Monthly Archive: January, 2017

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/considering-that-the-executive-branch-seems-to-be/ Considering that the executive branch seems to be defying a court-ordered injunction of Trump’s immigration ban in a brewing constitutional crisis, the absence feels rather sinister. The website’s judicial branch page, however, has been gone since Trump took office last Friday. (via Why Is the Judicial Branch Missing From WhiteHouse.Gov? [Update: It’s Back])

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/ceos-tend-to-walk-a-fine-line-when-it-comes-to/ CEOs tend to walk a fine line when it comes to politics. In times of strife, it’s common for chief executives to release mealy-mouthed statements full of corporate nothingspeak—and this is nothing if not a time of strife. After Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, however, many corporate leaders (especially those in the...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/according-to-the-hill-feinstein-is-introducing/ According to The Hill, Feinstein is introducing two bills to senate, the first of which, per a Judiciary Committee ranking member, “immediately rescind[s Trump’s] order” and the second of which “limits executive authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act.” (via Daily Engagement: Call Your Senators to Vote on Dianne Feinstein’s Bills to Repeal...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/as-i-watch-the-unfolding-constitutional-crisis-in-2/ As I watch the unfolding constitutional crisis in America (from Rwanda — badly planned leave!), I am fearful that our leaders don’t understand what the Watergate Congress saw. This looks not like adults addressing a crisis with calm and confidence; it looks like a circus, that can only weaken even further the fabric of our...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/as-i-watch-the-unfolding-constitutional-crisis-in/ As I watch the unfolding constitutional crisis in America (from Rwanda — badly planned leave!), I am fearful that our leaders don’t understand what the Watergate Congress saw. This looks not like adults addressing a crisis with calm and confidence; it looks like a circus, that can only weaken even further the fabric of our...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/the-bad-news-comes-in-so-fast-you-can-hardly-keep/ The bad news comes in so fast you can hardly keep up with it: senior State Department officials asked to resign, a defacto Muslim ban and a white supremacist given a role typically held for generals. As important as it is to remain informed, however, it’s equally necessary for people to stay calm...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/demonstrations-are-held-in-some-35-cities-and/ Demonstrations are held in some 35 cities and towns, including one outside 10 Downing Street. (via Trump travel ban: Thousands join protests across UK – BBC News)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/democrats-have-watched-as-progressives-turned-out/ Democrats have watched as progressives turned out en masse at pro-Obamacare rallies, then stunned the political world with the attendance across the globe at women’s marches, and now are opposing Trump’s executive order banning travel to the United States from seven Muslim-majority nations with protests at airports across the the country. (via Angry...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/nobody-likes-trump-underground-stickers/ Nobody Likes Trump : Underground Stickers Nobody Likes Trump : Underground Stickers underground-stickers: