Below are the top political news stories of the day: ¯\_(?)_/¯
- Ten years on, Citizens United ruling has changed U.S. politics — but not in the way many feared - L.A. Times | Like the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision itself, the effects of the ruling have been complex...
- Flushing '10 times!' What's really behind Trump's tirades about toilets - NBC News | Federal regulations on water use in bathrooms and kitchens have caught the president's ire.
- S.E. Cupp: Political hatred is eating America alive - Waco Tribune | The rise in hate in America is hard to ignore.
- Facebook’s refusal to fact-check political ads is reckless - The Guardian | It has always made commercial sense for Facebook to refuse to be the regulator for political advertising...
- Politicians seem to have forgotten US history - The Hill | Wasn’t our revolutionary war precipitated by excessive taxes? It’s a history lesson our politicians seem to have forgotten.
- As Trial Nears, Trump Keeps Discredited Ukraine Theory Alive - US News | A conspiracy theory years in the making is being pushed by President Donald Trump and his allies.
- NSA O'Brien: Sanctions, protests have Iran 'choked off,' will force them to negotiate - Fox News | "the impact will eventually be too much for the rogue nation to bear."
- As Amazon.com flexes its muscle, Seattle moves to curb corporate political donations - Reuters | The move is likely to trigger renewed debate on the legality of corporate donations in U.S. elections...
- Esper has seen no hard evidence for embassies’ threat claim - AP | Raising questions about the scale of the threat described by Trump last week.
- Trump wants Pelosi, Schiff as impeachment witnesses - AP | “He must be a Witness, and so should she!” Trump tweeted.
- Not on form, but brawl over citizenship question continues - AP | The U.S. Supreme Court decided a citizenship question won’t be on this spring’s census form.
- Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of Iran, feel less safe after strike: POLL - ABC News | The results come from a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.
- Our enemy is here’: Iran protesters demand leaders quit after military admits it shot down plane - CNBC | “They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here,”...
- Tom Steyer surprises in the polls - CNN | "Every presidential election seems to feature a surprise, and Tom Steyer is making the case that it's going to be him in 2020,"...