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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., argued Monday that President Trump's executive order on immigration would ultimately "get Americans killed" because it would boost the notion that America is at war with Muslims, and serve as a recruiting tool for the Islamic State.

Murphy said on MSNBC that the Islamic State now is "on its heels," and said one of its arguments for existing is that there is a war between Muslim and Christian people, between east and west, and we have now handed them a path to rebirth."

"This is going to be all over the dark Web, recruiting both international terrorists and lone wolves here at home," he said.

"And in Iran specifically, a country that is right now tilting between hardliners and moderates who want to engage with the west, this is a huge win for hardliners. This makes [Iranian President Hassan] Rouhani's job more difficult, and if you're really worried about a conflagration between the United States and Iran, this makes it much more likely," Murphy added.

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"So, this ultimately is going to get Americans killed, I believe it," he said. "And we can make the moral argument, I think that's important, but the national security argument probably should lead here."

Trump on Friday issued an order suspending immigration from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, all Muslim-majority countries. The 90-day ban is meant to give federal agencies time to review the information they need to verify the identity of people seeking to enter the United States.

The order also halted refugee admissions for 120 days, and stops Syrian refugee admissions indefinitely.

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"This will be the biggest such act that our country has ever seen," he said.

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President Trump is set to announce his Supreme Court pick Thursday or maybe even earlier, if a rumor flying around Washington is to be believed. There have been reports that Trump, who during the campaign named 21 prospective nominees and promised his final choice would be one of them, has narrowed his options to three, all currently serving on federal courts of appeals: Neil Gorsuch from the 10th Circuit, Thomas Hardiman from the 3rd, and William Pryor from the 11th.

But there's also a feeling in Washington that some other player might still be in the mix.

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Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., said Monday that President Trump was wrong to issue an executive order temporarily banning immigrants from Muslim-majority countries because American citizens are the real terrorism threat in the U.S.

"The real threat here so far is home-grown, American terrorists, and not people from these seven countries," Nadler said on CNN.

Trump on Friday issued an order suspending immigration from Iraq, Iran, Libya, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen. The 90-day ban is meant to give federal agencies time to review the information they need to verify the identity of immigrants seeking to enter the United States.

It also shut down the refugee program for four months, and indefinitely suspended acceptance of Syrian refugees.

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Democrats and even some Republicans have said the order goes too far, but Trump's team has said the temporary ban is needed in the face of terrorism threats that some immigrants could pose to U.S. citizens.

A federal court has already stopped one part of Trump's plan that calls for the deportation of some immigrants. Nadler predicted Trump's entire order would fall in the courts.

"I think the courts will stop it," he said.

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President Trump is set to announce his Supreme Court pick Thursday or maybe even earlier, if a rumor flying around Washington is to be believed. There have been reports that Trump, who during the campaign named 21 prospective nominees and promised his final choice would be one of them, has narrowed his options to three, all currently serving on federal courts of appeals: Neil Gorsuch from the 10th Circuit, Thomas Hardiman from the 3rd, and William Pryor from the 11th.

But there's also a feeling in Washington that some other player might still be in the mix.

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Meadville City Council candidate Herb Riede, a Democrat, is looking forward to the challenge of what he calls, reviewing a tax system implemented in the 1950s and making it friendly to homeowners and businesses, he said in a release announcing his candidacy.

Riede said he hopes to help the city get past the habit of catching up with old major projects without long-term planning and then simplify and reduce the number of redundant revenue streams.

As a former member of a Boro Council and mayor, I have experienced writing and passing budgets and have utilized the process to improve constituent services, Riede said in the release. I intend to provide creative solutions that helps council to better hold the line on if not restore city services without relying on painful tax increases.

Riedeand his fiance, Lisa Fralick, will be joined on the trail by their sons, Herbie and Seth, ages 4 and 11, respectively. Their twin daughters, Allie and Abbie, are seniors at Meadville Area Senior High School and already have committed to Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville for the fall. They are working on the campaign to help their father register new Democrats for the primary and to gain volunteers as they themselves prepare to vote for their father in their first election, turning 18 this April.

Riede can be found at HerbRiede.com, on Facebook.com/HerbRiede and @HerbRiede on Twitter and his cell is (814) 795-9597.

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President Trumps nomination of Michigan billionaire Betsy DeVos to be secretary of education might be the most controversial of his Cabinet picks, and one that Democrats had hopes of blocking in the Senate. But sources in the Senate say that it doesnt look like the Democrats will be able to get enough votes to stop her.

