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Tuesday August 22, 2017
President Trump Gives a Presidential Address to the Nation
President Trump Gives a Presidential Address to the Nation | WH | 08/21/17 | 1 hr

'He is stubborn and doesn't realize how bad this is getting'
Politico | Nancy Cook | 08/16/17

Trump's temper has been a constant force in this eight-month-old White House. He's made policy decisions after becoming irritated with staffers and has escalated fights in the past few weeks with everyone from the Senate majority leader to the volatile dictator of North Korea.

The controversy over his response to the Charlottesville violence was no different. Agitated about being pressured by aides to clarify his first public statement, Trump unexpectedly unwound the damage control of the prior two days by assigning blame to the "alt-left" and calling some of the white supremacist protesters "very fine people." ... Read more
Trump Adviser: 'He Is Stubborn And Doesn't Realize How Bad This Is Getting' | TYT | 08/19/17 | 9:44

As The Trumps Travel, The Secret Service Can't Even Afford To Pay Some Agents
HP | Willa Frej | 08/21/17

It's no secret that President Donald Trump's penchant for weekend getaways has created added costs for the Secret Service. But the agency is in such dire straits that more than 1,000 agents have hit the caps for annual salary and overtime allowances, director Randolph "Tex? Alles told USA Today in an exclusive interview.

Part of the challenge for the Secret Service is the size of the Trump entourage. A total of 42 people receive Secret Service protection (including 18 family members), Alles said, up from 31 people during President Barack Obama's administration. And Secret Service protection details are required to accompany them, even on vacations to places like Aspen, Colorado, Germany and Hungary, or business trips that took Trump's two adult sons to Vancouver, Canada, and Dubai. ... Read more

Trump Administration Dissolves Federal Climate Advisory Committee
HP | Lydia O'Connor | 08/20/17

President Donald Trump's administration has dissolved a federal panel of scientists and other experts tasked with helping create and implement new policy based on the latest climate change research findings.

That decision, members of the 15-person committee told HuffPost on Sunday, does not bode well for the future of climate change preparation and prevention during Trump's time in office. ... Read more

Why Steve Bannon's Exit Means MORE White House Chaos
BusinessInsider | author | 08/21/17

Ousted White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is gearing up for battle and has set his sights on President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, according to Vanity Fair. Bannon and Kushner have a long history of disagreement, with the two frequently butting heads on the ideological plane, where Bannon's far-right nationalist instincts clashed with Kushner's more moderate views.

In the wake of his ouster, Bannon is looking to even the score with West Wing rivals like Kushner, Vanity Fair reported. In keeping with that, Bannon reportedly wants former chief of staff Reince Priebus to testify to special counsel Robert Mueller that Kushner was significantly involved in Trump's decision to fire former FBI director James Comey in May. ... Read more
Why Steve Bannon's Exit Means MORE White House Chaos | TYT | 08/21/17 | 9:53

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin just put out a statement about why he hasn't quit in disgust
Vox | Dara Lind | 08/20/17

Cabinet secretaries don't normally feel the need to put out statements explaining why they haven't quit their jobs in disgust. But the Trump administration is not normal. And so it is that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin put out a statement Saturday night, explaining why he's sticking around in the Trump administration.

Mnuchin responded to an open letter published Friday, signed by more than 300 people who graduated from Yale, alongside Mnuchin, in 1985. "We believe it is your moral obligation to resign your post as Secretary of the Treasury, effective immediately," the letter reads.

Liberals, moderates, and anti-Trump conservatives have been calling for people of conscience to resign from the Trump administration since Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20. And each of the president's most shocking and worrisome moves -- firing FBI Director James Comey, banning trans service members from the military on Twitter against the advice of Defense Secretary James Mattis -- has inspired a new round of calls for administration officials to stop giving cover to an impulsive and divisive president. ... Read more
Trump's Cabinet: You Don't Wanna Know What He'd Do If We Resigned! | TYT | 08/21/17 | 9:05

Steve Bannon Readies His Revenge
VanityFair | Gabriel Sherman | 08/20/17

The war on Jared Kushner is about to go nuclear.

