Week #11:  January 29, 2017

An Observation:   This week was chaos. Journalist Dan Rather described it as "the Twilight Zone," and author Stephen King, "The ugliest first week of a presidency in the history of the American republic." This week, there were numerous articles about Trump transforming America into an authoritarian state (examples here, here, here, here, here). ____________________________________________________________

1.

The revised tally for the Women's March came in between 3 and 4 million, making it the largest protest march in US history.   Read More About This

2.

Hundreds of protestors coming to the Women's March from Canada, were turned away at the US border.   Read More About This

3.

Trump defensively responded with outright lies about his inaugaration crowd. Spicer said, "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inaugaration  --  period." When pressed on this lie on NBC, Conway said Spicer's false claims were, "alternative facts."   Read More About This

4.

Numerous reporters were arrested while covering the inauguration protests. NBC reporters were released, while others were charged.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

5.

In true authoritarian form, Trump declared his inauguration day to be the National Day Patriotic Devotion.   Read More About This

6.

On the Monday after he was sworn in, a group of Constitutional scholars, Supreme Court litigators and White House ethics lawyers filed a suit claiming Trump violated the Constitution by receiving foreign payments.   Read More About This

7.

The Boston Globe ran an op-ed titled, "The President's House Is Empty." The Week 2 list mentioned Melania and Baron living in NYC, now apparently Trump is too, and we have normalized this item.   Read More About This

8.

The WSJ reported that Flynn -- in addition to Page, Manafort and Stone -- is under investigation for links to Russia.   Read More About This

9.

Days after his inauguration, Trump called the National Park Security, reportedly upset about a retweet of a side-by-side photo of his inauguration next to Obama.   Read More About This

10.

As of the Sunday evening after being sworn in, Trump still hadn't severed his ties to his businesses as promised. After the media caught this, documents were filed later that day.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

11.

The White House comment line switchboard no longer has a person answering the phone.   Read More About This

12.

Breaking decades of precedent, Conway said Trump would never release his tax returns, saying the American public is not focused on this, (ABCpoll last week showed 74% of Americans want his returns released).   Read More About This

13.

Despite Trump's proclamation of having a "great meeting" and "long standing ovations" at a meeting with the CIA, it turned out that Trump's paid employees were the ones cheering, and his relations with the intelligence may be getting worse.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

14.

Without explanation, the CDC cancelled a Climate and Health Summit, scheduled to take place in Atlanta.   Read More About This

15.

Trump's staff continued to tell multiple outright lies, daily, including statements about the size of the federal workforce, crowd size, and voting fraud.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

16.

Massive leaks coming from the White House staff portrayed Trump as impulsive and childish, in stories published by the NYT and WAPO.   Read More About This

17.

The State Department's statement of apology for past LGBT discrimination was scrubbed from the official website.   Read More About This

18.

Trump signed an executive order, reinstating AND expanding to an unprecedented degree, the Global Gag rule. He signed the order in the company of all white man (see photo below).   Read More About This

19.

Days after being sworn in, Trump told lawmakers that 3–5 million illegal ballots cost him the popular vote. Next day, Spicer repeated the same lie.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

20.

Trump froze EPA grants.   Read More About This

21.

Trump banned EPA employees from providing infomation to reporters or on social media, about new contracts or grants.   Read More About This

22.

Later, Trump banned multiple federal agencies from communicationswith members of Congress and the media.   Read More About This

23.

Trump threatened to send Federal Troops to Chicago, citing false claims about crime rates.   Read More About This

24.

Republican legislators around the country proposed a series of bills, which would make criminalize peaceful protests.   Read More About This

25.

There were public stories of multiple arrests, disapearances and deaths of Russian intelligence agency officers for leaks related to Trump's dossier and interference with US election. There was also news of a possible public trial.   Read More About This

26.

Trump's AG nominee, Sessions, said he would not commit to recusing himself from Trump related investigations. This is counter to requirements of DOJ rules.   Read More About This

27.

Advisors for Germany's Merkel said they were still struggling to open communications channels with the Trump administration days after the inauguration, and that they have "given up" on him acting "presidential."   Read More About This

28.

