By JILL COLVIN Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. – A top White House aide renewed support for President Donald Trump’s embattled immigration order and praised a surge in deportations Sunday, as the new president faces a new provocation in the form of an apparent missile test by North Korea.
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Hezbollah leader says ‘idiot’ Trump makes him optimistic
The Northeast U.S. is once again in the sights of a winter blast of snow, bitter cold and strong winds. The Northeast U.S. is once again in the sights of a winter blast of snow, bitter cold and strong winds.
A Price On Carbon Is Neither Liberal Nor Conservative. It’s Just Practical
Earlier this week, a group of prominent Republicans called for a nationwide price on carbon to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and slow climate change. It’s a proposal we should all be talking about, but we know Congress won’t – at least not before 2018 -because while these elder statesmen of the Republican party were floating the paper, their juvenile progeny in the Senate were voting to let US oil companies pay bribes overseas and stifling any mention of the $20 billion per year in subsidies and tax breaks that the US gives the fossil-fuel sector.
Soon judges, not Arizona Department of Child Safety alone, could…
Arizona’s Department of Child Safety will soon make caseworkers obtain a court order in most situations before taking children from their families. Soon judges, not Arizona Department of Child Safety alone, could decide when to take children from families Arizona’s Department of Child Safety will soon make caseworkers obtain a court order in most situations before taking children from their families.
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During the last of the DNC regional forum’s today in Baltimore Maryland, leading candidate Keith Ellison outlines why every non-Democrat should hope he wins the chairmanship. Ellison’s expressed approach is that Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch should be filibustered by all Senate Democrats.
Protesters mass outside Mitch McConnell’s Louisvillehome to recite Coretta Scott King letter
Protesters recited Coretta Scott King’s decades-old letter opposing newly confirmed Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday evening outside the Louisville home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican. Nearly 400 demonstrators gathered outside Mr. McConnell’s residence Friday night to read aloud King’s 1986 critique of Mr. Sessions, the Huffington Post reported.
Troops Await DeploymentOrders from Ninth Circuit
Apart from the unremitting attacks on Republicans by paid mobs and Democratic congressmen desperate to help the base forget they lost big time and will continue to do so in 2018, the big news this week has to be the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granting itself the right to dictate foreign policy despite the clear words of the Constitution and federal law granting the president the absolute right to preclude entry to any alien he thinks poses a threat to national security.
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Administrators at Yale University announced on Saturday that a college named for John Calhoun, a former US vice-president who was an ardent supporter of slavery, will be renamed after sustained protest and activism from students. “This is a victory for the New Haven community,” Kica Matos, one of the leaders of the Change the Name Coalition and a fellow at Yale’s Stiles College, told the Guardian.
Tom Kacich: Republicans showing support for Marlin
There’s evidence of Republicans already crossing over to vote in Urbana’s Democratic mayoral primary election, according to Champaign County Recorder Mark Shelden, an elections numbers cruncher who formerly was the county clerk. Shelden said he reviewed the names of about 240 people who have voted early in the three-way Feb. 28 mayoral primary and found that about 25 percent of them were people who had voted in the Republican primary election last March.
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New chairman quickly shakes up FCC
Ajit Pai, the new Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is quickly making his mark on the agency, shaking up its operations and rolling back Obama-era initiatives. His moves have drawn Republican praise, but also alarmed Democrats and consumer groups, and set the stage for the fights ahead.
It’s not just Donald Trump feuding with the courts. States are doing it, too.
In a speech to law enforcement officials, Feb. 8, President Trump read federal law giving broad him broad authority to set immigration restrictions, adding, “a bad high school student would understand this.” As President Trump escalates his confrontation with the judiciary branch in tweets and speeches, lawmakers in some half a dozen states are testing their state courts’ independence with actual legislation.
Ohio’s Gov. Kasich Works to Erase State’s ‘Rust Belt’ Label
The Republican governor has made it his mission to send the label to the scrap heap of history. He points to advances in such areas as drones, data analytics, biotechnology, robotics and autonomous vehicle research.
