Monthly Archive:: February 2017
22 Feb 2017
InfoMullet: Flight to Safety
TLDR Up Front: Pressed on two fronts in north central Syria there is evidence ISIS is relocating its capital from Raqqa to Deir ez-Zor. Local Kurdish Syrian forces have been battling to encircle Raqqa for months; while a mix of Turkish, Syrian rebel, and Kurdish Syrian forces have battled ISIS – and sometimes each
19 Feb 2017
Lawyer Up Part I
TLDR Up Front: Contrary to reporting Trump has neither “withdrawn” the Executive Order (EO) or the case. But by lawyer-ing up and revising the EO he does improve his odds before facing an en banc hearing before the full 9th Circuit; if not court shop and face a different circuit altogether. However, it’s not clear
03 Feb 2017
InfoMullet: State of Confusion
TLDR Upfront: By Friday evening three Federal Judges in three separate hearings issued three different sets of rulings on President Trump’s Executive Order seeking to ban all travel from seven countries for national security reasons. Earlier in the evening the emergency stay prohibiting the ban on visa travel from being implemented was removed, allowing the