News
- Donald Trump to sign executive order signalling intention to rip up Nafta and TPP by Adam Withnall (Independent)
- Trump to sign executive order to withdraw from TPP by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Chelsea Clinton shuts down trolls who targeted Barron Trump by Gianluca Mezzofiore (Mashable)
- President Trump Now Owns These Seven National Security Challenges by Philip Ewing (NPR)
- Meet The Republican Governors Who Don’t Want To Repeal All Of Obamacare by Nick Castle (NPR)
- Oregon Just Showed States How to Fight Back Against the War on Women by P.R. Lockhart (Mother Jones)
- Trump to talk manufacturing with executives, meet labor leaders (Reuters)
- Senate Democrat says he will oppose Tillerson for State Department (Reuters)
- China urges Trump administration to grasp importance of ‘one China’ (Reuters)
- Democrats reintroduce Equal Rights Amendment as millions of women march nationwide by Laura Clawson (Daily Kos)
- Trump: ‘Busy week planned’ with focus on jobs, national security by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Donald Trump is poised to name a net neutrality foe to head the FCC by Timothy B. Lee (Vox)
- The federal agency in charge of protecting consumers is now under threat by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
- White House website: Civil rights out, Melania’s jewelry in by Zack Ford (ThinkProgress)
- Here’s What Donald Trump Plans to Do on His First Monday as President by Jill Colvin (TIME)
- Dan Rather Blasts White House Over ‘Alternative Facts’ by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
- Welcome to Trump’s America: Felony riot charges against inauguration protesters signal alarming wave of repression by Sarah Lazare (Salon)
- John McCain isn’t sure he has confidence in President Trump by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Marco Rubio is the only public holdout on secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- Donald Trump faces lawsuit accusing him of violating US constitution by accepting foreign payments by May Bulman (Independent)
- Donald Trump press conference: When is it, how can I watch it, and what will Sean Spicer say this time? by Max Benwell (Independent)
- Donald Trump’s Press Secretary Sean Spicer did lie about inauguration crowd size, say experts by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Donald Trump: 11 things that have happened since he became US President by Jon Sharman (Independent)
- Trump freezes hiring of federal workers by Juliet Eilperin (The Washington Post)
- Trump’s biggest donors consider abandoning new political arm by Eliana Johnson and Kenneth P. Vogel (Politico)
- Trump’s D.C. hotel lost $1.1 in Sept., Oct. by Isaac Arnsdorf and Josh Gerstein (Politico)
- Trump withdraws US from Trans-Pacific Partnership deal (Al Jazeera)
- Trump had paid actors at his first presidential campaign speech by Colin Daileda (Mashable)
- Ethics Experts Just Filed a Lawsuit Accusing Trump of Violating the Constitution by Russ Choma (Mother Jones)
- Trump White House has no phone comments line by Josh Israel (ThinkProgress)
- California isn’t backing down from the most ambitious climate goal in the country by Natasha Geiling (ThinkProgress)
- Donald Trump Signs Anti-Abortion Executive Order Surrounded By Men by Amanda Terkel (Huffington Post)
- Donald Trump Reinstates Ronald Reagan’s Abortion ‘Global Gag Rule’ by Amanda Terkel, Laura Bassett (Huffington Post)
- Trump just reinstated the global gag rule. It won’t stop abortion, but it will make it less safe. by Emily Crockett (Vox)
- President Trump is adding ‘Skype seats’ to his White House press room by Chris Welch (Verge)
- Trump rejects new lawsuit over foreign payments to his firms (Reuters)
- An Unprecedented New Lawsuit Could Force Trump to Release His Tax Returns by Emily Jane Fox (Vanity Fair)
- With Marco Rubio’s vote in the bag, Rex Tillerson’s confirmation is all but assured by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Spicer promises honesty as Trump’s spokesman by Ben Kamisar (The Hill)
- The White House Switchboard Is Still Working, Despite What You’ve Heard by Christina Wilkie (Huffington Post)
- Sean Spicer Argues White House Can ‘Disagree With The Facts’ by Paige Lavender (Huffington Post)
- Munira Ahmed: the woman who became the face of the Trump resistance by Edward Helmore (The Guardian)
