Monthly Archive: January, 2017

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/that-is-to-say-the-administration-is-testing-the/ That is to say, the administration is testing the extent to which the DHS (and other executive agencies) can act and ignore orders from the other branches of government. This is as serious as it can possibly get: all of the arguments about whether order X or Y is unconstitutional mean nothing if...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/more-protests-erupted-this-weekend-in-response-to/ More protests erupted this weekend in response to President Trump’s executive order, signed on Friday, which indefinitely barred Syrian refugees and temporarily banned travel into the U.S. from citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. And, yet again, protesters brought some great signs.   (via All the best signs from the weekend’s Muslim Ban protests)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/spinal-tap-audio-under-trump-is/ Spinal Tap audio under Trump is 😂👌🏼 pic.twitter.com/zXgKNMxWbd — Jesse McLaren (@McJesse) January 26, 2017 (via Jesse McLaren on Twitter: “Spinal Tap audio under Trump is 😂👌🏼 https://t.co/zXgKNMxWbd”)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/for-what-will-it-profit-a-man-if-he-gains-the/ ‘For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?’ Matthew 16:26 https://t.co/cYFglX3yRW — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 29, 2017 (via J.K. Rowling on Twitter: “’For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?’ Matthew 16:26 https://t.co/cYFglX3yRW”)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/asghar-farhadi-the-brilliant-writerdirector-of/ Asghar Farhadi, the brilliant writer/director of About Elly, The Past, and the Oscar- winning A Separation, will not be able to attend this year’s Academy Award ceremony, where his The Salesman is nominated for Best Foreign Film. It’s not because of a scheduling conflict; it’s because he is from Iran, and our president...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/cnnworld-leaders-and-prominent-figures-have/ (CNN)World leaders and prominent figures have blasted US President Donald Trump’s temporary ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States as divisive, illegal, insulting and discriminatory. (via Trump travel ban: World leaders weigh in – CNNPolitics.com)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/tony-benn-was-a-minister-of-parliament-for-47/ Tony Benn was a Minister of Parliament for 47 years and one of the greats of the UK Labour party until his death in 2014. He’s a reservoir of excellent quotes, but today his thoughts on refugees seem most apt. (via What Trump’s treatment of refugees tells you about his plans for Americans...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/downing-street-has-rejected-calls-to-cancel/ Downing Street has rejected calls to cancel President Donald Trump’s proposed state visit to the UK after a US clampdown on immigration. (via Trump state visit: Downing Street rejects cancellation calls – BBC News)

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/president-donald-trumps-order-friday-banning/ President Donald Trump’s order Friday banning immigrants and visitors from seven Muslim nations is being met by both harsh and somber verbal resistance from top tech sector leaders—from Apple to Y Combinator. The move was racist, affected perhaps thousands of tech workers, and was un-American, the executives said in tweets, e-mails, Facebook posts,...

New Post has been published on https://truckfump.life/2017/01/30/yahooentertainment-julia-louis-dreyfus-breaks/ yahooentertainment: Julia Louis Dreyfus breaks from her SAG Awards speech to protest the immigration ban