News
- As Trump Orders Border Wall, Mexico’s President Mulls Canceling U.S. Trip by Carrie Kahn (NPR)
- Scientists Are Planning the Next Big Washington March by Brian Kahn (Scientific American)
- U.S. government scientists go ‘rogue’ in defiance of Trump (Reuters)
- Shia LaBeouf Arrested During Trump Performance Art Piece by Sara Boboltz (Huffington Post)
- Mexican president: We will not pay for a wall (Al Jazeera)
- President Donald Trump to publish weekly list of crimes committed by immigrants by Ben Kentish (Independent)
- Donald Trump threatens to cancel meetings with Mexico if they don’t pay for wall by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump: Chelsea Manning An ‘Ungrateful Traitor’ For Criticizing Obama by Danielle Kurtzlaben (NPR)
- In break with Trump, GOP leaders leaders say torture should remain illegal by Alexander Bolton (The Hill)
- On health care, taxes and more, Ryan pledges Republicans will ‘get these laws done in 2017’ by Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
- GOP leaders downplay the Trump Show by Scott Wong (The Hill)
- Trump creates name-and-shame list to embarrass sanctuary cities by Stephen Dinan (Washington Post)
- Mexico leader cancels US visit after Trump ultimatum (Al Jazeera)
- Mexican president cancels visit to Washington as tensions with Trump administration intensify by Joshua Partlow and Philip Rucker (Washington Post)
- ‘They never saw this coming’: A Q&A with Kellyanne Conway by Joe Heim (Washington Post)
- GOP leaders won’t say how border wall will be paid for by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- Management Team at State Department Resigns En Masse by Kevin Drum (Mother Jones)
- The state department’s entire Senior Management team just resigned by Josh Rogin (The Washington Post)
- Mexico’s President cancels meeting with Trump over wall by Azam Ahmed (The New York Times)
- Clinics for world’s vulnerable brace for Trump’s anti-abortion cuts by Dionne Searcey, Norimitsu Onishi, and Somini Sengupta (The New York Times)
- Trump Press Secretary Sean Spicer may have just tweeted his password by Taylor Hatmaker (TechCrunch)
- Trump admin cancels ObamaCare ads by Peter Sullivan (The Hill)
- RSC chairman urges Trump to dismiss IRS chief by Naomi Jagoda (The Hill)
- GOP chairman to introduce pre-existing conditions bill by Peter Sullivan (The Hill)
- Overnight Energy: TransCanada reapplies to build Keystone XL by Timothy Cama and Devin Henry (The Hill)
- Gorbachev: Trump, Putin must lead efforts to reduce nukes by Max Greenwood (the Hill)
- White house sows confusion about plan for a 20% import tax by Binyamin Applebaum (The NY Times)
- Trump strategist Steve Bannon says media should ‘keep its mouth shut’ by Michael M. Grynbaum (The NY Times)
- Trump is getting payments from foreign governments. We have no idea what they are. by by Zephyr Teachout (The Washington Post)
- Republicans are openly considering Donald Trump’s ’emotional stability’, says Carl Bernstein by Adam Withnall (The Independent)
- Trump’s immigration ban excludes countries with business ties by Caleb Melby, Blacki Migliozzi, and Michael Keller (Bloomberg)
- ‘Over my dead body’: tribe aims to block Trump’s border wall on Arizona land by Sam levin (The Guardian)
- Trump’s Suggested Import Tax Would Mean Americans Pay For That Wall by Scott Horsley (NPR.com)
- Trump’s first week has inspired 400 scientists to run for office by Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing)
- Petition Demanding Donald Trump Release His Tax Returns Breaks White House Record by Daniel Marans (Huffington Post)
- How Trump cuts affect abortions in Africa (BBC)
- Anti-Devos calls jam Senate phone lines by Lydia Wheeler & Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- The CDC canceled a climate change event. Al Gore will host it instead. by Julia Belluz (Vox)
- White House Sows Confusion About Plan for a 20% Import Tax by Michael D. Shear, Binyamin Appelbaum, and Alan Rappeport (NY Times)
- In a Corner, President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico Punches Back by Azam Ahmed (NY Times)
- Trump team walks back plan to fund wall with import tax by Matthew Nussbaum and Brian Faler (Politico)
- Trump aide Bannon calls media the ‘opposition party’ by Aidan Quigley (Politico)
- Tech experts: Sean Spicer is not butt-tweeting America by Patrick Reis (Politico)
