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– Trump invites sheriff to ‘destroy’ Texas state lawmaker who opposes asset forfeiture https://goo.gl/t0Rss2

– As Trump Fears Fraud, GOP Votes to Kill Election Commission https://goo.gl/zlEioF https://goo.gl/qhSYzh

– White House ramping up search for communications director after Spicer’s rocky start https://goo.gl/gdMY34

– Wheeler: GOP, Trump Plan to ‘Modernize’ the FCC is a ‘Fraud’ https://goo.gl/2NkMNQ

– Senate confirms DeVos as secretary of education
The 51-50 vote to confirm DeVos comes after the billionaire philanthropist unexpectedly emerged as the most contentious of any of Trump’s nominees. https://goo.gl/6q7vpr

– Starting next month, the FBI will no longer accept Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by email. In lieu of its popular email service, the FBI suggests sending a fax or snail mail, a procedural change that has more to do with obstructing the law than a dearth of resources. https://goo.gl/wLQLk8

– “As many as 13,000 people, most of them civilian opposition supporters, have been executed in secret at a prison in Syria, Amnesty International says.” – https://goo.gl/k8da2H

– Here are the attacks President Trump himself has under-reported https://goo.gl/CzN0rz

– White House says 78 terror attacks under-reported, media shows they were covered https://goo.gl/OYVNDc

– Trump: ‘Haters are going crazy’ over Russia double standard https://goo.gl/psfGsV

– Trump’s loose talk about Muslims gets weaponized in court against travel ban https://goo.gl/0dVHTs

– Unqualified and Dangerous – Betsy DeVos is uniquely unprepared to run the U.S. Education Department. https://goo.gl/64VtfS

– Senate to vote today on confirmation of Betsy DeVos https://goo.gl/9V9xQW

– Trump says terror attacks ‘under-reported’: Is that true? https://goo.gl/0rdyjx

– TIME: Legal Scholars: Why Congress Should Impeach Donald Trump https://goo.gl/5511zz

– Assad Says EU Has No Role in Syria https://goo.gl/cMGgbM

– What Steve Bannon Wants You to Read – President Trump’s strategic adviser is elevating a once-obscure network of political thinkers. https://goo.gl/bxnpKD

– Trump-Policy Concerns Send Gold Shooting to a Two-Month High https://goo.gl/RNyQGJ

– Kellyanne Conway’s ‘Bowling Green massacre’ wasn’t a slip of the tongue. She has said twice before. https://goo.gl/LA7UDD

– Iran launches missiles in exercise after US puts rogue nation ‘on notice’ https://goo.gl/iyYWUD

– President Trump is now speculating that the media is intentionally covering up reports of terrorist attacks. https://goo.gl/F98Ca5

– BREAKING: Democrats in the Senate plan to hold the floor for 24 straight hours in a last-ditch effort to convince just one Republican to join them in bringing down Betsy DeVos. https://goo.gl/RLQUPT

– Fox News Report: Trump not fully briefed on exec order that gave Bannon seat at NSC meetings https://goo.gl/9IQO06

– 97 companies, from Apple Inc. to Zynga Inc., filed an impassioned legal brief condemning President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, stepping up the industry’s growing opposition to the policy. https://goo.gl/ZzcfA3

– Pence to head commission investigating baseless voter fraud claim, Trump says https://goo.gl/fGHg1r

– Donald Trump Says ‘Negative Polls Are Fake News’ – “Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election. Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting.” https://goo.gl/9mTHwG

– Former top diplomats, tech giants blast immigration order as court showdown looms https://goo.gl/PEueya

– Trump Likes Putin. Investors, Not So Much. https://goo.gl/KsDP3e

– Florida congressman pitches bill that would abolish the Environmental Protection Agency https://goo.gl/Qlvnzb

– Pence: Judge ‘certainly’ has right to halt travel ban – https://goo.gl/ydHJOq

– Republicans denounce Trump’s defense of ‘killer’ Putin –
The president’s remark downplaying the Russian president’s violent history reopens a foreign policy rift with conservatives. https://goo.gl/AD227G

– McConnell breaks with Trump on Putin https://goo.gl/DAcuxR

– Trump defends Putin over Russia killings allegations https://goo.gl/goRclJ

– 9th Circuit Court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban https://goo.gl/N4EhQh

– Trump tweetstorm disparages judge for ‘ridiculous’ opinion, warns it could lead to ‘death and destruction’ https://goo.gl/HSlLEp

