Refugee & Muslim Ban
- Lyft will donate $1 million to ACLU after Trump immigration ban by Neetzan Zimmerman (The Hill)
- Actor Kal Penn raises thousands for Syrian refugees after vile social media comment by Sam Laird (Mashable)
- Crowd Packs San Francisco’s Airport: “Let the Laywers In!” by Jenny Luna, Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
- Donald Trump’s Immigration Order Is Horrifying and Incompetent on a Legal Level by Benjamin Wittes (TIME)
- Customs agents ignore judge, enforce Trump’s travel ban: ACLU by Kathianne Boniello (New York Post)
- Hours After Landing in U.S., Cleveland Clinic Doctor Forced to Leave by Trump’s Order by Charles Ornstein (ProPublica)
- #DeleteUber: Users angry at Trump Muslim ban scrap app (Al Jazeera)
- Zarif: Trump’s Muslim ban ‘great gift to extremists’ (Al Jazeera)
- Airbnb offers free accommodation to refugees affected by Donald Trump’s travel ban by Siobhan Fenton (Independent)
- Silicon Valley hits back on Donald Trump’s refugee ban by Chloe Farand (Indepenent)
- Germany’s Angela Merkel attacks Donald Trump for targeting ‘people from specific background or faith’ by Will Worley (Independent)
- Trump regime says of court rulings, Muslim ban ‘remains in full, complete and total effect’ by Barbara Morrill (Daily Kos)
- PHOTOS: Thousands Protest At Airports Nationwide Against Trump’s Immigration Order by James Doubek (NPR)
- Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus says Muslim immigration ban ‘doesn’t include Green Card holders’ by Adam Withnall (Independent)
- An Army of Attorneys Descends on Dulles by Kaveh Waddell (The Atlantic)
- Inside the Huge JFK Airport Protest Over Trump’s Muslim Ban by John Kenefel (Rolling Stone)
- Half a million American citizens who hold joint passports could be barred from returning home by Rachel Roberts (Independent)
- Of Courts And Confusion: Here’s The Reaction To Trump’s Immigration Freeze by Colin Dwyer (NPR)
- Global backlash grows against Trump’s immigration order by Maher Chmaytelli and Lin Noueihed (Reuters)
- Trump’s immigration ban stranded a scientist with no job and no home by Rachel Becker (Verge)
- “This policy is going to get Americans killed:” Sen. Chris Murphy on Trump’s refugee ban by Jeff Stein (Vox)
- Hillary Clinton breaks her silence to comment on Trump’s immigration order by Chris Enloe (The Blaze)
- Giuliani: Trump asked me how to do a Muslim ban ‘legally’ by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Apple has allegedly begun removing Iranian iOS apps from the App store by Mike Butcher (Techcrunch)
- White House Official, in Reversal, Says Green Card Holders Won’t Be Barred by Michael D. Shear (NY Times)
- Priebus: Lawful permanent residents aren’t affected by Trump’s latest executive order “going forward” by Abby Philip (Washington Post)
- ‘I sold my house’ to emigrate to US, says Iraqi man with visa (BBC)
- How One Syrian Family Navigated the Weekend Airport Chaos by Justin Glawe and Sarah Bertness (VICE)
- Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Already Harming American Science by Ed Yong (The Atlantic)
- Trump fights criticism, protests, legal challenges over travel bans by Doina Chiacu & Steve Holland (Reuters)
- Trump White House defends travel ban as John McCain warns of benefits to Isis by Alan Yuhas (The Guardian)
- European Leaders Reject Trump’s Refugee Ban as Violating Principles by Alison Smale (NY Times)
- Despite growing dissent, Trump gives no sign of backing down from travel ban by Brady Dennis, Jerry Markon and Katherine Shaver (Washington Post)
- Trump’s executive order on immigration: what we know and what we don’t by Liam Stack (The New York Times)
- ‘Daddy may not be able to come home’: Runner Mo Farah reacts to Trump’s ban by Cindy Boren (The Washington Post)
- ‘Donald Trump destroyed my life,’ says barred Iraqi who worked for U.S. by Sudarsan Raghavan (The Washington Post)
- Senate Democrats vow legislation to block Trump’s travel ban by Ed O’Keefe (The Washington Post)
- Trump executive order: White House stands firm over refugee crackdown (BBC)
- Constitutional crisis: Trump regime selectively ignores federal judges’ blocks on Muslim ban by Joan McCarter (Daily Kos)
- Trump immigration order restricted by more U.S. judges by Nate Raymond and Mica Rosenberg (Reuters)
- The very long list of Republicans in Congress who have taken no position on Trump’s refugee ban by Alvin Chang & Soo Oh (Vox)
- The Guardian view on Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim orders: not in our name (The Guardian)
- In the last 24 hours, four federal courts have ruled on Trump’s immigration ban by Andrew Liptak (Verge)
- Iranian Director Won’t Attend Oscars Over Trump’s Muslim Ban by Daniel Kreps (Rolling Stone)
- 75-year-old grandmother from Iran tells the story of her detention at LAX by Alene Tchekmedyian (LA Times)
- This New York doctor went to visit family in Sudan, and now he’s stuck by Molly Hennessy-Fiske (LA TImes)