- “He’s never going to admit he’s wrong in front of everyone”: President Trump’s aides are worried about his behavior by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- White House press conference: Sean Spicer suggests Donald Trump will push through Dakota Access Pipeline by Felikz Garcia (Independent)
- White House’s Sean Spicer Stands by False Claim That Donald Trump’s Inauguration Was the ‘Most-Watched’ Ever by Mahita Gajanan (TIME)
- Trump names his inauguration day a ‘national day of patriotic devotion’ by Abby Philip (The Washington Post)
- Trump repeats lie about popular vote in meeting with lawmakers by Michael D. Shear and Emmarie Huetteman (The New York Times)
- Trump’s secretary of state and CIA picks clear hurdles (Al Jazeera)
- Three Days Into Trump’s Presidency, 45 Percent Of Americans Disapprove Of His Performance by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
- Republicans propose giving U.S. states option to keep Obamacare by Susan Cornwell (Reuters)
- U.S. Senate confirms Pompeo to be Trump’s CIA director by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- Trump Administration Imposes Freeze On EPA Grants and Contracts by Andrew Revkin & Jesse Eisinger (ProPublica)
- Trump’s Telecom Chief Is Ajit Pai, Critic Of Net Neutrality Rules by Alina Selyukh (NPR)
- Donald Trump declares ‘National Day of Patriotic Devotion’ on 20 January by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- Donald Trump’s Company Is Receiving Direct Payments From Foreign Agents Right Now by Paul Blumenthal (Huffington Post)
- Two journalists covering inauguration protests face felony riot charges by Jon Swaine (The Guardian)
- CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health by Brady Dennis (Washington Post)
Analysis
- The Long March Ahead For Democrats by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- The Significance of Millions in the Streets by Conor Friedersdorf (The Atlantic)
- Massive Women’s March turnout shows Trump’s opponents are done underestimating him by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Meet the 3 white men on Trump’s reported shortlist for the Supreme Court by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
- What Covering Hate As A Muslim Journalist Taught Me About The Media by Rowaida Abdelaziz (Huffington Post)
- Want President Trump to release his tax returns? There’s a bill for that. by Amber Philips (Washington Post)
- Cheapening a Sacred Space by Andrew Exum (The Atlantic)
- Hillary Clinton plots her next move by Gabriel Debenedetti (Politico)
- Revenge of the bureaucrats by Nancy Cook and Andrew Restucci (Politico)
- Betsy DeVos’ Big Education Idea Doesn’t Work by Sarah Carr (Slate)
- Higher Rates Of Hate Crimes Are Tied To Income Inequality by Maimuna Majumder (FiveThirtyEight)
- 3 Days Into Trump’s Presidency, Blatant Lies Are Coming Out of the White House by John Nichols (The Nation)
- Video and analysis of the first press briefing of the Trump white house (The New York Times)
- The radical crusade of Mike Pence by Stephen Rodrick (Rolling Stone)
- The future of the left is female by Rebecca Traister (NY Mag)
- The Many Scandals of Donald Trump: A Cheat Sheet by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Is Actually Likely to Increase Abortions by Zoe Caprnder (The Nation)
- Study: 43,000 Could Die Under Affordable Care Act Repeal by Ilana Novick (AlterNet)
- Trump Reportedly Brought His Own Staff to Cheer During C.I.A. Speech by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)
Opinion
- The Trump Administration’s Lies Have Already Ruined Its Credibility by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
- Sorry, Kellyanne Conway. ‘Alternative facts’ are just lies by Jill Abramson (The Guardian)
- We are dissidents; We are legion by Charles M. Blow (The New York Times)
- Trump’s Rhetoric Is Already Colliding With the Reality of His Political Agenda by Bill Moyers & Michael Winship (AlterNet)
- I Was at Trump’s Inauguration. It Was Tiny. by Dave Zirin (The Nation)
- Opening salvos in President Trump’s trade war (The New York Times)
- The Women’s March Succeeded Because It Spoke to Women’s Outrage by Katha Pollitt (The Nation)
History
- Civil Rights Movement (History Channel)
- Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Wikipedia)
- What you might not know about the 1964 Civil Rights Act (CNN)
Necessary Reading
- March (Trilogy – Books 1-3) by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell
Action
- Find Your Closest Swing District (SwingLeft)
- Anti-Trump Marches And Rallies Planned For April 15 by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)