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| My (Refugee & Immigrant) American Life I shed a tear as I wrote this today… and was inspired to take action and post it here:
My family and I immigrated to the U.S. as refugees in the 1980's. It was a traumatic time in my life. After escaping Iran, we sought asylum in Greece, and after... |
Democracy Rising | 01/28/2017 | 1 |
| Michigan Alums: Say THANK YOU to Pres. Schlissel for Doing the Right Thing [+ SE MI demos tomorrow] I’m writing to encourage all our University of Michigan alumni — who must number in the thousands here on this site — to write to U-M President Mark Schlissel and thank him for the University’s position in defiance of the newest illegal Trump... |
peregrine kate | 01/28/2017 | 4 |
| White supremacist Steve Bannon, now on National Security Council, running Trump's immigration policy On Saturday, as thousands of people across the country rose up against his Muslim ban, Donald Trump did something else worthy of mass protest. He put a white nationalist on his National Security Council:
Trump reorganized the National Security... |
Laura Clawson | 01/28/2017 | 20 |
| TRUE BLUE REPORT: Blue Ribbon winners—Women's March participants, #NoMuslimBan protesters and... On Saturdays, the True Blue Report “Blue Ribbon” will be awarded to an individual or group with the most successful, dramatic, or encouraging act of resistance in the previous week.
I will choose some winners in the body of the diary and also accept... |
TrueBlueMajority | 01/28/2017 | 10 |
| Open thread: Resistance, revolt and march What’s coming up on Sunday Kos …
The cloud of Trump lies may have a silver lining, by Ian Reifowitz
Running for office is great, but it’s not the only way to make a difference, Laura ... |
Barbara Morrill | 01/28/2017 | 86 |
| Trump agrees to continue accepting refugees currently in Australia Trump reassured Turnbull during a phone call on Sunday the landmark deal made last year under President Obama would be honoured, according to an Australian government source.
It’ll see hundreds of refugees, mostly Iranians and Iraqis, currently... |
MTmofo | 01/28/2017 | 3 |
| Following Soviet practice, Trump's statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day fails to mention Jews Amazing. Check out the statement put out by the White House on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day—the same day, by the way, that Trump issued his cruel ban on refugees fleeing the devastation in Syria. Notice something missing? Any... |
David Nir | 01/28/2017 | 13 |
| Why am I still angry that Trump is our president A conservative friend told me he did not understand why I and so many others are so angry about this election. Why can’t we move on, and let President Trump govern. Here is my answer.
Want to ... |
Mark E Andersen | 01/28/2017 | 65 |
| The woman who lied about Emmett Till must be prosecuted In case you missed it, the woman who was at the center of the Emmett Till case—an event that almost certainly ramped the Civil Rights Movement into high gear—admitted a decade ago that she had lied about Till making a pass at her.
That woman,... |
Christian Dem in NC | 01/28/2017 | 5 |
| Top Comments: As Bad as You Think Edition | Chrislove | 01/28/2017 | 34 |
| This week in science: science marches on? After last week, it should be clear to anyone with a pulse and intermittent cable or Internet access that science is now under full assault by the usual suspects. Emboldened by their slim electoral win in the form of popular vote loser Donald Trump,... |
DarkSyde | 01/28/2017 | 16 |
| University of Michigan declares it will not release students' immigration info to Trump Since the election in November, schools of higher education have been warning students abroad on their winter breaks to consider coming back early. They did this because of what has transpired over the past 24 hours. The University of Michigan released... |
Walter Einenkel | 01/28/2017 | 7 |
| Saturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. DLXXVIII: Lunar New Year Edition It is quite understandable that with the continually unfolding disaster all around us now (as always, thanks for nothing, B-o-b'rs - happy with the chaos your blinkered purity and HRC hate have ... |
chingchongchinaman | 01/28/2017 | 8 |
| A Lake For Lin: Celebrating The Life of Linda McClure On Her Birthday Good evening.
