Thursday, January 26, 2017 8:23:50 PM
Report: Populist leaders often add to corruption they vow to rid from governments
Protesters show victory signs as Polish national flags wave behind during a demonstration against the populist government, in Warsaw, Poland, in December. A government corruption index published Wednesday suggest that there are links [positive correlations] between populist leadership and a country's [increased] level of corruption.
An index [ https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 ] produced by Transparency International found that a majority of countries face significant levels of government corruption. But populist leaders voted in on promises to turn inequality and corruption around can further taint the institutions, researchers found.
January 25, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2017/0125/Report-Populist-leaders-often-add-to-corruption-they-vow-to-rid-from-governments
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Rep. Gutierrez: Trump picks facts to fit his viewpoint
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
The Illinois congressman says he wouldn't be able to trust any investigation of voter fraud carried out by Donald Trump's Justice Department, under the leadership of Jeff Sessions. Duration: 9:44
Recidivism Watch: Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally
Trump told congressional leaders “that between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused him to lose the popular vote.”
—The Washington Post, Jan. 23, 2017
January 24, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/24/recidivism-watch-trumps-claim-that-3-5-million-people-voted-illegally-in-the-election/ [with comments]
Trump Spokesman Confirms Trump Is A Conspiracy Theorist
“He believes what he believes,” press secretary Sean Spicer said of Trump’s claim that millions voted illegally.
01/24/2017 Updated January 25, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-popular-vote_us_5887b262e4b098c0bba7151a [with embedded video, and comments]
Trump’s Lies Pave the Way for an Assault on Voting Rights
People in North Carolina waiting in line to vote in the 2016 presidential election.
JAN. 26, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/opinion/trumps-lies-pave-the-way-for-an-assault-on-voting-rights.html
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-gutierrez-trump-picks-facts-to-fit-his-viewpoint-862889027799
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Mayor de Blasio welcomes a fight with Trump over 'sanctuary cities'
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says President Trump's executive order on "sanctuary cities" is vague and something his city can fight. Duration: 7:12
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mayor-de-blasio-welcomes-a-fight-with-trump-over-sanctuary-cities-862874691841
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Is Trump using an insecure phone?
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
The White House won't say -- but it sure looks like it. Duration: 2:41
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/is-trump-using-an-insecure-phone-862847043963
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Rep. Elijah Cummings wants to talk to the President
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
The best way to reach the President these days seems to be through cable news show. Rep. Cummings received a call from President Trump moments after a TV appearance. Duration: 5:39
How Donald Trump Made The Cable News Chyron Operator A Washington Power Player
The president is watching, and responding to, what’s on air.
Donald Trump, seen here giving an interview to Bill O’Reilly of Fox News in December 2015, watches cable news obsessively.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-cable-network-news_us_588a109fe4b0737fd5cbc791?891zm7jz21v6de7b9 [with comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-elijah-cummings-wants-to-talk-to-the-president-862886979778
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PPP poll: Trump base deluded by false facts
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Rachel Maddow gives an exclusive first look at the latest PPP poll showing Donald Trump with historically low approval ratings and that most Americans do not believe his lies about inauguration numbers, though his supporters do. Duration: 11:38
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ppp-poll-trump-base-deluded-by-false-facts-862955075875 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSy64mUhNk [with comments]
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Retooled VOA set to be Trump-run US state media network
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Rachel Maddow reports on how a restructuring of the Voice Of American broadcast network means that Donald Trump has the unique opportunity to staff a state-run media operation broadcasting inside the United States. Duration: 6:57
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/retooled-voa-set-to-be-trump-run-us-state-media-network-862993475674
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Rather on unease over Trump: 'We've never had this before'
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Dan Rather, host of The Big Interview on AXS TV, talks with Rachel Maddow about the truly unprecedented aspects of the Donald Trump regime and the advent of "alternate facts." Duration: 5:49
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rather-on-unease-over-trump-we-ve-never-had-this-before-862969411919
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Iraq on edge at Trump 'keep the oil' talk
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Rachel Maddow reports on the reaction in Iraq, including by the Iraqi Prime Minister, to Donald Trump's loose talk about seizing oil as payment for U.S. military actions, and the added risk U.S. troops face as a result of Trump's statements. Duration: 9:31
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/iraq-on-edge-at-trump-keep-the-oil-talk-862957123806 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjIGkVXlKfE [with comments] [specifically further to/see also in particular (linked in) http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=128152669 and preceding (and any future following)]
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Infowars LIVE Coverage: Trump's First Interview From The White House
Streamed live on Jan 25 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAHJ2RAZQZE [with comments]
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VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 1)
Trump: 'I Can Be the Most Presidential Person Ever' Other Than, 'Possibly', Lincoln
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052454 [with comments]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 2)
'Afghanistan Is Not Like [i.e., as bad as] What's Happening in Chicago'
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052457 [with comments]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 3)
Trump on Suspending Immigration From Some Countries: 'The World Is a Mess'
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052458 [with comments]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 4)
Reflecting on Obamacare and Women's Marches
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052459 [no comments yet]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 5)
Touring the Oval Office With President Trump
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052461 [with comment]
TRANSCRIPT: ABC News Anchor David Muir Interviews President Trump
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-anchor-david-muir-interviews-president/story?id=45047602 [with comments]
President Donald Trump: The White House Interview
41:30 | 01/25/17 | NR | CC
http://abc.go.com/shows/abc-news-specials/episode-guide/2017-01/25-President-Donald-Trump-The-White-House-Interview [requires cable/other provider sign-in]
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Trump on Obama's Letter: 'Beautiful' | Trump Interview with David Muir | ABC News
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by ABC News [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBi2mrWuNuyYy4gbM6fU18Q / http://www.youtube.com/user/ABCNews , http://www.youtube.com/user/ABCNews/videos ]
President Trump Interview with ABC News' David Muir | President Donald J. Trump on 'beautiful' letter left for him by Pres. Barack Obama in the desk of the Oval Office: "So well written. So thoughtful, so thoughtful."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-anchor-david-muir-interviews-president/story?id=45047602
[originally aired January 25, 2017]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON_rdTj1DiU [with comments]
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Compromise does not work with our political opponents. When will we learn?
