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Here’s your dose of ‘What the Fuck is Going On’ News (1/26/2017 edition)

• During Trump’s first White House interview on Wednesday night he talked about his 3-5 million illegal votes claim. Where he continued to state that this claim that he made up will now be investigated. When questioned about evidence for these claims he said “lots of people are saying they saw things happen. I heard stories also.” And then despite having no evidence he about illegal voting, he said that literally not even one of these 3-5 million illegal votes went towards him. (source)
• While talking about the border wall in the same interview, Trump admitted that the American taxpayers will pay for the wall. He says that Mexico will pay us back 100% and we’ll be reimbursed. His comments to those who thought Mexico would pay for the border wall outright? “I never said they’re gonna pay from the start.” Today, Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that Trump is considering a 20% border tax to help pay for the wall. (source) (source)
• In the same interview, Trump expressed his surprise that his defense secretary does not believe in torture. He then went on to gloat about the effectiveness of torture (a myth) and when asked if he would keep his promise of bringing “back waterboarding or a hell of a lot worse,” he replied “I would do… I would do.” (source)
• In this interview, Trump also commented on those who criticized his comments about taking Iraqi oil. Critics stated that taking Iraqi oil was stealing from civilians, a war crime, and violated international law. Trump called these people “fools,” and still kept his opinion that the U.S should have stolen the oil. (source)
• Donald Trump’s senior adviser Steve Bannon told the New York Times that the media should “keep its mouth shut and just listen for awhile.” He then said “The media here is the opposition party.” When asked about the press reacting to Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s blatant lies to the public Bannon responded: “We think that’s a badge of honor. ‘Questioning his integrity’—are you kidding me? The media has zero integrity, zero intelligence, and no hard work.” (source)
• The group of scientists who orchestrate the Doomsday Clock have moved the minute hand to 2 ½ minutes until midnight. The Doomsday Clock is a symbolic clock that represents a countdown to possible global catastrophe. This is the closest the clock had been to midnight since 1953, the year after the United States and the Soviet Union conducted competing tests of the hydrogen bomb. This change was made due to “The rise of ‘strident nationalism’ worldwide, Donald Trump’s comments over nuclear weapons, and the disbelief in the scientific consensus over Climate Change by the Trump Administration. (source)
• Rep. Liz Cheney (daughter of Dick Cheney) came out in support of Trump’s desire to reinstate torture programs. She claims that the “enhanced interrogation program,” works and helps save lives (a debunked theory) and that when the U.S. used it it was very limited (the CIA torture report says otherwise). And somehow in the same interview she also said “It’s the responsibility of any chief executive, any commander in chief to make sure we use every tool at our disposal…” “We don’t torture, we haven’t tortured.” (Seriously read this whole story.) (source)
• Trump’s anti-abortion global gag order is threatening other health services to people around the world. The rule reads: “The United States will no longer contribute to separate non governmental organizations which perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning in other nations.” The revival of this goes even further under Trump – It requires not only hospitals or clinics to refrain from providing advice or information on the benefits and availability of abortion. It also requires any international organizations supporting those clinics to stop promoting abortion or advocating abortion rights anywhere in the world – even if they use non-American money to do so. Half of this global health aid that is at risk goes towards programs regarding HIV/AIDS and some clinics receive funding from the Planned Parenthood Association, which will now receive massive cuts. And FYI under Reagan and Bush this gag order caused an INCREASE in abortions. (source)
• And finally, this is the hideous official White House portrait of Trump that we will now have to see in government buildings and airports.