A new poll shows that former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush are both more popular than Trump. Both Bush’s (59%) and Obama’s (63%) favorability ratings are much higher than Trump’s in Gallup’s polling, which currently has Trump at 40 percent approval. Wonder how the WH will spin this? Or if they will spin it at all given that we're entering day nine without an on-camera press briefing. CNN’s Jim Acosta called WH Press Sec Sean Spicer “useless.” Acosta also criticized the media for covering briefings that reporters are not able to record or film saying, “I don’t know why everybody is going along with this.” Friends, this is not good for a democracy. Which brings us to North Korea where things just got a lot more tense with the death of Otto Warmbier, a recently released captive of the totalitarian regime. Now that American blood has been spilled, an unpredictable and arguably unintellectual Trump stated, “it’s a brutal regime but we’ll be able to handle it.” Does that mean Trump would no longer be honored to meet Kim Jong Un? Back on Capitol Hill, it’s being reported that Senate Republicans are preparing to vote on Obamacare repeal next week. We’ll see. And all eyes will be on Georgia as Dems try to flip the sixth with a little star power from Samuel L. Jackson to George Takei. We're kicking off Tuesday is this:
- Trump reaches out to the CBC via Omarosa.
- Barack and Michelle Obama may be coming to a football field near you.
- The Slants win with SCOTUS ruling but Native Americans lose.
- Cuba calls out Trump on U.S. policy.
- Squats and Squad -- Michelle Obama has it all.
- Secretary Ryan Zinke moves staff around at Interior.
- Everybody loses in the budget this admin put forth. But have you guys looked at what Native American communities lose? It's dire! Read below.
- Pro-Trump group invokes Obama's words in GA's special election.
- The Ford Foundation welcomes a new board member.
- The President loses people of color on HIV council.
- Who's looking for a job? We've got two.
- There's a Black news network in the making. It won't broadcast from FAMU (as previously reported). But we've got updates. Keep scrolling.
- Republicans in Florida and New Jersey get challengers of color. We've got their stories below.
- Trevor Noah starts a library.
- Ta-Nehisi Coates reveals cover image for We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy.
- Book penned by Barack Obama's father is auctioned.
- FL Dems are fighting. We tell you the story below.
- Hispanic journos host a bbq. Want to go? The details are below in FOMO.