‘We really need is a strong and unapologetic progressive to lead us.’
In Chelsea Manning’s first column since her commutation, she writes that Barack Obama’s legacy is a warning against not being bold enough
By Chelsea E Manning
26 January 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/25/compromise-doesnt-work-political-opponents-chelsea-manning
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible!
6:04 AM - 26 Jan 2017
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/824573698774601729 [with (over 20,000) comments]
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Trump Rips Into ‘Ungrateful TRAITOR’ Chelsea Manning 14 Minutes After Fox News Segment
January 26th, 2017
http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-rips-into-ungrateful-traitor-chelsea-manning-14-minutes-after-fox-news-segment/ [with comments]
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Voter fraud: 'This is a lie Trump told himself'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/25/17
Trump is vowing to investigate his unsubstantiated voter fraud claim, but he may have to investigate a member of his senior staff, one of his cabinet nominees, and his daughter if he follows through. Lawrence discusses with Eugene Robinson, Jason Kander, and Charlie Sykes. Duration: 16:34
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/voter-fraud-this-is-a-lie-trump-told-himself-862954051594
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Mexico's President responds to Trump: Mexico won't pay for wall
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/25/17
Mexico’s president issued a stern video rebuttal to Donald Trump today. And California tells Trump it will see him in court after his executive order to punish sanctuary cities. Lawrence talks with CA Senate Leader Kevin De Leon and Rick Stengel. Duration: 8:31
Mexican President Cancels Meeting With Donald Trump After Border Wall Order
President Enrique Peña Nieto has said Mexico will not pay for a wall on the U.S. border.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mexican-president-trump-wall_us_588a2d28e4b0024605fe4f4d [with embedded video, and comments]
White House press secretary says border wall will be funded by 20 percent import tax on Mexican goods
Mexico’s president cancels U.S. visit to meet with Trump
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexican-president-cancels-visit-to-washington-as-tensions-with-trump-administration-intensify/2017/01/26/ececc3da-e3d9-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html [with embedded videos, and (over 6,000) comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/mexico-s-president-responds-to-trump-mexico-won-t-pay-for-wall-862954563847
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Trump calls for voter fraud investigation, talks border wall
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/25/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams and his panel react to a new interview from Pres. Trump on his call for an investigation into voter fraud and much more. Duration: 9:40
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-calls-for-voter-fraud-investigation-talks-border-wall-862981699704
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Talking to families at the U.S.-Mexico border fence
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/25/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams is joined by NBC News correspondent Gadi Schwartz who talked to families at the border fence in Nogales, Arizona. Duration: 3:04
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/talking-to-families-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-fence-862979651899
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Trump's comments on torture ricochet across the globe
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/25/17
With Pres. Trump's comments on torture again grabbing headlines, UK's Prime Minister was pressed on the topic by her own party. MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses with terror expert Jeremy Bash. Duration: 2:34
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-s-comments-on-torture-ricochet-across-the-globe-862980163696
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Coronation Street | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w/videos ]
It is hard to believe, but a man who lives in a golden tower threw an unbelievably tacky party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AvNnJRMts [with comments]
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Get Your Gloat On | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
We sent our correspondents to test the waters at the Trump Inauguration. They are lukewarm, at best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkzghZe-utc [with comments]
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Who March the World? Girls. | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
A bunch of girls hurt Trump's feelings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pEcvteQo9g [with comments]
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President Trump Takes (Executive) Action: The Daily Show
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
Donald Trump kicks off his presidency with executive orders to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and ban immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GZVzvyZ07o [with comments]
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Trump Doubles Down on Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Closer Look
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump's false claims about nonexistent voter fraud and concerns about his behavior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHfhuU6A2Dw [with comments]
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Katie Couric on Trump's Adversarial Relationship with Free Press
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers
Katie Couric talks to Seth Myers about President Trump's "scary" relationship with the free press and reveals what POTUS has covering his desk in Trump Tower.
[originally aired January 25, 2017]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0ittlIzI8 [with comments]
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SURPRISE! The Russian Media Just Loves Donald Trump
They love him. They really love him.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-media-donald-trump_us_5889ae52e4b061cf898cd3d3 [with embedded video, and comments]
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Inquirer Editorial: Trump's first days resemble those of a dictator
Despite little evidence to support his claims, President Trump said on Wednesday he was asking for a "major investigation" into voter fraud. Just last month, when Jill Stein was seeking recounts in several states, Trump's lawyers said in a Michigan court filing: "All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake."
January 26, 2017
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20170126_Inquirer_Editorial__Trump_s_first_days_resemble_those_of_a_dictator.html [with comments]
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Philly Inquirer: Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Like A ‘Tin-Pot Dictatorship’
“This is no longer a reality TV show,” the editorial said.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/philly-inquirer-trump-presidency-dictatorship_us_5889f1f9e4b0737fd5cba505?r5csoyvnfx5kzw7b9 [with embedded video, and comments]
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The State Department’s entire senior management team just resigned
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/ [with embedded videos, and comments]
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Trump’s Immigration Ban Excludes Countries With Business Ties
January 26, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-immigration-ban-conflict-of-interest/
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Tracking Trump’s Web of Conflicts
December 1, 2016
Last updated: January 11, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/tracking-trumps-web-of-conflicts/
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That ‘Screw Our President’ Kid At D.C. Protest Is Apparently Drew Carey’s Son
Mystery solved.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/that-screw-our-president-kid-at-dc-protest-is-apparently-drew-careys-son_us_5889fb78e4b061cf898ce289?w4gy9reb74a1t6gvi [with embedded video, and comments]
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The Daily 202: Is President Trump surrendering America’s moral high ground? [Yes, he is.]
