Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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White House attorneys scramble to come up with evidence to back Trump’s ‘wiretap’ claims


 

FBI director James Comey asked Justice Department to refute Trump's wiretapping claims, sources say


 

Comey Asks Justice Dept. to Reject Trump’s Wiretapping Claim


 

This Democrat Just Perfectly Explained To Trump What His Wiretap Tweets Mean


 

If the Feds did wiretap Trump Tower, It’s not Obama who should worry


 

Ex-CIA director on wiretap claim: Trump apparently ‘forgot that he was president’


 

Not Even Mike Pence Can Defend Trump’s Wiretapping Claim: “I think the president’s tweet speaks for itself,” the vice president said.


 

Donald Trump is now living in fear: As Donald Trump avoids questions about his wild claim that Pres. Obama illegally wiretapped him, his spokesman Sean Spicer laughed about Trump's reversal on another important issue. Lawrence O'Donnell


 

Trump Ally: President Was Likely Wrong On Obama Wiretapping Claim: If you take the tweets literally, “then clearly the president was wrong,” Rep. Devin Nunes said


 

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Obliterates Paranoid Trump, Calls Him A “Weirdo In The Basement” "The man in the White House is demonstrably capable of making up claims that have no reality."


 

GOP Congressman: Trump Should Apologize To Obama Over Wiretapping Claims: The comments from Oklahoma’s Tom Cole are the strongest Republican admonition of Trump’s baseless allegations to date.


 

Trump's 'wiretapping' claim traced to inventor of the 'Whitey' tape, via Russian state television


 

Kellyanne Conway Isn’t as Crazy as You Think With That Microwave Comment


 

How Unconscious Sexism Could Help Explain Trump’s Win


 

Trump’s Vanishing Base: Blue-collar whites put him over the top. Here’s why it won’t happen again.


 

The Democrats’ Biggest Disaster: Forget Washington—the party is weaker at the state level than it’s been in nearly a century.


 

The Left Are Now Strangers in Their Own Land: How Trump redeemed alienated conservatives and cast liberals into the political wilderness.


 

Dead Center: Jonathan Chait's new book shows the failure of "grown up" liberalism.


 

He’s Making a List: Trump is more paranoid and dangerous than Nixon.


 

Beyond Hope: What did Barack Obama accomplish? And how much of it will survive in the age of Trump? Five leading historians and political observers discuss the legacy of hope and change.


 

KIRKUS REVIEW of Democracy: A Case Study


 

The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time


 

Trump: Evil or Incompetent?


 

The Trumpish Cabinet


 

LETTERS to the EDITOR – the Progressive Populist


 

The people have power when they speak together


 

Mexico’s Stormy Winter of 2017


 

An Inoperable Tumor: How to remove a madman from the White House?


 

The Sisterhood Stands Against Trump


 

As White House spirals into crisis, what will Congress do? GOP leaders face unhappy choice: As Trump's White House implodes, congressional Republicans must confront a dilemma: their country or their agenda


 

Trump’s War on the Courts, the Press, and the States


 

Trump’s Immigration Policy Leads to War


 

Deflecting the Trumpercar


 

Does Intelligence Have a Future?


 

Jingoism as Foreign Policy


 

Courts and Constitution as Saviors?


 

Off-Shorers Should Shut Up


 

Here's how you can deal with Trump


 

Citizens Getting Justice Done


 

SYNDICATED COLUMN: How I’ll Know It’s Time To Flee Trump’s America


 

That’s a Fact, Jack


 

‘Do Not Resist’: The Post-9/11 Iron Heel of the State


 

Garrison Keillor: A very special man, an amazing occasion


 

Donald Trump's Ghost Dance


 

Trump Reimposes Anti-Abortion Global Gag Rule


 

White House Holocaust Statement Does Not Mention Jews


 

Fla. Supreme Court Won’t Permit Tax Credit Challenge


 

NY Wants To Expand Statute Of Limitations For Sex Abuse


 

Homeschooling Advocate Michael Farris May Be Setting His Sights On Rewriting The Constitution


 

Mich. Billionaire Voucher Advocate Betsy DeVos Takes Charge At The U.S. Department Of Education


 

Defeating DeVos: Our Job One Is To Block Dangerous Voucher Schemes


 

AU Joins Allies To Push Back Against School Choice Week


 

Georgia High Court Reviews State’s School Choice Program


 

Jerry Falwell Jr. To Lead Higher Ed Task Force For Trump


 

Has religion superseded patriotism as the last refuge of scoundrels?


 

Jeff Sessions Suggests A Crackdown Isn’t Coming For Legal Weed: But the attorney general is quickly losing credibility when it comes to issues related to drug use.