On Wednesday, the White House released an email to the press, titled, "Praise for Trump's Bold Action."   Read More About This

29.

Trump ordered billions of funding cuts to UN agencies, and took action towards pulling us out of treaties, including Climate Change.   Read More About This

30.

Mother Jones reported that some of Trump's foreign business partners attended his inauguration, and were given VIP treatment.   Read More About This

31.

Trump mandated that EPA scientific studies undergo a review by his political staff, before being released publicly.   Read More About This

32.

Trump called for an investigation into voter fraud, then delayed signing the executive order. Media uncovered that several Trump insiders are registered to vote in two states.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

33.

Trump said torture "absolutely works," putting him at odds with his staff on a draft torture order. For now, Trump said Mattis could override him.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

34.

At his CIA speech, Trump said of Iraq, "We should've kept the oil. But, okay, maybe we'll have another chance." He kept that mantra alive during the week, endangering our troops serving in Iraq.   Read More About This

35.

Protests continued around the country, including major marches in Philadelphia and NYC.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

36.

In a bizarre interview with ABC, Trump continued his false claim about voter fraud, and also fixated on the crowd size of inauguration, showing David Muir a photo, and also saying, "We had the biggest audience in the history of inaugural speeches."   Read More About This;  Click here, also

37.

The Economist downgraded the US on its democracy scale, to a "flawed democracy."   Read More About This

38.

The entire senior staff of the State Department left. It was unclear if they resigned or were fired, ahead of Trump's incoming nominee, Tillerson, who has no diplomatic or government experience, taking office.   Read More About This

39.

Trump signed an executive order to build The Wall. The Mexican President said Mexico would not be paying for The Wall, and canceled a previously scheduled trip to meet with Trump in DC.   Read More About This

40.

The WSJ Editorial Board slammed Trump for his treatment of Mexico, and for floating a 20% tariff, calling him a "foreign-affairs neophyte."   Read More About This

41.

Bannon said the media should "keep its mouth shut," and referred to them as "the opposition party."   Read More About This

42.

NPR reported that Trump signed a record number of executive actions in his first week; but unlike his predecessors, none about ethics.   Read More About This

43.

Trump replaced the leader of a federal agency which overseas the use of Federal land, including the controversial Trump hotel in DC.   Read More About This

44.

Business Insider reported on a memo between Igor Sechin, the CEO of Russia's state oil company, and Trump ally, Carter Page, offering a stake in the Russia's state oil company, in exchange for lifting of US sanctions.   Read More About This

45.

Trump issued a statement on Holocaust Memorial Day that did not mention Jews, breaking a precedent of past Democrat and Republican presidents.   Read More About This

46.

Same day, Trump signed an executive order banning citizens from 7 Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for the next 90 days. Trump also announced plans to increase the number of countries.   Read More About This

47.

Trump said Christian refugees would be given preference, a clear violation of our constitution.   Read More About This

48.

Trump immigration ban did not include countries in which Trump has business interests.   Read More About This

49.

Trump hinted at dropping US sanction against Russia in the lead up to his first official call with Putin. In response, McCain said if Trump lifts sanction, Congress will restore them.   Read More About This

50.

Much of Trump's foreign policy is being decided and carried out by two men, Bannon and Kushner.

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Week #10:  January 22, 2017

This Week's Observation:   This week’s list includes two articles, one by McClatchy and one by the NYT, with breaking news on Russian interference in our election, including possible Trump team complicity. Both articles are shocking and disturbing, yet garnered little attention. It’s as if the American people are losing faith and trust in our institutions, and giving up that there will be accountability and consequences. ____________________________________________________________

1.

The Sunday Times reported that Trump's first meeting, as president, will be with Putin.   Read More About This

2.

In interviews with the Times of London and Germany's Bild, Trump referred to NATO as "obsolete."   Read More About This

3.

Next day, the front page of Le Monde showed Trump standing with his back turned, and a title, "Trump Contre L'Europe" (translates, Trump Against Europe).   Read More About This

4.

