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Trump Gives White Supremacist Steve Bannon A National Security Role

Trump gives white supremacist Steve Bannon a national security role Lost amongst the chaos and controversy regarding Donald Trump’s Muslim-ban on Saturday, Donald Trump signed another executive order that reorganizes the National Security Council to give his white supremacist adviser Steve Bannon a seat on the principals committee. The principals committee includes the most senior national security officials, including the secretaries of defense and state. According to the Washington Post, “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...

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Hillary Clinton Tweets Support For Protest, Against Muslim-Ban

On Saturday night, former Secretary of State tweeted out support for the protests who are rallying against Donald Trump’s Muslim-ban. Clinton said, “I stand with the people gathered across the country tonight defending our values & our Constitution. This is not who we are.”   I stand with the people gathered across the country tonight defending our values & our Constitution. This is not who we are. — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 29, 2017 Clinton joins Democrats – and some Republicans – who have called out Trump’s executive order banning Muslims and...

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Trump Exempted The Countries He Does Business In With Muslim-Ban

Trump exempted the countries he does business in with Muslim-ban Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and blocking travel from people of seven predominantly Muslim countries has raised many questions largely about constitutionality and the inherent racism of banning people of one religion. However, there are new questions being raised because the seven countries Trump identified in his executive order have something in common – they are countries he doesn’t do business in. Trump excluded several nations where the Trump Organization does business According to the Washington Post, “The executive order he signed Friday bars all entry for the next 90...

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Federal Judge Issues Emergency Stay Against Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban”

Federal Judge Issues Emergency Stay Against Donald Trump’s “Muslim Ban” The New York Times reported Saturday evening, “A federal judge blocked part of President Trump’s executive order on immigration on Saturday evening, ordering that refugees and others trapped at airports across the United States should not be sent back to their home countries. But the judge stopped short of letting them into the country or issuing a broader ruling on the constitutionality of Mr. Trump’s actions. Lawyers who sued the government to block the White House order said the decision, which came after an emergency hearing in a New...

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Republican Senator Ben Sasse Says Trump’s Refugee Order Is ‘Too Broad’

Republican Senator Ben Sasse Says Trump’s Refugee Order Is ‘Too Broad’ Republican Senator Ben Sasse on Saturday said that Donald Trump’s executive order ban of refugees and people from majority-Muslim countries from entering into the United States was “too broad” and that it risks serving as a recruitment tool for terrorist groups.   “While not technically a Muslim ban, this order is too broad,” Sasse said in a statement. Sasse also said that, Trump’s ban on refugees tells “the Middle East that the U.S. sees all Muslims as jihadis.” Sasse said that “if we send a signal to the Middle East...

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