Refugee & Muslim Ban
- Trump bars Syrian Refugees, halts entry of citizens from some Muslim states by Nahal Toosi (Politico)
- Trump Bars Refugees and Citizens of 7 Muslim Countries by Micahel D. Shear and Heleme Cooper (NY Times)
- In Iran, Shock and Bewilderment Over Trump Visa Crackdown by Thomas Erdbrink and Jeffrey Gettleman (NY Times)
- The coldhearted folly of Trump’s proposed immigration order by Graeme Wood (The Atlantic)
- The Muslim country Trump isn’t banning refugees from by Will Worley (Independent)
- Here Comes The First Suit Challenging Trump’s “Muslim Ban” by Jenny Luna (Mother Jones)
- Trump Executive Order Could Block 500,000 Legal U.S. Residents From Returning to America From Trips by Marcelo Rochabrun (ProPublica)
- Donald Trump’s executive order means he is now officially gunning for Muslims by Mustafa Bayoumi (Guardian)
- Donald Trump’s un-American refugee policy by David Miliband (The NY Times)
- Trump’s immigration ban is illegal by David J. Bier (The New York Times)
- ‘Heartbroken’ Malala Yousafzai calls out Trump for ‘closing the door’ on refugees by Sasha Lekach (Mashable)
- Muslim group subtly trolls Trump with ‘Making America Great’ billboards by Sasha Lekach (Mashable)
- Mark Zuckerberg: ‘I’m concerned’ about Trump immigration order by Karissa Bell (Mashable)
- Zuckerberg defends immigrants threatened by Trump by Josh Constine (Techcrunch)
- Read The Full Text Of Donald Trump’s Executive Order Limiting Muslim Entry To The U.S. by Paige Lavender (Huffington Post)
- Which Christians Are Telling Donald Trump to Keep Out Refugees? by Emma Green (The Atlantic)
- I Was a “Terrorist Country” Refugee Who’d Grown Up Shouting “Death to America.” America Trusted Me Anyway. by Mehrsa Baradaran (Slate)
- Muslim leaders to file lawsuit against Donald Trump’s refugee ban by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- Holocaust survivors say Donald Trump’s immigrant ban ‘tragically’ similar to 1930s by Peter Walker (Independent)
- Trump: Persecuted Christian refugees will get priority by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Trump’s executive order on refugees goes way beyond a temporary ban by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Terrorism by Muslims makes up one-third of 1 percent of all murders in the US by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Trump’s Immigration Ban Excludes Countries With Business Ties by Caleb Melby, Blacki Migliozzi and Michael Keller (Bloomberg)
- Update: Muslim Ban Executive Orders (ADC – American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee)
- CRS president: Denying entry to refugees won’t make US safer by Staff (Catholic News Herald)
- Critical Update #3: What Trump’s Ban Means for You (NIAC Action)
Trump Meeting w/ British Prime Minister
- Nervous world watches Trump’s meeting with British leader by Michael Crowley (Politico)
- 5 things to watch in Trump’s meeting with British prime minister by Vicki Needham (The Hill)
- ‘Opposites attract’: Theresa May signals strong relationship with Donald Trump by Heather Stewart (The Guardian)
- Analysis: The big problem for Theresa May as she meets President Trump? Torture. by Adam Taylor (Washington Post)
- Donald Trump and Theresa May meet at White House (Al Jazeera)
- Donald Trump and Theresa May: Another ‘special relationship’? by Kara Fox (CNN)
- President Trump and Theresa May Joint News Conference: Live Video and Analysis (New York Times)
- 5 takeaways from the May-Trump talks by Tom McTague (Politico)
News
- Trump pressured parks chief for photos to prove ‘media lied’ about inauguration crowd – report by Sam Levin (The Guardian)
- John McCain says US has no strategy to deal with Russian cyber warfare by Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump’s plan for China relations is to be unpredictable, adviser says by Tom Phillips (The Guardian)
- Doomsday Clock adjusted, partly due to Donald Trump (Al Jazeera)
- With ‘sanctuary cities’ fight, California sees an opportunity to ensnarl Trump’s agenda by Evan Halper, Melanie Mason (LA Times)
- Trump fan charged with hate crimes over JFK Muslim attack (BBC)
- Trump team accidentally refers to porn star instead of British PM in memo by Gianluca Mezzofiore (Mashable)
- Trump, Putin likely to discuss terrorism, other issues in call: White House aide (Reuters)
- That Voter Fraud Example Trump Used? Didn’t Happen. by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Mexicans Launch Boycotts of U.S. Companies in Fury at Donald Trump by Ioan Grillo (TIME)
