Sunday, February 26, 2017

New Dem leader pledges to repair, unity party; Sanders urges `total transformation':


Big Business Sends Wish List To Santa Trump, Doesn’t Even Ask For Pony


In leak crackdown, Sean Spicer is conducting random phone checks of WH staffers. (Which they are leaking about.)


The father of a commando killed in Yemen refused to meet President Trump


Civil rights have come a long way in 50 years. See just how far when ABC begins the event When We Rise tomorrow night at 9/8c


Our 1st list of politically vulnerable GOP Reps by 2016 election data.


Thousands of Scott Pruitt's emails have hit the internet. Here are the wildest, scariest bits.


Here's what to expect from President Trump's first address to Congress:


Nancy Pelosi says President Trump "has nothing to show" for first weeks in office except "fear."


How the @ACLU Will Have a Presence on the Oscars Red Carpet


White House does not rule out Sessions recusal on Russia probes


New York City Mayor de Blasio is worried that probes could end too close to election


There's a new pipeline fight on the horizon... This time, in a New Jersey forest preserve


Opinion: "There may be good reasons to worry about Stephen Bannon, but they are not the ones everyone is giving."


I Inherited A Mess! A Mess!


 Thanks to Steve Benson

New York Times editor: Trump tweets 'wildly' boost subscriptions, news organizations' mission is clearer than ever


Quitting White Power Groups Can Be Hard..


Full Interview: John Brennan, February 26

Fmr. CIA Director John Brennan sits down with Face the Nation host John Dickerson to discuss intelligence leaks, President Trump's immigration ban and the new National Security Advisor.

Face The Nation:

Only one month into his new administration, where will President Trump take healthcare and immigration reform? Lanhee Chen of the Hoover Institution, Ben Domenech of the Federalist, Molly Ball of the Atlantic and Vox's Ezra Klein discuss this week in politics.

There's a pattern to Trump's attacks on the media. They repeatedly happen directly after reporting on Russia. Watch.


Meet the Rebuilds, who have taken the Democratic Party's future into their own hands.


For many farmers, the number one issue they face is the cost of health insurance.


Bill Paxton — known for roles in 'Aliens,' 'Twister' and 'Big Love' — dies at 61

RIP

Harvard is launching a free online class to promote religious literacy


After deleting content from their site, Alex Jones' Infowars denies it promoted “pizzagate” conspiracy theory


LOST: Hundreds of GOP senators & reps. If found, approach with caution.


The usually mild-mannered French president had a pointed reproach for President Trump


'I did what was right': Ian Grillot was shot as he jumped to the defence of two Indian men in a bar in Kansas, USA

This is America

GOP: Spineless cowards or enemies of the state?


Maple syrup producers face climate change - warming reduces yields


Rachel Maddow Show 2/25/17 new questions about Trump admin's ties to Russia

Wow

All In with Chris Hayes 2/24/17 Trump news Russia FBI stories


Watch: Former CIA operative warns Trump's attacks on the FBI are a 'bait and switch'


John Dean: The Difference Between Trump & Nixon is Trump Says Publicly What Nixon Said on Wiretap

http://democracynow.org - We compare President Donald Trump’s attitude toward the media to that of President Richard Nixon with Nixon’s former counsel, John Dean. "The big difference is, Trump is doing this right out and challenging the First Amendment, one of our most important because it involves freedom of the press and freedom of speech," Dean says. "Anything that he doesn’t like, any reporting, he calls being an enemy of the people … It’s just ludicrous. And it’s troublesome that he would try to sway the press by using the bully pulpit of his office to intimidate them."

The man who fed the first president — and hungered for freedom


Turns out you can’t confirm someone who wants to destroy the EPA without angry voters showing up.


Champion of the Shallow State

Russian billionaire Deripaska has an ongoing lawsuit against Manafort–accuses him of disappearing off with $19 million


Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, will headline a Planned Parenthood fundraiser


"Where did you get your name from?" and "Are you Muslim?" Asked of an American, of Muhammad Ali's son


Federal police searching vehicles at checkpoint on road to Sacred Stone Camp on Standing Rock reservation in Cannon Ball, ND.


Buoyed By Anti-Trump Activism, Democrat Wins Delaware Special Election