George W. Bush leaves President Trump's inauguration last week.
Not even a week into Donald Trump’s presidency, some liberal internationalists find themselves privately pining for George W. Bush.
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/01/26/daily-202-is-president-trump-surrendering-america-s-moral-high-ground/588967e9e9b69b432bc7e08e/ [with embedded videos, and comments]
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It is two and a half minutes to midnight
2017 Doomsday Clock Statement
Science and Security Board
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
To: Leaders and citizens of the world
Re: It is 30 seconds closer to midnight
Date: January 26, 2017
http://thebulletin.org/sites/default/files/Final%202017%20Clock%20Statement.pdf
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The Doomsday Clock’s Most Dire Warning Since the Cold War
Not since the first hydrogen-bomb tests, like the one above in 1952, has the Doomsday Clock been closer to midnight.
“This is the closest to midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been in the lifetime of almost everyone in this room.”
Jan 26, 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/the-doomsday-clocks-new-and-dire-warning/514544/ [with comments]
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Thanks to Trump, the Doomsday Clock Advances Toward Midnight
Damon Winter/The New York Times
By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS and DAVID TITLEY
JAN. 26, 2017
It is now two and one-half minutes to midnight.
Our organization, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is marking the 70th anniversary of its Doomsday Clock [ http://thebulletin.org/doomsday-dashboard ] on Thursday by moving it 30 seconds closer to midnight. In 2016, the global security landscape darkened as the international community failed to come to grips with humanity’s most pressing threats: nuclear weapons and climate change.
Making matters worse, the United States now has a president who has promised to impede progress on both of those fronts. Never before has the Bulletin decided to advance the clock largely because of the statements of a single person. But when that person is the new president of the United States, his words matter.
This is the closest to midnight that the clock has been since 1953, when it was moved to two minutes to midnight after United States and the Soviet Union tested their first thermonuclear weapons within six months of one another.
We understand that Mr. Trump has been in office only days, that many of his cabinet nominees are awaiting confirmation and that he has had little time to take official action.
But Mr. Trump’s statements and actions have been unsettling. He has made ill-considered comments about expanding and even deploying the American nuclear arsenal. He has expressed disbelief in the scientific consensus on global warming. He has shown a troubling propensity to discount or reject expert advice related to international security. And his nominees to head the Energy Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and the Budget have disputed or questioned climate change.
Last year, and the year before, we warned that world leaders were failing to act with the speed and on the scale necessary to protect citizens from the extreme dangers posed by climate change and nuclear war. During the past year, the need for leadership intensified but was met with inaction and brinkmanship.
Other factors that led the committee to advance the Doomsday Clock included:
• North Korea’s continuing nuclear weapons development, the steady march of arsenal modernization programs in the nuclear weapon states, simmering tension between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, and stagnation in arms control. Russia is building new silo-based missiles, the new Borei class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines and new rail-mobile missiles as it revamps other intercontinental ballistic missiles. The United States is moving ahead with plans to modernize each part of its triad (bombers, land-based missiles and missile carrying submarines), adding capabilities, such as cruise missiles with increased ranges. As it improves the survivability of its own nuclear forces, China is helping Pakistan build submarine platforms. And Pakistan and India continue to update and expand their nuclear arsenals.
• Doubt over the future of the Iran nuclear deal, which succeeded in accomplishing its goals during its first year, in the Trump administration.
• Deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, which possess more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons. This was reflected in disputes over Ukraine, Syria, ballistic missile defenses in Europe and election interference. There seems to be little prospect that negotiations to reduce nuclear arms will resume. Whether this will improve under President Trump is unclear.
• Mixed results in global efforts to limit climate change. The Paris climate accord went into effect in 2016, and countries are taking some actions to bring down emissions of greenhouse gases. There are encouraging signs that global annual emissions were flat this past year, though there is no assurance this heralds a trend.
These are all matters in which President Trump has signaled that he would make matters worse either because of a mistaken belief that the threats posed by nuclear weapons and climate can be ignored or that the words of a president of the United States do not matter to the rest of the world.
Lawrence M. Krauss [ http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/biography/ ], a theoretical physicist at Arizona State University, is the chairman of the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. David Titley [ http://www.met.psu.edu/people/dwt12 ], a retired rear admiral and former chairman of the Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change, is a member of its science panel.
© 2017 The New York Times Company
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/opinion/thanks-to-trump-the-doomsday-clock-advances-toward-midnight.html
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Alex Jones (FULL SHOW Commercial Free) Thursday 1/26/17: Harry Dent, Jon Rappoport
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Ron Gibson [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYv-5LsUyc_P8KMo7YGPFPA / http://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF , http://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos ]
On this Thursday, Jan. 26 edition of the Alex Jones Show [with Jon Rappoport hosting the fourth hour], we look into Fox News’ host Tucker Carlson’s complete ownage of Buzzfeed’s Editor-in-Chief for publishing a completely fabricated story about President Trump. We also look into the stock market climb as Trump gets to work in the White House and financial forecaster Harry Dent explains more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-2tlt5DDfI [with comments]
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Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’
Stephen K. Bannon, center, President Trump’s chief strategist, met with business leaders at the White House on Monday.
Doug Mills/The New York Times
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
JAN. 26, 2017
WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s chief White House strategist, laced into the American press during an interview on Wednesday evening, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by an election outcome few anticipated, and repeatedly describing the media as “the opposition party” of the current administration.
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said during a telephone call.
“I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump [ http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/donald-trump ] is the president of the United States.”
