Wednesday, September 06, 2017

Breitbart celebrates Trump's decision to repeal DACA while the rest of the country recoils in disgust.

Oooh, a brown skinned person! How'd he get in here?
Courtesy of HuffPo: 

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is still notching policy wins after his return to the right-wing website Breitbart. President Donald Trump’s decision to end Obama-era protections for undocumented immigrants brought as children to the U.S. by their parents is a major victory for Bannon and Breitbart — and they know it.

“This is a huge step in the right direction for the Trump administration, and for Breitbart as we cover the stories that most of the rest of the media ignore on immigration like crimes committed by illegal aliens including so-called Dreamers, the economic and cultural effects on American workers of large scale legal and illegal immigration, and the forgotten man and woman President Trump honed in on during the 2016 race and in his inauguration speech,” a senior Breitbart editor who was not authorized to speak on the record told HuffPost. 

Breitbart was a primary source of the push to repeal DACA, which covers approximately 800,000 people. The site has sometimes published multiple stories per day promoting repeal and praising DACA opponents, while attacking Democrats and Republicans who support the program. At one point on Tuesday, nine of the site’s 10 most popular stories were about Trump’s DACA repeal (or, in one case, about Hillary Clinton’s DACA support). It’s no surprise that Breitbart sees a victory here: The site has served for years as the most prominent platform for anti-immigration organizations and politicians to promote their views.

However while Steve Bannon and the racist visitors to Breitbart are partying like it's 1899, the rest of the country is having a completely different reaction.

Courtesy of Politico:  

Voters overwhelmingly support allowing undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children to stay in the country, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, placing President Donald Trump’s decision to wind down the controversial Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program at odds with public opinion. 

A majority of voters, 58 percent, think these undocumented immigrants, also known as Dreamers, should be allowed to stay and become citizens if they meet certain requirements — a sentiment that goes well beyond the existing DACA program. Another 18 percent think they should be allowed to stay and become legal residents, but not citizens. Only 15 percent think they should be removed or deported from the country.

I guess most of these folks are not fans of Breitbart.

And then there were the protests: 

Thousands marched across the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday evening in protest after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the Trump administration is ending the DACA program. 

At least 13 were arrested, including one New York council member, adding to the 34 who were arrested hours earlier outside Trump Tower. 

Earlier in the day, hundreds of immigrants and advocates from across the tri-state demonstrated in Manhattan and in Washington, D.C. 

There were also other protests in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, just to name a few.

But what be most troubling to Trump is that this decision has created a rift between him and many of his evangelical supporters.

Courtesy of the Washington Post:  

Religious leaders, including some of the evangelicals who have remained steadfast in their support for Trump, expressed their disappointment that Trump would reverse the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. 

In a strongly worded statement, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called the decision “reprehensible.” 

“Now, after months of anxiety and fear about their futures, these brave young people face deportation,” they wrote. “This decision is unacceptable and does not reflect who we are as Americans.” 

The Catholic Church’s ties to dreamers are direct. About 1 in 4 U.S. Catholics are foreign born, and 34 percent of all Catholics are Hispanic, according to Pew Research Center. Still, the overall Catholic vote in 2016 was split between Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, though Hispanic Catholics overwhelmingly supported Clinton. 

The criticism was echoed by local Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, who has a close relationship with Pope Francis. He called the decision “very regrettable and harmful.” 

The United Methodist Church was even sharper in its rebuke, calling the efforts to “rescind these protections, not only unconscionable, but contrary to moral work and witness.” The Evangelical Lutheran Church, a major mainline Protestant denomination, wrote that its members would “pray today for those that will suffer undue repercussions due to the end of this program.” 

Even some of the faith leaders closest to Trump urged him not to end the protection for young immigrants. Some prominent evangelicals signed joint letters compelling Trump to leave the program in place while Congress works on a more permanent legislative solution.

This decision has essentially only satisfied the most racist fringe of Trump's base, the neo-Nazi/KKK branch if you will.

No wonder Trump sent Jeff "The Keebler Elf"  Sessions out to make the actual announcement, while Trump himself hides under his bed.

It almost seems as if Trump is trying to get as many people as possible to hate him before he leaves office. 

32 comments:

  1. Anonymous8:51 AM

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    "Trump has assembled a rogue's gallery of alt-right hatemongers, crony capitalists, immigrant bashers, and climate-change deniers to run the American government. To survive the next four years, we the people need to know whose hands are on the levers of power. And we need to know how to challenge their abuses. John Nichols, veteran political correspondent at the Nation, has been covering many of these deplorables for decades. Sticking to the hard FACTS and unafraid to dig deep into the histories and ideologies of the people who make up Trump's inner circle, Nichols delivers a clear-eyed and complete guide to this wrecking-crew administration." +JBS CONgre$$ Cronie$

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  2. Anonymous9:32 AM

    Anyone who had any doubt about all Trump supporters being racist this was your wake up call. I want to cry when I think about these human beings being sent away to a country they have no ties to. I can only imagine how very frightened and stressed they are feeling. Sending them "home" is a vile disgusting cruel move.

