Monday Night Massacre: Trump FIRES acting AG, ICE chief
10:35pmEDT – Shades of Tricky Dick part deux, impeachable moment edition! Trump has just fired Daniel H. Ragsdale, the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
9:20pmEDT – Shades of Tricky Dick! Donald Trump has fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she instructed the Justice Department NOT to defend Trump’s arguably illegal executive order to block all refugees and immigrants from seven Middle Eastern countries, according to NBC News.
The New York Times reports:
Taking action in an escalating crisis for his 10-day-old administration, Mr. Trump declared that Sally Q. Yates had “betrayed” the administration, the White House said in a statement.
The president appointed Dana J. Boente, United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, to serve as acting attorney general until Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama is confirmed.
Just over one hour earlier, Trump had tweeted from his personal Twitter account (probably from his unsecured phone):
The Democrats are delaying my cabinet picks for purely political reasons. They have nothing going but to obstruct. Now have an Obama A.G.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2017
Career prosecutor and acting US Attorney General Sally Yates monkeywrenched Trump’s Muslim ban immigrant restriction executive order — and complicated presumptive incoming AG Jefferson Beauregard Sessions’ life:
The acting Attorney General Sally Yates has told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees, according to sources familiar with the order.
The move sets up a dramatic clash between the White House and the Obama-appointed Yates.
“My responsibility is to ensure that the position of the Department of Justice is not only legally defensible, but is informed by our best view of what the law is after consideration of all the facts,” she said in a letter. “In addition, I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right.”
“At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful,” she wrote.
But Yates is only serving until Trump attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions is confirmed, meaning her decision is likely extremely short-lived because her order is enforced only until she leaves office.
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arc99 January 30th, 2017 at 19:30
Works for me.
Trump created this mess. Let his flunkies clean it up…
granpa.usthai January 31st, 2017 at 00:46
oh most definitely – and make the clean up cost them $$$ too!
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 30th, 2017 at 19:47
Thanks you Attorney General Sally Yates for showing backbone standing up to the tRump insanity.
We all know we can’t rely on republicans for logic, reason, common sense, defending basic human rights or our Constitution.
muffler January 30th, 2017 at 19:57
Come Trump… Fire her! Please! The Saturday Night Massacre – Part Deux! Brilliantly played!
amersham1046 January 30th, 2017 at 20:24
twitter storm on the way
Inspiration January 30th, 2017 at 20:39
it seems like Trump didn’t come up with the list of Muslim countries he wants to ban. He took it from list of travel rescind countries made by Obama government. I am checking one country by country how truth it is, so far it seem to be truth in many countries.
next question is, why Obama gove didn’t put Saudi in their list too.
arc99 January 30th, 2017 at 21:11
Donald Trump won the Electoral College. Mr. Obama is no longer President.
The real question is, if President Obama was such a failure at fighting terrorism as Trump and his sycophants claim then why do they use his blueprint without a single change?
granpa.usthai January 31st, 2017 at 00:45
I’d also like to add Saudi Arabia to the list, as they are the country where the root sprang from.
Suzanne McFly January 30th, 2017 at 21:24
President Obama put restrictions on people from certain countries due to specific threats that had been made, not assumed. Here is some good reading to help educate yourself on the topic. Give understanding a whirl, it won’t hurt.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/01/30/president-trump-refugee-executive-order-barack-obama/97249540/
Robert M. Snyder January 30th, 2017 at 22:52
Only 12.2% of the world’s Muslims live in the seven countries from which immigration has been suspended. The remaining 87.8% of the world’s Muslims are unaffected by the executive order.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country
granpa.usthai January 31st, 2017 at 00:43
so those of the 12.2% can be discriminated against?
on what LEGAL grounds?
Robert M. Snyder January 31st, 2017 at 05:18
“on what LEGAL grounds?”
You’re kidding, right? Coming to America, or France, or England, or any other country is a privilege, not a right, unless the person already holds a green card or something.
Are you aware that American companies are prohibited from selling products to people living ion several of the same countries?
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/countries-american-companies-forbidden-business-with-47170.html
If you don’t like Trump’s executive order, then I’d like to know what you think of the export ban?
bpollen January 31st, 2017 at 15:36
“Coming to America… is a privilege, not a right, unless the person already holds a green card or something.”
