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Today, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates said she won’t defend Trump’s refugee Executive Order.She’s a holdover from the Obama Administration. And she’s only there because the Senate hasn’t yet confirmed Jeff Sessions as the new Attorney General.
Tonight on CNN, renowned law professor and Liberal Alan Dershowitz said what he thought of Yates’ move.
He called it a “mistake” and “holdover heroism.”
From the video:
Alan Dershowitz: “Sally Yates is a terrific public servant, but I think she’s made a serious mistake here. This is holdover heroism. It’s so easy to be a heroine when you’re not appointed by this president, when you’re on the other side. She made a serious mistake. I think what she should have done is do a nuanced analysis of what parts of the order are Constitutional, what parts are in violation of the statute, what parts are perfectly lawful. There’s an enormous distinction between green card holders on the one hand, people who are in the country and need to be thrown out on the second hand, and people who are simply applying to get visas. There’s also a distinction between what’s Constitutional, what’s statutorially prohibited . . . by lumping them all together, she has made a political decision rather than a legal one.“
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Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Refugee Ban. Imagine what people would say if a Republican holdover did this to a Democratic president. . . .
UPDATE: “You’re fired.” You knew that was coming, right?
“The acting Attorney General, Sally Yates, has betrayed the Department of Justice by refusing to enforce a legal order designed to protect the citizens of the United States. This order was approved as to form and legality by the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.”
Well, if she seriously believed it was unconstitutional, she was right to decline to enforce it. And Trump was within his rights to replace her with someone who would.
That’s how it works.
ANOTHER UPDATE: From the comments: “Hysterical Facebook friends and insane protesters continue to bolster my confidence that I voted correctly.”
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IT’S TOUGH WHEN YOUR BASE IS CRAZY
Sometimes you wonder why Democratic politicians are so crazed. But then you see stories like this that make it clear:
Protesters shouted down Rhode Island Democratic U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse during a community event as they protested his vote in favor of President Donald Trump’s nominee for CIA director and pushed him to vote against other nominees.A video of Sunday’s event posted by the group Resist Hate RI shows hundreds of people at the event, and the crowd chanting “Just Say No!” and “Obstruct!” while demanding an explanation of his vote for Mike Pompeo as CIA director.I’m so old, I can remember when Democrats condemned obstructionism. And who knew that one day, the Democrats would adopt Nancy Reagan’s “Just say no” mantra as their own?
Note that the protesters have nothing in particular against Pompeo, a superbly qualified nominee.
Likewise with Chuck Schumer. Try as he might, he just can’t get far enough left:
A coalition of activists called #NotOneInch are planning a poignant and unique form of protest today: delivering a number of “back-up spines” to Democratic Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s apartment in Brooklyn, New York.The protestors are organizing in response to Schumer’s vote to approve three of President Donald Trump’s cabinet members: Mike Pompeo, James Mattis and Mike Flynn.It isn’t enough to oppose some of an opposing president’s nominees. You have to oppose all of them!
The liberal press tries to pretend that it is conservatives who are extreme, but in 2009, were there conservative activists demanding that Republican Senators block every single Obama nomination, without exception? No. Not one conservative, to my recollection, demanded any such thing. Obama’s nominations breezed through, even such sketchy choices as Eric Holder.
If Democratic politicians seem crazy these days, there is a good reason: they are trying to satisfy a demented base.
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IMAGINE IF GEORGE W. BUSH HAD SAID THIS ABOUT TEA PARTY PROTESTS AGAINST OBAMA IN 2009: Obama: I’m “heartened” by all of the public protest over Trump’s E.O.
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Best 10 days, I have ever seen.
I sure as hell didn't want Trump, but the way he is bringing out the foolishness and hysteria of all the lefties (especially on our board) is just wonderful.
Every "middle of the roader" I know is laughing at the over reactions by Media / Hollywood / dems
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In a way, the Left’s ability to go bonkers in lockstep is impressive. You have to give them credit for message discipline, if nothing else. The idea that a 90-day stay on travel from Yemen, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Somalia and Libya is of any particular significance–let alone the crisis of the age!–is crazy. But on the Left these days, craziness isn’t just permitted, it is required.
There are many ways to gauge the Left’s overreaction to Trump’s executive order. Here is one: the main page of CNN.com. Note that every single story is about Trump’s order, and nearly all of them attack it. “Travel ban blasted,” indeed!
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At this point, I have no idea which side will be hurt worse–the Trump administration for its inept implementation of the travel hiatus, or the left-wing press, for its juvenile and dishonest hysteria.
