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Mike Huckerbee must be really proud of his daughter becoming an alternative face to Kelly-Anne Conway.

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Conway was back this morning suggesting that 45 believes Breitbart over Comey when it comes to the "wiretapping"

Muuk, yes, the minority has a role in any Congressional investigation, and yes, Comey is collateral damage here in their attempt to support their boss' fever dreams.

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Over here, there'd be an Urgent Question to Jeffrey. How does it work over there?

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It doesn't

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He doesn't have to respond till he feels like it?

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No, because the Republicans control both Houses of Congress, as well as the Executive Branch.

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I'm thinking that that's dangerous collateral to go around collecting, bearing in mind that the feds have a tendency of knowing where your baggage is.

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Recklessness is one of this administration's most consistent qualities

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ursus arctos wrote: No, because the Republicans control both Houses of Congress, as well as the Executive Branch.

I get that. There's no mechanism for a minority to call him in for questions at all? I think any MP can request an Urgent Question. Bercow's been good at granting them too.

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It's not a Parliamentary system, Tubbs

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This schtick he's got where's he's filmed signing his executive orders and gets applauded by his staff?

That's a new thing, that he's brought in, isn't it?

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Signing ceremonies for significant pieces of actual legislation have been a tradition for decades, with the President usually accompanied by the Congressional sponsors of the bill and perhaps some non-politician advocates for the cause.

But yes, this nonsense is new.

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ursus arctos wrote: It's not a Parliamentary system, Tubbs

No, and the framers didn't really think through the possibility of partisanship.

It's not a good system.

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So there's no way for the elected politicians to keep the heat on, and the media has to do it. And Trump then says "fuck the media". Is that how it goes?

David Frum was impressed by Lindsey Graham the other day. Can I rely on him to do anything?

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Somewhat interestingly, Trump didn't do the adoring staff thing for the re-boot of the Immigration Executive Order.

The White House just released a still of him signing it.

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Is the text available?

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Linked within this WaPo report.

The new guidelines name six of the seven countries included in the first executive order but leave out Iraq. That nation will increase cooperation with the United States on additional security vetting under separate negotiations and its citizens are not subject to the new order, according to a fact sheet provided by the administration.

A Department of Homeland official, speaking on the condition of anonymity on a call with reporters, said Iraq was “treated differently” in part because the country had agreed to “timely repatriation” of their citizens if they were ordered deported from the United States.

The new order provides other exceptions not contained explicitly in previous versions: for travelers from those countries who are legal permanent residents of the United States, dual nationals who use a passport from another country and those who have been granted asylum or refugee status. Anyone who holds a visa now should be able to get into the country without any problems, though those whose visas expire will have to reapply, officials said.

They are still going to struggle to shed all of the Administration's prior statements about a Muslim ban.

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Especially in light of the DHS report explaining there's no security justification for this list of countries, I don't see how this really improves upon the old order.

There's also rumblings that the EU might start requiring Americans to have Visas to visit. What a pain in the ass.

I've never had to get a visa. Is it hard?

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Depends on the country, but I wouldn't expect ant EU requirement to be particularly burdensome

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Unless they deliberately try to make it awkward in response to Trump.

The new travel ban seems much more likely to pass legal muster, at least absent the prior statements about a Muslim ban. Halting all refugee applications regardless of source is a particularly dick move, though.

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Hot Pepsi wrote: Especially in light of the DHS report explaining there's no security justification for this list of countries, I don't see how this really improves upon the old order.

There's also rumblings that the EU might start requiring Americans to have Visas to visit. What a pain in the ass.

I've never had to get a visa. Is it hard?

I think the EU wants to introduce a system where you have to pay a small fee online and register your details in advance of travelling. They were talking about it before Trump was elected. So it's not a visa at all, just advance notification that you're coming.

The US has had a similar system for a while now, called ESTA. EU citizens can't board a flight to the US unless their details are registered in the system.

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So it has taken a month and they have basically added a really simple clause to say "doesn't apply if, you know, you have established rights to enter the Country".

It is laughably shite.

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antoine polus wrote:
I think the EU wants to introduce a system where you have to pay a small fee online and register your details in advance of travelling. They were talking about it before Trump was elected. So it's not a visa at all, just advance notification that you're coming.

The US has had a similar system for a while now, called ESTA. EU citizens can't board a flight to the US unless their details are registered in the system.

No, it's actually a visa. The EU Parliament voted for it last week - can't find the link right now.

Basically it is a retaliatory move after the US refused to extend their visa waiver program to certain EU countries - Bulgaria, Romania and a few others I think. So if some EU citizens have to have a visa to go to the US, then US citizens have to have a visa to come here.

It hasn't been adopted yet, but having passed Parliament it will go to the Commission to decide to implement.

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Snake Plissken wrote:

I think the EU wants to introduce a system where you have to pay a small fee online and register your details in advance of travelling. They were talking about it before Trump was elected. So it's not a visa at all, just advance notification that you're coming.

The US has had a similar system for a while now, called ESTA. EU citizens can't board a flight to the US unless their details are registered in the system.

No, it's actually a visa. The EU Parliament voted for it last week - can't find the link right now.

Basically it is a retaliatory move after the US refused to extend their visa waiver program to certain EU countries - Bulgaria, Romania and a few others I think. So if some EU citizens have to have a visa to go to the US, then US citizens have to have a visa to come here.

It hasn't been adopted yet, but having passed Parliament it will go to the Commission to decide to implement.

What god have I recently angered and can I repent?

Christ.

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I just read that it has to be approved by the EU member states. I honestly can't see the member states that benefit from tourism approving visas for US citizens.