Saturday, March 4, 2017

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Sweden Brings Back Conscription amid Russia Fears


 

Uncle Paul’s Daily Rant for 02/12/2017


 

If Michael Flynn isn’t fired over Russia tomorrow, it means Donald Trump is going down with him


 

White House goes authoritarian on CNN scoop about Russia dossier


 

For America’s Sake, We Need Answers about Russia. Now.  Donald Trump's embrace of Russia and Vladimir Putin and that country's interference with our election could drag democracy to an early grave.


 

What Trump Is Doing Is Not O.K.


 

Donald Trump was bailed out of bankruptcy by Russia crime bosses


 

Trump Campaign Aides had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence


 

Clinton Officials Denounce Alleged Trump Campaign Officials’ Contacts With Russia


 

BREAKING: Demand Made for Trump to Be Charged With Treason. Do You Support It?


 

Russian Cruise Missile, Deployed Secretly, Violates Treaty, Officials Say


 

Who Told Flynn to Call Russia? Let’s stop focusing on the resignation, and start focusing on the real issue here: The mystery of Trump’s Russia ties.


 

Republicans Realize Questions About Trump’s Russia Ties Are ‘Not Going Away’: Senators say the Flynn scandal should be investigated. The House was a bit more dismissive.


 

GOP senator calls for exhaustive investigation into Trump-Russia connections


 

Dan Rather: Trump’s Russia Scandal Could Rival Watergate: “Watergate is the biggest political scandal of my lifetime, until maybe now.”


 

Kellyanne Conway’s husband represented firm accused of Russia bribe


 

BREAKING: CIA and DOJ BOTH Believe Trump is Being Blackmailed by Putin. This is Bad.


 

Paul Ryan Now Linked To Russian Scandal, It Wasn’t Just The Presidency


 

Russia’s Election Interference: Cummings Wants 9/11 Commission-Style Probe


 

Trump Denies Aides Had Contact with Russia


 

Russian spies seek a White House source


 

Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence


 

Reuters reports 3 separate FBI probes of Russian influence


 

Putin: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)


 

If Moscow tried to influence the U.S. election, things aren’t going as planned


 

Amid Russia scrutiny, Trump associates received informal Ukraine policy proposal


 

Russia recognizes passports from Ukrainian separatists, stoking annexation fears


 

House Republicans launch special investigation to protect Donald Trump from Russia scandal


 

Trump-Russia scandal: Like Watergate and Iran-Contra—only worse


 

Senate Intelligence committee asks agencies to preserve materials related to Russian election ties


 

Trump’s Russia scandal takes an unexpected turn


 

Russian confirmations complicate dubious White House denials


 

Representative Maxine Waters MSMBC Chris Hayes 02/21/17


 

TIMELINE: That Russian Trump blackmail dossier has been making the rounds for months — here is how it finally came to light


 

Rachel Maddow: Why Hasn’t Jill Stein Said Anything About the Trump-Russia Scandal?


 

Russian Government Launches Western ‘Fake News’ Tracker


 

Trump administration sought to enlist intelligence officials, key lawmakers to counter Russia stories


 

Washington Post Just Dropped A New FBI-Trump-Russia Bombshell


 

New Commerce Secretary at nexus of lucrative Trump Russian deal: With a line that runs through newly confirmed Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Rachel Maddow connects the dots between a billionaire Russian oligarch and a Donald Trump deal worth tens of millions of dollars. 


 

Manafort’s Ukrainian ‘blood money’ caused qualms, hack suggests


 

Maxine Waters Believes Trump Colluded with Russia on Sanctions DURING Campaign


 

Obama Administration Rushed to Preserve Intelligence of Russian Election Hacking


 

Sessions met with Russian envoy twice last year, encounters he later did not disclose


 

Jeff Sessions Recuses Himself From Russia Investigations: The attorney general bowed to mounting pressure over newly reported meetings with the Russian ambassador.


 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will recuse himself from any probe related to 2016 presidential campaign


 

Growing Number Of Republicans Call On Jeff Sessions To Step Aside: Sessions reportedly did not disclose conversations he had with Russia’s U.S. ambassador during his confirmation.


 

Sean Spicer: Sessions Was ‘100 Percent Straight’ With Senate Committee: Those suggesting the attorney general lied during his confirmation hearing should be “ashamed,” the White House spokesman said.


 

Jeff Sessions Started The Week Defining His Agenda. He Ends It Fighting For His Legacy. Less than a month into his job, the attorney general has made big changes to the Justice Department.


