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Week 61: Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly
changing around you, so you’ll remember.
By Amy Siskind
Jan 13 2018
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This is the longest weekly list so far, and contains historic moments.
Senator Dianne Feinstein released 300 pages of Fusion GPS testimony on the
Steele dossier, days after her Republican colleagues had unilaterally
issued the committee’s first criminal referral to the FBI, implicating
Steele. Trump’s “shithole” countries statement prompted worldwide
condemnation and questions of whether he is eroding US moral authority —
while concerns about his fitness for office continued to swirl.

This week there were innumerable shocking and important developments,
including proposed changes to Medicaid, exempting Florida from offshore
drilling, and waiving fines for five megabanks, including Deutsche Bank —
all of which, in a week of sheer bedlam, got little or no attention. Oprah
Winfrey’s historic “a new day is on the horizon” speech at the Golden
Globes, which captured the country’s attention Sunday night and prompted
speculation of a possible presidential run, was a distant memory by Tuesday.

        • WAPO reported that Trump has made more than 2,000 false or
misleading claims in his first 355 days in office — on average, 5.6 claims
per day.
        • The Twitter account for the House Committee on Natural Resources
attacked outdoor apparel company Patagonia in a tweet with a graphic
referring to the company as “lying” and “hiding.”
        • On Sunday’s “State of the Union,” Jake Tapper cut off Stephen
Miller, saying “There’s one viewer that you care about right now and you’re
being obsequious,” adding “You’re being a factotum in order to please him.”
        • Contradicting Trump regime talking points, Sebastian Gorka said
he was told to cooperate with Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff, but said
after meeting him in Reince Priebus’s office he got a bad feeling and did
not. Steve Bannon was set to meet with Wolff after him.
        • On Sunday, the same day as the Golden Globes, Trump delayed his
“fake news awards” he has teased about on Twitter, adding interest had
exceeded his expectations.
        • On Sunday, in her speech accepting her Cecil B. DeMille Award at
the Golden Globes, Oprah spoke of being “inspired” by the women coming
forward as part of #MeToo, and harkened “A new day is on the horizon.”
        • In response to Trump’s fake news awards, the Committee to Protect
Journalists announced their Press Oppressors awards. Trump won the
category, “Overall Achievement in Undermining Global Press Freedom” and was
the runner-up in “Most Thin-skinned.”
        • On Sunday, Axios reported according to a copy of his real
schedule, Trump’s time in the Oval Office has shrunk to 11am to 6pm, then
he’s back to the residence. During the day he also has blocks of “Executive
Time.”
        • According to a source, Axios reported Executive Time means TV and
Twitter time alone in the residence. Trump schedule also lists 8 am to 11
am as Executive Time in the Oval Office, but most is spent at the residence.
        • On Sunday, Trump tweeted then deleted a column in the NY Post
which he incorrectly said referred to his “enormously consensual
presidency.” He then tweeted a corrected form, “consequential presidency.”
        • Trump also mistakenly linked to the email address of the author
of the column, Michael Goodwin, rather than to the article.
        • On Sunday, Bannon apologized for his role in Wolff’s book in a
statement given to Axios — expressing “regret” to Trump, praising Donald
Jr., and adding, “There was no collusion and the investigation is a witch
hunt.”
        • On Monday, CNN reported in early 2016, before Bannon and Trump
became allies, a watchdog group led by Bannon tried to shop anti-Trump
researchalleging ties between Trump companies and organized crime.

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