"Indeed, during the campaign, Trump appeared to express an openness to creating a database for all Muslims in the United States. Asked by ABC News if he would rule out a database on all Muslims, he said, flatly, 'No, not at all.' Judging from these comments, one shouldn't be surprised that the President-elect has gathered around him a circle of advisers and cabinet members who eagerly share his views on Islam and Muslims."

"The word a lot of people use to describe the Trump transition is 'chaos.' That's inaccurate," writes Tim Stanley. "His appointment schedule is right on time and you might not like his choices but they make sense. They have so far been a rejection of the 'team of rivals' approach associated with Obama and modeled on Lincoln's administration."

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"Although both sides made sensible decisions in settling before trial, Mr. Trump will still have to worry that potential litigants will be emboldened by these settlements to pursue cases of their own against the new Commander-in-Chief. There are by all accounts several dozens of lawsuits pending against Mr. Trump and his businesses, with more in the wings."

"If a President Trump continues on this path unchallenged, the result could be new limitations on free speech. For one thing, comedy shows and even other critics of the prospective President may begin to self-censor."

"Trump is our future President, and he has both the bully pulpit and the federal government to lead during a crisis. We can continue to hope that he will follow in the tradition of the presidents before him. But, failing that, it is incumbent on those who care about our homeland security to prepare for what can happen to our nation the Day After."

"In the world of social media, of Facebook and Twitter, news is shared not just to inform or even to persuade. It is used as a marker of identity, a way to proclaim your affinity with a particular community."

"If Democrats are serious that they see no place for these ideas at the political table, that some things must remain out of bounds in American politics, then starting to cut deals with Trump -- with someone like Bannon by his side -- will send a dangerous message that will be impossible to erase."

"Sessions' [previous]statements will most assuredly be used as Democratic fodder during his confirmation hearing. But with a Republican majority, the confirmation hearing will largely be a formality. His rhetoric will, however, have a big impact on minority perceptions of the prominent civil rights agenda of the Department of Justice, which has gained increased visibility and scrutiny in an era of publicized police shootings."

"Entire nations and minority communities were stigmatized. Our government abandoned time-tested principles like the presumption of innocence, individualized suspicion and evidence of wrongdoing-- embracing instead guilt by association, collective suspicion, and race and faith as proxies for crime.If that doesn't give you pause, this might: It failed completely to meet its objectives."

"Following Ronald Reagan's victory, many liberal Americans became angry, then depressed, then gave up on public life and started working out."

"Since he's someone whose policy positions and style are completely different from the presidents of recent decades and is known for his unpredictability, his election presents the nearly seven billion people who share the planet with him with a most difficult question: How do you deal with Donald Trump?"

"Amid the instant flood of accounts of hate speech, swastika grafitti, and assaults on Muslim and black citizens, reports are coming in from women around the country who have been sexually harassed and groped by men who tell them with glee and menace that they live in Trump's America now. Did I say it's a good time for this show? Correction: It's the perfect time."

"As the NOSB meets this week to discuss the organic label, it should side with science and vote to continue allowing hydroponic and aquaponic farms to be certified as USDA Organic."

"Supranationalism goes against the grain of history and human instinct, and will surely go the way of the dinosaur."

"The election's close outcome might have been different if the campaign's final weeks focused not on Hillary Clinton's emails, but on testimony by appealing elderly plaintiffs accusing Trump of defrauding them of their life savings."

"Despite our country's knowledge, resources and wealth, we have failed to adequately address as a nation the epidemic that grips them. Why? Because we have allowed addiction to carry with it the stigma of moral failure instead of calling it what it actually is: a chronic disease of the brain."

"Being secretary of state could, theoretically, take those prospects from bright to dazzling. But having to do so by working for Trump could diminish her in ways from which her image may not recover. She is now known as the woman who brought down the Confederate flag after it flew for more than 50 years. But Trump's presidency, to many of the people who have rallied around Haley since Dylann Roof became a household name, is akin to putting the Confederate flag right back up, this time not in front of the South Carolina Statehouse but on the White House lawn."

"At a broader historical level, it is not shocking that young Americans find themselves the focus of hate. Young people of color have always felt the sting of racial injustice and intolerance in very specific ways, and young whites too often were either the authors of or uneasy bystanders to that suffering."

"As Christie, among others, has discovered the hard way, it's a mistake to ignore or underestimate one of the youngest and savviest political players on Team Trump."

"I believe becoming a sanctuary campus is critical not only to maintaining the well-being of NYU's student body but also to upholding the values of a liberal arts education, academic integrity and freedom."