January 20 highlights birthdays and historic facts
January 20 2018 notes birthdays of Burns Fellini Kelley Whitman Neal Aldrin Lynch Stanley Maher Wilson Questlove and more. It marks MLK Jr Day as a federal holiday since 1986 and recalls Springfield 1892 first basketball game with peach baskets. The piece also cites 444 days in the Iran hostage crisis and the moon phase from Jan 16 to Jan 24.
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Trump presidency shown as unstable and untrustworthy
Eugene Robinson harshly critiques President Trump and White House aides calling the administration uncredible and erratic. He argues McConnell Ryan and others cannot govern while Trump's positions flip daily and policy is tweeted away.
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Robert Mueller
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Jared Kushner
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Shutdown fears prompt Capone era rhetoric in political column
Cal Thomas argues that Democrats threaten a government shutdown over DACA, likening tactics to Al Capone. He accuses both parties of fear campaigns, urges tax-cut led wealth building, and recalls Calvin Coolidge's restraint against new spending. The column predicts media framing and calls for a shift in public thinking.
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Russia expands influence via training clubs and paramilitary links
Anne Applebaum notes Russia cultivates influence through small unit tactics training, airsoft circuits, and paramilitary groups in Europe and the US. Russian trainers operate in Latvia Estonia Germany and Bosnia while links to the NRA and possible covert funding of campaigns are investigated. The broader aim is to test tactics in Ukraine and Moldova before applying them elsewhere.
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Soviet Union
Paul Erickson
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