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Mediaite

Sen. James Inhofe to S.E. Cupp: Comparing Niger to Benghazi ‘Makes Me Physically Sick’ - S.E. Cupp had quite the exchange with Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) over the deadly attack that took place in Niger.
National Post

Ontario man found guilty in scheme to supply U.S. with shoddy armoured vehicles for Iraq - Prosecutors alleged that William Whyte, owner of Armet Armored Vehicles, knew about the defects in the armoured vehicles and in some cases, had authorized ...
Raw Story

‘It was a full moon’: Onlooker bares it all to Trump’s motorcade in D.C. - A member of the White House press pool hilariously recounted President Donald Trump’s motorcade being “mooned” by an onlooker. According to Yahoo News’ Hun...
Ballot Access News

Alabama Libertarian Party Runs a Write-in Candidate for U.S. Senate Special Election - Alabama holds a special election for U.S. Senate on December 12, 2017. Because the Alabama ballot access laws are so severe, only the Republican and Democr...
Sputnik News

Big Ben Will Bong Again - Just Perhaps Not at the Right Time - The iconic London bell housed in the Elizabeth Tower looming over Britain's Houses of Parliament in Westminster will soon chime again after remaining silen...
Daily Kos

Former CIA officers step up to run for Congress as Democrats - Well, this should convince Donald Trump that the Deep State really is out to get him: Democratic congressional candidates for 2018 include some former CI...
Crooks and Liars

Jake Tapper: Gen. Kelly Confirmed Trump Lied When He Denied Widow's Claims - As Gen. Kelly was attacking Rep. Wilson and defending Trump's callous actions during his call to Sgt. Johnson's widow, he did admit, intentionally or not...
Down With Tyranny!

Will Trump's And Ryan's Greed-Driven Tax Cuts For The Rich, Sink The Republican Party? - This morning's post on Bannon's attempt to steal all McConnell's fat cat donors is about how the whole project hinges on the tax cuts. The fat cats want ...
Hullabaloo

Texas Strong - *Texas Strong* by digby Axios reports: Texas Sen. John Cornyn is frustrating both administration officials and conservative movement leaders by holdin...
Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter

Human rights and academic freedom under the new regime at the University of Miami's Cuba programs - *Worse than it first appears * Taking a closer look at the special report titled "Cuba and the Caribbean" prepared by UM News, a part of University Commu...
Palmer Report

Donald Trump’s idiotic Muslim ban led to a diplomatic crisis in Niger that left U.S. soldiers vulnerable - Trump's bad policy may have gotten four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger The post Donald Trump’s idiotic Muslim ban led to a diplomatic crisis in Niger that...
Talking Points Memo

Bringin' In The Big Gun - TPM’s Cam Joseph reports from the Obama rally for Ralph Northam in the Virginia governor’s race.
Pajiba

10 Questions About 'Annabelle: Creation' - I had questions going into this origin story sequel to an origin story spinoff from The Conjuring. I thought watching the flick would help. I was mistaken....
SCOTUSblog

Petition of the day - [image: Petition of the day]The petition of the day is: China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh 17-432 Issue: Whether the rule of American Pipe and Construction Co....
Splinter

Appeals Court Temporarily Blocks Order Allowing Undocumented Teen's Abortion - Less than a day after a federal judge issued an order allowing an undocumented teen to have an abortion, a federal appeals court in Washington temporaril...
Echidne of the Snakes

#MeToo: A Few Statistical Points - I plan to write about the #MeToo hashtag more later, but right now it seems useful to point out that the hashtag (used on Facebook and Twitter to denote t...
Mock Paper Scissors

News That Will Drive You To Drink - Happy Hour News Briefs LISTEN-UP, SHEEPLE!!1! Coach Dave explains to us that his wild conspiracy theories are actually psy-op operations from the Governmen...
Vox

Vox Sentences: A cactus, some huge cardboard boxes, and lots of money — how cities are wooing Amazon - *Vox Sentences is your daily digest for what's happening in the world, curated by Ella Nilsen. Sign up for the **Vox Sentences newsletter**, delivered s...
OpEd News

Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and THE Prince of Wales, Part 2 - This column is Part 2 of my ruminations about the historical similarities between Great Britain's Prince-of-Wales, Edward-VIII, Duke-of-Windsor and Donald ...
Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

Jeff Sessions won't answer question about his 'religious liberty' guidance and anti-LGBTQ discrimination - Durbin: Does religious liberty guidance let fed workers & contractors refuse LGBT people? Sessions: [4 second pause] I'll get back to you. pic.twitter.co...
The latest from MSNBC.com:

Woody Harrelson and Rob Reiner talk LBJ - LBJ premieres in theaters on November 3rd.
Political Dig

Here’s The Most Underplayed Scandal Of The 2016 Election - The 2016 U.S. presidential election was the first election in more than 50 years to take place without key protections of the Voting Rights Act. Yet, onl...
Rewire

Study: Abortion Rates Are in Decline, But There’s No Single Reason Why - Until we have more insight about the reasons for the 25 percent decrease in the national abortion rate, the abortion rate is just that: a number. The pos...
Houston Matters

California Fires Cause $1B In Damages, Burn 7,000 Buildings - California Gov. Jerry Brown late Wednesday issued an executive order to speed up recovery efforts as fire authorities say they’ve stopped the progress of w...
Pharyngula

How to find Nazis - Fuck Nazis. It’s a trap!
Washington Monthly

Quick Takes: The Mythological Past Embraced by John Kelly - A roundup of news that caught my eye today.
Burkablog (and more from Texas Monthly)

The Eleven: On the Trail of a Serial Killer - Between 1971 and 1977, eleven young girls from southeast Texas were abducted and killed in similar circumstances. In a new documentary, a reporter and re...
If You Only News

Richard Spencer’s Fascist Goon Squad Couldn’t Keep Florida From Laughing His Nazi Ass Off The Stage - Oooh, big scary Richard Spencer! The milky-white wannabe hipster douchebag must have had a giant erection since Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a stat...
Daily Dot

Magician David Blaine accused of rape by former model - [image: David Blaine accused of rape by former model Natasha Prince] Scotland Yard is investigating the allegation. The post Magician David Blaine accused ...
Slate

Fox News Found a Russia Story It Likes: Obama and Clinton Were the Real Colluders! - At 7:17 a.m. on Thursday morning, President Donald Trump fired off a characteristic tweet: You will be excused for having no idea what the president was ...
Wolf Street

