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1. “Too Soon to Tell” How Much Trump “Is In Defiance of the Constitution”

“It’s too soon to tell how serious President Trump is in defiance of the Constitution. In his first 28 days, he signed an order to nullify birthright citizenship for some — a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. And he has closed agencies and frozen spending that Congress mandated by law.” 
— Correspondent Scott Pelley on CBS’s 60 Minutes, February 16. 

2. Musk’s Cuts Will Cause Plane Crashes and Kill Your Family

“What the Trump Administration is providing Democrats right now are those cuts. They’re giving them the punchline to, ‘Oh, they’re gonna cut billionaires tax cuts, but guess what they’re gonna do?’ They’re going to take away medical research that saved your daughter or saved somebody in your family. They’re going to take away and fire people in the FAA. So, those plane crashes that you’re seeing, you’re gonna see more of them.”
— Co-host Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, February 19.

3. PBS: Trump’s “Gulf of America” Ban on AP is Attack on “First Amendment”

“The White House, by going after AP for an editorial choice, is going directly at the First Amendment. It is going directly at the freedom of the press. And it is not coincidental that they are going after AP. AP is extremely influential. They’re also kind of straight down the line. They are not a partisan news outlet in any way.” 
— NPR White House reporter Tamara Keith on PBS News Hour, February 17.