Clear It With Sidney

The best of the week’s news by Lindsay Beyerstein

February 2017

February 17, 2017

Sidney's Picks: The Mar-A-Lago Blues, the ACA, and Sinking Mexico City

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The Best of the Week’s News

How much does Trump’s lavish lifestyle cost taxpayers?
A “manufactured crisis” for the Affordable Care Act
Are the Trump Organization’s days numbered under New York law?
Will climate change sink Mexico City?
GOP-backed bill could decimate public sector unions in Iowa

February 10, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Sessions, Voting, and the Dominican Republic

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The Best of the Week’s News

Evelyn Turner tried to help black people vote, and Jeff Sessions tried to jail her
The Trump Organization looks to the Dominican Republic, despite a promise to forgo foreign deals
Kellyanne Conway flouted federal ethics law with Ivanka “commercial”
Unplugged: Critical Federal Energy Regulatory Commission offline until further notice

February 3, 2017

Sidney's Picks: Meet DCReport, Fight Weasel Words

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Sidney’s Picks: The Best of the Week’s News

DCReport is an exciting new project that goes beyond parsing what politicians say to expose what they actually do
“Reforming,” “revamping,” “fixing”: Weasel words for cutting Social Security
Congressional Republicans balk at Trump’s border wall.
What the Women’s Marchers can learn from the Tea Party.