{"id":81370,"date":"2020-02-22T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81370"},"modified":"2020-02-22T22:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T03:14:03","slug":"new-and-analysis-2-22-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81370","title":{"rendered":"New and Analysis (2\/22\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Given that the Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war, it is counter-intuitive to think the President can veto a bill preventing him in engaging in acts of war:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/justice\/trump-pelosi-coming-constitutional-crisis-over-iran\/\">The Coming Constitutional Crisis Over Iran<\/a> (American Prospect)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The common wisdom is that Donald Trump prefers to be surrounded by lackeys, but when it comes to immigration, Stephen Miller has made Trump his lackey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2020\/03\/02\/how-stephen-miller-manipulates-donald-trump-to-further-his-immigration-obsession?source=EDT_NYR_EDIT_NEWSLETTER_0_imagenewsletter_Daily_ZZ&amp;utm_campaign=aud-dev&amp;utm_source=nl&amp;utm_brand=tny&amp;utm_mailing=TNY_Daily_022120&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;bxid=5c8e8d393f92a46e8972f5a2&amp;cndid=56708508&amp;esrc=&amp;mbid=&amp;utm_term=TNY_Daily\">How Stephen Miller Manipulates Donald Trump to Further His Immigration Obsession<\/a> (New Yorker)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The boy was locked up after leaving home to buy medicine last August.  He is only one of hundreds of Muslim residents detained, many of whom &#8220;have been moved to jails across India&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/02\/200-days-kashmir-siege-mother-wait-jailed-son-200220061243372.html\">200 Days of Kashmir Siege: A Mother&#8217;s Wait for Her Jailed Son<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The former deputy warden denies that the &#8220;meme of two black garbage bags next to a Muslim woman and child  in black burkas and a caption saying the woman had three beautiful  children&#8221; represents his own views:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbay.com\/content\/news\/Wisconsin-prison-warden-who-posted-anti-Muslim-memes-fired-568086751.html\">Wisconsin Prison Warden Who Posted Anti-Muslim Memes Fired<\/a> (WBAY)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The chief executive officer of Ryanair has called for the profiling of  Muslim men at airports, claiming &#8220;bombers&#8221; will &#8220;generally be of a  Muslim persuasion&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/02\/ryanair-boss-calls-extra-checks-muslim-men-airports-200222044439712.html\">Ryanair Boss Calls for Extra Checks on Muslim Men at Airports<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Emgage&#8217;s CEO credits Sanders with building &#8220;a historically inclusive and forward-thinking movement&#8221; representing an America &#8220;grounded in the belief that all  humans are equal and worthy of a dignified life&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/483819-sanders-wins-endorsement-of-top-muslim-group\">Sanders Wins Endorsement of Top Muslim Group<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The effect on turnout of the disqualification thousands of&lt; reform candidates is not yet known, but &#8220;conservative allies of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are likely to gain a sizeable majority based on partial results&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/02\/conservatives-early-gains-iran-parliamentary-election-200222103305599.html\">Conservatives Make Early Gains in Iran Parliamentary Election<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given that the Constitution gives Congress the sole power to declare war, it is counter-intuitive to think the President can veto a bill preventing him in engaging in acts of war: The Coming Constitutional Crisis Over Iran (American Prospect) The common wisdom is that Donald Trump prefers to be surrounded by lackeys, but when it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81370"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81393,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81370\/revisions\/81393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}