Day 3: A Quiet Sunday

Only two real headlines today:

• Administration doubles down on lies, calling them "alternative facts". Thank you Kelly Anne Conway. You've just proven that we can't trust a word out of the administration.
• Call to Israeli PM. This is the one that worries me more. The administration is playing with fire on the international stage, and has no idea what it's doing. In particular, I wholly expect the unconditional support of Israeli settlement building to set back the prospect of peace in the Middle East by years.

 Beyond that, I also came across this gem of a bill that has been introduced in congress. The summary of the bill says it all: "To end membership of the United States in the United Nations". This would be a monumental abdication of America's international world, and would cause irreparable harm to its international standing. I fully expect this to die in committee. However, the fact that despite the sheer stupidity of this bill was even introduced to begin with can likely be attributed to the brazen isolationism promoted by Trump, and I expect other less extreme isolationist bills to actually find purchase.