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Day 357: To surveil and abuse.


Thursday, January 11, 2018

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1/ The Trump administration will let states require people to work for Medicaid.

2/ The House reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

3/ Trump sent a series of confusing tweets about his position on the bill after a Fox News analyst appealed directly to Trump on-air, urging him to oppose the bill.

4/ Democrats plan to invite sexual assault victims to Trump's State of the Union.

5/ Steve Bannon hired a lawyer in preparation for his interview with the House Intelligence Committee next week.

poll/ Trump is losing ground with women, in particular Millennial, white-collar, and blue-collar white women. (Editor's note: This is a must read. Click the link to read the story from The Atlantic.)

poll/ 79% of Americans say "Dreamers" should be allowed to remain in the US and apply for citizenship.

  • 58% of voters say that marijuana use should be made legal.

  • 70% oppose enforcing federal marijuana laws in states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana.

  • 47% of Americans have an unfavorable view of Jeff Sessions.

  • 52% of voters disapprove of the Republican tax plan.

NOTABLES.

  • Joe Arpaio resurrected false claims that Obama was not born in the United States.

  • Republicans have four convicted criminals running for Congress in 2018.

  • Trump has not formally proposed any new resources or spending to tackle the opioid epidemic.

  • The FBI will notify U.S. companies and the public about Russian efforts to manipulate social media and interfere in upcoming elections.

  • Ryan Zinke announced a massive overhaul of the Interior Department.

  • Kellyanne Conway said Trump "discovered" there doesn't need to be a "physical wall" along the country's entire southern border.

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