Today would have been Linda’s birthday. She walked on exactly one month ago, on December 28, 2016. Linda left us far too soon, but the positive impact she made in her life and here at Daily Kos is immeasurable. Allowing her closest... |
Avila | 01/28/2017 | 41 |
| Trump stages coup Rumors circulating from the White House claim Trump has assigned Bannon, Priebus, and Kushner to National Security Council and has REMOVED Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff and Director of National Intelligence.
Will no one stop this madman? |
Old Redneck | 01/28/2017 | 7 |
| Court temporarily blocks Trump regime's immigration ban Nilay Patel writes:
The federal court for the Eastern District of New York issued an emergency stay halting President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries tonight, following widespread... |
Meteor Blades | 01/28/2017 | 293 |
| Congressman Keith Ellison tells Houston why he wants to be DNC Chair Congressman Keith Ellison appeared with several other aspiring DNC Chairpersons at the DNC Future Forum in Houston, Texas. He expressed the Democratic tenet that while verbalized is not currently actualized in the Democratic Party. He said he intends... |
Egberto Willies | 01/28/2017 | 11 |
| And on the 7th day, Trump violated the first amendment prohibitions against a state religion How do you destroy a democracy? You do it fast . You do it while people still think traditions have meaning. You do it while people still expect policies to be followed. You do it while people still ... |
Mark Sumner | 01/28/2017 | 201 |
| Kitchen Table Kibitzing 01/28/2017 live squirrels and dead Schrödingers everywhere... (DEBUNKED, BUT NOT WITHOUT SOME CREDIBILITY)
Pay no attention to the photo-retoucher behind the curtain
When I was home in the summers during college, my dad introduced me to some printer artisans like photo-mechanical... |
annieli | 01/28/2017 | 37 |
| Merriam Websters Dictionary Responds to Trump Temper Tweets. We aren’t the only ones using the tools available to debunk trumpisms. Just discovered this story on NBS News website;
Merriam-Webster defines "dictionary" as "a reference book listing alphabetically terms or names." But for President Donald Trump... |
Michael Kal | 01/28/2017 | 17 |
| Legalizing "accidental" Injury & Death of Protestors |1st Amendment as Felony Remember when republicans and their presidential candidate, who now sits in the White House, was fear-mongering using the atrocities by ISIS? One of those terrorists tactics named was ISIS encouraging its followers to run people over with a... |
Eric Nelson | 01/28/2017 | 3 |
| WYFP: 'tis the Season That’s right! It’s ‘flu season! You know, Influenza, Captain Trips (as the kids call it), or as it’s known in my house, The Sickness That Would Not Leave. Let’s talk about this FP, shall we? |
Flowergirl77 | 01/28/2017 | 46 |
| This Week in the War on Women: I didn't plan to rag on white men, the week just worked out that way Honestly, they brought it on themselves. I also praise guys so hang on until the end.
A week ago, a march organized by women brought out 4.8 million demonstrators around the world and was ... |
Besame | 01/28/2017 | 20 |
| Trump removes DNI and Chairman of Joint Chiefs from National Security Council; adds Bannon, Priebus In the latest move designed to make sure he only gets advice from his political sycophants, while avoiding all interaction with anyone who might be nonpartisan, Hair Twittler today removed the Director of National Intelligence and the Chairman of the... |
Keith Pickering | 01/28/2017 | 484 |
| Kellyanne Conway tops her own record of pure hatred and challenges the people's #Resistance ... Fool This is what ‘Special Adviser’ to Donald Trump had to tweet out on Saturday after Trump’s first week of multiple executive orders exemplifying hatred, division, racism, xenophobia and a pure lack of compassion for fellow human beings.
Kellyanne... |
Leslie Salzillo | 01/28/2017 | 230 |
| Triggered Sitting in my hotel room, drinking coffee, playing online.
The sounds of a mild argument from what sounds like the room above me start escalating, then fade into the background.
Suddenly it’s not an argument anymore; there are blood-curdling... |
BoiseBlue | 01/28/2017 | 11 |
| $27 worth of strangely inspiring quotes It’s Saturday night! Welcome to tonight’s $27 group open thread, once again featuring Noble Fur at the top of the diary and a selection of quotes I think are worth sharing down below.
