Strong Partisanship Leads to Authoritarianism, Perry Attacked & Spicer Responds

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 1 a.m.

Christopher Arndt-Timely Story- George Washington warned: strong partisanship leads to authoritarianism.  Arndt is author of The Right’s Road to Serfdom: The Danger of Conservatism Unbound From Hayek to Trump. 

Ian Tuttle-NYT Disgraceful Attack on Rick Perry.  Tuttle is National Review’s William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism.

Sarah Westwood-Spicer pushes back on 'demoralizing' media coverage of Trump.  Sarah  is the White House news correspondent for the Washington Examiner. 

Chris Warren-American Energy Alliance Applauds Trump's Actions on Keystone and Dakota Access Pipelines.  Warren is the Vice President of Communications at the American Energy Alliance. In his role, Warren develops AEA’s strategy for promoting free market energy policies and oversees all media outreach, coalition building, and communications initiatives.

Anika Smith-Women's March v. March for Life -- will the media care?  Smith is an associate editor at The Stream. She grew up in a small logging community on the West Coast, where she took part in her first political protest, against the spotted owl (“families first, owls last”), at age 5.

Col Denny Gillem-US Bombs ISIS Camps.  After graduating from West Point, Colonel Gillem served 22 years in the Army, first as an Airborne Ranger with two combat tours, for which he was awarded two purple hearts and seven awards for Valor. Colonel Gillem also served as a Mideast War Planner while serving at US Readiness Command.