“Steve Bannon personally overruled DHS decision not to include green card holders in travel ban: CNN”
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/steve-bannon-personally-overruled-dhs-decision-not-to-include-green-card-holders-in-travel-ban-cnn/
bpollen January 31st, 2017 at 03:42
Bigotry has a numerical threshold before it actually becomes bigotry?
“OK, 12% of you can’t eat at my lunch counter!”
“This here is a 12.2% sundown town, so one out of eight of you better run!”
Robert M. Snyder January 31st, 2017 at 05:28
Maybe you should organize a protest in front of the US Treasury Department. They prohibit American companies from selling products to people living in many of the same countries from which immigration has recently been suspended.
Quoting from the article linked below:
“Iran, Lebanon and Syria: It is no secret that relations are tense between the United States and some Middle Eastern countries. According to the United States Department of the Treasury, American companies are forbidden to do business with Iran, Lebanon and Syria. The reasons vary slightly, but they are generally due to the countries’ associations with terrorism, nuclear threats or human rights violations.”
“Libya, Sudan and Somalia: The Treasury Department states that American companies are forbidden from trading with the African countries of Libya, Sudan and Somalia. Much like in the Middle East, these sanctions are based on threats to national security or human rights violations. The types of goods forbidden vary, but dealings with these countries are acceptable when they involve humanitarian aid, such as food and medicine.”
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/countries-american-companies-forbidden-business-with-47170.html
bpollen January 31st, 2017 at 15:36
Right… Business and people are synonymous. Business OVER THERE and people here are EXACTLY analogous. Trying to prevent funds from going to terrorists OVER THERE is EXACTLY like refusing 5 year old “maybe-terrorists in a handy travel size” entering this country. The immigrants and refugees from a country are INDISTINGUISHABLE from companies IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY.
If you can’t differentiate BUSINESS OVER THERE and HUMAN BEINGS OVER HERE, then there is no hope for you. If you can’t discern between preventing funding going to terrorists and those FLEEING those terrorists, you have no soul. If you think that there is no daylight between first-graders and foreign business, your very humanity is in question.
Robert M. Snyder January 31st, 2017 at 16:33
In case you haven’t noticed, we now have a global economy.
An individual citizen in Germany can order a turtleneck sweater from the American company L.L. Bean and have it shipped to his home in Germany.
But millions of people in some countries are unable to do that because the US Treasury Dept. has forbidden US businesses from conducting business with people in those countries. These people don’t just have trouble getting airline tickets to the US. They have trouble getting *anything* from the US.
Obama reduced the restrictions on trade with Cuba. So Cuban citizens can now presumably order products from L.L. Bean. But if you happen to live in North Korea, Sudan, Libya, or several other “countries of concern”, you’re SOL.
If Trump’s travel ban is a terrorist recruiting tool, then the Treasury Dept’s trade restrictions are also a terrorist recruiting tool, because those long-established restrictions affect millions of people in the same countries.
bpollen February 1st, 2017 at 03:55
So, because there is a global economy, economics and immigration are exactly alike. That makes no sense.
Is this ban to protect us from terrorists?
‘”It’s certainly the case that none of the major, deadly attacks carried out in the United States were carried out by people from these countries,’ said Erin Miller, who manages the Global Terrorism Database for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland.”
‘”Since 9/11, no one has been killed in this country in a terrorist attack by anyone who emigrated from any of the seven countries,’ added William C. Banks, director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism at Syracuse University College of Law.”
So please show me the Terrorist Recruitment based on our economic policies. Here’s how targeting Muslims, regardless if you play semantic games about how it’s just SOME Muslims (cut there’s a minimum number that must be excluded before it’s prejudice…) will result in just EXACTLY what you claim to be protecting us from:
http://behavioralpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/1-2/BSP_vol1no2_Lyons_final.pdf
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 04:31
You need to send those questions to the US Treasury Dept. Ask them why they prohibit American businesses from selling products into countries like North Korea, Sudan, Libya, etc. Explain to them that their policy makes no sense since no Americans have been killed by North Korean terrorists or Sudanese terrorists. If you have no objection to their policies, then you have no basis for objecting to Trump’s policy.
bpollen February 1st, 2017 at 04:58
Actually, no I don’t have to ask the Treasury Dept. a damn thing.