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Former presidential candidates eye Senate comebacks
Orrin Hatch Former presidential candidates eye Senate comebacks Warren: Trump’s Treasury pick the ‘ultimate Wall Street insider’ Trump outburst puts Gorsuch in a corner MORE retires. Jon Huntsman, a 2012 GOP candidate, could run for the seat, as could 2016 independent candidate Evan McMullin.
Jeff Sessions get the Saturday Night Live treatment; Melissa McCarthy brings back Sean Spicer
This week’s take included defense of Ivanka Trump, the president’s daughter, and her fashion line. The line has been removed from Nordstrom, Belk and other stores, prompting the president to call the move “unfair.”
Netanyahu pledges to promote ‘responsible policies’ at Trump meeting
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present “responsible policies” in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, signaling to the Israeli far-right to curb its territorial demands in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu leaves for Washington on Monday and will see Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first meeting since the Republican’s inauguration last month, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and policy toward Iran on the agenda.
Enzi on being mayor, Part Two
When we embarked on our story on seven mayors who have served Gillette since 1975, we knew that trying to corner U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi would be difficult since he has much more important duties these days with a new president and confirmation hearings on top of an already packed schedule. But we lucked out.
Three weeks and counting down
My “good” prediction is based on the Law of the Pendulum. Enough Americans, including most independent voters, will be so ready to shed Donald Trump and his little shop of horrors that the 2018 midterm elections are all but certain to be a landslide – no make that a mudslide – sweep of the House and Senate.
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The conference, whose partners include Gov. Matt Mead and U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, as well as the Wyoming Business Council, the Small Business Administration and the UW Business Resource Network, will feature breakout sessions on government contracting and general business strategy. It also includes time to network with business owners, contracting officers and economic development professionals.
Thinkin’ about “Lincoln” again
Steven Spielberg’s 2012 film Lincoln seems to have dropped from our cultural consciousness. Perhaps the cognitive dissonance it induces on the left suppresses memory of it.
17 artists you won’t believe have won a Grammy
From puppets and presidents to cartoon characters and comedians, a whole host of unlikely suspects have got their hands on that coveted golden gramophone trophy over the past six decades. Ahead of the 2017 ceremony on February 12, here’s a look at 17 of the most utterly baffling winners.
SNL Spicer Is Back
Melissa McCarthy surprised with an amazing impersonation of Sean Spicer on SNL last weekend. On Saturday she is back and it is another comedy triumph.
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Thursday Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Luther Strange, the Alabama attorney general, as Jeff Sessions’ replacement in the U.S. Senate. Sessions, a Republican senator from Mobile, was sworn in as U.S. attorney general on Thursday. Do you agree with Bentley’s selection of Strange?
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The plaintiff would like to call a character witness at his People’s Court trial. #SNL pic.twitter.com/TgUzc6Xscw The NBC show brought back Alec Baldwin, this time as both its host and to lampoon the leader of the free world, for a sketch that had his Trump having his day in court over his blocked travel ban.
Cheers and Jeers
Cheers to Gov. Tom Wolf for proposing an increase in Pennsylvania’s long-stagnant minimum wage from $7.25 to $12 per hour. It’s highly unlikely the Republican-controlled General Assembly will go that far, but perhaps the pressure of his proposal will impel legislators to grant a smaller increase in the ridiculously low wage standard, which has been in place for eight years.
Boise understands spirit of America; does Trump?
Memo to President Trump: You cannot fire federal judges or intimidate them with your tweets. They have lifetime appointments for a reason: so they can resist the pressures of politicians like you, bullies who think bluster and bravado will always get them what they want.
