I don’t care what people say, I love Emily In Paris. It’s an extremely dumb show full of dumb clothes and low-stakes melodrama. Season 4 came out in September and I enjoyed it so much, even if some of the plot points made zero sense. Emily and Gabriel finally got together in a real way, only for it to quickly fall apart. Then Emily met an attractive Italian man and (spoiler) Emily In Rome might be a real possibility for Season 5. But what about Gabriel? Gabriel is played by the handsome French actor Lucas Bravo. As he promoted a non-EIP project, Bravo ended up complaining about Gabriel’s storyline in Season 4 specifically:

Lucas Bravo is questioning how much freedom he has on “Emily in Paris” – and whether or not he wants to return to the hit Netflix series for its fifth season.

“The ‘sexy chef’ was very much part of me in Season 1 and we grew apart season after season because of the choices he makes and because of the direction they make him take. I’ve never been so far away from him,” Bravo said to IndieWire of playing Gabriel. “In Season 1, there was a lot of me in him. But as they made him kind of unaware of his surroundings, of the dynamic, always victimizing and always being completely lost in translation and oblivious to anything that is happening around him and being manipulated by everyone, it kind of became not fun for me to shoot or to see a character I love so much and brought me so much, being slowly turned into guacamole. I really grew apart from him.”

Bravo added that he has tried to voice his concerns and give input on set but “there is only so much I can do in the limits of a script.” IndieWire has reached out to Netflix for comment.

“I tried for seasons to bring nuances but we don’t have much liberty on set. We cannot change a word or an emotion. They know what they want and we just have to comply,” Bravo said. “It makes me question if I want to be part of Season 5 […] because my contract ends at Season 4. I really want to see if Gabriel gets back to his fun, cheeky, playful, alive self. Because three seasons playing melancholic, sad, depressed, and lost is not fun anymore. It’s a comedy, everybody is having fun around me, everybody is jumping around, and I’m just slowly sinking into god knows what.”

“They’re probably holding onto something that they couldn’t measure that had such a success so now they are very precious about not changing the recipe and keeping it what it was,” Bravo said. “Anything that could go off road is carefully taken back. It’s a lot of souffles. Pregnant? No, fake positive. Going to Rome? No, coming back. There are a lot of things like that. There is a lack of risk.”

He added, “But I love the show. It started everything for me. I love the show and the people in it. With saying that, I feel like I am not being nice or grateful, but when you love something you want it to be…you want the best version of it. I’m not going to lie, I’ve been frustrated with the direction by character is taking. But we’ll see where it goes. The show is not over.”

[From IndieWire]

While I love EIP, I actually think he’s got somewhat of a point, especially with what the writers did with Gabriel in the fourth season. The whole storyline of Gabriel and Emily finally getting together only they’re suddenly miserable (for REASONS!) and they fall out… it was just complicated and dumb. That being said, it also felt like they’re trying to make Gabriel more dimensional and angsty. But yeah. As you can imagine, Lucas’ comments are not going down very well.

Lucas Bravo‘s future on Emily in Paris is still undecided after his surprising comments about the show, a source exclusively reveals in the newest issue of Us Weekly.

“The show will go on with or without Lucas,” the insider adds. “The show is Emily in Paris — not Gabriel in Paris.”

According to the source, “Everyone is so upset about the remarks he made. There is going to be a lot of tension.”

[From Us Weekly]

The thing is, Lily Collins is executive producer on EIP, and when other costars had issues with the writing or characterization, they went to Lily and she got sh-t done. That’s why there was such a marked improvement in the writing and storylines after the first season. Did Lucas share his thoughts with Lily? It sounds like he complained to some of the producers, but who knows.

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Chris Evans, Dwayne Johnson, and Lucy Liu are currently busy promoting their new holiday action film, Red One. The plot involves Santa being kidnapped. Despite heavy promotion (my local theater has had a big display out for a good month), it’s posed to big one of the biggest box office bombs of the year. As a part of their promo tour, Chris and Dwayne gave an interview to People. During the interview, Chris shared that he’s kinda over doing action movies at this point. Instead, he’s dying to be cast in an “actual musical film,” where he can sing and dance his pretty little heart out.