 

Trump’s Call To Repeal The Johnson Amendment Is A Huge Mistake


 

Trump Vows To ‘Destroy’ Johnson Amendment Rule Curbing Pulpit Politicking


 

AU Complaint Results In Mass. Choir Altering Easter Concert Plans In Italy


 

Scholar, Political Observer Consider Trump’s Entanglement With Religious Right


 

Senate Confirms Trump Nominees Sessions For A.G., Price At HHS Department


 

Pa. School Bus Driver Resists Fingerprinting


 

Barriers To Progress: Another Wall That Trump Supports


 

Trump wants congressional probe of evidence-free claims about Obama


 

Deregulation Nation: Congress Wants to Let Corporations Take Charge


 

Unfairness in Class Action: A New Attack on Civil Rights


 

Regulations: America’s Unsung Heroes


 

Fish from a Burning River: Katie Sponsler Eyes the James River and a House Seat in the 66th


 

Foreign Payments to Trump Firms Violate Constitution, Suit Will Claim


 

Pence fought against releasing records as Indiana governor


 

Sketchy Trump deal eyed for potential corruption, ties to Iran: Rachel Maddow describes the reporting published in The New Yorker about a Donald Trump business deal that raises a lot of red flags about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.


 

Donald Trump Falsely Blames Barack Obama For Releasing Guantanamo Detainees


 

From Mother Jones to Middlebury: The Problem and Promise of Political Violence in Trump’s America: You won't understand the resistance if you never stop judging it.


 

Welcome to the Post-Human Rights World: Geopolitical realignments and the rise of populist nationalism have unleashed a global backlash against human rights.


 

Paul Ryan outlines competing vision to Donald Trump at Koch brothers retreat in Colorado Springs: The posh retreat at the Broadmoor Resort focused on income inequality


 

“Protect Us from this Dangerous President,” 2 Psychiatrists Say


 

Robert Reich: The Resistance Report March 9, 2017


 

Senate committee votes to allow doctors to lie to women


 

Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue


 

In Trump’s White House, It’s the Billionaires vs. the Bombardiers: These two factions are fighting for supremacy.


 

Can a Sanders Democrat Win the New Jersey Governor’s Race? John Wisniewski is fighting Wall Street money and the party machine.


 

Forget the Musical—Alexander Hamilton’s Real Legacy Is the Poverty-Stricken City He Founded: So why are the leaders of Paterson, NJ, so eager to capitalize on his memory?


 

Socialism’s Return: After more than a half-century in the wilderness, the socialist left reemerges in America.


 

National Popular Vote versus Electoral College


 

BLUEXIT: A Modest Proposal For Separating Blue States From Red


 

Dark Money review: Nazi oil, the Koch brothers and a rightwing revolution: New Yorker writer Jane Mayer examines the origins, rise and dominance of a billionaire class to whom money is no object when it comes to buying power


 

Why Did George Bush Buy Nearly 300,000 acres in Paraguay?


 

GOP Congressman Claims Obama Stayed In Washington To Run A ‘Shadow Government’: The Obamas stayed so their younger daughter can finish high school.


 

Meet the Democrat running against Rep. Jason Chaffetz — and raising loads of money


 

After Pledging to Donate Salary, Trump Declines to Release Proof


 

Donald Trump Meets William S. Lind


 

Steve Bannon under active criminal investigation for... get this... residency fraud.


 

BRILLIANT: The 'No TRUMP Act' Was Just Introduced in Congress in Response to Presidential Corruption


 

Most of rural white America will stick with Trump till the last dog dies


 

Bernie expertly trolls Trump on "stupid deal" forcing Americans to pay twice for Zika vaccine.


 

Huge: Court strikes down Texas' Republican-drawn congressional map for illegal racial gerrymandering


 

Contractor sues for $2 million in unpaid bills on Trump's D.C. hotel


 

Farage meets Assange in a shameless illiberal alliance


 

BREAKING: Trump Signs New Exec Order, Turns DC Upside Down Like Never Before


 

LEAKED AUDIO: Paul Ryan Says He's 'Not Going to Defend Donald Trump'


 

Kushner family to make $400M from real estate deal with Chinese firm: report


 

Texas Legislator Surveys Mosques


 

Around The World: Church-State Separation Support Growing In Iceland


 

Legislation That Threatens Church-State Separation Is Pending In Half The Country


 

Meet Paula White, Prosperity Gospel Preacher And President Donald Trump's Spiritual Adviser


 

AU Staff Members And Activists Support Separation Of Church And State Nationwide


 

Americans United Says Judge Neil Gorsuch Shouldn't Be Elevated To The Nation's Highest Court


 

An Insider's View: The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America: In deep-red white America, the white Christian God is king.


