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WEEK 7: EXPERTS IN AUTHORITARIANISM ADVISE TO KEEP A LIST OF THINGS SUBTLY CHANGING AROUND YOU, SO YOU’LL REMEMBER.

12/31/2016

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Week #7:  December 31, 2016
Please note: This may have been a Holiday week, but it was a busy one nevertheless.
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1.    Trump continues to take credit for jobs he didn't create -- this week with Sprint's 5,000 jobs. Companies looking for things -- like Sprint with an upcoming merger -- have started to play into this for favor.   Read More About This
2.    Obama announces sanctions on Russia.Trump tweets in support of Putin, and pins that tweet. Trump also uses "VPutin," which is the Russian convention for writing names.   Read More About This
3.    Same day Putin says Russia will not expel US diplomats, Russia hacks the U.Spower grid through an electric utility in Vermont.   Read More About This
4.    Trump continues to deny Russian hacking, saying we should "get on with our lives," and dismissing it with, "I think the computers have complicated lives very greatly."   Read More About This
5.    157 days since Trump held a press conference (the one where he encouraged Russia to hack more American emails).
6.    Trump sends a congratulatory tweet to himself for higher consumer confidence numbers, he had nothing to do with.   Read More About This
7.    Paul Ryan introduced rules banning lawmakers from taking pictures or videos of procedures on the House floor.   Read More About This
8.    Trump announces on Christmas Eve that he will be shutting down Trump FoundationThe NY Attorney General says no, the Foundation is still under investigation.   Read More About This;  Click here, also
9.    Mar-A-Lago sold hundreds of tickets at $500+ for a New Year's celebration attended by Trump and his family.   Read More About This
10.    My friend Kevin Sessums, a prominent author and writer, had his FB account suspended, and post scrubbed, for calling Trump supporters "fascists."   Read More About This;  Click here, also
11.    Simon & Schuster gave a $250k advance for a book by alt-right authorand troll Milo YiannopoulosIn reaction, the Chicago Review of Books said they would not review any S&S books during 2017.   Read More About This
12.    The RNC sent out a Christmas message, comparing Trump to Jesus.   Read More About This
13.    John McCain announced he would hold hearings during the first week of January, before Trump takes office, on Russian hacking -- which Trump denies.   Read More About This
14.    A second round of FOIA were filed to gain access to FBI emails relating to Comey letter, to see if there were ties to Giuliani or Flynn.   Read More About This
15.    Neo-nazis in Whitefish, Montana -- hometown of alt-right leader Richard Spencer -- plan an armed march to harass Jews.   Read More About This
16.    Trump sent out a bizarre New Year's tweet, chastising his enemies.   Read More About This
17.    After a morning tweet about Obama not cooperating on transition, Trump appeared with Don King that evening, and said the opposite.   Read More About This
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WEEK 6: EXPERTS IN AUTHORITARIANISM ADVISE TO KEEP A LIST OF THINGS SUBTLY CHANGING AROUND YOU, SO YOU’LL REMEMBER.