- President Trump Asked the National Park Service for Photos Supporting His Inauguration Crowd Claim: Report by Matthew Daly (TIME)
- President Trump Calls Madonna ‘Disgusting’ Following Her Women’s March Speech by Kate Samuelson (TIME)
- Scientists move Doomsday Clock 30 seconds closer to midnight by AP (Salon)
- Barack Obama used his final day in the White House to help transgender immigrants by Shehab Khan (Independent)
- Immigrants less likely to commit crimes in United States than those born in America by Shehab Khan (Independent)
- Donald Trump to sack climate change scientists and slash Environmental Protection Agency budgets, says official by Andrew Griffin (Independent)
- Miami-Dade Is No Longer a ‘Sanctuary’ for Undocumented Immigrants by Kate Samuelson (TIME)
- Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway to speak at March for Life by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Battle Lines Form Within Republican Party Before Trump’s Call With Putin by Jonathan Weisman, Emmarie Huettman, and Michael R. Gordon (New York Times)
- Trump And Putin To Speak By Phone On Saturday by Bill Chappell (NPR)
- At Anti-Abortion Rally, Pence Tells Protesters: ‘Life Is Winning In America!’ by Colin Dwyer (NPR)
- FULL SPEECH: At March for Life, VP Pence pledges anti-abortion agenda (The Hill)
- Sanctions on table ahead of U.S.-Putin call (BBC)
- Republicans warn Trump against lifting Russia sanctions by Elana Schor (Politico)
- Behind closed doors, Republican lawmakers fret about how to repeal Obamacare by Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
- Pence tells anti-abortion marchers that ‘life is winning’ by Jeremy W. Peters, Yamiche Alcindor, and Noah Weiland (The New York Times)
- Anti-abortion activists ‘march for life’ in Washington (Al Jazeera)
- A dubious voter-fraud claim gets the Trump seal of approval by Michael D. Shear (The New York Times)
- Nikki Haley puts U.N. on notice: U.S. is ‘taking names’ by Somini Sengupta
- McConnell to Trump: Do not life sanctions on Russia by Seung Min Kim, Burgess Everitt, and Austin Wright (Politico)
- Trump backs Bannon: ‘The media is the opposition party’ by Nolan D. McCaskill (Politico)
- “Rogue” Science Agencies Defy Trump Administration on Twitter by Mindy Weisberger (Scientific American)
- Reality check: Many of Trump’s early vows will probably never happen by Ashley Parker and Sean Sullivan (The Washington Post)
- Kushner’s felon father back at helm with two fellow inmates by David Kocieniewski and Caleb Melby (Bloomberg)
- No mention of Jews in White House’s Holocaust Remembrance Day tribute by Ben Jacobs (The Guardian)
- To Russia, with love: Donald Trump ready to deliver $500 billion check to Putin by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos) by Mark Sumner (Daily Kos)
- After Canceling White House Visit, Peña Nieto Speaks To Trump By Phone by Rebecca Hersher (NPR)
- It’s Not Just The Park Service: ‘Rogue’ Federal Twitter Accounts Multiply by Wynne Davis (NPR)
- Trump says he will defer to Defense Secretary Mattis on waterboarding (Reuters)
- Trump Declines to Mention Jews in Holocaust Day Statement (VICE)
- Sheryl Sandberg Blasts Donald Trump: “We Know What This Will Do” by Maya Kosoff (Vanity Fair)
- Franken: No Dems will vote to confirm DeVos for secretary of Education by Paulina Firozi (The Hill)
- All Democratic senators will oppose DeVos as education secretary by Casey Quinlan (ThinkProgress)
- Berlin’s mayor to Trump: “Mr President, don’t build this wall” by Jennifer Williams (Vox)
- In 1939 the US turned away a Jewish refugee ship. This Twitter account commemorates the victims. by Dara Lind (Vox)
- California Just Put Secession On The 2018 Ballot by Lou Colagiovanni (OccupyDemocrats)
- Helping undocumented immigrants now a crime under Trump by Jorge Cancino (Univision)
Analysis
- Transatlantic tango: Trump and May take their turn at the special relationship by David Smith (The Guardian)
- Hospitals Worry Repeal Of Obamacare Would Jeopardize Innovations In Care by Kristin Gourlay (NPR)
- Trump’s Yuge Week One by Michael Grunwald (Politico)
- Here’s What Week One in Trump’s America Looked Like by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Can Women’s Marchers Find a Way to Reconcile Their Differences? by Candice Norwood (The Atlantic)
- Let’s Have an Adult Conversation on Encryption by Kevin Bankston (Slate)
- Trump’s Immigration Executive Order Is A Blueprint For Mass Deportation by David Leopold (Huffington Post)