 

Kushner and Flynn Met With Russian Envoy in December, White House Says


 

George W. Bush talks that Inauguration Day poncho, Putin and Michelle Obama on 'Ellen'


 

Boyle Calls for Sessions Resignation, Repeats Call for Investigation into Russian Meddling


 

Donald Trump’s Attempt To Shift Russia Focus To Chuck Schumer Is More Than A Little Desperate:

He’s missing the point of the controversy.


 

Sessions breaks with intelligence agencies, says he doesn’t know if Russia wanted Trump to win


 

What The FBI Has On Trump’s Russia Ties Is So Alarming That Top Lawmaker Just Threatened Subpoena


 

Donald Trump: It’s not weird at all that my entire campaign was talking to Russian officials.


 

This tortured answer epitomizes the White House’s Russia problem


 

The web of relationships between Team Trump and Russia


 

How a Russian Steel Oligarch and Putin Ally Is Profiting from the Keystone XL Pipeline


 

Was a Trump Computer Communicating with Russia?


 

Campaign adviser changes story and now contradicts Trump, says Donald ordered Ukraine change at RNC


 

Your cheat sheet to four potential investigations of Russia and President Trump


 

Trump Accidentally Confirms FBI has FISA Court Warrant Granting Examination of His Campaign


 

5 critical questions Trump needs to answer about the Russian ambassador's covert trip to Trump Tower


 

Trump Just Made a Big Russia Problem Even Bigger


 

The huge problem with appointing special prosecutors


 

Top Obama adviser to Trump: 'No president can order a wiretap'


 

Dear White, Christian Trump Supporters: We Need to Talk


 

Republican Strategist Steve Schmidt: The ‘incompetence’ of Trump’s White House is ‘unprecedented’ http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/republican-strategist-steve-schmidt-the-incompetence-of-trumps-white-house-is-unprecedented/

 

Donald Trump could now set the record for shortest presidency in U.S. history


 

'Morning Joe' host says show will no longer book Conway


 

KING: Stephen Miller is the latest insufferable liar and bigot on Team Trump


 

Why We Support Keith Ellison for the DNC Chair


 

Protests Are Putting Trump on Notice: You’re in for a Fight: The opposition isn’t going to sit idly by while Trump demonizes immigrants and violates the Constitution.


 

An Actual American War Criminal May Become Our Second-Ranking Diplomat


 

The People Are Leading the Politicians in the Fight Against Trump: Massive anti-Trump protests are helping Democrats find their spine.


 

Don’t Give In to Donald Trump’s Shock-and-Awe Campaign—Stand Up and Speak Out: Your silence will not protect you.


 

What Can Ivanka Trump Possibly Do for Women Who Work? For insight into how the first daughter will manage her signature issue, look no further than her brand’s website.


 

But Who Will Cover the Swill Milk? A new book examines the dire future for investigative reporting in America.


 

Mike Pence's delayed knowledge of Flynn's fibs hint he is outside Trump's inner circle


 

Mental Health Professionals Warn About Trump


 

Democrats raise questions about Trump’s mental health


 

Judge orders release of EPA nominee’s emails


 

Gaslighting: Know It and Identify It to Protect Yourself: Gaslighting is a manipulation tactic used to gain power. And it works too well.


 

After election, Trump’s professed love for leaking quickly faded


 

John McCain just systematically dismantled Donald Trump’s entire worldview


 

Trump calls the media ‘the enemy of the American People’


 

Why Trump wants you to hate the media


 

A university takes on one of its own, alumna Kellyanne Conway


 

Senior Trump appointee fired after critical comments


 

Trump Ethics Monitor: Has The President Kept His Promises?


 

Indivisible Team: TONIGHT: National planning call to kick off congressional recess


 

Trump reportedly screamed at CIA Director Pompeo over Intel being withheld


 

It Begins


 

Joy-ann Reid shuts down  J.D. Hayworth


 

Samantha Bee wipes the floor with Paul Ryan presenting her 'Portrait in Courage'


 

McCain's Munich speech pits Trump against the rest of the U.S. government


 

Shep Smith calmly, patiently torches Donald's drumpster fire of a press conference. 100% False


 

45 Senate and House members introduce bill requiring Trump to disclose foreign business interests


 

Michael Moore’s Resistance Calendar


 

Fun Presidential Facts


 

Trump supporters see a successful president — and are frustrated with critics who don’t


 

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace warns viewers: Trump crossed the line in latest attack on media


 

The complete list of all 80 false things Donald Trump has said in his first 4 weeks as president: The Star’s running tally of the bald-faced lies, exaggerations and deceptions the president of the United States of America has said, so far.