The Trump transition team is considering a plan to evict the press corpsfrom the White House. Trump later clarified, saying he won't evict all press, but he will pick who is allowed to come.   Read More About This

5.

Trump's war of words with Rep. Lewis continued for four days.

6.

Trump canceled his plan to visit Museum of African American History on MLK Day. Spicer said Monday, Trump never planned to be in DC, after Conway said the prior Friday, Trump was going.   Read More About This

7.

A dossier provided to US Intelligence alleges that Trump agreed to sideline the issue of Russian intervention in Ukraine after Russia promised to feed the emails it stole from prominent Democrats' inboxes to WikiLeaks.   Read More About This

8.

Trump ally Rep. Rokita is considering legislation that would allow Trump to fire federal employees for no cause.   Read More About This

9.

Trump publicly traded barbs with outgoing CIA Director John Brennan. Brennan said Trump,"does not yet" fully appreciate what embracing Russia might mean, and called Trump's response, "repugnant."   Read More About This

10.

After saying that the American people don't care about his tax returns at his press conference, an ABC poll found 74% of Americans want Trump to release his returns.   Read More About This

11.

In a 2014 interview, Trump identified Russia as the US's "biggest problem" and greatest geopolitical foe.   Read More About This

12.

On Sunday talk shows, Preibus and Rep. Chaffetz warned and attackedthe director of the Office of Governmental Ethics, who has publicly challenged Trump's conflicts of interests.   Read More About This

13.

In a speech, Putin defended Trump, and said the Obama administration was trying to undermine Trump's legitimacy.   Read More About This

14.

Trump's cabinet level appointees are the least diverse in decades: 18 of 23 are white men, and none are Latino. Trump defended this, saying his cabinet has the highest IQ of any cabinet ever.   Read More About This

15.

Michael Flynn's son tweeted an article from a Kremlin-funded websitewhich said Flynn should take control of the 16 US Intelligence agencies.   Read More About This

16.

A disturbing WAPO article detailed Trump's isolation at Trump Tower, including his leaving the building only once over several days, and interacting with very few people.   Read More About This

17.

NBC and WSJ reported that jobs at GM and Bayer, which Trump took credit for, were in the works for years; and that corporate leaders are crediting him to avoid his Twitter wrath.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

18.

In Greenwich, CT, a Republican official grabbed a woman by her genitals, bragging "I love this new world, I no longer have to be politically correct." He was caught on tape, and later arrested.   Read More About This

19.

Trump was sued for defamation by one of the woman who accused him of unwanted sexual advances. Attorney Gloria Alfred said she will subpoena unseen "The Apprentice" footage.   Read More About This

20.

SOS nominee Tillerson's disclosure says he intends to stay away from State decisions benefiting Exxon for only one year.   Read More About This

21.

Media was banned from Trump's DC hotel in the days leading up to his inauguration. Trump did, however, stop by his DC hotel, and Spicer told the press, "I encourage you to go there, if you haven't been." Trump still benefits financially from the hotel.   Read More About This

22.

Passwords used by Rudy Giuliani, Trump's incoming cybersecurity advisor, and 13 other Trump team staff, were leaked in a mass hack.   Read More About This

23.

A CBS News poll found Trump's favorably had fallen to 32%. Similarly, a Fox News poll had him at 37% favorability. Trump is the first incoming president to have a net-negative approval rating.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

24.

Trump bragged about "displaying our military," including possible military parades in major US cities.   Read More About This

25.

Trump also had tried to include tank and missile launchers in his inaugural parade.   Read More About This

26.

McClatchy reported that the FBI and 5 other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have been investigating how money may have covertly moved from Kremlin to help Trump win.   Read More About This

27.

Nearly 70 members of Congress and Secretary of State Kerry boycotted Trump's Inauguration.   Read More About This

28.

Rep. Cummings who did attend, explained, "members of Congress have a lot of information that the public does not have," and eventually the American people would understand the boycotts.   Read More About This

29.

As Trump takes office, he has the fewest cabinet members approved of any modern day president. Trump has nominated only 28 of 690 Senate-confirmable jobs in the Executive Branch.   Read More About This

30.

