It's 4p on Friday — the last business day before the accession deadline, allowing trans military recruits — and there's no word of #SCOTUS action.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/has-the-trump-administration-stopped-fighting-the-jan-1?utm_term=.he9ZaDknQ#.ysOZr9dYz …
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The fact that DOJ hasn't gone to
#SCOTUS in the more than a week since the 4th Circuit denied a stay strongly suggests they're not going to do so. It would be putting the justices in a very awkward position to do so now.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/has-the-trump-administration-stopped-fighting-the-jan-1?utm_term=.he9ZaDknQ#.ysOZr9dYz …Show this thread -
Anyway, if a decision has been made — since this involves a nationwide policy and people's decisions about whether they can join the military — it seems reasonable to me that DOJ/DOD should say so. They won't say, though.https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/has-the-trump-administration-stopped-fighting-the-jan-1?utm_term=.vyV5ArD7n#.rhxQ8yRE4 …
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Right as I was sending my most recent tweet about the Jan. 1 deadline for allowing trans military recruits, this was tweeted out, suggesting Mattis doesn’t know what DOJ is doing just yet:https://twitter.com/danlamothe/status/946862370600693760 …
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Seems wild to me that DOJ would still be considering going to
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BREAKING: Transgender people will be able to join the military starting Jan. 1. DOJ will NOT be seeking
#SCOTUS review at this time, official says DOJ will continue fighting to defend Trump's order against trans military service in 2018. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/has-the-trump-administration-stopped-fighting-the-jan-1?utm_term=.cw2k3pORJ#.laAlND1ep …pic.twitter.com/6SOQrHLRZZ
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MORE: DOJ is dropping its appeals of the preliminary injunctions against Trump's trans military ban, choosing instead to litigate at the district court level in 2018. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/has-the-trump-administration-stopped-fighting-the-jan-1?utm_term=.obZ3PnVx8#.mq5y0WjPo … Here's the 9th Circuit filing:pic.twitter.com/YQcXi47XDw
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Here's the lawyer for one of the other cases — Stone, out of Maryland — saying that he was told the same thing as to his case:https://twitter.com/JoshACLU/status/946907982788481025 …
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ANNNND —> Here are the Stone and Doe PI appeal voluntary dismissals: https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/has-the-trump-administration-stopped-fighting-the-jan-1?utm_term=.sb91P42QK#.rozOZa29l …pic.twitter.com/a8Y9WIPrNQ
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UPDATED REPORT: It's a big night for transgender military service — and against Trump's policy. https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/has-the-trump-administration-stopped-fighting-the-jan-1?utm_term=.hqad0YBPR#.oi2X6L3G8 …pic.twitter.com/4uRYC2yZxS
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The trans ban was a distraction. Papadapoulos was arrested at the exact same time Trump was using trans lives as cannon fodder.
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That's just not true. The reasons why it came up have been thoroughly discussed elsewhere and, in any event, Trump's tweets were almost two days ~before~ Papadopoulos' arrest.
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You’re forgetting the ubiquitous WH strategy of giving a huge signal boost to whatever mild-to-moderate controversy has been on the backburner to distract from unfavorable news events.
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You mean, an arrest that no one knew about? Um, no.
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You haven’t come close to refuting either of our points.
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Yes, I have, Derek. There is no "point" to refute. Ryan presented a counterfactual. It just isn't true. And your "analysis" of White House "strategy" is something I've often dismissed. You don't even follow me, so I feel no obligation to go through it with you personally.
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You're free to think what you want. I'm a reporter who has been covering these things, and I think it's a completely inane claim. You don't have to believe me, but it's my informed view.
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Oh, the humility.
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Who the F gives a
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I mean, you're the one jumping in to tweet about it at 9p on a Friday. So.
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Not even 7 in AZ. It's a big country. You should get out more
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