Trump signs three more executive actions | TheHill
Trump signs three more executive actions | TheHill http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/316701-admin-trump-to-issue-three-more-executive-orders?amp January 28, 2017 – 04:55 PM EST By Nikita Vladimirov and Mallory Shelbourne President Trump signed three executive actions on Saturday afternoon focusing on lobbying, a reorganization of the National Security Council and a plan to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The […]more…
Trump’s first week was a crusade against everything. But we returnedthe favor | Rebecca Solnit | US news | The Guardian
Trump’s first week was a crusade against everything. But we returned the favor | Rebecca Solnit | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/27/donald-trump-first-week-in-office-resistance?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Rebecca Solnit President Trump has destabilized almost everything, and that’s both horrific and full of possibility. Photograph: Tracie Van Auken/EPA On 2 January 2016, Ammon Bundy and a group of armed militants […]more…
The New York Times: Russians Charged With Treason Worked in OfficeLinked to Election Hacking
Thank you for reading The New York Times on Apple News. To get breaking news alerts from The New York Times, download our app. WASHINGTON — Ever since American intelligence agencies accused Russia of trying to influence the American election, there have been questions about the proof they had to support the accusation. But the […]more…
Trump’s first week was a crusade against everything. But we returnedthe favor | Rebecca Solnit | US news | The Guardian
Trump’s first week was a crusade against everything. But we returned the favor | Rebecca Solnit | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/27/donald-trump-first-week-in-office-resistance?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Rebecca Solnit President Trump has destabilized almost everything, and that’s both horrific and full of possibility. Photograph: Tracie Van Auken/EPA On 2 January 2016, Ammon Bundy and a group of armed militants […]more…
Mass incarceration doesn’t do much to fight crime. But it costs anabsurd $182 billion a year. – Vox
Mass incarceration doesn’t do much to fight crime. But it costs an absurd $182 billion a year. – Vox http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/27/14388024/mass-incarceration-cost A new report suggests mass incarceration costs even more than we previously thought. Jan 27, 2017, 9:20am EST In recent years, mass incarceration’s cost has typically been estimated to be in the ballpark of around […]more…
Donald Trump is the sole reliable source of truth,says chair of House Science Committee – Vox
Donald Trump is the sole reliable source of truth, says chair of House Science Committee – Vox http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/1/27/14395978/donald-trump-lamar-smith “Better to get your news directly from the president,” said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas. Jan 27, 2017, 9:10am EST Lamar Smith, tuned in to his own frequency.(Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images for SiriusXM) It is early […]more…
The Politics of Cowardice – NYTimes.com
The Politics of Cowardice – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/opinion/the-politics-of-cowardice.html January 27, 2017 Op-Ed Columnist This is a column directed at high school and college students. I’m going to try to convey to you how astoundingly different the Republican Party felt when I was your age. The big guy then was Ronald Reagan. Temperamentally, though not politically, Reagan […]more…
White fear of demographic change is a powerful psychological force -Vox
White fear of demographic change is a powerful psychological force – Vox http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/1/26/14340542/white-fear-trump-psychology-minority-majority Increasing diversity could make America a more hostile place. Jan 26, 2017, 11:59am EST In August 2008, the Census Bureau released a report that predicted a seismic shift in American demographics: By 2050, minorities would make up more than 50 percent of […]more…
Wave of State Department Aides Resign as Tillerson Takes Control -Bloomberg
Wave of State Department Aides Resign as Tillerson Takes Control – Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-01-26/wave-of-state-department-aides-depart-as-tillerson-takes-control?bpolANews=true More stories by Nick Wadhams•January 26, 2017, 11:32 AM PSTmore…
ICE agents appear at family center in SF’s Mission District – byj_rodriguez – The San Francisco Examiner
ICE agents appear at family center in SF’s Mission District – by j_rodriguez – The San Francisco Examiner http://www.sfexaminer.com/ice-agents-appear-family-center-sfs-mission-district/ By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez on January 26, 2017 2:22 pm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents seeking an undocumented immigrant visited a home in San Francisco’s Mission District on Thursday, but not before first stopping at […]more…