The equivalence is entirely a construct on your part, one that I deny. They are not analogous
One – economics is NOT immigration. Trade has ALWAYS been important to any society. One deals with business, the other with human beings. Corporations are NOT human beings. If you can’t differentiate betwixt, you are irrational.
Two – Economic choices made about ANY country have NEVER been based solely on religion. This immigration policy is SPECIFICALLY based on religion (any arguments to the contrary are BS since the order SPECIFICALLY gives Christians preference.)
Three – I have yet to hear, particularly from you, any examples of ISIS recruitment videos recruiting SOLELY based on US economic policies. But there are plenty of terrorist videos, for instance, that talk about the US “War on Islam.” And it is clearly directed specifically against Muslims.
Four – THERE ARE COUNTRIES WHO HAVE SENT TERRORISTS WHO WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE LIST FOR THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT OF THE PERSON SIGNING THE ORDER.
Five – US Customs and Border Protection have a SPECIFIC program C-TPAT: Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism the SPECIFICALLY points out how commerce can combat terrorism, both local and overseas. The Muslim ban doesn’t prevent terrorism either place, because it doesn’t affect terrorists not planning to visit the US, nor does it affect the VAST majority of the terrorists who are HERE LEGALLY or are CITIZENS>
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 05:40
Step back and look at this from 10,000 feet. It is only the young and healthy who are able to leave war-torn regions. The disabled, the elderly, and those without financial resources are generally unable to leave. So why are you so fixated on the welfare of the young and healthy? Why not advocate for the creation of safe zones in places like Syria, so that the people least able to leave the country will have some protection?
bpollen February 1st, 2017 at 05:48
From 10,000 feet, the fact is that you are NOT being accurate.
According to the UN High Commission for Refugees:
“UNHCR’s data show that 50.5 percent of refugees are women. Females age 18 to 59 make up 23.9 percent of the refugees, while males in that age group make up 21.8 percent.
Even younger males — age 12 to 17 — represent 6.5 percent of refugees, while females that age are 6.1 percent. The majority of refugees — 51.1 percent — are under age 17, including 38.5 percent who are younger than 12 years old. These numbers were as of Sept. 6.”
51% is a MAJORITY. 51% are UNDER 17. Why am I so fixated on the young and healthy? Well, we don’t KNOW what the health is of refugees or immigrants except in the specific. But, AGE is known. And the MAJORITY are children. 1 out of 3 is under 12. You’re still stuck on that right wing “they are all healthy young males” talking-point that was NEVER true.
10,000 feet, or six feet under, you present “alternative facts.”
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 06:07
Your figures are presumably for refugees in general. I was thinking of the refugees who walked across much of Europe last year. Those were predominantly young, healthy males.
A similar situation exists with regard to immigration from Central America. You don’t see a lot of wheelchair-bound elderly women crossing the Rio Grande. Those who do cross typically pay a coyote, which the truly impoverished cannot afford to do. And when they cross, many suffer from dehydration and heat stroke. For many people in Central America, immigration to the US is simply not an option. Hillary should have defended NAFTA and advocated that we “mend it, not end it”. The best way to help Mexicans and Central Americans is to improve their economic conditions so that immigration is not necessary. I think that Trump and Clinton were both wrong to oppose NAFTA and TPP. If these agreements need changes, then let’s fix them to reduce the impact on American workers. But I’d much rather help Mexico and Guatemala improve their economies than simply provide an alternative place for their people to live. I feel the same way about Syria. We and Europe should be working to stabilize that country and make it livable so that the population doesn’t need to flee.
bpollen February 1st, 2017 at 06:13
You seem to have a confused sense of geography. I didn’t know that we were Europe. So why is the ban on entry to the US? Makes no sense.
My last word on the subject: you apparently think that it is ridiculous or outrageous or hypocritical to care about children. Tells me all I need to know about YOU and your position.
I don’t care about your confusion of humans and business, I don’t care about your false equivalencies, I don’t care about your misrepresentation of the facts to suit your purpose.
