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Summary Statement, 4th Quarter, 1863 – New York Independent Batteries, Part 3

Summary Statement, 4th Quarter, 1863 – New York Independent Batteries, Part 3

The last dozen in dependent batteries from New York, the 25th through 36th Batteries, feature several story lines which had not played out by the end of 1863. Thus the listing is incomplete and lacking in some respects. And, we see just nine lines:

But we’ll discuss all twelve here in order to fill in the gaps:

25th Battery: No return.  Recall, while in transit to New Orleans in…

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Information, Updates, and Resources: Muslim Ban, Refugee Suspension, Executive Orders.

ACLU Blog Posts/Statements: 

Trump Begins His Unconstitutional Program of Anti-Muslim Discrimination

DARWEESH V. TRUMP - PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

ACLU Statement on Trump’s “Extreme Vetting” of Muslims Executive Order

ACLU and Other Groups Challenge Trump Immigration Ban After Refugees Detained at Airports Following Executive Order

We’ll See You in Court: Why Trump’s Executive Order on Refugees Violates the Establishment Clause

Important ACLU tweet: “Lawyers are stationed at airports across U.S. If you know someone entering country, tell them not to sign anything before talking to lawyer.”

UPDATES: 

(January 28th, 2017 around 9:30pm EST):

FEDERAL COURT GRANTS STAY IN CHALLENGE TO TRUMP IMMIGRATION BAN

ACLU tweet: Signed judge's order. No refugees are going to be immediately deported

“The judge ruled today that no refugees should be put back on planes and sent back to danger. If you hear of any refugees who are being deported, contact the ACLU.” 

(January 28th, 2017 at 11:15pm EST):

In President Trump’s First Week, ACLU Hands Him First Stinging Rebuke

(January 29th, 2017):

Immigrants Detained at Philadelphia Airport to be Released Sunday

Federal Court in Boston issues temporary restraining order against President Trump’s Muslim ban

(January 30th, 2017):

Here Is Some of the Human Misery Caused by President Trump’s Muslim Ban From Those Most Impacted

Articles:

The Washington Post: Here’s how the world is responding to Trump’s ban on refugees, travelers from 7 Muslim nations, Countries where Trump does business are not hit by new travel restrictions

CNN: Full text of Trump's executive order on 7-nation ban, refugee suspension, Trump's latest executive order: Banning people from 7 countries and more, Trump's executive orders, memorandums and proclamations

NBC: Trump Signs Order Suspending Admission of Syrian Refugees

The Guardian: Is Trump's 'extreme vetting' immigration order unconstitutional?, What you need to know about Trump's travel ban

The New York Times: President Trump’s Immigration Order (Annotated), Trump’s Order Blocks Immigrants at Airports, Stoking Fear Around Globe (Includes “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in Kennedy Airport Detention” and “Motion for Class Certification in Refugee Detentions” document links), Protest Grows ‘Out of Nowhere’ at Kennedy Airport After Iraqis Are Detained

Teen Vogue: Refugees Are Being Detained at Airports Because of Trump's Muslim Ban 

CNBC: ACLU mounts legal challenge to Trump's refugee ban, calling it 'unlawful'

The Hill: ACLU sues White House over immigration ban

Independent: Donald Trump's arbitrary, cruel ban on refugees from Muslim countries sets a chilling precedent

The Wall Street Journal: Some U.S.-Bound Passengers Prevented From Boarding Flights in Wake of Trump Order

ThinkProgress: Federal judge halts implementation of Trump’s Muslim ban at airports

ABC 7 News - WJLA: Mother from Iran, 5-year-old son reunited after he was detained at Dulles Airport (video)

(Articles above are from January 27-28, 2017)

UPDATES (January 29th, 2017):

ABC News: Protests Build Across the Country Against Trump's Immigration Order

VICE: Border protection agents are still trying to deport people at LAX, attorneys say

USA TODAY: Once again, images show colossal crowds taking to the streets against Trump

The New York Times: Lawyers Mobilize at Nation’s Airports After Trump’s Order, Refugees Entering the U.S. Already Face a Rigorous Vetting Process