Certainly there has been a terrifically entertaining increase in hysterical liberal posts and threads here on PPP. No longer just the predictable outbursts of Exiled and Baskin, the ignorance of Pasta and Gator, but now we have The incredibly well-named "Meathead" and lunacy of Dr. Sack.
I knew that there would be a constant outcry, but this has really exceeded my fondest wishes.
But good news for them, I will continue to post articles from the right (pro and anti Trump) that I have no doubt they would not have access to otherwise.
No need to thank me.
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MEDIA OUTRAGE VS. POPULAR SENTIMENT:
Poll Shows Only 33 Percent Oppose Trump’s Temporary Ban on Immigrants From Terrorist Havens. ....57% support.
It’s from Rasmussen
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His threads are a good indication of what's in the "sack"
"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.
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."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/28/politics/white-house-holocaust-memorial-day/
Fake/Alternative News
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SCOTT ADAMS:
Obviously they don’t prefer it in a conscious way. But the alternative to Trump becoming Hitler is that they have to live out the rest of their lives as confirmed morons.
No one wants to be a confirmed moron. And certainly not after announcing their Trump opinions in public and demonstrating in the streets.
It would be a total embarrassment for the anti-Trumpers to learn that Trump is just trying to do a good job for America.
It’s a threat to their egos. A big one.”
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Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz must have decided that his company did not have a sufficiently irritating corporate image.
So he took steps:
Starbucks says it will hire 10,000 refugees over the next five years, aresponse to President Donald Trump’s indefinite suspension of Syrian refugees and temporary travel bans that apply to six other Muslim-majority nations.Howard, you know how that sounds to Americans looking for jobs, right ?
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Here students, we have an example of a moderately advanced case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. In this instance, the victim's detachment from rational thought is evidenced by the writing style in which the author appears to think they are making a strong point but unfortunately the disease only allows for an output of gibberish.
Professor ?..........Professor KD ?
Is there no hope that TDS can be cured ?
It seems to be getting worse and worse.
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THE NSC REORGANIZATION KERFUFFLE: In terms of organizing and sizing the National Security Council, Trump can do just about anything he wants. The NSC works for him. He can staff it to meet his needs. To say he can’t is Fake News.
The UPI dispatch covers the basics.
Trump also has pared the council tosix deputy national security advisers, compared to the23 on Obama’s council.Long overdue. Obama stacked his NSC with cronies. Loyalty to him came first. Having political chums or relatives in the mainstream media was an additional qualifier. It sure wasn’t military experience or other types of rubber-meets-the-road national security experience.
Last night Glenn fisked Susan Rice’s latest act of naked hypocrisy. “The troika made up of Susan Rice, Samantha Power, and Hillary Clinton was perhaps the most disastrous foreign policy crew in American history.” Glenn was elaborating on this post at booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com.
Trump has decided to downgrade NSC participation by the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. However, they are statutory advisers.
However, the mainstream media and usual suspects are acting like the DNI and Chairman JCS are out of the loop. They aren’t. The BBC reports they’ll attend NSC Principals Committee meetings when discussions pertain to their areas.
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IMMIGRATION OFFICERS’ UNION PRESIDENT ON TRUMP BAN: I Don’t See It As A Bad Thing.
“Palinkas said he believes restricting access from the seven predominantly Muslim countries that were designated as harboring terrorists under former President Barack Obama will disrupt sleeper cell activity on U.S. soil.”
Jesse RodriguezVerified account @JesseRodriguez 2h2 hours ago DHS confirms to @NBCNews: All individuals detained at US airports following Trump executive order were released last night
Gabriel Malor@gabrielmalor 2h2 hours ago You mean all those people tweeting about DHS "black sites" were just bullshitting and passing around bad info? Huh.
"Green Card nonsense was a bad mistake.
DAN MCLAUGHLIN: Refugee Madness: Trump Is Wrong, But His Liberal Critics Are Crazy.
ANYTHING TO KEEP UP THE HYSTERIA: Washington Post Solicits Immigration Sob Stories.
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BREAKING: Trump to announce Supreme Court pick at 8pm Eastern Tomorrow night.
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I wish that I didn't have to post this in such an ill-conceived thread, but...............
Update: The suspects have been identified by Radio-Canada, and … expect some throat-clearing on this one (via Christine Rousselle):
According to Radio-Canada and LCN, the two suspects in Sunday’s terror attacks on a mosque in Quebec City are Alexandre Bissonnette and Mohamed Khadir.