The scathing assessment — delivered by one of Mr. Trump’s most trusted and influential advisers, in the first days of his presidency — comes at a moment of high tension between the news media and the administration, with skirmishes over the size of Mr. Trump’s inaugural crowd and the president’s false claims that millions of illegal votes by undocumented immigrants swayed the popular vote against him.
Mr. Bannon, who rarely grants interviews to journalists outside of Breitbart News, the provocative right-wing website he ran until last August, was echoing comments by Mr. Trump [ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html ] this weekend, when the president said he was in “a running war” with the media and called journalists “among the most dishonest people on earth.”
During a call to discuss Sean M. Spicer, the president’s press secretary, Mr. Bannon ratcheted up the criticism, offering a broad indictment of the news media as biased against Mr. Trump and out of touch with the American public. That’s an argument familiar to readers of Breitbart and followers of Trump-friendly personalities like Sean Hannity.
“The elite media got it dead wrong, 100 percent dead wrong,” Mr. Bannon said of the election, calling it “a humiliating defeat that they will never wash away, that will always be there.”
“The mainstream media has not fired or terminated anyone associated with following our campaign,” Mr. Bannon said. “Look at the Twitter feeds of those people: they were outright activists of the Clinton campaign.” (He did not name specific reporters or editors.)
“That’s why you have no power,” Mr. Bannon added. “You were humiliated.”
Of all of Mr. Trump’s advisers in the White House, Mr. Bannon is the one tasked with implementing the nationalist vision [ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/stephen-bannon-white-house-trump.html ] that Mr. Trump channeled during the later months of the campaign, one that stemmed from Mr. Bannon himself. And in many ways Mr. Trump’s first week has put into action that vision — from the description of “American carnage’’ Mr. Trump laid out in his inauguration speech, to a series of executive actions outlining policy on trade agreements, immigration, the building of a border wall and the demands that Mexico pay for it.
He is one of the strongest forces in a White House with competing power centers. A savvy manipulator of the press, and a proud provocateur, Mr. Bannon was among the few advisers in Mr. Trump’s circle who was said to have urged on Mr. Spicer’s confrontational, emotional statement to a shocked White House briefing room on Saturday, when the White House disputed press reports on the inauguration crowd size. He mostly shares Mr. Trump’s view that the news media has misunderstood the movement that the president rode into office.
On the telephone, Mr. Bannon spoke in blunt but calm tones, peppered with a dose of profanities, and humorously referred to himself at one point as “Darth Vader.” He said, with ironic relish, that Mr. Trump was elected by a surge of support from “the working class hobbits and deplorables.”
The conversation was initiated by Mr. Bannon to offer praise for Mr. Spicer, who has been criticized this week for making false claims at the White House podium about the attendance of Mr. Trump’s inaugural crowd, for calling reporters dishonest and lecturing them about what stories to write and for failing to disavow Mr. Trump’s lie about widespread voter fraud in the election.
Asked if he was concerned that Mr. Spicer had lost credibility with the news media, Mr. Bannon chortled. “Are you kidding me?” he said. “We think that’s a badge of honor. ‘Questioning his integrity’ — are you kidding me? The media has zero integrity, zero intelligence, and no hard work.”
“You’re the opposition party,” Mr. Bannon said. “Not the Democratic Party. You’re the opposition party. The media’s the opposition party.”
Mr. Bannon mostly referred to the “elite” or “mainstream” media, but he cited The New York Times and The Washington Post by name.
“The paper of record for our beloved republic, The New York Times, should be absolutely ashamed and humiliated,” Mr. Bannon said. “They got it 100 percent wrong.”
He added that he has been a reader of The Times for most of his adult life.
Maggie Haberman contributed reporting from New York.
Related Coverage
Stephen Bannon and Breitbart News, in Their Words
NOV. 14, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/stephen-bannon-breitbart-words.html
Trump’s Choice of Stephen Bannon Is Nod to Anti-Washington Base
NOV. 14, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/stephen-bannon-white-house-trump.html
Critics See Stephen Bannon, Trump’s Pick for Strategist, as Voice of Racism
NOV. 14, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/donald-trump-presidency.html
© 2017 The New York Times Company
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html
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Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd
A view of the crowd at the U.S. Capitol ahead of the inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 20.
January 26, 2017
On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him.
In a Saturday phone call, Trump personally ordered Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the Mall, according to three individuals who have knowledge of the conversation. The president believed that the photos might prove that the media had lied in reporting that attendance had been no better than average.
Trump also expressed anger over a retweet sent from the agency’s account, in which side-by-side photographs showed far fewer people at his swearing-in than had shown up to see Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
According to one account, Reynolds had been contacted by the White House and given a phone number to call. When he dialed it, he was told to hold for the president.
For Trump, who sees himself and his achievements in superlative terms, the inauguration’s crowd size has been a source of grievance that he appears unable to put behind him. It is a measure of his fixation on the issue that he would devote part of his first morning in office to it — and that he would take out his frustrations on an acting Park Service director.
[...]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pressured-park-service-to-back-up-his-claims-about-inauguration-crowd/2017/01/26/12a38cb8-e3fc-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
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Protesters show victory signs as Polish national flags wave behind during a demonstration against the populist government, in Warsaw, Poland, in December. A government corruption index published Wednesday suggest that there are links [positive correlations] between populist leadership and a country's [increased] level of corruption.
An index [ https://www.transparency.org/news/feature/corruption_perceptions_index_2016 ] produced by Transparency International found that a majority of countries face significant levels of government corruption. But populist leaders voted in on promises to turn inequality and corruption around can further taint the institutions, researchers found.