The Atlantic: The ACLU Flourishes in the Era of Trump

BBC: Trump executive order on refugees and travel suspension: Key points

The Boston Globe: Lawyers are advising green card holders to fly into Boston

The Washington Post: Trump asked for a ‘Muslim ban,’ Giuliani says — and ordered a commission to do it ‘legally’

(January 30th, 2017):

CNN: Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban

NBC: ‘Trump Out, Refugees In’: Ban Sparks Protests Across the Nation

The Guardian: Protests across Britain against Trump's travel ban – in pictures

The Washington Post: Acting Attorney General declares Justice Department won’t defend Trump’s immigration order 

The New York Times: Trump Fires Acting Attorney General

YouTube:

Vlogbrothers: Understanding Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

Twitter Moments:

(January 27th, 2017):

People are already starting to be affected by Trump's 'Muslim Ban.' Description: “President Trump's executive order prohibiting immigration from some Muslim countries is already preventing refugees and professionals alike from traveling into the US.”

(January 28th, 2017):

Protestors gather at New York’s JFK Airport over refugee detainment. Description: “On Saturday, a group of peaceful protestors made their way to John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York, to express their concerns over the detainment of refugees and Donald Trump’s immigration ban.”

One of two refugees released from detention at U.S. airport. Description: “UPDATE: Hameed Jhalid Darweesh, has been released from detention at John F. Kennedy Airport, according to New York Representatives Jerry Nadler and Nydia Velasquez. The refugees' detainment comes after President Trump's executive order, which closed the nation's borders to refugees on Friday.”

How Trump's refugee ban is affecting refugee identities. Description: “New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi and political strategist Peter Daou explain how President Trump's executive order has changed their lives as refugees.”

Trump signs three more executive orders. Description: “Saturday is a working day for President Trump. He signed executive orders on ISIS, lobbying, and the National Security Council. He instructed the military to come up with a strategy for defeating ISIS; enacted a 5-year lobbying ban for administration officials; and signed off on a plan to reorganize the National Security Council.”

UPDATES: 

(January 28th, 2017 continued):

Detainees released from U.S. airports. Description: “UPDATE: Iraqi translator Hameed Jhalid Darweesh, was released from detention at John F. Kennedy Airport. Other refugees have been freed from custody at other airports throughout the U.S.”

(January 29th, 2017):

Trump defends 'extreme vetting' in a statement. Description: Quickly following a statement defending his decision, the president took to his Twitter account to clap back at Senators McCain and Graham for their joint criticism of the order, which Trump blames the media for dubbing a "Muslim ban."

Lyft says it will donate $1 million to the ACLU. Description: On Sunday, the ride share company announced it's making a major donation to the American Civil Liberties Union, which seems to be a response to Uber's handling of the Muslim ban protests on Saturday.

Green card holders from banned countries allowed U.S. entry. Description: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly released a statement addressing the confusion of Trump's executive order, which was denying entry of lawful permanent residents into the U.S.

Protestors flood San Francisco Airport demanding release of 5 detainees. Description: Following President Trump's executive order that put new regulations on travelers, immigrants and refugees from Muslim nations, five people were detained at SFO. This spurred nearly two days of sit-ins and protests at the airport, and by Sunday night, all five detainees were released.

Protests continue across the US over immigration ban. Description: From Washington D.C., to Seattle, civil rights groups and protestors continue to organize and demonstrate over President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration.

(January 30th, 2017):

Protesting for the first time? You're not alone. Description: Throughout President Trump's first 10 days, thousands have taken to the streets to protest. For some, it's their first time.

Acting attorney general will not defend Trump's travel ban in court. Description: Sally Yates, the standing attorney general until Jeff Sessions or another Trump appointee is confirmed, issued a statement Monday declaring that the Department of Justice will not defend President Trump's executive order on travel restrictions aimed at Muslims and refugees.

Trump fires Attorney General Sally Yates after travel ban refusal. Description: On Monday, standing AG Yates, an Obama administration holdover, instructed the Dept. of Justice not to defend President Trump's latest executive order containing travel restrictions on Muslim nations and refugees. She was promptly relieved of her duties for her "betrayal."

