Tag Archives: Constitutional crisis

Friday Open Thread | On the road to a constitutional crisis

From The People’s View by Liberal Librarian As anyone who reads me knows, I’m not one for hyperbole. I’m rather sanguine about most things. Circumstances which seem horrible somehow work themselves out. But this tweet from Donald Trump should give … Continue reading

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Thursday Open Thread | Sally Yates learned about Trump’s #MuslimBan by ‘reading about it on the internet.’

Worth watching the whole clip. Sally Yates learned about Trump's travel ban by 'reading about it on the internet.' pic.twitter.com/nKTLyHOOkT — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 29, 2017 Sally Yates: Trump administration behavior should be alarming to us as a country … Continue reading

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Tuesday Open Thread | Trump fires acting AG who defied him on #MuslimBan

US President Donald Trump on Monday fired the acting attorney general, a holdover from the Obama administration, after she ordered Justice Department attorneys not to defend his controversial executive order on immigration. “The acting attorney general, Sally Yates, has betrayed … Continue reading

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