“I’m waiting to do an actual musical film. I want to sing,” Evans tells PEOPLE. “[And] dance. That is what I want.”

“Let’s manifest that, man,” says his costar Johnson, 52.

“I mean, that’s tough though because that’s something you got to do right. You only get so many bites at that apple,” Evans continues. “… But knowing that I’m very precious with it and I want to make sure it’s the right thing. So yeah, that’s always in the works.”

“That’s the quickest way to get me in a room. If you say it’s going to be a musical, I’m listening,” he adds.

“I got a feeling it’s going to happen, man,” says Johnson, after sharing that his Red One costar is “crazy talented musically.”

Speaking of musical skills, Evans says he also wants to try his hand at drumming.

“I played the piano and every time I watch someone drumming, I’m like, ‘Nah, that’s cool,” he tells PEOPLE. “Just got to do it. I just got to pick up some sticks and start doing it. But yeah, maybe a few more instruments.”

[From People]

Captain America wants to do a musical? Sure, why not? What type of musical are we talking about? Something like The Sound of Music or a more adult-themed musical like La La Land? For some reason, when I picture Chris in a musical role, I get major character actor vibes. I think of him playing the part of a police constable who pops up throughout the show as comedic relief. I can also kinda see him playing one of the princes in Into the Woods. Give him a top hat and some tap shoes and stick him in that Andrew Garfield/Ryan Gosling movie that we were trying to manifest into existence last month.

Anyone planning on seeing Red One? It looks like dumb fun, but it’s probably not a very good movie. My older son wants to see it, so there’s like a 50/50 chance I’ll end up being the one to take him since I have a higher tolerance for these types of films than Mr. Rosie does. Wish me luck.

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Last week, Donald Trump nominated Matt Gaetz to be his new Attorney General. Gaetz resigned his Florida congressional seat on the day that Trump nominated him. As we soon learned, Gaetz’s resignation from Congress came just days before the House Ethics Committee was about to release their years-long report into Gaetz’s sleazy, criminal behavior, behavior which included human trafficking, statutory rape, illegal drug use and solicitation. The House Ethics Committee apparently heard testimony from one of Gaetz’s victims that he had sex with her when she was a minor. Apparently, the Ethics Committee also heard testimony that Gaetz paid adult women for sex:

An attorney representing two women who testified before the House Ethics Committee told ABC News in an interview that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid both his adult clients for sex. Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News’ Juju Chang that one of his clients also witnessed Gaetz having sex with a third woman — who was then 17 years old — at a house party in Florida.

“She testified [that] in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17,” Leppard said.

The Justice Department spent years probing the allegations against Gaetz, including allegations of obstruction of justice, before informing Gaetz last year that it would not bring charges. Gaetz has long denied any wrongdoing related to the allegations investigated during Justice Department probe.

“Matt Gaetz will be the next Attorney General. He’s the right man for the job and will end the weaponization of our justice system,” Trump transition spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer told ABC News regarding all the allegations involving Gaetz. “These are baseless allegations intended to derail the second Trump administration. The Biden Justice Department investigated Gaetz for years and cleared him of wrongdoing,” Pfeiffer said of the allegations, which the Justice Department began investigating during the first Trump administration.

Leppard, who has called for the House Ethics Committee to release its report amid Gaetz’s nomination to serve as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, told ABC News that the former congressman paid both of his clients for sex using Venmo.

“Just to be clear, both of your clients testified that they were paid by Rep. Gaetz to have sex?” Chang asked Leppard. “That’s correct. The House was very clear about that and went through each. They essentially put the Venmo payments on the screen and asked about them. And my clients repeatedly testified, ‘What was this payment for?’ ‘That was for sex,’” Leppard said.

[From ABC News]

After failing to release the Gaetz report last Friday, the Ethics Committee is meeting again on Wednesday to discuss whether or not it should be released. Speaker Mike Johnson has gone on the record about how he doesn’t think it should be released. Donald Trump is also personally calling up senators to persuade them to vote for Gaetz as AG. But the Times reports that, privately, Trump has admitted that Gaetz might not be confirmed by the Senate given all of his baggage (baggage = Law & Order: SVU plotlines), but Trump still has shown no interest in withdrawing Gaetz’s nomination. Still, I bet shutting down Congress and pushing all of his nominees through as recess appointments is still on the table?

