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This is certainly an interesting use of WordPress

🎧 Pull Up A Chair #1 – Jay Rosen & David Fahrenthold | The Correspondent

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David Fahrenthold of the Washington Post won a Pulitzer for his Trump coverage, but he couldn’t have done it without help from his readers. In the first episode of our new podcast, Pull up a Chair, David talks with NYU’s Jay Rosen about the power of putting readers at the heart of journalism.



An awesome little start of a podcast. I’d definitely come back to this.

👓 Woman Fired For Flipping Off Trump’s Motorcade | Huffington Post

Read Woman Fired For Flipping Off Trump's Motorcade by Jennifer Bendery (HuffPost)
A photo of Juli Briskman giving the middle finger to the president went viral. Her employer was not pleased.
The note about the fellow male worker not being treated equally when his overstep actually featured his employer is a bit infuriating. The worst part is that their action brought new fire to the story and they Barbara Streisand-ed themselves at the same time.

📺 ‘The Dangerous Case Of Donald Trump’: 27 Psychiatrists Assess | The Last Word | MSNBC on YouTube

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In a new book, 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts asses President Donald Trump's behavior. Do his impulses explain his decisions? The book's editor Dr. Brandy Lee and Tony Schwartz, co-author of Trump's "The Art of the Deal," join Lawrence O'Donnell.

📺 Ron Perlman Talks President Donald Trump Speech Patterns | AM Joy | MSNBC on YouTube

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Joy Reid is joined by actor and author Ron Perlman, and Columbia University professor of linguistics John McWhorter, on the bombshell statements and run-on sentences from Donald Trump’s recent New York Times interview.

👓 Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn’t follow through | Washington Post

Read Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn’t follow through (Washington Post)
‘No other president has ever done something like this,’ Trump told the late soldier’s father.
It kills me that he’s so unfeeling, unkind, and generally has no empathy. The fact that he hasn’t caught on that people are going to fact check him and make him continually look like an even bigger looser is even more painful. The disrespect to our troops just becomes the icing on the cake. His actions really just hurt my brain because they just make no sense within the framework of humanity.

👓 Tillerson was summoned to the White House amid presidential fury | NBC News

Read Tillerson was summoned to the White House amid presidential fury (NBC News)
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was called to the White House after a furious President Trump reacted to reports of a growing rift between the two men.

👓 Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech, Sources Say | Bloomberg

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George Gigicos removed as president’s rally organizer Sparse crowd put Trump in foul mood before delivering remarks

👓 Breaking: Sebastian Gorka Resigns From Trump Administration | The Federalist

Read Breaking: Sebastian Gorka Resigns From Trump Administration by Mollie Hemingway (The Federalist)
Sebastian Gorka is resigning his post as Deputy Assistant to President Trump, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told The Federalist. In a blunt resignation letter, the national security and counterterrorism expert expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the Trump administration. “[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are – for now – ascendant within the White House,” Gorka wrote. “As a result, the best and most effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s House.”

👓 Is Anybody Home at HUD? | ProPublica

Read Is Anybody Home at HUD? by Alec MacGillis (ProPublica)
A long-harbored conservative dream — the “dismantling of the administrative state” — is taking place under Secretary Ben Carson.
I was just thinking yesterday, HUD has been awfully quiet. What has Ben Carson been up to?

The answer is appallingly painful, but seemingly par for the course, for the current administration.

While certainly having a particular point of view, this article is well reported with some great history/background, and specific examples. Sadly, it appears that the people Trump specifically said he was out to help are going to get the shaft even worse than I would have expected.

👓 This 1972 photo of women in miniskirts helped persuade Trump to commit to war in Afghanistan | Quartz

Read This 1972 photo of women in miniskirts helped persuade Trump to commit to war in Afghanistan by Heather Timmons (Quartz)
Trump's national security advisor used the photo to show how "western" Kabul had been in the past.

👓 I Voted for Trump. And I Sorely Regret It. | New York Times

Read Opinion | I Voted for Trump. And I Sorely Regret It. (New York Times)
I supported the president in dozens of articles, radio and TV appearances. I won’t do it any longer.
A nice overview for the case against him.