Tag Archives: Muslim ban

Douchebag-In-Chief Mocks Chuck Schumer’s Tears: I’m Going To Ask Him Who Was His Acting Coach [VIDEO]

The Huffington Post reports: President Donald Trump on Monday mocked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for shedding tears over the plight of refugees. “I don’t see him as a crier,” Trump said of Schumer, and asked whether the senator had hired an “acting coach.” “There’s about a 5 percent chance that it was real, but I think they were …

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Sarah Palin: Fake News Sparked Those Protests

“A blanket ‘immigration ban’? No, it is not. That is a fake news headline. Even so-called conservative websites groveling for clicks are making more out of President Trump’s action to fully vet foreigners’ intentions upon U.S. entrance than it obviously is. Trump is doing what the majority recognized was necessary to secure our borders. Voters asked for it, he promised …

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ACLU Raises Record $24M Over The Weekend

Slate reports: The American Civil Liberties Union broke all its fundraising records this weekend as it became the main group challenging President Donald Trump’s immigration restrictions. The ACLU raised $24,164,691 this weekend from 356,306 online donations after Trump signed the order suspending the country’s refugee program and banning entry into the United States of citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries. …

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Trump Blames Delta For Chaos At Airports

Fortune reports: President Donald Trump on Monday sought to deflect blame for the chaos and confusion that his executive order clamping down on immigration caused this weekend at airports around the country, wrongly blaming Delta Airlines in the wake of a “systems outage” that caused delays and cancelations. Delta’s snafu didn’t begin until after outrage over Trump’s order to bar …

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Hair Furor: My GOP Detractors Want To Start WWIII

The Hill reports: President Donald Trump defended his executive order on immigration and refugee policy Sunday afternoon in two tweets, posted at around the same time the White House released a statement from the president. The statement stressed the importance of keeping the country safe and denied that the order amounts to a Muslim ban. But the tweets were a …

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Lyft Donates $1M To ACLU As #DeleteUber Trends

Gizmodo reports: Following Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s limp response to Trump’s “Muslim ban,” Lyft has decided to put its money where its mouth is. The ridesharing rival announced today that it will donate a million dollars to the ACLU to “defend our constitution.” Protests gathered at airports around the country yesterday and people were looking to the rich and powerful …

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Chuck Schumer Vows That Senate Dems Will Overturn Trump’s “Mean-Spirited” Executive Order [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of New York called on President Donald Trump to reverse his executive order on immigration, calling it “mean-spirited and un-American.” Schumer said Senate Democrats will soon introduce legislation attempting to overturn Trump’s travel ban executive order. An aide to Schumer says the legislation could come as soon as Monday. At a press …

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LIVE VIDEO: Massive Protest Outside White House

Washington’s CBS affiliate reports: Massive crowds have gathered at the White House Sunday afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration plan. The president’s executive order suspends the entry of all refugees to the United States for 120 days, halts the admission of refugees from Syria indefinitely and bars entry for three months to residents from the predominantly Muslim countries of …

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Kellyanne Conway: Yesterday’s Airport Chaos Was A “Small Price To Pay” For Greater Security [VIDEO]

Politico reports: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday that international travel disruptions in the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting immigration from predominantly Muslim nations was a “small price to pay” for greater security. In an interview on “Fox News Sunday,” Conway downplayed the separation of families in the aftermath of the order. “This whole idea that …

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White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller: Trump’s Immigration Ban Remains In “Full And Total Effect”

NBC News reports: Hours after a federal judge issued a stay on President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily restricting entry to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and a senior White House adviser issued robust responses, emphasizing that the order remains in force. In a statement issued in the early hours of Sunday, the …

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Trump Angrily Defends His Immigration Ban

CBS News reports: Following a night of worldwide protests and a federal judge halting deportations of visa holders under his latest executive order, President Trump defended his “extreme vetting” policy Sunday, pointing to Europe as a warning sign for a future without “strong borders.” U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly issued an emergency order Saturday evening stopping authorities from deporting those …

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LIVE VIDEO: Massive Anti-Trump Protest At JFK

As news spread that legal US residents with valid green cards are being detained by Trump’s goons at JFK, thousands of New Yorkers have descended on the international terminals for a spontaneous protest. Watch the live-stream below provided by the Working Families Party on Facebook.

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Iran Retaliates With Ban On US Citizens

Reuters reports: Iran said on Saturday it would stop U.S. citizens entering the country in retaliation to Washington’s visa ban against Tehran and six other majority-Muslim countries announced by new U.S. President Donald Trump. “While respecting the American people and distinguishing between them and the hostile policies of the U.S. government, Iran will implement the principle of reciprocity until the …

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BREAKING: ACLU Sues Trump Over Refugee Ban

Reuters reports: Immigration lawyers sued on Saturday to block President Donald Trump’s order halting the entry of refugees and foreign nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries to the United States, saying numerous people have already been unlawfully detained. The lawyers from numerous immigration organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union sued in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, on behalf …

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Legal US Residents With Green Cards Held At Airports, Told To Go Back Where They Came From [VIDEO]

The New York Daily News reports: Within hours of President Trump’s executive order limiting immigration from Muslim countries, green card and visa holders were already being blocked from getting on flights to the U.S. The Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee said people who had already landed were being sequestered at airports and told they have to return to their point of origin. …

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Google Recalls Staffers From Trump’s Banned Nations

Bloomberg reports: Alphabet Inc.’s Google delivered a sharp message to staff traveling overseas who may be impacted by a new executive order on immigration from President Donald Trump: Get back to the U.S. now. Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai slammed Trump’s move in a note to employees Friday, telling them that more than 100 company staff are affected by …

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REPORT: Iranian Oscar-Nominated Director Will Miss Ceremony Due To Trump’s Suspension Of Visas

The Independent reports: The Muslim ban enacted by President Donald Trump will keep the Iranian director of an Oscar-nominated film from this year’s ceremony, according to reports. President Trump announced this week that nationals from seven Muslim countries will now be refused access to the United States of America, a move that is said to mean that filmmaker Asghar Farhadi …

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