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I sincerely doubt that anyone who felt "suppressed"...

I can be the most presidential person ever, other than possibly the great Abe Lincoln, all right? But I can be the most presidential person. But I may not be able to do the job nearly as well if I do that.

@RogueNASA: America's scientists are launching unofficial Twitter accounts to defy trump

(Reuters) - Employees from more than a dozen U.S. government agencies have established a network of unofficial "rogue" Twitter feeds in defiance of what they see as attempts by President Donald Trump to muzzle federal climate change research and other science.

Seizing on Trump's favourite mode of discourse, scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency, NASA and other bureaus have privately launched Twitter accounts - borrowing names and logos of their agencies - to protest restrictions they view as censorship and provide unfettered platforms for information the new administration has curtailed.

"Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS," one anonymous National Park Service employee posted on the newly opened Twitter account @AltNatParkService. "You can take our official twitter, but you'll never take our free time!"

The @RogueNASA account displayed an introductory disclaimer describing it as "The unofficial 'Resistance' team of NASA. Not an official NASA account." It beckoned readers to follow its feed "for science and climate news and facts. REAL NEWS, REAL FACTS."

As I've noted, Mexico paying for the Trump Wall has never been mainly about budgets or money. It's about dominance and humiliation.

And yet here we are, one week in and Trump has managed his colossal self-own. Who's paying for it? We're paying for it! Or, who's paying for it? Mexico! How? On lay-away! Or with some kind of forced promissory note which they themselves reject and say they'll never pay. Trump has made all of America into the first stiffed Trump vendor of his administration.

..No less important, every Republican in Congress is going to give this the green light, forcing American tax payers to pay for the Wall themselves..

President Donald Trump continues to offer praise for Fox News, telling ABC News' David Muir in an interview that aired Wednesday night that only Fox News covered his speech at the CIA fairly.

"That speech was a home run," Trump said. "We see what Fox said. They said it was one of the great speeches. They showed the people applauding and screaming and — and they were all CIA."

Authorities are also pushing back against the perception that the CIA workforce was cheering for the president. They say the first three rows in front of the president were largely made up of supporters of Mr. Trump’s campaign.

An official with knowledge of the make-up of the crowd says that there were about 40 people who’d been invited by the Trump, Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Pompeo teams. The Trump team originally expected Rep. Pompeo, R-Kansas, to be sworn in during the event as the next CIA director, but the vote to confirm him was delayed on Friday by Senate Democrats. Also sitting in the first several rows in front of the president was the CIA’s senior leadership, which was not cheering the remarks.

But Conway, appearing on NBC’s “Today” also said that it is “high time” that the U.S. spend money protecting its own border.

“President Trump has been very clear and consistent on this point, Matt. He’s going to build the wall, Mexico will pay for it. Whether they pay for it straight-out, or it's reimbursed later on after congressional funding,” Conway told NBC host Matt Lauer. “It's about being a sovereign nation. The United States of America spends billions of dollars protecting other countries' borders. It's high time we spend some money protecting our own.”

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell indicated Thursday that congressional Republicans are not interested in changing the definition of what kinds of interrogation practices constitute torture.

“I believe virtually all of my members are comfortable with the state of the law on that issue,” McConnell said during a press conference ahead of President Donald Trump’s visit to the Republican retreat happening here.

“And torture is illegal,” added Ryan. “We agree with it not being legal.

Where have you been these past 8 years?

"Government’s the only thing we all belong to,” the narrator intoned. “We have different churches, different clubs, but we’re together as a part of our city, or our county, or our state – and our nation."