 

Crowley registers as foreign agent for Ukrainian billionaire


 

Why did Trump put a former foreign agent in a key security post?


 

Questions about Judgment: Trump appointed Flynn in the First Place


 

Michael Flynn Scandal Shatters GOP Dream Of Protecting Trump In “Alternative Fact” Cocoon


 

Flynn drama has all the intrigue of a Russian spy thriller


 

Movements Matter as Andrew Puzder and Michael Flynn Are Forced Out


 

Unaware? Trump and Pence were aware of Flynn's foreign lobbying. They simply lied about it.


 

Rachel Maddow Calls Out Mike Pence For Lying That He Knew Nothing Of Flynn's Turkish Connection


 

Trump and Pence were warned about Michael Flynn's lobbying, but now claim they never knew


 

The Guy Who Caught Bin Laden Thinks Trump Is More Dangerous Than Bin Laden


 

WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report: He paid $38M in federal taxes in '05


 

Town hall crowd turns frosty after a Texas congressman tells a constituent to 'shut up'


 

How strong is the GOP House gerrymander? This metric explains it


 

Media protests after Tillerson takes only one reporter to Japan


 

Trump to Michigan Governor: ‘I never forget’ those who didn’t endorse me


 

Fox News: Bernie Sanders More Popular Than Trump


 

State legislators attack the right to protest


 

After Trump tweets embarrassingly inaccurate info, former NATO ambassador publicly educates Trump


 

Donald Trump Says He And Angela Merkel ‘Have Something In Common’ On Wiretapping: Trump has been unable to substantiate his claim that the Obama administration wiretapped Trump Tower.


 

Trump Straight Up Ignores Request To Shake Hands With Angela Merkel: The two leaders haven’t exactly seen eye to eye so far.


 

Donald Trump’s Budget Is Universally Unloved: It manages to turn off basically everyone, including congressional Republicans


 

Progressives Slam Tom Perez’s New DNC Transition Team: The Democratic Party’s November wounds still haven’t fully healed.


 

How to Spy on a President


 

The Worst $1 Million Trump Ever Saved


 

Anderson Cooper Starts Off His Show by Saying ‘Tonight We Know the President Has No Facts’


 

A Top Adviser To Mike Pence Is An Investor In Favored Media Outlet: Nick Ayers, a top adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is an investor in Independent Journal Review, a social media-geared site for young conservatives. IJR got special access to the Secretary of State this week.


 

Robert Reich's dead-on accurate assessment


 

Al Franken has found a new role in the Trump era


 

Clinton Comeback? Hillary says she’s “Ready to Come out of the Woods.”


 

Here are the governorships the Republicans want to go from blue to red


 

Judge: Democrats can't substitute candidate in Pa. House race


 

Ramirez bounced from special election ballot


 

Is Donald Trump a Realist?


 

Here’s what Jimmy Breslin had to say about Donald Trump decades ago


 

A President’s Credibility: Trump’s falsehoods are eroding public trust, at home and abroad.


 

CNN's Fareed Zakaria Doesn't Mince Words, Tags Trump As A Life-Long Bullsh*tter


 

Jake Tapper and the 3 basic truths of covering Trump’s falsehoods


 

FINALLY: CNN Calls Out Trump For 'A Presidency Shaped By Fox News'


 

After only two months in office, Trump falls to new approval rating low of 37 percent


 

First Daughter Ivanka Trump Gets West Wing Office: She will not have an official title, but will get government-issued communications devices and security clearance to access classified information


 

Ivanka Trump's Move To The White House Raises Questions About Ethics


 

Inside Trump's White House, New York moderates spark infighting and suspicion


 

5 Nonsensical Claims From Donald Trump’s Latest Interview: “I can’t be doing so badly, because I’m president, and you’re not.”


 

Hunter under criminal investigation for alleged campaign finance violations


 

Trump Overkill Could Shift Voter ID Tide


 

Ex-GOP Official Who Accused Dems Of Voter Fraud Charged With Voter Fraud: Ouch.


 

Behind Team Trump’s bogus claims of “voter fraud” lies a strategic goal: Suppressing votes to ensure Republican victory: Republicans aren't just spreading lies to boost Donald Trump's ego. These phony claims hold the key to GOP hegemony


 

Top Election Officials Have No Idea What Trump Is Planning To Do In His Voter Fraud Investigation: Not a single secretary of state says they’ve heard from the White House


 

Supreme Court Nomination 2017


 

Senate Must Demand Answers About Gorsuch’s Work for Scandal-Plagued Department of Justice


 

Is Judge Neil Gorsuch a Closet Liberal?