The day before his inauguration, Trump asked 50 Obama administration officials to stay on in their roles.   Read More About This

31.

As Trump takes office, the State Department says they have not been instructed on whether to attend upcoming peace talks.   Read More About This

32.

The Trump team tried an additional form of suppressing the media, serving CNN with a retraction request, which the network is forced to responds to, for a routine story.   Read More About This

33.

In a parting interview, VP Biden told Vanity Fair, he is worried Trump might destroy Western civilization.   Read More About This

34.

The NYT reported law enforcement and intelligence agencies are examining communications and financial transactions between Russian officials and Paul Manafort, Carter Page and Roger Stone.   Read More About This

35.

Despite his efforts to promote ticket sales through a heavily advertised online video, Trump Inauguration and events were poorly attended, and no well known celebrities agreed to perform.   Read More About This

36.

The Guardian's Editorial Board described Trump's Inaugural speech as, "bitter, blowhard and banal," and said, in contrast to FDR's speech of overcome fear, Trump "told the world to be very afraid."   Read More About This

37.

The streets along with Inaugural parade had thin crowds, and the entire stands were empty (see video below).   Read More About This

38.

Trump team banned the Department of Interior from Twitter, after the department retweeted photos of small crowds on Inauguration Day. A National Park Spokesperson apologized.   Read More About This

39.

Within hours of Trump being sworn in, all mention of climate change, civil rights and LGBT were removed from the White House webpage.   Read More About This

40.

Upon taking office, Trump was likely already in violation of the federal lease with his Trump hotel DC property.   Read More About This

41.

An estimated 2.5 million Americans marched in the Women March, ten times more than showed for Trump inauguration. AP reported that 500,000 marched in DC alone, doubling the expected attendance.   Read More About This

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Week #9:  January 15, 2017

This Week's Observation:   This was not a good week for our country: this is the longest, and most troubling list to date. ​I want to note that the purpose of this authoritarian list is to highlight subtle changes, and so business as usual, as upsetting as it may be -- like the GOP’s attempt to repeal the ACA -- are not covered. Again, this is a list that is not meant to be partisan, but rather to capture changes in the fabric of our country, so we can refer back, and recall what used to be normal and acceptable. ____________________________________________________________

1.

The Office of Government Ethics director publicly lamented, "we seem to have lost contact with the Trump-Pence transition since the election."   Read More About This

2.

Three vendors have placed liens on the Trump hotel in DC for unpaid bills of over $5 million, in total.   Read More About This

3.

The OGE similarly said they had not completed ethics reviews of Trump's cabinet nominees. Leader McConnell said the Democrats need to "grow up"on Trump's desire for speedy confirmations.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

4.

Sean Hannity endorsed a tweet which said "Make Russia Great Again" with the word, "Amen." Hannity later deleted his tweet.   Read More About This

5.

Meryl Streep used her Golden Globes lifetime of notable work speech to eloquently attack Trump, without mentioning his name.   Read More About This

6.

Trump responded via a tweet that Streep is an "over-rated" actress, and denied he had mocked a disabled reporter.   Read More About This

7.

Trump took credit for a Fiat Chrysler plant and jobs in MI and OH. Fiat Chrysler responded that Trump had nothing to do with it.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

8.

Trump appointed Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, to a top White House post, possibly violating the 1967 federal anti-nepotism statute.   Read More About This

9.

Trump told the NYT that all the dress shops in DC are sold out for his inauguration. This was a lie.   Read More About This

10.

Trump team dismissed the National Nuclear Security Administration and his deputy, responsible for maintaining our nuclear arsenal, as of January 20. Trump also dismissed the commanding general of the DC national guard.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

11.

Cory Booker became the first US Senator to speak out against a fellowsitting senator at a confirmation hearing (Sessions for AG).   Read More About This

12.

CNN reported a bombshell  -- Intelligence chiefs had briefed Trump that Russia had gathered information to blackmail him (the dossier).   Read More About This

13.

