1. Round up
The Trump administration considered a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 national guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by the Associated Press.
2. Take it from the inauguration crowds guy
“That is 100% not true,” press secretary Sean Spicer told reporters. “It is false. It is irresponsible to be saying this.” Using the present tense, he added: “There is no effort at all to round up, to utilize the national guard to round up illegal immigrants.”
‘Day without immigrants’ protests
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4. Trump hits the road
Trump scheduled a campaign-style rally for Saturday in Florida, promising to “unleash the power of the American spirit”.
Trump loyalists stand by their man
I was awesome
Thank you for all of the nice statements on the Press Conference yesterday. Rush Limbaugh said one of greatest ever. Fake media not happy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2017
5. EPA enemy confirmed to run EPA
Oklahoma’s attorney general, Scott Pruitt, has won Senate confirmation to head the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal agency he repeatedly sued to rein in its reach during the Obama administration.
EPA first tweet since inauguration
'We better fight back'
With Scott Pruitt's confirmation, the Koch Brothers have obtained a victory they worked for for decades. We better fight back hard and smart
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) February 17, 2017
6. Just askin’
Trump’s people released a “Mainstream Media Accountability Survey” asking probing questions like “Do you believe that if Republicans were obstructing Obama like Democrats are doing to President Trump, the mainstream media would attack Republicans?”
7. The cannabis caucus
Members of Congress from Colorado, Oregon, California and Alaska formed the legislature’s first ever cannabis caucus – a coalition to promote and protect the legal weed industry.
… and another thing:
Hillary Clinton and the woman who plays her on SNL, Kate McKinnon, had dinner yesterday in the theater district https://t.co/A5t26SUUkP pic.twitter.com/6RqD5XZGNl
— Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) February 17, 2017
… and another thing:
Trump Staffer Grateful To Work With So Many People He Could Turn Over To FBI In Exchange For Immunity https://t.co/uvoXnIFXnP pic.twitter.com/CFp1gNCpmM
— The Onion (@TheOnion) February 17, 2017
… and another thing:
Joseph, the son of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, presses his face up again a window in the Oval Office as he waits to board Marine One. pic.twitter.com/9m0GiEjfKn
— Stephen Crowley (@Stcrow) February 17, 2017
… and another thing:
When Frasier gets added to Netflix pic.twitter.com/Lehb1UxSiJ
— Philip Lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 17, 2017
