Sunday, January 22, 2017

RSN: The Women's March Is Double the Size of Trump's Inauguration, Michael Moore Calls for Mass Opposition to Betsy DeVos as Pushback Against Trump's Education Pick Grows




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Dan Rather | We Now Have a New and Untested Captain 
Dan Rather. (photo: Rob Rich/WENN/News.com) 
Dan Rather, Dan Rather's Facebook Page 
Rather writes: "And so it begins. Of the nearly 20 inaugurations I can remember, there has never been one that felt like today. Not even close. Never mind the question of the small size of the crowds, or the boycott by dozens of lawmakers, or even the protest marches slated for tomorrow across the country." 
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The Women's March Is Double the Size of Trump's Inauguration 
Esther Yu Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress 
Lee writes: "President Donald Trump really likes to marvel at the size of the crowds at his events as a way to show himself support. He has said that there would be an 'unbelievable, perhaps record-setting turnout' at his inauguration." 
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Trump Signs Sweeping Order That Could Gut Obamacare 
Jennifer Haberkorn and Nolan D. McCaskill, Politico 
Excerpt: "A few hours after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order that encourages federal agencies to dismantle large parts of Obamacare, possibly including the hugely unpopular mandate requiring most Americans to purchase insurance." 
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Michael Moore Calls for Mass Opposition to Betsy DeVos as Pushback Against Trump's Education Pick Grows 
Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "Filmmaker Michael Moore told the crowd assembled for the Women's March on Washington Saturday morning that they should make their top priority opposing the confirmation of President Trump's nominee to run the Education Department, Betsy DeVos." 
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Internal List Shows President Trump Was Sworn In Next to His VIP Donors 
Mattathias Schwartz, The Intercept 
Schwartz writes: "Immediately after taking the oath of office Friday Donald J. Trump declared that 'we are transferring power from Washington, D.C. and giving it back to you, the American People.'" 
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As Trump Pledges to Resume Torture, New Documents Detail the Bush Era CIA Torture Program 
Sheri Fink, James Risen and Charlie Savage, The New York Times 
Excerpt: "When C.I.A. interrogators in a Thailand prison sent a cable to agency headquarters recounting that they had been slamming Abu Zubaydah, a captured terrorism suspect, against a wall, they emphasized that they were obeying instructions to take steps to prevent his injury, like putting a rolled-up towel behind his neck, and described the practice in detached terms." 
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5 Disturbing DAPL Developments You Need to Know 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "The fight to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) wages on. Just this week law enforcement used tear gas and fired bean-bag rounds to disperse crowds and arrested nearly 40 people since Monday, the Billings Gazette reported. One Water Protector appears to have suffered a nasty wound in his leg after an alleged confrontation with an officer on Thursday (warning, the photo is graphic)." 
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