Trump news on Youtube Nov 24 2018

Turns out the election's rainbow wave was even bigger than we thought.

Republicans are pushing for an end to LGBTQ-friendly policies in youth programs and a North American

trade deal.

Taiwan votes on marriage equality this weekend.

And the international community is mobilizing, a little bit, to protect queer citizens from

a government purge in Tanzania.

We'll have the week's top LGBTQ news stories and how they affect you on Weekly Debrief.

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Now that the dust is settling from the election, we're getting a clearer picture of just

how large the rainbow wave truly was.

Over half of the LGBTQ candidates running in the midterm won their races.

That's 244 out of 432 candidates, many to major national offices.

That puts queer leaders in a strong position to protect queer Americans in 2019.

And they'll have their work cut out for them.

Over the last two years there's been a surge in homophobic policies adopted at every level

of government.

An investigation in Iowa has revealed that the Trump administration pushed the youth

training program 4H to drop queer-friendly policies.

4H had previously established guidelines ensuring equal access for LGBTQ youth, but Trump's

Secretary of Agriculture ordered them to reverse course.

Thanks to viewer Max Bader for sending in the tip about that story.

Also this week, Republicans pushed to remove LGBTQ workplace protections from a deal with

Canada and Mexico.

The agreement, which covers a wide range of trade issues, currently includes a non-binding

recommendation that countries work to end employment discrimination.

That's proven too much for Republicans who are insisting it be removed.

The agreement is scheduled to be signed November 30.

Taiwan will vote on marriage equality this weekend, and at the moment the polls look

encouraging.

One survey showed support at around 70%.

If the measure passes, Taiwan will become the first country in Asia to recognize the

freedom to marry.

And the international community is reacting strongly to government crackdowns on LGBTQ

citizens in Tanzania.

With some authorities there calling for a purge of queer Tanzanians, this week the World

Bank and the country of Denmark announced that they will withhold financial support

for the country.

Human rights groups are calling on other donors, like the US, to follow suit.

For this week's action item, follow the work of the nonprofit Equality Now.

They're keeping a close eye on the situation on Tanzania, which is quite dire, and they're

applying pressure to governments and financial institutions to withhold money until Tanzanian

government ends the violence against queer people.

As always, let me know about stories that need covering @mattbaume on Twitter and in

the YouTube comments.

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BREAKING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH DC – TRUMP MAKES SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT - Duration: 13:01.

BREAKING SHOCKWAVES THROUGH DC – TRUMP MAKES SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT

The liberal court struck a blow against Donald, but he's hitting back fast

The 9th Circuit Court, or "9th Circus Court" as its often called, has a terrible record

of liberal decisions that ignore the Constitution.

They have tried to thwart the President's immigration reforms at every turn.

Earlier this year they struck down the President's policy to suspend immigration from dangerous

Middle-Eastern countries like Syria and Iraq.

They claimed the President did not have the Constitutional authority to enforce the travel

ban, but their ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court.

Now they're trying to strike down the President's enforcement of the new asylum restrictions

at the border, and Donald's fighting back hard.

From Breitbart:

President Donald Trump shared his frustration with the Ninth Circuit Court on Tuesday, promising

a "major complaint" against them.

"Well you go to the Ninth Circuit, and it's a disgrace, we're going to put in a major

complaint," Trump said.

"Because you can't win if you're us."

Trump noted his opponents always seemed to file every case against him and in his administration

in the Ninth Circuit court.

"That's not law, that's not what this country stands for," Trump said.

Trump is correct to revamp our asylum policies, which are being horribly abused by people

entering the country illegally.

The right of asylum is reserved for persons persecuted by their own country, but the majority

of people crossing our border are economic migrants who aren't fleeing persecution.

We have Americans living in poverty who need our help, but the 9th Circuit Court and other

liberals don't seem to care about them.

There is no provision for asylum in the Constitution, but liberals treat the Immigration and Naturalization

Act, which provides asylum, like it's the supreme law of the land.

If people want to come to America, they must do so legally.

Period, end of story.

Trump plans to appoint new conservative justices to the courts, maybe even flipping the 9th

Circuit.

