Trump says he’ll ‘suspend immigration’ into the U.S.

By artappraiser on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 1:41am |

Note the quotation marks in the headline. Updated April 20 10:17 PM EDT:

DHS is still drafting the executive order, according to three people familiar with the situation. One possibility that has been discussed is an exemption for temporary guest workers, including those who work on farms. https://t.co/8zgHJQmOjo
— Anita Kumar (@anitakumar01) April 21, 2020

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/20/trump-suspend-immigration-coronavirus-197755

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Tomorrow is going to be insane.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 21, 2020

Rick also retweeted this:

Loosely translated, “Rallying the base is hard these days, but I will keep trying.” https://t.co/DfrWFRtnYK
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) April 21, 2020

Also interesting on the "protesting the shutdown of the economy" thing:

Two DC PR firms are pumping it out https://t.co/owXe3wUW7A
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 1:46am

All retweeted by comedian Christopher Titus, I feel he's as good a analyst on this as anyone else:

LOOK AT WHAT FRESH NEW HELL FOR THE FUTURE OF AMERICA IM THINKING OF DOING so you don’t notice my “fan base” is unemployed, unemployable, dying and not THAT invested in white supremacy. Oh and I’ve broken the economy. SQUIRREL! Signed, captain knobjob underpants
— stay(home) kashian (@jackiekashian) April 21, 2020

Of all your catchy nicknames, this is worst. "Invisible Enemy"? Really? Lame. Why not "Corona De Ville" or "Viscous Virus". You're slipping. They say you're scared & in too deep, even for a racist. "Moron." That's what they're saying. Sad. https://t.co/4bKK8lKCYt
— ThatJordanBrady (@ThatJordanBrady) April 21, 2020

A lot of the “liberate” footage is meant to make these events look big.

Here’s what the protest in Ohio today really looks like.

pic.twitter.com/0uxRuG0IxS
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) April 20, 2020

Before that, he had a question for Jim Acosta:

Jim, based on numbers we should got that by Friday. Can you just start using the word “liar” when you report on Sweet Potato Hitler? https://t.co/JLcOhmz9lz
— Christopher THIS AINT THE FLU Titus (@TitusNation) April 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 2:28am

that's right, John:

Fringe Protests Can’t Distract from Trump’s Failures by John Cassidy @ NewYorker.com, April 20

Unfortunately, while John was writing this piece, Trump already moved on to Immigration b.s. as noted above, dumped the concerns of the protestors he riled up on Barr to handle, and now after a meeting with Cuomo this afternoon he's probably going to "gift" Cuomo with something, benevolent dictator style, in order to steal some of Cuomo's thunder by getting his thanks, and in a day or two he'll back out of delivering whatever that is somehow...

a king of distraction is he, no three card monte dealer could compete...

by artappraiser on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 1:52pm

Probably not. As usual:

DOJ lawyers were still studying whether the president had the legal authority to unilaterally suspend the issuance of green cards, an order that caught officials at the DOD and DHS off guardhttps://t.co/oU1pZGyawG w/ @shearm @itscaitlinhd @lfadulu @maggieNYT @EricSchmittNYT
— Zolan Kanno-Youngs (@KannoYoungs) April 21, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 4:01am

Trump motivation speech

By day 30 quarantine. All of us. pic.twitter.com/fT7B6Jeek7
— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) April 5, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 7:06am

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