On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, the Department of Homeland Security issued a statement vowing to defy the Federal Court’s stay of the executive order denying entry to immigrants and visa holders of 7 predominantly Muslim countries. This puts the Department of Homeland Security at odds with the Federal US Marshalls who are invested with the power and the duty to enforce the rulings of Federal Courts. (Source 1: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-travel-bans-department-of-homeland-security-vows-enforce-court-order-a7551601.html Source 2, the DHS’s full statement: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/01/29/department-homeland-security-response-recent-litigation)
On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted that his network had extended an invitation to the White House to have a staffer appear to clear up any confusion over the executive order, but that they were refused. (Source: https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/825722408967479296)
On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, reports circulated that Angela Merkel, Prime Minister of Germany, had to explain the Geneva Convention’s existence and what it means to DT on their telephone call the previous day. (Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/29/merkel-explains-geneva-refugee-convention-to-trump-in-phone-call)
On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, British Prime Minister Theresa (not Teresa) May addressed questions about why she was holding DT’s hand yesterday at their meeting by telling the press that DT asked her to hold his hand because he is afraid of stairs. (Source 1: https://jezebel.com/donald-trump-can-absolutely-walk-up-and-down-stairs-lik-1791749860 Source 2: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4167600/Theresa-held-Trump-s-hand-stairs-fear.html)
On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, several Christian leaders denounced DT’s executive order banning entry to the US for immigrants and other visa holders from 7 majority Muslim nations, particularly the language that gives priority to refugees of Christian or other minority (meaning non-Muslim) faith. (Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/us/christian-leaders-denounce-trumps-plan-to-favor-christian-immigrants.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0)
On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, while thousands protested the Muslim ban outside the White House, DT screened the children’s movie, Finding Dory, at the White House. (Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316770-trump-screens-finding-dory-as-hundreds-protest-immigration-ban)
On Sunday, January 29th, 2017, Twitter user @kevincollier discovered that the Judicial Branch has been removed from the whitehouse.gov website. While some argue that the website is cleared at the advent of a new administration, it should be pointed out that this administration had no trouble getting other branches of government listed, nor many other pages, as well. (Source: https://twitter.com/kevincollier/status/825889848934424579)
On January 29th, 2017, admittedly strangely edited video surfaced of a police commander at the Denver airport telling protesters of the Muslim ban that they needed a permit to carry a copy of the constitution, and to “stop doing anything that could be construed as free speech without a license.” There are no laws that forbid anyone from carrying a copy of the constitution or that require a license for free speech. The Denver airport is not a privately owned airport. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqdcaeX3j0)
On January 29th, 2017, Starbucks released a statement condemning many of the actions or proposed actions of DT’s administration, and promised to hire 10,000 refugees in the next 5 years. (Source: https://news.starbucks.com/news/living-our-values-in-uncertain-times)
On January 29th, 2017, in seeming contradiction of an earlier statement issued by the DHS, Secretary John Kelly said that all green card holders would be allowed entry to the US, barring evidence of their being significant threats. He did not clarify if they would face interrogation at border control. (Source: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/01/29/statement-secretary-john-kelly-entry-lawful-permanent-residents-united-states)
On January 29th, 2017, researcher Collin Anderson (@CDA) tweeted that lawyers at Dulles airport had informed him that immigration officers were boarding planes on arrival to seize visa holders phones so that they could not notify family or lawyers that they were being detained. (Source 1: https://twitter.com/CDA/status/825842821873680385 Source 2: https://twitter.com/CDA/status/825844747398946817)
On January 29th, 2017, DT issued a statement saying that his executive order banning entry to the US for visa holders from 7 predominantly Muslim nations was “the same” as President Barack Obama’s 2011 halt to the Iraqi refugee program. This is, as the Washington Post reports, a “facile claim.” (Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/29/trumps-facile-claim-that-his-refugee-policy-is-similar-to-obama-in-2011/?utm_term=.ed569c6a3f69)
On January 29th, 2017, the Attorneys General of 16 states issued a joint statement condemning the Muslim ban. (Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-muslim-ban-travel-immigration-visa-attorneys-general-condemn-unconstitutional-a7552396.html)
