2017/01/30

Monday, January 30, 2017 (#30)

Sunday Monday Tuesday US: Executive (page) Presidential Executive Order on Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs (archive.org, archive.is) Trial Balloon for a Coup? by Yonatan Zunger - re Executive Order 13769 Google employees staged a protest over Trump’s immigration ban - re Executive Order 13769 Trump orders "1 in, 2 out" rule for federal regulations Trump Fires Attorney General Sally Yates for Refusal to Support Muslim Ban 2017-01-31 follow-ups: Sally Yates Has Been Nominated For JFK Profile In Courage Award (via) That Time Jeff Sessions Asked Sally Yates If She Would Follow An Unlawful Order And She Was Like 'Nah' (via): apparently Jeff Sessions believed it was very important for the Attorney General not to follow illegal presidential orders when the president was Obama, but is now on the side which agrees she should have been fired for refusing illegal orders from Trump (though it's not clear whether Sessions himself has overtly taken this position). When Muslims Got Blocked at Airports, US Veterans Rushed to Help (via)