12/24/2016

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Week #6:  December 24, 2016
1.    Trump will keep his private security force while in office. This is unprecedented, and potentially dangerous.   Read More About This
2.    Upon winning the Electoral College, Trump's first official statement was a lie (electoral landslide).   Read More About This
3.    The FBI search warrant used to gain access to Huma's computer was made public. Most legal experts agreed, no probable cause. Nate Silver released additional data showing major moves in final days in swing states to Trump, around the time of the Comey letter. Almost no media follow up on this story. No politicians either.   Read More About This
4.    A Politico article claims Trump was browbeating fellow Republicans into silence, by targeting those who speak out via Breidbart and his tweets.   Read More About This
5.    On air, Fox News' Bill O'Reilly said, "The left wants power taken away from white establishment…."   Read More About This
6.    A Jewish family in Lancaster, PA was targeted by Breidbart and Fox with a false claim that they were behind the cancellation of an elementary school Christmas play.   Read More About This
7.    Teen Vogue reported Michael Flynn, Trump's National Security Advisor, met with the head of Austria's neo-Nazi party.   Read More About This
8.    Not a single A list celebrity is willing to perform at Trump's inauguration (at which he tweeted his anger). Several Rockettes, being made to perform, spoke out in protest.   Read More About This
9.    Gingrich suggested Trump should pardon his advisors who break the law.   Read More About This
10.    Gingrich, after saying Trump wouldn't actually drain the swamp, was forced by Trump to publicly apologize, and say Trump would.   Read More About This;  Click here, also
11.    The Embassy of Kuwait cancelled their longstanding reservation to host their National Day celebration at Four Seasons, citing political pressure, and changed it to Trump's Hotel in DC.   Read More About This
12.    Trump met the CEO's of Lockheed and Boeing, after tweeting false/negative information that caused their stocks to crater.   Read More About This
13.    A senior executive at Oracle resigned over that company's CEO participation on Trump's transition team.   Read More About This
14.    Eric and Donald Jr. offered a $1 million hunting trip, which included access to their dad, via a Foundation. Upon calls of conflict of interest, and investigation into the Foundation, the offer was cancelled.   Read More About This
15.    Trump's team instructed the State Department to turn over a list of "gender-related staffing, programming, and funding."   Read More About This
16.    Trump tweeted a planned build up of our nuclear arms, reversing three decades of disarmament.   Read More About This
17.    Days later, he and Putin shared admiring letters exchanges. Putin publicly castigated Hillary as a "sore loser," and Trump agreed via a tweet. No US elected officials responded to either.   Read More About This;  Click here, also
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WEEK 5: EXPERTS IN AUTHORITARIANISM ADVISE TO KEEP A LIST OF THINGS SUBTLY CHANGING AROUND YOU, SO YOU’LL REMEMBER.

12/18/2016

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Week #5:  December 17, 2017
1.    CIA fears reprisals from Trump over their findings on Russian interference, while his team threatens to bring in new leadership.   Read More About This
2.    Trump press conference, scheduled for 12/15 to discuss dealing with his conflicts of interest, was "postponed" indefinitely.   Read More About This
3.    WSJ reporter later reveals Trump will not divest of his businesses -- excuse given is the price would be a fire sale.   Read More About This
4.    Vanity Fair issues a scathing review of Trump Tower Grille. Trump responds with a Twitter attack, saying of VF, "Way down, big trouble, dead!" Same day, VF picks up a record number of subscriptions.   Read More About This
5.    Trump team accounts they plan to change the traditional daily WH briefings.   Read More About This
6.    Ivanka will be taking a WH office, typically reserved for first ladies.   Read More About This
7.    Conway says Trump is looking at way to get around nepotism rules so he can include Ivanka and Jared in his administration.   Read More About This
8.    Trump continues to deny Russian hacking of the election. Says it could have been China or a 400 pound man.   Read More About This
9.    The RNC meanwhile says they were not hacked by "Russia."
10.    A battle opens between Obama's press secretary and Trump and his team, threatening a smooth transition of power. Conway says Obama would end this feud if he "loved the country enough."
11.    FBI and CIA and all intel reach agreement that Russia interfered with our election, with a goal of getting Trump elected.   Read More About This
12.    The GSA told Trump he would violate his DC hotel lease "the moment he takes office." Word spreads that Trump will replace the leadership of the GSA.   Read More About This
13.    General Michael Flynn, Trump's pick for NSA, was found guilty by the Army Of sharing classified information Flynn also deletes his tweet promoting Pizzagate.   Read More About This
14.    Ivanka auctions off a coffee date, with a $50k floor. As rumbling of conflict start to stir, the website posting mysteriously disappears.   Read More About This
15.    Trump team asks for a list of climate scientists. Request is denied. Scientists are said to be backing up their data -- for fear that it, too, will disappear.   Read More About This
16.    Trump continues his "Thank You" tour to only states he won. He stands before Christmas trees only -- no reference to other religions.
17.    Trump issues a negative tweet on Lockheed just before the market open. Like Boeing, the stock craters. It is discovered that traders are starting to anticipate Trump's tweets, by taking long or short positions.   Read More About This
18.    Trump continues to pick white men for his cabinet -- many of whom have no experience with the area they are about to lead. His cabinet is the least diverse since 1989.   Read More About This
19.    Trump holds a meetings with tech leaders at Trump Tower, and includes his three children, but excludes the CEO of Twitter for his unwillingness to produce a "Crooked Hillary" emoji.   Read More About This
20.    Huma Abedin joins lawyer, E. Randol Schoenberg's calls to release the FBI search warrant that led to the Comey letter.   Read More About This
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Week 4: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

