But I will buy Starbucks every goddamn day if they do this.
(I still may not drink it, but I'll buy it.)
CBP in Clear Violation of Court Orders and, by extension the Constitution
We need to nail Trump to the wall on this.
As the night wore on, it became increasingly clear that CBP was defying Brinkema’s ruling. Lawyers concluded that that meant someone was in contempt of court. The judge could theoretically send in federal law enforcement officers to force CBP to let the lawyers meet with the detainees. But sending in the U.S. Marshals—who are part of the Department of Justice—to take on Customs and Border Patrol—which is part of the Department of Homeland Security—would have been a bureaucratic clash of the titans. And, like everything else that night, it would have been unprecedented. It didn’t happen.
Then at around 11:45 pm, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker showed up.
Booker stayed back there for about half an hour, and then he pushed through the crowd of roaring protesters and—flanked by glowering policemen—addressed the crowd. After a few opening words, he held up a copy of Brinkema’s order.
“I am now of the belief that though this was issued by the judicial branch, that it was violated tonight,” he said. “And so one of the things I will be doing is fighting to make sure that the executive branch abides by the law as it was issued in this state and around the nation. This will be an ongoing battle.”
“They told me nothing, and it was unacceptable,” he said. “I believe it’s a Constitutional crisis, where the executive branch is not abiding by the law.”
Legal immigrants and refugees from seven majority Muslim countries found themselves detained as they landed at Washington Dulles International Airport as President Trump’s half-baked Muslim ban went into effect over the weekend.
This is appalling and mind-blowingly stupid
Trump reorganized the National Security Council to, along with other changes, give Bannon a regular seat on the principals committee — the meetings of the most senior national security officials, including the secretaries of defense and state.
That memo also states that the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will sit on the principals committee only when the issues to be discussed pertain to their “responsibilities and expertise.”
Yeah why would you need the director of national intelligence sitting on the National Security Council. Waste of time. Clearly.
The president held a series of calls Saturday with world leaders and restructured the National Security Council.
We are the bad guys
We are the empire, breaking apart families and driving innocents to despair.
We're the people with ridiculous make-up and hair in the Hunger Games.
We are the benign racists, who swear we don't hate people of color; we just can't be bothered to care when our choices will ruin their lives.
You can lie to yourself – and you will have to, to deny this – but it doesn't change the new reality.
We are the bad guys.
A woman distraught over being forced back to her native country attempted to kill herself inside Kennedy Airport.
2016 Election Statistics
White millennials voted for Trump 48% to 42%
White women voted for Trump 53% to 43%
White college graduates voted for Trump 49% to 45%
Black men voted Hillary 82% to 13%
Black women voted Hillary 94% to 4%
Latino men voted Hillary 63% to 32%
Latino women voted Hillary 69% to 25%
Black millennials voted Hillary 85% to 9%
Latinos millennials voted Hillary 68% to 26%
Non-white college graduates voted Hillary 72% to 22%
All of these numbers are from the same CNN exit poll.
It is hard to find a single white demographic that did not come up with a Trump majority (white college-graduated women come up 51% for Hillary) and there is not a single non-white demographic that came up with a Trump majority or came anywhere near the polling margin of error.
Statistically the strongest defining feature of the Trump supporter is whiteness.
Does this mean the majority of white people actively hate people of color and voted for Trump because they wanted a racist in charge?
No. That’s not how racism works.
What it means is that, as a result of unconscious racism, a LOT of white people who do not consider themselves racist ignored Trump’s racism and voted for him anyway.
They simply did not care about people of color enough to not vote for Trump.
That’s racism’s biggest effect: apathy to the point of allowing people to die because you can’t be bothered to keep them safe.
Historic Shame
A Trump administration order banned refugees from entering the United States on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The Resist Trump non-book Reading List
Books may be time-consuming or unavailable for some folks, and our ability to share them far and wide is limited. Here’s a list of online articles available for free, plus archive.org links.
- “Ur-Fascism” by Umberto Eco [mirror link] – an essential description of what fascism looks like.
- “Autocracy: Rules for Survival” by Masha Gessen [mirror link] – avoiding complacency and deceit.
- “Forget ‘Why,’ It’s Time to Get to Work” by Anil Dash [mirror link] – activism and consistency
- “Don’t Let Anyone Tell You It’ll Be Okay” by Craig Martin [mirror link] – a very important debunking of all the rationalization going on around us.
- “A madman has been given the keys to the surveillance state” by Cory Doctorow [mirror link] – a good reminder of why, even if all you do is talk to your niece on Facebook, we need to protect our digital freedom.
- “No, We Won’t Calm Down” by Robothugs [mirror link] – how to avoid shutting out our marginalized allies, and how to recognize when someone is doing it to you
- “The White Flight of Derek Black” by Eli Saslow [mirror link] – a powerful read on what it takes for a person to leave white nationalism behind.
- “How to Help the Cause When You Need Help Yourself” by Carrie Cutforth [mirror link] – helpful reminders for activists with chronic illnesses or mental health issues. Read Spoon Theory, too, if you haven’t, for a helpful framework.
- “On Arguing with the Upper Class” by The Coquette [mirror link] – why arguing with your friends on Facebook isn’t activism and it isn’t like what happened to Derek Black.
- “A People’s History of the Third Reich” by Megan Carpentier [mirror link] – on collective responsibility and commonplace evil.
- This post on fascist tactics from @smarmyanarchist [mirror link] – how to identify white supremacist bullshit and engage with it effectively.
Via [Tumblr](http://thebatlord.com/post/153822227733/a-stop-trump-reading-list).
5calls.org
For me, the idea of calling people about the Issue of the Day is… daunting. Exhausting – also that – but just kind of overwhelming. Who do I even call? What do I say? What if I forget something important? What if I miss something I really wanted to do something about.
And… I'm a talker. I don't know how folks with anxiety do it at all.
Kate asked me about these exact same problems tonight, and I said "Hey let's check out this site 5calls."
And I have to tell you, after looking through what the site does to help you out with these kinds of things – to help you make a difference – I got really excited.
So I made a short video explaining the whole thing, because it's cool, and because I want you to know about it and maybe get excited too.
Check it out.