- Legal moves come too late for Iranian man who arrived at LAX after Trump’s order by Matt Hamilton (LA Times)
- An Army of Attorneys Descends on Dulles by Kaveh Waddell (The Atlantic)
- Despite Court Order, US Officials Won’t Allow Lawyers at Dulles to See Detainees by Amanda Whiting (Washingtonian)
- Check out these spontaneous massive protests unfolding around the nation by Jen Hayden (Daily Kos)
- US protests grow against Donald Trump’s immigration ban (Al Jazeera)
- Attorneys General in 16 US States condemn Donald Trump’s Muslim ban by Caroline Mortimer (Independent)
- Border agents are ignoring federal court orders and still deporting people, lawyers say by Justin Carissimo (Independent)
- ‘Breathtaking violation of rights’: L.A. city attorney barred from seeing detainees at LAX by James Queally (LA Times)
- Rudy Giuliani Admits Trump’s Executive Order Is A Backdoor Muslim Ban by Amanda Terkel (Huffington Post)
- Border agents defy courts on Trump travel ban, congressmen and lawyers say by Edward Helmore & Alan Yuhas (The Guardian)
- Spontaneous Airport Protests Show that the Anti-Trump Movement Isn’t Going Anywhere by Kia Makarechi (Vanity Fair)
- Uber to create $3M legal defense fund for drivers affected by “wrong and unjust” ban by Darrell Etherington (Techcrunch)
- Photos from the Powerful Protests at JFK Airport by Mohamed Sadek (VICE)
- Across the Country, Thousands Protest Trump’s “Muslim Ban” by Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
- I’m an Iranian Woman Whose Dream Is to Study in America. Here’s My Message for Trump. by Samantha Michaels (Mother Jones)
- Students With Valid Visas Are Trapped in Limbo Abroad by Karen Hao (Mother Jones)
- Trump Ban Leaves 12-Year-Old Girl Facing Return to War-Torn Yemen by Justin Elliot (ProPublica)
- Trump’s Executive Order Strands Brooklyn Doctor in Sudan by Charles Ornstein (ProPublica)
- Starbucks’ epic response to Trump’s executive order by Judd Legum (ThinkProgress)
- Tens of thousands in U.S. cities protest Trump immigration order by Frank McGurty and Nathan Frandino (Reuters)
- Protesters Fill San Francisco Airport Demanding Trump Immediately End Travel Ban From 7 Muslim Countries by Steven Rosenfeld (AlterNet)
- Feinstein to introduce two bills in response to Trump’s ban by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Merkel reminds Trump of Geneva Convention’s refugee policy: reports by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Trump warns senators ‘looking to start World War III’ by Cyra Master (The Hill)
- Dems plan rally at Supreme Court to protest Trump’s executive order by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Republicans Begin to Break With President Trump by Philip Elliott, Alex Altman (TIME)
- President Trump Is Defending His Immigration Ban Targeting Muslims by Saying It’s Not Actually a Muslim Ban by AP (TIME)
- Christian Leaders Nearly Unanimous in Opposing Trump’s Muslim Ban by Ruth Graham (Slate)
- ‘First They Came’: The Poem of the Protests by Megan Garber (The Atlantic)
- How Trump’s Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos by Michael D. Shear & Ron Nixon (NY Times)
- Senate Democrats Call For Investigation Into Trump Officials’ Failure To Obey Court Orders by Kim Bellware (Huffington Post)
- ‘Let our people in’: Anti-Trump protest sees no let-up at SFO by Evan Sernoffsky (SF Chronicle)
- Trump Team Kept Plan for Travel Ban Quiet by Peter Nicholas, Damian Paletta, and Devlin Barrett (Wall Street Journal)
- How opponents may challenge Trump’s order in court by Laura Jarrett (CNN.com)
- Thanks to Donald Trump, a 12-year-old girl with American parents is stuck in Djibouti by Josh Levin (Slate)
- The Lawyers showed up by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
- Trump’s immigration order jolts Iraqi’s, U.S.’s top allies against Isis by Michael R. Gordon and Erin Schmitt (The NY Times)
- The travelers trapped in horrific limbo by Trump’s immigration order by Dahlia Lithwick (Slate)
- Officials worry that U.S. counterterrorism defenses will be weakened by Trump actions by Greg Miller and Missy Ryan (The Washington Post)
- Jihadist group hails Trump travel ban as a victory by Joby Warrick (The Washington Post)
- Silicon Valley is debating how far to go to fight Donald Trump’s executive order by Elizabeth Dwoskin and Todd C. Frankel (The Washington Post)
- Trump’s facile claim that his refugee policy is similar to Obama’s in 2011 by Glenn Kessler (The Washington Post)
- 4K protesters descend on LAX for 2nd day in opposition of Trump travel ban by Chelsea Edwards, Leanne Suter (ABC 7)
- Starbucks Rips Trump Policies, Vows To Hire 10,000 Refugees by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Protesters March From D.C. Mosque To Mike Pence’s House by Michael McAuliff (Huffington Post)
- LAPD chief: My officers won’t comply with Trump’s immigration ban by Jennifer Calfas (The Hill)
- Woman And Her 2 Children Held At Dulles Airport for 20 Hours With No Food by Rachel Vorona Cote (Jezebel)
