And another week of Trump’s presidency is in the books. This week’s news was dominated by Trump’s sudden flurry of flip-flops on all sorts of campaign promises, both foreign and domestic. This included shifts in his positions on getting involved in Syria, our stance toward Russia,
the value of NATO, China’s currency manipulation (or lack thereof), whether to keep the Export-Import bank, Janet Yellen’s leadership of the Federal Reserve, and whether (and when) he wants to pursue a new health care reform plan.
All of these changes happened within the span of a week, and it was absolutely warranted for the media to spend much of its energy focused on this story. But what else happened that you might not have heard about? Continue reading
That’s the now infamous phrase coined by top Trump aide Steve Bannon during a rare public appearance at CPAC in February. Bannon used the phrase to describe one of the three main goals of the Trump agenda. Bannon has a dramatic way with words, and that turn of phrase garnered a lot of attention.
2017 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on Monday. The full list of winners can be found 
You’ll probably remember that Trump recited a fairly well-written speech, carefully prepared by his speech writers to sand off most of the usual rough edges. He stuck to the script and didn’t veer off on any tangents or throw in any of his typical red meat ad-libs. Reporters and pundits across the spectrum declared the President a new man. With that speech, they said, he had finally become “the President.” He had made the “presidential pivot.”
another jam-packed week of news. Sadly, while this week was dominated by some of the usual suspects of late (Russia, the Supreme Court), a new story also commanded our attention: the horrific chemical weapons attack in Syria.
Yes, it’s really important that we stay vigilant about what Trump & the GOP are up to, but let’s be honest, that can also get kind of soul crushing. So today we’re going to take a Trump hiatus and roll back the clock a bit for some Obama nostalgia. Apologies in advance because it’s going to make you miss Obama that much more.
In the wake of last week’s vote by the GOP to overturn internet privacy protections, I figured now would be the perfect time to talk about some other changes that are on the horizon for technology regulations. The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Ajit Pai, has a very different philosophy about regulation than the man who preceded him under President Obama, Tom Wheeler.
What else happened this week that you didn’t hear about?
To the surprise of no sentient being anywhere, Americans have reacted with widespread 
“malevolence tempered by incompetence.” Wittes used the phrase to describe Trump’s first attempt at a travel ban. But in my 
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