Monday, January 30, 2017

Reading archive 2017-01-30

In Venezuela, we couldn’t stop Chávez. Don’t make the same mistakes we did.

The Stranger Things Cast Stole the Show With a Powerful Political Message

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Used Her Acceptance Speech To Oppose The Immigrant Ban

McCain blasts Bannon placement on National Security Council

Why Evangelicals Are Speaking Out Against Betsy DeVos: The conservative Christian education secretary nominee would seem like an evangelical favorite. But some from within her own faith say she’s not right for the job.

Amid the turmoil surrounding the immigration ban, new citizens take the oath

‘It was a slaughter’: Deadly terrorist attack at mosque leaves Quebec shaken

Quebec mosque saw itself ‘in harmony’ with Canadian society

‘It will be a bloodbath’: Inside the Kansas militia plot to ignite a religious war

SCIENTISTS BAFFLED BY MCCONNELL AND RYAN’S ABILITY TO STAND UPRIGHT WITHOUT SPINES

Trump points blame elsewhere for weekend’s chaos around entry ban - Trump’s executive order on refugees was slapdash and rushed, thrown together without any real consultation or implementation from the agencies tasked with enforcing the ban.

As protesters streamed into airports nationwide, travelers found themselves unexpectedly detained, and federal judges issued last-minute stays. The Trump administration struggled to explain the executive action and to, on a practical level, implement it.

At one point Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly issued a statement explaining that people with green cards subject to the ban would face easier entry in the country but would still undergo a “case-by-case” review. Kelly’s statement contradicted that of Reince Priebus, Trump’s chief of staff, who said earlier Sunday on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” that green-card holders would not be affected — a statement that contradicted what other Trump officials had said just a day earlier.

Perhaps the clearest sign of the disarray was a scrambled background briefing for reporters Sunday evening, in which senior White House officials blamed the media and spoke on the condition of anonymity to declare, “It really is a massive success story in terms of implementation on every single level.”

Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals

In Face of Trump’s Order, Some Muslim Nations Are Conspicuously Silent

Toomey flunks moral test, hides in Palm Springs with billionaire donors

Trump is ruling America with the agenda of Europe’s far right

McCain, Again the Maverick, Challenges President Trump: Sen. McCain has served notice he is the Republican lawmaker most willing to defy the new Republican president

Dissent memo circulating in the State Department over Trump’s policy on refugees and immigrants

ANALYSIS: Trump's Order Heightens Risk of Extremist Attacks in the US, Counterterror Expert Says

Koch network could serve as potent resistance in Trump era

Should Britain host Trump for state visit? More than 1 million people say no.

'I do feel safer': A look at Trump's travel ban supporters

Obama rejects comparison between Trump’s immigration policy and his own, encourages protests

A WELCOME SETBACK FOR DONALD TRUMP

A DANGEROUSLY ISOLATED PRESIDENT

Angry Republicans lash out at Trump for not consulting them on travel ban

White House considers reversing LGBT protections for federal workers

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Reading archive 2017-01-29

Paul Ryan’s Worst Week in Washington

McConnell: We don’t have religious tests in this country

The First Week in Donald Trump’s Kleptocracy Was Very, Very Kleptocratic

What the U.S. learned from turning away refugees who fled the Nazis

A toddler has shot and killed someone every week for the last two years

Trump redefines the enemy and 15 years of counterterrorism policy

The Lawyers Showed Up: And because we still live in a country where the law matters, they won.

Trump asked for a ‘Muslim ban,’ Giuliani says — and ordered a commission to do it ‘legally’

A Clarifying Moment in American History: There should be nothing surprising about what Donald Trump has done in his first week—but he has underestimated the resilience of Americans and their institutions.

Trump’s facile claim that his refugee policy is similar to Obama’s in 2011

Clinton: 'This is not who we are'

In conservative media, Trump executive orders are a home run

Reading archive 2017-01-28

That time Paul Ryan gave a succinct, near-perfect response to Trump’s call to ban Muslims

Republican Men Say It’s a Better Time to Be a Woman Than a Man

Judge Blocks Trump Order on Refugees Amid Chaos and Outcry Worldwide

Where Christian Leaders Stand on Trump's Refugee Policy

The Kind of Comedy That Can Hurt Trump

Trump’s erratic first week was among the most alarming in history

Dear Mainstream Media: Why so liberal?

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Reading archive 2017-01-17

Why did Obama dawdle on Russia’s hacking?

The Trump dossier is silly — except for one thing

Trump has stacked the deck against himself

A Professor Helps Smithsonian Catch The Curator-Thief

Angst Simmers in Washington as Trump Presidency Nears

Wife of Orlando Gunman Charged Under Antiterrorism Laws

The director of the CIA just went off on Donald Trump. It was a long time coming.

Donald Trump was asked to name one of his heroes. His answer was very, very strange.

Trump’s OMB pick seems poised to ignite a worldwide financial crisis

Donald Trump may have just destroyed the Republican effort to repeal Obamacare

Trump vows ‘insurance for everybody’ in Obamacare replacement plan

Republicans say they’ll protect you if you have a pre-existing condition. Don’t believe it.

Trump’s presidency is doomed

Just when you thought the Trump ethics disaster couldn’t get worse, it did

Trump has absolutely no idea what black America looks like

Paul LePage chides Lewis to look at history: 'A simple thank you would suffice'

As Trump Era Arrives, a Sense of Uncertainty Grips the World

Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning’s Sentence

Joe Biden: ‘I Wish to Hell I’d Just Kept Saying the Exact Same Thing’

Reading archive 2017-01-16

Video shows police tackling and beating a black man suspected of stealing a car. It was his.

In feud with John Lewis, Donald Trump attacked ‘one of the most respected people in America’

Friday, January 6, 2017

Reading archive 2017-01-06

KING: Stop using the attack on a mentally challenged white man in Chicago to promote a racist agenda against Black Lives Matter

Two contractors allege getting stiffed for work on Trump’s D.C. hotel

Your Princess Is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds

Who Died and Made You Khaleesi? Privilege, White Saviors, and the Elusive Male Feminist Who Doesn’t Suck - "At the same time, being used to being deferred to and having your opinion listened to and having your feelings matter is very pleasant. Actually giving that up and stepping aside to become the unimportant one for once is very unpleasant, even painful. When you’re used to being in charge you perceive any balancing of the scales as an attack, any leveling of the playing field as something being stolen from you."

How funding Donald Trump’s border wall could go south real quickly for Republicans

‘Political witch hunt’: Trump isn’t backing off his Russia hacking doubts, no matter the evidence

Trump’s criticism of intelligence on Russia is dividing Hill GOP

Navy analysis found that a Marine’s case would draw attention to Afghan ‘sex slaves’

Afghanistan sees rise in ‘dancing boys’ exploitation

Republicans are about to feel Obama’s pain on Obamacare — and he knows it

U.S. intercepts capture senior Russian officials celebrating Trump win