Analysis
- Republicans Have Plans To Replace Obamacare — Now They Need To Agree On One by Susan Davis (NPR)
- Trump Administration Absolutely Outraged Someone Would Try To Delegitimize A President by Amanda Terkel, JM Rieger (Huffington Post)
- What’s Next? A Massive Fight Over Women’s Reproductive Health by Eliza Newlin Carney (The American Prospect)
- The best theory for why Trump tells such obvious lies by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- What’s so strange about Trump’s White House portrait? Experts explain. by Jacob Gardenswartz (Vox)
- Report: Trump is mad about voter fraud because his “friend” saw Latino people vote by German Lopez (Vox)
- In First Interview as President, Donald Trump Rejects Reality by Emily Jane Fox (Vanity Fair)
- A New Report Finds America Is No Longer a “Full Democracy” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- How the Children of Theresienstadt Concentration Camp Used Art as a Coping Mechanism by Lara Zarum (Flavorwire)
- Donald Trump says torture ‘absolutely works’–but does it? by James Masters (CNN)
- Donald Trump, environmentalist? by John D. Sutter (CNN)
- Trump just gave a remarkable new interview. Here’s a tally of all his lies. by Greg Sargent (Washington Post)
- Congressional Republicans Suddenly Lose Interest in Executive Overreach by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- Are liberals launching their own tea party? by Ronald Brownstein (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s flashy executive actions could run aground by Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, and Seung Min Kim (Politico)
- US halts refugee resettlement interviews: report by Mark Hensch (The Hill)
- Here’s how ‘Obamacare’ covered Americans with pre-existing conditions. What happens next? by Nadja Popovich, Rich Harris and Jan Diehm (The Guardian)
- A 20% Mexico tariff would pay for the wall. But it would hurt Americans by Patrick Gillespie (CNN)
- The More Trump Hates, the More America Rejects His Hatred by William Saletan (Slate)
- The Long History of “Nazi Punching” by Wes Enzinna (Mother Jones)
Opinion
- Dear Senate Democrats: Spare us your tough tweets and start fighting on the floor by Joan McCarter (Daily Kos)
- Donald Trump Is Already Recruiting Terrorists for ISIS by Jonathan Chait (New York Magazine)
- Thanks to Trump, the Doomsday Clock Advances Toward Midnight by Lawrence M. Krauss and David Titley (New York Times)
- The war on abortion is just beginning by Jessica Valenti (The Guardian)
- As a Jew whose grandparents escaped the Holocaust, I know the warning signs in Trump’s speech when I see them by Emily Hilton (Independent)
- I specialise in the psychology of torture, so I know the truth behind Trump’s claims that waterboarding works by Coral Dando (Independent)
- Trump just gave a remarkable new interview. Here’s a tally of all his lies by Greg Sargent (The Washington Post)
- Trump’s lies pave the way for an assault on voting rights by Dale Ho (The New York Times)
- Lying Donald Trump can’t be trusted, and that needs to stop now by the Editorial Board (Denver Post)
- Dear Senate Democrats: Any Chance of You Growing a Spine? by Meghna Sridhar (Feministing)
- An Extremist Holding the Purse Strings by Steven Rattner (NY Times)
- Donald Trump’s assault on the Enlightenment by Suzanne Nossel (Foreign Policy)
- Trump’s Crony Cabinet May Look Strong, but They Are Scared by Naomi Klein (The Nation)
- Noam Chomsky: Explaining the ‘Collapse’ That Gave Us Donald Trump by Noam Chomsky (AlterNet)
- What’s at Stake: The NEA and the Literary Ecosystem by Brent Cunningham (The Rumpus)
- Grave New World by Josephine Livingston (New Republic)
Resources / Action
- We are the 65 (Weekly Call to Action) – Making Congress Work For Us.
- How to Protect Your Digital Privacy in the Era of Public Shaming by Julia Angwin (ProPublica)
- Can Donald Trump’s Border Wall Be Stopped? Here’s How You Can Actually Help Make A Difference by Jessica Lahitou (Bustle)
- White House Inc connects callers to Trump businesses while White House comment line is closed by Emma Sarran Webster (Teen Vogue)
- Shy Person’s Guide to Calling Representatives (Action Friday)
- How to Protect Yourself Digitally In the Trump Era by Vivian Wagner (AlterNet)
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