Category Archives: Government

Travel Ban: Donald Trump Will Go For Strike Three

img_8563HONOLULU, Hawaii (The Adobo Chronicles, Honolulu Bureau) – A federal judge in Hawaii issued a nationwide temporary restraining order Wednesday that bars the implementation of President Donald Trump’s revised executive order on immigration and refugees.

This is the second blow to the president’s bid to restrict U.S. entry for people from six Muslim-majority countries.

Well, Mr. Trump is a baseball fanatic, so he believes he has one more chance before strike three.

White House advisers and interns are reportedly busy drafting a third executive order on yet another travel ban.

This time, however, the order bans the foreign travel of U.S. judges whether official or personal, until such time that the judicial branch of government gives the go-signal for the implementation of the president’s previous Muslim travel bans.

It is a brilliant move on the part of Trump because this third E.O. cannot be challenged in court due to “conflict of interest” on the part of judges.

 

American TV Series ‘Madam Secretary’ Tackles Issue Of Treason In The Philippines

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HOLLYWOOD, California (The Adobo Chronicles, Los Angeles Bureau) – The American television series “Madam Secretary” made headlines weeks ago after it depicted the “Philippines’ unconventional new president” crossing the line by making inappropriate advances towards the female lead character, US Secretary of State Elizabeth McCord.

Viewers believe that it was a depiction of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Now, The Adobo Chronicles has just learned that an upcoming episode of the same TV series again tackles a delicate issue in the Philippines: treason.

In the trailer obtained by AdoboChron, a certain “unconventional and rookie Vice President in the Philippines” travels to Washington D.C. and meets with the U.S. Secretary of State. She shows her alleged videos of extra-judicial killings in her country. In that meeting, she asks Madam Secretary to support her plot to oust the Philippine president.

In response, Madam Secretary tells the VP straight in the face that that’s not how Democracy works. “What you’re doing is treason,” she tells the VP.

The show’s producers have yet to schedule a play date for the new episode.

Stay tuned!

Donald Trump Asks Twitter To Double Character Limit

IMG_9708WASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – If there is one thing Donald Trump isn’t willing to give up even as president, it is his Twitter account.  He continues to use Twitter to post cryptic messages and to attack those who criticize him — 140 characters at a time.

Today, Trump formally asked Twitter to increase the character limit to 280.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told The Adobo Chronicles that 140 characters is just not sufficient for the president when sending messages on social media. “Everyone knows he likes to talk, so a 100% increase in the character limit for tweets would be very helpful,” Spicer said.

It wasn’t clear whether Trump’s request was exlusively for the Office of the President or if it would be apply to all Twitter users.

The Twitter headquarters in San Francisco has yet to respond to Trump’s request.