I can’t wait to see Trump spin this into “What a terrific week this has been.”
Washington Post is just now reporting that the administration definitely will not appeal to the Supreme Court for a ruling.
Let’s hope they manage to screw it up just as much the second time around. While the despicable travel ban EO has caused people I know and care about great anxiety, the botched rollout has been beneficial for us. As the chart Josh showed earlier demonstrated, 66% of Americans thought it was poorly handled, which includes a ton of trump supporters. The key to driving trump’s approval ratings even further down is to break into those trump supporters. And the key to getting them is breaking the impression of trump as a “winner”. The first time around, he sure acted like a loser rolling out his travel ban. Hope he does it again (both for the sake of our immigrants and refugees and for the sake of us all, to damage his political standing even further).
He is acting like he has some secret that he’s not allowed to reveal.
Here’s another way you can learn about these threats besides being president: if the person in charge of classification of information–the president–decides to tell you. Nobody is stopping him from telling us, the judges, anybody.
So a new EO would not change much from the first according to Trump? Then how would that one pass scrutiny by the court?
Once again, all bravado (“we will win easily”) and no actual substance. Where did Trump get his law degree from again?
This was shared by one Sidd Bikkannavar, who got tied up in this nonsense with the ban. This is being widely shared on Facebook. Folks are not thrilled.
Sorry for the absence. On my way home to the US last weekend, I was detained by Homeland Security and held with others who were stranded under the Muslim ban. CBP officers seized my phone and wouldn’t release me until I gave my access PIN for them to copy the data. I initially refused, since it’s a JPL-issued phone (Jet Propulsion Lab property) and I must protect access. Just to be clear - I’m a US-born citizen and NASA engineer, traveling with a valid US passport. Once they took both my phone and the access PIN, they returned me to the holding area with the cots and other sleeping detainees until they finished copying my data.
I’m back home, and JPL has been running forensics on the phone to determine what CBP/Homeland Security might have taken, or whether they installed anything on the device. I’ve also been working with JPL legal counsel. I removed my Facebook page until I was sure this account wasn’t also compromised by the intrusion into my phone and connected apps. I hope no one was worried. JPL issued me a new phone and new phone number, which I’ll give out soon.
Trump University, I suspect. He should ask for a refund. Oh, that’s right; he can’t. It’s out of business.
This F’er is going to Florida every weekend ? …
I guess that’s a 104 days that he won’t damage us –
He’s not only an insecure little child, but also a crapping-his-pants scared little child. How incredibly embarrassing for America.
Wow. That’s the decision an adult would make.
I wonder how (or if) they broke it to him.
New AG is scheming and plotting as we speak —
I’d be happy to wait until hell froze over.
I see Melania has been convinced to go with Donnie to Mar-a-Lago.
Poor girl
Barron is nowhere to be seen.
Who is the woman with Trump in the picture? His wife? His daughter? Someone else?
Second weekend in a row spent in Florida. What is the cost to the tax payers for these excursions?
My guess is that they sugared it up for him saying he could start with a brand new EO and get around the courts – you can win, Donald!
He’s obviously trying to turn the ship around by implying they’ll have new measures in place by next week. And maybe they’ll be smart and pull their punches enough to squeak new meaures by the courts – which will be hailed by the Faithful as a Trump victory. They don’t have any ability for critical analysis – and that will be a shame.
But we’ll have to see what’s really going down here. Not quite clear yet as the big fat tanker is bobbing a bit directionless in the sea.
AND OH WOW! Just got another news flash from the Washington Post saying that the White House has already reversed itself and is now saying they may appeal to the Supreme Court.
Are we in deep craziness here or what?
He may not know yet. They could be waiting until he is out of earshot of Abe and his people. Twitter ought to be interesting. People with NPD do.not.like.to.lose… it’s a cause for a depression episode.
Bannon is back in DC practicing his Alexander Haig “I’m in charge here!” speech.
Give donnie Melania, a golf club, and keep him on the course away from his phone is Bannon’s ploy
I wonder if the nuke code “football” briefcase is in Florida or DC?
They’ve already reversed it. This is yet another chapter in insanity in the making.