January 25, 2017
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2017/0125/Report-Populist-leaders-often-add-to-corruption-they-vow-to-rid-from-governments
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Rep. Gutierrez: Trump picks facts to fit his viewpoint
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
The Illinois congressman says he wouldn't be able to trust any investigation of voter fraud carried out by Donald Trump's Justice Department, under the leadership of Jeff Sessions. Duration: 9:44
Recidivism Watch: Trump’s claim that millions of people voted illegally
Trump told congressional leaders “that between 3 million and 5 million illegal votes caused him to lose the popular vote.”
—The Washington Post, Jan. 23, 2017
January 24, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/01/24/recidivism-watch-trumps-claim-that-3-5-million-people-voted-illegally-in-the-election/ [with comments]
Trump Spokesman Confirms Trump Is A Conspiracy Theorist
“He believes what he believes,” press secretary Sean Spicer said of Trump’s claim that millions voted illegally.
01/24/2017 Updated January 25, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-popular-vote_us_5887b262e4b098c0bba7151a [with embedded video, and comments]
Trump’s Lies Pave the Way for an Assault on Voting Rights
People in North Carolina waiting in line to vote in the 2016 presidential election.
JAN. 26, 2017
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/opinion/trumps-lies-pave-the-way-for-an-assault-on-voting-rights.html
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-gutierrez-trump-picks-facts-to-fit-his-viewpoint-862889027799
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Mayor de Blasio welcomes a fight with Trump over 'sanctuary cities'
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says President Trump's executive order on "sanctuary cities" is vague and something his city can fight. Duration: 7:12
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/mayor-de-blasio-welcomes-a-fight-with-trump-over-sanctuary-cities-862874691841
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Is Trump using an insecure phone?
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
The White House won't say -- but it sure looks like it. Duration: 2:41
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/is-trump-using-an-insecure-phone-862847043963
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Rep. Elijah Cummings wants to talk to the President
All In with Chris Hayes
1/25/17
The best way to reach the President these days seems to be through cable news show. Rep. Cummings received a call from President Trump moments after a TV appearance. Duration: 5:39
How Donald Trump Made The Cable News Chyron Operator A Washington Power Player
The president is watching, and responding to, what’s on air.
Donald Trump, seen here giving an interview to Bill O’Reilly of Fox News in December 2015, watches cable news obsessively.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-cable-network-news_us_588a109fe4b0737fd5cbc791?891zm7jz21v6de7b9 [with comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/rep-elijah-cummings-wants-to-talk-to-the-president-862886979778
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PPP poll: Trump base deluded by false facts
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Rachel Maddow gives an exclusive first look at the latest PPP poll showing Donald Trump with historically low approval ratings and that most Americans do not believe his lies about inauguration numbers, though his supporters do. Duration: 11:38
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/ppp-poll-trump-base-deluded-by-false-facts-862955075875 , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nSy64mUhNk [with comments]
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Retooled VOA set to be Trump-run US state media network
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Rachel Maddow reports on how a restructuring of the Voice Of American broadcast network means that Donald Trump has the unique opportunity to staff a state-run media operation broadcasting inside the United States. Duration: 6:57
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/retooled-voa-set-to-be-trump-run-us-state-media-network-862993475674
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Rather on unease over Trump: 'We've never had this before'
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Dan Rather, host of The Big Interview on AXS TV, talks with Rachel Maddow about the truly unprecedented aspects of the Donald Trump regime and the advent of "alternate facts." Duration: 5:49
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/rather-on-unease-over-trump-we-ve-never-had-this-before-862969411919
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Iraq on edge at Trump 'keep the oil' talk
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/25/17
Rachel Maddow reports on the reaction in Iraq, including by the Iraqi Prime Minister, to Donald Trump's loose talk about seizing oil as payment for U.S. military actions, and the added risk U.S. troops face as a result of Trump's statements. Duration: 9:31
©2017 NBCNews.com
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Infowars LIVE Coverage: Trump's First Interview From The White House
Streamed live on Jan 25 by The Alex Jones Channel [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel , http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAlexJonesChannel/videos ]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAHJ2RAZQZE [with comments]
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VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 1)
Trump: 'I Can Be the Most Presidential Person Ever' Other Than, 'Possibly', Lincoln
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052454 [with comments]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 2)
'Afghanistan Is Not Like [i.e., as bad as] What's Happening in Chicago'
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052457 [with comments]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 3)
Trump on Suspending Immigration From Some Countries: 'The World Is a Mess'
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052458 [with comments]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 4)
Reflecting on Obamacare and Women's Marches
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052459 [no comments yet]
VIDEO: President Trump: The White House Interview (Part 5)
Touring the Oval Office With President Trump
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/president-trump-white-house-interview-part-45052461 [with comment]
TRANSCRIPT: ABC News Anchor David Muir Interviews President Trump
Jan 25, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-anchor-david-muir-interviews-president/story?id=45047602 [with comments]
President Donald Trump: The White House Interview
41:30 | 01/25/17 | NR | CC
http://abc.go.com/shows/abc-news-specials/episode-guide/2017-01/25-President-Donald-Trump-The-White-House-Interview [requires cable/other provider sign-in]
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Trump on Obama's Letter: 'Beautiful' | Trump Interview with David Muir | ABC News
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by ABC News [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBi2mrWuNuyYy4gbM6fU18Q / http://www.youtube.com/user/ABCNews , http://www.youtube.com/user/ABCNews/videos ]
President Trump Interview with ABC News' David Muir | President Donald J. Trump on 'beautiful' letter left for him by Pres. Barack Obama in the desk of the Oval Office: "So well written. So thoughtful, so thoughtful."
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-abc-news-anchor-david-muir-interviews-president/story?id=45047602
[originally aired January 25, 2017]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON_rdTj1DiU [with comments]
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Compromise does not work with our political opponents. When will we learn?
‘We really need is a strong and unapologetic progressive to lead us.’
