The Trump administration is waging an almost unprecedented war on transparency.

But do voters actually care?

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer today defended the Trump administration's decision to break with the Obama administration and stop releasing White House visitor logs.

"We're following the law as both the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act prescribe it. So it's the same policy that every administration had up until the Obama administration."

This is a different rationale than the White House initially gave on Friday - when it said that it would no longer release visitor logs due to "national security reasons".

So the lurch away from transparency continues. But do voters as a whole actually care?

There were these tax returns protests this weekend - but is this issue something that speaks to the country as a whole or just the liberal/democratic base?

-Thom

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Tuesday's Daily Stack 

Site: Finca Luna Nueva Lodge.

Article: "Is Costa Rica the World's Happiest, Greenest Country?" by Ariana López Peña.

Article: "Nearly 700 young people have been shot in 2017" by Carimah Townes.

 

Audio: The Georgia special election is happening RIGHT NOW..

Article: "Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017" (April 18, 2017).

Site: Jon Ossoff for Congress.

Event: April 22: "March for Science".

Article: "Janine Benyus" by Wikipedia.

Site: Biomimicry Institute.

Article: "Climate Change Will Lead To Severe Turbulence And Bumpier Rides On Aircraft" by Sam D.

Article: "Alabama governor Robert Bentley resigns over alleged affair with top aide" by AP.

Article: "Alabama Luv Guv's Impeachment Probe Reveals Political Motivation Behind DMV Closures" by Tierney Sneed.

Article: "Environmental impact of meat production" by Wikipedia.

Article: "North Korea 'will test missiles weekly', senior official tells BBC" by BBC.

Article: "Stuxnet" by Wikipedia.

Video: President Bush Axis of Evil Speech.

Book: The Emperor Wears No Clothes: Hemp and the Marijuana Conspiracy by Jack Herer.

Article: "The Klamath's Salmon Disaster: Why It Happened, Who's Responsible & What's Needed Now" by Felice Pace.

Article: "9 reasons to plant trees on your land" by James Williams.

Article: "Desertification In North America".

Article: "Will the U.S. be a desert in 50 years?" by Maria Trimarchi.

Article: "Cliven Bundy" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Trump's Beyoncé-free Easter Egg Roll" by Nancy Cook.

Article: "Breaking: D.C. public schools were not invited to mostly white White House Easter Egg Roll" by Tommy Christopher.

Article: "Coal-fired power plants linked to low birth weights in downwind communities" by Samantha Page.

Article: "How chemical weapons attack changed Donald Trump's view on Syria" by Mythili Sampathkumar.

Article: "Trump White House Taking 'Marching Orders' from Hundreds of CEOs: Report" by Nadia Prupis.

Article: "As Public Trust Dives, Trump White House Moves to Hide Visitor Logs" by Nadia Prupis.

Article: "Corporate Executives Swamp the White House" by Public Citizen.

Article: "February 23, 2017 - Republicans Out Of Step With U.S. Voters On Key Issues, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Voters Support Legalized Marijuana" by Quinnipiac.

Article: "No special election to replace Sessions; Bentley says move could save $16 million" by John Sharp.

Article: "Rebekah Mason suggested closure of DMV offices in majority black counties, report shows" by John Sharp.

Article: "Gov. Bentley's advisor Rebekah Mason releases her pay over last three years" by Charles J. Dean.

Article: "Alabama's new governor orders speedier election to replace Sessions" by Bernie Woodall.

Article: "Alabama gubernatorial election, 2018" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Truth is out: Bentley investigation exists and Luther Strange turned his back on Alabama" by Kyle Whitmire.

Article: "Siegelman case: Judge may release report on prosecution misconduct allegations" by Kent Faulk.

Article: "In Alabama, a strong voice of reason is silenced" by John Archibald.

Article: "FBI says Austin man plotting mass shooting arrested on weapons charges" by Ryan Autullo.

Event: 25 April: Columbus , OH: "Dennis Kucinich - Town Hall - Charter Schools" (and similar events).

Article: "David J. Brown" (Soil Science).

Article: "New Deal" by Wikipedia.

Speech: "Great Society" by Wikipedia.

Article: "InfoWars' Alex Jones Is a 'Performance Artist,' His Lawyer Says in Divorce Hearing" by Corky Siemaszko.

Article: "Electromagnetic Fields and Cancer" by NIH.

Article: "Congressman Walks Off Stage During Oroville Town Hall" by Drew Bollea.

 

Talk Media News Segment:
- Patrick Gavin 

Article: "Democrats hope to get HHS Secretary Tom Price's House seat" by Bryan Renbaum.

Article: "Georgia special election: One local penny for every $10 in national cash" by Rachel Wilson.

Article: "Budget negotiators, Trump officials won't even talk about a possible government shutdown" by S.A. Miller.

Article: "Trump signs measure targeting Planned Parenthood funding" by BBC.

Article: "US admits Trump tax reforms will be hit by healthcare setback" by Sam Fleming, Demetri Sevastopulo and Shawn Donnan.

Article: "White House offers no promises over release of Trump's tax returns" by Emily Shugerman.

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Book: Loving What You Do: The Elements of a Great Working Life by Ellen Ratner.

Hour Three: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back
- Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, American Sickness  

 

Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.

Article: "Phil Donahue On MSNBC Firing: Chris Matthews Was 'Threatened' By Me (VIDEO)" by Jack Mirkinson, May 21, 2013.

Article: "Somalia: 'People are dying of hunger...there's no water'" by David McKenzie and Brent Swails.

Book: The Population Bomb by Paul R Ehrlich.

Article: "Sanders and Perez to Launch Nationwide 'Come Together & Fight Back' Tour" by Nadia Prupis.

Bible: "Matthew 25:35 (New International Version)" "For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in".

Bible: "Matthew 25".

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