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During the Paris Olympics, a huge scandal broke in Norway’s royal house. Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon’s stepson Marius Borg Hoiby was arrested for assaulting a young woman who was possibly his girlfriend. Haakon’s wife Princess Mette-Marit avoided the Olympics as she dealt with her son’s situation, which unfolded slowly. Norwegian gossips said that Marius is well-known in Norwegian society as a violent sh-thead, in addition to being a wannabe reality star. Marius is 27 years old and he’s been getting into dramas for years, but this is the biggest problem they’ve had with him, as far as anyone knows. Well, it looks like Marius is now being charged with rape, but I’m not 100% clear if this is all part of the same incident from August, or if the victim is the same young woman.

The son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway has been arrested on suspicion of rape. Marius Borg Høiby, the royal’s 27-year-old son from before her marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, was arrested on Monday, Nov. 18, in Oslo, according to the Oslo Police District.

In a release shared on Tuesday, Nov. 19, police said Høiby was arrested on suspicion of violating the criminal code “which concerns sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act. What police can say about the rape is that it concerns a sexual act without intercourse. The victim is said to have been unable to resist the act,” the release added.

Høiby is currently in detention in Greenland. Authorities have yet to decide whether he will be remanded in custody. Høiby’s arrest comes after he was previously arrested in August following an alleged incident involving a woman in her 20s.

According to Norwegian outlet Se og Hør, he reportedly “attacked” the woman “psychologically and physically,” and she was treated at a hospital for a concussion.

Høiby was held for 30 hours before being released, per the outlet, which also reported that police confirmed “a person was arrested and charged with assault and later released from custody.”

The 27-year-old was also arrested again in September for allegedly violating a restraining order, reported The Guardian.

According to the police’s release on Nov. 19, when Høiby was arrested, he was in a car with the alleged victim from the August incident.

“The charge relates to another violation of a restraining order against the same victim. In addition, a report has been filed for violation of a restraining order and driving without a valid driver’s license,” the release added.

[From People]

I completely believe that Marius is a ball of violence, predation and criminality, but I find this rather confusing – are there multiple victims, or did he terrorize and assault the same woman multiple times over the course of months? I’m not going to dig into it, because I suspect the victim or victims’ identities are being protected, as they should be. I hope she or they get a lot of support and help. I also hope Marius gets thrown in prison forever. What a huge scandal in the Norwegian royal house.

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There are several annual autumn/winter events on the Windsors’ calendar, but I forgot about this one. Tonight, King Charles will host the annual white-tie reception for diplomats. Last year’s diplomatic reception was attended by Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and the Princess of Wales. They made a point of posing together as “the new Fab Four.” Well, guess who isn’t coming to dinner tonight? That’s right, Kate has been benched. No more tiara events for Keen.

The King will tonight host a glittering white tie and tiara reception at Buckingham Palace for the country’s leading diplomats. Queen Camilla and The Prince of Wales will join other family members attending – but the Princess of Wales is not expected to join them, the Mail understands.

In September Catherine, 42, announced a slow and measured return to royal duties after the conclusion of her cancer treatment. She underwent major abdominal surgery in January after which doctors discovered cancer had been present and recommended a course of preventative chemotherapy.

It is believed Catherine is focusing on organising her annual carol concert at Westminster Abbey early next month.

Tonight’s reception is one of the highlights of the royal calendar. It will see the King and Queen welcome more than 500 members of the ‘Diplomatic Corps’ in all their finery to the State Rooms at the palace, highlighting the crucial role the monarch plays at the heart of British diplomacy. The event is normally held on the first Tuesday in December but has been brought forward as it would have clashed with a State Visit of the Amir of Qatar this year.

[From The Daily Mail]

This is both sad and funny: “It is believed Catherine is focusing on organising her annual carol concert at Westminster Abbey early next month.” Kensington Palace staff organize the concert, Kate just shows up for a handful of photo-ops. There’s nothing Kate has to do, especially not on the same night as one of the biggest events on the royal calendar. This is one of the clearest examples thus far that Charles, Camilla and William have decided to bench Kate. This is exactly the kind of event which Kate wants to attend – she would have gotten a new dress and they would have to let her borrow a tiara. It also looks like the Middletons couldn’t negotiate Kate’s appearance for anything beyond the biggest family events (Trooping, Remembrance). It’s all so odd.

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The People’s Prince was in full flight on Monday. Prince Harry flew into Vancouver over the weekend and popped up at the Grey Cup on Sunday. Then on Monday, he made a “surprise” stop at the Seaforth Academy to hang out with the students there and introduce them to the Invictus Games and everything in and around Invictus. Most of the students are from military families, I think? And the photos show a man full of charm who loves to be around kids. He’s listening to them, engaging with them. He’s absolutely not wandering around like Lurch, pointing a gnarled finger at them while performatively grimacing. Not that I’m making any specific reference.

On Nov. 18, the Duke of Sussex, 40, appeared at the Seaforth Armoury in Vancouver to launch the School Program from the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025, presented by ATCO and Boeing. Prince Harry, a former captain in the British Army, created the Invictus Games, an international adaptive sports tournament for wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans, in 2014 as a means for healing, and the next iteration will be held in Vancouver and Whistler in February of next year.

Prince Harry visited the historic military facility to join students in a range of activities, marking the launch of an online program aimed at introducing the Invictus Games to schools everywhere. As a father to two young children — Prince Archie, 5 and Princess Lilibet, 3 — Harry’s natural parenting skills were on full display as he interacted with the kids.

“Seeing them learn about the Invictus Games has had a profound impact on me because this is where Invictus starts to go even wider outside of the Invictus community, into schools in Canada and hopefully around the world,” Prince Harry said in a speech shared to X. The visit comes 81 days before the next cycle of the Invictus Games begins.

[From People]

I adore Harry and everything, but I have some questions: are they developing an Invictus-type program for schools and if so, why? While the Invictus Games always feature family-friendly, kid-friendly interactive events, is the idea to really create something like an Invictus course or an Invictus program for all schools, or just military schools? While I think it’s really cool that he did this (visited a school full of military kids), I just think it’s kind of a difficult sell to take this wider? Especially when Invictus has been needing to grow itself – the number of applications rises significantly each year, and they’ve needed to expand how many competitors they bring in for a while.

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Last week we learned that Vanity Fair revamped their calendar to release their annual Hollywood Issue now, while all the awards-bait films are coming out in droves, instead of closer to the Oscars in the new year (though they’re still calling this the 2025 Hollywood cover). By my count in perusing VF’s cover archives, Nicole Kidman is making her fifth appearance in the Hollywood Issue, her other years including 2022, 2018, 2001, and 1995 on the inaugural cover. Each and every time, even going back to 1995, Nicole was on the first panel. My point? Nicole Kidman is, to quote our president, “a big f–king deal.” In Hollywood, that is. She works nonstop, including on the development and producing side, and every couple years she’s a contender for an Oscar nom, like she is this year for Babygirl. She won Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for the part, which tragically fell on the same day as her mother passing. Nicole talked about her mother’s influence and a lot more in her VF profile. A few highlights:

On her mother, who she just lost: She was my compass in a way. It’s like losing that, but at the same time going, Okay, well, this is for her then. So much of what she wanted for my sister and I was to create women in this world who felt like they could express themselves and have opportunities, especially things she didn’t have from her generation. She loved my career, she really did. She would be there through all the ups and downs, all of it. Her essence has been pretty much the driving force through my whole life. I wish she could have seen this part of it.

She chooses projects on instinct: I am very spontaneous and I have immediate yeses. When [director Susanne Bier] called me, we didn’t have all the scripts for Perfect Couple, but I was like, “Yes.” When Halina reached out for Babygirl, I was already going, “Okay, just the title alone, I’m in.” If I feel freedom and safe with a person, then I can just give them everything. But I’ve got to feel arms around the project and me — that allows the expression. So much of what you’re offering is deeply personal. I need to be held in that regard for it to really work.

It’s harder to get projects greenlit: Everything’s hard now. Actually everything. I mean, maybe not Deadpool, but there’s nothing that’s, “Oh my gosh. Yep. This is it. Greenlight, let’s go.” Or maybe it’s just the things that I do. [Laughs] I just think that’s the nature of what we’re dealing with now. Things are shrinking in terms of shows being done and films being made. I definitely feel it. I’m sure most people in the industry feel it. I know the crews feel it. I know writers feel it.

On who she wants to work with: I’ve always said I want to work with [Martin] Scorsese, if he does a film with women. I’d love to work with Kathryn Bigelow. I’d love to work with Spike Jonze. I’d love to work with PTA [Paul Thomas Anderson]. I’ve always wanted to work with Michael Haneke. And there’s a whole slew of up-and-coming directors — there’s so many, and I’m always open to the discovery of new people. And I find it really exciting when you go, Here’s someone that’s so experienced and has been working and working, but they’ve now really hit their stride.

She’s never had a plan for her career: I have been crazy in life, so whatever happens, it comes out in many different ways. I feel things intensely. I read a lot. I’m raising a family. I’m a wife, I’m a sister. I’ve got all these friends. I’m moving through the journey of life. It can be really hard, especially if you’re very present and emotional and in it. And then there’s an enormous amount of sheer joy.

[From Vanity Fair]

The more I hear/see of Nicole Kidman in her elder stateswoman glory, the more unbelievable it is to me that she was ever with Tom Cruise, let alone for 10 years. Saying yes to things just on instinct? Being “crazy in life?” Those seem to me like qualities that would scare the sh-t out of Cruise. It’s also kind of wild to think Nicole’s huge body of work has been the result of such spontaneity. Good for her! At the end of the day, I get the feeling that she really does just f–king love acting and collaborating now as much as she ever did (she’s been working professionally for 40 years!). It’s a bit depressing to hear that even she has trouble getting things greenlit, though she sounds clear that it may be down to her indie tastes. Which makes me wonder/hope that she and Sydney Sweeney had some time during the shoot to talk shop about producing. And finally, what a ballsy, effortless slay she landed on Martin Scorsese, all while expressing how she’d like to work with him. No notes.

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The Princess of Wales has some very peculiar style quirks, which is notable because most people find her style kind of boring. She’s a big fan of theme-dressing, she’s a big fan of dressing in flag-colors, and she’s also an ardent copykeener, especially when it comes to mimicking Princess Diana or the Duchess of Sussex. What else is Kate known for? Repeating the same looks with minor tweaks, to the point where people are always questioning whether she buys duplicates with small variations. I still want to know if her coatdress at the Sussexes’ wedding was actually Kate rewearing the white McQueen coat she wore to Charlotte’s christening. But I digress. Kate’s most recent public outing was on the balcony on Remembrance Sunday. At the time, no one ID’d her coat, and I just figured it was some overpriced bespoke piece and that’s why people were being squirrelly. But according to People Mag, Kate wore an old Catherine Walker coat, she just had the buttons redone and they added some velvet pieces.

Kate Middleton is becoming increasingly savvy when it comes to reimagining her signature style. While the royal is well-known for re-wearing pieces (her beloved brown tassel boots from Penelope Chilvers have been in her rotation for over 20 years!), her style team is getting creative when it comes to upcycling her more formal — and often costly — outfits.

“We’ve seen Kate upcycle more lately and I think it’s a great message to be sending, especially so soon after William’s Earthshot tour,” Bethan Holt, Fashion Director at the Daily Telegraph, tells PEOPLE after Kate perfected the chic tweak when she stepped out on Nov. 10 for Remembrance Sunday.

At first glance, the sharp, military-inspired black coatdress—complete with a velvet bow at the collar and velvet-covered buttons — looked like a fresh addition to her wardrobe. But it was actually a Catherine Walker & Co. piece she had worn for the same occasion four years earlier, proving that timeless elegance is always in style.

“I think she recognizes she has lots of beautiful pieces already in her wardrobe, which, with a few small tweaks, can look entirely new,” explains Holt, who has written extensively about Kate’s love of recycling in her book, The Duchess of Cambridge: A Decade of Modern Royal Style.