 

Dems launch attacks ahead of Supreme Court showdown


 

Chuck Schumer: Democrats Will Filibuster Neil Gorsuch’s Nomination.  The top Democrat said his party will insist that the president’s Supreme Court pick be confirmed with at least 60 votes.


 

Gorsuch won't be Trump's voice for the voiceless: Tony May


 

Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution: A constitutional convention, something thought impossible not long ago, is looking increasingly likely.


 

The Dangerous Path: Big Money’s Plan to Shred the Constitution


 

US Attorney Bharara fired in standoff with Trump


 

The ranking Oversight Committee member is suspicious about the U.S. attorney firing: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) thinks Bharara’s ouster could have something to do with investigations into Trump.


 

Trump Shows America He Will NOT Be Investigated, If You Try You’ll Be Fired


 

Subpoena Trump; Put Him Under Oath


 

Trump Knows the Feds are Closing in on Him


 

Fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara Said to have been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price


 

White House accused of blocking information on bank's Trump-Russia links: New commerce secretary Wilbur Ross’s response about possible links between Bank of Cyprus, Russian agents and Trump officials wasn’t released to Senate


 

Russian's travel examined for ties to Trump: David Cay Johnston, founder of DCReport.org, talks with Rachel Maddow about journalistic investigations into the coinciding travels of Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev and the Donald Trump campaign during the 2016 election.


 

More Pieces Of Donald Trump Russia Dossier Check Out | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC


 

If this site is correct, we're just scratching the surface of the Trump/Russia connection web


 

How Russian oil giant Rosneft could claim U.S. oil


 

Why We Must Oppose the Kremlin-Baiting Against Trump: The Russia-connected allegations have created an atmosphere of hysteria amounting to McCarthyism.


 

FBI assigns fewer agents to Russian election interference than to Clinton emails


 

FBI Investigating `Odd` Computer Link Between Russian Bank, Trump Organization: Sources


 

Russia: Trump & His Team’s Ties


 

Trump supporters are ready to destroy the CIA and absolve Russia by adopting crazy conspiracy theory


 

BOOM! The Confirmed Connection of Roger Stone.


 

Russian adventurism and the U.S. long game


 

Jeff Sessions says he didn't mislead Congress in testimony


 

The House 'investigation' of Russian election tampering has barely begun, but is already in trouble


 

FBI chief to testify publicly on Russian interference


 

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were with Dmitry Rybolovlev at key moment in Trump-Russia dossier


 

Trump Embraces One Of Russia's Favorite Propaganda Tactics — Whataboutism


 

Bharara's Firing Doesn't Get Tom Price Off The Hook; Chuck Schumer And Bharara Are Not Done Yet


 

Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort wanted for questioning in Ukraine corruption case


 

NY attorney general hires prosecutor likely to target trump administration: report


 

House Intel Committee member Speier says the Trump-Russia investigation may be bigger than Watergate


 

New transatlantic rifts underscore why Russia preferred Trump in 2016 election


 

Fake News and Russian Information Operations


 

Democratic Rep.: Evidence on Russia Seems to Lead to Conclusion ‘That This Was, in Part, an Inside Job’


 

James Comey Could Shed Light on Russia, Trump’s Wiretap Charge: The FBI director will appear before the House Intelligence Committee


 

Comey doesn’t say much


 

Donald Trump will resign 'soon', says top Democrat Dianne Feinstein: Senior Senator on Judiciary Committee drops hint she knows more than she can say 'right now'


 

Intel chair won't reveal source on Trump team surveillance to panel's top Dem


 

House Intelligence Chair Attempts To Clean Up Mess After Alleging Trump Team Was Spied On: Rep. Devin Nunes went rogue when he made the unsubstantiated claims this week.


 

The Domestic Conspiracy That Gave Trump The Election Is In Plain Sight


 

Journalist Lays Out Meticulous Timeline Of The Trump-Dossier And Its Creation


 

A former NSA analyst says the Russia investigations could end Donald Trump's presidency


 

Q&A: Garry Kasparov on the press and propaganda in Trump’s America


 

Reports: Russian Interior Ministry Official Shot Dead


 

The White House Asked for Veto Power Over Sally Yates’s Testimony at Russia Hearing


 

Devin Nunes canceled Russia hearings to keep Sally Yates from testifying: ex-CIA and Defense official


 

CNN analyst: Sources say Mike Flynn may have turned on Trump and become a witness for the FBI


 

The Michael Flynn Scandal Just Got A Lot Worse


 

Florida Congressman Admits Trump Would Be Immediately Impeached If Dems Take Senate in 2018

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