 

Donald Trump’s File


 

Why Nobody Cares the President Is Lying


 

Trump: I am the least anti-Semitic person


 

Protecting consumers: State AG Shapiro gets busy busting bilkers


 

Trump and McConnell inadvertently make the rock solid case for NOT confirming Supreme Court nominee


 

"President Trump is flailing like a man who fears he’s about to go under..."


 

Retired Ohio judge, a lifelong Republican voter, says enough is enough—'Trump must be impeached'


 

Washington Post op-ed says what many are thinking: 'Admit it: Trump is unfit to serve'


 

Trump Is Showing How the Deep State Really Works: America's intelligence agencies aren’t operating outside the law – they’re using the vast power they’ve acquired within it.


 

Emperor Donald the Weak


 

Fact-checking President Trump’s news conference


 

Media Bites Back: Newspaper Threatens Defamation Suit for GOP Senator Calling Them "Fake News"


 

Watergate's Carl Bernstein Says Donald Trump Is 'More Treacherous' Than Nixon


 

No Trump tax returns? No GOP tax cuts


 

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The consequences of Chaos


 

Trump's amazing and dangerous world of alternative facts—and alternative truth


 

Nat’l Sec’y Council Spokesman: “Because of Trump, I Quit.”


 

The most dangerous man in Trump's world: There's a way to remove Donald Trump from office without impeachment. It comes from another section of the Constitution – and the man who controls most of that power is Trump's Vice President: Mike Pence. 


 

Rubin: Strategic thinker McMaster a welcome choice for Trump


 

What is an American?


 

Trump’s Bait and Switch


 

Is Trump’s America Our America?


 

Partying Like It’s 1939


 

Letters to the Editor – The Progressive Populist


 

We Need More Like Kathy Ozer


 

Dispatches

Kellyanne Conway's explanation for ‘Bowling Green Massacre’ also a lie;

 Trump baselessly accuses media of covering up terrorist attacks;

 Trump’s Treasury pick says his bank didn’t robo-sign, court papers say it did;

 Trump quickly changed his mind on drug prices, expect the same on Obamacare;

 Obamacare sees 9.2M signups;

 Pro-life goes both ways;

 Cable news channels hike ad rates for shows Trump watches;

 Obama era ends with152M at work increase of 9M;

 S.D. declares 'state of emergency' to reject ethics reform initiative;

 Hawaii Republican leader ousted for rebuking Trump;

 Trump's new FCC chief could have big effect on Internet.


 

Democrats, Get out of Bed


 

Ruling by Chaos


 

There’s a fuzzy new sheriff in town


 

The Impermanence of Trump the Temp


 

Resistance to Trump is big, diverse and ferocious


 

10 Good Omens Since Trump’s Inauguration


 

Profiles in Cowardice: GOP leaders quail before the throne as Trump undermines democracy


 

The Nevada playbook: Harry Reid’s Democrats won big here in 2016 — and it can be done in other states.  Democrats racked up huge losses in swing states in 2016. Not in Nevada. What are Nevada Democrats doing right? VIDEO


 

Trump’s payback to the Christian right? Neil Gorsuch is the first installment


 

Trump’s takeover of the truth


 

High IQ No Guarantee of Performance


 

Resisting Trump; Building Alternatives


 

Washington is Trumped up


 

Surprise, GOP: You should’ve taken Trump literally


 

Flailing Trumpsters upset a hijacked nation


 

The case for left nationalism


 

Hundreds Charged with Felony Rioting in Inauguration Protests


 

The trouble with Trump’s ‘alternative facts’


 

Thanks for the Laughs in Trumpland


 

What do we tell our children?


 

GARRISON KEILLOR Republicans, the nation looks to you


 

Gerrymandering is the biggest obstacle to genuine democracy in the U.S., so why is no one protesting?


 

Do These 10 Things, And Trump Will Be Toast


 

Judge blocks Texas cutting Medicaid to Planned Parenthood


 

Donald Trump’s First Month in Office – hours worked


 

Donald Trump’s streak of falsehoods now stands at 33 days


 

Trump’s new national security adviser disagrees a lot with … Trump


 

Bill limiting abortions introduced in Pa. House


 

The Movement Resisting Donald Trump Has A Name: The (Local) Democratic Party


 

Right Now -- Resist, Rethink, Recreate – Part II


 

Towards a Post-Lies Future: Fighting "Alternative Facts" and "Post-Truth" Politics


 

The New Secular Moment


 

Fundamentalism on Trial: How Twelve Claims of the Christian Right Fail under Strict Secular Scrutiny


 

Land of Confusion: The Religious Right, Trump, and “Post-Truth” America


 

What Can We Do?


