It turns out we all should have taken Trump both seriously and literally. Monday, January 30, 2017 From the Washington Post Daily Newsletter Sign up here. BY ISHAAN THAROOR THE TAKEAWAY For more than a year, President Trump made it clear how he felt about refugees and other Muslim foreigners se[...]
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January 30th, 2017 - 12:05 am § in America, Donald Trump
THE NEW WORLD ORDER
January 29th, 2017 - 9:29 pm § in Religion
5 killed in Quebec mosque attack
At least 5 people were killed when 3 gunmen opened fire on a crowd of 40 worshippers at Quebec mosque Sunday night, Reuters and other news services reported. More details here. This is a developing story. Photo: The scene outside a Quebec mosque where a deadly attack occurred. [...]
Emotional scene at Dulles Airport as 5-year-old boy arrested by Trump is reunited with his mother
Watch video below and read story here. And don’t say Trump didn’t arrest and detain this kid, because the airport police were simply doing their job in following his orders. Trump alone is responsible for this travesty.[...]
Trump accuses GOP senators of trying to start World War 3
President Trump lashed out Sunday against GOP senators critical of his Muslim ban, tweeting that “John McCain & Lindsey Graham … should focus their energies on ISIS, illegal immigration and border security instead of always looking to start World War III.” Trump’s staff a[...]
January 29th, 2017 - 12:40 pm § in Misc.
TRUMPISM: Greek Style
Greece three weeks away from ‘explosive’ debt problems, says IMF A failure for Greece and the EU to reach a compromise by 20 February ‘would bring back Grexit with a vengeance’.[...]
January 29th, 2017 - 12:35 pm § in Misc.
UW PRESIDENT SPEAKS OUT
Supporting our international scholars and students Ana Mari Cauce On Friday morning, I had breakfast with David Bonderman, an alumnus who completed his undergraduate degree in Russian at the UW, and then a law degree at Harvard. He is best known to our students as the man who established what they c[...]
January 29th, 2017 - 12:30 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Travelling while Muslim
For those of you who have students or colleagues currently stranded outside of the U.S. with tickets to return to the USA, please let Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg know ASAP. He is the Director of the Immigrant Advocacy Program at the Legal Aid Center in Washington, DC. And he can offer free legal help.[...]
Politics and Privilege in the Emerald City