The Real News / 1 February 2017

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• Thousands Rally Against Trump’s Orders Against Refugees, Muslims and Immigrants
  TRNN speaks to advocates who say Trump is targeting refugees from countries where the US has carried out military interventions or backed authoritarian regimes
• Amid Ongoing Protests, Trump Fires Acting Attorney General for Refusing to Enforce Immigrant Ban
  TRNN brings you the latest developments in the ongoing resistance against Trump’s ban on Muslim refugees
• Trump Set to Rollback Financial Regulation Passed After the 2008 Crisis
  By refusing to challenge Clinton and Bush-era deregulation and also explain the causes of the financial crisis to the public, the Democrats failed to build a defense against what the new administration is about to do, says former financial regulator Bill Black
• Baltimore City Councilers Slam Maryland State Democrat’s Plan to Block Local Minimum Wage Increases
  Progressive members of the Baltimore City Council are calling for mass opposition to a proposal to take away the authority of local jurisdictions to pass higher minimum wage laws – laws passed in over a dozen states nationwide and backed by the conservative lobbying group ALEC
• How the Small Business Administration Will Be Used to Destroy Regulations
  Former financial regulator Bill Black says Linda McMahon’s career involved exploiting workers as independent contractors and sabotaging small businesses
• British Trident Missile Test Misfired Near Florida p1x2
  David Webb of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament says the Houses of Parliament debated renewing its nuclear weapons system without any knowledge of the dangerous incident
• Declining Cost of Renewables Will Challenge Trump’s Promise to Bring Back Jobs Through Coal
  America First Energy Plan is replacing the former administration’s Clean Power Plan, whose benefits outweighed costs and would not have been a challenge on growth, says Yale professor Kenneth Gillingham
• Torture as Standard Operating Procedure: Trump’s New Executive Order
  Torture isn’t a policy matter; it’s a legal matter, and torture is illegal, according to Noor Zafar of the Center for Constitutional Rights

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• British Trident Missile Test Misfired Near Florida p2x2
  David Webb of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament says the Houses of Parliament debated renewing its nuclear weapons system without any knowledge of the dangerous incident
• Indigenous Leaders Call for Mass Resistance Against Trump’s Orders to Revive Oil Pipelines
  Native groups and environmentalists have called for civil disobedience against Trump’s resumption of Keystone and Dakota Access, two of the largest fossil fuel extraction projects in history
• Before Obama Left Office, He Gave Domestic Agencies Warrantless Access to NSA Surveillance
  By allowing access to NSA data, the FBI and other agencies can look for criminal activity without reasonable suspicion or going to a judge, says The Intercept’s Alex Emmons
• Mexican President Faces Crisis of Legitimacy Following Trump Feud
  The end of NAFTA and the building of a wall along with a resurgent left movement in Mexico gives an opportunity for the nation to turn away from the neoliberal fantasy of North American integration, says Professor John Ackerman
• Trump’s ‘Global Gag Order’ Will See Countless Women Lose Access to Essential Health Services
  A number of organizations will reluctantly obey the gag order because they are in need of U.S. funding in order to financially survive – Panel with Shannon Kowalski of International Women’s Health Coalition and Dilly Severin of the International Family Planning Coalition Communicators
• Executive Order on Pipelines Will Benefit Billionaire Trump Donor
  Harold Hamm is the CEO of a major fracking company that would see its product flow through the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, says DeSmogBlog’s Steve Horn