Trump’s Speech to Congress
- 5 things analysts and investors want to hear in Trump speech by Christopher S. Rugaber (AP)
- Trump To Lay Out Plans For ‘Renewal Of The American Spirit’ In Joint Address by Jessica Taylor (NPR)
- Trump’s speech to Congress is a chance for a reset by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- What to watch for when Trump makes 1st address to Congress by Nancy Benac (AP)
- President Trump’s speech to Congress: time, live stream, and how to watch online by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Watch Live: President Trump Addresses Congress for the First Time by Maya Rhodan (TIME)
- Activist and DREAMer Astrid Silva is delivering the Spanish-language response to Trump’s Congress speech by Dara Lind (Vox)
- Melania Trump to sit with relatives of people killed by illegal immigrants during US President address to Congress by Chloe Farand (Independent)
- Trump prepares to address a divided audience: The Republican Congress by Mike DeBonis (Washington Post)
- Trump announces guests to Tuesday’s address by Rebecca Morin (Politico)
- Fact Check: Trump’s First Address to Congress by Staff (NY Times)
- Transcript: President Trump’s speech to Congress, annotated by Vox staff (Vox)
- House Democratic women are wearing white – a symbol of women’s suffrage – to Trump’s speech by Emily Crockett (Vox)
- Trump is performing the role of President, not doing the job by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- (opinion) Visions of Trumptopia (The NY Times)
- AP FACT CHECK: Trump takes credit he hasn’t earned by Calvin Woodward & Christopher S. Rugaber (AP)
- Trump’s Speech to Congress Was Oblivious to Reality by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
- If Obama Had Said What Trump Just Said, the GOP Would Have Impeached Him by Ben Dreyfuss (Mother Jones)
- Trump’s Tribute to a Slain Navy SEAL Was Crassly Manipulative by Joshua Keating (Slate)
- A visual guide to standing ovations in Trump’s address to Congress by Jacob Gardenswartz (Vox)
- 22 promises Trump made in his speech to Congress, in one chart by Alvin Chang (Vox)
Obamacare / ACA
- (Analysis) Republicans’ Final Heinous Push for Obamacare Repeal by Brian Beutler (New Republic)
- GOP Looks To Trump’s Address To Rally Lawmakers Around An Obamacare Strategy by Susan Davis (NPR)
- How a GOP Health-Care Plan Could Leave Rural Areas Devoid of Coverage by Vann R. Newkirk II (The Atlantic)
Immigration News & Travel Ban
- Trump’s Deportation Plans Will Turn Cops Into Immigration Agents by Bryan Schatz (Mother Jones)
- The Trump Administration Is Threatening to Publicly Release the Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors by Esha Bhandari and Neema Singh Guliani (ACLU.org)
- After spending $5,000 on visa applications, Tibet women’s soccer team denied entry to the U.S. by Lindsey Gibbs (ThinkProgress)
- The Trump Administration Is Threatening to Publicly Release the Private Data of Immigrants and Foreign Visitors by Esha Bandar and Neema Singh Guliani (ACLU.org)
News
- Kellyanne Conway sparks media storm from Oval Office sofa (BBC)
- Trump blames Obama for town hall protests and security leaks (BBC)
- John Legend urges Americans to take to the streets and resist Donald Trump by Rachel Thompson (Mashable)
- Trump ordering review of Obama rule protecting small streams by Jill Colvin (AP)
- George W. Bush Slams Donald Trump: ‘I Don’t Like The Racism’ by Hayley Miller (Huffington Post)
- Jon Stewart Tells The Media How To Break Up With ‘A**hole’ Donald Trump by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
- How Democrats Are Trying to Corner GOPers on the Trump-Russia Scandal by David Corn (Mother Jones)
- These Bernie Alums Think They’ve Found the Secret to Reaching Trump Voters by Tim Murphy (Mother Jones)
- Trump to sign measure to bolster U.S.’s historically black colleges by Ayesha Rascoe (Reuters)
- Trump Gives Himself an A+ for Effort, an A for Actual Achievement After First Month in Office by Osita Nwanevu (Slate)
- Insane Betsy DeVos Press Release Celebrates Jim Crow Education System as Pioneer of “School Choice” by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