In Chelsea Manning’s first column since her commutation, she writes that Barack Obama’s legacy is a warning against not being bold enough
By Chelsea E Manning
26 January 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/25/compromise-doesnt-work-political-opponents-chelsea-manning
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should never have been released from prison, is now calling President Obama a weak leader. Terrible!
6:04 AM - 26 Jan 2017
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/824573698774601729 [with (over 20,000) comments]
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Trump Rips Into ‘Ungrateful TRAITOR’ Chelsea Manning 14 Minutes After Fox News Segment
January 26th, 2017
http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-rips-into-ungrateful-traitor-chelsea-manning-14-minutes-after-fox-news-segment/ [with comments]
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Voter fraud: 'This is a lie Trump told himself'
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/25/17
Trump is vowing to investigate his unsubstantiated voter fraud claim, but he may have to investigate a member of his senior staff, one of his cabinet nominees, and his daughter if he follows through. Lawrence discusses with Eugene Robinson, Jason Kander, and Charlie Sykes. Duration: 16:34
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/voter-fraud-this-is-a-lie-trump-told-himself-862954051594
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Mexico's President responds to Trump: Mexico won't pay for wall
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/25/17
Mexico’s president issued a stern video rebuttal to Donald Trump today. And California tells Trump it will see him in court after his executive order to punish sanctuary cities. Lawrence talks with CA Senate Leader Kevin De Leon and Rick Stengel. Duration: 8:31
Mexican President Cancels Meeting With Donald Trump After Border Wall Order
President Enrique Peña Nieto has said Mexico will not pay for a wall on the U.S. border.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mexican-president-trump-wall_us_588a2d28e4b0024605fe4f4d [with embedded video, and comments]
White House press secretary says border wall will be funded by 20 percent import tax on Mexican goods
Mexico’s president cancels U.S. visit to meet with Trump
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexican-president-cancels-visit-to-washington-as-tensions-with-trump-administration-intensify/2017/01/26/ececc3da-e3d9-11e6-a419-eefe8eff0835_story.html [with embedded videos, and (over 6,000) comments]
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/mexico-s-president-responds-to-trump-mexico-won-t-pay-for-wall-862954563847
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Trump calls for voter fraud investigation, talks border wall
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/25/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams and his panel react to a new interview from Pres. Trump on his call for an investigation into voter fraud and much more. Duration: 9:40
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-calls-for-voter-fraud-investigation-talks-border-wall-862981699704
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Talking to families at the U.S.-Mexico border fence
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/25/17
MSNBC's Brian Williams is joined by NBC News correspondent Gadi Schwartz who talked to families at the border fence in Nogales, Arizona. Duration: 3:04
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/talking-to-families-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-fence-862979651899
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Trump's comments on torture ricochet across the globe
The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/25/17
With Pres. Trump's comments on torture again grabbing headlines, UK's Prime Minister was pressed on the topic by her own party. MSNBC's Brian Williams discusses with terror expert Jeremy Bash. Duration: 2:34
©2017 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-s-comments-on-torture-ricochet-across-the-globe-862980163696
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Coronation Street | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18vz5hUUqxbGvym9ghtX_w/videos ]
It is hard to believe, but a man who lives in a golden tower threw an unbelievably tacky party.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1AvNnJRMts [with comments]
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Get Your Gloat On | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
We sent our correspondents to test the waters at the Trump Inauguration. They are lukewarm, at best.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkzghZe-utc [with comments]
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Who March the World? Girls. | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
A bunch of girls hurt Trump's feelings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pEcvteQo9g [with comments]
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President Trump Takes (Executive) Action: The Daily Show
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by The Daily Show with Trevor Noah [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA , http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/videos ]
Donald Trump kicks off his presidency with executive orders to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and ban immigrants from Muslim-majority countries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GZVzvyZ07o [with comments]
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Trump Doubles Down on Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Closer Look
Published on Jan 25, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVTyTA7-g9nopHeHbeuvpRA / http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth , http://www.youtube.com/user/LateNightSeth/videos ]
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump's false claims about nonexistent voter fraud and concerns about his behavior.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHfhuU6A2Dw [with comments]
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Katie Couric on Trump's Adversarial Relationship with Free Press
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Late Night with Seth Meyers
Katie Couric talks to Seth Myers about President Trump's "scary" relationship with the free press and reveals what POTUS has covering his desk in Trump Tower.
[originally aired January 25, 2017]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi0ittlIzI8 [with comments]
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SURPRISE! The Russian Media Just Loves Donald Trump
They love him. They really love him.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russian-media-donald-trump_us_5889ae52e4b061cf898cd3d3 [with embedded video, and comments]
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Inquirer Editorial: Trump's first days resemble those of a dictator
Despite little evidence to support his claims, President Trump said on Wednesday he was asking for a "major investigation" into voter fraud. Just last month, when Jill Stein was seeking recounts in several states, Trump's lawyers said in a Michigan court filing: "All available evidence suggests that the 2016 general election was not tainted by fraud or mistake."
January 26, 2017
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20170126_Inquirer_Editorial__Trump_s_first_days_resemble_those_of_a_dictator.html [with comments]
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Philly Inquirer: Donald Trump’s Presidency Is Like A ‘Tin-Pot Dictatorship’
“This is no longer a reality TV show,” the editorial said.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/philly-inquirer-trump-presidency-dictatorship_us_5889f1f9e4b0737fd5cba505?r5csoyvnfx5kzw7b9 [with embedded video, and comments]
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The State Department’s entire senior management team just resigned
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/ [with embedded videos, and comments]
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Trump’s Immigration Ban Excludes Countries With Business Ties
January 26, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2017-trump-immigration-ban-conflict-of-interest/
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Tracking Trump’s Web of Conflicts
December 1, 2016
Last updated: January 11, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/tracking-trumps-web-of-conflicts/
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That ‘Screw Our President’ Kid At D.C. Protest Is Apparently Drew Carey’s Son
Mystery solved.