This is What it Looks Like When Credit Markets Go Nuts - Pricing of risk kicks the bucket in record central-bank absurdity.
Salon.com

The best book about the Beatles you will ever read is “Love Me Do! The Beatles’ Progress” - The best Beatles book to date and a few reasons why you’ve probably never heard of it
Ring of Fire

Puerto Rico: A New Tragedy Unfolds Everyday – America’s Lawyer - To learn more about this topic, visit AL.Law Via America’s Lawyer: Attorney Peter Mougey, talks with Mike about how Puerto Rico is still devastated by Hu...
Morning Consult

Senators Disagree on Need for Changes to Section 702 Foreign Surveillance Tool - The post Senators Disagree on Need for Changes to Section 702 Foreign Surveillance Tool appeared first on Morning Consult.
The Fifth Column

Microsoft Corp v. United States: Sessions wants open borders but only for police - Warrants everywhere. Read more →
Axios

John Cornyn holds up top White House nominee - Texas Sen. John Cornyn is frustrating both administration officials and conservative movement leaders by holding up the confirmation of Russ Vought to be ...
Grist

Europe’s hurricane-fueled wildfires might become a recurring nightmare - Ophelia hitting Ireland was just the beginning of a chain of disasters, and the forecast is for more in the future.
Think Progress

U.S. abortion rate falls, but the procedure is still common among certain groups - The U.S. abortion rate fell 25 percent between 2008 and 2014, though the procedure is still a common experience, according to a new study published Thursda...
FiveThirtyEight.com

Beside The Points For Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017 - Things That Caught My Eye Vegas gets another team The San Antonio Stars will move to Las Vegas under its new management of MGM Resorts International. This ...
Above the Law

See Also: Changing The Way Biglaw Partners Get Paid - *Working In Biglaw Isn't For Everyone:* But changing the metrics by which partner compensation is calculated could make it just a little bit nicer. *Califor...
The Greanville Post

TOTAL OBEDIENCE FIXATION: THE POUTING HEGEMON STRIKES BACK - STEFAN KARGANOVIC—The reasons for the no-holds-barred assault on President Aliev are clear enough: his moderate attempts to bring his country’s policy in l...
NPR's Health Shots

Report: Pollution Kills 3 Times More than AIDS, TB And Malaria Combined - Researchers looked at the combined effects of air, water and soil pollution on global health to come up with an annual toll.
CultureMap Houston

Stylish Houstonians dress the part at rosy-themed Pink Party - The only thing better than a blowout soiree with lovely weather, lively tunes, and amazing sips and bites? A blowout soiree that benefits a good cause. Mo...
VICE

Inside the Culture of Sexual Abuse at Colleges Across Colombia - A three-month investigation by VICE Colombia revealed glaring patterns in how sexual harassment and assault are addressed at colleges in the country.
News Corpse

It’s Official: Fox News and the GOP have merged into a single political media enterprise - It’s no secret that Fox News has been serving as the de facto PR division of the Republican Party since its inception. It was founded by an arch-conservati...
San Antonio Current

Don't Worry Guys, the Alamo is Still Going to Have a Christmas Tree - Last week, the city announced that the massive, 55-foot Christmas tree donated yearly by HEB will no longer be in Alamo Plaza. Instead, it will set up sho...
The Verge

Twitter releases its calendar of upcoming measures to combat harassment and abuse - Twitter this afternoon publicly posted its schedule for instituting fixes and changes to longstanding abuse and harassment issues that have plagued the ...
Eschaton

Gotta Get Better At It - I used to go to DC more though I haven't in awhile. Over the years I've met with a plenty of people I'd call, for lack of a better description, "Dem operat...
Consortium News

Man Bites Dog: NYT Does Journalism - Exclusive: When the Trump administration blamed Cuba for a “sonic attack” on U.S. diplomats, a New York Times reporter did something unusual for his newspa...
Texas Observer

Immigrant Workers in Texas Could Fill Farm Vacancies, but They’re Trapped in the Valley - For the last two years, Bernie Thiel has watched yellow squash rot in his farm fields outside of Lubbock. The crops weren’t diseased, and they weren’t ra...
Swamplot

How Alligators Worked Their Way into the First National Bank of Alvin - “The First Bank of Alvin has been home to alligators for nearly half a century. In 1969, a rice farmer donated three 6-inch gator hatchlings to the bank, ...
Election Law Blog

“In this 5K race, runners will meander NC’s ‘Gerrymander” - News and Observer: Runners and walkers planning to take part in a 5K race in Asheville early next month might do better with a compass — a well-tuned polit...
Right Wing Watch

Right Wing Round-Up: Trump Gives Himself A 10 Out Of 10 - Elliot Mincberg @ Huff Post: Promoting Accountability and Transparency of Congressional Investigations Into Russian Interference in 2016 Elections. Matt Sh...
Rivard Report

City Council Grants Credit Human $5.9 Million in Incentives - Credit Human's new 10-story headquarters at the Pearl will bring its local workforce of 435 employees into San Antonio's urban core. The post City Counci...
DeSmogBlog

Koch-Funded Fueling US Forward Shuts Down, But Koch Attacks On Clean Energy Continue - Over this past weekend, with no announcement or notice, the website for Fueling U.S. Forward went dark. The Koch-funded campaign that had set out to prom...
Death and Taxes

Nazi whose face begs to be punched is asked what it was like to be punched in the face - Ouch!
The Intercept

To Get Hurricane Rebuilding Money in Texas, Contractors Must Promise They Won’t Boycott Israel - Thanks to a new anti-BDS law, Texas will refuse Hurricane Harvey rebuilding dollars to contractors who refuse to say they won't boycott Israel. The post ...
Common Dreams

Nationwide Vigils to Mark Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors - Capitol Hill vigil targets Education Secretary Betsy Devos's attack on Title IX protections while campus events speak to widespread problem
slacktivist

Local angle: News from here in Exton - My humble home town, a centerless slice of suburban sprawl, is taking pride in a native son who made it big with a critically acclaimed new dick joke. Alas...
Reverb Press

Ana Navarro to Trump: As Commander in Chief “you do not fight with the family of a dead soldier!” - Trump Takes the Low Road Yet Again When it Comes to a Gold Star Military Family Trump just loves going to war with people, and he doesn’t care who they a...
Buzzflash

