Me: Congress has pulled three all-nighters in a row and Trump is off to Florida for the weekend. I can take a break! Trump staff: Hold my beer. Trump NY Times: Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence But the intercepts alarmed American … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 9: an entire administration compromised by Russia
(image by Sousa and Sam Machado) Trump Travel ban suspension upheld by 9th Circuit, unanimously . The ruling schools Trump on basic points of law. [T]he Government has taken the position that the President’s decisions about immigration policy, particularly when motivated by … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 8
Trump Sean Spicer references imaginary Atlanta terror attack to defend Trump's travel ban Canadian woman turned away from U.S. border after questions about religion, Trump Muslim U.S. Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad says she was held by U.S. Customs Longtime Phoenix resident … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 7
Trump Yemen Withdraws Permission for U.S. Antiterror Ground Missions WH official: We'll say 'fake news' until media realizes attitude of attacking the President is wrong Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct He called Mike Flynn at 3a.m. to ask whether … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 6
(image by Steve Sack) Trump Ron Rosenbaum, world-class expert on the rise of Hitler, refused to write about Trump for months. Until now. Cut to the current election. We had heard allegations that Trump kept Hitler’s speeches by his bedside, but somehow we normalized that. We … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 4-5
https://twitter.com/katz/status/827506949365301248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Trump Trump Clashes Early With Courts, Portending Years of Legal Battles Late in the day, Mr. Trump took to Twitter to pre-emptively blame the judge and the judiciary for what the president … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 3
https://twitter.com/edelstudio/status/827568159704150017 Immigration ban & Constitutional crisis Yet another federal judge ordered a halt to the immigration ban, and this time DHS says it will immediately revert to pre-ban procedures and reinstate the 100,000 visas that … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 2
Immigration ban & Constitutional crisis Virginia has filed a contempt motion over Trump admin's failure to comply with court order on immigration. Google, Apple, Facebook, and Uber have drafted a joint letter opposing Trump's travel ban. Steve Bannon’s first major play … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, February 1
Immigration ban & Constitutional crisis Another federal judge in LA has issued a nationwide temporary restraining order on the immigration order. Whether Birotte’s order will have any impact is an open question. A handful of federal judges elsewhere in the country have … [Read more...]
Fascism Watch, January 31
https://twitter.com/Britannica/status/826558924203622405 Constitutional Crisis Customs and Border Protection deports people, US Marshals fail to serve court orders to stop them. According to the statement issued by Vayeghan’s attorneys, the marshal’s office “has so far failed … [Read more...]