01/26/2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/that-screw-our-president-kid-at-dc-protest-is-apparently-drew-careys-son_us_5889fb78e4b061cf898ce289?w4gy9reb74a1t6gvi [with embedded video, and comments]
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The Daily 202: Is President Trump surrendering America’s moral high ground? [Yes, he is.]
George W. Bush leaves President Trump's inauguration last week.
Not even a week into Donald Trump’s presidency, some liberal internationalists find themselves privately pining for George W. Bush.
January 26, 2017
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2017/01/26/daily-202-is-president-trump-surrendering-america-s-moral-high-ground/588967e9e9b69b432bc7e08e/ [with embedded videos, and comments]
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It is two and a half minutes to midnight
2017 Doomsday Clock Statement
Science and Security Board
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
To: Leaders and citizens of the world
Re: It is 30 seconds closer to midnight
Date: January 26, 2017
http://thebulletin.org/sites/default/files/Final%202017%20Clock%20Statement.pdf
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The Doomsday Clock’s Most Dire Warning Since the Cold War
Not since the first hydrogen-bomb tests, like the one above in 1952, has the Doomsday Clock been closer to midnight.
“This is the closest to midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been in the lifetime of almost everyone in this room.”
Jan 26, 2017
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/01/the-doomsday-clocks-new-and-dire-warning/514544/ [with comments]
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Thanks to Trump, the Doomsday Clock Advances Toward Midnight
Damon Winter/The New York Times
By LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS and DAVID TITLEY
JAN. 26, 2017
It is now two and one-half minutes to midnight.
Our organization, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, is marking the 70th anniversary of its Doomsday Clock [ http://thebulletin.org/doomsday-dashboard ] on Thursday by moving it 30 seconds closer to midnight. In 2016, the global security landscape darkened as the international community failed to come to grips with humanity’s most pressing threats: nuclear weapons and climate change.
Making matters worse, the United States now has a president who has promised to impede progress on both of those fronts. Never before has the Bulletin decided to advance the clock largely because of the statements of a single person. But when that person is the new president of the United States, his words matter.
This is the closest to midnight that the clock has been since 1953, when it was moved to two minutes to midnight after United States and the Soviet Union tested their first thermonuclear weapons within six months of one another.
We understand that Mr. Trump has been in office only days, that many of his cabinet nominees are awaiting confirmation and that he has had little time to take official action.
But Mr. Trump’s statements and actions have been unsettling. He has made ill-considered comments about expanding and even deploying the American nuclear arsenal. He has expressed disbelief in the scientific consensus on global warming. He has shown a troubling propensity to discount or reject expert advice related to international security. And his nominees to head the Energy Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and the Budget have disputed or questioned climate change.
Last year, and the year before, we warned that world leaders were failing to act with the speed and on the scale necessary to protect citizens from the extreme dangers posed by climate change and nuclear war. During the past year, the need for leadership intensified but was met with inaction and brinkmanship.
Other factors that led the committee to advance the Doomsday Clock included:
• North Korea’s continuing nuclear weapons development, the steady march of arsenal modernization programs in the nuclear weapon states, simmering tension between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, and stagnation in arms control. Russia is building new silo-based missiles, the new Borei class of nuclear ballistic missile submarines and new rail-mobile missiles as it revamps other intercontinental ballistic missiles. The United States is moving ahead with plans to modernize each part of its triad (bombers, land-based missiles and missile carrying submarines), adding capabilities, such as cruise missiles with increased ranges. As it improves the survivability of its own nuclear forces, China is helping Pakistan build submarine platforms. And Pakistan and India continue to update and expand their nuclear arsenals.
• Doubt over the future of the Iran nuclear deal, which succeeded in accomplishing its goals during its first year, in the Trump administration.
• Deteriorating relations between the United States and Russia, which possess more than 90 percent of the world’s nuclear weapons. This was reflected in disputes over Ukraine, Syria, ballistic missile defenses in Europe and election interference. There seems to be little prospect that negotiations to reduce nuclear arms will resume. Whether this will improve under President Trump is unclear.
• Mixed results in global efforts to limit climate change. The Paris climate accord went into effect in 2016, and countries are taking some actions to bring down emissions of greenhouse gases. There are encouraging signs that global annual emissions were flat this past year, though there is no assurance this heralds a trend.
These are all matters in which President Trump has signaled that he would make matters worse either because of a mistaken belief that the threats posed by nuclear weapons and climate can be ignored or that the words of a president of the United States do not matter to the rest of the world.
Lawrence M. Krauss [ http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu/biography/ ], a theoretical physicist at Arizona State University, is the chairman of the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. David Titley [ http://www.met.psu.edu/people/dwt12 ], a retired rear admiral and former chairman of the Navy’s Task Force on Climate Change, is a member of its science panel.
© 2017 The New York Times Company
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/opinion/thanks-to-trump-the-doomsday-clock-advances-toward-midnight.html
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Alex Jones (FULL SHOW Commercial Free) Thursday 1/26/17: Harry Dent, Jon Rappoport
Published on Jan 26, 2017 by Ron Gibson [ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYv-5LsUyc_P8KMo7YGPFPA / http://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF , http://www.youtube.com/user/RonGibsonCF/videos ]
On this Thursday, Jan. 26 edition of the Alex Jones Show [with Jon Rappoport hosting the fourth hour], we look into Fox News’ host Tucker Carlson’s complete ownage of Buzzfeed’s Editor-in-Chief for publishing a completely fabricated story about President Trump. We also look into the stock market climb as Trump gets to work in the White House and financial forecaster Harry Dent explains more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-2tlt5DDfI [with comments]
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Trump Strategist Steve Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’
Stephen K. Bannon, center, President Trump’s chief strategist, met with business leaders at the White House on Monday.