On January 29th, 2017, the legal team from the ACLU returned to court after DHS officials refused to release detainees at airports around the country, and attempted to force visa holders from the 7 majority Muslim nations targeted by the executive order to return to their countries of origin. At present, there is no word on how many, if any, visa holders were forced onto planes to return. (Source: http://nypost.com/2017/01/29/lawyers-back-in-court-after-judges-immigration-order-ignored/ Source 2: http://nypost.com/2017/01/29/customs-agents-ignore-judge-enforce-trumps-travel-ban-aclu/)
On January 29th, 2017, several news outlets reported that the executive order banning entry to the US for visa holders from 7 predominantly Muslim countries was based on groundwork laid by Jeff Sessions. Sessions is currently being considered for Attorney General after his nomination by DT and congressional hearing two weeks ago. (Source 1: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/01/28/donald-trump-s-refugee-ban-has-attorney-general-nominee-jeff-session-s-fingerprints-all-over-it.html Source 2: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/1627116)
On January 29th, 2017, DT tweeted that the New York Times and Washington Post were failing newspapers who had lost subscribers, despite the uptick in their subscriptions since his election. He targeted the Times specifically, saying that they had issued an apology to their readers because of their “fake news” and urged “someone” to buy it and run it as a legitimate paper. The Times does not report “fake news” and has even been taken to task for previous kid glove coverage of DT. It should be noted that DT donor Peter Thiel funded the lawsuits that ultimately forced Gawker.com to close. (Source 1: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/28/trump-targets-new-york-times-and-washington-post-m/ Source 2: http://nypost.com/2017/01/28/trump-slams-new-york-times-washington-post-in-tweets/)
On January 29th, 2017, 3 gunmen shot up a mosque in Quebec City, killing 5 and wounding several others. (Source 1: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/29/world/americas/5-reported-dead-in-shooting-at-quebec-city-mosque.html Source 2: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN15E04S)
On January 29th, 2017, Twitter user @KHOLMESlive reported that LAXPD threatened to begin arresting protesters at LAX airport around 9:00 PM PST if they did not disburse. (Source: https://twitter.com/KHOLMESlive/status/825926668875243520)
On January 29th, 2017, Fox News “reported” the ludicrous story that the White House backs the White House’s decision to include noted white supremacist and neo-Nazi propaganda site publisher, chief strategist Steve Bannon, at national security meetings. The headline is bizarre, even by Fox News standards. (Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/01/29/white-house-backs-trumps-decision-to-include-strategist-bannon-at-national-security-meetings.html)
On January 29th, 2017, despite the court order issued by a Federal Judge, US officials would not allow lawyers to at Dulles airport to see detainees. Source: https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/01/29/customs-and-border-protection-still-not-allowing-lawyers-to-see-detainees/
On January 29th, 2017, an unnamed White House aide said of the executive order banning entry to the US by visa holders from 7 predominantly Muslim countries, “It really is a massive success story in terms of implementation on every single level." He also coyly invited the media to make suggestions as to other countries they thought should be added to the list. Possibly hundreds of thousands of protesters around the country, including middle America, and around the world have protested the so-called Muslim ban since it was signed on Friday night. It was later revealed that the "unnamed" aide is Stephen Miller, who was mentored by white nationalist and neo-Nazi Richard Spencer. Source 1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/29/unnamed-white-house-official-on-implementing-travel-ban-it-really-is-a-massive-success-story/?utm_term=.26ba0d5bc98c Source 2: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/12/trumps-newest-senior-adviser-seen-ally-white-nationalists
On January 29th, 2017, the Idaho Statesmen reported that 600 people protested the so-called Muslim ban at the Boise airport. Source: http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article129463644.html
On January 29th, 2017, historian Yonatan Zunger published a terrifying analysis of the first days of DT's administration, suggesting that it is the trial balloon for a coup. Among the stories referenced was a little shared item from Reuters that Russia had sold 19.5% of oil company Rosneft to an unknown buyer through an array of shell companies on Wednesday. The infamous "Steele Dossier," the leaked intelligence document describing DT's relationship with Russia and the compromising material Putin has on him, mentions offering the brokerage of 19% of Rosneft to DT associate Carter Page in exchange for lifting sanctions against Russia. Source 1: https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.iygy6jqaf Source 2: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-rosneft-privatisation-insight-idUSKBN1582OH Source 3: http://www.businessinsider.com/carter-page-trump-russia-igor-sechin-dossier-2017-1