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    1. Leland4:31 PM

      "...Sending them "home" is a vile disgusting cruel move...."

      The problem with that statement is simple: They will be sent AWAY from home!

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  3. Anonymous9:45 AM

    NO NO NO!

    Trump should not be allowed to hold the Dreamers hostage to get something in exchange for something he hasn't been able to get on his own in the 8 months he has been president.

    YOU DON'T PAY RANSOM FOR HOSTAGES

    Why should the Dreamers be held hostage so Trump will get his wall?

    YOU DON'T GIVE THAT VAGINA GRABBING LOSER HIS WALL IN EXCHANGE FOR AMERICAN CHILDREN SO HE CAN KEEP HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE

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  4. Anonymous9:58 AM

    Just now on board Air Force One, did Trump basically tell reporters he wants a good border security deal (TRUMP WALL?) for a permanent fix for DACA?

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  5. Anonymous10:09 AM

    I had to laugh when I saw on tv that Putin said he was not the groom and Trump was not his bride. Shows he's been listening to what's being said about him and his.
    No, Putin, you are not the groom and trump is not groom. You are his pimp, and he is your bitch.
    And Steve Bannon and co. they are your basic run of the mill trailer trash that got their foot into the White House and they are happy they no longer have to use the white bed sheets to cover their faces. Although with Steve Bannon and his red nose, I wish he would.

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  6. Anonymous10:51 AM

    Republicans Are Livid As Trump Caves And Gives Democrats Everything They Want On Debt Limit DealRepublicans Are Livid As Trump Caves And Gives Democrats Everything They Want On Debt Limit Deal

    Here’s the twist. Trump made this deal even though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan were opposed to it:

    http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/06/republicans-livid-trump-caves-democrats-debt-limit-deal.html

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    1. Anonymous11:50 AM

      https://img.wonkette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/yarow.png

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    2. Trump can kiss that wall goodbye.

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  7. Anonymous10:54 AM

    Trump sides with Democrats on debt ceiling, throwing Republican plans into chaos

    Trump confounded leaders from his own party on Wednesday by siding with Democrats on plans to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling, upending negotiations on a variety of crucial policy areas this fall and further damaging relationships with Republicans on Capitol Hill.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-prepares-for-harvey-relief-vote/2017/09/06/62919058-92fc-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html?tid=pm_pop

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    1. Anonymous12:10 PM

      Here Is A Blow By Blow Account Of How Trump Got Owned By Democrats On The Debt Ceiling

      ...The supposedly great negotiator of a president walked into a room and gave the people across the table from him whatever they wanted. No wonder Republicans are livid. They got knifed in the back by their own president who didn’t even try to negotiate their position.

      http://www.politicususa.com/2017/09/06/blow-blow-account-trump-owned-democrats-debt-ceiling.html

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    2. I guess no one clued Trump in that without raising the debt ceiling, there is no way he's going to get his boondoggle wall.

      Plus, this impeded Hurricane Harvey relief. So it will look like it is TRUMP that is against funding FEMA and Hurricane Harvey repairs.

      And IRMA is on the way to Florida.

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  8. Anonymous10:56 AM

    Damn!

    Here’s how big Irma would be where you live

    ...When a storm can comfortably cover most of Alaska and that’s not even the scary thing about it — it’s a storm worth keeping an eye on.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/09/06/heres-how-big-irma-would-be-where-you-live/

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    1. Anonymous7:27 PM

      http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2017/09/meteorologists_have_never_seen_a_storm_like_irma.html

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  9. Hang Tough- this moron or MOTUS will go down as the most embarrassing example of the reasons why the electoral jr high must be obliterated - Tap Duncan

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    1. Anonymous12:10 PM

      drop the electoral college and return to paper voting.

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  10. this moron- aka MOTUS will go down as the reason the electoral jr high needs to go, and don't even bother to argue about we lost, we're bitter. 3 million people told us we're in need of a change

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  11. Anonymous12:03 PM

    lets here it for the good religion people. i find myself so much at odds with them that once it feels good to agree with them. trump knows he's hated-and he also knows his time in office won't last. he is trying to destroy Obama's legacy. he's a 2 year old with sibling rivaling. wha!!! everyone likes Obama best! not fair!!

