son, who is a bourbon drinker, sent me some Four Roses Single Barrel. So good. I pour one finger in a nice glass and sip. If you haven’t tried it, go get some.

  244. 244.

    debbie

    @Ohio Mom:

    Yes, I remember seeing them when I was living in NYC.

    I once had an appointment with a neurologist (female). It was the height of summer so I was sleeveless. I’m sitting in the waiting room. I notice it’s all women, then I notice their long sleeves, then their wigs, and then it hit me. They must have thought I was a harlot or something.

  248. 248.

    Gin & Tonic

    @MomSense: 4R is good, true. May be hard to find, but do try to seek out some W. L. Weller. It’s the same mash bill as the insanely over-priced van Winkle.

  250. 250.

    Jane2

    I was just bitching about my conservative Premier Brad Wall and some thing he had done, and then he immediately tweeted that all are welcome here. I guess whatever I was bitching about is pretty small potatoes, when he and other Premiers not to mention the Prime Minister stand up clearly against Trump’s actions.

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