Twitter Videos:

(January 28th, 2017):

Hannah VanHuss Davis: #breaking the 1st woman who was held has been let through. Crowds chant USA as she's reunited with her family.

NYCLU: Refugees are welcome at #JFKTerminal4 #noban

Pidgejen: child of pakistani refugees speaks to crowd inside #ohare at protest against #MuslimBan

Annabel Park: Love is what makes America great! This is happening at Dulles right now. #MuslimBan #Dulles #NoBanNoWall

YousefMunayyer: Amazing, emotional scenes here at Dulles as some passengers finally unite with crying relatives surrounded by protestors welcoming them.

(January 29th, 2017):

ACLU of DC: "No hate. No fear. Refugees are welcome here." #NoBanNoWall #MuslimBan

Jamil Dakwar: No Ban! No Wall! @ Battery Park, NYC. #NoBanNoWall #MuslimBan

ABC News: Protesters at Philly Airport started singing 'This Land Is Your Land' on Sunday amid reports of families detained.

Facebook Videos:

(January 28th, 2017):

ACLU Videos:

No hate, no fear, refugees are welcome here #LetThemIn #JFKTerminal4

Protest getting bigger at #JFKTerminal4. Vigil starts at 6pm

Press conference at #JFKTerminal4 #nobannowall

We are live at JFK Terminal 4 arrivals #MuslimBan #MuslimBanprotest #nobannowall

Live from #JFKTerminal4 standing up against the Muslim ban.

UPDATES (January 28th, 2017 continued):

Refugees will not be deported. VICTORY: ACLU blocks Trump's unconstitutional Muslim ban. WATCH: ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero coming out of the court where the ACLU argued their case.

Victory: ACLU Attorney Lee Gelernt. WATCH: Deputy Legal Director of the Immigrants Rights Project Lee Gelernt coming out of the court where the ACLU argued to block Trump's unconstitutional Muslim ban. "The judge saw through what the government was doing and gave us what we wanted which was to block the Trump order."

Working Families Party Videos:

We are here at JFK airport demanding that visa holders and refugees JFK has detained are released! We will be here until all people detained are released. #Terminal4 arrivals. #NoMuslimBanJFK #NoBanNoWall

Part two of our live video. Update. We will be here until all people detained are released. #Terminal4 arrivals. #NoMuslimBanJFK #NoBanNoWall

Fusion Videos:

"No hate, no fear, Muslims are welcome here!" LIVE: New Yorkers unite in protest at JFK airport after refugees were detained following Trump's executive order targeting Muslims

Welcome to America. LIVE in DC: Following Trump's executive order targeting Muslims, crowds gather at the international terminal of Dulles airport to welcome refugees and immigrants. #NoBanNoWall

UPDATES:

(January 29th, 2017):

The Washington Post (Live from Dulles International Airport):

There were large protests and emotional reunions at Washington Dulles International Airport after President Trump's executive order that targeted citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

Protesters are gathering at Washington Dulles International Airport to show their opposition to President Trump’s executive order barring U.S. entry from refugees, migrants and foreign nationals from seven mostly Muslim countries.

Protesters are marching in New York against President Trump’s executive order barring U.S. entry from refugees, migrants and foreign nationals from seven mostly Muslim countries.

Protesters rally against President Trump's executive order banning U.S. entry to migrants, refugees and green-card holders from seven predominantly Muslim countries. The crowd has gathered in New York City's Battery Park, with a view of the Statue of Liberty.

Protesters are rallying against President Trump’s executive order barring U.S. entry to refugees, migrants and green-card holders from seven predominantly Muslim nations: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

ACLU Video (Not Live):

Stand up. Fight back. [Closed Captions] (You can also watch this video on twitter)

(January 30th, 2017):

ACLU Video:

LIVE: ACLU immigrants' rights attorney Jennifer Chang Newell answers questions about Trump's executive order halting all refugee admissions and barring people from seven countries from entering the U.S. She will explain what the executive orders are, why they are unconstitutional and illegal, and what we are doing in response. Ask us what you want to know. Transcription will be available after broadcast.