DeVos is seen as a champion of school choice to supporters but as a radical who wants to privatize public education to critics, someone who once called Americas public schools a dead end. Even some school reformers who support education views that are similar to DeVoss have come out against her, questioning her stated desire to help traditional public schools improve.

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions had a confirmation hearing for DeVos nearly two weeks ago, which only fueled the opposition to her because she displayed a lack of understanding of some key education issues, including what the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was (though she later sent a letter to a senator trying to clarify her position).

Senate offices have been swamped with calls, emails and letters; the National Education Association said more than a million emails opposing DeVos went to senators through a recent campaign. There are petitions and there have been protests, including Sunday on Capitol Hill. Hundreds of alumni and students from her alma mater, Calvin College, wrote a letter to legislators saying she is unqualified to be education secretary.

On Thursday night, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) told Rachel Maddow on her MSNBC show that no Democrat will vote to confirm her, and that Democrats were courting Republican votes. As he noted, the Democrats believe they have 48 solid votes; they need 51 to win, a pickup of three Republicans.

But Democratic and Republican sources in the Senate, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of negotiations about the vote, say that DeVos is expected to win approval by the education committee when it votes on Tuesday, and that she will prevail on the floor of the Senate whenever that vote happens.

The sources said that Republican Senate leaders have worked to keep Republicans in the fold to confirm DeVos. There were some Democratic hopes that some Republicans would switch sides on this one confirmation vote.

For example, during the confirmation hearing, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said that DeVoss vision of expanding school choice charter schools and voucher/voucher-like programs that use public funds to pay for private schools doesnt work well in rural areas where there arent other options besides traditional public schools to provide choices other than traditional public schools.

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Murkowski hasnt said how she will vote, nor has Maines senior senator, Susan Collins, who is often said to be more moderate than other Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Murkowski is one of five Republican senators on the committee to whom DeVos and family members have given donations; the other four are Sens. Richard Burr, Tim Scott, Bill Cassidy and Todd C. Young.

Democrats had asked Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the chairman of the education committee, for a second hearing before the confirmation vote. During the first hearing, every Democrat asked for more than the allotted five minutes to ask her questions and Alexander refused.

Democrats sent questions to DeVos more than 800, with several hundred sub-questions but as of Sunday night had not yet received the responses, sources said. They also had not received questions that Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the ranking member of the committee, had asked about what she believes is missing information in the DeVoss financial paperwork that she submitted to the panel.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. joined 150 UFW members, faith leaders and a huge gaggle of press in front of Fresnos Robert E. Coyle Federal Building to protest against President Trumps threat to move forward with honoring his campaign promises to build That Wall,according to the Fresno Bee.

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Kennedy host of the Ring of Fireradio show, environmental activist, author and environmental law attorney moved from New York to California in 2014 after marrying actress Cheryl Hines. The couple bought the Malibu mansion of eight-time Emmy winning composer David Kurtz just before the 2014 elections for what Trulia real estate advisors estimates was $4,995,000. The four-bedroom and three-bathroom craftsman home sits on an acre estate in the exclusive Point Dume enclave.

As the last scion of the storied political family, Robert F. Kennedy is fully aware that Hillary Clintons stunning presidential loss, despite the full backing of President Obama, has left the Democrat Party in what the Washington Post calls disarray and without an obvious leader.

Shortly after President Barack Obama took office in 2009, the Democrats obtaineda filibuster-proof majority of 60 Senate seats, a 37-seat majority in the House, and 28 governorships. Eight years later, the Republicans hold the presidency, a majority with 52 seats in the Senate, a 47-seat majority in the House, and 33 governorships. Republicans also control both legislative chambers in 32 states, including 17 with veto-proof majorities.

Kennedys father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Los Angeles as he was on the verge of winning the 1968 Democratic nomination for president. Senator Hubert Humphrey would win the Democrat nomination and lose to Republican Richard Nixon, marking the beginning of the end of Democrats dominating U.S. politics for four decades.

Kennedy Jr.s father had a long history of supporting Cesar Chavez and the rise of the UFW as a union. Kennedy Sr. supported Chavezs 25-day fast and bitter first union organizing strike in Delano. He was rewarded with farmworker support that provided the crucial vote margin to win the 1968 California Democrat Primary.

With literally more press than UFW protestors, Kennedy Jr. told the rally that undocumented workers and their families should not get caught up in Trumps hate. He looked directly into the cameras and said that love and compassion, These are the ideals that are going to make America great again.

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