| 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 |
Replicated from: https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-5-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-da6d2db6c780
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