As of last night, it was six agencies that got told not to publish or say anything until the WH has approved it.

Republicans bar Hispanic lawmakers from meeting with ICE

Step 1, isolate the first group.



Who's next ?!

I understand that the Washington State Legislature will soon have a bill which will treat ANY protester as an economic terrorist.

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...ed-as-felonies/

I was listening, yesterday, to njr (nut-job radio, the counter-programming to npr), and the host was going on at length about the threat of the "deep state" against the Trump administration. It was clear to me that he was misapplying the concept, but his tirade made an important point: when we are sanguine about the threats posed to our constitutional order our hubris is likely to bring those very threats to fruition.

I believe we are in the throes of "interesting times" - protests will (and must) continue; legislators and others with authoritarian instincts will attempt to throttle dissent, and firm their grip on power; and real threats to our security and principles will proliferate. We must remain vigilant and resolute. I am personally stirred to action as I have not been in my lifetime. It will be interesting to see how that manifests.

Iowa Republican proposes bill restricting left-leaning faculty at state colleges

Let's see now . . . Identifiy first, then restrict and finally make illegal.

Conservatives have such a weak position that they want disallow other points of view.

"The Deep State" simply consists of career federal employees who were there long before Trump and plan on being there long after. Their performance evaluations depend on performing their tasks well, not political beliefs. They may have tasks that Trump doesn't like but are obligated to perform them to the best of their ability until a law or regulation says otherwise.

Some may even be Trump fans, but it does not matter. They do their jobs because that's the job.

They probably also have a bias toward actual solutions to actual problems, which makes them Liberal Scum I suppose, in Cloud Cuckoo Land.

So true. So damn true.