Month: January 2017

Acting Attorney General Sally Yates was fired by President Donald Trump Monday night after she refused to defend his Executive Order on Immigration, which has led to chaos and confusion along with massive protests, widespread condemnation, and swift legal challenges. Almost unnoticed in the furor, the Trump Administration also abruptly removed Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Daniel Ragsdale from his post. Lest some attempt to paint Sally Yates as a partisan hack, here are Sen. Johnny Isakson’s (R-GA) floor remarks during her confirmation as Deputy Attorney General (h/t Stacey Godfrey Evans): “Sally Quillian Yates is a great human being that I have known for almost 40 years. … For 25 years, she has been the lead prosecutor in the northern district…

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January 13, 2017 Donald J. Trump The Trump Organization 725 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10022 RE: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOUR TAX RETURNS Dear President-Elect Trump: During your recent (and rare) news conference, you ridiculed the idea of making your tax returns public, something you had promised to do during the presidential campaign. You claimed “the only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters, okay? They’re the only ones.” WRONG! Voters care very much because we need to understand the nature of your business organization and its potential effects on public policy, especially in areas of real estate holdings and dealings, foreign policy and trade, Wall Street relationships, and possible conflicts of interest, to name a…

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The Honorable Johnny Isakson United States Senate 131 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Isakson, I knew you back in the day, when I was a state government spokesman and you were a legislator. I admired you and voted for you in both gubernatorial and Senate races. We haven’t spoken in thirty years, but I’m writing today because I’m deeply concerned about the turn our federal government is taking, especially considering many of the cabinet nominees President-Elect Trump has put forward. Several of these picks are disturbing; they suggest that Mr. Trump has animosity toward a functioning government. Specifically, the EPA and Education nominees are at odds with the goals and functions of these departments to protect the environment…

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