* Erik’s Editorial: Leaders pull and bullies push, Trump’s autocratic language ‘betrays’ America, SCOTUS nominee Gorsuch needs extreme vetting (2017-01-31)

1. source: https://www.facebook.com/erikjheels/posts/10101115032193348

A leader pulls with thoughtful ideas.
A bully pushes with thoughtless ones.

2. source: https://www.facebook.com/erikjheels/posts/10101115311882848

One cannot betray POTUS.
One can only betray an autocrat.

3. source: https://www.facebook.com/erikjheels/posts/10101115323734098

Stay focused, friends.

Be aware of the words used (e.g. “betray” was chosen to divide us).

Insist on legality and truth from both government and media.

Be alert for shenanigans out of sight, as all of this may be an intentional diversion.

The rule of law has been, is, and shall remain greater than the rule of man.

Finally, today’s update from my Failed Pols project may be of interest:

* AG Fired, Trump’s Monday Night Massacre, Language of Lying, Psychology of Narcissism (2017-01-31)
https://www.failblog.com/652.html

4. source: https://www.facebook.com/erikjheels/posts/10101115527585578

The current SCOTUS has authored many bafflingly weak, illogical, and poorly reasoned options. Scalia was a great writer and one of the last principled justices. The WRONG principles, but principled nonetheless.

5. source: https://www.facebook.com/erikjheels/posts/10101115667535118

The nominee needs EXTREME vetting.

* AG Fired, Trump’s Monday Night Massacre, Language of Lying, Psychology of Narcissism (2017-01-31)

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1. The language of lying – Noah Zandan (2014-11-03)

6,992,101 views

TED-Ed – “We hear anywhere from 10 to 200 lies a day. And although we’ve spent much of our history coming up with ways to detect these lies by tracking physiological changes in their tellers, these methods have proved unreliable. Is there a more direct approach? Noah Zandan uses some famous examples of lying to illustrate how we might use communications science to analyze the lies themselves. View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-language-of-lying-noah-zandan”

1. Trump adviser: Obama appointee betrayed her office, country (2017-01-30)

28,744 views

Fox News – “Senior adviser Stephen Miller tells Tucker Pres. Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama admin. holdover, because she refused to enforce Trump’s executive refugee and immigration ban – and was therefore betraying the Constitution #Tucker”

2. The psychology of narcissism – W. Keith Campbell (2016-02-23)

2,401,191 views

TED-Ed – “Narcissism isn’t just a personality type that shows up in advice columns; it’s actually a set of traits classified and studied by psychologists. But what causes it? And can narcissists improve on their negative traits? W. Keith Campbell describes the psychology behind the elevated and sometimes detrimental self-involvement of narcissists. View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-psychology-of-narcissism-w-keith-campbell”

2. Trump fires acting AG after she refuses refugee order (2017-01-30)

19,478 views

Fox News – “White House statement: Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, was weak on border and betrayed her office and her country.”

3. President Trump fires acting Attorney General Sally Yates after defying executive order (2017-01-30)

464,656 views

CBS News – “The White House relieved acting Attorney General Sally Yates of her duties after she told the Justice Department not to defend President Trump’s executive order on immigration. Creative Director of MediaDC Michael Graham and New York Times reporter Yamiche Alcindor join CBSN to break down the latest.”

3. Judge Robert Bork explains why he agreed to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox [in what became known as the ‘Saturday Night Massacre’] (2008-12-01)

1,984 views

Richard Nixon Library – “Robert Bork recorded interview by Tim Naftali, December 1, 2008, the Richard Nixon Oral History Project of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.”