 

Remaking Ourselves


 

Village Atheists: How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation


 

Women Beyond Belief: Discovering Life without Religion


 

Richmond City Council unanimously approves Trump impeachment resolution


 

Poll: Majority of Americans Worried About War, Feel Favorably Toward NATO


 

Letters From the February 27, 2017, Issue


 

Donald Trump Wants to Tear Down the Wall—the Wall Between Church and State: And the religious right couldn’t be happier.


 

Trump has a problem: Americans increasingly think he's incompetent


 

Hillary Clinton should absolutely not run for president in 2020. And Democrats should stop her if she tries.


 

Democracy Wins One as a Federal Court Strikes a Big Blow Against Gerrymandering: A game-changing federal court ruling orders Wisconsin to redraw legislative district lines that unfairly and unconstitutionally favor Republicans.


 

British Parliament Makes History and Votes ‘No’ Regarding State Visit from Trump


 

Steve Bannon Just Revealed Trump’s Entire Agenda at CPAC and Everyone Missed It


 

Republican congressman says he won’t hold town hall because people could die: Rep. Gohmert cites the Gabby Giffords shooting.


 

CPAC Scrambles to Control Damage After Attendees Wave Russian Flags During Trump Speech


 

Pence slams ‘liberal activists’ at town halls


 

The Religious Right Helped Put Trump in Office—Now He Owes Them Big: You can call it hypocrisy, or you can call it keeping your eyes on the prize.


 

Betsy DeVos just accused college professors of ‘ominously’ indoctrinating students


 

GOP rep: No ‘artificial crowd’ at my town hall


 

This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media: He’s making it difficult to pick out the signal from the noise.


 

Theresa May Is Totally Crushing on Donald Trump: Other European leaders: No thanks.


 

The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump: Sasha Abramsky on the resistance, Katha Pollitt on evangelicals and Trump, and David Cole on taking Trump to court


 

West Coast Politicians Are Fighting Back Against Donald Trump: This could become the largest resistance movement to federal policy in more than a century.


 

Donald Trump Bars CNN, NYT, LAT, Politico From White House Briefing


 

White House blocks news organizations from press briefing


 

Trump Administration Keeps Major News Orgs Out Of Closed Press Briefing


 

CNN’s Jake Tapper has the best Philly accent on TV


 

Rubio says he isn't showing up to town halls because of their 'hostile atmosphere'


 

Marx’s Revenge: He may have lived a 19th-century life, but his ideas keep coming back


 

VIDEO: Richmond City Council unanimously approves Trump impeachment resolution


 

Marsha Blackburn claims out of state people infiltrated her town hall — records seem to show she’s lying


 

What Do the Koch Brothers Want?


 

The New York Times Just Released This EPIC Anti-Trump Ad To Air At The Oscars


 

Pat Boone Wants The Government To Punish Saturday Night Live “If They Laugh At God Again”


 

The First 100 Lies: The Trump Team’s Flurry Of Falsehoods: The president and his aides succeeded in reaching the mark in just 36 days.


 

Fox News Uses Fake “Swedish Security Adviser” With Criminal Record to Hype Trump’s Fake Swedish Terror Attack


 

Commander of bin Laden raid slams Trump's anti-media sentiment: Retired Admiral William McRaven says president’s actions an affront to freedom, and “greatest threat to democracy” in his lifetime.


 

Navy Secretary Nominee Philip Bilden Withdraws: It is the second time a Trump nominee to lead one of the armed services bowed out because of government conflict-of-interest rules.


Non-Citizens Are Not Voting. Here Are the Facts.


 

This GOP Bill Could Make It Easier for Russia to Hack U.S. Elections


 

Police Chiefs Weigh in on Trump's Anti-Crime Agenda


 

Presidential Interference with the Census is a Bad Idea


 

Starving Civil Rights In the Trump Era


 

Hot Live Action on C-SPAN


 

Neil Gorsuch Understands Campaign Finance – And That’s The Problem


 

Voting Laws Roundup 2017


 

George W. Bush Just Taught Trump A Lesson In American Values On Live TV


 

Will Trump's war on the media actually work? Here's what this crisis-management expert thinks


 

Donald Trump's file – true or false?


 

Trump signs bill reversing Obama rule to ban gun purchases by mentally ill


 

Bill Maher weighs in on Trump: Bill Maher, host of HBO’s ‘Real Time,’ joins Chris to discuss Trump's Join Address and his call to "drain the swamp."


