#Stephen Miller

[thedialoguedilemma]

Just a theory that has been floating around:

JD Vance, Stephen Miller, Elon Musk, Kevin Roberts and Russell Vought alongside big tech are puppeteering Donald Trump to do the most insane forms of policy pushes as President in an effort to crash the United States into a national crisis and have Congress invoke the 25th Amendment. This is the plan, this was always the plan.

This is what President Biden was warning us against. It’s bigger than Trump. The thing that makes Trump so dangerous is the fact that’s he’s a moron and he’s easily manipulated. The names I listed above ARE THE OLIGARCHY.

[kittenintheden]

went on a late-night rant in the stories and it ended up being kind of a banger so I thought I'd repost here because. yeah.

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IMAGE 1 - "A tweet by user @/Acyn featuring a screenshot of Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller on FOX News. The tweet quotes him as saying: "MILLER: It's so preventable. As President Trump said today, over the past four years the FAA and air-traffic control under Joe Biden have been dedicated to a mission not of public safety and not of safe aviation but of diversity, equity, and inclusion." Overlayed, I have placed a card with my commentary that reads, "Can you not see. Can you not see what they're doing yet."

IMAGE 2 - The following are all cards of text where I share my thoughts. This card reads, "DEI is their catch-all for 'anyone who isn't like us.' They are using it to blame EVERYTHING they do, everything wrong or bad, on anyone. who. is. not. like. them."

IMAGE 3 - Card reads, "DEI is becoming the curse word that means anyone who isn't white, straight, non-disabled, wealthy, cisgender, and a man. That NONE of those people belong unless they've married into the cult, literally or figuratively."

IMAGE 4 - Card reads, "This is where a very dark period in our nation begins. And we can make it a short period or a long one. That's on us. All of us."

IMAGE 5 - Card reads, "To be clear and less poetic, we are about to see a cultural shift to resegregate our nation, force (white) women back into the home, and persecute queer/trans folk."

IMAGE 6 - Card reads, "History has shown us these patterns again, and again, and AGAIN. Which means we have the knowledge and time to push back. To refuse to let it take hold in our communities. We will NOT let white supremacy prevail. We will NOT stand by while our neighbors are harmed."

IMAGE 7 - Final card reads, "This time, we will BE BRAVE."

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Adrian Carrasquillo at The Bulwark:

IN CHICAGO, PARENTS WHO JUST SAW ICE raids hit their neighborhoods have begun worrying about picking up their kids from school. In New York City schools, the official policy is for security to alert the principal if ICE agents arrive at the school doors, but some school officials are considering having the principals stall to alert teachers of any students in danger, a Queens teacher told The Bulwark. In Austin, Texas, white parents are thinking about how to tell their children about what could happen to some of their classmates without scaring them. In Denver, news that a parent was detained by ICE near a school sent a chill through a meeting organized by the Colorado governor’s office, state agency officials, and community immigration and legal groups, according to a source at the meeting. And in Virginia and Maryland, administrators have stopped touting “Know Your Rights” training sessions being held by lawyers and advocates, for fear of retribution from Trump. A climate of fear and desperation—relayed in interviews with teachers, principals, parents, teacher’s unions and lawyers—has rapidly emerged as the Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement efforts. What’s shaken communities is how quickly schools themselves have become one of the main battlegrounds. “This is just so heartless,” Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) told The Bulwark. “By targeting schools for immigration enforcement, this administration is destroying that sense of safety. This is not just policy—it’s cruelty, plain and simple. They say they’re targeting dangerous criminals, but let’s be honest: Who in a classroom is a criminal? Who among the parents dropping their kids off in school is a murderer or a rapist? There is no evidence to back up this claim.” The idea that schools could be thrust into the forefront of the debate over immigration enforcement was something that immigrant rights groups warned about prior to the election. Under the Biden administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had been prohibited from going into sensitive areas, including schools, churches, and hospitals. But Trump was expected to rescind that memo. And within days of taking office, he did. The impacts of that decision have, nevertheless, been profound.

In my conversations with educators, parents, teacher’s unions, and legal experts from New York to Baltimore, Chicago, Austin, Virginia, and Denver, I could sense a palpable psychic toll. Those individuals still had an appetite to fight Trump’s policies. But they also seemed to recognize that they must do so quietly to avoid drawing undue scrutiny from the most retributive administration in American history.