Same day, BuzzFeed published contents of the dossier, which apparently had been in the hands of the FBI and some in the media since the summer. Contents include the infamous golden shower.   Read More About This

14.

Trump denied having been briefed, and said the contents of the dossier were confirmed by intelligence to be fake. DNI Clapper issued a public statement indicating the dossier's contents are still being verified (not fake), and media reported that Comey met with Trump one-on-one to review the dossier the prior Friday.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

15.

Trump held his first press conference since July. Trump packed the room with paid employees, who applauded him, and jeered at reporters.   Read More About This

16.

At press conference, Trump said he had no plans to release his tax returns, or resolve conflicts of interest, saying, "I have no-conflict situation because I'm president."   Read More About This

17.

Trump bullied reporters at two news outlets, calling them "fake news," and used other news outlets as evidence.   Read More About This

18.

The director of the OGE publicly blasted Trump's non-plan for dealing with conflicts of interest. Next day, Rep. Jason Chaffetz threatened to investigate the OGE.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

19.

Next day, while meeting with CEO of AT&T at Trump Tower (AT&T needs approval for their merger with Time Warner, parent company of CNN) Trump tweeted CNN is "FAKE NEWS" and tanking.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

20.

Rep. Barbara Lee said she would not attend Trump's inauguration. During the week, the list grew to 12 members of Congress.   Read More About This

21.

Trump encouraged his followers in a tweet to "buy L.L. Bean," in violation of a White House policy prohibiting the endorsement of products.   Read More About This

22.

The Justice Department inspector general opened an investigation into allegations of misconduct by the FBI and Comey, leading up to the election.   Read More About This

23.

C-Span's online broadcast was interrupted by Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT, while Rep. Maxine Waters was speaking. Waters has said she will not meet with Trump. The broadcast was also interrupted that morning when a Senator discussed Russian hacking.   Read More About This

24.

WAPO reported that Michael Flynn, Trump's NSA, spoke to Russia's envoy on Dec 29th, the day Obama announced sanctions on Russia. Trump team initially denied this, then later, said they spoke only once that day. Reuters reports they spoke 5 times that day.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

25.

Trump continued to deny Russian hacking, and to use quotes around Intelligence in his tweets.   Read More About This

26.

Trump appointed Rudy Giuliani to a cybersecurity role -- albeit though a private company, despite Giuliani's lack of experience.   Read More About This

27.

Trump appointed a sixth Goldman Sachs (past or present) employees to a major role in his administration.   Read More About This

28.

After Congress was briefed by Intelligence chiefs, Rep. John Lewis said, "I don't see Trump as a legitimate president."   Read More About This

29.

Next morning, Trump tweeted a disparaging attack on Lewis, on MLK weekend, saying he was all talk.   Read More About This

30.

Democrats in Congress were furious with FBI director Comey's unwillingness to answer their questions and fully brief them.   Read More About This

31.

UK media broke that the former agent who gathered the info in the dossier, had shared his findings with the FBI, starting in the summer, and had become concerned that a cabal within the FBI was compromised and attempting to cover-up information.   Read More About This

32.

The Senate announced hearings on possible Russia-Trump ties, and said subpoenas would be issued if necessary.   Read More About This

33.

The FEC sent Trump a letter listing 247 pages of illegal contributions to his campaign.   Read More About This

34.

In the wake of the Trump dossier becoming public, Russia's cybersecurity head is out of a job.   Read More About This

35.

Human Rights Watch issued its annual report of threats to human rights around the world. For the first time in 27 years, the US is listed as a top threat because of the rise of Trump.   Read More About This

36.

A Quinnipiac poll showed Trump's favorability ratings continuing to slide to historic lows for modern day presidents: only 37% of Americans view Trump favorably.   Read More About This

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Week #8:  January 8, 2017

An Observation:  Although the bar is set pretty high, this week was the most devastating for our country so far. ____________________________________________________________

1.

Trump announced he will make major policy announcements via Twitter.   Read More About This

2.

Trump's executive producer credit appeared in the "Celebrity Apprentice" premiere.   Read More About This

3.

