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Over the first two weeks of the Donald Trump administration, Steve Bannon has emerged as one of the most powerful figures in the White House. The New York Times ran an editorial posing the question, "President Bannon?" wrote, quote, "We've never witnessed a political aide move as brazenly to consolidate power as Stephen Bannon - nor have we seen one do quite so much damage so quickly to his putative boss's popular standing or pretenses of competence."

As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States.

We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

Chelsea Manning, who's now set to be free May 17th [2017], after Obama shortened her sentence from 35 years to seven. According to her attorneys, she is already the longest-held whistleblower in U.S. history.

In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track