All that matters is that you think caring about what happens to children is somehow WRONG or MISGUIDED. And that that worry for children should ALSO be a concern about TRADE POLICY. We apparently don’t inhabit the same universe.
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 06:42
Here’s the difference between us:
You see a neighbor’s house falling apart, and you do nothing. Then one day, the house collapses and the neighbor asks if he can set up a tent in your back yard. You allow it because you feel guilty.
I see a neighbor’s house falling apart, and I ask why that is happening. My instinct is to talk with the neighbor and see if he needs help in maintaining his house.
NAFTA and TPP are the instruments by which America can help other people to maintain and improve their houses.
Refugees are the result of houses falling apart.
NAFTA and TPP are proactive approaches to the problem.
Accepting refugees is a reactive approach.
A proactive approach would be much more effective and much more sustainable.
bpollen February 1st, 2017 at 06:54
Misrepresenting the facts again.
I see a person whose house has fallen down. My instinct is to help because he is IN NEED. Guilt? Somebody is projecting.
Your instinct is to say this problem should ALREADY have been taken care of by somebody ELSE. And since prior actions DIDN’T solve it, well it’s OK to ban Muslims. And particularly if they are children.
Soulless… mendacious… hypocritical … pompous… believer in debunked reich-wing talking points… employer of reich-wing rhetorical techniques…. apparently a suffer of misopedia… a rotten peach by any other name still stinks.
Richard Banville February 1st, 2017 at 08:06
Dubya blew up the house with his murderous pet project in Iraq. Now you want to stomp on the victims with Nazi jackboots.
Carla Akins February 1st, 2017 at 06:44
The refugee are young healthy men thing has been debunked several times. This piece from the Independent in the UK offers dozens of links showing this misinformation.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-fake-refugee-images-that-are-being-used-to-distort-public-opinion-on-asylum-seekers-10503703.html
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 06:57
“According to data compiled by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency, 81% of the 689,000 people who had formally applied for asylum in EU countries this year (through August) were younger than 35”
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/08/refugee-surge-brings-youth-to-an-aging-europe/
Less than one percent were 65 and older.
http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2015/10/FT_15.10.05_agingEuropeAsylum_310px.png
Carla Akins February 1st, 2017 at 12:58
doesn’t make them healthy or men
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 13:30
All of the following data are from Eurostat:
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/03/europes-migrant-crisis-by-the-numbers/
https://foreignpolicymag.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/2_chart3.png
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Share_of_male_(non-EU)_first_time_asylum_applicants_in_the_EU-28_Member_States,_by_age_group,_2015_(%25)_YB16.png
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_statistics
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 13:33
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_statistics
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/images/thumb/1/12/Share_of_male_%28non-EU%29_first_time_asylum_applicants_in_the_EU-28_Member_States%2C_by_age_group%2C_2015_%28%25%29_YB16.png/800px-Share_of_male_%28non-EU%29_first_time_asylum_applicants_in_the_EU-28_Member_States%2C_by_age_group%2C_2015_%28%25%29_YB16.png
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 13:34
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/File:Share_of_male_(non-EU)_first_time_asylum_applicants_in_the_EU-28_Member_States,_by_age_group,_2015_(%25)_YB16.png
Carla Akins February 2nd, 2017 at 17:26
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/feb/02/keith-ellison/rep-keith-ellison-correct-demographic-overview-syr/
Robert M. Snyder February 2nd, 2017 at 17:54
My original comment, two days ago:
“Step back and look at this from 10,000 feet. It is only the young and healthy who are able to leave war-torn regions. The disabled, the elderly, and those without financial resources are generally unable to leave. So why are you so fixated on the welfare of the young and healthy? Why not advocate for the creation of safe zones in places like Syria, so that the people least able to leave the country will have some protection?”