- Betsy DeVos applauds historically segregated schools as ‘pioneers of school choice’ by Aaron Rupar (ThinkProgress)
- Trump moves toward repealing Obama EPA water rule by Timothy Cama & Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
- Trump blames Obama for protests, leaks by Kyle Balluck (The Hill)
- Trump unable to name a time when he deserved criticism by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- Trump accuses Obama of being behind town hall protests (Politico)
- Donald Trump poses with black college presidents on day his administration makes it harder for minorities to vote by Peter Walker (Independent)
- House expected to move fiscal 2017 defense spending bill by Sarah Ferris, Jennifer Scholtes, John Bresnahan (Politico)
- Trump seeks “historic” U.S. military spending boost, domestic cuts by Steve Holland (Reuters)
- DeVos hailed the segregated higher education system as a “school choice” success story by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
- Trump appears to blame generals for SEAL’s death in Yemen raid by Rebecca Kheel (The Hill)
- Threats and Vandalism Leave American Jews on Edge in Trump Era by Alan Blinder, Serge Kovaleski, and Adam Goldman (NY Times)
- Trump is flirting with the idea that anti-Semitic incidents are false flags — yet again by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
- Holder: Obama is “ready to role’ by Edward-Isaac Dovere (Politico)
- Top Republican says Trump’s budget plan ‘dead on arrival’ (BBC)
- Report: Trump Says of Anti-Semitic Crimes, “Sometimes It’s the Reverse” by Inae Oh (Mother Jones)
- Trump Aims To ‘Eliminate’ Clean Water Rule by Merrit Kennedy (NPR)
- Justice Department takes ‘a complete 180-degree turn’ in voting rights case by Debre Cassens Weiss (ABA Journal)
Analysis
- A Warning From History by Richard J. Evans (The Nation)
- Jeff Sessions’ Next Act? Making It Harder for Minorities to Vote by Jay Willis (GQ)
- A Complete Chronology of Trump’s Black History Month Screw-Ups by P.R. Lockhart (Mother Jones)
- Donald Trump Is Now Antagonizing the U.S. Military Because He Doesn’t Have Enough Enemies, or Something by Jack Moore (GQ)
- 7 Myths That Plague The Democrats by Les Leopold (Huffington Post)
- Transgender rights advocates deploy their secret weapon: Justice Scalia by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
- The real goal of Trump’s executive orders: Reduce the number of immigrants in the U.S. by Brian Bennett (LA Times)
- Profile in cowardice: Donald Trump will take no responsibility for the wave of hate crimes he has inspired by Chauncey DeVega (Salon)
- Solipsism in the White House (Diary) by barrygru (Daily Kos)
- ‘He’s a performance artist pretending to be a great manager’ by Michael Kruse (Politico)
- Why Trump can’t make a deal by Ezra Klein (Vox)
- The Conway picture is only a small error in Trump’s swing-and-a-miss black college event by Philip Bump (The Washington Post)
- Trump’s budget is aspirational. Reality in Congress will change it. by Carl Hulse
- Barring Reporters From Briefings: Does It Cross a Legal Line? by Adam Liptak (NY Times)
- Transgender and gender-fluid teens left with few safe harbors (Science Daily)
- Trump Said He Made $21 Million in Income From His New York Contracts. He Actually Made a Lot Less. by Derek Kravitz & Cezary Podkul (ProPublica)
- Will Trump’s Tax Records Be the Next Pentagon Papers? by Peter Dreier (The American Prospect)
Opinion
- What Happened to Keith Ellison? by Matt Bryenig (Jacobin)
- Trump wants ‘peace through strength’ – but this budget is a recipe for war by Jonathan Freedlan (The Guardian)
- That Republican Obamacare repeal plan? Never mind by Joan McCarter (Daily Kos)
- Trump is selling snake oil to the Rust Belt by David Ignatius
- Social Media Passwords Shouldn’t Be a Condition of Entry to the U.S. by Esha Bhandari (ACLU.org)
- Donald Trump is making prison investments great again by Bess Levin (Vanity Fair)
- Trump and his fans are discovering that government is “complicated” — and there’s a reason we hire grown-ups to run things by Gary Legum (Salon)
Action / Resources
- Find Out How Endangered the Wilderness Is Near You by Brian Whitney (AlterNet)