First, though, here’s a song which last weekend’s women’s marches... |
Nova Land | 01/28/2017 | 7 |
| What's for Dinner? v11.27: Breakfast for a Crowd Cooking for a crowd can be stressful, especially when faced with the prospect of having to feed them all before your first cup of coffee has really kicked in. These are two recipes I love to cook ... |
glitterlust | 01/28/2017 | 38 |
| Protests against Trump's Muslim ban spring up around the country Donald Trump says it’s "working out very nicely," but his Muslim ban isn’t just detaining grandmothers in airports, it’s leading to massive, organic protest around the country. Airports are a major focus of protest, since that’s where people are being... |
Laura Clawson | 01/28/2017 | 99 |
| How's the resistance going in the Senate? Are Senate Democrats committed to a strategy of minimizing floor time available to Republicans to carry out the Trump agenda?
It’s hard to say, at this point. Certainly there’s been an outcry from the Democratic base for resistance, but it’s not... |
David Waldman | 01/28/2017 | 13 |
| This week in the war on workers: Union membership keeps dropping in 2016 There’s bad news and … well, there’s bad news. Union density continued its long decline in 2016:
In 2016, the share of workers who were members of a union decreased 0.4 percentage point ... |
Laura Clawson | 01/28/2017 | 13 |
| Want to do something right *now*? Then donate to this Democrat, running in a House special election Today, we’re all feeling sick, sad, and enraged over the abuse and chaos Trump is dealing out toward refugees and immigrants. If you’re like me, you’re literally vibrating with a desire to do something more, something right now.
Well, here’s... |
David Nir | 01/28/2017 | 23 |
| Breaking Pawlitics: Save Social Security and Medicare. Then Open Medicare For All! | elenacarlena | 01/28/2017 | 42 |
| Meet the cowards: Republican lawmakers have nothing to say about Trump's new anti-Muslim decree Meet the Republican cowards. While green card holders and war refugees are being denied entry at our nation's airports, here's what America's least American lawmakers are talking about instead. Fun ... |
Hunter | 01/28/2017 | 56 |
| The Supposed Economic Stimulus From Trump's Infrastructure Spending is Phony Baloney. Some observers (including here) have suggested that Trump might be able to goose the GDP growth rate (albeit modestly) through his infrastructure spending program. Almost certainly he can’t. First of all, it is highly unlikely that any such funding... |
Mrmuni12 | 01/28/2017 | 2 |
| Trump's Muslim ban detains a 77-year-old grandmother, keeping her from her refugee family Khaled Abdaan and his family are Iraqi refugees living legally in the United States, and expecting a legal visit from his 77-year-old mother, Sihaam Abaas. Except that between the time Abaas boarded her flight in Dubai—with a visa obtained weeks... |
Laura Clawson | 01/28/2017 | 36 |
| Canada's PM Trudeau & Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon just dissed Trump—offer refuge for all faiths Donald Trump’s new ban on refugees has people in the United States and around the world in a spin of disbelief and anger. Some countries are showing protest and resistance to Trump with fearlessness, compassionate, and strength.
Canadian Prime... |
Leslie Salzillo | 01/28/2017 | 7 |
| Oh, Canada—Trudeau steps up as Trump leads America into darkness Legal immigrants are locked in limbo. Refugees who had followed the long path of vetting and approval required to enter the United States are now unable to escape dangers to themselves and their children. As Americans gather to protest the actions of... |
Mark Sumner | 01/28/2017 | 93 |
| A Counter to Alternative Based Mainstream Media #Be2nd Tired of hearing the same thing over and over again on Mainstream Media? Tired of being outraged at the senseless sensationalism that is being spoon fed to us by the established press? Read the prospectus below and then empower Ghion Journal and be our... |
gobezz27 | 01/28/2017 | 6 |
| Hey Senate Democrats, get it now? VOTE NO ON EVERYTHING. Do NOT enable this monster Popular vote loser Donald Trump is every bit the monster we thought he was, no matter how many people tried to shrug him off as a showman.
I don’t know how many ways I can say “do not normalize this monster by approving anything he requests.”
