Sunday, March 12, 2017

SUNDAY READING (March 12, 2017)

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Eric Trump's business trip to Uruguay cost taxpayers $97,830 in hotel bills (Washington Post).

Pence used personal email for state business as governor and was hacked (The Hill).

Trump argues for revised travel ban by citing attacks carried out by U.S. citizens (Washington Post).

Here are the top ten Republican accomplishments of 2017 so far (Mother Jones).


KEEPING TRACK OF THE LIES
Here's a running list of President Trump's lies and other bullshit (BuzzFeed News).

The complete list of all 99 false things Donald Trump has said as president (Toronto Star).

AP Fact Check: Trump's skewed ledger of achievements (Gazette Xtra).


TRUMP'S INNER CIRCLE: COMPROMISED, DELUSIONAL SOCIOPATHS?
Disgraced Trump adviser Mike Flynn admits he worked as a "foreign agent" for the Turkish government (Vox).

Here's another Trump cabinet pick with close financial ties to Russians (Mother Jones).

Steve Bannon says Trump's cabinet of billionaires has been "selected for a reason ... deconstruction" (Salon).

Steve Bannon's disturbing views on 'genetic superiority' are shared by Trump (Think Progress).

Blackwater founder Erik Prince, the brother of Betsy DeVos, is secretly advising Trump (Democracy Now!).

Ben Carson: Slaves were immigrants who came here and worked really hard 'for less' (HuffPost).

Robert Mercer: the big data billionaire waging war on mainstream media (The Guardian).

Where did Steve Bannon get his worldview? From my book (Washington Post).


WHAT OBAMA LEFT TRUMP ... IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD
The America Donald Trump is inheriting [inherited], by the numbers (NPR).

Inside a moneymaking machine like no other (Bloomberg).

The Obama 'fiduciary rule' is helping American savers (Wall Street Journal).


THIS ISN'T GOOD ...
Trump gives pen to Dow Chemical CEO after signing executive order to eliminate regulations (Eco Watch).

Ignoring state threats, firm keeps sucking sand from Monterey Bay (SF Chronicle).

Study shows undocumented immigrants pay a higher share of income in taxes than the wealthiest 1 percent (Salon).

How President Trump isn't just deporting "the bad ones" (attn:).

Following Sessions' Mar-a-Lago appearance, new ethics questions arise (MSNBC).


BUT THIS DEFINITELY ISN'T RIGHT
Fury in Cambodia as U.S. asks to be paid back hundreds of millions in war debts (Sydney Morning Herald).

Experts baffled as robots sent to clean up Fukushima nuclear site keep dying (Independent).

How companies make millions off lead-poisoned, poor blacks (Washington Post).

Republican lawmaker says cancer patients can go to the ER for health care (Shareblue).

Investigation into husband and wife pastor duo reveals decades of abuse at North Carolina church (Jezebel).


TRAVEL BAN / IMMIGRATION: IT WAS NEVER ABOUT SECURITY
Canadian woman en route to Vermont to U.S., told she needs immigrant visa (CBC).

Gold Star father Khizr Khan cancels speech in Toronto after organizers report his travel privileges were under review (Los Angeles Times).


WHEN DENIERS DENY
Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says- but it funded deniers for 27 more years (The Guardian).

'Shell knew': oil giant's 1991 film warned of climate change danger (Alternet).

A diabetic boy's parents 'didn't believe in doctors.' Now they're guilty of his murder (Washington Post).


MISCELLANEOUS
Democrats can't win until they recognize how bad Obama's financial policies were (Washington Post).

How Swedes and Norwegians broke the power of the '1 percent' (Common Dreams).

Sweden brings back the draft, alarmed by Russian activities (NPR).

Trump says Schwarzenegger was fired from 'Apprentice.' Then Schwarzenegger fires back (Washington Post).

- Mark

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