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A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) to view this message in a browser window.  [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) [] [] News & Views | 2/2/18 [] Feature... [] [Here Are Most Key, Smartest, and Funniest Reactions on #MemoDay](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) 1f9d0/ct2_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le by Common Dreams staff After being declassified by President Donald Trump earlier in the day, Republicans in the House of Representatives—led by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chair of the Intelligence Committee—followed through with their promise to release a highly controversial memo on... [] [] News... [] [Dems Warn Trump That Using GOP Memo to Fire Mueller Would Trigger 'Constitutional Crisis'](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) 1f9d0/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le by Jake Johnson, staff writer Following the much-anticipated release of the four-page "Nunes memo" (pdf)—which was quickly ridiculed as a "flop" that "doesn't come close" to vindicating the right-wing hysteria that preceded it—top Democrats warned President Donald Trump in a letter on Friday that any attempt to use the document as a pretext to fire special counsel Robert Mueller would constitute obstruction of justice. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Realizing Worst Fears of Peace Groups, Trump's Nuclear Posture Review Urges Expanded Use of World's Deadliest Weapons](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) 1f9d0/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le by Julia Conley, staff writer The Trump administration's official outline for its use of nuclear force was denounced as "radical" and "extreme" by prominent anti-nuclear weapons groups when it was released Friday afternoon—confirming peace advocates' worst fears that Pentagon would seek to expand the use of nuclear force. --------------------------------------------------------------- [With FCC's Order Sent to Senate, Internet Defenders Inch Toward Vote to Restore Net Neutrality](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) 1f9d0/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le by Julia Conley, staff writer Open Internet advocates and lawmakers were urging supporters on Friday to help secure one last vote in the Senate in favor of reversing the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) unpopular net neutrality decision. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Crisis No One Is Talking About': GOP Threatens Healthcare of 26 Million People](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) [patients receives vaccine](1f9d0/ct6_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer While the Republican-controlled Congress finally approved funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program in late January after it lapsed in September, lawmakers have failed to renew funding for thousands of community health centers, which also expired in the fall—a move that "has quietly created a new healthcare crisis for 26 million Americans." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Eating His Own: Ahead of Memo Release, Trump Attacks Top Officials at FBI and Justice Department](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) [President Donald Trump](1f9d0/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Ahead of the expected release of a "cherry-picked" memo clearly designed to discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing probe—and which critics who have seen the document have called inaccurate and misleading—President Donald Trump lashed out at his own top law enforcement officials on Friday morning. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump: I 'Didn't Care' About Arctic Drilling Until My Big Oil Friend Said I Should](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) 1f9d0/ct8_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le by Jake Johnson, staff writer If President Donald Trump's own account is to be believed, he "really didn't care" about opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling—but everything changed when one of his rich buddies from the oil and gas industry called him up and explained how great it would be. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) [] [] Views... [] [Spying on the Wrong People: The Hypocrisy of the Nunes Memo & FISA](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) ["There is no evidence that this vast surveillance apparatus has thwarted any significant terrorist plot, since 320 million Americans are not terrorists" (Photo: Joe Brusky/Flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct10_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Juan Cole Who voted for warrantless surveillance of Americans? Devin Nunes and his whole committee. (And, of course, plenty of Democrats.) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) ["Those who control capital, like the richest guy in the world, investment banks and investors, favor capital-intensive approaches to social problems." (Photo: NBC News)](1f9d0/ct11_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Michael Lighty Why should we subsidize the failed business model of health insurers? --------------------------------------------------------------- [The Stateless of the Union: Trump’s War on Immigrants](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) ["Older immigrants, the more than 10 million people here without documentation but who do not qualify for DACA, are in similar straits, living under the daily threat of arrest and deportation, living in the shadows." (Photo: Backbone Campaign/cc/flickr)](1f9d0/ct12_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan For millions of immigrants and their family members around the U.S., the State of the Union was not just a political speech; their lives hang in the balance. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Echoes of Alt-Right Worldview in Speech](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) [After his first State of the Union address to Congress, President Trump is applauded by Vice President Mike Pence, center, and House Speaker Paul Ryan. (Photo: Win McNamee/Pool via AP) ](1f9d0/ct13_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Sonali Kolhatkar Trump invoked a series of terrifying enemies ready to attack Americans and countered that narrative with multiple noble “heroes” throughout his speech who, like him, were protecting God-fearing, law-abiding American citizens. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sen. John Kennedy Could Be the Internet's Hero](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) ["The actions were organized by Team Internet, a decentralized group of volunteers coordinated by Demand Progress, Fight for the Future and Free Press Action Fund."(Photo: Freepress)](1f9d0/ct14_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Candace Clement Who isn’t talking about Net Neutrality at this point? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Keep Border Spy Tech Out of Dreamer Protection Bills](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) ["Once the government collects our biometrics, data thieves might steal it, government employees might misuse it, and policy makers might deploy it to new government programs." (Photo: Doug Turetsky/flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct15_1/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) by Adam Schwartz The bill would empower DHS to decide which countries are “high-risk,” based on “any” criteria it deems “appropriate.” --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3Ad04Ehs9le) [] [] Newswire... 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