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Bannon Talks “Deconstruction Of Administrative State” At CPAC

Speaking at CPAC on Thursday, Steve Bannon again called media ‘opposition party’ and said Trump administration would deconstruct ‘administrative state.’

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White House strategist Stephen Bannon speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP/Susan Walsh)

(REPORT) --- Giving rare public remarks on Thursday, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said the Trump cabinet was working towards the "deconstruction of the administrative state" and repeatedly referred to the media as "the opposition party." Bannon's speech at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor,

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Activists Hang ‘Refugees Welcome’ Banner From Statue Of Liberty

The 20-foot red-and-white banner was up from roughly 12:45pm to just before 4:00pm, when the National Park Service tore it down.

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Statue Of Liberty Raise Act

(REPORT) --- Activists scaled the base of the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday to unfurl a massive banner reading "Refugees Welcome" across the observation deck. The 20-foot red-and-white banner was up from roughly 12:45pm to just before 4:00pm, when the National Park Service tore it down. In an email to local media, the collective of activists,

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Dakota Access Pipeline Construction Resumes Amid Protests And Lawsuits

“It’s not about Standing Rock anymore, it’s about the world. No matter what happens, even as they’re drilling as we talk, we must all stand up for the water.”

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Razor wire and concrete barriers protect access to the Dakota Access pipeline drilling site Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota. (AP/James MacPherson)

The company behind the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has resumed construction on the controversial project despite massive protests and legal battles. Energy Transfer Partners (ETP) spokesperson Vicki Granado on Thursday confirmed that the company began working on the much-disputed 1.5-mile Lake Oahe section immediately after the U.S. Army Corps

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DAPL Opponents Vow ‘Fierce Resistance’ As Army Corps Grants Last Easement

Unless there is an injunction, construction could begin in 24 hours.

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Law enforcement vehicles line a road leading to a blocked bridge next to the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP/David Goldman)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Tuesday said it has notified Congress that it plans to grant Energy Transfer Partners the final easement to build the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Bloomberg reports: The company needs the easement to complete work under Lake Oahe, following President Donald Trump's memorandum that advised expediting review

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FCC Blocks Nine ISPs From Providing Internet Access To Low-Income Families

New Trump appointee Ajit Pai told a handful of internet service providers (ISPs) that they could not take part in the Lifeline broadband program.

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FCC commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. (AP/Susan Walsh)

(REPORT) --- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), newly under Republican control, on Friday blocked nine internet companies from providing service to low-income users, curtailing a groundbreaking program green-lit during the previous administration. Under the new Republican FCC chairman Ajit Pai, an appointee of President Donald Trump,

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Trump Appoints Bannon To National Security Council, Removes Intelligence Officials

‘To reiterate, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been removed from the National Security Council and replaced with a white nationalist. Worry.’

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Stephen Bannon, campaign CEO for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, looks on as Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signed memorandums on Saturday that kicked the nation's top military and intelligence advisers off the National Security Council's (NSC) Principals Committee and elevated his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, in their place. The memorandum gives Bannon, former executive chair of the rightwing website Breitbart News, a

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North Dakota Republicans Move To Legalize Running Over Protesters

A bill introduced last week would protect any driver who ‘unintentionally causes injury or death to an individual obstructing vehicular traffic.’

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Black Lives Matter demonstrators gather at the police vehicle stuck facing northbound during a protest march south on Broad Street in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, during the second day of the Democratic National Convention.

(REPORT) --- Running over protesters may soon be legal in North Dakota, if conservative lawmakers are successful in advancing legislation introduced last week. House Bill Number 1203 (pdf) states that, "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a driver of a motor vehicle who unintentionally causes injury or death to an individual obstructing

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