I subsequently said “young males”. I’m willing to cede that point. But you haven’t convinced me that the weak, the elderly, the disabled, and those lacking any financial resources are able to leave places like Syria, or El Salvador for that matter. Accepting refugees is a partial solution, but it is a reactive approach. A proactive approach would ask “How can we help to improve conditions in the places where people currently live?”. I would respect Hillary more if she had stiffened her spine and defended NAFTA and TPP. Perhaps NAFTA needs some adjustments to better protect American workers. But I suspect that NAFTA has helped to improve conditions in Mexico, and I think that is a worthy goal. Having said that, most immigrants coming across the Rio Grande are not from Mexico. Am I naïve to think that the US might help to improve conditions in El Salvador and Guatemala through trade? Perhaps. But what’s the alternative? The entire population of Central America cannot simply move to the US. And if you’re a water resource manager in Southern CA or NV, you’ve already got big concerns about supplying enough water to the existing population. At some point, increasing population will become unsustainable.
So I have accepted your assertion that equal numbers of men, women, and children migrated from Syria to Europe in 2015. How does that help the elderly, the infirm, the disabled, and the severely impoverished people who remain in Syria?
bpollen February 1st, 2017 at 05:49
Oh, and it’s especially rich for you to be advocating for “safe zones.”
Richard Banville February 1st, 2017 at 08:11
You actually think that the most pressing concern of people living in Syria right now is whether they can order a sweater from L.L.Bean???
I don’t even want to know what kind of awful thing happened to you in childhood for you to become such a cruel heartless monster. Horrible. Horrible. Horrible excuse for a “human” being.
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 11:10
“I don’t even want to know what kind of awful thing happened to you in childhood”
Two years at a liberal arts college had me pretty messed up there for a while, kind of like you are now, thinking that the whole world is a tragedy and everyone is a victim. Liberals have a way of making everyone around them feel bad. I mean, look at what you just wrote. You just called me a horrible person. If I were a high school student (and how can you be sure that I’m not?), you’d be guilty of harassment and bullying.
Richard Banville February 1st, 2017 at 14:24
Whine, bitch. I’m through with being nice to fascists and their enablers. You supported Trump, you’re partly responsible for all the misery he has already caused after a single week. Just think of the damage he will do in four years. I bet you’re proud of yourself, laughing at innocent people’s pain.
Robert M. Snyder February 1st, 2017 at 15:11
I don’t like him any better than you do. I’ve stated on this forum several times that I would have preferred Joe Biden or Dianne Feinstein, or just about any other Republican. But liberals can’t pretend that they had nothing to do with Trump’s win. What we are seeing here is a backlash by people who are sick of being denigrated and mocked by people like you who think they are morally superior. Liberals overplayed their hand and took too much for granted. It’s called hubris.
maggiemoo January 30th, 2017 at 23:13
Why don’t you do some research?
whatthe46 January 31st, 2017 at 00:10
this is what *45 voters do when researching.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7c4ec28cf2051a07529f506044462d8b107b2e3480a1c50bc4ba16390436157a.jpg
robert January 31st, 2017 at 00:16
So trump is taking Obama’s advise
Care to try again ?
granpa.usthai January 31st, 2017 at 00:41
same reason Saudis weren’t looked for after 9/11/2001 or since?
doesn’t mean they can’t add them to the list now, does it?
then why don’t they?
amersham1046 January 30th, 2017 at 21:33
She is joining fine company, standing up against a president abusing the power of the office
Willys41 January 30th, 2017 at 21:46
Having great principles doesn’t mean anything till the day comes that it costs you something to put principle into practice.
Bravo, AAG Yates, for standing up for America.
amersham1046 January 30th, 2017 at 21:46
Already lead story at BBC, and The Guardian
AnthonyLook January 30th, 2017 at 22:14
We need a nationwide work stoppage protest day (or two, or even week).
AnthonyLook January 30th, 2017 at 22:38
Feb. 14th, Valentines Day would be really cool.
fahvel January 31st, 2017 at 02:21
start now and end with love if you’re lucky.
mea_mark January 31st, 2017 at 09:07
I beginning to think he won’t last that long.
Jack E Raynbeau January 30th, 2017 at 22:18
Trump* might want to do some reading. Start with the second “term” of Richard Nixon.
Obewon January 30th, 2017 at 22:24
Former A.G. Sally Q. Yates knows Donnie’s Muslim ban is unconstitutional.