These principled men and women will put Americans before border-jumpers and keep our courts

conservative for generations

to come.

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Trump Says Republicans Lost Because He Wasn't On The Ballot - Duration: 4:33.

In the weeks and months before the midterm election, Donald Trump was doing rallies,

sometimes back to back rallies to a day, day after day after day, where he would tell the

crowds than I am on the ballot, even though you don't see my name, a vote for whoever

it is I'm supporting.

Here is also a vote for me.

He said that in Mississippi said it in West Virginia.

He said it in many other states all along the way that I am on the ballot.

This guy's name is really my name.

That's what trump said.

Now, the reason I bring that up is because during his interview with Chris Wallace on

Fox News this past Sunday, trump said that the reason republicans lost the House of Representatives

was because his name wasn't on the ballot.

They had nobody to latch onto.

They had nobody to really inspire them to go vote for Republicans, and that's why Republicans

lost the house.

And again, this is coming from a man who spent the prior few months telling people that yes,

his name was on the ballot.

I mean, does the American public forget about these things this easily or does Donald Trump

think were that stupid that we weren't paying attention?

He can't change his story just because the people he supported got shellacked in the

midterms, but that's exactly what he's trying to do here.

Trump thinks that he is the only person who can save the Republican Party, that he is

the only reason anyone in this country ever votes Republican and as long as the Republican

Party wants to tie their identity to that, they're going to continue to fail.

Now, that's not saying that trump wouldn't get reelected, assuming he's still in office

in 2020.

I firmly believe this man could.

He is such a good con man.

Such a good, you know, disaster artist really that, yeah, he has a real good opportunity

of defeating nearly any Democrat you put up against him, which is why the Democratic primaries,

uh, which you know, going to start in two years basically, uh, or, or one and a half

years scurry.

Um, that's why they're going to be so important.

We have to get this right because Donald Trump has been able to tap into the minds of these

conservative voters.

They firmly believe everything he tells them, so when he says, we lost, because my name's

not on the ballot.

They believe it.

They forget that just two weeks ago he told them his name was on the ballot in the form

of this other person, and they'll do it again.

But for trump, it's all about ego.

Again.

He thinks he's the only one who can save the party.

He thinks he's the only reason this party has been successful, ignoring the fact that

it's existed for more than 150 years before he ever even came along.

But he'll never be convinced of anything else.

And as long as the Republican Party continues to buy into this cult of trump, this personality

cult that he has created, they will continue to fail.

They will eventually lose the Senate along with losing the house again and again and

again.

But if we don't hold trump accountable for some of the stupid lies that he tells all

the time, then we're also a part of the problem.

And that's why issues like this are important.

The public needs to understand, even if it takes a thousand times to hear it, that this

man is going to lie about every single thing he can.

It's a habit for him.

It's an addiction almost.

If something bad happens, he's not going to tell the truth.

He is going to continue to lie and deflect blame and say, oh, somebody else, or it was

because I wasn't there.

He'll never accept responsibility.

And that's the biggest downfall that the republican party faces right now.

Because what's going to happen in 2020, if the Republicans do lose the Senate and yet

he retains the presidency, he is going to trash every single republican loser to the

point that it's going to be difficult for them to win any elections in the years after

that.

He is going to cause so much harm to that party and they refuse to acknowledge it because

they're just happy to get a few conservative judges appointed throughout this country.

I can't wait to ask these Republicans in three, four years from now if it was all worth it

because I'm betting almost all of them are going to say, hell no.

It wasn't.

For more infomation >> Trump Says Republicans Lost Because He Wasn't On The Ballot - Duration: 4:33.

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Rep. Duffy: President Trump gives Mexico a 'rude awakening' - Duration: 4:31.

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A Look Back At How Mueller's Probe Has Shaped Donald Trump's Presidency | The 11th Hour | MSNBC - Duration: 10:26.

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Ken Starr on Trump's 'symbolic victory' in Mueller probe - Duration: 5:42.

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Trump dismisses report that he is unhappy with Mnuchin - Duration: 2:42.

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BREAKING TRUMP ROCKS DC WITH MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT - Duration: 15:02.