... |
kos | 01/28/2017 | 345 |
| Cowardly GOP lawmakers no-showed for chartered train from Philly to D.C. due to huge protest Republicans lawmakers gathered in Philadelphia this week to work on their agenda to repeal healthcare from 20+ million people, gut Medicare and whatever other bad-for-the-American people legislation they may be working on for 2017 and beyond. Paul... |
Jen Hayden | 01/28/2017 | 54 |
| Democratic lawmakers condemn Trump's racist 'Muslim ban' as Republican cowards stay silent While Republicans hold their cowardly tongues, here is a roundup of reactions from Democratic lawmakers on Trump's stupid, malevolent and white nationalist-inspired ban of Muslim war refugees—and ... |
Hunter | 01/28/2017 | 101 |
| Trump denies ban on Muslims is a Muslim ban, declares 'it's working out very nicely' Donald Trump signed three executive orders on Saturday afternoon. One of these addressed lobbying, the second was on the structure of the National Security Council and Homeland Security. Trump then announced that his final executive order was “the plan... |
Mark Sumner | 01/28/2017 | 94 |
| New weather satellite will make climate change harder to conceal A new climate and weather satellite launched late last year is now beaming back its first images and they are gorgeous. NOAA’s GOES-16 satellite was launched from the Kennedy Space Center into ... |
DarkSyde | 01/28/2017 | 51 |
| Trump's Bigoted Muslim Ban Prohibits Oscar Nominee From Entering The U.S. With a flurry of executive orders this week, Donald Trump implemented some of the unsavory promises he made during his campaign. They include a revival of the KeystoneXL and DAPL oil pipelines, a gag order on women's health services, laying the... |
News Corpse | 01/28/2017 | 22 |
| Trump official on immigration ban chaos: Stay calm, there are plenty of lifeboats on the Titanic Let’s review: On Friday, popular vote loser Donald Trump announced an immigration ban (which conveniently didn't include countries where he has business interests) that specifically—and unconstitutionally—targeted Muslims, and on Saturday, all hell... |
Barbara Morrill | 01/28/2017 | 112 |
| Facing History: 1933 Germany, 2017 America Please post this link on your social media spaces so that it gets spread far and wide. We must remember history to prevent it from repeating. 1933's Germany is extremely similar to 2017's America. The parallels are so easy to see that you might feel... |
JShCD15 | 01/28/2017 | 2 |
| Trump's Muslim entry ban targets refugees, not terrorists—and skips over his own business interests As green card holders returning to America and already-vetted and approved refugees are being detained at our airports , and as the same Republican leaders who condemned Trump's rancid notion of a ... |
Hunter | 01/28/2017 | 61 |
| Cowardly Republicans go utterly silent in the face of Trump's cruelty to refugees and immigrants Democrats are going at Trump with guns fully ablaze over the president’s new executive order blocking all refugees from entering the U.S., but where are Republicans? Aside from Paul Ryan, who’s desperate to keep Trump happy so that he can secure the... |
David Nir | 01/28/2017 | 130 |
| Craven, pathetic, inhuman Paul Ryan caves to Trump's immigration chaos as Dems start ripping it Let’s be clear about something right away: Fuck Paul Ryan. After Trump issued his horrifying executive order on Friday—Holocaust Remembrance Day—barring Syrian refugees from coming into the U.S. and suspending immigration from seven Middle Eastern... |
David Nir | 01/28/2017 | 101 |
| Two Causes One Heart Help with 5th grade Math Fellows We are facing many challenges as a country and now more than ever, it’s important to celebrate cultural diversity with young minds. Black History Month is fast approaching and I would like to take my 5th grade girls to... |
live2learn | 01/28/2017 | 1 |
| View from the left: Journalists must start covering the elephant in the room—Trump's mental health This week was tragic—both for America and the White House. These two tweets from Wednesday and Thursday pretty much sum up Donald Trump's first week in office:
”First they came for the Latinos, Muslims, women, gays, poor people, intellectuals and... |
Kerry Eleveld | 01/28/2017 | 188 |
| Community Quilt for Puddytat - Round 2 Our friend, Puddytat, is in treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Chemo is not an easy ride, by any means. We want her to know that we are with her, holding her in good thought, and sending her healing wishes every day. We can do this by wrapping... |
Sara R | 01/28/2017 | 19 |
| F**k Trump, sign up for Obamacare Popular vote loser Donald Trump is trying to sabotage Obamacare by stopping advertising about enrollment, even though some of the outreach wasn’t reversible , but it is still the law of the land, |
Joan McCarter | 01/28/2017 | 10 |
| December 16, 1773… Since Mr. Trump was sworn in as the 45th president the new American Trumpeters have decried the unprecedented outpouring of discontent resulting from his election and subsequent actions against democracy.