Poll: Three Quarters of Americans Support the Iran Deal - Poll: Three Quarters of Americans Support the Iran Deal 5.0/*5* rating 1 vote
Deep State Nation

Alt-Right Leader Richard Spencer Gets Shutdown At Univ Of Florida: ‘F–K You, Spencer!’ (VIDEO) - Sad Nazi is sad:(
Mother Jones

Indiana Has an HIV Crisis—Yet It Just Closed Another Needle Exchange - An Indiana county shut down its needle exchange program on Tuesday because of moral objections, raising the risk of increasing its number of HIV and Hepati...
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

What President Trump blurted out; what Little Donald really meant - Do you ever get the feeling that President Donald Trump is speaking a foreign language? Or that he’s speaking what he thinks might sound like a foreign lan...
Dandelion Salad

North Korea Still Struggles with America’s Lethal Legacy by Felicity Arbuthnot - by Felicity Arbuthnot Writer, Dandelion Salad London, England October 19, 2017 “Throughout the world, on any given day, a man, woman or child is likely to ...
Reveal

Immigrant girl in federal custody must wait for abortion until appeals court can rule - If the teenage refugee known as Jane Doe wants to end her pregnancy, the government argued, she need only drop her immigration case and return home.
Dorf on Law

What to Do about SCOTUS Mistakes: A Not-So Modest Proposal - By Eric Segall This week ProPublica issued a report with the headline "It's a Fact, Supreme Court Errors aren't Hard to Find." The group reviewed "dozens o...
Progress in Political Economy (PPE)

Beauty, a dark history, and class conflict - Reaching the end as a state employee I decided to take a trip to the west coast of Tasmania. It’s a region defined by mines, forests and its isolation fr...
American Third Party Report

Another Maine Legislator Switches to Independent - Ballot Access News On October 17, Maine Representative Norman Higgins announced that he has changed his registration from Republican to independent. He was...
Politifact Texas

Roy Moore - Is it ‘against the law’ for NFL players to kneel for the national anthem, as Roy Moore said? No - The Truth-o-Meter says: False | Is it ‘against the law’ for NFL players to kneel for the national anthem, as Roy Moore said? No Roy Moore, Alabama's Repub...
emptywheel

In Defense of Trump’s Steele Dossier Tweet - In which I do something crazy: Defend a Trump tweet.
First Draft

Quote Of The Day: Movie Monsters Edition - Adrastos on Shitstorm Harvey and Woody Allen's "witch hunt" comments.
Louis Proyect

One of Us; Jane - After I described “Baby Driver” as a supremely stupid movie on Facebook, someone wrote that “I knew its was something of a love project for edgar wright, s...
Seeing the Forest

One More Chart For Reagan Charts Post - 2010’s post Reagan Revolution Home To Roost — In Charts was very popular. But I’d like to add one more chart. From Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart,...
No More Mister Nice Blog

THE FIGHT AGAINST TRUMPISM: SHOTS ACROSS THE BOW AREN'T GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE - Well, this is nice, as far as it goes: Former President George W. Bush offered an unmistakable denunciation of Trumpism Thursday without mentioning the pre...
Washington's Blog

GDP Is Bogus: Here’s Why - The rot eating away at our society and economy is typically papered over with bogus statistics that “prove” everything’s getting better every day in ever...
Daily Howler

New York Times headline stirs the blood! - *THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017How to gin tribal war:* Yay yay yay yay yay yay yay! The headline on the Times news report spoke about Us and Them: "Democrats...
Free Press Houston

A Culture of Harassment: We All Know a Weinstein - According to a recent report, 1 in 3 women have experienced some form of sexual harassment at work — though likely more have.
Liberal Values

Democratic Party Purges Progressives And Makes Lobbyists Superdelegates - The Democratic Party is further demonstrating that the do not represent the left, and have no serious interest in doing so. NBC News reported on the purge ...
Affinity

The Crypt Sessions. - You can read all about The Crypt Sessions at Hyperallergic or visit the site.
Texas Standard

Ketamine: The Future of PTSD Treatment? - Existing treatments for PTSD are only moderately effective. Researchers hope ketamine will offer longer-term relief.
In These Times

Trump’s Heritage Foundation Speech Is a Sign of the Coming All-Out War Within the Right - The Heritage Foundation, where Donald Trump delivered a brief speech Tuesday night, has been called the birthplace of Paul Ryan, the Republican leader of...
Political Garbage Chute

Trump Suggests Black Athletes’ Constitutional Rights Be Reduced By 2/5 - "I'm not saying all urbans. I'm saying SOME urbans." The post Trump Suggests Black Athletes’ Constitutional Rights Be Reduced By 2/5 appeared first on Th...
The Progressive Wing

The DNC Unity Commission deserves a separate thread. It is that important! - First brought up by Benny last night and interspaced in the open thread it is important enough to keep track of it on it own. More in the comment section.
Non-violent grassroots reform and democracy

Is CIA studying support for censorship on the internet? - There should be little or no doubt that large corporations, media companies, advertisers, political operatives and the CIA are studying how to manipulat...
Brad Blog

'Green News Report' - October 19, 2017 - IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Alaska National Wildlife Refuge on the chopping block --- again; California officials warn of toxic ashes from the state's devasta...
Daily Democracy

Lawyer who defended NC’s racist voting law could soon be federal judge - Whoever said voter suppression doesn’t pay off? A Senate committee voted Thursday to advance the judicial nomination of the Republican lawyer who North Car...
naked capitalism

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/19/2017 - Today's Water Cooler: Obama on the trail, Cory Booker, J.D. Vance, leading indicators, FedEx, Blue Apron, CHIP, Alexa, the extended mind
Speak Freely (ACLU)

Under This Law, Encouraging Undocumented Immigrants to Seek Shelter Could Be a Crime - An immigration law criminalizes various types of speech on behalf of immigrants, in clear violation of the First Amendment. As wildfires raged across Nort...
Harper's Magazine

[Oral History ] | Moral Turpitude, by Stephanie LaCava - The many transgressions of Carolee Schneemann
Socialist Alternative

Northern California Wildfires: Lives Ruined, Profits Protected - Wildfires in Northern California, first reported October 8, have raced through communities, up valleys, and over freeways, catching many residents complete...
Ian Welsh

How Our Everyday Life Creates Our Character and Our Destiny - We are what we do. What we experience during our daily lives creates our habits, both of action and thought and those habitual actions and thoughts are our...
Houston Press

