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RSN: Judge in Seattle Halts Trump's Immigration Order Nationwide




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Judge in Seattle Halts Trump's Immigration Order Nationwide
Protesters rallying against Donald Trump's immigration policies. (photo: NBC News)
Josh Gerstein, Politico
Gerstein writes: "Seattle jurist's sweeping order comes hours after Boston court seemed to bless president' s anti-terror immigration halt. Then, the White House hit back."
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Senator Jeff Merkley | Don't Let Republicans Steal the Seat
Jeff Merkley, Reader Supported News
Merkley writes: "Senate Republicans are in the middle of pulling off one of the great political heists in American history: the theft of a seat on the United States Supreme Court. And this theft, if successful, will have an enormous impact on the integrity of the Supreme Court and major issues from reproductive and labor rights to consumer and environmental protection."
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Michigan Republican Suggests 'Another Kent State' in Response to Protesters
Christopher Brennan, New York Daily News
Brennan writes: "A Michigan Republican is facing calls for his resignation after he said that 'another Kent State' might be necessary for liberal protesters."
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'Trump Is Setting Us Free': White Supremacists Celebrate Reports That Trump Will Dial Down Scrutiny
Laurel Raymond and Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "Online neo-Nazi and white supremacist forums have been unmistakably jubilant lately, as web chatter moved from celebrating President Donald Trump's electoral victory to celebrating individual cabinet appointments and policy proposals."
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Can the Sanctuary Movement Protect Immigrants Under the Trump Administration?
Elliott Young, NACLA
Young writes: "The question of immigration divides our country. A Pew Research poll conducted in late 2016 shows that 82 percent of Democrats believe that immigrants strengthen our country while only 39 percent of Republicans do."
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Canadians Form 'Rings of Peace' Around Mosques After Quebec Shooting
Ashifa Kassam, Guardian UK
Kassam writes: "Hundreds across Canada gathered around mosques to form protective barriers - described by organisers as 'human shields' and 'rings of peace' - as Muslims in the country marked their first Friday prayers since a gunman shot dead six men who were praying at a Quebec mosque."
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The Long War on the EPA
Branko Marcetic, Jacobin
Marcetic writes: "Trump appears to be taking right-wing anti-environmentalism to new extremes. Just yesterday, the man behind Trump's EPA transition told the Guardian that Trump's ultimate goal was the wholesale abolition of the EPA via incremental dismantlement, bit by bit over time."
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