ICE’s raids into schools are a moral disgrace, sponsored by Trump Misadministration’s henchmen Stephen Miller and Thomas Homan and the Donald himself.

Read the full story at The Bulwark.

[batboyblog]

[ferretshark]

Project 2025 Cliff Notes:

1. Complete ban on abortions, without exceptions (pg. 449-503)

2. End marriage equality (pg. 545-581)

3. Elimination of unions and worker protections (pg. 581)

4. Defund the FBI and Homeland Security (pg. 133)

5. Eliminate federal agencies like the FDA, EPA, NOAA, and more (pg. 363-417)

6. Mass deportation of immigrants and incarceration in "camps" (pg. 133)

7. End birthright citizenship (pg. 133)

8. Cut Social Security (pg. 691)

9. Cut Medicare (pg. 449)

10. Eliminate the Department of Education (pg. 319)

11. Teach Christian religious beliefs in public schools (pg. 319)

12. Use public, taxpayer money for private religious schools (pg. 319)

13. End the Affordable Care Act (pg. 449)

14. Ban contraceptives (pg. 449)

15. Additional tax breaks for corporations and the 1% (pg. 691)

16. End civil rights & DEI protections in government (pg. 545-581)

17. Ban African American and gender studies in all levels of education (pg. 319)

18. End climate protections: (pg. 417)

19. Increase Arctic drilling (pg. 363)

20. Deregulate big business and the oil industry (pg. 363)

Not to increase anxiety, but I found this buried on Reddit. From six months ago. very good thing to have in your pocket so you are prepared

[liberalsarecool]

The shittiest Republicans of all time are given maximum influence in MAGA politics.

Stephen Miller is unelected pure poison.

[saywhat-politics]

BREAKING: Donald Trump's top advisor Stephen Miller has a fascist meltdown after ICE officers are denied entry into a literal elementary school amidst MAGA mass deportations.

This is a cartoonishly evil rant from a heartless monster...

"ICE agents denied entry to a Southside elementary school in the Chicago public school system and they're saying that they followed protocols, principal says, and did not allow the agents inside. Are you aware of that situation?" a Fox News host asked Miller. "And is that something that is acceptable? We've heard talk about schools and churches as sanctuary spots."

"There's not sanctuary for criminal aliens in this country nor is there a sanctuary for child trafficking, for child smuggling, or for child endangerment," said Miller, defending the idea of raiding schools.

"ICE officers will take the actions necessary to protect the lives and safety of our children and to identify individuals who are involved in the smuggling and trafficking of our children," he went on.

"In order to conduct these investigations, in order to protect the safety and security of children all across America, federal law enforcement needs unrestricted access to conduct basic investigations," he added.

Of course, these raids have absolutely nothing to do with protecting children. They're designed to terrorize migrants and satiate the racist MAGA base.

Forcing armed, jackbooted agents into elementary schools accomplishes nothing beyond traumatizing innocent children. But since they're predominantly children of color, Stephen Miller couldn't care less — in fact he loves it.

[allhailthe70shousewife]

This is satisfying.

[makingdonalddrumpfagain]

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]

First they'll come for the Puerto Ricans. Then they'll come for the immigrants. Then they'll come for the Muslims. Then they'll come for the Jews. Then they'll come for you!

[mannyblacque]

Looking at trump's picks for his cabinet:

[contemplatingoutlander]

Trump’s first-week strategy: ‘Flood the zone.’ Repeat.

It was all part of a plan to begin with a bang and follow a detailed policy blueprint, although key administrative posts remained stuck in a hiring bottleneck and many of his directives lacked immediate effect.

“This was a vast effort to think through the executive actions. We’ve had four years, and this is what you see.”

—Steve Bannon

A known white nationalist was behind most of Trump's executive orders.

According to the above Washington Post article:

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller led policy preparations during the transition and personally drafted or coordinated most of the executive orders Trump signed Monday evening, according to White House officials. Miller did not respond to requests for comment. [emphasis added]

Trump's Project 2025 lie enabled him to be elected.

It is now abundantly clear that Trump was elected fraudulently because he lied about his knowledge of, association with, and even his attitude towards Project 2025. If it were not for that lie, there is a good chance that those on the fence who finally decided to vote for Trump would not have done so.