Trump “betrayed” the constitution that he’s never read, or comprehended. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/49fb30d3ea081585a87556b1b9326467dfca270f232b450ba281edbe642224e0.jpg
granpa.usthai January 30th, 2017 at 23:22
I don’t give a damn that this piece of privileged class derp is too stupid to understand the Constitution.
He’s already broken the law by refusing to abide by a federal judge’s ruling – willfully and intentionally.
KABLAM! – grounds for IMPEACHMENT.
if the republican legislators refuse to uphold their oaths of office, they can be replaced too!
The Original Just Me January 31st, 2017 at 01:15
Trump only reads the National Enquirer.
Roctuna January 31st, 2017 at 07:41
I think he probably has it read to him. I don’t think he reads at even the Nat’l Enquirer level.
Gina Bousquet January 31st, 2017 at 09:23
Good one! :)
Robo Rubio January 31st, 2017 at 12:39
Trump’s anti-Muslim, pro-Christian 7 nation travel ban fully explained by Vox with highlighted portions of the documents shown:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAwFLtbc7_c
Even if persecution is taking place in those seven countries Trump has given Christians there a way out. As to any future asylum requests from Syria, preference will be given to Christians over minority Muslims even, even if the minority Muslims are also being slaughtered by ISIS.
Trump is supposed to rise above the fray as president, but he has chosen one religion over another.
Obewon January 31st, 2017 at 19:25
Even R & D Mag opines; Editorial: Trump’s Immigration Ban Hurts Research, Science http://www.rdmag.com/blog/2017/01/editorial-trumps-immigration-ban-hurts-research-science?
whatthe46 January 31st, 2017 at 19:41
it’s being reported that he’s going after ppl on work visa’s legally here.
Obewon January 31st, 2017 at 19:55
Yes. Many U.S. H1-B Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) workers are quickly looking to dump USA for CANADA, EU’s #1 Germany, etc.
These H1-B college graduate degree required STEM workers, must now receive $37.50/Hr. Soon to be uplifted to $50/Hr minimum wage.
whatthe46 January 31st, 2017 at 20:09
did you hear about the Dr. that was here on work visa as well. they refuse to let her back in and was told give up her green card or be deported. we’ve lost a lot from this fuckin’ asshat not knowing a damn thing about anything.
Obewon January 31st, 2017 at 20:12
I’m all cash on the sidelines & loving the DT Stock market Meltdowns! Short-sale (DJIA, etc) options:)
Donnie blunders. Markets tumble -300 points in 24 hours.
GOOG – $50. Boom!
whatthe46 January 31st, 2017 at 20:41
holy sh!t. and we’re off. china & russia get together to bypass US dollars.
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/5/20/russia-china-bankdeal.html
Obewon January 31st, 2017 at 20:48
Ehh. I’ve heard this fantasy since as far back into my last life as I recall…
whatthe46 January 31st, 2017 at 21:44
so, is this “fake?”
Obewon February 1st, 2017 at 00:23
Vlad the impaler! In a symbolic blow to U.S. global financial hegemony, (teeny tiny $1 T GDP) Russia and (cratering -10% APR, $7 T GDP) China took a small step toward undercutting the domination of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency on Tuesday when Russia’s second biggest financial institution, VTB, signed a deal with the Bank of China to bypass the dollar and pay each other in domestic currencies. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0cbd749f8cd3faec6d002e386b2e71bb686dd2052b08640e90465d7752088b1a.jpg
AnthonyLook January 30th, 2017 at 22:37
The firings continue— the head of Immigration has just been fired.
Suzanne McFly January 30th, 2017 at 22:42
This is an effing Monday night massacre. We know how well the last “massacre” ended for the guy in charge.
whatthe46 January 30th, 2017 at 22:50
*45 has his head so far up his own ass. she doesn’t work for him she works for the people.
Suzanne McFly January 30th, 2017 at 22:51
I am watching this in complete disbelief. What country did rump think he was going to be President for?
whatthe46 January 30th, 2017 at 22:53
he fricken thinks he owns America. he had a fit, it was overheard him saying don’t they know i’m the fk’n pres. because of all the protest. every fricken POS that voted for him own this mess. everyone of them.
granpa.usthai January 30th, 2017 at 23:17
the fat ass balding orange clown is Republican through and through.
this phony baloney republican ‘patriot’? thinks the president is above the law, therefore he just disregards a federal judge if he doesn’t like their decision.
he’s already a F’ing criminal. IMPEACH the crooked bastard or prepare to face the wrath of the American people.
trump lost the popular vote by more than 3,000,000 to honest law abiding Clinton.
time to take the gloves off and quit babying this 70 years of privileged class loser.