Two Blue Bell Shareholders Sue Over Listeria Contamination - Most people have gotten over how Blue Bell, the "national ice cream of Texas," was found to be selling listeria-tainted products back in early 2015, but at...
Pensito Review

GOPers Fear ‘Getting Primaried’ - “The real fear for most elected officials in Washington isn’t that they may say something to offend persuadable voters… No, the fear now, if you’re sitting...
Juanita Jean's, The World's Most Dangerous Beauty Salon

I Just Stay Mad at the DNC - I do not give a damn diddle squat whether you supported Hillary or Bernie, you need to care about this. The DNC is meeting this week in Las Vegas, and they...
Angry Bear

Senate to Vote on Budget Resolution - A couple of weeks ago, the House passed a Tax Reform Budget Resolution. Today, the Senate will take a vote on its Tax Reform Budget Resolution. Once passed...
Houstonia

Wedding Dreams 2018: For the Boho Bride - Unusual textures and rich, deep colors are the newest trends for the bohemian boss.
First Reading

The Cain Mutiny: On the shouting down of Briscoe Cain - Good day Austin: In the middle of the day on Monday, Oct. 9, Briscoe Cain, a 32-year-old first-term state representative from Harris County, member of the…
Peacock Panache

Invisible Issues: Mental Health Care in Developing Countries - Mental health is a serious problem in countries all over the world. However, for people in developing countries, it can be even harder to find access to ...
Mahablog

Democrats: The Other Party of Stupid - I wrote a few weeks ago that if the Dems haven’t gotten rid of the superdelegates by 2020, it’s going to hurt them. People will remember 2016. Well, it tur...
MintPress News

ISIS Was Not Ended By Trump Or Obama – But By Muslims - Extremism was defeated by the Muslims. That should be the headlines. That is what Americans have trouble getting their heads around. The post ISIS Was No...
Political Orphans

Trends impacting the world in our lifetimes - Cultures and individuals who leverage these big trends are likely to prosper while those who swim against this tide are swept into irrelevance. It pays to ...
Lewisville Texan Journal

Motorcyclist killed in crash - A motorcyclist is dead Thursday morning after a collision on F.M. 407 at N. Garden Ridge Blvd. According to Lewisville Police Captain Chris Butterworth, th...
AlterNet.org

The Alt-Right Group Richard Spencer Asked to Protect Him at the U of Florida Discussed Bombing a Federal Building: Report - Their leaked chat records show numerous calls for violence. Neo-Nazi Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida on Thursday continues causing ...
Robert Reich

Why We Must All Fight for the Dream Act.By repealing DACA... - *Why We Must All Fight for the Dream Act.* By repealing DACA – Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals – Trump has endangered both these young immigrants ...
Shadowproof

Read DEA Chief’s Critical Memo Admonishing Trump For Endorsing Police Misconduct - Former DEA Chief Chuck Rosenberg resigned on October 1 but not before castigating President Donald Trump in an internal memo. The post Read DEA Chief’s C...
Debunking Christianity

Thomas Paine: On Religious Revolution, Pretending, and Hearsay Testimonies - Thomas Paine is our intellectual hero, not only for calling America to declare independence from Britain in 1776, but also calling for a revolution of reli...
Space City Weather

La Niña and Houston’s Winter Weather Outlook - Now that “Fall Day” has ushered in fall, and we hopefully won’t see 90 degrees again until 2018, the time has come to look ahead to winter. Specifically, w...
Bracing Views

Bread and Circuses in Rome and America - W.J. Astore Back in June 2013, I wrote the following article on “Bread and Circuses in Rome and America.” It flashed through my mind this morning because ...
Dissident Voice

Venezuela Regional Elections: Chavismo in Triumph, Opposition in Disarray and Media in Denial - President Maduro lauded the election victory as a message against imperialism (photo by AVN) As the President of the Venezuelan Electoral Commission (CNE) ...
Eater Houston

A Group of Houston’s Best Chefs Plot Pop-Ups To Raise Money For Planned Parenthood - Industry professionals come together in support of women’s health A consortium of Houston chefs and hospitality professionals have joined forces to rais...
The Hill: Ballot Box

Spurs push for 'real change' and equality in pre-game message - The San Antonio Spurs called for "real change" and equality in a pro-social justice message before their game against the Minnesota Timberwolves Wednesday ...
Bonddad

"Hurricane adjusting" initial claims has proven its value - * - by New Deal democrat* For the last month, I deduced a "hurricane adjusted" number for initial claims, which showed that the previous underlying positi...
Progressive Army

The Inconvenient Relationship Between Blackness and Hyper-Patriotism - Right now there is a heated and ongoing debate raging in America around kneeling during the singing of the national anthem during sporting events. The de...
Democracy Now!

Guantánamo Prisoners on Hunger Strike Say Guards Threatened to Kill Them by Stopping Force-Feeding - Guantánamo Bay detainees who are on hunger strike have accused officials of a sudden change in practice that could result in them starving to death, as doc...
The Urban Edge

Reading Guide: Houston, Flooding and Design - When it comes to flooding and design, Houston has been here (and written about it) before. Via OffCite. Continue Reading →
Duck of Minerva

New Girl - Today’s headlines in several international newspapers had to struggle with too many possessive male noun forms: Putin’s mentor’s daughter Ksenia Sobchak an...
Popular Resistance

#HandsOffCorey: Support #Charlottesville Defender Corey Long - By Solidarity Cville for Medium - Corey Long turned himself in this past Friday after the white supremacists who attacked Charlottesville swore out a warr...
Progressive.org

Trumptasia - When President Trump isn’t tormenting the families of fallen soldiers, he’s hard at work trying to give rich people a fat tax cut. In fairness, he isn’t th...
TomDispatch

Tomgram: Robert Lipsyte, Trump Tackles the NFL - Millions of football fans must have felt grateful to President Trump for provoking the entire National Football League into a goal line stand last month...
Duffel Blog

Trump: As I watch this soldier’s casket being lowered, I can’t help but notice his wife is now single - [image: Trump: As I watch this soldier’s casket being lowered, I can’t help but notice his wife is now single] The following is a transcript of President ...
Off the Kuff

Interview with Robert Glaser - One more time with HCC – it’s possible I may have more of these, but this is what I have at this time. Robert Glaser, like Carolyn Evans-Shabazz, is runnin...
Portside