Doug Mills/The New York Times
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
JAN. 26, 2017
WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s chief White House strategist, laced into the American press during an interview on Wednesday evening, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by an election outcome few anticipated, and repeatedly describing the media as “the opposition party” of the current administration.
“The media should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while,” Mr. Bannon said during a telephone call.
“I want you to quote this,” Mr. Bannon added. “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump [ http://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/donald-trump ] is the president of the United States.”
The scathing assessment — delivered by one of Mr. Trump’s most trusted and influential advisers, in the first days of his presidency — comes at a moment of high tension between the news media and the administration, with skirmishes over the size of Mr. Trump’s inaugural crowd and the president’s false claims that millions of illegal votes by undocumented immigrants swayed the popular vote against him.
Mr. Bannon, who rarely grants interviews to journalists outside of Breitbart News, the provocative right-wing website he ran until last August, was echoing comments by Mr. Trump [ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/us/politics/trump-white-house-briefing-inauguration-crowd-size.html ] this weekend, when the president said he was in “a running war” with the media and called journalists “among the most dishonest people on earth.”
During a call to discuss Sean M. Spicer, the president’s press secretary, Mr. Bannon ratcheted up the criticism, offering a broad indictment of the news media as biased against Mr. Trump and out of touch with the American public. That’s an argument familiar to readers of Breitbart and followers of Trump-friendly personalities like Sean Hannity.
“The elite media got it dead wrong, 100 percent dead wrong,” Mr. Bannon said of the election, calling it “a humiliating defeat that they will never wash away, that will always be there.”
“The mainstream media has not fired or terminated anyone associated with following our campaign,” Mr. Bannon said. “Look at the Twitter feeds of those people: they were outright activists of the Clinton campaign.” (He did not name specific reporters or editors.)
“That’s why you have no power,” Mr. Bannon added. “You were humiliated.”
Of all of Mr. Trump’s advisers in the White House, Mr. Bannon is the one tasked with implementing the nationalist vision [ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/stephen-bannon-white-house-trump.html ] that Mr. Trump channeled during the later months of the campaign, one that stemmed from Mr. Bannon himself. And in many ways Mr. Trump’s first week has put into action that vision — from the description of “American carnage’’ Mr. Trump laid out in his inauguration speech, to a series of executive actions outlining policy on trade agreements, immigration, the building of a border wall and the demands that Mexico pay for it.
He is one of the strongest forces in a White House with competing power centers. A savvy manipulator of the press, and a proud provocateur, Mr. Bannon was among the few advisers in Mr. Trump’s circle who was said to have urged on Mr. Spicer’s confrontational, emotional statement to a shocked White House briefing room on Saturday, when the White House disputed press reports on the inauguration crowd size. He mostly shares Mr. Trump’s view that the news media has misunderstood the movement that the president rode into office.
On the telephone, Mr. Bannon spoke in blunt but calm tones, peppered with a dose of profanities, and humorously referred to himself at one point as “Darth Vader.” He said, with ironic relish, that Mr. Trump was elected by a surge of support from “the working class hobbits and deplorables.”
The conversation was initiated by Mr. Bannon to offer praise for Mr. Spicer, who has been criticized this week for making false claims at the White House podium about the attendance of Mr. Trump’s inaugural crowd, for calling reporters dishonest and lecturing them about what stories to write and for failing to disavow Mr. Trump’s lie about widespread voter fraud in the election.
Asked if he was concerned that Mr. Spicer had lost credibility with the news media, Mr. Bannon chortled. “Are you kidding me?” he said. “We think that’s a badge of honor. ‘Questioning his integrity’ — are you kidding me? The media has zero integrity, zero intelligence, and no hard work.”
“You’re the opposition party,” Mr. Bannon said. “Not the Democratic Party. You’re the opposition party. The media’s the opposition party.”
Mr. Bannon mostly referred to the “elite” or “mainstream” media, but he cited The New York Times and The Washington Post by name.
“The paper of record for our beloved republic, The New York Times, should be absolutely ashamed and humiliated,” Mr. Bannon said. “They got it 100 percent wrong.”
He added that he has been a reader of The Times for most of his adult life.
Maggie Haberman contributed reporting from New York.
Related Coverage
Stephen Bannon and Breitbart News, in Their Words
NOV. 14, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/stephen-bannon-breitbart-words.html
Trump’s Choice of Stephen Bannon Is Nod to Anti-Washington Base
NOV. 14, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/stephen-bannon-white-house-trump.html
Critics See Stephen Bannon, Trump’s Pick for Strategist, as Voice of Racism
NOV. 14, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/us/politics/donald-trump-presidency.html
© 2017 The New York Times Company
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/business/media/stephen-bannon-trump-news-media.html
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Trump pressured Park Service to find proof for his claims about inauguration crowd
A view of the crowd at the U.S. Capitol ahead of the inauguration of President Trump on Jan. 20.
January 26, 2017
On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him.
In a Saturday phone call, Trump personally ordered Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the Mall, according to three individuals who have knowledge of the conversation. The president believed that the photos might prove that the media had lied in reporting that attendance had been no better than average.
Trump also expressed anger over a retweet sent from the agency’s account, in which side-by-side photographs showed far fewer people at his swearing-in than had shown up to see Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
According to one account, Reynolds had been contacted by the White House and given a phone number to call. When he dialed it, he was told to hold for the president.
For Trump, who sees himself and his achievements in superlative terms, the inauguration’s crowd size has been a source of grievance that he appears unable to put behind him. It is a measure of his fixation on the issue that he would devote part of his first morning in office to it — and that he would take out his frustrations on an acting Park Service director.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pressured-park-service-to-back-up-his-claims-about-inauguration-crowd/2017/01/26/12a38cb8-e3fc-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html [with embedded video, and comments]
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