Social Issues

Hollywood actor-and-director James Franco claims the election of Donald Trump affected him so badly that he was driven to attempt suicide. “I mean, I’ve been reacting really badly!” Franco told the Daily Beast in an interview to promote his latest film, I Am Michael. “I’ve spiraled into a depression and I’ve been questioning everything that I am, and how I’ve been doing things.” The arrival of I Am Michael—a film that needs heavy promotion—in theaters and on-demand seems to have helped take Franco’s mind off his psychological suffering and put an end to his wallowing in self-pity.

While we are sure Mayors de Blasio (New York), Emanuel (Chicago), and Garcetti (LA) are compassionate men who want nothing more than to ensure the safety of illegal immigrants in their cities, we couldn't help but notice that, following Trump's decision to defund so-called Sanctuary cities, the sound and fury spewing forth from various municipalities today was perfectly correlated with the size of taxpayer-money they received from Obama.

Not smiling today...

Something just happened, something we have not experienced for many years... someone suffered consequences for their actions. After over 120,000 Americans signed a petition to fire the Saturday Night Live writer who viciously targeted President Trump’s 10-year-old son Barron in a crude tweet designed to demonize the first family, SNL has chosen to suspend Katie Rich indefinitely.

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Trump is planning to sign executive orders blocking visas for citizens of seven countries in the Middle East and Northern Africa, according to congressional aides and immigration experts. He is also expected to temporarily ban refugees entering the US for several months, except in cases of religious minorities escaping persecution, until stricter vetting is in place, the sources told Reuters. The move could just be the beginning of further limits some reports have indicated.

As previewed last night, Reuters reports that during his visit to the Department of Homeland Security, President Trump is signing two executive orders on Wednesday including one to jumpstart the construction of the US-Mexico border wall as well as boosting border security, and another strengthening the enforcement of immigration laws.