Article snippet: The TAKE with MaryAlice Parks Call it a blacklist, Nixonian or simply an execution of presidential power, either way it is newsy and serious that the president decided to revoke the security clearance of former CIA Chief John Brennan, who has been a major critic of Trump's since leaving public service, and threatened to do the same with others who have criticized him too. As this is happening in Washington, around the country dozens of veterans and former intelligence officers have been running for office and winning Democratic congressional primaries. From North Carolina to Kentucky, New Jersey and Virginia, we have talked to several Democratic candidates with military and intelligence backgrounds, who have told us they felt compelled to run, because of the president, his attacks on their agencies and their effect on the nation. Should most of them win in November, as many of them may, not only will the Democratic caucus contain in its ranks significantly more White House. At least that's what they are hoping. The RUNDOWN with John Verhovek President Trump exacting political revenge on a former top intelligence official by revoking his security clearance sent a familiar series of gasps through Washington on Wednesday, but it also serves as another reminder of the frequency with which the president uses the power of his office to distract and obfuscate. The trial of Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort continues to drag on, a fact he undoubte... Link to the full article to read more