Immigration & Muslim/Refugee News
- The Bureaucratic Revolt Against President Trump’s Lies About the Muslim Ban Is Underway by Jay Willis (GQ)
- AP Exclusive: Analysts downplay threat from 7 nations in ban by Vivian Salama & Alicia A. Caldwell (AP)
- Jodie Foster tells US travel ban rally: ‘It is our time to resist’ by Press Association in LA (The Guardian)
- The Contradictory Claims About Trump’s Deportation Plan by Priscilla Alvarez (The Atlantic)
- Immigration agents discover new freedom to deport under Trump by Nicholas Kulish, Caitlin Dickerson, and Ron Nixon (The NY Times)
- Muhammad Ali’s son reportedly detained at airport, asked twice about his religion by Marissa Payne (The Washington Post)
- Immigration Agents Discover New Freedom to Deport Under Trump by Nicholas Kulish, Caitlin Dickerson, and Ron Nixon (NY Times)
Media Ban
- White House media ban ‘unconstitutional censorship’, National Press Club warns by Lucy Pasha-Robinson (Independent)
- Donald Trump continues attack on media calling them ‘a great danger to our country’ by Caroline Mortimer (Independent)
- Fox News Anchor Stands Up For CNN And Defines ‘Fake News’ by Carla Herreria (Huffinton Post)
DNC Chair
- Tom Perez Isn’t As Liberal As Keith Ellison, But He’s Still Pretty Progressive by Clare Malone (FiveThirtyEight)
- Establishment Democrats Just Won a Needless Proxy War by Alex Shepard (New Republic)
- Keith Ellison loses to Tom Perez in DNC contest (Al Jazeera)
- Tom Perez Was Just Elected DNC Chair by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
- The DNC Chair Race Is Over. Now Comes the Real Battle. by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
- The Democrats Have Their Chairman by Russell Berman (The Atlantic)
- Democrats Elect Thomas Perez, Establishment Favorite, as Party Chairman by Jonathan Martin (NY Times)
- How Perez edged Ellison for DNC chair by Jonathan Easley (The Hill)
- Why Tom Perez won by Jeff Stein (Vox)
White House Correspondent’s Dinner
- Donald Trump bows out of White House Correspondents dinner by Patrick Kulp (Mashable)
- Everyone is having a field day with news that Trump is skipping the Correspondents’ Dinner by Emma Hinchliffe (Mashable)
- Hmm, maybe this is why Trump doesn’t want to attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner by Chloe Bryan (Mashable)
- Donald Trump to skip White House correspondents’ dinner (Al Jazeera)
- Trump Will Be First President In 36 Years To Skip White House Correspondents Dinner by Maquita Peters, Domenico Montanaro (NPR)
- Trump bails on White House Correspondents’ Dinner by Tara Palmeri (Politico)
- WHCA says it looks forward to dinner despite Trump absence by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
News
- Trump national security adviser wants to avoid term ‘radical Islamic terrorism’, sources say by Spencer Ackerman (The Guardian)
- Donald Trump calls on supporters to hold ‘biggest ever rally’ as protests continue against President by Lizzie Dearden (Independent)
- Trump suggests his supporters hold a mass rally by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Trump’s taunts are stirring a level of nationalism Mexico hasn’t seen in years by Nick Miroff (Washington Post)
- French President Hollande Hits Back at President Trump’s Paris Comments by Aric Jenkins (TIME)
- Lashing Out Against Critical Reports, White House Bars Outlets From Briefing by David Folkenflik (NPR)
- The FBI Talked to the White House About Its Russia Probe. That Was Probably Against the Rules by Massimo Calabresi (TIME)
- Kuwait Celebration At Trump Hotel Raises Conflict Of Interest Questions by Jackie Northam (NPR)
- Kuwait could pay up to $60,000 for party at Trump Hotel in Washington by Julia Harte (Reuters)
- House Democrats plan to troll Trump at big speech by Heather Caygle (Politico)
- Trump is upset the media is not reporting a meaningless statistic about the national debt by Ana Swanson (The Washington Post)
- Sanders burns Trump with taunting tweet about the size of his inauguration crowd by Vanessa Williams (The Washington Post)
- Witches cast ‘mass spell’ against Donald Trump (BBC)
- Sources: U.S. considers quitting U.N. Human Rights Council by Nahal Toosi & Eliana Johnson (Politico)
- Trump’s National Security Adviser: Avoid Phrase “Radical Islamic Terrorism” by Daniel Politi (Slate)
- Trump Administration Recruited Intelligence Officials, Members of Congress to Dispute President’s Russia Ties by Emma Stefansky (Vanity Fair)
- EPA administrator lied about private email use in Senate testimony by Bryce Covert (ThinkProgress)
- Republican Congressman calls for independent prosecutor to investigate Donald Trump by Laurel Raymond (ThinkProgress)
- Donald Trump Falsely Takes Credit For Decrease In National Debt by De Elizabeth (Teen Vogue)
Analysis
- The Anti-Trump Activist Taking On Retailers by Rachel Abrams (NY Times)
- How does President Donald Trump’s first month as president stack up? by Matthew Rosza (Salon)
- Trump shock factor fading in Washington by Josh Dawsey (Politico)
- Who’s watching Trump’s ethics watchdogs? by Darren Samuelsohn (Politico)
- A brief guide to Kevin Hassett, Trump’s new chief economist by Dylan Matthews (Vox)
- Trump, Putin, and the new Cold War by Evan Osnos, David Remnick, and Joshua Yaffa (The New Yorker)
- Trump ruled the tabloid media. Washington is a different story. by Glenn Thrush and Michael M. Grynbaum (The NY Times)
- What Trump’s Immigration Policies Mean For Domestic Violence Victims by Leila A. McNeill (AlterNet)
Opinion
- Celebrities getting political at the Oscars? Give them an award by Hadley Freeman (The Guardian)
- Remaking the Republican Party: Populism a la Trump by Gregory Aftandilion (Al Jazeera)
- The remarkable inconsistency of Trump’s attacks on the media by Callum Borchers (Washington Post)
- Trump is damaging press freedom in the U.S. and abroad by Joel Simon (The NY Times)
- Can Trump’s anti-immigrant border wall be built without immigrant labor? by Julia Ingalls (Archinect)
Art
- To Haunt Us Out of Now by Anthony Hawley (Hyperallergic)