12/11/2016

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Week #4:  December 11
1. (a)    This was the week of Trump silencing dissent:


(b)    - the arts (comedy) -- a tweet attacking Baldwin, and calling SNL "unwatchable."   Read More About This
(c)    - corporate America -- Trump sent a false tweet about the cost of Air Force One after Boeing’s CEO spoke out against starting a trade war with China. Boeing stock cratered. (see below)   Read More About This
(d)    - private citizens -- Trump’s tweet at union leader Chuck Jones, after Jones spoke out on the Carrier deal, led to death threats against Jones.   Read More About This
(e)    - protest march -- Trump tried to squash the Million Women March by changing permitting. A new location was found.   Read More About This
2.    Variety reported that Trump will continue in his role as Executive Producer of Celebrity Apprentice. 2 days later, Trump called it "fake news" and blamed CNN.   Read More About This
3.    NBC, host of Celebrity Apprentice, also had refused to release tapes of Trump rumored to be damaging during the election.   Read More About This
4.    WAPO reported on a CIA report which claimed Putin interfered in our election to help Trump win. Trump’s response amounted to defending Russia, and questioning the CIA’s capabilities.   Read More About This
5.    According to WAPO, Mitch McConnell had refused to allow the CIA report out before the election. McConnell’s wife was appointed by Trump to a cabinet position.
6.    The next day, Trump appointed Exxon CEO Tillerson as Secretary of State. Tillerson has no experience with government or diplomacy, but has a close relationship with Putin.
7.    In responding to why he has availed himself of only 4 of 31 intelligence briefings, Trump responded, "I’m, like, a smart person."   Read More About This
8.    Attacks against Muslim Americans were reported nationwide, including a Congresswoman in DC, and a teenager in New York.
9.    An Atlantic article titled, "Are Jews White," drew a response by former KKK leader, David Duke.   Read More About This
10.    Trump is seeking ways to include both his daughter and son-in-law in his administration, despite laws to the contrary.   Read More About This
11.    Trump appointed 3 generals into leadership positions in his cabinet -- a disturbing trend, indicative of authoritarian leadership.
12.    Trump appointed another Goldman Sachs executive into a major leadership role. GS stock is up 33% since election day, and composes 1/3 of the DJIA’s rise.
13.    Trump invited celebrity types on the environment -- Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio -- for well-promoted, reality-tv-like meetings at Trump Tower, while appointing an EPA head who doesn’t believe in climate change.   Read More About This
14.    The RNC will hold it’s holiday party at a Trump Hotel (and pay him for it). Several GOP appendages are doing the same.   Read More About This
15.    Trump continues to keep full ownership of his businesses, brushing off the need to explain conflicts of interest.
16.    Trump's economic team is all men and all white. Five of the 13 are named Steven or Stephen.   Read More About This
17.    Mark Burnett will help Trump plan the inauguration, with a reality-tv type build-up.   Read More About This
18.    Rudy Giuliani "withdrew" his candidacy for a cabinet position, and the lawyer of "Woman in Gold" fame, filed under the FOIA for Giuliani’s connection to the FBI’s search warrant.   Read More About This
19.    Trump changed his iconic hat from, "Make America Great Again" to simply "USA." Said hat is sold exclusively by Trump for $40.
20.    Trump put out his first policy related post on Facebook.
21.    Trump continues his Victory Tours in states he won.
22.    Trump, with the help of the GOP apparatus, shut down the recount efforts in MI, where he won by 10k votes out of 4.8 million cast, with many anomalies. Efforts to do the same in WI, failed. Efforts in PA also have led to recount efforts being stifled.
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Week 3: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you’ll remember.

