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

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.

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

• Donald Trump Has No Mandate–Sad! 
   
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: ”Victory does not guarantee respect”
   
• Trump’s DC hotel is an ethics nightmare and his business conflicts areunconstitutional 
   
• Legendary muckraker, Trump biographer, Wayne Barrett dies at 71

The Best of the Week’s News

• Trump’s McSecretary of Labor is poised to reverse historic gains in wage and hour protections
   
• Trump wants all Obama-appointed ambassadors out by Inauguration Day, even if that means leaving key posts empty for months
   
• The House revives a 130-year-old rule allowing Congress to cut a federal employee’s pay to $1/year.
   
• Benghazi Irony Alert: GOP senators want to hold U.S. diplomats hostage by slashing their security budget