Juliajms

Here's an article that supports this idea. The two kinds of Trump voters, one of which Dems could get back. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/trump-voters-white-working-class-214754

Totally agree. They aren't perfect, but they're what we have. They made the mistake of initially underestimating Trump and his campaign, but I have a hard time blaming them for that. There are days I still can't believe he won and that over 60 million people fell for this hate mongering con artist.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/elizabeth-warren-coretta-scott-king-jeff-sessions If Democrats have anything to be thankful for it's that Republicans keep screwing up like this. Silencing Elizabeth Warren makes them looks so weak and pathetic. Plus it shows that they are afraid of the simple truth about some of their nominees.

Also, I've read that Alaska is too rural to benefit much from a voucher system, so her constituents probably weren't clamoring for it. This development really makes me sad. I just feel like our country is in such a state of chaos and upheaval. I guess that's what some people wanted.

And Christian because let's be honest, a lot of Syrians are white.

Germany trying to figure out the right course due to Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/world/europe/germany-prepares-for-turbulence-in-the-trump-era.html?smid=tw-share

Yeah, that's bad. We're headed into a time where you don't want to be a poor woman of childbearing age. Not that I think that was ever an easy thing to be, but there are people in charge who are determined to make it harder. Overall, I don't know what's going to happen. I think we are lucky that Trump wasn't able (or didn't have the sense) to appoint a bunch of judges before he hatched some of these EO's. Aren't there a ton of federal judges waiting to be appointed because Obama was blocked from making them? I'm talking about the lower courts here not SCOTUS. I could have sworn I read that, but I can't remember for sure. ETA: Found an article on it. There are 100 spaces for Trump to fill. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-elect-donald-trump-could-make-over-100-judicial-appointments/

Thanks for explaining OzFrog.

^ Frankly, I'm having a hard time giving him the benefit of the doubt right now was well.

That was my attempt to be polite. I do believe even the most repugnant among us have the right to free speech, but he's spending quite a bit of effort to defend hate speech right now. Unless you are in a court of law or a classroom that gets the side eye from me.

Doug Davidson certainly has an interesting thread on twitter right now. It amazes me how many people mistake the right to free speech for the right to be heard and given a platform.

^ You two Really though, the way he is talking to these leaders is pretty scary. Threatening to send troops into Mexico? Heaven help us all.

That report of his conversation with Turnbull is nutty. Obviously, we should honor the agreement, but I wonder why Australia doesn't want these refugees? Not saying it's even relevant my curiosity is just peeked.

^ The hypocrisy is unbelievable.

I agree with you and this is why I just shake my head when people say Cruz or Rubio would have just as bad. No they wouldn't. True, they abhor the rights of women, minorities and LGBT people, but they weren't going to try to take away the very mechanisms of dissent and muzzle the press the way Bannon and Trump are gearing up to do (at least I believe they are). Disagreeing on social issues is very different from trying to stop people from advocating for themselves or controlling the flow of information to the people. Look how success the gay rights movement has been over the last few decades. Gay rights advocates were able to change hearts and minds, even under Republican rule. That happened because we have an open and free society, which I fully believe Trump is going to slowly try to take from us. This is not a normally administration regardless of party.

Sure, but I guess my thought is shouldn't getting more airtime have hurt Trump? They showed him in all his evil glory. Either way, this is another case where we can't turn back the clock. At this point CNN is going after him pretty hard, so I'm not going to celebrate the fact that they are getting frozen out for past mistakes. In the end this isn't about CNN or WP. He's trying to destroy news sources that aren't falling in line and that is deeply disturbing.

It really is. CNN could have done better during the election, but I don't really agree that they were complicit. They are my main news source and I saw the writing on the wall well enough. His own words condemned him on CNN and every other news source. No news source can make people care that someone is a racist, sexist demagogue. ETA: On the other hand not seeing Kellyanne has been kind of nice.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-cnn-press-234455 The administration is trying to freeze out CNN. This is the kind of thing I find disturbing about this administration. Fall in line or pay the price.

Yes! I just added that story to my post. I'm so against that and apparently Trump is going to restrict that next, but right now I feel like he is the enemy and I can't give him any quarter even when I agree. I truly believe he is coming for our freedom and I have never felt that under any other Republican.

^ I'm not surprised by that at all. There is a reason there was an amnesty under Reagan. Immigration is good for business by decreasing wages. While that used to make me more of a centrist, Trump has forced me to the left on this issue. I'm guessing I'm not alone on that. Even on the issue of restricting H1B visas, which I could have gotten behind at one point, I don't trust this man to do anything that's right. What happened at Disney for example is something I'm sicked by: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/04/us/last-task-after-layoff-at-disney-train-foreign-replacements.html?_r=0 Good point!

This poll is a small sample, but I still find it disheartening. http://ipsos-na.com/download/pr.aspx?id=16379 48% support the immigration order. 41% oppose.

Ugh. And a lot of people will love the idea of deporting people for using social services. That plays right to his base.

One constitutional crisis coming up.

This is an interesting article on the refugee situation. I was hoping that other countries might pick up our slack, but this person thinks it will give other countries the excuse of turning people away. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/why-trumps-refugee-ban-is-so-unprecedented/514916/?utm_source=atltw

Dems thinking of not fighting the first SCOTUS pick too hard. http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/democrats-supreme-court-battle/index.html?sr=twCNN013117democrats-supreme-court-battle0211AMStoryLink&linkId=33950547