BREAKING TRUMP ROCKS DC WITH MASSIVE ANNOUNCEMENT

For leftists who deluded themselves into believing that President Trump wasn't serious when

he sent the military to the border, they are about to get a real wake-up call.

The White House just approved the use of force by our military and some law enforcement to

stop the invasion bearing down on our southern border.

That includes 'lethal' force.

The order was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.

It grants permission for "Department of Defense military personnel" to "perform

those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably

necessary" to protect border agents, including "a show or use of force (including lethal

force, where necessary), crowd control, temporary detention, and cursory search."

The Federalist Papers has more on this development:

The Honduran migrant caravans headed toward, and in some cases at, the border are in for

a major surprise.

The White House has approved the use of force by military personnel and some law enforcement

to stop the invasion from the caravans, The Military Times reported.

The White House late Tuesday signed a memo allowing troops stationed at the border to

engage in some law enforcement roles and use lethal force, if necessary — a move that

legal experts have cautioned may run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act.

The new "Cabinet order" was signed by White House Chief of Staff John Kelly, not

President Donald Trump.

It allows "Department of Defense military personnel" to "perform those military

protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary"

to protect border agents, including "a show or use of force (including lethal force, where

necessary), crowd control, temporary detention. and cursory search."

There are approximately 5,900 active-duty troops and 2,100 National Guard forces deployed

to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Some of those activities, including crowd control and detention, may run into potential

conflict with the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.

If crossed, the erosion of the act's limitations could represent a fundamental shift in the

way the U.S. military is used, legal experts said.

The Congressional Research Service, the non-partisan research agency for Congress, has found that

"case law indicates that 'execution of the law' in violation of the Posse Comitatus

Act occurs (a) when the Armed Forces perform tasks assigned to an organ of civil government,

or (b) when the Armed Forces perform tasks assigned to them solely for purposes of civilian

government."

However, the law also allows the president "to use military force to suppress insurrection

or to enforce federal authority," CRS has found.

Military forces always have the inherent right to self-defense, but defense of the border

agents on U.S. soil is new.

In addition, troops have been given additional authorities in previous years to assist border

agents with drug interdictions, but the widespread authorization of use of force for thousands

of active-duty troops is unique to this deployment.

Each domestic deployment of troops to any of the 50 states or U.S. territories is governed

by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3121.01B, "Standing Rules of Engagement,

Standing Rules for the Use of Force by U.S. Forces."

Two annexes, L and N, are specific to Defense Department missions in support of civilian

authorities.

However, each mission is unique, and the standing rules for the use of force can be adjusted

except for the limitation against active-duty U.S. forces conducting law enforcement on

U.S. soil, which is enshrined in the 1898 act.

Posse Comitatus is "always looming in the background.

You never invoke it as such because it is such a background principle," said William

Banks, author of "Soldiers on the Home Front: The Domestic Role of the American Military"

and the former director of the Institute for National Security and Counter-terrorism at

Syracuse University's College of Law.

Defense officials said the language in the directive was carefully crafted to avoid running

up against the bedrock legal limitations set in Posse Comitatus.

The law was originally intended to protect the states from being controlled by federal

troops.

It has evolved into a singly defining, almost church versus state-type wall forbidding active-duty

forces under the control of the president from conducting any types of crowd control

or law enforcement domestically, essentially ensuring that the U.S. military is not used

to control or defeat American citizens on U.S. soil.

Kelly said in the signed directive that the additional authorities were necessary because

"credible evidence and intelligence" have indicated that the thousands of migrants who

have now made their way to the U.S. checkpoint near Tijuana, Mexico, "may prompt incidents

of violence and disorder" that could threaten border officials.

But the White House still may find itself in a legal challenge if the authorities in

the memo are determined to be counter to the law, Banks said.

"Even [an executive order] couldn't overcome Posse Comitatus," Banks said.

For months, Trump has looked to the military to seal off the U.S.-Mexico border because

he has not been able to persuade Congress to fully fund a border wall.

Instead, Trump has sought to make the military's border presence more aggressive and suggested

that he might send as many as 15,000 U.S.

troops

to

the border.