The Original Just Me January 31st, 2017 at 01:14
Where is all of the Protest about Executive Orders from the Republicans. Remember in the Olden Days of Pres. Obama, how they Yelled and Yelled about His Orders ?
whatthe46 January 31st, 2017 at 01:17
those spineless bitches are in hiding.
The Original Just Me January 31st, 2017 at 01:35
Those Bitches are afraid Trump will Grab Their’s and it will Hurt.
Trump still thinks He is on TV , ” You’re Fired !! “
granpa.usthai January 30th, 2017 at 23:22
western Ukraine?
The Original Just Me January 31st, 2017 at 01:09
His OWN, it’s name is Trumpland.
dewired4u January 31st, 2017 at 01:22
bannon’s……
Gina Bousquet January 31st, 2017 at 09:22
One without a Constitution, Courts, lawyers, a strong democratic tradition, a combative, brave people, that is, not the US. He doesn’t know enough of his country to be a common citizen of it, let alone President.
Suzanne McFly January 31st, 2017 at 18:46
And 3 branches of government.
Gina Bousquet January 31st, 2017 at 18:58
Precisely! He believes it all starts and ends in the Executive, the dangerous fascist megalomaniac.
Suzanne McFly January 31st, 2017 at 20:11
I am working a double today and I haven’t been able to read much, I come here when I get a moment. I completely agree with what Krugman is saying though. I believe this administration will like nothing more than to take away our voices, he won’t get that chance though. We have the brains and the brawn on our side.
Gina Bousquet January 31st, 2017 at 20:17
I was scared by the urgency in his alert. The voice of a very
smart scholar saying publicly exactly what we write on the threads
granpa.usthai January 30th, 2017 at 23:27
JFC!
what a F’ing CRYBABY POS!
IMPEACH TRUMP!
fahvel January 31st, 2017 at 02:19
shouting about it is exhilarating but you people better get the balls together with the Sanders and schumers and Frankens and get that psycopath far far away from any dangerous toys.
Roctuna January 31st, 2017 at 07:43
At least he didn’t order their executions, as in “Night of the Long Knives”.
mea_mark January 31st, 2017 at 09:15
More bumbling by the malignant narcissist. Hey, at least he didn’t push the big red button and blow us all to kingdom come.
Bunya January 31st, 2017 at 13:52
He could still push the big red button, so don’t anger him by criticizing his hair.
Gina Bousquet January 31st, 2017 at 09:30
She let reason and dignity be heard above Trump’s sh! tstorm. Kudos Ms. Yates
Robo Rubio January 31st, 2017 at 12:35
The acting AG was right to take on Trump’s anti-Muslim, pro-Christian seven nation travel ban. Trump is anti-Muslim and has picked one religion over another even though as president he is supposed to rise above the fray.
The travel ban is fully explained below (per Vox) with highlighted portions of the documents:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAwFLtbc7_c
Even if persecution is taking place in those seven countries against Muslims and/or Christians, Christians have a way out of those seven nations.
As to any future asylum being granted to people in Syria, minority Christians will be shown total preference even to minority Muslims also being slaughtered by ISIS.
Bunya January 31st, 2017 at 13:56
I can’t believe that, in this country – the most powerful (?) country in the world – we’re allowing a maniac to run the asylum. Too bad we can’t just grab tRump by the scruff of his neck and throw him in the clink.
amersham1046 January 31st, 2017 at 17:17
He is so accustom getting his ow way,, so he will learn the government doesn’t work that way
Ned Nutley February 1st, 2017 at 15:32
We have a dictator in the oval office, a guy with
no respect for the law or American values, Nixon
did similar; fire people who wouldn’t defend an
illegal act, what’s next? court-martial military guys
who fail to carry out his orders, maybe torture?
if you don’t agree with Trump then you are fired!