The second order will focus on stepping up the collection of anti-dumping and countervailing duties

...the “historical context and ‘the specific sequence of events leading up to’” the adoption of the challenged Executive Order are as full of religious animus, invective, and obvious pretext as is the record here, it is no wonder that the Government urges the Court to altogether ignore that history and context. ... The Court, however, declines to do so.

The Court will not crawl into a corner, pull the shutters closed, and pretend it has not seen what it has.

Based on the foregoing, Plaintiffs’ Motion to Convert Temporary Restraining Order to A Preliminary Injunction is hereby GRANTED.

But Democrats, environmentalists and health advocates say ... it would irresponsibly leave the EPA unable to write important regulatory protections, since the agency might not have the ability to release some parts of the scientific data underpinning them.

Yates and another witness at the planned hearing, former CIA director John Brennan, had made clear to government officials by Thursday that their testimony to the committee probably would contradict some statements that White House officials had made

Mnuchin is credited as an executive producer on the movie, which was produced by a film company he founded

...procedures for collective deliberation and code of confidentiality enabled members to work out their differences behind closed doors.

Freedom Caucus members were able to present a united front in negotiations with party leaders.

Schiff ... said that he suspected the cancellation was driven by “very strong pushback from the White House.”

The idea ... was to bind them together in negotiations and ensure the White House or House leaders could not peel them off one by one.

Trump ... would agree to concessions to the group without thinking about the impact on moderate Republican votes

In a search for scapegoats, he asked his advisers repeatedly: Whose fault was this? Increasingly, that blame has fallen on Reince Priebus, the White House chief of staff

Mr. Bannon ... pushed Mr. Trump hard to insist on a public vote, as a way to identify, shame and pressure “no” voters

Mr. Bannon and Mr. Short were seeking to compile an enemies list.

“We all learned a lot — we learned a lot about loyalty,” a solemn Mr. Trump told reporters late Friday.

Under the 1996 law, any rule wiped off the books cannot be reinstated in a “substantially similar” form.

That’s definitely not the—what we’re experiencing here, and that gives me a little bit of hope, right, because certainly we’re in no danger of losing our sense of outrage at what’s going on.

In fact, the U.S. has no direct, bilateral trade deals with Germany. As Merkel quickly pointed out, Germany's trade with the U.S. is governed by rules negotiated by the European Union on behalf of member states.

Some would be hit particularly hard, with reductions of more than 20 percent at the Agriculture, Labor and State departments and of more than 30 percent at the Environmental Protection Agency.

It would also propose eliminating future federal support for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

And because the president doesn’t like to read policy papers or use the Internet, he is more focused on advice and information delivered to him verbally — putting even greater importance on proximity.

The illogic of the Government’s contentions is palpable. The notion that one can demonstrate animus toward any group of people only by targeting all of them at once is fundamentally flawed.

Mr. Trump responded: “I don’t think it’s a rollback. In fact, you could say it’s an expansion. I’m looking now at territories. People were so upset when I used the word Muslim. Oh, you can’t use the word Muslim. Remember this. And I’m okay with that, because I’m talking territory instead of Muslim.”

For instance, there is nothing “veiled” about this press release: “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.”

Rudolph Giuliani explained on television how the Executive Order came to be. He said: “When [Mr. Trump] first announced it, he said, ‘Muslim ban.’ He called me up. He said, ‘Put a commission together. Show me the right way to do it legally.’”

Based on the foregoing, Plaintiffs’ Motion for TRO is hereby GRANTED.

(2) Diversion - Divert attention from real issues

(3) Deflection - Attach messenger, change direction

(4) Trial Balloon - Test public reaction