– Mar-a-Lago protesters: ‘When will we get tired of marching? Never.’ https://goo.gl/YbyTTS

– Romania to scrap corruption decree that sparked mass protests https://goo.gl/aaPDSR

– Trump tweeted this morning about ‘Islamic terror’ attack that killed 0. Still nothing about white supremecist Trump supporter who shot 6 in a mosque in Canada – Which is more terrifying? https://goo.gl/oetv0a https://goo.gl/CPmpOE

– Hundreds Expected To Moon Trump Tower In Chicago: The mission statement for Chicago’s, uh, cheekiest anti-Trump protest is pretty straightforward: “Kiss Our Asses, Release Your Taxes!” https://goo.gl/HNHN0P

– State Dept. claims ~<60k visas revoked contradicting US Attorney’s figures – – The real damage: More than 100K visas revoked following Trump’s immigration ban https://goo.gl/ZTB7CE https://goo.gl/NVMBrmhttps://goo.gl/KAZ9CD

– Norway institutions ‘targeted by Russia-linked hackers’ https://goo.gl/oZ86qi

– Trump slaps new sanctions on Iran after missile test
All together, the sanctions target 25 individuals or entities. https://goo.gl/nuw0Is

– Bogus ‘Bowling Green Massacre’ Claim Snarls Trump Adviser Conway https://goo.gl/nPXAeh

– From Obama to Trump: Lessons and challenges
Ahmet Davutoğlu, former Turkish PM, writes on the legacy of Obama’s foreign policy and the challenges ahead for Trump. https://goo.gl/u8OSFz

– A man with a large knife was shot by a French soldier on Friday after he lunged at four soldiers, shouting “God is great” in Arabic near the Louvre Museum in Paris https://goo.gl/s4yZAX

– Trump to order regulatory rollback Friday for finance industry starting with Dodd-Frank and a ‘Fiduciary’ regulation designed to force retirement advisers to work in the best interest of their clients.https://goo.gl/VuiJG3

– Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban https://goo.gl/XYlDY4

– Why Sanders will win his CNN ObamaCare debate vs. Cruz https://goo.gl/vHMmBY

– EU leaders, led by French president Francois Hollande, have denounced recent attacks on Europe by Donald Trump as they met for a summit to debate the future of the union. https://goo.gl/H0MCqx

– Trump blames dust-up over Australia P.M. call on ‘fake news media’ – still takes agreed to Refugees https://goo.gl/n2UKA8

– Senate advances DeVos’s nomination, setting her up for final vote https://goo.gl/Iiwfbx

– Vanity Fair pulls out of White House correspondents’ dinner after-party https://goo.gl/OtJ2ax

– Pelosi calls Trump’s chief strategist a ‘white supremacist’ https://goo.gl/UM6U43

– Uber Technologies CEO Travis Kalanick Leaves President’s Business Council – Ride sharing company faced criticism for appearing to align with President Donald Trump https://goo.gl/dVI1iq

– Donald Trump often tweets about terror and violence, but said nothing about an attack on Muslims in Quebec City https://goo.gl/PNYr7U

– Questions mount over botched Yemen raid approved by Trump
US military officials say Trump approved counter-terrorism operation without sufficient intelligence or ground support https://goo.gl/fApGKm

– Nordstrom Said to Wind Down Relationship With Ivanka Trump Brand https://goo.gl/ReBKFI

– Senate Democrats’ misleading language on a 60-vote ‘standard’ for Supreme Court nominees https://goo.gl/i1GebQ

– ‘Watching with bated breath’: Massive iceberg set to break off Antarctica https://goo.gl/ZRzm99

– Trump hints at cutting federal funds to UC Berkeley after violent protests over Milo Yiannopoulos https://goo.gl/qwIdrn

– US plans to impose sanctions on multiple Iranian entities, sources say https://goo.gl/A9FfX0

– GOP lawmakers offer bill to repeal law restricting churches’ political activity https://goo.gl/q89iDV

– After Missile Test, a War of Words Erupts Between Trump and Iran https://goo.gl/HqBC1h

– U.S. eases sanctions on Russian intelligence agency https://goo.gl/Bu8DeX

– Trump renews promise to roll back law limiting political activity by churches https://goo.gl/fZd402

– Trump on combative calls with foreign leaders: ‘Don’t worry about it’ – The president is under fire after leaks emerged about his aggressive phones calls with U.S. allies Mexico and Australia. https://goo.gl/hbeIBq

