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Juan Cole | Trump Refuses to Sanction Russia, Spurring Speculation about Putin's Influence

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31 January 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News WE’RE DOWN TO THE LAST DAY - HELP! - We only get into real trouble on donations when HUGE numbers of readers ignore funding. This month they have and we’re in real trouble now. “You” be the one. That’s the only way it has ever worked. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Juan Cole | Trump Refuses to Sanction Russia, Spurring Speculation about Putin's Influence    Juan Cole, Informed Comment   Cole writes: "Trump's actions in this case are flatfooted and will give rise to further suspicions that Putin has some sort of hold over him."   READ MORE Trump's State of the Union Speech Was Remarkable for What He Didn't Say   Susan Page, USA Today   Page writes: "Some presidents have gotten a bump in their approval rating after their first State of the Union address. But it seems unlikely that any speech is goin

Progressive Breakfast: The State of OUR Union Is Ready To Lift Up Truth

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31 MORNING MESSAGE Chelsea White The State of OUR Union Is Ready To Lift Up Truth My name is Chelsea White and I am a proud Appalachian woman. I live in the Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. There’s a new wave of defiance growing, and that defiance is female, is young and old, and is every color of the rainbow. The state of OUR union is ready to lift up truth, to raise our voices collectively and move mountains. We are ready. State of Our Union Calls For Women To Unite State of Our Union event calls for women to unite against Trump agenda. Detroit Free Press: “The resistance to President Donald Trump made its objections loud and clear on the night of his first State of the Union address… Their counter event, called the State of Our Union, drew leaders of such organizations as the National Domestic Workers Alliance, the MeToo movement, Girls for Gender Equity, Planned Parenthood, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, MomsRising a

MASSterList: Competing speeches | Gaming the system? | Media blessings

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 01/31/2018 Competing speeches | Gaming the system? | Media blessings Happening Today   GIC health-plan hearing, Gaming Commission reviews Wynn allegations, ‘WPI Seaport’   -- Gov.  Charlie Baker  travels to the Park City area in Utah for a family vacation with First Lady Lauren Baker and their children, returning to Massachusetts on Saturday. -- Attorney General  Maura Healey  urges the Legislature to pass two automatic voter registration bills at a press conference to kick off a lobby day, Room 428, 10 a.m. -- Auditor  Suzanne Bump  meets with the Regional Schools and Rural Caucuses to discuss recommendations from her office's October 2017 report on updating the structure and finance