Fusion Videos:

LIVE: Democrats unite on the steps of the Supreme Court to publicly protest Trump’s #MuslimBan “The President undermines our values." 

The Washington Post:

Protests in London: We're live from London's 10 Downing Street where thousands are gathered outside to protest President Trump's immigration ban.

Organizations to Support:

UNHCR

Save the Children

Karam Foundation

ACLU

Malala Fund

Amnesty International

National Immigration Law Center

National Immigration Forum

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA)

American Immigration Council

National Immigrant Justice Center

Immigration Equality 

The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)

National Lawyers Guild

The Southern Poverty Law Center 

Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Rights (ICIRR)

Protests:

List of all the protests happening against the Muslim Ban 

(If there’s a protest against the Muslim ban happening near you, please contact avarkiani@americanprogress.org. ThinkProgress will update the list.)

Other Ways To Help:

26 ways to be in the struggle beyond the streets (PDF)

Know Your Rights!:

ACLU: What To Do If Your Rights Are Violated at a Demonstration or Protest 

Amnesty International: The Right To Protest Resource Packet (PDF)

ICIRR: Immigrants & Refugees From Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen. (Here’s the transcript & Arabic translation)

Call Your Senators & Representatives: 

Find Your Representative (house.gov)

Contact Your Senator (senate.gov)

How to call your reps when you have social anxiety (echothroughthefog)

How To Call Your Representative About Donald Trump's Refugee Ban (Bustle) 

This post will be updated as more information becomes available. 

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New York Times

USA March 29th 1985

SCREEN: DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN

By Vincent Canby

SUSAN SEIDELMAN, you should remember, is the young director who first came to attention three years ago with ''Smithereens,'' a wonderfully funny, independently financed, $80,000 first-feature about a pushy, punkish young woman named Wren and her adventures in the Day-Glo lower-depths of the East Village and blocks west. It's now apparent that ''Smithereens'' was not a fluke. 

With ''Desperately Seeking Susan,'' her second feature, which opens today at Loews Paramount and other theaters, Miss Seidelman successfully takes the long, potentially dangerous leap from the ranks of the promising independents to mainstream American movie-making, her integrity, her talent and her comic idiosyncracies intact. 

''Desperately Seeking Susan,'' based on a good screenplay by a new writer named Leora Barish, is a terrifically genial New York City farce in which the lives of two very different young women become tangled in an Orlon web of lies, half-truths and crosspurposes. 

It's a fable that involves, among other unlikely things and people, a pair of stolen earrings that once belonged to Nefertiti; a gangster slain in Atlantic City; an earnest, uptight businessman who sells Jacuzzis and hot tubs, and who stars in his own cheery television commercials; a professional hit man; amnesia and mistaken identity; a soberly commonplace magician, and a handsome young fellow who makes his living as the projectionist at a theater specializing in the B-pictures of yesteryear. 

The film's two charming, very funny stars are Rosanna Arquette, the blond chamelion most recently seen in John Sayles's ''Baby, It's You'' and in the television adaptation of Norman Mailer's ''The Executioner's Song,'' and Madonna, one of the hottest personalities in music videos, who here has her first major role in a theatrical film and carries it off with nervy ease, as if to echo the Jerry Lieber-Mike Stoller lament, ''Is That All There Is?'' 

Miss Arquette's Roberta is a pampered, Fort Lee, N.J., princess, married to Gary, the Jacuzzi salesman and TV ''star.'' Like Ibsen's Nora, magically transported to a condo- with-pool on the far side of the George Washington Bridge, Roberta gets fed up and leaves home, though, unlike Nora, she really doesn't mean to bang the door behind her. 

What lures the romantically inclined Roberta away from her probably fake fireplace is a series of personal ads she has been following for some months, each headed ''Desperately Seeking Susan,'' followed by a message from ''Jim,'' who sets up the time and place for their next rendezvous. On impulse one afternoon, Roberta decides to spy on one such rendezvous in Battery Park, where, after a series of unfortunate misunderstandings and a bop on the head, she finds herself with no memory of who she is, though everybody seems to think she's Susan. 

