Some Tweets from journalist Michael Tracey.
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- Many liberals slept while Obama expanded watchlisting and violating of rights at airports.
@ACLU fought it then too with little support. - Much of the policy groundwork for Trump's actions was laid by Obama. Unless people recognize and grapple with this,
#resistance rings hollow - TV news producers need a "Trump surrogate" who can serve as a foil and create fleeting controversies. Beyond that, it's a pointless exercise
- It's long been obvious that interviewing Kellyanne Conway serves no valid informational purpose. She's a pure distraction. Enough already.
- Not an informative headline
- Federer!!!!!!
- "Ban" policy would be bad either way, but no reason advance notice couldn't have been given to people already in transit: needlessly cruel
- A necessary followup Q. -- would members of non-majoritarian Muslim groups be treated as "religious minorities" under this provision?
- You have to be a hyper-sophisticated news consumer to cut through the noise right now. Near-impossible for laypeople
- Yup, Obama created list (for extra vetting) Trump then took it and applied total ban.
- State Dept: citizens of 7 nations in Trump order with dual-nationality also barred. Meaning UK/Iraqi citizens, for example, can't enter.
- Because the big problem with Trump's "ban" is definitely that Russia is not on the list -- thanks Howard
- How many people (rightly) upset about Trump's "ban" were similarly upset when Obama was bombing, droning, and de-stabilizing those countries
- Yes Joy, please tell us all about the wonders of international corporate trade deals. Excellent
#Resistance strategy
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