In fact, this marks the third time Kate has reimagined this outfit. Initially worn with tasseled epaulets on the shoulders in 2020 for her balcony appearance at the Cenotaph, she had the tassels removed for a second outing in September 2022, when she wore the same piece to greet Commonwealth troops at the Army Training Centre Pirbright in the days leading up to Queen Elizabeth’s funeral.

[From People]

I’m looking at the 2020 Remembrance photos – I’m adding them at the end of the post – and I really can’t tell if this is the same coat or if Kate went to Catherine Walker and asked them to make a very similar coat without tassels and with different buttons. The waist detail seems to be the same, as does the collar. I mean… it’s possible that Kate “upcycled” the same coat in this case. But I also think she buys duplicates with small variations a lot of the time. Or she used to – I’ve wondered a lot if Kate’s clothing budget has been slashed since William got his hands on the Duchy of Cornwall slumlord money.

The 2020 Remembrance photos with the Walker coat:

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Here are some photos from the big London premiere of Wicked last night. They made a much, much bigger deal of it in London than they did in New York. Which I still think is so weird. This whole time, I actually forgot that Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Yeoh are both in Wicked, so I’m adding photos of them, alongside Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo and Jonathan Bailey. I also genuinely forgot that the studios are trying to recreate Barbenheimer – Wicked and Gladiator II come out out this Thursday/Friday. My guess? Gladiator II will slay the competition.

How long can I vamp before we have to talk about the premiere fashion? Ugh. First of all, I don’t mind Ariana’s look at all. She wore a custom butter-yellow Ralph Lauren gown which is appropriately princessy and Glinda-esque. It’s possibly her best look of the whole promo tour. Unfortunately, Ari had to stand next to Cynthia in this absolutely catastrophic Schiaparelli dress. It’s designed so that the crinoline is visible and popped out to the side. The sequined leggings make it look like she has mismatched robot legs. I apologize to everyone living for this promotional tour, but I genuinely think Cynthia has been so poorly served by the stylists. Is her hat an homage to the Tin Man?? OH MY GOD.

Additional fashion notes: Jeff Goldblum wore Burberry, Jonathan Bailey wore Ralph Lauren (the one premiere where he actually wore eveningwear).

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Just after Donald Trump’s “win,” his people confirmed that Trump would enact one of his biggest campaign promises on Day 1: the mass deportation of immigrants. During the campaign, Trump regularly demonized all immigrants, even immigrants with legal status and work visas, and promised that mass deportations would stimulate the economy (nope), free up housing (also nope) and make grocery prices cheaper (lmao). Millions of Americans knew this was the unhinged plan and voted for Trump specifically because of this. Well, he’s added to his Day 1 deportation plan: he’s going to declare a national emergency and order the US military to carry out mass deportations.

President-elect Trump confirmed Monday that he is planning to declare a national emergency and use the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations. Trump made his promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants one of the cornerstones of his 2024 campaign, and his team has already begun strategizing how to carry its plan out.

A Truth Social post early Monday is the first time the president-elect has confirmed how his administration will execute the controversial plan. Tom Fitton, the president of the conservative group Judicial Watch, posted on Truth Social earlier this month that Trump was “prepared to declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.” Trump reposted Fitton’s comment Monday with the caption, “TRUE!!”

There are an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Trump’s mass deportations are expected to impact roughly 20 million families across the country. Immigration advocates and lawyers are preparing to counter the plan in court. The president-elect’s team is aiming to craft executive orders that can withstand legal challenges to avoid a similar defeat that befell Trump’s Muslim ban in his first term, Politico reported. Their plans also include ending the parole program for undocumented immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela, per Politico.

Trump has also already begun filling out his Cabinet positions with immigration hardliners. This includes tapping Tom Homan, the former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to serve as his “border czar.”

[From Axios]

This is going to be awful. I mentioned this before, but I watched Homan’s 60 Minutes interview, and let’s just say that putting a psychopath in charge of ICE is a bad idea. Homan doesn’t care – neither does Trump – if they round up and deport citizens or legal immigrants. The US military shouldn’t be used in this way, but no agency or department should. It’s all going to be so catastrophic. Especially when Trump and the Supreme Court try to reverse birthright citizenship.

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