On the morning he was being ousted as Donald Trump's chief strategist last Friday, Steve Bannon had already turned the page. "Why do you sound unfazed?" a friend asked Bannon as news of his demise ricocheted across the web. "Because," Bannon replied, "we're going to war." Hours later, Bannon was calling into the editorial meeting at Breitbart News, rallying his troops to continue the battles he waged inside the White House. "We have a duty to the country to be the vanguard of 'The Movement,'" he told his staff, according to one person on the call. Bannon's main targets are the West Wing's coterie of New York Democrat "globalists"--Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and former Goldman Sachs president Gary Cohn--as well as the "hawks," comprised of National Security Adviser H.R McMaster and his deputy, Dina Powell. "He wants to beat their ideas into submission," Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow told me. "Steve has a lot of things up his sleeve." ... Read more
Breitbart Going To War With Fox News? | TYT | 08/21/17 | 12:38

What Happened to Trump's Beef With North Korea? (#109) | Keith Olbermann | 08/20/17 | 8:07
Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Tuesday, August 22 [10:47]
Democracy Now! U.S. and World News Headlines for Tuesday, August 22 (FULL) | 59:02
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  2. State Dept. Official Who Quit in 2009 over U.S. War in Afghanistan Speaks Out on Trump's Troop Surge
  3. With No Timetable for Withdrawal, Trump Expands War in Afghanistan While Threatening Pakistan
  4. American Prospect Editor Robert Kuttner on His Extraordinary Interview with Steve Bannon
  5. Billionaire Carl Icahn Resigns as Trump Adviser After Reaping Millions From His Time in White House
**Full Interview: Billionaire Carl Icahn Resigns as Trump Adviser After Reaping Millions | DN | 08/22/17 | 24:54
State Dept. Official Who Quit in 2009 over U.S. War in Afghanistan Speaks Out on Trump's Troop Surge | DN | 08/22/17 | 13:24
**Trump's New Afghanistan Strategy: Windfall for the Military-Industrial Complex? | TRNN | 08/21/17 | 21:05
***The documentary "Ukraine on Fire" from producer Oliver Stone tells the hidden story of how the ongoing conflict began, including the pivotal US role | TRNN | 08/22/17 | 18:55
Ukraine on Fire (trailer) (2016) | 06/16/17 | 2:49
Ukraine on Fire (full) (2016) | | 1:29:00
Will Donald Trump last through his first full term as US president? | Aljazeera: Inside Story | 08/21/17 | 25:10
NPR (National Public Radio) - www.npr.org/
How Will America's Longest War End? | 1a.org | 08/22/17 | 1hr
President Trump addresses the nation Monday night about the war in Afghanistan, where more than 8,000 U.S. troops are stationed. A resolution to the conflict has defied solutions so far.

U.S. Defense Secretary General James Mattis told Congress in June "we are not winning in Afghanistan right now." What will it take to bring this conflict to an end? And is the president's "path forward" for U.S. engagement in Afghanistan and South Asia the answer?
The Sugar Story: A Spoonful Of Addiction Makes The Profits Go Up? | 1a.org | 08/22/17 | 1hr
Our decisions about what to eat are driven by much more than hunger. Social trends, agricultural science and multimillion-dollar industries can make certain vegetables hip or carbs passé, while concerns for overall health sit on the sidelines.

One of the major food trends of the last half-century was the movement away from fat. But, research published last year found that the fight against fat was fueled in part by sugar interests.
PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) - pbs.org/
President Donald Trump Delivers 'Somber Speech' On Afghanistan | MSNBC Morning Joe | 08/22/17 | 16:35
As President, Trump Listens To Generals On Afghanistan | MSNBC Morning Joe | 08/22/17 | 9:27
The Secret Service Is Running Out Of Money | MSNBC All In | 08/21/17 | 1:22
Alternative News ??
Alex Jones Heated Debate On Trump & Afghanistan | InfoWar | 08/22/17 | 13:36

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