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The president has now decisively crippled the F.B.I.’s ability to carry out an investigation of him and his associates.

This is a tense and uncertain time in the nation’s history. The president of the United States, who is no more above the law than any other citizen, has now decisively crippled the F.B.I.’s ability to carry out an investigation of him and his associates. There is no guarantee that Mr. Comey’s replacement, who will be chosen by Mr. Trump, will continue that investigation; in fact, there are already hints to the contrary.

Welcome to Barf Bag, a new daily politics roundup to help you sort through the chaotic Trumpian news cycle.

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A week ago, men and women went to work at airports around the United States as they always do. They showered, got dressed, ate breakfast, perhaps dropped off their kids at school. Then they reported to their jobs as federal government employees, where, according to news reports, one of them handcuffed a 5-year-old child, separated him from his mother and detained him alone for several hours at Dulles airport.

"The question we need to ask ourselves is: What will we do? This is not a hypothetical question. Most of us will not face the stark choice employees at airports faced over the weekend. But we are all democratic citizens. Ultimately, our government can only act if we allow it to act. Under our Constitution, the people rule. Our elected officials, including the president, are accountable to us. We possess the power to reject actions we see as out of bounds. We are used to doing this in elections, but democratic tools go further. Even once an election is over, we can exercise our First Amendment rights to contact elected officials, speak, write and protest.

It is far easier to do nothing, to trust that, somehow, America's dangerous course will be set right. But this is a dangerous gamble, and in fact an abdication of our responsibility as Americans and indeed as human beings. If we do nothing, that is a choice. It means we accept a government that has demonstrated it is capable of inflicting cruelty on the innocent and defenseless.

What will we do?"

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OPINION: The president’s slurs against Latinos are a disaster for the nation.

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The administration’s executive order hitting immigrants and recent steps toward protectionism are spurring a reversal of sentiment after excitement about cutting taxes and regulations.

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Live: Anti Trump Protests Outside JFK Airport After Refugees Detained at…

A trio of professors in Boston stumbled across a trove of signs, threw them into a rented van, and created an “accidental archive.”

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Richard Spencer 571-239-2797 [email protected] Home Address: 98 Elk Highlands Drive Whitefish, MT 59937 He’s renting an apartment in Alexandria, VA as a “headquarters” for the alt-right. The address is: 1001 King St Alexandria, VA 22314