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BREAKING TRUMP UNLEASHES – MOPS THE FLOOR WITH OBAMA - Duration: 12:43.

BREAKING TRUMP UNLEASHES – MOPS THE FLOOR WITH OBAMA

President Trump seems intent on reforming the prison system.

Some of that does need doing, but one would hope that the effort doesn't go totally

leftist to release those who do not belong on the streets.

An overhaul of the "three strikes" law is on the table, specifically in relation

to petty and white-collar crime.

Trump supports a bipartisan reform of federal sentencing guidelines.

The First Step Act will address Clinton and Obama's 'Holy Grail' issue.

Something they could not do and something that will deflate the Dems.

The bill will have to pass the Senate but it would support rehabilitation efforts for

federal prisoners and allow judges to exercise more discretion when sentencing nonviolent

offenders.

That would especially apply to drug offenders which many conservatives object to.

Fox News has more on the reform bill: From a man who was sentenced to life after

stealing $150 worth of videotapes to an offender sentenced for shoplifting a jacket worth $159,

new prison reform tries to overhaul the controversial "three strikes" law that led to people

spending their life in prison for petty crimes.

President Trump on Wednesday announced his support for a bipartisan reform of federal

sentencing guidelines, an ambitious effort to fix a punitive, decades-old justice system.

The First Step Act, which will still need to pass the Senate, will overhaul the country's

criminal justice sentencing for the first time in a generation and support rehabilitation

efforts for federal prisoners and allow judges to exercise more discretion when sentencing

nonviolent offenders, particularly for drug offenses.

"We're all better off when former inmates can receive and re-enter society as law-abiding,

productive citizens," Trump said.

"And thanks to our booming economy, they now have a chance at more opportunities than

they've ever had before."

The bill is particularly welcomed for reforming the federal three strikes rule that mandates

a life sentence for three or more convictions.

Under the new legislation, the convictions would trigger a 25-year sentence instead.

The three strikes rule, introduced by then-President Bill Clinton, has long been criticized for

exploding U.S. prison populations and the prison system costs, while being an ineffective

way to combat crime.

But the rule ruined the lives of people who were sentenced to life or given long sentences

despite committing meager crimes, with their tragic stories showcasing the system's human

cost.

Leandro Andrade, for example, a nine-year military veteran and a father of three, was

sentenced in 1996 to life in prison with no parole for 50 years under the three strike

rule.

His last crime was stealing videotapes worth around $150, including mostly children's

movies, from Kmart stores in San Bernardino, Calif.

Such a crime would ordinarily be deemed as petty theft and one could get away with a

fine, but because Andrade had two convictions, both of which were non-violent burglary charges,

the videotape theft was prosecuted as a felony on two counts.

Andrade appealed the sentence, with a lower court agreeing that the punishment for shoplifting

was a disproportionate punishment, but the ruling was overturned by the Supreme Court

that found the sentence not disproportionate because Andrade could still be out on parole,

NPR reported.

Republican.

Sen. Lindsey Graham celebrated Trump's support for the reform bill, saying it would give

a second chance to thousands of people while making more space to imprison actual violent

criminals.

"Wouldn't it be ironic if it was Donald Trump who fixed the problems created by the

three strikes, you out rule passed by Bill Clinton?"

Graham told Fox News' Sean Hannity earlier this week.

"Wouldn't it be ironic it was Donald Trump and the Republican Congress working with Democrats

that allowed just thousands of African-American and Hispanic males a second chance for nonviolent

offenses?

And create bed space for truly violent people."

The case of Timothy Jackson is another example of how the three strikes sentencing rule ends

up punishing people.

Jackson is serving life without parole for shoplifting a jacket worth $159 in 1996.

He received the harshest sentence thanks to a juvenile conviction of unarmed robbery and

two car-burglary convictions.

"It has been very hard for me," Jackson wrote to the American Civil Liberties Union

(ACLU) for its 2013 report on non-violent offenders being sentenced for life.

"I know that for my crime I had to do some time, but a life sentence for a jacket value

at $159.

I have met people here whose crimes are a lot badder with way less time," he said.