As Trump displays paranoia about small inauguration crowds, millions of women engage in peaceful protest of Donald’s misogyny and hate….–TV networks covered the crowd more than the event, ignoring powerful speakers like Angela Davis (text here) in favor of Madonna and Ashley Judd’s rants
–pro-lifers and female Trump voters weren’t welcome, and George Soros is their bogeyman, according to self-described “liberal feminist” Muslim woman who voted for Trump
–if these had been peace marches, would corporate media cover them? On Feb. 15, 2003, 10 million people marched worldwide, ignored then and now
–listener Dick Atlee notes that last November, 20 million Muslims marched in opposition to Islamic State, but US media ignored them, too
–my warnings about government surveillance drew corrective comments from a listener we’ll call “Benny”, who knows the operations side of Stingray
–CBS launches new reality show, Hunted, that normalizes domestic surveillance, as contestants try to win $250,000 for evading capture
–Trump shows Nixon-style paranoia about media and other “enemies” and sends new press secretary to push lies labeled “alternative facts”
–at first press briefing, Sean Spicer tweaks networks that reported Trump’s lies by calling on everybody else first
–Trump dances on the grave of TPP, says he will renegotiate NAFTA, but Public Citizen has some questions
–lawsuit filed over Trump’s violations of Emoluments Clause, and complaint is filed over lease for Trump’s DC hotel that bars involvement by elected officials
–WikiLeaks invites leakers to turn over Trump’s tax returns, since he won’t
–despite clear precedents, Office of Legal Counsel papers over the laws that bar Jared Kushner from working in White House
–8-member Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of ruling blocking the strict voter-photo ID law in Texas, invalidating it for now
—NY Times Public Editor explains why the paper chose not to report the unverified material in the Trump dossier, but did run CIA’s unverified material, and endorsed it
–after Obama’s final bombing raids in Libya, he changed the policy to limit Trump’s options for similar operations
–following ugly brawls in the parliament, Turkey nears approval of dictatorship for Erdogan
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