According to The Washington Post:

Many of the [White House] actions overlapped detailed preparations by right-wing think tanks, including the policy blueprint Project 2025. Out of 52 presidential directives (excluding pardons and appointments) that Trump signed by Friday, 28 contained language resembling text published as part of Project 2025, according to a Washington Post analysis. They include withdrawing from the World Health Organization and Paris Climate Accord. Trump rescinded a Biden administration executive order creating a gender-focused advisory council and a 1965 executive order on contracting discrimination that were specifically identified in Project 2025. [emphasis added] Similarly, the new administration started firing senior civil servants citing career officials using a legal theory gaining popularity among right-wing lawyers and advocated in Project 2025. The firing notices cited the president’s inherent power under the U.S. Constitution rather than any specific legal authority. [emphasis added]

Russel Vought's Center for Renewing America, and Brooke Rollins's America First Policy Institute also guided the design of Trump's policy agenda.

According to The Washington Post:

“It’s called Project 2025, but it’s bigger than that,” [Steve] Bannon said, crediting Miller for the ambitious policy agenda along with budget director nominee Russell Vought’s Center for Renewing America and agriculture secretary nominee Brooke Rollins’s America First Policy Institute. “This was a vast effort to think through the executive actions. We’ve had four years, and this is what you see.” [emphasis added]

This is a gift 🎁 link that eliminates the paywall, so you can read the entire article. I encourage you to do so.

[megalynnan]

US citizens!

Please call your representatives and ask them to appose any recess appointments for this coming administration.

The tldr is trump wants to get his cabinet members in without congressional approval so he wants approval for recess appointments which circumvent the normal vetting process. It's a process for when there is a sudden vacancy that needs to be immediately filed during a congressional recess....not for your entire cabinet straight out of the gate.

Our favorite con man is also not following through on legal requirements to help transition power (shocking I know).

But we can voice our opinions to our representatives that we want congressional approval on cabinet members.

Here is a link to fund your congress people:

And i get not wanting to make a phone call. Beleive me. But it's not that bad.

You say: hi my name is ____ I am a constituent of senator/representative ______ and I am calling because president elect trump is seeking to make cabinet picks with recess appointments, I strongly oppose this and feel the next administration should have the same process as the previous one, including congressional approval. Thank you.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Oliver Willis at Daily Kos:

Donald Trump has a long history of racism, from excusing the actions of Nazis to promoting the racist birther conspiracy theory. Trump also surrounds himself with racist advisers like Stephen Miller, who is currently formulating the administration’s harsh immigration policy. Trump continued this approach in the first few days of his second presidency by issuing a series of executive orders meant to undo past actions by the U.S. government to address the harmful effects of racism. Trump and his fellow Republicans have for years attacked programs meant to counter racism and encourage diversity, attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. They have falsely claimed that these programs prioritize mediocrity over qualified individuals and decision making. But in reality, the anti-DEI crusade has been a smokescreen for rolling back civil rights.

In his executive order “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” the Trump administration made this posture clear. The order explicitly rescinds Executive Order 11246, which President Lyndon Johnson signed in 1965—an order Johnson used to desegregate federal contracting. As the Department of Labor website explains (for now, at least), the Johnson order “reinforced the requirement that federal contractors not discriminate in employment and take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity based on race, color, religion, and national origin.” The department also notes that the Johnson order—now gone, thanks to Trump’s actions—were a “key landmark in a series of federal actions aimed at ending racial, religious and ethnic discrimination.” Reversing an order meant to attack racism and pro-segregation policies was described by the Trump administration in a release as “protecting civil rights and expanding individual opportunity.”

[...] The administration issued an order instructing the Department of Transportation and the FAA to “immediately stop Biden DEI hiring programs and return to non-discriminatory, merit-based hiring.” The order claimed without evidence that increasing diversity in transportation programs somehow makes travel more dangerous for Americans. As evidence, the administration pointed to a January 2023 FAA outage as “an illustration of the importance of FAA competence.” But in reality, as the FAA determined at the time of the outage, the cause was a corrupted database issue that occurred when files were deleted by mistake by a contractor. That’s not exactly a diversity issue.

Racist-in-Chief kills LBJ’s 1965 EO that desegregated federal contracting as part of his racist quest to end DEI programs.

See Also:

Vox: Trump’s sweeping new order tries to dismantle DEI in government — and the private sector

NCRM: ‘Civil Rights Canon in American Law’: Trump Rescinds Historic LBJ Nondiscrimination Order

[porterdavis]

[rejectingrepublicans]