MONDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 2017 (Monday Night Massacre)

• On January 30th, 2017, DT tweeted the lie around 7:00 AM that only 109 people were detained for questioning over the weekend as a result of the so-called Muslim ban, and that the real cause of chaos at airports was the result of a Delta airlines computer glitch. He also mocked Senator Charles Schumer's tears at a protest event the day before. Senator Tom Cotton, best known for delaying a vote on President Barack Obama's nominee for an ambassador position until the woman died of leukemia and did not deny that his reasons were specifically to cause the President personal pain, continued DT's monstrous accusation that Schumer was crying "crocodile tears." Senator Schumer has several relatives who were killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust. Source 1: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-mocks-schumer-fake-tears-refugee-ban-article-1.2959684 Source 2: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-accuses-schumer-of-crying-fake-tears/article/2613335
• On January 30th, 2017, acting Attorney General Sally Yates ordered the Justice Department not to defend DT's executive order banning entry to visa holders of 7 majority Muslim nations on the grounds that she was not convinced the order is lawful. Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/donald-trump-immigration-order-department-of-justice/index.html?sr=twtsr0130dojtrump
• On January 30th, 2017, after a weekend of silence while he was being entertained by billionaires in Palm Springs, Senator Pat Toomey broke his silence on the so-called Muslim ban by praising the substance of it, if conceding that the wording is flawed. Source: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/After-weekend-of-silence-Toomey-backs-Trumps-ban-on-refugees.html
• On January 30th, 2017, the Washington Post reported that the so-called Muslim ban is based on the politics and espoused philosophies of Senator Jeff Sessions. Sessions has been nominated by DT as Attorney General. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-hard-line-actions-have-an-intellectual-godfather-jeff-sessions/2017/01/30/ac393f66-e4d4-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html?postshare=9221485808310560&tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.911a12f9a033
• On January 30th, 2017, CBC News reported that the Quebec City mosque where a white supremacist opened fire on worshipers had been subject to harassment as hate crime in July when someone left a pig's head on their doorstep with the message, "bon appétit" during the month of Rhamadan. Source (WARNING, GRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTENT): http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-city-centre-culturel-islamique-de-quebec-1.3957875?cmp=rss
• On January 30th, 2017, news broke that the Moroccan-Canadian Muslim man held by police as a suspect in the mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque last night was trying to administer first aid to his dying friend when he ran from police he believed to be the shooter. He was released, and the sole suspect is a white supremacist named Alexandre Bissonnette who frequented anti-immigrant, islamophobic, and white nationalist Facebook pages. Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mohamed-belkhadir-quebec-shooting_us_588fc0bbe4b0c90efeff7ba0
• On January 30th, 2017, State Department diplomats began circulating a draft of a memo denouncing DT's Muslim ban. In response, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said in a press briefing, “And these career bureaucrats have a problem with it? I think they should either get with the program or they can go.” Acting State Department spokesperson Mark Toner said that the Dissent Channel, through which memos of dissent from the State Department are submitted, is "a long-standing official vehicle for State Department employees to convey alternative views and perspectives on policy." Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dissent-memo-circulating-in-the-state-department-over-trumps-policy-on-refugees-and-immigrants/2017/01/30/c1457689-5108-4ef7-bcea-1a5dee431ef8_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_state-1230p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.b9ff6c108fbb
• On January 30th, 2017, the Wall Street Journal reported that, contrary to his sworn testimony during his confirmation hearing for Director of the Department of Health and Human Services, Georgia Representative Tom Price did receive an offer to purchase biomedical stock at a discounted price. It is not yet clear if his lie under oath will disqualify him from the position. Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/rep-tom-price-got-privileged-discounted-offer-on-biomedical-stock-company-says-1485800769
• On January 30th, 2017, Senate Dems, including Senator Chuck Schumer, said they will filibuster any SCOTUS nominee put forth by DT who isn't "mainstream," while Senator Jeff Merkeley vowed to filibuster any SCOTUS nominee who is not Merrick Garland, describing the open seat as "stolen." Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/senate-democrats-filibuster-supreme-court-pick-234368
• On January 30th, 2017, Myron Ebell, head of the White House's EPA transition team and noted climate change denier, announced DT will "definitely" pull out of the Paris Climate Change Accord. It should be noted that even North Korea signed the Paris Accord, making the U.S.'s position on climate change more extreme than an actual military dictatorship's. Source 1: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-paris-climate-change-deal-myron-ebell-us-president-america-pull-out-agreement-a7553676.html Source 2: http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/04/13/north-korea-set-to-sign-paris-climate-deal/
