Immigration & Muslim/Refugee News
- Refugees’ Stories Told Through Their Smartphones by Charley Locke (Wired)
- From Tech Workers to College Kids, Trump is Also Taking on Legal Immigrants by Laura Smith (Mother Jones)
- Meet the evangelicals trying to make the GOP care about refugees by Sarah Wildman (Vox)
- Day Without Immigrants: More than a hundred US employees sacked for taking part in protest by Zlata Rodionova (Independent)
- Sizable minority says Canada is accepting too many refugees: poll by Shawn McCarthy (The Globe and Mail)
- Over 100 Workers Fired After Taking Part in ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest by Zamira Rahim (TIME)
- These Haitian Refugees Are Stranded at the U.S.-Mexico Border by Olivier Laurent (TIME)
- (Analysis) Universities overwhelmingly objected to the Trump travel ban. Here are the values they emphasized. by Marc Lynch (Washington Post)
- Legislation to stop U.S. border agents from demanding passwords and logins is on the way by Taylor Hatmaker (TechCrunch)
- Trump Plan: Deport To Mexico Immigrants Crossing Border Illegally, Regardless Of Nationality by Ginger Thomspon & Marcelo Mochabrun (ProPublica)
- British Muslim teacher denied entry to US on school trip by Steven Morris (The Guardian)
- Trump’s Revised Draft for the Immigration Ban Reportedly Includes the Same 7 Muslim Majority Countries by Amanda Chan (Teen Vogue)
- What Happens to Undocumented Immigrants Once They Fall Into ICE’s Hands? by Michelle Chen (The Nation)
Sweden
- Swedish embassy tweets shade at Trump by Johnny Lieu (Mashable)
- Trump: Media trying to justify ‘large scale immigration in Sweden’ by Max Greenwood (The Hill)
- Donald Trump speaks out about immigration in Sweden by Andrew Buncombe (Independent)
- Trump tries to explain remark about Sweden amid confusion (BBC)
- Swedish embassy offers to ‘inform’ Donald Trump on country’s immigration and integration policies by Will Worley (Independent)
- Newspaper documents ‘everything that happened in Sweden last night’ following Donald Trump comments by Rachel Roberts (Independent)
Milo Yiannopoulos
- Milo Yiannopoulos: Video of right-wing journalist ‘defending paedophilia’ surfaces online by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith (Independent)
- Milo was invited to speak at a major conservative conference. It’s not going over well. by Jack Jenkins (ThinkProgress)
- Milo Yiannopoulos’ book deal canceled after pedophilia remarks by Adi Robertson (Verge)
- (Opinion) All I really need to say by Roxane Gay (Roxane Gay)
- Scandal at CPAC After Unearthed Video Shows Milo Yiannopoulous Defending Sex Between Children and Adults by Kali Holloway (AlterNet)
- After Underage Sex Comments, Milo Yiannopoulos Loses CPAC Invite, Book Deal by Maquita Peters (NPR)
- Milo Yiannopoulos disinvited from CPAC slot amid tape controversy by Matthew Nussbaum & Alex Isensdat (Politico)
- Milo Yiannopoulos resurrected a dangerous old myth about gay men and pedophilia by German Lopez (Vox)
National Security Adviser /H.R. McMaster
- Trump Meets Finalists; May Expand Search For National Security Adviser by Doreen McCallister (NPR)
- Trump names H.R. McMaster as new national security advisor (LA Times)
- Trump’s new national security advisor, H.R. McMaster, is temperamentally a shift from the ousted Flynn by Michael A. Memoli, Laura King (LA Times)
- President Trump Names Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster New National Security Adviser by Tom Bowman & Maggie Penman (NPR)
- Trump Gets an Upgrade at National Security Advisor by Andrew Exum (The Atlantic)
- Trump Picks Military Strategist Known for Questioning Authority as National Security Adviser by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Trump Just Hired the Army’s Smartest Officer by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- H.R. McMaster, Trump’s pick for national security adviser: a brief guide by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
News
- Politics-Wary Scientists Wade into the Trump Fray at Boston Rally by Karen Weintraub (Scientific American)
- Alarm as climate sceptic named head of US environment agency by Chelsea Whyte (New Scientist)
- Defence secretary Jim Mattis: Not in Iraq to seize oil (Al Jazeera)
- Defense Secretary James Mattis: ‘We’re Not In Iraq To Seize Anybody’s Oil’ by Maggie Penman (NPR)
- Norway pledges $10 million to counter Trump’s global anti-abortion move (Reuters)
- Trump Associates Work With Ukrainian Opposition on Plan to Lift Russia Sanctions by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- John Oliver Pinpoints Precisely What’s So Troubling about Trump and Putin’s Special Relationship by Hillary Busis (Vanity Fair)
