Monday, January 2, 2017

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How Trump’s Media Cheerleaders Turned Campaign Coverage Into a Total Disaster: Journalists and media moguls have disgraced themselves in pursuit of ratings and ideological goals.


 

Note to America: Don’t Be So Sure You’ve Put Trump Behind You.  Take it from a Brit, right-wing populism will thrive until you deal with it genuinely.


 

Zephyr Teachout Is Battling Big Money and Cynicism in One of This Year’s Tightest Congressional Races:

Can Teachout’s radical optimism prevail in the Hudson Valley?


 

Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Hostage to Bipartisan Consensus.  He may have criticized the “Washington playbook,” but he couldn’t overcome DC's interventionist orthodoxy.


 

James Comey Has Discredited Himself and the FBI


 

Utopia? Forget About It. Time for ‘Untopia.’


 

Hillary Clinton Has One More Badly Behaved Man Left to Vanquish


 

Accept It, Like Hell!  America desperately needs a genius in the Oval Office, but a political mechanism clogged with dirty money and chained to the anachronism of the Electoral College has cracked its driveshaft, and presented us with a crazy clown


 

Get Back into the Fight


 

Jim Hightower: When The Mourning is Over, Join the Revolution


 

Americans Divided the Baby


 

The Self-Inflicted Wounds of the Democratic Party


 

TRUMP STUMBLES TOWARD INAUGURATION


 

Trump’s promises are empty when it comes to energy


 

Dems Didn’t Ask for Rural Vote


 

Building a New Populism in the Era of Trump


 

Sorry, I Can’t Give Trump a Chance: Our democracy is too important to play nice with a man who campaigned on undermining it.


 

Mary Sanchez: Trump's personal ethics bode ill for the republic


 

The Republican Deficit Hawks Abandon Their Religion


 

Why We Need to Worry about Wilbur


 

California versus Trumpland


 

Is Donald Trump’s transition being outsourced to the Heritage Foundation? That’s not good news


 

Jesse Jackson: Trump’s Cabinet nominations are calculated insult


 

We Cannot Be Discouraged; Let’s Keep Building Our Movement: The Trump administration will likely be filled with people who will benefit financially from more fracking and industrial agriculture.


 

No Common Ground With Trump


 

Trump’s Infrastructure ‘Plan’ Is Really Just A Privatization Scam


 

Neoliberalism on the Rocks?


 

Trump’s fake-news presidency


 

Was Hillary Cheated?


 

Which Trump? Early Signs Not Good


 

No, Everything Is Not Going to Be Alright


 

As the planet warms, Trump sends a chill through Marrakech


 

Sexism? Misogyny? So Last Week


 

Trump voters — it’s not me, it’s you


 

Trump’s Lies About Voter Fraud Are Already Leading to New GOP Voter-Suppression Efforts


 

Aftermath: Sixteen Writers on Trump’s America


 

The Real Election Fraud: The danger to American democracy stems from Republican efforts to suppress the vote.


 

Tom Hayden and the Unfinished Business of Democracy: Though an irreplaceable voice for peace has been silenced, his vision will live on.


 

Trump, CIA on collision course over Russia’s role in U.S. election


 

The Remedy for the Spread of Fake News? History Teachers


 

Trump Isn’t Buying What The Intelligence Community Is Selling On Russia


 

Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House


 

The coming Trump kleptocracy, perfectly captured in a single sentence


 

FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia’s motives in 2016 hacks


 

Trump expected to pick ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state


 

Joint Statement from the Department Of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security


 

Ex-CIA operative: We may need a new vote


 

65 Million Americans Should Threaten to Not Pay Taxes


 

We Need to Kill the Electoral College


 

Trump Thinks the Law Is for Wusses


 

Post-Truth and Its Consequences: What a 25-Year-Old Essay Tells Us About the Current Moment


 

How the Active Many Can Overcome the Ruthless Few


 

Would Politics Be Better Off Without Anger?


 

None dare call it treason


 

No Cooperation. No Compromise. Learn From the Past and Let Trump and His Confederates Hang Themselves.


 

Poll: Dems favor Biden, Sanders for 2020 nomination


 

the leading global thinkers of 2016


 

Tillerson’s Confirmation Battle Will Be First Test for Trump’s Russia Ties


 

Bigger Than Watergate? Legitimate Concerns That Anti-Clinton Faction Within FBI May Have Conspired To Hand Election To Trump


 

Is There a Russian Coup Underway in America? | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann | GQ


 

Faith leaders decry Trump’s ‘cabinet of bigotry’


 

Trump’s lies have a purpose. They are an assault on democracy.