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  12. Anonymous12:06 PM

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DJEMTS9VYAA-Osc.jpg

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  13. Anonymous1:05 PM

    "Revanchism is used to describe a political philosophy of redressing grievance and restoring greatness."a revanchist whose sole aim is to cancel every achievement of President Obama while punishing Hillary Clinton, the woman who was supposed to build on those achievements." “It’s his only real position,” one European diplomat said. “He will ask: ‘Did Obama approve this?’ And if the answer is affirmative, he will say: ‘We don’t.’ He won’t even want to listen to the arguments or have a debate. He is obsessed with Obama.”
    "the branding of the Affordable Care Act as “Obamacare,” a clever Republican strategy that tethered the imperfect but effective health law to Obama. " he and the Republican Party have turned to an all-out assault on Obama and Clinton. Finding no path forward, they look back in anger, in apparent hope of appeasing his most ardent supporters, the ones animated, above all, by an antipathy to Obama."
    " Joe Walsh, now a right-wing radio host, perfectly summarized the revanchism of today's GOP. "Trump did something today that made Obama very, very angry," he wrote on Twitter. "That means Trump did something very, very good today." When not cancelling Obama’s environmental regulations or workplace protections, Trump and the Republicans look to punish Clinton with endless investigations."

    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/how-the-assault-on-obamas-legacy-explains-trump/

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    1. Leland4:37 PM

      Well, that took them long enough. Most of us already had that figured out months ago!

      Delete
  14. Anonymous1:17 PM

    $inclair Broadcast Group:"“its history of infecting local news coverage with politically charged programming.”
    "What’s to be done about 'the most dangerous company most Americans haven’t heard of?'"

    http://billmoyers.com/story/sinclair-tribune-merger-rotten-deal/

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  15. Anonymous1:31 PM

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/facebook-says-it-sold-political-ads-to-russian-company-during-2016-election/2017/09/06/32f01fd2-931e-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html?utm_term=.0ab530eca3e9

    "Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election to a shadowy Russian company seeking to target voters, according to several people familiar with the company’s findings.

    Facebook officials reported that they traced the ad sales, totaling $100,000, to a Russian “troll farm” with a history of pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda"
    "“I get the fact that the Russian intel services could figure out how to manipulate and use the bots. Whether they could know how to target states and levels of voters that the Democrats weren’t even aware really raises some questions. I think that’s a worthwhile area of inquiry,” " “How did they know to go to that level of detail in those kinds of jurisdictions?”Sen. Mark Warner (Va.)"
    "acebook discovered the Russian connection as part of an investigation that began this spring looking at purchasers of politically-motivated ads, according to people familiar with the inquiry. It found that 3,300 ads had digital footprints that led to the Russian company.

    Facebook teams then discovered 470 suspicious and likely fraudulent Facebook accounts and pages that it believes operated out of Russia, had links to the company and were involved in promoting the ads."
    " The official added that the ads “were directed at people on Facebook who had expressed interest in subjects explored on those pages, such as LGBT community, black social issues, the Second Amendment, and immigration.”"In its unclassified report in January, the U.S. intelligence community concluded that the Internet Research Agency’s “likely financier” is a “close Putin ally with ties to Russian intelligence.”

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    1. Anonymous2:35 PM

      Facebook is such a monster that I don't even think that Facebook has a handle on what Facebook is doing or who they are hosting or who they are targeting.

      It's the biggest example of the invasive nature of this "brave new world" which seems at the time to not be working out so well.

      As an early adopter and early quitter, I found it to be intrusive and abhorrent even in 2008 when I deleted my account, I can't imagine how invasive it is now.

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  16. ibwilliamsi1:34 PM

    That's because Donnie did it for his boyfriend Steve Bannon. Someone take that asshole's phone away.

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  17. Anonymous1:50 PM

    Zuckerberg 1 hour ago. "Live with Dreamers at Mark home"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-6j0k_awCM

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  18. Anonymous2:32 PM

    Will never trust religious people but it's nice to see some of them doing the right thing for once.

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  19. Anonymous3:55 PM

    BULLY >
    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/olbermann-we-need-to-talk-about-how-trump-has-the-emotional-stability-of-a-kardashian-ex-husband/

    K.O.

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  20. Anonymous4:05 PM

    Don't fret Don. We know somehow you will get the American public to pay for your property


    People:
    President Trump’s $17 Million Caribbean Home Was Just Pummeled By Hurricane Irma

    BY MACKENZIE SCHMIDT

    One of Donald Trump’s vacation homes, known as Le Chateau des Palmiers, was in the direct path of the category 5 hurricane as it hit the island of St. Martin Wednesday morning, the Washington Post reports....

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  21. Anonymous4:33 PM

    FX Horror:
    http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/conservatives-are-furious-that-american-horror-story-is-portraying-trump-fans-as-a-violent-cult/

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  22. Anonymous6:55 PM

    Oh, one of the rightwing floozie twits Abby Huntsman was doing a pretty good job on FAUX SPEW tonight, too. Pretty much stamping their feet and saying "rule of law, rule of law."

    If that's the game they want to play, then "Emouluments, emoluments!!!!"

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  23. Anonymous3:20 AM

    Besides the moral issue, let’s not forget that these DACA children are far better citizens than trump and his family.

    In order to obtain their work permits, they cannot have a criminal background and pay taxes. I don’t think trump and his family can say the same.

    Also no one has asked little donnie why he thinks Obama's executive order is illegal and his Muslim ban is not.

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