- Same-sex marriage laws are linked to fewer suicide attempts among teens by Alessandra Potenza (Verge)
- Robert Mugabe: Give Donald Trump a chance (BBC)
- Mike Pence seeks to allay European fears on trip to Brussels (BBC)
- Pence seeks to allay European fears with vow that Trump is ‘strongly committed’ to its allies by Agence France-Presse (South China Morning Post)
- Mike Pence Tries to Reassure a Nervous Europe on U.S. Support by Ken Thomas & Lorne Cook (TIME)
- President Donald Trump Keeps Firing People from His Administration by Brianna Wiest (Teen Vogue)
- Donald Trump’s state visit debate live: MPs discuss US President’s UK trip by Tom Batchelor (Independent)
- Live MPs debate withdrawing Donald Trump’s state visit amid protests (The Telegraph)
- White House confirms Donald Trump sacked advisor after he ‘disagreed with his Latino policies’ by Maya Oppenheim (Independent)
- John McCain Becomes Critic in Chief of the Trump Administration by Michael R. Gordon (NY Times)
- Trump owns over 3,000 domains but TrumpFraud.org is our favorite by Bryan Clark (TNW)
- Kremlin says Ukraine peace plan mooted by lawmaker ‘absurd’ (Reuters)
- Thousands protest over Donald Trump’s state visit by Press Association (The Telegraph)
- Trump’s first month travel expenses cost taxpayers just less than what Obama spent in a year by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- The Final, Messy, Defiant Days of the Standing Rock Camps by Cheree Franco (VICE)
- Trump’s Former Aide Concedes There Was No Voter Fraud In New Hampshire by Sam Stein (Huffington Post)
- Ex-CIA analyst resigns rather than serve Trump administration by Paulina Firozi (The Hill)
- ‘Not my President’s Day’ protesters rally across US to oppose Trump – video (The Guardian)
Analysis
- Why Polls Differ On Trump’s Popularity by Nate Silver (FiveThirtyEight)
- ‘Our Readiness for a Terrorist Attack Is Dangerously Low’ by Uri Friedman (The Atlantic)
- America’s extremist battle: antifa v alt-right by Will Yates (BBC)
- Trump’s first budget would end program to help low-income Americans get lawyers by Alan Pyke (ThinkProgress)
- Five big Trump narratives to watch by Ian Swanson & Bob Cusack (The Hill)
- 33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Visiting the Lincoln Memorial in the Trump era: ‘There is a lot to fight for’ by David Smith (The Guardian)
- The Rise and Fall of the Socialist Party of America by Paul Heideman (Jacobin)
- The best (and worst) presidents, ranked by Chris Cillizza (Washington Post)
- The Real Enemy of the People Is a President Who Opposes the Free Press by John Nichols (The Nation)
- Donald Trump’s supporters have trouble understanding why liberals are shunning them by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
Opinion
- When Leaking Is an Act of Patriotism by Garrett Epps (The Atlantic)
- A Dangerous Time for the Press and the Presidency by Jon Finer (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s White House: The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight by Graydon Carter (Vanity Fair)
- Trump’s next immigration challenge may be beyond the northern border by Nolan Rappaport (The Hill)
- Abraham Lincoln’s warning about American demagogues like Trump by Joe Romm (ThinkProgress)
- How to survive the Trump era – be vigilant and resist at every turn by Joseph Stiglitz (The Guardian)
- I didn’t think I’d ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit. by Edward Price (Washington Post)
Conservative News & Perspectives
- Modern-Day Martyrs Show Love and Forgiveness by Kathryn Jean Lopez (National Review)
- Patriot Games by Rich Lowry (National Review)
- Trump Is a Lot Like the LBJ Whom Liberals Still Idolize by John Fund (National Review)
- Bolton Would Be a Horrible Choice for National Security Advisor by Daniel Larison (The American Conservative)
- The Left’s Misinformation Campaign has More Asylum Seekers Attempting to Illegally Cross into Canada by Andrea Ruth (RedState)
- 4 Reasons The Anti-Trump Resistance Won’t Win Like The Tea Party Did by David Marcus (The Federalist)
- New National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster Is the Neil Gorsuch of Generals by David French (National Review)
Action / Resources
- How to Run a Rogue Government Twitter Account With an Anonymous Email Address and a Burner Phone by Micah Lee (The Intercept)
- Teaching Against Trumpism – Resource Guide (Radical Teacher)
- 34 Books by Women of Color to Read This Year by R.O. Kwon (Electric Lit)
- Help the IRC save refugee families in crisis (Donate – International Rescue Committee)