Service Workers To Rally Against Trump Immigration Policies - The hospitality union Unite Here plans demonstrations in 40 cities: “We need protections for the workers who drive this industry.” The hospitality workers ...
The Contributor

4 Questions About Climate Change and the California Fires - News Image: Rising temperatures can make the U.S. West dangerously combustible. We saw it this year in California wine country. origin Blog: InsideClimat...
CPI's Danger in the Air

GOP chair of nuclear safety agency secretly urges Trump to abolish it - The chair of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board tells the White House the idea complies with Trump’s policies
Informed Comment

Iran’s Khamenei: We’ll observe Deal if Europe does, despite “Charlatan,” Trump - The Leader of Iran said that Trump's obvious Stupidity should not Lull Iranians since he is sneaky
The NM Political Report

Judge rules in favor of Quezada in election suit - [image: Judge rules in favor of Quezada in election suit] A New Mexico state district judge Wednesday ruled in favor of a Bernalillo County commissioner, w...
Great American Satan

Thinking on a Mage Game - Self care is retreating into worlds of imagination and letting the world burn. OK, no, we have to try to fight the good fight forever, I’ll be back to it, ...
jobsanger

True For Every Country -
Socialist Worker

The silence is broken - Harvey Weinstein's exposure as a sexual predator has unleashed a powerful expression of resistance--in the form of millions of survivor stories, writes ...
Sayfie Review Texas

Tribune: UT/TT Poll: In Texas, vast majority of Republicans still support Trump - Tribune: UT/TT Poll: In Texas, vast majority of Republicans still support Trump
Antiwar.com

Peshmerga Casualty Figures Raised; 90 Killed in Iraq - A hospital in Kurdistan revised it's casualty figures for Peshmerga troops. The post Peshmerga Casualty Figures Raised; 90 Killed in Iraq appeared first...
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball

Underneath It All: Elections for the Virginia House of Delegates - While November’s political spotlight will shine brightest on the gubernatorial contest at the top of the Virginia ticket between former Republican National...
Big Bad Bald Bastard

There's a Reason Why He Calls It the 'Caveman Formula' - I must confess that I have a fascination with 'conspiracy theories', though I have a dim view of most purveyors of such. The worst of this lot, in my estim...
Avedon's Sideshow

With every mistake, we must surely be learning - *We Can Have Nice Things*: "We CAN have nice things. We can provide a well-paying job for anyone who wants one. Medicare-for-All. Child care. Tuition-fre...
The Rag Blog

Henry Mecredy : BOOKS | ‘The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America’ - Rick Wartzman reviews the socioeconomic history of the U.S. since World War II with empathy for the employee class. By Henry Mecredy | The Rag Blog | JOcto...
Houston Communist Party

US Role in 1960s Indonesia Anti-Communist Massacre Revealed - US Role in 1960s Indonesia Anti-Communist Massacre Revealed © AP Photo/ Horst Faas Asia & Pacific 00:31 19.10.2017(updated 00:39 19.10.2017) Get short URL ...
Gin and Tacos

WILL NO ONE RID ME OF THIS MEDDLESOME PRIEST - If nothing else, this presidency is teaching the public about some of the less prominent parts of the Constitution. I never thought I'd see a day with feat...
Field Negro

Open thread Wednesday. - [image: TWEET ME]It's open thread Wednesday field hands, and I need your thoughts on some of the topics of the day. For instance, Mr. trump lying to a Gold...
Our Finite World

The Approaching US Energy-Economic Crisis - I was recently asked to give a talk called, “The Approaching US Energy-Economic Crisis.” In other words, how might the United States encounter problems tha...
Rude Pundit

What Sgt. La David Johnson Didn't Sign Up For - It's practically a saying from the old country: If you elect a raging sociopath with a dead soul, don't be surprised when he acts like a raging sociopath w...
Disobedient Media

Jeff Bezos, Amazon, And The Wavering Pretense Of American Free Press - The past few weeks have been particularly unpleasant for Jeff Bezos' Amazon and The Washington Post, as news emerged that Amazon executive Roy Price was fo...
The Conversation

Is racial bias driving Trump's neglect of Puerto Rico? - Evidence shows that US taxpayers are less willing to support extensive disaster relief when the victims are not white. Could that explain the Trump adminis...
Bay Area Houston

Texas Congressional District 7 fundraising update - As I said before "We have a race!" Congressional District 7 should be a competitive race to unseat the incumbent John Culberson. I find this race interesti...
John Laurits

To My Readers, RE: Taking a Short Break - To My Readers, RE: Taking a Short Break Readers, patrons, & friends — I’m writing to let you know I intend to take a quick break from publishing articles...
Campaign for America's Future

Bargains in the Clouds - The deals that deep pockets can snatch up right now on luxury private jets have never been sweeter. The reality of what that means — for the rest of us — c...
OffCite

A More “Resilient” Houston: What Does That Mean and How Do We Get There? - As people in the Houston have transitioned from rescue and recovery to damage assessment and rebuilding, as people put their lives back together, a word ha...
South Lawn

Who Are You Actually Fighting For? - I was a teenager when I first felt this shiver so deep that it made my blood run cold. I still remember his face, and what he told me after I grabbed his h...
Rallblog

SYNDICATED COLUMN: Why Girls in the Boy Scouts Feels Weird - I’m not a traditionalist. Progress is good. The fact that we’ve always done something a certain way is no argument for continuing to do it the same way. I’...
LawFlog

A bar grievance for former FBI Director James Comey - This morning I filed a bar grievance against former FBI Director James Comey based on evidence that he lied to Congress. I also asked the New York attorney...
ROAR Magazine

Ken Loach on Palestine: “don’t be distracted, just tell the truth” - The acclaimed film director responds to recent allegations in *The Guardian* and *New York Times* that he gave “spurious legitimacy” to Holocaust denial. ...
BEYONDbones

Sip and Shop for Museum Members on November 2 - It’s about that time of year again, the time where you begin scrambling all over town searching for THE perfect holiday gifts. Don’t fret, let HMNS help yo...
Ecosophia

A Field Guide to Thoughtstoppers - It occurred to me a while back that one very simple issue is responsible for much of the crisis of our age. No question, that crisis has plenty of causes...
DBC Green blog

"When the World Stopped to Listen": A Non-Review - PRELIMINARY NOTE: In this non-review, I spell the composer's name Chaykovskiy, a more accurate English transliteration of the Russian Чайковский than the F...
SocraticGadfly

Democratic sheepdogging goes back long before Bernie - *With polls!* I'm not saying that Actual Flatticus friend Kevin Sarpei thinks it does, or even implies that it does, but, per his piece about Bernie, Eliza...
Grits for Breakfast

'The Myth of the Progressive Prosecutor' - Josie Duffy Rice has a solid piece in the NY Times on "the myth of the progressive prosecutor." Grits agrees with much of what she says, with one caveat: T...
Lowering the Bar

“Pretty Sure Stank Is Patented,” Lawyer Claims—But It’s Complicated - Yet another answer to a legal question you didn't know you had. Related Stories - Lawyer Music Video Asks You Not to Call It “Velcro” - It ...
skippy the bush kangaroo

hash wednesday - a list of trump's attacks on prominent women single payer trollin' trollin' trollin' let's stop romanticizing the misguided dangerous actions of spurned...
The Disorder Of Things

Reply - In this final post in our symposium on Laust Schouenborg’s International Institutions in World History: Divorcing International Relations Theory from the ...
Real News

Wrongful Rhetoric and Trump’s Strategy on Iran - By Kathy Kelly Mordechai Vanunu was imprisoned in Israel for eighteen years because he blew the whistle on Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program. He fe...
Nathan Hevenstone

From #TheEmptyChair to #MeToo… How Many More Will it Take? - Content Warning: discussion of rape culture, reporting, sexual harassment/assault, and rape. I will never forget back in 2015 when the NY Times covered the...
Liberation News

Humboldt Indigenous People’s Day sets record straight - A week of activities in Humboldt, California. The post Humboldt Indigenous People’s Day sets record straight appeared first on Liberation News.
Better Texas Blog

Congress: Renew CHIP Funding NOW! - While Congress members were focused on legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cut Medicaid, they irresponsibly let federal funding for t...
Independent Political Report

NC Alternative Parties Hail Passage of Major Ballot Access Reform Bill - *LPNC Press Release* RALEIGH (Oct. 17) – North Carolina’s Libertarian, Green, and Constitution parties issued this statement in response to the override ...
Somervell County Salon

Just leaving this here-about Trump's moral depravity re: fallen troops -
Irregular Times

Seattle Protesters Demand Vote Against Donald Trump’s Special Breaks for Billionaires - “Trump’s tax ‘reform’ to benefit millionaires and billionaires will inflict untold harm on ordinary Americans.” That’s the message of a protest due to begi...
All Ablog Austin

Soccer twitter reacts to news Columbus Crew could be moving to Austin - Late Monday evening, the Statesman confirmed Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew is considering relocating to Austin. SI.com’s Grant Wahl was first to re...
Reading the Pictures

Has Climate Change Killed the California Dream? - California is used to the edge. With the multi-year drought and now these firestorms, however, I'm wondering if climate change has tipped the scale. The ...
Texans For Public Justice

The 185 Mega-donors That Run Texas! - TPJ has compiled a list of the largest contributors of campaign money in the most recent Texas elections. ▶ The *top 185* contributors spent *$131 millio...
Krebs on Security

What You Should Know About the ‘KRACK’ WiFi Security Weakness - Researchers this week published information about a newfound, serious weakness in WPA2 -- the security standard that protects all modern Wi-Fi networks. Wh...
The Nil Admirari

President McConnell of Kentucky Has Lunch with Trump - *LAST UPDATED @ 3:56PM (10.16.2017)* *"We had some very good discussions about how to bigly improve the future relationship between the United States and t...
Digital Heretic

Never-Ending Protests In The NFL | MRNW #8 - Originally published at makerobotsnotwar.com, and also available on iTunes. A judgement against WBAI adds to the financial woes of the Pacifica foundatio...
The Rise and Fall of Harry Hamid*

Mutatis mutandis - The path to the top of the hill could have been better. True, there were no impediments to him, per se, not any people to disturb him in his thoughts, not...
Trivial Knot

Skeptical content creation - As I mentioned in my bloggiversary post, good skeptical content creation is hard. In order to debunk something, and do a good job of it, you have to do res...
Stinque

An Investigation Into the Size of Donald Trump’s Penis - Donald Trump lies at golf. This is the word for it, as “cheats” implies a charming old coot who pulls a few tricks on the course. Donald Trump does not pul...
Anti-Media

Police Change Vegas Shooting Story Again - (ANTIMEDIA) Las Vegas, NV — Earlier this week, police investigating the Las Vegas shooting made headlines when they changed the official timeline of events...
PoliTex (FWST)

Texas inmates pooled $53,863 from their commissary accounts. Then they gave it away. - Texas inmates were behind bars, but some still reached out to Hurricane Harvey victims. Thousands of prisoners recently pulled money out of their commissar...
Texas Freedom Network

The Week in Quotes (Oct. 8 – 14) - Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes. Jeffrey Lord, former CNN contributor and fervent Donald Trump supporter, conflating abortions with the L...
News Taco

Post-hurricane rebuilding will be done by undocumented workers — and they need protection - In Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, mammoth hurricanes have left behind a colossal amount of work. The cleanup and reconstruction effo...
Greg Palast

I went to school with the Vegas shooter - I went to school with the Las Vegas shooter, second grade through high school. When we were at Francis Polytechnic High in Sun Valley, Steve Paddock and ...
Bullshit-ist

Eminem’s Lame PR “Freestyle” - Confirmation bias as marketing Years of opioid abuse and isolation in a gigantic mansion must have taken it’s toll on Eminem. The 44 year old has an albu...
Moron Majority

Trump Fails U.S. Citizenship Test - According to recent news reports, Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, referred to Trump as a moron. While Tillerson sought to refute the claim at an impromp...
Texas Vox: Public Citizen

Support a documentary on the Transpecos pipeline - Public Citizen’s Rita Beving has worked with ranchers and farmers against unjust eminent domain practices in regards to pipelines such as Keystone XL, th...
Church and State

Tenn. pastor: Imprison women for abortions because that’s what we do to bald eagle murderers - Tennessee Pastor Ben Bailey thinks abortions should result in fines and imprisonment, just like the killing of endangered species does.
Equality Texas

Equality Texas Welcomes Three New Staff Members to Their Statewide Team - Equality Texas is pleased to announce the appointments of Rachel Adams Gonzales, Javier Osorio, and Kimberly Shappley. All three new staff members are indi...
Other Words

Mourning in Vegas - Sometimes we forget who the real victims are.
ProPublica

How Chicago Gets Its Guns - by Mick Dumke John Thomas set up the deal the way he had arranged nearly two dozen others. A friend said he wanted to buy as many guns as he could, so T...
Dos Centavos

It’s Election 2017 Season! [Alief ISD Edition] - Well, it’s that time again–2017’s election season. Believe it or not, you have lots to vote on, whether it is amendments to the Texas Constitution, local s...
Frontloading HQ

Bill Would Push Massachusetts Primary to May - No, not the presidential primary. That will stay in March, unaffected by this proposed legislation. -- Massachusetts has tended to have a later than typica...
34justice

Improving the Structure of Math Departments - How can we assign teachers to the classes in which they're needed most while reducing burnout? Continue reading →
Bill Scher's LiberalOasis

This Is Not Normal Episode 27: Yet Another Massacre - Bill Scher and Traci Olsen discuss what can be done to end the gun violence epidemic. Check out this episode!
Death to Squirrels

PETITION to UnitedHealthcare, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Kaiser: cover birth control co-pays. - via UltraViolet: Trump just announced he will take away free birth control from up to 55 million women, claiming it promotes “risky sexual behavior.” How ’...
Modern Democracy

The Value of Gerrymandering - On Tuesday, Justice Sotomayor asked a “simple but devastatingly effective” question of Erin Murphy, one of the attorneys arguing in favor of Wisconsin’s ge...
Independent Thinker 2016

The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments (and How to Refute Them) - A quick and easy reference that attempts to make talking about guns easier and more productive.
St. Petersburg Independents

Concerning Las Vegas - What drew me to the Uhuru movement was not a sophisticated study of the African People’s Socialist Party platform. The formulation “No one lives at the ex...
Disaffected and it Feels So Good

In Las Vegas, Second Amendment Hero makes largest blood donation to the NRA - "One thing I love about these tragedies that happen, the reaction from the American people coming together," - NRA Spokesmodel Antonia Okafor told Blond ...
Quartz

Atlas for Africa’s training in Ghana: open data and the quest for pie charts - Between the 17th and 19th of June, around 50 journalists in Accra, Ghana were part of Atlas for Africa’s data journalism training. On the July 17th, jour...
Free Speech.org

John Fugelsang Explains Why With Free Speech TV, The Viewers are the Sponsors - John Fugelsang expresses the importance of Free Speech TV. He says it's "where you'll get the information that you might not hear elsewhere," because oth...
Houston Streetwise

Beware of Dog ... and Great Men - Adickes Sculpturworx "Studio" 2401 Nance St - David Adickes sculpture warehouse and yard
Texas Watch

Statement on Don Willett - *For immediate release* Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett is being nominated for a spot on the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Texas Watch...
Carl Beijer

Who is the modern bourgeoisie? Pt. I: Financialization - Marx, in his classic formulation of class struggle, divided society "into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other: Bourg...
New Progressive Alliance

Essay writing companies are a threat to higher education. - There are companies that write essays for college students. They are not limited to undergraduates, but also write for Master and Doctorate degrees in su...
Texas Redistricting (Michael Li)

SCOTUS rejects request to speed up Texas redistricting appeals - In one-line orders today (*here* and *here*), the Supreme Court rejected a *request* by plaintiffs in the Texas redistricting case that the Supreme Court...
PERRspectives

The GOP's Graham-Cassidy Health Care Bill is a Killer Scam - Next week, Congressional Republicans will vote on the Graham-Cassidy bill supposedly designed to "repeal and replace" Obamacare. Shockingly, they will do s...
ExChristian.Net

You're Kidding Me! - *By Carl S ~ * My beloved brought up something about Einstein after we’d watched the ten part TV series, “Genius.” She said, “He wasn't a very nice man. He...
Popehat

Guest Post By Colin Cortbus: Angela Merkel‘s Empire of Censorship and Deception - Colin Cortbus, who has written here twice before about free speech issues in Germany, returns to discuss recent German censorship measures. Angela Merkel‘s...
Save Buffalo Bayou

On Mud, Dust, and Rain - And Letting the Bayou Heal Sept. 19, 2017 Rain at last! Monday morning the sky is grumbling with thunder, even as the sun shines. A sprinkle of rain will w...
South Texas Chisme

Texas republicans want drivers to pay for rape kits. - republicans don't care if a rapist is caught. Rape enables their male dominant cultural ideals. Driver's license applications will soon ask Texans whether ...
Pages of Victory

Clinton's Book Sucks -
Pressthink

Normalizing Trump: An incredibly brief explainer - A conflict in the journalist's code was created by a president wholly unfit for the job. The post Normalizing Trump: An incredibly brief explainer appear...
Houston Justice

RACISM IN THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT - [image: PIMPING THE BLACK VOTE.png] Can we talk about it? You ever notice those organizations that come to Black and Brown neighborhoods with clip boards...
Ramona's Voices

Reporting In: Getting My Life Back - Yesterday, 9/11/17, was a bittersweet day for me. I couldn't forget it marked the 16th anniversary of the day the Twin Towers went down in NYC, but the da...
UP@NIGHT

The Communist SAT and College Rankings Conspiracy - It should not be news to conspiracy theorists that there has been an …
Progrexas

As The Nation Bands Together To Help Those Affected by Hurricane Harvey : Four Texas Congressmen Remind The State That 2018 Is Just Around the Corner - The U.S. House approved $15 billion in aid to support those affected by Hurricane Harvey’s destruction in southeast Texas on Friday, sending the legislat...
Citizen Slant

Trump’s Catchphrase for Any Circumstance: ‘We’ll See’ - WASHINGTON (AP) — When in doubt, President Donald Trump has a ready-made response to any questions: “We’ll see.” On Wednesday, Trump delivered his go-to ...
Resistance Report

As Irma Approaches, Congress Moves to Cancel Federal Flood Insurance For Homeowners - The federal government just threatened to suspend the flood insurance of homeowners right in the path of Hurricane Irma, according to DCReport. The Feder...
Texas Moratorium Network

Journey of Hope Coming to 18th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty October 28, 2017 - Journey of Hope…from Violence to Healing, an organization led by murder victim family members that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses a...
Counter Propa

The DNC Fraud Lawsuit Has Been Dismissed. Dismiss The Democratic Party. - The oldest political party in the world has died. It doesn’t know it yet, it isn’t acting like it yet, but it is dead. By successfully getting the DNC fr...
Non Prophet News

What if Trump is trying to get impeached? - Those in The Resistance have been calling for Donald Trump's impeachment since before his inauguration, but what if impeachment is exactly what he wants? T...
Texas Leftist

ICYMI: President Trump Also Tossed Out His Infrastructure Council This Week - For someone so “new” to politics, our nation’s 45th President sure seems to know what he’s doing when it comes to creating distractions and burying scandal...
News Junkie

Climate Change: SOS for Humanity’s Survival - Unless one lives in the alternate reality of religious beliefs , it has become impossible to deny and ignore a simple fact: very soon, perhaps within only ...
Heat Street

RIP ‘Sin Stocks’? The Woke of Wall Street Takeover - The rise of ethical investing threatens investment in sex, drugs and alcohol
Black Agenda Report

It's Getting Real – Google Censors the Left. And Us. - *by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon* Conclusive evidence exists that Google is suppressing public access to socialist and left wing websites, almost c...
nonsite.org

The Reality Contract - Perhaps not surprisingly, the history of Hollywood production mirrors the history of venture capital in the United States, as each new film presents an idi...
Down Goes Trump

Report: New York State investigating entire Donald Trump family in Russian money laundering plot - It's not a good day to be related to Donald Trump The post Report: New York State investigating entire Donald Trump family in Russian money laundering pl...
Pressing Issues

Countdown to Hiroshima: X-Minus 6 Days - Each summer I count down the days to the atomic bombing of Japan (August 6 and August 9, 1945), marking events from the same day in 1945. I've written ...
WAWG Blog

Democracy In Chains – Adding Corporate Veto Power to America’s Checks and Balances - From the last chapter of Democracy In Chains, by Nancy MacLean, here is how the Koch Brothers and their elite Libertarian cadre are increasing their, white...
True Tales: a Reporter's Blog

Opiates & the Senate Health Care Bill - When the Senate’s health-care bill died this week, it was worth noting the few who led the revolt. Most were senators from states hardest hit by our epid...
Texas Election Law Blog

Democracy in Crisis: Rick Hasen’s Editorial Is A Must-Read - “Don’t Let Our Democracy Collapse” I’m reposting Professor Hasen’s editorial in today’s New York Times (linked through his election law blog) here for thre...
STRENGTH !N NUMBERS

Is Loving a Black Man a Revolutionary Act? - Is Loving a Black Man a Revolutionary Act?Ashton P. Woods *It should be noted that I am writing from my perspective, which is that of a Black, masculine pr...
The Liberal Yell

Department of Education’s Candice E. Jackson is a Fraud - First published on: http://crooksandliars.com/2017/06/dept-education-s-candice-e-jackson-fraud The New York Times just reported that the Department of We D...
GOP Watchdog

Meet the Ex-Congressman who wrote the appendix of a book about Russians Lobbying the US - Curt Weldon has been a very busy man throughout his life. In the late 70’s, he fought the Pagans motorcycle gang as mayor of Marcus Hook, and then he chair...
Raised on the Rail

We’re Back! - You may have noticed that we took a brief hiatus from blogging this past spring. I thought that even though I was pregnant I would be able to continue our ...
Daniel Williams

Interview with KPFT 90.1's Queer Voices - The Texas Legislature returns to the pink dome on July 18th to tackle 20 issues selected by Gov. Abbot for the special sessions, including legislation to r...
Dispatches from the Underclass

Unauthorized Disclosure — Episode 21: People’s Movement Must Be More Outspoken On Wars - If you would like to support the show and help keep us going strong, please become a subscriber on our Patreon page. Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola ...
twissblog

Melania Trump fired after asking who ate all the Little Debbies - WASHINGTON–Melania Trump, who recently was hired as First Lady, was terminated today in a one-page letter. The letter said that she was fired as a result o...
Politics of Courage

Digital Editor of Ms. Magazine Calls for Death of Jewish Trailblazer and for Vandalism of His Grave - Three times in the past month, digital editor Carmen Rios of feminist magazine *Ms. *has openly wished for the death of Senator Bernie Sanders, who in 2016...
Bluedaze: Drilling Reform

True fracking story - Beautiful farm, #fracking harmed. Bright lights, Starless nights. Air brown. Barren ground. Water black. Can’t go back. The post True fracking story ap...
MOMocrats.com

100 Days of Trump, Part 2: The End of Obama Nation - More on Trump's first 100 Days: Nobody has promised more and delivered less. He’s lowered the bar for the role of the president from being the highest, m...
Good Reason

Shitgibbon frequencies - Discussion in the linguistic world has been swirling of late around a set of peculiar sweary llmpounds like shitgibbon, wankpuffin, and jizztrumpet. Ben Zi...
Political Carnival

We're Taking a Vacation! (see below) - Hi, everyone! We will be on vacation - the first in a long while! - for the next few weeks. See you on the other side! Good news, everyone! I may be able...
Above None of the Above

My apology - I've talked in person to multiple people who followed my blog. They tell me that my numbers helped them stay calm. I wasn't trying to keep people calm. I ...
Memory Hole

Trump Dresses Down Media Moguls, Anchors - “I’m in a room full of liars.” Noland D. McCaskill Politico (November 21, 2016) The media figures arrived at Trump Tower on Monday afternoon for off-the-re...
Green Is The New Red

Trump Supporter Promises Legislation to Label Protest as “Economic Terrorism” - The proposed "Preventing Economic Terrorism Act" marks a radical expansion of legislation that was once used to criminalize environmentalists as "eco-terro...
Jim Hightower

Takeaways from the election - Buckle-up friends, it’s going to be a hairy ride. Start with Day One for President Trump (gotta get used to saying that). He will need to be up-and-at-’e...
Source Planet

Trump Trolls Are Running A Bernie Write-In Campaign - Over the past months I have managed to infiltrate most of the Trump, Facebook Groups, Subreddits, IRC channels, etc. Most of the chatter has moved into mak...
Velvet Revolution

On Colbert, Anderson Cooper has no good answers as to why CNN employs Corey Lewandowski - Good on Stephen Colbert. The “Late Show” host last night welcomed CNN host Anderson Cooper for a little chat, and the name of former Donald Trump campaign ...

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Sunday, July 21, 2013

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