| Week #7: December 31, 2016 |
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Please note: This may have been a Holiday week, but it was a busy one nevertheless.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Paul Ryan introduced rules banning lawmakers from taking pictures or videos of procedures on the House floor. Read More About This |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Replicated from: https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind/week-7-experts-in-authoritarianism-advise-to-keep-a-list-of-things-subtly-changing-around-you-so-ebdab8e3e9fd
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