Madonna plays the real Susan, a slightly more focused variation on the eccentric, free-living heroine of Miss Seidelman's ''Smithereens,'' which is not to say that Susan is more conventional, only that the film surrounding her is. Susan is one of society's most winning bandits, but her crimes are essentially victimless. She has no pad of her own and sleeps around for convenience as much as for pleasure. Dressed in her miniskirts, rhinestone boots, and enough New Wave junk jewelry to start her own thrift shop, Susan looks like a piece of performance art on the hoof. 

Through a succession of perfectly implausible coincidences - this is, after all, a farce - Roberta, the protected princess from Fort Lee, starts living a reasonable facsimile of Susan's wayward life. She is housed, against his better judgment, by Dez (Aidan Quinn), the projectionist, who is the best friend of Susan's main man Jim (Robert Joy), and works as the on-stage assistant to the world's most optimistic, second-rate magician (Peter Maloney) in a Village club that would attract only the seediest of conventioneers. 

Susan, aware that the mob might be after her for reasons she never worries about, eventually connects with Roberta's husband, Gary (Mark Blum), and Gary's sister, Leslie (Laurie Metcalf), who, her imagination expanded by expose magazines, suspects that Roberta may be either a housewife-prostitute or a housewife- lesbian, and maybe both. Gary, dazzled by Susan's manners and glittery raiment, takes her back to Fort Lee, which seems as exotic to her as the Village is to Roberta. 

It's no easy thing to keep this kind of farce spinning with seeming effortlessness and, toward the end, ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' becomes a little desperate itself. Miss Seidelman and Miss Barish never find that single, explosively funny, climactic confrontation scene in which all of the characters would converge for sudden recognition. The movie ends sweetly, but sort of piecemeal. 

Miss Seidelman's principal talent is for bringing cockeyed characters to life with great good humor and no condescension, and she's as wicked about life in the new bohemia as in the new suburbia. ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' is full of funny, sharply observed details, reflected in Santo Loquasto's witty production design as well as in all of the dozens of individual performances. The cast is virtually a Players Guide to the variety of performing talent available in New York. Miss Arquette and Madonna are delights, as is each member of the huge supporting cast, from Mr. Quinn, Mr. Blum, Mr. Joy and Miss Metcalf, through Mr. Maloney and down to those people who appear in split-second cameos, including Anne Carlisle, from ''Liquid Sky,'' and John Lurie, the star of ''Stranger Than Paradise,'' who is seen here as the silhouette of a musician behind a window shade.  ''Desperately Seeking Susan'' is not, however, an inside joke. It's a New York movie that, like Times Square at 4 A.M. or Central Park at high noon, is available to everyone. ''Desperately Seeking Susan,'' which has been rated PG-13 (''parental guidance suggested''), includes some vulgar language and partial nudity. 

A Genial Farce 

DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN , directed by Susan Seidelman; written by Leora Barish; director of photography, Edward Lachman; edited by Andrew Mondshein; music by Thomas Newman; produced by Sara Pillsbury and Midge Sanford; released by the Orion Pictures Corporation. At Loews 84th Street, at Broadway; Loew's 34th Street Showplace, between Second and Third Avenues; Loews Paramount, 61st Street and Broadway; Gemini Twin, 64th Street and Second Avenue, and other theaters. Running time: 104 minutes. This film is rated PG-13. RobertaRosanna Arquette SusanMadonna DezAidan Quinn GaryMark Blum JimRobert Joy LeslieLaurie Metcalf CrystalAnna Levine NolanWill Patton IanPeter Maloney LarrySteven Wright RayJohn Turturro VictoriaAnne Carlisle 

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Summary Statement, 2nd Quarter, 1863 – New York Independent Batteries, Part 3

Summary Statement, 2nd Quarter, 1863 – New York Independent Batteries, Part 3

Continuing with the second quarter, 1863 summaries, we turn at last to the “high dozen” of the New York independent batteries.   The quarterly summary contained lines for batteries up to the 32nd:

But to provide a complete assessment, we’ll discuss up to the 36th in the administrative section for an even dozen.  To facilitate that discussion, we will break those dozen into three groups.  The…