- A viral Washington Post story about State Department resignations is very misleading by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
- Behind Trump’s bogus investigation of voter fraud lies the GOP’s long crusade to keep people of color from voting by Heather Digby Parton (Salon)
- White House leaks cast the President as a clueless child by Chris Cillizza (Independent)
- ‘Trump doesn’t care about culture’: how will his presidency affect the arts? by Jonathan Bernstein (The Guardian)
- What is waterboarding, and who believes it works? by Laura King (LA Times)
- Donald Trump Blows Up the U.S.-Mexico Relationship by Ryan Lizza (The New Yorker)
- Trump’s first week: Executive overdrive by James Reini (Al Jazeera)
- Astoundingly complex visualization untangles Trump’s business ties by Liz Stinson (Wired)
- Republicans Even More Clueless On Obamacare In Private Than In Public by Jonathan Chait (NY Mag)
- How Trump’s executive orders could set the United States back 70 years by Jeremy Suri (The Atlantic)
- Donald Trump vs. Madonna: Everything We Know by Brittany Spanos (Rolling Stone)
- Want to Know How Trump’s Policies Will Actually Impact Undocumented Immigrants? Read This. by Michelle Chen (The Nation)
- Donald Trump’s First Week As President: What’s Reality In The Show by Laurel Wamsley (NPR)
- Everything Donald Trump Did in His First Week as President by George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter (The Nation)
- Scientists Are About to Be Censored. They Shouldn’t Censor Themselves. by Susan Matthews (Slate)
- The Forgotten Stories of Muslims Who Saved Jewish People During the Holocaust by Melissa Chan (TIME)
Opinion
- A top White House official told the media to ‘keep its mouth shut’. That’s a threat by Francine Pose (The Guardian)
- The return of the global gag rule stinks of neocolonialism by Lola Okolosie (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump may pose an existential threat to the United Nations by Howard Stoffer (The Guardian)
- Trump’s first week was a crusade against everything. But we returned the favor by Rebecca Solnit (The Guardian)
- The Democrats’ flawed Donald Trump strategy won’t protect us by Daniel José Camacho (The Guardian)
- I was a White House fact-checker. Don’t accept Trump’s attitude toward the truth. by Meredith Bohen (Vox)
- How America’s rejection of Jews fleeing Nazi Germany haunts our refugee policy today by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Voters who read little news think Trump had a great first week by Ed Pilkington (The Guardian)
- The week in patriarchy: Trump is as bad as we thought he would be by Jessica Valenti (The Guardian)
- With import tax, we pay for the wall, not Mexico by Evan Kraft (The Hill)
- In leaked audio, Republicans destroy their own public talking points on Obamacare by Greg Sargent (The Washington Post)
- Trump Is Already Betraying the White Working Class by Graham Vyse (New Republic)
- A Heartstopping Reminder Of Why We Have Asylum Policies by Kanyaktir Vongkiatkajorn (Mother Jones)
- The Science is Clear, Torture Doesn’t Work by Nathaniel Scharping and Carl Engelking (Discover)
- To Be A Force of Positivity, To Be Everything Trump Is Not: The #WomensMarch Experience by Stacy Parker Le Melle (Huffington Post)
- What the Hell Is Wrong With Senate Democrats? by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)
- How scared should we be about Trump’s executive orders? A legal expert explains. by Collier Meyerson (Fusion)
- What Solidarity Looks Like After the Women’s March by Aber Kawas (AAWW)
- In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did. by Andrés Miguel Rondón (Washington Post)
Conservative Perspectives
- Commentary: Margaret Thatcher, not Ronald Reagan, is the right model for Trump by Newt Gingrich (Chicago Tribune)
Resources / Action
- Call 5 Lawmakers In 5 Minutes To Demand Action With This New Website by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
- The White House closed its public comment lines, so activists launched a tool to call Trump properties instead by Cory Doctorow (BoingBoing)
- PEN Center: Writers Respond by Natasha Deón, Chiwon Choi, Alex Espinosa, Litsa Dremousis, Bill Minutaglio, Sam Quinones, and Robert Jenson
- How to Fight Trump’s Racist Immigration Policies by Ariana Rosas (The Nation)
- Critical Update #3: What Trump’s Ban Means for You (NIAC Action)
- 50 Groups To Learn About If You’re Committed To Intersectional Feminism by Alanna Vagianos (Huffington Post)