Neil Gorsuch
- Democrats Won’t Pay for Opposing Neil Gorsuch by Graham Vyse (New Republic)
- Senate battle over Trump Supreme Court pick gathers steam by Lawrence Hurley (Reuters)
- McConnell bets the Senate on Gorsuch by Burgess Everett (Politico)
- McCain on nuclear option: ‘Dark day’ in Senate history by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
- The 43 senators who plan to filibuster Gorsuch represent 53 percent of the country by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
- The ‘Nuclear Option’ Won’t Dramatically Change the Senate by Clare Foran (The Atlantic)
- Cillizza: The nuclear option is a win-win for both parties’ bases by Chris Cillizza (CNN)
- The Gorsuch Vote Shows The Old Senate Is Dead by Harry Enten (FiveThirtyEight)
- How Supreme Court Nominations Turned the Senate into a ‘Bar Fight’ by Harry Cheadle (VICE)
- Gorsuch’s writings borrow from other authors by John Bresnahan & Burgess Everett (Politico)
- Mitch McConnell Takes First Official Steps Toward Blocking the Neil Gorsuch Filibuster by Alana Abramson (TIME)
- How Judge Gorsuch’s views on “natural law” could shape his opinions on the Supreme Court by J. Paul Kelleher (Vox)
Internet Privacy
- Trump signs repeal of U.S. broadband privacy rules by David Shepardson (Reuters)
- Tim Berners-Lee calls internet privacy rollback ‘disgusting’ by James Vincent (The Verge)
- Trump Just Gave Broadband Giants Permission to Sell Your Private Data by Sam Gustin (VICE)
- Donald Trump signs bill that lets internet companies sell people’s browsing history by Andrew Griffin (Independent)
Syria
- McCain calls White House policy on Syria ‘disgraceful chapter’ in U.S. history by Louis Nelson (Politico)
- Trump White House responds to Syrian gas attack by blaming the Obama administration by Hunter (Daily Kos)
- Trump Somehow Blamed a Syrian Gas Attack on Obama by Drew Schwartz (VICE)
- Trump Hypocrisy: Blaming Syrian Chemical Attack on Obama by David Corn & AJ Vicens (Mother Jones)
News
- US withdraws funding for United Nations Population Fund (BBC)
- Trump Donates Salary To National Parks Even As He Tries To Cut Interior Department by Scott Horsley (NPR)
- Donald Trump’s salary donation to National Park Service will not cover agency’s $1.5bn budget cut by Rachael Revesz (Independent)
- U.S. business seeks action, not trade war, in Xi-Trump summit by Michael Martina & Diane Bartz (Reuters)
- Trump aides, lawmakers hold talks to revive healthcare bill by David Morgan (Reuters)
- California May Defy Trump’s Immigration Order With New Bill by Ella Ceron & Brittney McNamara (Teen Vogue)
- New budget documents detail how Trump plans to gut the EPA by Sarah Frostenson (Vox)
- Donald Trump rolls back Barack Obama’s protections for women in workplace with executive order by Tom Embury-Dennis (Independent)
- Watch Live: President Trump Meets With Business Leaders at the White House by Jennifer Calfas (TIME)
- Former CIA Director: President Trump’s Travel Ban Is ‘Simplistic and Misguided’ by Kate Samuelson (TIME)
- Trumpcare 2.0: Republicans propose eliminating pre-existing coverage protections by Matthew Rozsa (Salon)
- House Democrats expect to see intelligence documents soon by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)
- White House official says North Korea is test for U.S.-China relations by Steve Holland & Roberta Rampton (Reuters)
- Federal judge blocks Indiana law that Pence signed mandating ultrasounds 18 hours before an abortion by Meteor Blades (Daily Kos)
- US bill restricts use of science in environmental policymaking by Brian Owens (New Scientist)
- Citing Abortions in China, Trump Cuts Funds For U.N. Family Planning Agency by Nurith Aizenman (NPR)
- LGBT Employees Protected By Federal Civil Rights Act, Appeals Court Rules by Barbara Campbell (NPR)
- Court rules Civil Rights law protects LGBT employees from discrimination by Rebecca Savransky (The Hill)
- Federal appeals court holds workers can’t be fired for being gay by Ian Millhiser (ThinkProgress)
- Susan Rice becomes the target of conservative attacks over Flynn unmasking by Michael Crowley (Politico)
- Susan Rice’s Careful Dance on Trump Surveillance by David A. Graham (The Atlantic)
- President Trump’s Approval Ratings Just Hit Another Low by Jennifer Calfas (TIME)
- Sean Spicer called ProPublica a “left-wing blog.” ProPublica came back with the receipts. by Jacob Gardenswartz (Vox)
Analysis
- Why Trump Will Find It Hard to Pivot From Bigotry to Bipartisanship by Conor Friedersdorg (The Atlantic)
- The Silence of Rex Tillerson by Eliot A. Cohen (The Atlantic)
- ‘It went off the rails almost immediately’: How Trump’s messy transition led to a chaotic presidency by Dan Balz (Washington Post)
- The Scary Power of Nepotism in Trump’s White House by Jeet Heer (New Republic)
- The Unvarnished Cruelty of Donald Trump’s GOP by Joan Walash (The Nation)
- CNN Had a Problem. Donald Trump Solved It. by Jonathan Mahler (NY Times Magazine)
- Will Trump ever be blamed? by Olga Khazan (The Atlantic)
- Trump’s Russia Distractions Are Getting Desperate by Fred Kaplan (Slate)
- The Susan Rice controversy: the latest twist in the Trump wiretapping saga, explained by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
Opinion
- The real reasons Trump can’t work with Democrats by Matthew Yglesias (Box)
- Enabling Egypt’s President Sisi, an Enemy of Human Rights (NY Times)
- Trump’s Authoritarian Vision (The LA Times)
- Freeing up the rich to exploit the poor – that’s what Trump and Brexit are about by George Monbiot (The Guardian)
Action / Resources
- How to resist Trump 101: Harvard students launch new course for activists by Samuel Osborne (Independent)