Andy Borowitz | Trump: I Am the Smartest Person in the Room
08 January 17 PM
Andy Borowitz | Trump: I Am the Smartest Person in the Room
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Donald J. Trump doubled down on his claims of being a genius on Saturday by surrounding himself with the most intelligent people he knows and proclaiming himself 'the smartest person in the room.'"
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Donald J. Trump doubled down on his claims of being a genius on Saturday by surrounding himself with the most intelligent people he knows and proclaiming himself 'the smartest person in the room.'"
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US Moves to Expel a Quarter of a Million Salvadorans
Franco Ordoñez and Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC
Excerpt: "The Trump administration is ending a special immigration status for about 200,000 Salvadorans who were allowed to live and work legally in the United States since the 2001 earthquakes that killed 1,100 people and displaced more than 1 million."
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Franco Ordoñez and Anita Kumar, McClatchy DC
Excerpt: "The Trump administration is ending a special immigration status for about 200,000 Salvadorans who were allowed to live and work legally in the United States since the 2001 earthquakes that killed 1,100 people and displaced more than 1 million."
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The Supreme Court Has a Chance to Redeem Itself on Voting Rights
Karen Hobert Flynn, The Washington Post
Flynn writes: "Next week, the court will hear a case giving the justices a chance to decide whether states can purge people from the voter rolls for not voting. Since 2011, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has wiped about 2 million Ohioans off the books; he wants the high court's blessing to purge even more."
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Karen Hobert Flynn, The Washington Post
Flynn writes: "Next week, the court will hear a case giving the justices a chance to decide whether states can purge people from the voter rolls for not voting. Since 2011, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has wiped about 2 million Ohioans off the books; he wants the high court's blessing to purge even more."
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Alyssa Milano | Time's Up: 'Women Are Scared; Women Are Angry'
Alyssa Milano, Rolling Stone
Milano writes: "We have to put in place protocols for industries that are universal. We need an umbrella code of conduct of how you need to behave in your work environment as well as protocol to help people feel that they can come forward and file a complaint and not be silenced."
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Alyssa Milano, Rolling Stone
Milano writes: "We have to put in place protocols for industries that are universal. We need an umbrella code of conduct of how you need to behave in your work environment as well as protocol to help people feel that they can come forward and file a complaint and not be silenced."
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Report: Trump Is Preparing for an Interview With the Russia Probe
Alex Ward, Vox
Ward writes: "President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he would testify under oath about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election. But now it looks like Trump's lawyers are worried about a potential interview with special counsel Robert Mueller - and are seeking ways to avoid it."
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Alex Ward, Vox
Ward writes: "President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he would testify under oath about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 presidential election. But now it looks like Trump's lawyers are worried about a potential interview with special counsel Robert Mueller - and are seeking ways to avoid it."
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We Must March. But We Must Also Organize Locally
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine
van Gelder writes: "Marches, and elections, are important. But as we mobilize, we also need to create new, powerful local infrastructure, or strengthen groups that are already on the ground."
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Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine
van Gelder writes: "Marches, and elections, are important. But as we mobilize, we also need to create new, powerful local infrastructure, or strengthen groups that are already on the ground."
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Why a Crawfisherman Is Fighting the Bayou Bridge Pipeline
Emilie Karrick Surrusco, EcoWatch
Karrick Surrusco writes: "Jody Meche and his family have harvested crawfish from Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin for generations. When he set his first trap in the 1980s, he hauled in an abundant catch. These days, his traps come back full of dead crawfish. Meche holds the oil and gas industry responsible for the steady destruction of a way of life that depends on the bounty of our nation's largest river swamp."
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Emilie Karrick Surrusco, EcoWatch
Karrick Surrusco writes: "Jody Meche and his family have harvested crawfish from Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin for generations. When he set his first trap in the 1980s, he hauled in an abundant catch. These days, his traps come back full of dead crawfish. Meche holds the oil and gas industry responsible for the steady destruction of a way of life that depends on the bounty of our nation's largest river swamp."
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