Salon.com: Mr. Trump visits the Capitol: Same old lies in a terrifying new context

March 1st, 2017 [Donald Trump] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Trump has left thousands of jobs unfilled in the federal bureaucracy — and it may be his undoing]( Matthew Sheffield Trump has filled barely half the offices he's supposed to. Richard Nixon could have told him that's a big mistake [Screen Shot 2017-03-01 at 7.29.02 AM] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [WATCH: Michael Moore says President Trump’s speech ushered in a “new chapter” of George Orwell’s “1984”]( Taylor Link The director called the president a "narcissist" but also said that Trump "always knows what he's doing" VIDEO [Donald Trump] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Donald Trump wants to run the government as a business. But he’s never been any good at that either]( Heather Digby Parton The premise has a few flaws: The two arenas have little in common. And Trump has always been terrible at business [Donald Trump] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Mr. Trump visits the Capitol: Same old lies in a terrifying new context]( Gary Legum It was the usual collection of propaganda falsehoods — but delivered to the actual Congress by the actual president [Get Out] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [“Get Out” moments are real: Why Jordan Peele’s new film should be required viewing]( D. Watkins The movie is fiction, but the experience of being the only black person in an all-white space is true to life [Trump Speech] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Fact-checking Trump’s speech to Congress: Trump takes credit he hasn’t earned]( Calvin Woodward and Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press Some of the things Trump bragged about happened under President Obama [Donald Trump] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Don’t just throw tax breaks at business: Trump should incentivize smart infrastructure]( Angelo Young Trump's infrastructure plan should to do more than dish out tax credits -- modernizing must be on the agenda [david-byrne2] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [David Byrne discusses his new documentary “Contemporary Color”: “Whoever decided what culture is, has kind of overlooked this”]( Gary M. Kramer A documentary, directed by Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross, examines the spectacle and the art of modern color guard VIDEO [Pittsburgh Steelers v New England Patriots] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Tom Brady can be more than a historically great athlete]( Max Cea How boycotting the Patriots’ White House visit is an opportunity for Tom Brady to transcend sports [Jeff Sessions] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [America must “put bad men behind bars” again: Jeff Sessions’ law and order crackdown may include marijuana]( Sophia Tesfaye On the final day of Black History Month, Sessions also said he'll direct the DOJ to ease up on civil rights probes [Donald Trump] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Trump’s anti-populist budget: still more evidence his entire campaign was a scam]( Simon Maloy How many pro-rich, anti-working class policies can Donald Trump propose before he stops being called a populist? [Jewish Cemetery Damage] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [President Trump suggests liberals are causing chaos at Jewish community centers “to make others look bad”]( Taylor Link Trump told a group of state attorneys general that liberals were behind bomb threats at Jewish centers [HBCU couch] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Forget Kellyanne Conway’s feet on the couch: Trump’s Oval Office photo-op part of a black college visit gone wrong]( Sophia Tesfaye Worrying about Conway's feet ignores big problems with Trump's meeting with black higher education leaders [Donald Trump] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Donald Trump acts as his own anonymous source in meeting with network anchors]( Matthew Rozsa The president continues his longstanding tradition of being his own anonymous or pseudonymous source [Donald Trump] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Trump: Immigration reform could feature “compromises”]( Taylor Link Before Trump mentioned immigration reform in his speech before Congress, he told reporters he wants a new bill [Trump Speech] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Officials: New Trump travel ban removes Iraq from list]( Matthew Lee and Vivian Salama, Associated Press Trump is expected to sign the executive order in the coming days [Chuck Schumer, Dianne Feinstein, Mark Warner, Ben Cardin] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Democrats will take a “wait and see” approach to what Trump does after his unusually low-key speech]( Matthew Rozsa "Actions speak louder than words. He has not done anything to unite," says Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer [Britain Pollution] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [Air pollution exposure may increase risk of dementia]( Caleb Finch and Jiu-Chiuan Chen, The Conversation Tiny particles that seep into our lungs and blood, could nearly double the risk of dementia in older women [police-bathroom] 7B%24cover%5Bi%5D.url%7D [“It would ruin her life”: How the Texas bathroom bill would impact trans students]( Nico Lang Lt. 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