 

Donald Trump violated federal law by trying to extort Electoral College members


 

Bill of Rights at 225: Fourth Amendment all too relevant in digital age


 

Trump’s Dangerous, Unprecedented, and Unconstitutional Conflicts of Interest


 

This Trump tweet signals a major assault on voting. Here’s what it might look like.


 

Spending By Outside Groups in Judicial Races Hits Record High, Secret Money Dominates


 

Secret spending in the states: secret spending, from supposedly "independent" groups, surged from 24 percent to 71 percent from 2006 to 2014 in state and local elections


 

The New Era of Secret Law


 

Russia Turns Over American Cybertheft Suspect to the U.S.


 

FBI Now Backs CIA Assessment That Russia Deliberately Tipped The Election In Favor Of Trump


 

FBI in agreement with CIA that Russia aimed to help Trump win White House


 

Hillary Clinton Says Putin Played A Role In Her Election Loss: Reports


 

Obama defends handling of Russian meddling ahead of election: ‘We handled it the way we should have’


 

John Kerry Defends Obama’s Handling of Russian Election Meddling


 

Obama says partisan divisions make U.S. vulnerable to foreign propaganda


 

If Ya Can’t Beat ‘Em, Screw ‘Em: North Carolina Governor Signs Bills Gutting Successor’s Power


 

Obamacare Had Its Biggest Day Ever This Week, President Says


 


 

Senate passes dozens of bills on way out of town


 

Trump tries to calm his ‘vicious, violent, screaming’ supporters


 

Donald Trump Won’t Divest from His Business Before Entering Office


 

Dear America, Why Did You Let Us Down?


 

Donald Trump raises specter of treason


 

The Real Trump


 

In last-shot bid, thousands urge electoral college to block Trump at Monday vote


 

China said it would return a seized U.S. naval drone. Trump told them to ‘keep it.’


 

Trump is stoking his base on his pre-inaugural tour. But is he building bridges?


 

How Hannah Arendt’s classic work on totalitarianism illuminates today’s America


 

MAILBAG: Could 'Faithless Electors' Keep Donald Trump Out Of The White House?


 

North Carolina Republicans Lost An Election, So Now They’re Trying To Undermine The Results


 

Voting Rights Roundup: North Carolina Republicans execute legislative coup against democracy itself


 

Michigan Recount Exposes Voting Machine Failures


 

When Redistricting Goes Unchecked


 

How to Reform the Electoral College


 

Three Men in a Room: The D.C. Edition


 

The Obama Legacy: Where We’ve Been, Where We’re Going, and How We Can Fight What’s Coming


 

The Obama Legacy: Equity in Education


 

The Obama Legacy: Women’s Equality


 

Tracking Trump’s National-Security Conflicts of Interest


 

Trump’s Bid to Remove NATO Official Could Easily Backfire on the US


 

Most Republicans Think Trump Won Popular Vote          


 

John Podesta: Something is deeply broken at the FBI


 

A student asked Ken Burns what to do in Trump’s America. He gave her this advice.


 

Vladimir Putin wants a new world order. Why would Donald Trump help him?


 

Obama says ‘we will’ retaliate against Russia for election hacking


 

In Poland, a window on what happens when populists come to power


 

The Million Dollar Judges of 2015-16: Independent Spending and Secret Money


 

Trump, Putin, and the Art of Appeasement


 

How Russia Wins an Election


 

U.S. Officials: Putin Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack


 

Russia Is Neither Friend Nor Foe


 

Lindsey Graham Says Rex Tillerson Needs To Stand Firm On Russian Hacking, Sanctions To Get His Vote


 

The election result was not decided in the Kremlin: But the response to Russian hacking shows how partisan division has weakened the country


 

Taiwan fears becoming Donald Trump’s bargaining chip


 

Trump advisers spar over new political arm


 

Donald Trump Meets Off The Record With Journalists


 

Democratic Governors Make 11th-Hour Plea To Save Obamacare


 

Election officials focus on whether voter ID laws contributed to Hillary Clinton's defeat


 

Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina Picked as White House Budget Chief


 

Electoral College Makes It Official For Donald Trump, Despite Attempts By ‘Faithless Electors’


 

Bill Clinton Tears Up After Casting Electoral Vote For Hillary


 

There’s A Big Flaw In The Electoral College You Never Hear About


 

Robert Reich: 4 Signs You May Have Lost Your Will to Fight the Coming Tyranny of Trump


 

The Most Useful Guide to Resisting Donald Trump


 

Ex-Hill Staffers Put A Spin On The Tea Party Playbook In Anti-Trump Guide


 

Trump has no idea how to run a superpower, say Chinese media


 

What reason did the FBI have to resume Clinton email investigation? The public will soon get more details.


