The New York Times: Trump’s Lies vs. Obama’s. By David Leonhardt, Ian Prasad Philbrick and Stuart A. Thomson.
“After we published a list of President Trump’s lies this summer, we heard a common response from his supporters. They said, in effect: Yes, but if you made a similar list for previous presidents, it would be just as bad.
We’ve set out to make that list. Here, you will find our attempt at a comprehensive catalog of the falsehoods that Barack Obama told while he was president.”
Deutsche Welle: Kurt Beck: “Ich wollte es gar nicht glauben…” “Der Beauftragte für Opfer und Angehörige des Terroranschlags von Anis Amri verknüpft seinen Abschlussbericht mit klaren Forderungen an die Politik. Das Vorgehen von Politik und Behörden hat ihn mitunter entsetzt.”
“Viele seien traumatisiert und jeder Bericht über den Attentäter Anis Amri, Versäumnisse der Behörden oder andere Terroranschläge “reißt die Wunden der Menschen immer wieder auf”. Eine der ersten Schlussfolgerungen müsse sein, dass nach einem Terroranschlag wie dem in Berlin von Polizei- und Rettungskräften eine gut sichtbare Anlaufstelle geschaffen werde. Man werde sicherlich nicht alle Fragen beantworten können, aber man müsse die Menschen aufnehmen. “Sie dürfen nicht suchend herumirren.”
Genau das aber passierte nach dem Attentat auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt. Da seien Menschen auf der Suche nach Familienangehörigen und Freunden von Krankenhaus zu Krankenhaus gefahren. Die Identifizierung der Toten habe bis zu drei Tage gedauert. Beck erinnert an Rechnungen mit Mahnhinweisen, die Angehörige nach der Obduktion ihrer Verwandten erhalten hätten. “Ich wollte es gar nicht glauben, aber ich hatte einen solchen Brief in der Hand.””
The New York Times: Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation. “With Twitter as his Excalibur, the president takes on his doubters, powered by long spells of cable news and a dozen Diet Cokes. But if Mr. Trump has yet to bend the presidency to his will, he is at least wrestling it to a draw.” By Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush and Peter Baker. Published December 9, 2017.
“As he ends his first year in office, Mr. Trump is redefining what it means to be president. He sees the highest office in the land much as he did the night of his stunning victory over Hillary Clinton — as a prize he must fight to protect every waking moment, and Twitter is his Excalibur. Despite all his bluster, he views himself less as a titan dominating the world stage than a maligned outsider engaged in a struggle to be taken seriously, according to interviews with 60 advisers, associates, friends and members of Congress.
For other presidents, every day is a test of how to lead a country, not just a faction, balancing competing interests. For Mr. Trump, every day is an hour-by-hour battle for self-preservation. He still relitigates last year’s election, convinced that the investigation by Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, into Russia’s interference is a plot to delegitimize him.”
Love + Radio: The Silver Dollar – Daryl Davis : Musician, Hate Group Connoisseur. (podcast, 40min) and How to Argue – Daryl Davis, part 2 (podcast, 40min).
Daryl Davis is a musician and the author of the book Klan-destine Relationships.
The Washington Post: Trump shrinks two huge national monuments in Utah, drawing praise and protests.
“Trump’s move to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments by more than 1.1 million acres and more than 800,000 acres, respectively, immediately sparked an outpouring of praise from conservative lawmakers as well as activists’ protests outside the White House and in Utah. It also plunges the Trump administration into uncharted legal territory since no president has sought to modify monuments established under the 1906 Antiquities Act in more than half a century.
His decision removes about 85 percent of the designation of Bears Ears and nearly 46 percent of that for Grand Staircase-Escalante, land that potentially could now be leased for energy exploration or opened for specific activities such as motorized vehicle use.
Trump told a rally in Salt Lake City that he came to “reverse federal overreach“ and took dramatic action “because some people think that the natural resources of Utah should be controlled by a small handful of very distant bureaucrats located in Washington. And guess what? They’re wrong.“
“They don’t know your land, and truly, they don’t care for your land like you do,“ he added. “But from now on, that won’t matter.“ “
Read Garret’s opinion on the matter over at dangerousmeta: Ignore the Administration. Ignore the media.
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