Monday, August 20, 2018

TRUMP AGENDA - 'I Can Do No Wrong' Campaign

"Trump using his unique power to punish and intimidate critics, former CIA official says" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2018

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SUMMARY:  President Trump's move to revoke John Brennan's security clearance rippled across Washington, and the former CIA director cast it as a disturbing power play.  And Brennan might not be the only former intelligence or national security official to have his clearance taken away; the President has threatened others as well.  Judy Woodruff gets reaction from former CIA official John McLaughlin.




"Newspapers speak up about Trump’s repeated attacks" PBS NewsHour 8/16/2018

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SUMMARY:  A free press is central to our democracy and journalists are not the enemy of the state.  That was the message shared by more than 300 newspaper editorial boards in an extraordinary step Thursday, sparked by a call-out from the Boston Globe.  Judy Woodruff talks with Mike Clark, editorial page editor for the Florida Times-Union, about President Trump’s attacks on the media.

"Journalists Are Not the Enemy" by Editorial Board, Boston Globe 8/16/2018

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