They cry about the financial hardship placed... |
airmechldr | 01/28/2017 | 2 |
| Divest From Trump It has been hard to keep up with all the outrages of Trump’s first week, but as I was dwelling on some of what the outrages that we’ve known about for many months, it occurred to me that they may also present opportunities.
We all suspect/worry/know... |
johninexile | 01/28/2017 | 6 |
| Saturday Songs! Modern Rock Edition Yo, hello! Welcome to your daily dose of Shiz Cannot Handle Life So You Get To Hear Cool Music, Volume 3! :P Politics are not welcome in these things, and you are just gonna hafta make due. I am on a news fast and, IF YOU FUCKING SAY HIS NAME!, I will... |
Colorado is the Shiznit | 01/28/2017 | 13 |
| Conservative White Men And Me: A Hate Story I have a confession. I’m a nasty woman. I haven’t always been nasty. I grew up in a small Southern town (population: 860) known for its peaches and churches (there’s half a dozen at least, despite its small size). When I lived there, I played Mary more... |
fisknp | 01/28/2017 | 24 |
| Daily Bucket: The Curious Case of the Zombie Monarchs and the Hipster Squirrel A volunteer naturalist strolled the familiar deer trails through Monterey cypress and eucalyptus, checking the monarch butterfly clusters of Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary . Connie Masotti ... |
Besame | 01/28/2017 | 91 |
| Indians 101: The Algonquian Language Family In North America, linguists generally recognize 58 language families and isolates. Understanding language families is one of the keys to understanding the historical relationships between the ... |
Ojibwa | 01/28/2017 | 9 |
| Medical ethicists: Trump pick Tom Price presents 'a classic conflict of interest' | Joan McCarter | 01/28/2017 | 11 |
| Song for Day 9 of a 4 Year Funeral - "Black Day in July" - Gordon Lightfoot The Detroit riot began when police tried to arrest 82 Afro-American bar patrons gathered to celebrate the return of local Vietnam veterans. It began in the early hours of Sunday, July 23rd, 1967 and lasted for five days, resulting in 43 deaths,... |
Dr A W Niloc | 01/28/2017 | 2 |
| Republicans are the death panel for black American women | Joan McCarter | 01/28/2017 | 17 |
| More ways to resist - with your dollars and with your actions I'm always at a loss when I think “what can I do?”.
I think that the marches are great, signing petitions are excellent. But both of those things require that your elected official actually gives a s**t. For that to happen the march or petition... |
mileRunner | 01/28/2017 | 2 |
| CUA Events: Attend Denver's Caffeinating Liberally meet-up TODAY at 9AM-Noon! Lost A Condom?
A daily series, Connect! Unite! Act! seeks to create face-to-face networks in each congressional district. Groups regularly socialize but also get out the vote, support candidates and engage in ... |
catilinus | 01/28/2017 | 114 |
| Saturday Morning Home Repair 1/28/17
The Saturday Morning Home Repair Blog (SMHRB) is where we gather to discuss the many and varied aspects of home repair. Some here are trained professionals. Some, talented DIYers. All are welcome. |
Glen The Plumber | 01/28/2017 | 36 |
| ArtKos: Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.598 Hello again painting fans.
This week I will be continuing with the Cold Spring, NY street scene. The photo that I'm using is seen directly below. I'll be using my usual acrylic paints ... |
boran2 | 01/28/2017 | 2 |
| A Call To Uncomfortable Action The Donald Trump administration is an immediate threat to women, the LGBT community, racial and religious minorities, scientists, journalists, the working class, the middle class, national security, ... |
SadMadMan | 01/28/2017 | 5 |
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