Monday, January 30, 2017

Reading archive 2017-01-30

In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did.

The Stranger Things Cast Stole the Show With a Powerful Political Message

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Used Her Acceptance Speech To Oppose The Immigrant Ban

McCain blasts Bannon placement on National Security Council

Why Evangelicals Are Speaking Out Against Betsy DeVos: The conservative Christian education secretary nominee would seem like an evangelical favorite. But some from within her own faith say she’s not right for the job.

Amid the turmoil surrounding the immigration ban, new citizens take the oath

‘It was a slaughter’: Deadly terrorist attack at mosque leaves Quebec shaken

Quebec mosque saw itself ‘in harmony’ with Canadian society

‘It will be a bloodbath’: Inside the Kansas militia plot to ignite a religious war

SCIENTISTS BAFFLED BY MCCONNELL AND RYAN’S ABILITY TO STAND UPRIGHT WITHOUT SPINES

Trump points blame elsewhere for weekend’s chaos around entry ban - Trump’s executive order on refugees was slapdash and rushed, thrown together without any real consultation or implementation from the agencies tasked with enforcing the ban.

As protesters streamed into airports nationwide, travelers found themselves unexpectedly detained, and federal judges issued last-minute stays. The Trump administration struggled to explain the executive action and to, on a practical level, implement it.

At one point Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly issued a statement explaining that people with green cards subject to the ban would face easier entry in the country but would still undergo a “case-by-case” review. Kelly’s statement contradicted that of Reince Priebus, Trump’s chief of staff, who said earlier Sunday on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” that green-card holders would not be affected — a statement that contradicted what other Trump officials had said just a day earlier.

Perhaps the clearest sign of the disarray was a scrambled background briefing for reporters Sunday evening, in which senior White House officials blamed the media and spoke on the condition of anonymity to declare, “It really is a massive success story in terms of implementation on every single level.”

Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals

In Face of Trump’s Order, Some Muslim Nations Are Conspicuously Silent

Toomey flunks moral test, hides in Palm Springs with billionaire donors

Trump is ruling America with the agenda of Europe’s far right

McCain, Again the Maverick, Challenges President Trump: Sen. McCain has served notice he is the Republican lawmaker most willing to defy the new Republican president

Dissent memo circulating in the State Department over Trump’s policy on refugees and immigrants

ANALYSIS: Trump's Order Heightens Risk of Extremist Attacks in the US, Counterterror Expert Says

Koch network could serve as potent resistance in Trump era

Should Britain host Trump for state visit? More than 1 million people say no.

'I do feel safer': A look at Trump's travel ban supporters

Obama rejects comparison between Trump’s immigration policy and his own, encourages protests

A WELCOME SETBACK FOR DONALD TRUMP

A DANGEROUSLY ISOLATED PRESIDENT

Angry Republicans lash out at Trump for not consulting them on travel ban

White House considers reversing LGBT protections for federal workers

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