It might seem that the Trump regime didn’t bother to talk with anyone about their Muslim ban. After all, they didn’t discuss it with the people at Homeland Security who would have to enforce it. They didn’t share it with the State Department to see how it would affect America’s relationships overseas. They didn’t give the military a peek, so someone could determine how to prepare. And they most certainly didn’t get an okay from the Justice Department to be sure their proposal avoided the 1965 law against limiting immigration by nation—it doesn’t—or that giving special treatment to non-Muslims in a series of Muslim countries would pass Constitutional muster— errrr … no.
It might seem that the whole order was simply found under a rock, or came by translating one of the Zodiac messages, or was assembled scissors-and-tape style from Breitbart comment threads. However, as it turns out, Trump’s team did need help in creating an order that maintained a passing resemblance with English. They got that help by stealing Congressional staff without telling Congress.
Senior staffers on the House Judiciary Committee helped Donald Trump's top aides draft the executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, but the Republican committee chairman and party leadership were not informed, according to multiple sources involved in the process.
Trump forced the staffers to sign Non-Disclosure Agreements promising they’d zip their lips about their work in building the ban. During his campaign, Trump even insisted that volunteers sign NDAs. (They’re his favorite semi-legal document, right after prenups.) But the idea that Trump is not just hiding the actions of government, but literally forcing government workers to promise their work will stay hidden … that’s fantastic in the most “holy shit, is that an actual coup in the White House?” sense of the term.
What’s even more amazing is that Trump borrowed congressional staff for his after-hours project even as Congress was complaining that he didn't consult with them.
President Trump’s temporary ban on refugees and other foreigners has significantly deepened fissures in his already fragile relationship with congressional Republicans, as GOP leaders on Capitol Hill complained angrily Monday that they were not consulted before the order was issued.
Oh, the snickering that must have happened behind closed doors as staffers lifted a Pabst to yet another thing they’d pulled over on Ryan and McConnell.
Republicans may complain that Trump failed to discuss the order with them. And used their staff. And ate all the peanuts from their mini-bars. But they won’t complain too loudly.
Because no one wants to have their head up too high in mid-coup.
The US is in the middle of a coup and hasn't realized, according to Michael Moore. ...
Linking to a New York Times piece about the role of senior adviser Steve Bannon, he posted on Twitter: "If you're still trying to convince yourself that a 21st century coup is not underway, please, please snap out of it".
Why hasn’t the Trump regime filled all those hundreds of open positions across the government? Because while locking down control of the government, they need to keep the numbers small, tight, and loyal. Those positions can always be handed out later as rewards to those who helped this … transition … go smoothly.