 

Here’s the real reason Rust Belt cities and towns voted for Trump


 

Lewandowski to open political consulting firm


 

Trump team discussing ‘half-blind’ trust for conflicts of interest


 

Inaugurations Are Ethically Problematic. Trump Is Just Taking It Much Further.


 

Here’s The Law That Poses The Greatest Threat To Donald Trump


 

Newt Gingrich Says Trump Has Given Up On ‘Draining The Swamp’


 

Mitch McConnell, A Modern-Day Machiavelli


 

Some Trump Voters Will Be ‘Pissed Off As Hell’ If He Defunds Planned Parenthood


 

John Kasich Quietly Signs Measure Blocking Local Governments From Raising Minimum Wage


 

Trump Names Carl Icahn as Adviser on Regulatory Overhaul


 

Fierce China critic and UC Irvine professor to head Trump's new trade council


 

Trump Once Bombarded Scottish Leader With 16 Letters Slamming A Wind Farm


 

Where I wish President Trump failure


 

On International Human Rights Day, a Lesson for Trump


 

The Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing: And 5 other unlearned lessons from leading experts about modern Russia and the death of an empire.


 

Jay Z, NYC Firefighters Have Cameos at a Gathering of Pennsylvania Politicos


 

The attorney general could have ordered FBI Director James Comey not to send his bombshell letter on Clinton emails. Here’s why she didn’t.


 

AP: Eric Trump Foundation flouts charity standards


 

Carnies vs. Rubes


 

Fakery Is Reality for Our Next President


 

Letters to the editor of the Progressive Populist


 

Falwell Jr. Staying Put


 

Acceptance Doesn’t Mean Surrender


 

HOOSIER DADDY? THE MAN WHO REALLY DELIVERED JOBS IN INDIANA


 

Trump and the Real Billionaires


 

Gene Lyons: The president-elect of a post-fact world


 

Donald Trump: Our accidental president is a national embarrassment & a national tragedy


 

The Populist and His Crew of Billionaires


 

Trump’s Puppeteers


 

GOP’s Trump coalition shows its first cracks: Disputes on health care and trade threaten glorious new order


 

Putin didn’t undermine the election. We did.


 

Jive Turkey


 

Donald Trump And The Republicans: The Art Of The Steal


 

Democrats and the White Working Class


 

In Trump’s America, ‘pizzagate’ could be the new normal


 

Trump tweets praise of Putin for attack on Clinton


 

Should Democrats become the Party of No?


 

Trump and His Betraying Makeover


 

Clinton Lost. Should We Care?


 

Young: Flotsam from the Trump Thought Stream


 

After Hillary, women across the country are ready to run — but can they win?


 

Need a Revolution


 

'Hamilton' vs. Trump: Free-speech duels go on from Broadway to LA


 

A Perfect Holiday Gift: Subscribe to the News


 

Garrison Keillor: So much 80,000 can do


 

Let's Punish Some People For Flying the Flag


 

Enough Trump Spam


 

How Russia Looks to Gain from Political Interference


 

An American Tragedy


 

Donald Trump now does things he criticized Hillary Clinton for


 

ABC Host Just Humiliated Pence On Air For Being A Liar With Jaw-Dropping Burn, It’s Viral [Video]


 

Here’s Why We Grieve Today: It feels like living in enemy territory now, and there’s no way around that.


 

North Carolina Christian pastor writes piercing open letter to Hillary Clinton


 

Message to my Trump-supporting Facebook friends


 

Expert returning from Russia: Russians are saying 'Look at those fools'


 

Trump Taps His Race-Baiting Propagandist To Write Inauguration Speech


 

The trouble with democracy: The year 2016 does not have the best track record in nascent and mature democracies across the world.


 

John Kerry: Two-State Solution In Jeopardy In Middle East


 

Ian Haney López on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race (Part One)


 

This is An Uprising: How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty-First Century


 

Learning to be an ally


 

Why is this starting to sound like “The Twelve Days of a Plutocratic Christmas”?


 

The Common Sense of Oklahomans


 

Make America Kind Again


 

An Action List for the (Un)Faithful


 

Want to Survive the Next Four Years? First Step: Open Your Mouth


 

Resist


 

With No Warning, House Republicans Vote to Gut Independent Ethics Office

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