• On January 30th, 2017, thousands rallied across the United Kingdom against the Muslim ban. A petition demanding that Theresa May rescind her offer to DT to visit the UK and meet with the Queen and barring DT from visiting the UK has reached 1.5 million signatures since the Prime Minister extended it at her meeting with DT on Saturday. Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38800337
• On January 30th, 2017, in light of DT's comments on abortion during his campaign and his support of Friday's "March for Life" anti-abortion rally in D.C., New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called for an amendment to the New York State constitution to protect abortion rights in the state should Roe vs. Wade be overturned. Source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2017/01/30/cuomo-abortion-rights-constitutional-amendment/
• On January 30th, 2017, DT signed an executive order requiring government agencies to cut two regulations for every new regulation requested. The executive order allows agencies to identify the regulations to overturn, but the White House will have the ultimate say on what regulations are overturned in exchange. Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-signs-executive-order-reduce-regulations-n714151
• On January 30th, 2017, the African Union slammed DT's executive order barring entry to the US for visa holders from 7 majority Muslim nations, 3 of which are members of the African Union, highlighting the horrors of the system of American slavery in his criticism. Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/donald-trump-muslim-ban-african-union-refugees-slaves-immigration-a7553041.html
• On January 30th, 2017, the Iraqi Parliament outlawed travel to Iraq from the U.S. in retaliation for DT's executive order banning travel to the U.S. by visa holders from 7 majority Muslim nations, including Iraq. Source: http://www.newsweek.com/bid-reverse-trump-ban-iraqi-parliament-votes-outlaw-americans-550107
•  On January 30th, 2017, in possibly his most unhinged press briefing to date, which is saying a lot, Press Secretary Sean Spicer went on a tirade defending DT's replacement of qualified members of the National Security Council with White House chief strategist and noted neo-Nazi white supremacist Steve Bannon. As part of his presentation, he held up a print out of a tweet he found inflammatory in questioning the choice. Source 1: http://www.newsweek.com/bid-reverse-trump-ban-iraqi-parliament-votes-outlaw-americans-550107 Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/30/14442176/sean-spicer-tweet-press-conference-susan-rice
• On January 30th, 2017, in possibly his most unhinged press briefing to date, which is saying a lot, Press Secretary Sean Spicer once again defended DT's audience size, particularly that the launch of DT's weekly address reached an audience of 11 million. As the Washington Post points out: 

A bit of context: Facebook’s viewership totals are notoriously inflated. If you scroll through one of Trump’s Facebook pages, a video of his address will begin to play automatically. Unless you stop the seven-minute clip within three seconds, you will count as a viewer. By way of comparison, YouTube counts viewers who watch for at least 30 seconds.

On Trump’s two Facebook accounts, comments on the address totaled about 74,000 and likes totaled roughly 194,000 when Spicer addressed the media. That leaves 832,000 “other interactions.” Whatever that means.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/01/30/sean-spicer-is-talking-about-president-trumps-audience-size-again/?utm_term=.dfdf3ed9fd45

• On January 30th, 2017, Sean Spicer defended the detaining of children as a result of the so-called Muslim ban over the weekend by saying, "That’s why we slow [the process] down a little, to make sure that if they are a 5-year-old, that maybe they’re with their parents and they don’t pose a threat. But to assume that just because of someone’s age or gender or whatever that they don’t pose a threat would be misguided and wrong.” As yet, no terrorist attack has been committed on the United States by a 5-year-old, Muslim or otherwise. Source 1: http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/30/14442528/trump-muslim-ban-sean-spicer-5-year-old Source 2, MSNBC video: http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/sean-spicer-on-airport-detention-of-5-year-old-866156099743
• On Monday, January 30th, 2017, in his continued assault on the judicial branch, DT fired acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates in retaliation for her statement to the Justice Department not to defend the so-called Muslim ban on the grounds that it may be unlawful, and that it is almost certainly neither "just nor wise." The White House released a press statement saying that Yates had "betrayed the Justice Department" and that she was "very weak on borders and very weak on illegal immigration." It should be noted that this language is nonsensical, and that acting AG Yates was performing her sworn duty to uphold the constitution when she was fired. Sources https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/30/us/politics/trump-immigration-ban-memo.html http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/donald-trump-immigration-order-department-of-justice/ http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/white-house-statement-attorney-general/ http://documents.latimes.com/message-acting-attorney-general/
• On January 30th, 2017, NBC reported that DT's first military strike resulted in the death of a NAVY Seal and an 8-year-old girl and citizen of the United States of America. According to a senior military official, "Almost everything went wrong." Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/seal-american-girl-die-first-trump-era-u-s-military-n714346
• On January 30th, 2017, less than two hours after firing acting Attorney General Sally Yates, DT fired acting the acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Daniel Ragsdale. Unlike with Yates's termination, the White House did not release a memo explaining Ragsdale's replacement. Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-replaces-acting-director-immigration-enforcement-n714491