 

Fact Check: Trump’s First Address to Congress


 

Trump budget plan draws strong opposition — from Republicans


 

Weakened Democrats Bow to Voters, Opting for Total War on Trump


 

Yes, liberals are planning town hall protests. It's called democracy


 

Resistance Recess: February 18-26th, 100,000 people took part in Resistance Recess at elected officials' events, town halls, and other public appearances to make it clear to those who represent us, that tolerance of Trump's hurtful agenda is unacceptable.


 

House Republicans Are Helping Donald Trump Keep His Tax Returns Secret: House Republicans shot down a Democrat-led effort to release the returns.


 

Jeff Sessions Warns Of An America With ‘Marijuana Sold At Every Corner Grocery Store’: “My best view is that we don’t need to be legalizing marijuana,” the attorney general said.


 

Why I'll Never Sympathize with Regretful Trump Voters: They brought this disaster on themselves. They must own it.


 

Ego-Maniac Revolutions Don’t Last: The closest analogy for Donald Trump is Henry VIII — and Steve Bannon may not have his ear for long.


 

Breaking: Another Trump Candidate Is Under Investigation By The FBI; Conservatives Freaking Out (VIDEO)


 

Trump Education Nominee Betsy DeVos Lied to the Senate


 

Why Trump is Refusing to Confront Reality | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann | GQ


 

Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked


 

Hackers accessed a private email account Pence used for official business as Indiana governor


 

Sebastian Gorka, now a fierce defender of Trump, once said he had 'no depth' and was 'full of bluster'


 

Sessions reassures senators: No pot crackdown imminent: Worries about a shift in federal enforcement in states that have legalized recreational use may be overblown.


 

Trump Aides’ Bid To Plug Leaks Creates Unease Among Civil Servants: Government employees are concerned phone calls and emails are being monitored.


 

Baker promises funding to offset any Planned Parenthood cuts


 

This lawmaker’s bio touted a business degree. It was actually a Sizzler training certificate.


 

Six times Jeff Sessions talked about perjury, access and recusal — when it involved the Clintons


 

Jeff Sessions’s puzzling press conference


 

New EPA head told Congress he never used personal email for government business. But it turns out he did.


 

Trump's Bannon believes in false narrative of history


 


 

A Day in the Life of A Disgraceful Commander in Chief


 

Voting Laws Roundup 2017


 

Trump’s 10 Steps for Turning Lies into Half-Truths


 

Robert Reich: 7 warning signs present when tyrants try to hijack democracies: They attack the motives of anyone who opposes them, including judges


 

A majority of Americans are embarrassed by President Trump


 

Rex Tillerson skips State Department’s annual announcement on human rights, alarming advocates


 

Between Sovereignty and Anarchy: The Politics of Violence in the American Revolutionary Era


 

Signs of Sovereign Citizens and How Officers Should Respond


 

Domestic Terrorism - Anarchist Extremism: A Primer


 

Mark #16: Accountability


 

Responsibility and Accountability


 

Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty


 

Honesty, integrity, and accountability


 

Honesty, Integrity, Accountability… Where Are These Values?


 

Sessions is far from the only Trump cabinet member who lied during confirmation hearings


 

Trump declares Sessions an honest man, despite lying to the Senate and still lying to the public


 

Schumer: Dems Are Done With Trump. And the president could hand Democrats the Senate in 2018, the Senate Minority Leader said.


 

Kellyanne Conway 'inadvertently' plugged Ivanka products: White House


 

Why It’s Not Just Right, but Highly Illuminating and Very Necessary to Compare Trump to Hitler


 

Letters From the March 6, 2017, Issue of The Nation


 

Why Trump Lies: Rattled by the resistance movement, Trump and his sycophants are just making stuff up.


 

Resisting Trump Is Not Enough: Progressives also need to advance a concrete agenda, and that means taking on Democrats-In-Name-Only.


 

If Trump Wants to Defeat ISIS, He’d Better Stop Alienating Muslims: From the Salafi Muslims who beat the terrorists in Libya to the Shiite militias of Iraq, they are crucial allies in this fight.


 

The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk: Flouting the laws and sacrificing truth, the new mogul empire is a perpetual-motion machine fueled almost entirely on bullshit.


 

Honor Is a Tool for Repression in the Age of Trump: Shutting up Elizabeth Warren is part of a long tradition of upholding gentlemen’s status at the expense of truth.


 

Alternative Facts: A new book suggests Edward Snowden may have been a spy, but what it reveals is its author’s own duplicity.


 

CNN Just Destroyed Trump For Splurging On FL Vacations While Camp David Sits Empty

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