– America’s president – An insurgent in the White House (Great read centered on foreign policy) https://goo.gl/4X2cFu

– Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: Pray for Arnold Schwarzenegger https://goo.gl/fWCD0n

– Steve Bannon: ‘We’re going to war in the South China Sea … no doubt’ https://goo.gl/LGTFVi

– Trump ratchets up rhetoric against Iran in early morning tweets https://goo.gl/nsxZvx

– Mexican government says Trump never threatened to send troops to Mexico https://goo.gl/X0fAa5

– U.N. braces as Trump’s detente with Russia upsets balance of power https://goo.gl/lHxzzZ

– Milo Yiannopoulos event canceled after violence erupts, instigated by a group of about 150 masked agitators who came onto campus and interrupted an otherwise non-violent protest. https://goo.gl/nkvGJg

– Trump Twitter Bursts Throw Decades-Old Alliances Into Disarray https://goo.gl/wnDDr1

– Trump plans to reshape counter-extremism program to focus on Islam: report https://goo.gl/73TsoT

– Matthew McConaughey to Hollywood: ‘It’s time to embrace’ Trump https://goo.gl/Cj1OwY

– Biden, Sanders weigh in on race to lead Democratic Party https://goo.gl/zbhLlJ

– Trump travels ‘unannounced’ to honor remains of slain Navy SEAL https://goo.gl/5mqBUA

– BREAKING: Tillerson confirmed by Senate as Secretary of State

– BREAKING: Two Republicans have now announced they will vote against Betsy DeVos for Education secretary. If one more Republican joins them, it could mean the end for her nomination. https://goo.gl/x7UtdZ

– As a Student, SCOTUS Nominee Gorsuch Supported Gays and Opposed Campus Military Recruiters https://goo.gl/wlsPhj

– National Security Adviser Flynn: ‘We are officially putting Iran on notice’ https://goo.gl/6fIy4u

– Neil Gorsuch Is Nothing Like Donald Trump – He’s principled, dexterous, and eloquent. https://goo.gl/smlRBp

– I’ve read from a reputable source that the ban may expand to the following countries soon. Feel free to reach out if you need to be connected with legal services:
Lebanon, Egypt, Afghanistan, Colombia, Mali, Pakistan, Venezuela, (southern) Philippines.

*- Trump launches media attack during Black History Month listening session https://goo.gl/LnaoBK

– Sessions approved by Senate committee https://goo.gl/J9jCW6

– Senate Republicans Defy Democrats’ Boycott To Advance Trump Nominees https://goo.gl/69kmhc

– ‘Why let ’em in?’ Understanding Bannon’s worldview and the policies that follow. https://goo.gl/JTsN41

– White House ices out CNN – Trump administration refuses to put officials on air on the network the president called ‘fake news.’ https://goo.gl/Zxb0VN

– Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court Nominee for a Stolen Seat https://goo.gl/8AkLe0

– Quebec mosque attack: Fox News deletes tweet after Canada complains https://goo.gl/Zp5y44

– Army Corps ordered to approve final step to finish Dakota Access Pipeline https://goo.gl/iOEAuo

– Trump signaled rule of law is still king with ObamaCare order https://goo.gl/DxkH9q

– White House says LGBT protections for federal workers will remain https://goo.gl/TLG22I

– A ‘rogue’ group of staffers is tweeting secrets from the White House https://goo.gl/W7ckCU

– Bernie Sanders seeks Trump’s support in cutting drug costs https://goo.gl/xqp4SG

– Under DeVos, Here’s How School Choice Might Work https://goo.gl/MQnwEq

– Senate Democrats Block Committee Votes On 2 Trump Nominees https://goo.gl/d0Q4De

– DeVos questionnaire appears to include passages from uncited sources https://goo.gl/vLsLQV

– Donald Trump firing Sally Yates isn’t the big story. How he did it is. https://goo.gl/j24glI

– Senate committee approves DeVos nomination https://goo.gl/UOyYIb

– Trump Fires Acting Attorney General, Deepening U.S. Immigration Conflict https://goo.gl/C17AxP

– Mosque shooting terrorist suspect in Canada known for alt-right views https://goo.gl/AYaQOW

– Defiant Trump mocks Democrats over immigration order https://goo.gl/qZjomB

– Boy Scouts open membership to transgender boys https://goo.gl/gKVYnD