New President Sprouts Wings and Soars

[cnelsen]

In his first week as President of These Here United States, Our Glorious Leader Donald J. Trump swept down from Valhalla and accomplished more than most presidents do in a lifetime.

Among his innumerable wonderful and admirable achievements:

• He signed an Executive Order to “secure the southern border of the United States through the immediate construction of a physical wall.”
• He threatened to cut federal funding to “sanctuary cities” that harbor illegal aliens who clean toilets, sell drugs, and rape women.
• He stabbed the Trans Pacific Partnership to death.
• He enacted an immediate federal hiring freeze.
• He called for a “major investigation” into voter fraud during the last election.
• He advanced plans for the Keystone and Dakota pipelines.
• He temporarily blocked all refugees from entering the United States for 120 days. He blocked Syrian refugees indefinitely and barred visa applicants from Iraq, Yemen, Libya, Iran, Somalia, and Sudan, thus sparing American citizens from importing their demise.
• He won high holy hosannas from American labor-union chiefs.
• He met with British Prime Minister Theresa May, whereupon they winked at each other and whispered that they would make the Anglosphere great again.

It ain’t vainglorious if it’s great again!

Despite all these monumental achievements, the press attempted to deflect attention by focusing on the size of his inauguration crowd and showing pictures of crying Muslims.

 

[Fenton Lum]

And Nieto's check for The Wall is in the mail.

 

[waltky]

Trump unrepentant on travel ban, protests swell...

Thousands protest second day against Trump travel ban
January 29, 2017 - Thousands of protesters demonstrated in the United States for a second day Sunday against Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries as the world responded with outrage and judges issued temporary stays in at least four states.

A crowd of several thousand gathered in New York's Battery Park, across the harbor from the Statue of Liberty -- America's famed beacon of freedom and immigration -- while thousands more descended on the White House. There were further protests in Boston's Copley Square as activists scheduled rallies at airports and cities nationwide, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Kansas City, Baltimore, Denver and Seattle. Trump signed the executive order on Friday, suspending the arrival of all refugees for at least 120 days, Syrian refugees indefinitely and barring citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days.

Trump's draft executive order on refugees and immgration from selected Muslim-majority countries​

While Trump has cited the September 11, 2001 attacks as justification for his move, he did not target any of the 9/11 hijackers' home countries -- Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The order affected dual nationals from European allies, but not British, Canadian or US dual passport holders. On Sunday, the White House rowed back on green card holders already on the path to US citizenship, denying they were affected. Travelers were detained at US airports, splitting families -- such as a father unable to reach his son's wedding, and a grandmother unable to meet her grandchildren -- and officials warned it was a "gift to extremists." Six Syrians were turned away from Philadelphia International Airport and sent back to Lebanon, an official at Beirut airport told AFP on Sunday.

International reaction to US president Donald Trump's travel restrictions on seven Muslim-majority countries​

The ban was criticized by European allies, sowed alarm in affected countries and at home sparked a furious backlash from Democrats demanding it be overturned and by Sunday, growing unease from certain Republican lawmakers. In New York, which for centuries has been a gateway for immigrants, protesters held up signs saying "Resist" and "We are all immigrants" while chanting "No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here." Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has called the order "un-American" told the rally that 17 people were still being detained at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

- Green card backpedal -

See also:

Trump immigration order restricted by more U.S. judges
January 29, 2017 - U.S. judges in at least four states blocked federal authorities from enforcing President Donald Trump's executive order restricting immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Judges in Massachusetts, Virginia and Washington state, each home to major international airports, issued their rulings late Saturday or early Sunday, following an order on Saturday night by U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly in New York's Brooklyn borough. Donnelly had ruled in a lawsuit by two men from Iraq being held at John F. Kennedy International Airport. While none of the rulings struck down the executive order, the growing number of orders could complicate the administration's effort to enforce it.

People protest Donald Trump's travel ban from Muslim majority countries at the International terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California​

Trump's order on Friday halted immigration from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days, and stopped the resettlement of refugees for 120 days. The new Republican president said these actions were needed "to protect the American people from terrorist attacks by foreign nationals admitted to the United States." Condemnation of the order was swift and broad-based. Democratic politicians and civil rights groups weighed in, as well as U.S. allies who view the actions as discriminatory and divisive. Democratic attorneys general from California, New York and other states, meanwhile, were discussing whether to pursue their own legal challenges.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Sunday said it "will comply with judicial orders," while enforcing Trump's executive order in a manner that ensures those entering the United States "do not pose a threat to our country or the American people." Across the United States, lawyers worked overnight to help confused international travelers at airports. Activists and lawyers tracking the arrivals said some Border Patrol agents appeared to be disregarding the various court orders. "There is really no method to this madness," Becca Heller, director of the New York-based International Refugee Assistance Project organization, told reporters on a conference call.

A woman holds a sign during a protest against the travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order, at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas​

Supporters of Trump's order said authorities acted properly in swiftly taking steps to enforce it. "It is better (to) be safe than sorry," said Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the conservative Center for Immigration Studies in Washington. Lawsuits brought on behalf of more than 100 individual travelers have been filed around the country, some activists and lawyers have estimated.

CURBS ON TRUMP'S ORDER

 

[JakeStarkey]

Trump soars near the sun of Public Resistance and is crashing to earth.

CN, turn on your TV.

 

[xyz]

vampire bat

 

[BULLDOG]

Trump soars near the sun of Public Resistance and is crashing to earth.

CN, turn on your TV.