Trump sent a divisive, incendiary New Year's tweet -- as opposed to departing President Obama's warm and generous version.   Read More About This

4.

On New Year's Day, Trump promised a revelation on hacking, either Tuesday or Wednesday. This was a lie -- it never came.   Read More About This

5.

In a puzzling exchange, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough tweeted that he spent New Year's Eve watching tv with his children, until a photo showed he and Mika chatting up Trump at Mar-A-Lago.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

6.

Trump appointed yet another Goldman Sachs executive to an economic leadership position, this one overseeing markets (SEC Chair). GS stock is up 35% since Election Day.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

7.

WSJ Editor Gerard Baker said his paper would not refer to Trump's lies, as "lies."   Read More About This

8.

Trump aligned himself with Assange/Wikileaks, repeatedly -- despite at one point, saying the media was making this up. Trump ally Sean Hannity interviewed Assange for his show.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

9.

Trump repeatedly dismissed US Intelligence agencies' findings on Russian hacking, and referred to them in quotes: "Intelligence."   Read More About This

10.

Trump announced his will appoint Pam Bondi, the former Florida AG who received an illegal payment of $25k from Trump Foundation in exchange for not investigating Trump University, to a top White House spot.   Read More About This

11.

Senator McCain held a publicly televised Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Russian hacking of our election. For the first time, Americans got to hear from intelligence leadership.   Read More About This

12.

Senators McCain (R-AZ) and Graham (R-SC) said they had given up on efforts to push Leader McConnell (R-KY) for a special panel on Russia interference.   Read More About This

13.

Trump lashed out in tweets at General Motor and Toyota, causing both stocks to plummet. In the case of Toyota, allegations were false.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

14.

Trump falsely took credit for jobs at a Ford plant. Ford CEO publicly stated the rationale for choosing the US over Mexico was not related to Trump.   Read More About This

15.

WAPO announced the launch of a weekly column on what Trump got wrong on Twitter each week.   Read More About This

16.

House GOP took a secret vote to take power over the independent Office of Congressional Ethics. After public outcry and calls to representatives by voters, the plan was scuttled. Trump had tweeted he was for the change, but against the timing.   Read More About This;  Click here, also

17.

Trump started referring to Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer as a "clown."   Read More About This

18.

House GOP revived an obscure 1876 rule that allows them cut the pay of federal workers to $1.   Read More About This

19.

1Trump said he would ask the American taxpayers to pay for his infamous Wall on the Mexican border.   Read More About This

20.

Trump promised to downsize intelligence agencies, including the CIA and Office of DNI, saying both were politicized.   Read More About This

21.

Ex CIA-director James Woolsey resigned from Trump's transition team, saying he did not want to "fly under false colors" any longer.   Read More About This

22.

Breaking decades of precedent, Trump said he would recall all Obama overseas envoys immediately on Jan 20th, before their replacements have been appointed.   Read More About This

23.

Trump tweeted his apparent displeasure with the rating of "Celebrity Apprentice" under Arnold Schwarzenegger, saying he got "swamped" compared to when Trump hosted the show.   Read More About This

24.

Report cited that 50 Trump electors were allegedly illegally seated. Rep. Maxine Waters and other Democratic representatives, stood to protest, but couldn't find a single Senator to join them.   Read More About This

25.

After meeting with the heads of the DNI, CIA and FBI, Trump continued to deny the Russian hacking, and instead pressed for a congressional investigation of leaks to NBC (something congress doesn't investigate). Trump said there was no impact on the election.   Read More About This

26.

Later that day, an Intelligence report was made public detailing Putin's desire to hurt Clinton and help Trump, and the many ways Russia interfered. The report did not assess if there was an impact on the election (another Trump lie).   Read More About This

27.

Trump blamed the DNC and Democrats for being hacked. The Intelligence report also indicates Republicans were hacked, although that info was not leaked.   Read More About This

28.

Trump continued to side with Wikileaks and Russian, and against Intelligence. Even after learning Russia had hacked our election, he called intelligence a "political witch hunt," and next day tweeted only "stupid" people or fools would think having a good relationship with Russia was a bad thing.   Read More About This

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