William Rivers Pitt | Trump Nixes Nixon: Where Watergate Goes to Die

[t]   Saturday, May 13, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Chelsea Manning Prepares for Freedom: "I Want to Breathe the Warm Spring Air" [Read the Article at the Guardian US](   Acting FBI Director McCabe, Sen. John Cornyn Among Four to Interview for FBI Director Job [Read the Article at The Washington Post](   Another Website Is Broadcasting Your Personal Information to Anyone Who Searches Your Name [Read the Article at the Miami Herald](   Trump's War With Comey Intensifies [Read the Article at The Hill](   North Korea "Would Hold Talks" With Trump Administration [Read the Article at BBC News](   What the New Health Care Bill Means for Chronically Ill People Like Me and Our Families [Read the Article at Rewire](   Samantha Bee Takes Down Ivanka Trump's Book [Watch the TBS Video at BuzzFlash](     [Trump Nixes Nixon: Where Watergate Goes to Die]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout: Trump is no Nixon. For all his catastrophic actions, Nixon was a carbon-based lifeform born on Planet Earth. Trump, by his own hand and according to every known metric, has annihilated his own political career a thousand times over, and yet he surges on, doomed and implacable, like Coleridge's painted ship upon a painted ocean. [Read the Article]( [Statist Attacks on Academic Freedom Are a Symptom of Neoliberalism]( Dan Falcone, Truthout: Neoliberal and authoritarian regimes are threatened by institutions that provide an environment for free exchange of ideas and become breeding grounds for dissent, says Nivedita Majumdar, professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The escalating attacks on academic freedom worldwide are a backlash against the growing resistance to oppression. [Read the Interview]( [Trump Order Could Open Up Area Larger Than Yellowstone to Drilling]( Lawrence Carter and Joe Sandler Clarke, Energydesk: More than 2.7 million acres of iconic US landscape could be at risk from fossil fuel exploration following Donald Trump's decision to review protections on national monuments. The order requires Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to recommend whether monuments should be rescinded or resized within 120 days. [Read the Article]( [Tiny Town in the Heartland Creates Homegrown Sanctuary]( Bian Elkhatib, YES! Magazine: In stark contrast to the rest of the state, West Liberty is the first Latino-majority town of any significant size in Iowa. Now, as the Trump administration threatens funding cuts to communities that declare themselves sanctuary cities, West Liberty offers an expansive kind of sanctuary through language, education and a tight-knit community. [Read the Article]( [Climate Change Is Turning Dehydration Into a Deadly Epidemic]( Jane Palmer, Mosaic Science: Across El Salvador, kidney failure is the leading cause of hospital deaths in adults. But while chronic kidney disease is most commonly caused by hypertension and diabetes, two-thirds of patients in Bajo Lempa don't have either of those conditions. However, exposure to high temperatures caused by climate change may be the culprit. [Read the Article]( [What the Resistance to Trump Can Learn From Latin America]( Jeff Abbott, Waging Nonviolence: Our neighbors to the south have a long history of resisting authoritarian and fascist regimes, which often were supported by the US government. After decades of struggle, here are four lessons that movements in Latin America can teach those organizing in the United States. [Read the Article]( [Biggest Share of Inaugural Funding Came From Wall Street]( Ashley Balcerzak, Center for Responsive Politics: For someone who repeatedly berated Wall Street during his campaign, President Trump received a lot of inauguration help from its inhabitants. The securities and investment industry contributed the greatest chunk to Trump's inaugural festivities: $14.3 million, or about 13 percent of all donations. [Read the Article]( [Why Peg City Car Co-op Is Joining Forces With Housing Co-ops in Winnipeg, Canada]( Ruby Irene Pratka, Shareable: Winnipeg, Canada isn't exactly pedestrian friendly, and mass transit is sporadic and centered around the downtown core. However, one Winnipeg car-sharing startup is beginning to improve accessibility for locals and visitors, and it's doing so innovatively -- with help from the city government and housing cooperatives in the area. [Read the Article]( [Support Truthout with a tax-deductible donation ]( Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy](   [The Newspaper Guild]