• On January 30th, 2017, CNN reported that Senate Democrats, contrary to earlier reporting, may "back off" filibustering DT's SCOTUS nominees in order to make sure Senate Republicans don't use the so-called "nuclear" option to override a filibuster on a later SCOTUS appointment. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/democrats-supreme-court-battle/
• On January 30th, 2017, a 20-year-old white man was arrested in Portland for waving a gun at protesters demonstrating against DT's executive order banning entry to the U.S. for people from 7 predominantly Muslim nations. He pointed the AR-15 style air rifle at protestors out of the window of his pickup truck, which bore a Trump flag sticker. He was booked on second degree disorderly conduct. Source: http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/01/30/18823087/man-accused-of-flashing-a-gun-at-a-pro-immigrant-demonstrators-in-downtown-portland-on-monday?cb=c027a06a4cab1db29fec12799b63f13c
• On January 30th, 2017, approximately 100 people marched on noted white nationalist and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer's new headquarters in Washington, DC. Spencer moved from rural Montana to DC shortly before the inauguration where he was punched in the face by a black bloc member while being interviewed for Australian television, and became the object of several internet music video memes. The march was organized by an Episcopalian social worker, among others. Source: http://idavox.com/index.php/2017/01/30/richard-spencer-protested-at-his-new-virginia-headquarters/
• On January 30th, 2017, AP revealed that DT's "voter fraud" expert, Gregg Phillips, is registered to vote in 3 states. DT has said that his efforts to prevent voter fraud will target those who are registered in multiple states. It is unclear if by that he means his chief strategist and noted white supremacist and neo-Nazi Steve Bannon and his daughter, Tiffany. Source: https://apnews.com/80497cfb5f054c9b8c9e0f8f5ca30a62?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
• On January 30th, 2017, Twitter user @jonathanalter identified a federal law that forbids White House chief strategist and noted white supremacist and neo-Nazi Steve Bannon from sitting on the National Security Council without Senate Confirmation. Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3021
• On January 30th, 2017, the swift replacement of acting Attorney General and acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement had pundits comparing today to the so-called Saturday Night Massacre of Richard Nixon, labeling today the Monday Night Massacre. It should be noted that it took Richard Nixon 5 years in the White House to begin purges, while it has taken DT 11 days. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/opinions/monday-night-massacre-wake-up-call-to-senate-democrats-zelizer/
• On January 30th, 2017, The Hill reported that members of the House Judiciary Committee worked, in secret, with DT to draft the disastrous executive order known as the Muslim ban, without telling the Republican chairman of the committee or other Republican house leaders. Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/trump-immigration-congress-order-234392
• On January 30th, 2017, the New York Post reported that a Catholic Priest in Queens, New York, tweeted that DT protesters should consider suicide. He backtracked to say he just thought it was funny, but several of his parishioners, including those he baptized, are outraged and hurt by his words. It is important to note that his views do not reflect the Catholic Church, and that Pope Francis has been quite vocal in his opposition to DT's state and enacted policies, particularly the executive order that would bar refugees, including those who have lived here for years, from several war-torn nations seeking asylum in the US. Source 1: http://nypost.com/2017/01/30/priest-tells-anti-trump-protesters-to-commit-suicide/ Source 2: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2016/10/13/pope-francis-you-cant-defend-christianity-by-being-against-refugees-and-other-religions/
• On January 30th, 2017, after being quickly appointed to the position of acting Attorney General, despite being 3rd in line for the position, Dana Boente issued a statement wherein he characterized the job of the Department of Justice "our sworn duty and to defend the lawful orders of our President." The Attorney General's and the Department of Justice's sworn duty has always, previously, been to defend the Constitution. Sources: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/acting-attorney-general-boente-issues-guidance-department-executive-order http://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-01-31/after-firing-new-acting-attorney-general-dana-boente-vows-to-enforce-trump-refugee-order
• On January 30th, 2017, video resurfaced of former Deputy Attorney General and most recent acting Attorney General Sally Yates's confirmation hearing. The entire hearing is archived at C-SPAN, but of particular note is the moment at 1:15:57 when Senator Jeff Sessions, now in consideration for Attorney General and one of the most outspoken DT supporters in Congress asks her how she will handle people asking her to do things she should "just say no about." Source: https://www.c-span.org/video/?324983-1/confirmation-hearing-deputy-attorney-general-nominee-sally-quillian-yates
• On January 30th, 2017, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia came out strongly against DT's executive order barring entry to the U.S. by visa holders of 7 majority Muslim nations. In his statement, he said, "After taking the time to review this new executive order and discuss its impacts, I believe the scope and executions of the President’s action are not a common sense approach. We should focus all our efforts on identifying potential terrorists, but common sense would tell you a that a 5 year old trying to join their family does not present a threat to our country." Source: http://wvmetronews.com/2017/01/30/manchin-against-trumps-immigration-executive-order/