Tara Palmer-Tomkinson was A 200,000 in debt before she died
‘There was light terrorism at Nordstrom this week’: Melissa McCarthy is back as Sean Spicer – this time hawking Ivanka’s jewelry and shoes from the White House in SNL cold open ‘The US stands behind Japan, its great ally, 100%’: Trump and Japanese PM hold conference to denounce ‘absolutely intolerable’ North Korea missile test CBS anchor Josh Elliott ‘announced he’d been promoted and was leaving his show live on-air – but it was the first network bosses knew about it’ ‘Sorry I’m late, the reason I’m late is I’m going through a divorce’: United Airlines pilot is removed from flight after ‘ranting on the intercom about her marriage, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’ Don’t text at the table, NEVER spear your food with the fork and avoid buying extravagant gifts in a new relationship: Etiquette guru reveals her top tips for Valentine’s Day A putt-ing miracle! Florida golfer uses his club to … (more)
Worldview: Rubin: Force Trump to see truth about Putin
Trudy Rubin’s Worldview column runs on Thursdays and Sundays. Over the past decade she has made multiple trips to Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt, Turkey, Israel and the West Bank and also written from Syria, Tunisia, Lebanon, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, South Korea and China.
The Trump-shake: A look at Donald Trump and Shinzo Abe’s awkward handshake
This handshake between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President Donald Trump has been lampooned on social media. Source: Reuters/Jim Bourg In his own words , he has called the act a “barbaric” one that puts both giver and receiver at risk of contracting some kind of medical ailment.
Conservative View: Jennifer Rubin – The president’s princelings
In response to the president’s unprecedented attack on a company declining to do business with a family member, Nordstrom’s answered President Donald Trump’s accusation that it was treating Ivanka Trump unfairly. “To reiterate what we’ve already shared when asked, we made this decision based on performance,” the company said in a statement.
Your View: Senate is place for debate, not silenced members
A joy of studying and writing history is the excitement of immersing oneself in frightening or exciting times and then being able to escape back into normalcy by closing a book or shutting down the computer. Historians love to make connections between past and present; sometimes it’s a stretch, other times it’s eerily close.
Bloomberg View: The Democrats and their immigration problem
We can argue about whether America has an immigration problem. But it seems pretty clear that Democrats have an immigration problem, one they’ll have to fix if they want to oppose Trump effectively, much less regain control of the government.
Fight Fascists With Mockery, Not The Violence That Feeds Them
Early on during the Inauguration Day alt-right event on the University of Washington campus that eventually devolved into a near-fatal melee , I looked around Red Square, and I had a bad feeling. I wasn’t just afraid that things would get ugly.
Sunday Morning Bobblehead Thread
Clearly, Propaganda Barbie and Lyin’ Spicy Spice have been benched this Sunday. Either Trump is tired of giving SNL more material or the sheer cognitive dissonance of having to catapult the propaganda is so exhausting that even those two camera hogs needed a rest.
Ed Sheeran: I can’t wait to get hitched
Ed, who is rumoured to be headlining Glastonbury in June, said: “You have the wedding and everyone stands around for a while drinking champagne and there’s no food and everyone gets really, really drunk at like two o’clock. “I would have the wedding mid-afternoon and then just have food trucks.
In emotional speech, Streep renews harsh criticism of Trump
Meryl Streep attends the Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Gala at Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in New York. Meryl Streep attends the Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Gala at Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, in New York.
[The Sacramento Bee] Trump’s conflicts are a scandal waiting to happen
President Donald Trump used his official Twitter account Wednesday to bash Nordstrom for “unfairly” dropping daughter Ivanka’s clothing line. “Terrible!” First lady Melania Trump sued a British newspaper for $150 million this week, claiming that a retracted story could cost her an “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to launch a multimillion-dollar brand.
[Other View] A Republican carbon tax
Some Republicans have grown tired of fighting the rest of the world on climate change. As economists, religious and military leaders, ordinary Americans and even oil companies have joined the push to lower greenhouse gas emissions, Republicans have, for the most part, resisted.
Hillary Clinton takes jab at Michael Flynn after he resigns
Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to weigh in on National Security Adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation, and responded to a tweet suggesting that he get a new job at Domino’s. In the aftermath, Clinton’s former aide Phillipe Reines sent a tweet about the pizzeria gig in reference to #Pizzagate, a debunked conspiracy theory that alleged Clinton and her campaign ran a child-sex ring inside the DC restaurant Comet Ping Pong.