One of the suspects were arrested at the scene, while a second called 911 himself and was arrested around 9 p.m., just over an hour after the first 911 calls came in at 7:55 p.m., police said Monday morning during a news conference involving the Sûreté du Québec, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Quebec City police and Montreal police.
They were not known to police and the investigation into a possible motive continues, said superintendent Martin Plante of the RCMP’s C Division
At least one name suggests that the attack wasn’t entirely intended to divide people of different faiths, but even that is still a leap until we see some evidence of motive.
It’s intriguing, though, that one of them called 911 to turn himself in.
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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN DOCTORS ONLY TAKE CASH? Everybody, Especially Patients, Wins.
Time has a great story about bringing basic market forces to medicine. Titled “,” the article uses the Oklahoma City Surgery Center as a model for a different way of doing business. Co-founded by the outspoken libertarian Keith Smith and Steven Lantier, two anesthesiologists, the center takes no insurance whatsoever. Instead, they take cash only and advertise and guarantee their prices and services. The result is pretty goddamned amazing:The all-inclusive price for every operation is listed on the website. A rotator-cuff repair for the shoulder costs $8,260. A surgical procedure for carpal tunnel syndrome is $2,750. Setting and casting a basic broken leg: $1,925….The Surgery Center would charge $19,000 for [patient Art Villa’s] whole-knee replacement, a discount of nearly 50% on what Villa expected to be charged at his local hospital. And that price would include everything from airfare to the organization’s only facility, in Oklahoma City, to medications and physical therapy. If unforeseen complications arose during or after the procedure, the Surgery Center would cover those costs. Villa wouldn’t see another bill.The savings for Villa’s surgery were so awesome that his company footed the bill. Others are following suit.
Faster please — the insurance-for-everything model has been a disaster.
FAKE NEWS: More False Claims About ObamaCare.
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The reaction to Trump’s executive order has been enormous, so it’s useful to remember that the scale of what happened over the weekend was not, per this report:A Department of Homeland Security official said the travel ban affected 375 travelers, 173 of whom were denied entry to the country prior to boarding flights headed to the U.S. The official said 109 people who were in transit to the U.S. were denied entry and 81 people were granted waivers because of their legal permanent resident or special immigrant visa status.This USA Today report has some more detail:
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A few camo wearing counter protestors have shown up to airports to counter protest.
Apparently a few conservatives don't have jobs. Maybe Trump will deliver that job he promised them.
"Cash me ousside."
Authentic PPP Gibberish -
Was that meathead lambasting white people?
No..................
Just a regular democrat meathead.
So ...............probably will win the chairmanship
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Next time I'm in New York, I'm driving drunk simply because, if there are no negative outcomes, it's apparently okay.
Yeah Tom...........like you weren't gonna do that anyway.............
Temporarily banning migrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen has brought help from the Muslim world.
President Trump and Saudi Arabia's King Salman agreed on creating a safe zone for Muslim refugees within the Middle East, the New Indian Express (as well as Reuters and Bloomberg) reported.
Conservatives have long asked why America and Europe must take in refugees when their Arab Muslim neighbors have the money to help their fellow Muslims.
Trump is trying to make it so.
I read that the 'stars' are falling all over themselves at tonight's SAG awards to see who can "Streep" Trump the best.
Good thing I have a Henry Fonda Western on.
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Equality under the law ?.........................nah!
IT’S COME TO THIS:
Bill DeBlasio (D-NY) “told CNN’s Jake Tapper that it is OK to shield undocumented immigrants who drive drunk from federal authorities if it does not ‘lead to any other negative outcome.’”
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Fortunately, the democrats have seemed to learned very little from November, and they cling to their excuses like life rafts.
From Daily Kos
Our top two DNC-chair candidates were not at Women's March, which proves misplaced priorities
I’ve all but tuned-out the DNC chairman’s race. Some of you still think it’s about Clinton Democrats versus Sanders Democrats, but it’s not. It’s about a bunch of guys looking to maintain the status quo, offering no serious proposals to reform the primary system or how state parties get funded. They all seem to be running for “party chair on TV” rather than offering anything even remotely looking like real change. And on the merits, there is zero distinction between them.
If you want to get excited because one supported Bernie Sanders and the other did not, then knock yourself out. Either way, it’s not going to change the party one whit. And how can you tell? Because while millions of Dems were marching in the street this Saturday, most of these guys had different priorities.
Vincent Tolliver, candidate for DNC chair, blames Clinton loss on Tim Kaine
DNC candidates spend big on chair race
DNC Chair Candidates Lambaste White People During Forum
Trump's leadership team
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Senate committee approves DeVos nomination
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317044-senate-committee-approves-devos-nomination