12/3/2016

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Week #3:  December 3, 2016
Observation: Each week the list is getting longer, and more troubling/frightening.
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1.     SPLC issued a startling report on the profoundly negative impact of the election results on our schools and children. This in addition to 867 cases of hate attacks in the 10 days post election, and 892 active hate groups.   Read More About This
2.     Reports nationwide, including our college campuses, of women being grabbed by the genitals, and being told a variation of "it's no big deal."
3.     Trump continues to be disinteresed in availing himself of daily intelligence briefings.   Read More About This
4.     Our news cycles now being led by Trump's Twitter account. Our media seems unable to do anything but follow along.
5.     Trump sent a total of 13 tweets on Jill Stein's recounts, the most consecutive tweets on any subject. Still not a single tweet condemning nationwide hate crimes carried out in his name.   Read More About This
6.     Trump tweets there were "millions of people who voted illegally." KellyAnne Conway and other loyalists parroted and embellished this false claim during the week. Read More About This; Click here, also
7.     Despite his clams of millions of illegal votes, Trump and the GOP apparatus aggressively filed lawsuits to prevent vote recounts.
8.     Trump retweeted a 16 year-old's tweet attacking a CNN reporter. The 16 year-old complained that Trump edited his tweet.   Read More About This
9.     Kellyanne Conway scolded a 17 year-old, in response to the girl's question about working for a man with a history of sexual asasult.   Read More About This
10.     Unprovoked by events or any reason, Trump suggested -- again via a tweet - consequences for burning the American flag: "perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!"
11.     Senate Majority leader McConnell awoke from a seeming slumber to condemn this, while Speaker Paul Ryan assured America he was tutoring Trump on the Constitution. Read More About This; Click here, also
12.     Trump's campaign held a cyber Monday sale on Trump merchandise at its online store.   Read More About This
13.     Russia claimed to be in talks with several people on the Trump team regarding Syria, before Trump takes office.   Read More About This
14.     After spending the entire general election criticizing Hillary's email practices, Trump considers Gen Petraeus for SoS- despite a requirement that the General notify his probation officer in order to leave North Carolina (fortunately, there's no travel entailed in the SoS position).   Read More About This
15.     Trump continued to conduct his SoS selection like episodes of The Bachelor. Romney was shamed into a public apology-lite remarks after feasting on frog legs, only to find days later, the current and former CEOs of Exxon had been added to the contestant list. Read More About This; Click here, also
16.     Under continued pressure, Trump tweeted he would leave his businesses, but offered little detail or comfort this would be anything but having his children run things. Hardly arms-length.   Read More About This
17.     Eight members of the Senate Intelligence Committee wrote a letter to President Obama, urging him to declassify information related to Russia's interference with our election. Although 17 intelligence agencies have said Russia was involved in hacking, the public is aware of no response or actions that have been taken. Read More About This; Click here, also
18.     Bahrain -- the same Bahrain that Trump falsely chastised Hillary for allegedly accepting donations to the Clinton Foundation -- booked space at the Trump International Hotel in DC for a reception. Read More About This; Click here, also
19.     Even Trump loyalists (see image below) rebelled at Trump's appointment of Goldman Sachs execs to his cabinet and inner circle. Since election day, GS stock has rallied by 23%, or a 347% annualized return.   Read More About This
20.     Seemingly unaware or disinterested in the fact the campaign is over, Trump embarked on a "Victory Tour" -- later, rebranded as a "Thank You Tour"- visting only the states he won. His first rally in Cinncinatti was half empty.   Read More About This
21.     At the Cincinnati rally, after being egged on by Trump, supporters chanted, "Lock her up! Lock her up!" and Trump did nothing to stop them. Same night, Trump loyalist Cory Lewandowski told a panel that NYT editor Dean Baquet should be imprisioned.   Read More About This
22.     In kicking off the tour, Trump and Pence engineered a populist saving of 1,000 American jobs, at a cost of $7mm to Indiana taxpayers. A WSJ editorial referred to the ploy as "Trump's Carrier Shakedown."   Read More About This
23.     In a 48 hour period, Trump did incredible damage to our country's global standing, conducting conversations with foreign leaders without being briefed by or consulting with the State Department.   Read More About This
24.     Pakistan government readout of Trump's phone conversation with Pakistan PM Sharif: described the PM as "a terrific guy" who made him feel as though "I'm talking to a person I have known for long."   Read More About This
25.     Trump invited Phillipine leader Rodrigo Duterte to the WH, and congratulated him on handling the drug war, the "right way."   Read More About This
26.     Trump became the first US leader to have a phone conversation with Taiwan, since diplomatic ties were cut in 1979. Trump explained it away in 2 tweets. China promptly responded in protest.   Read More About This
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