- Lawyers advise green card holders to fly into Boston by Lisa Wangsness (Boston Globe)
- STATEMENT BY SENATORS McCAIN & GRAHAM ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ON IMMIGRATION
- This is What Democracy Looks Like: Photos From Airport Protests This Weekend (Entropy)
- Early wins against Trump immigration order may not last by Josh Gerstein & Seung Min Kim (Politico)
- FACT CHECK: Trump Tweets On Christians, ISIS And Vetting Miss The Bigger Picture by Dominico Montanaro, Larry Kaplow, Michelle Keleman, and Alice Fordham (NPR)
News
- Trump puts Bannon on security council, dropping joint chiefs (BBC)
- China military official says war with US under Donald Trump ‘becoming practical reality’ by Will Worley (Independent)
- Netanyahu in hot water over praise of Trump’s wall by Luke Baker (Reuters)
- Malia Obama joins Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Sundance Film Festival by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- Spicer defends Bannon role at National Security Council by Zachary Warmbrodt (Politico)
- Trump wants to enlist local police in immigration crackdown by Jacques Billeaud & Amy Taxin (Salon)
- COUP: Under cover of #muslimban, Bannon throws top general and spy off the National Security Council and installs himself in their stead by Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing)
- White House Says It Deliberately Omitted Jews From Holocaust Remembrance Day Statement by Madeline Farber (TIME)
- California’s congressional Republicans hold their fire on Trump’s refugee order by Sarah D. Wire (LA Times)
- Kellyanne Conway goes on bonkers rant, calls for Trump’s media critics to be fired by Laura Clawson (Daily Kos)
- McCain blasts Bannon placement on National Security Council by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- Americans raise $600,000 to rebuild burned Texas mosque by Creede Newton (Al Jazeera)
- Quebec mosque attack: ‘Five dead’ and many injured (Al Jazeera)
- Saudi king agrees in call with Trump to support Syria, Yemen safe zones: White House (Reuters)
- White House Screens Finding Dory as Thousands Protest Immigration Order Outside by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- It took 3 years for George W. Bush to hit 50% disapproval. Trump is there after 8 days. by Jacob Gardenswartz (Vox)
- Bannon seizes a security role from generals by Glenn Thrush and Maggie Haberman (The NY Times)
- Questions multiply over Bannon’s role in Trump administration by Karen DeYoung (The Washington Post)
- Why Is the Judicial Branch Missing From WhiteHouse.Gov? by Eve Peyser (Gizmodo)
- Reince Priebus Defends Holocaust Statement That Failed to Mention Jews by Jonah Engel Bromwich (NY Times)
Analysis
- The Betrayal of Legal Immigrants Who Followed the Rules by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- ‘He’s Going to Continue to Create Chaos’ by Clare Foran (The Atlantic)
- Two experts decode Trump’s comments on crime and “the feds” by Jenée Desmond-Harris (Vox)
- Steve Bannon, the Trump adviser who helped craft the “Muslim ban,” explained by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- High Court Precedent May Limit Trump’s ‘Sanctuary City’ Order by Joe Palazzolo (Wall Street Journal)
- ACLU Received Record $24 Million in Online Donations This Weekend by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- A Dangerously Isolated President by Benjamin Wallace-Wells (The New Yorker)
- Trump Filed For Reelection In 2020 On Jan 20 2017. Why It Matters. by pollwatcher (Daily Kos)
- Trump’s facile claim that his refugee policy is similar to Obama’s in 2011 by Glenn Kessler (Washington Post)
Opinion
- Trump’s Muslim ban is a dangerous distraction by Suad Abdul Khabeer (Al Jazeera)
- The Opposition Is Born by Corey Robin (Jacobin)
- Paul Ryan’s worst week in Washington by Chris Cillizza (The Washington Post)
- Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock and Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out by Laila Lalami (The Nation)
- Suddenly, Muslims are America’s pariahs by Nesrine Malik (Guardian)
- Trial Balloon for a Coup? by Yonatan Zunger (Medium)
- A Clarifying Moment in American History by Eliot A. Cohen (The Atlantic)
Conservative Perspectives
- Today In Conservative Media: Trump’s Muslim Ban by Laura Wagner (Slate)
- Koch network condemns Trump ban on refugees and immigrants by Matea Gold and James Hohmann (Washington Post)
- Whip Count: Here’s where Republicans stand on Trump’s controversial travel ban by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
Resources / Action
- Airport protests against the Muslim Ban (Groundgame)
- US Senators on Muslim Ban (GoogleDoc)
- 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
- Here’s your list of all the protests happening against the Muslim Ban by Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani (ThinkProgress)
- 6 Trump Supporting Brands To Avoid by Jessica Montiel (Left Over Rights)