Why Trump's tantrum against the intelligence community is cause for alarm

Plus, why Trump will never fire Kellyanne Conway. No Images? Click here           Trump Again Attacks Intelligence Officials After They Contradict His False Claims   President Donald Trump on Wednesday unleashed a stream of insults at the nation’s intelligence officials after they published a report directly contradicting some of his most frequent false claims about foreign policy. Trump, who has regularly undermined and questioned the work of institutions and officials in his own administration, referred to “the Intelligence people” as “extremely passive and naive” and suggested they “should go back to school.” Trump’s string of tweets came after the leaders of the top national intelligence agencies on Tuesday released their annual report on worldwide security threats. The report challenged many false talking points frequently made by the president, who is known to not read his regular intelligence briefings, preferring to receive important information from Fox News, his favorite cable news network. READ MORE     WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING? Hispanics helped put Texas in play for Democrats in November. Now, Republicans leaders want nearly 100,000 people to prove they’re allowed to vote. READ MORE   President Donald Trump won’t likely fire or publicly trash White House counselor Kellyanne Conway for one big reason, according to one of the president’s former aides. READ MORE   With Democrats in charge of the House for the first time since this tidal shift upended party orthodoxy, senior members of Congress are setting the stage for the legislative chamber to increase Social Security benefits, bringing a onetime liberal pipe dream a step closer to law. READ MORE    .     ICYMI Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has some advice for all you snowflakes preparing for record-breaking, potentially deadly subzero temperatures sweeping the Midwest and Northeast: “Curl up in the fetal position.” Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin attempted to mock Stacey Abrams as a “literal loser” on Tuesday. It didn’t go well. Texas Republicans are doubling down on their groundless claim that “socialism” was responsible for the Holocaust, after a botched attempt to honor Holocaust victims in a Facebook post Sunday. The U.S. is set to deploy thousands of additional troops to the southern border, acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan announced on Tuesday.    . Want more?  Women Urged To Wear Suffragist White To Trump’s State Of The Union Address ‘Staggering Moron’: Trump Slammed For Climate Change Tweet Stephen Colbert Mocks Chris Christie To His Face With 1 Absolutely Savage Question Facebook Secretly Paid People To Install VPN That Spies On Them     HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. How will Trump’s administration impact you? Sign up for our email and find out. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. Like what you see? Share it. Want more? Here are two other newsletters you'll love: The Morning Email and Must Reads. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe