Monday, January 30, 2017

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Experience the Solar Eclipse at the Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice, Nebraska, on August 21, 2017


 

Traverse City, Michigan: Exploring Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore


 

17 Books Everyone Should Read, According to Bill Gates


 

What’s the healthiest diet to follow if you’re not a vegetarian?  Here's what top nutrition researchers found.


 

Lost in the Fifties- Another Time, Another Place


 

Older People Share Early Warning Signs of Trouble That Younger People Don't Know About.


 

Celebration of God’s creation

Military related links 013017




andrews christmas lights military tribute


 

US troops enter Poland, 1st deployment at Russia's doorstep


 

House Democrats threaten to oppose Mattis waiver after Trump team won't let him testify


 

Senate OKs bill to let Mattis run Pentagon


 

US Congress Passes Waiver for Mattis to Lead Pentagon


 

Mattis stresses need for better readiness, strong alliances in nomination hearing


 

Head of D.C. National Guard to be removed from post in middle of inauguration


 

Pentagon: Mattis has 'hit the ground running'


 

Trump nominates businessman Philip Bilden as Navy Secretary


 

Trump taps ex-Rep. Heather Wilson for Air Force secretary


 

Trump’s Army Secretary Pick Was Once Accused of Punching Auction Worker


 

Diverting From Norm, Army Sends Hill 2017-2018 Wish Lists


 

Trump's win doesn't instantly solve defense budget problems, analysts warn


 

Navy Struggles to Balance Maintenance Needs, Operational Requirements


 

Review: ‘How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything’


 

How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon


 

Book Review: How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon by Rosa Brooks


 

HOW EVERYTHING BECAME WAR AND THE MILITARY BECAME EVERYTHING


 

The Forever War and the Ever-Expanding Military: Is the Pentagon too powerful for its own—and our—good?


 

How Everything Became War


 

Pentagon Changes RIF Evaluations


 

Senate Armed Services Committee Makes Changes in Leadership


 

1967: The Era of Big Battles in Vietnam


 

Tet Offensive


 

Vietnam in HD E03 The Tet Offensive 1968 720P HD


 

Battlefield Vietnam - Part 06: The Tet Offensive 

Terrorism related links 013017




Four Israeli soldiers killed in truck attack in Jerusalem


 

Iraqi forces reach Tigris in Mosul as suicide bombs hit Baghdad


 

Definitions of Terrorism in U.S. Code


 

Putin Tells Everyone Exactly Who Created ISIS 


 

First sign of enhanced U.S.-Russia relations under Trump: An invite to Syria talks


 

Putin’s Shame: A Forgotten Million Living in Slavery


 

Right-wingers in Jerusalem are ecstatic; Palestinian leaders are apoplectic. Welcome to a new era of the Arab-Israeli conflict

https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/20/israel-plays-its-trump-card-palestine-peace-politics/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editors%20picks&utm_term=%2AEditors%20Picks

 

Trump’s Hiring Freeze Could Hurt U.S. in Afghanistan, Raise Costs


 

How Progressives Can Change Middle East Policy: We must seek a stable balance of power, not coercive dominance.


 

Trump’s statement marking Holocaust remembrance leaves out mention of Jews


 

Judge halts deportations as refugee ban causes worldwide furor


 

Trump orders ISIS plan, talks with Putin and gives Bannon national security role


 

Countries where Trump does business are not hit by new travel restrictions


 

Trump travel ban sows chaos at airports, outrage at protests


 

Facing intense criticism, some Republicans are speaking out against Trump’s refugee ban. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell aren’t among them.


 

‘I am heartbroken’: Malala criticizes Trump for ‘closing the door on children’ fleeing violence


 

“Resistance to Tyrants is Obedience to God"


 

Meet the rookie federal judge who halted Trump’s refugee deportations — to save a Syrian


 

WH: No mention of Jews on Holocaust Remembrance Day because others were killed too


 

How many fatal terror attacks have refugees carried out in the US? None


 

Women’s March Organizer Recently Met Ex-Hamas Operative, Has Family Ties To Terror Group


 

Trump Visa Ban Also Applies to Foreigners With More Than One Passport, State Department Says


 

World leaders condemn Donald Trump's 'Muslim ban'


 

Trump refugee order dashes hopes of Iraqis who helped the U.S.


 

Donald Trump's Immigration Order May Bar Oscar-Winning Iranian Director From Attending Academy Awards


 

Yesterday was not a good day in American history


 

Data scientist pulled off plane going home to U.S.—has no access to her puppy, her home, her job...

Politics related links 013017




Donald Trump: Making the World Safe for Dictators


 

Declassified report says Putin ‘ordered’ effort to undermine faith in U.S. election and help Trump


 

If Obama is a Muslim, is Trump a Russian spy?


Declassify the Evidence of Russian Hacking! The debate over possible intervention in the election should be based on publicly disclosed evidence, not unverifiable, anonymous leaks.


 

Hill Republicans embrace building of border wall, despite cost


 

The 11 most important lines from the new intelligence report on Russia’s hacking


 

Former CIA director James Woolsey quits Trump transition team


 

After weeks of tweeting, Trump and team face open questioning this coming week


 

Putin Ordered 'Influence Campaign' To Help Trump, U.S. Intelligence Report Says


 

Ethics official warns against confirmations before reviews are complete


 

5 Education Stories To Watch In 2017


 

Noam Chomsky: With Trump Election, We Are Now Facing Threats to the Survival of the Human Species


 

Noam Chomsky: With Trump Election, We Are Now Facing Threats to the Survival of the Human Species


 

Normalizing Trump: Why The Washington Media Must Break The Fluff Cycle


 

What Early Nazi History Can Teach Us About Treating Trump Supporters


 

McCain and Graham bow to McConnell's obstruction of Russia hacking investigation


 

Trump is about to have a lesson in Civics 101.


 

The simplest resistance tactic is right at your fingertips and it only takes a minute


 

Coping with Chaos in the White House


 

Twenty-Fifth Amendment - U.S. Constitution: Presidential Vacancy, Disability, and Inability


 

How Republics End


 

There Will Be No Obamacare Replacement


 

Pulling a J. Edgar Hoover on Trump


 

Welcome to the Vortex: It’s time to wade into the swamp — or alternate universe — of right-wing media to really understand the twisted “truths” they report.


 

Democrats Denounced Sanders’ Ideas as “Impossible,” Now Many are Starting to Materialize


 

RT is the first Russian 24/7 English-language news channel which brings the Russian view on global news


 

America strikes back? The Russian TV station that hijacked C-SPAN is now off the air


 

REP. LIEU STATEMENT ON HIS REVIEW OF CLASSIFIED REPORT ON RUSSIAN HACKING OF U.S. ELECTIONS


 

Trump suggests states that voted for him will get special attention


 

Repealing The Affordable Care Act Will Destroy My Family


 

Powerful GOP House Oversight Chair Threatens to Investigate Federal Ethics Watchdog Critical of Trump


 

Christopher Steele, Ex-Spy Who Compiled Trump Dossier, Goes to Ground


 

Paul Ryan faces (and flunks) health care test


 

Top 20 Modern Doublespeak Terms To Be Aware Of


 

Bernie Sanders Gives Leadership Tips to Democrats Facing the Trump Era


 

Donald Trump Is Creating ‘a Framework in Which Authoritarian Leaders Assert More Power’


 

The Real Threat Is ‘Telling The Truth’: Abby Martin Responds To Accusations Of Influencing Election 2016


 

John Podesta Exposed: Here’s Why U.S. Intelligence Hates Abby Martin


 

Energy executives, secretive nonprofit raise money to back Pruitt


 

From Obama to Trump: The Failure of Passive Revolution


 

Did the Russians Really Hack the DNC?


 

The President Who Wasn’t There: Barack Obama’s Legacy of Impotence


 

Ethics Fiasco: Trump, Divestment and the Perversion of Executive Politics


 

We Do Not Live in a “Post Truth” World, We Live in a World of Lies and We Always Have


 

In a fiery statement, congresswoman announces inauguration boycott, promises to lead the resistance


 

Joe Biden Is A Hero Among Women’s Rights Groups. But It Wasn’t Always That Way.  Many women were upset at the way he managed the Anita Hill hearings in 1991.


 

Something Happened In A Classified Comey Briefing That Has Democrats Fuming


 

House Republicans Take First Step To Repeal Obamacare, Rubber-Stamp $9 Trillion In New Debt


 

Rep. John Lewis: Trump Is Not A ‘Legitimate President’


 

Reality Check: DNC Chair Donna Brazile Leaked Townhall Question to Clinton Campaign


 

Former MI6 agent says FBI ignored Trump's alarming Russia ties for months...UPDATED with video


 

Guess Who's Been Advising Trump?


 

Moron upset that Trump is doing what he promised to do, not what she wishes he'd do


 

Member of Republican leadership booted off stage back home in red district over Obamacare repeal


 

Trump torpedoes Ryan's tax plan: It's 'too complicated'


 

After Obamacare report, Republicans want to kill the CBO. Again.


 

CIA Director fires back in ongoing war with Trump, calls unpresidented elect 'repugnant'


 

97 Million Eligible Voters Did Not Vote in 2016 Election


 

Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education pick, lauded as bold reformer, called unfit for job


 

Donald Trump was asked to name one of his heroes. His answer was very, very strange.


 

The director of the CIA just went off on Donald Trump. It was a long time coming. Trump finally went too far for John Brennan.


 

I'm Sorry That You No Longer Want to be My Friend.


 

Hillary gives Bernie cool reception at Trump inaugural lunch


 

Trump Promises to End ‘American Carnage’


 

Dan Rather Just Went Viral Shredding Trump’s Inauguration Speech


 

MD-08: Freshman congressman with guts is ready to file articles of impeachment against Trump


 

In His Inaugural Address, Donald Trump Embraced Anti-Semites’ Slogan


 

Donald the Unready


 

Trump signs executive order that could effectively gut Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate


 

Fact-checking President Trump’s inaugural address


 

White House website touts Melania Trump’s modeling and jewelry line


 

World jittery about Trump’s ‘America first’ inaugural speech


 

A most dreadful inaugural address


 

One of President Trump’s first acts will cost homeowners millions of dollars


 

In His Inaugural Address, Donald Trump Embraced Anti-Semites’ Slogan


 

Investors turned off by Tump’s protectionist talk


 

Donald Trump Strikes Nationalistic Tone in Inaugural Speech


 

wtf, over


 

I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to create change  — but in yours.


 

White House press secretary attacks media for accurately reporting inauguration crowds. [I guess that reveals their strategy - to deny access to the press unless the press colludes with them to produce false information and refrains from ever holding Trump and the White House accountable for its utterances – the First Amendment be damned.  So much for oath-taking.]


 

White House vows to fight media 'tooth and nail' over Trump coverage


 

British Prime Minister Theresa May Is Coming to America to Meet Donald Trump


 

Ex-CIA chief Brennan bashes Trump over speech during CIA visit


 

Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation Hearing Went Off the Rails


 

Conway: Spicer used “alternative facts” in press briefing


 

Schumer vows opposition to any 'out of the mainstream' Supreme Court pick


 

Anxious allies and a polarized country may find little solace in the new president’s isolationist speech.  Trump Promises ‘America First’ in Defiant and Divisive Inaugural Speech


 

The 45th president: What is Donald Trump likely to achieve in power?


 

At Trump Inauguration, His Hollow Rhetoric Collides with Reality


 

Dear team Trump,'alternative facts' are lies


 

Are Your Self-Beliefs Grounded in Reality or Fantasy?


 

The American Press Is Under Threat as Never Before: A supplicant media will be no match for the compulsive liar in the White House.


 

Donald Trump inauguration: President returns Winston Churchill bust to Oval Office before dancing My Way at inaugural ball


 

A New Era in American-Russian Relations


 

Can New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Be the Anti-Trump? To succeed he’ll have to overcome controversy and the limits of his office.


 

Birth of an Imperial Nation: A new history of 19th-century America captures how the United States was always an empire.


 

Harvey Cox’s Radicalism: How the theologian and social critic reminds us of the radical possibilities and egalitarian hopes of a Christian left.


 

Trump Strategist Stephen Bannon Says Media Should ‘Keep Its Mouth Shut’


 

Special Counsel Issues Reminder That Agencies Cannot Gag Whistleblowers


 

Insecure Donald Trump ordered crowd photos to be hung in the WH, but they have a hilarious error


 

America’s New President Is Not a Rational Actor: Whether by accident or design, Donald Trump is isolating himself and erratically unraveling the world order.


 

Trump’s China Policy: This is how you stumble into a crisis


 

Trump’s Pox Americana


 

What to Watch Out for, Mr. President: 17 tips for the new Trump administration, from heavy hitters on Obama's national security team.


 

Trump taps former congresswoman for Air Force secretary


 

What to Know About President Trump's 3 Supreme Court Finalists: With just one week until President Trump announces his pick for the Supreme Court, three names have emerged as the top contenders.


 

Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality: A political culture that can accommodate Exxon’s climate denial is a political culture ripe for Trump.


 

Polanyi In Our Times: What the Austro-Hungarian economic theorist tells us about the upheavals of our age.


 

The 2016 Progressive Honor Roll: Yes, it’s been an awful year. But the untold story is that grassroots activists have actually frequently prevailed.


 

The Democratization of US Foreign Policy: It’s the only way to stop a dangeous imperialist tradition.


 

America Must Choose Diplomacy Over War: This is what a non-imperial, truly internationalist foreign policy would look like.


 

American Foreign Policy Has an Empathy Problem: We need to understand the perspectives of important actors clearly enough to calculate the likely consequences of our actions.


 

The Importance of Diplomacy in a World of Multiple Power Centers: None of the major powers have the capacity to overrule the others, but each has the ability to frustrate the designs of rivals.


 

How American Exceptionalism Has Undermined Foreign Policy: End-of-history triumphalism will get us nowhere as the new century advances.


 

The leaks coming out of the Trump White House cast the president as a clueless child


 

An ‘America first’ philosophy? During May’s visit, it’s more like ‘Trump first.’


 

The Democratic Base Is Marching Right Past Its Leaders: Newly minted activists want Democrats in Washington to actually fight against Trump — or get out of the way.


 

Trump's mentally ill says Paul Krugman this morning


 

CNN refused to air the White House press conference live. Others should follow suit.


 

Dan Rather goes viral: The media must end GOP interviews—unless Republican lawmakers can answer THIS


 

FEMA Under Trump Fails To Help After Tornados Devastate S.E. The Incompetence Is Showing Already.


 

At least 6 journalists are facing up to 10 years in prison for covering protests


 

Trial Balloon for a Coup? Analyzing the news of the past 24 hours


 

Indivisble: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda


 

Major Fake News Operation Tracked Back to Republican Operative


 

Can the Michelin Model Fix Fake News?


 

Trump's state department purge sparks worries of 'know-nothing approach' to foreign policy


 

What Does It Mean That Trump Is 'Leader of the Free World'?


 

Trump-Putin Deal: easing tensions with restrained engagement


 

Conway Just Called For Any Journalist Who Criticizes Trump To Be Fired


 

Kellyanne Conway goes on bonkers rant, calls for Trump's media critics to be fired


 

Trump interrupts viewing of 'Finding Dory' to issue lies about his Muslim ban


 



 

Bannon's Blueprint. Read it for yourself.


 

Philadelphia Inquirer’s Editorial Board Goes There: Trump’s first days resemble those of a dictator


 

March against Betsy DeVos in her hometown exceeds expectations.