Monday, October 23, 2017

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The UN Has Stepped In To Issue A Severe Warning To GOP After Their Plans To Strip Americans Of Freedoms Is Exposed


 

Ordinary people whose lives make constitutional law


 

Top 10 myths about the Constitution on Constitution Day


 

Was the Vietnam War unconstitutional?


 

Video:  Constitution Day Address by Rod Rosenstein


 

The Constitutional Convention with David Rubenstein (HD)


 

Panel Discussion: Landmark Supreme Court Cases (HD)


 

Trump Says Jump. His Supporters Ask, How High?


 

Trump gives the world a needlessly offensive campaign speech at the U.N.


 

‘How do we use [this] to get whole?’: The most intriguing new Paul Manafort-Russia email


 

Trump’s Dark Vision for the World: His U.N. speech used his “America First” doctrine to justify dangerous hostility toward our enemies.


 

Why is a fired White House staffer writing Trump’s speeches and meeting with Chinese leaders?


 

Russia's election ad campaign shows Facebook's biggest problem is Facebook: Facebook’s systems didn’t fail when they let Russians target American voters with divisive political messages. They worked


 

Hillary Clinton on the Russia investigation and Russian...  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tells Joy Reid how she would be handling the Russia investigation had she been elected, and why all Americans should be concerned by Russia’s interference. 


 

Clinton on Trump: He’s ‘worse than I thought he would be’.  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sits down one-on-one with Joy Reid, sharing her thoughts on the Trump presidency, the role of sexism in how the election unfolded, and more.


 

Hillary Clinton: Women Who Support Trump Are ‘Publicly Disrespecting Themselves’


 

PolitiFact's Fake news almanac


 

JAMES CLAPPER: US intelligence assessment of Russia's election interference 'cast doubt on the legitimacy' of Trump's victory


 

Wisconsin’s Voter-ID Law Suppressed 200,000 Votes in 2016 (Trump Won by 22,748): A new study shows how voter-ID laws decreased turnout among African-American and Democratic voters.


 

Bay Bridge Billboard Calls for President Trump's Impeachment


 

Democrats Just Won A Major “Make-Or-Break” Special Election In Florida


 

Democrat Flips One Of The Reddest Districts In New Hampshire Special Election


 

Trump Impeachment Vote Could Happen Next Week in Response to President's NFL Protest Comments


 

Betsy DeVos’s Newest Hire Was a Dean of DeVry, Everyone’s Favorite Sham University


 

Duty to Warn: The Movie


 

Exclusive: IRS shares information with special counsel in Russia probe


 

Paul Horner, writer of fake news about 2016 election, found dead


 

Meet Roy Moore, Alabama’s ‘Truly Unhinged’ Senate Candidate: He thinks 9/11 was punishment for godlessness.


 

Drudge Report Linked to Russian Propaganda Sites Nearly 400 Times Since 2012


 

Trusted Trump bodyguard Gary Uher is linked to ex-con Felix Sater — who is key in Russia probes


 

Senator says Russian internet trolls stoked NFL debate


 

McCain Reveals He’s Probably Going to Die, Then Trump Attacks Him with This Video Hours Later


 

Exclusive: Russians Impersonated Real American Muslims to Stir Chaos on Facebook and Instagram.  Kremlin trolls stole the identity of an authentic U.S. Muslim organization—first to smear John McCain and Hillary Clinton, then to sing her praises.


 

Trump Denies Attacks On NFL Players Are About Race, Calls For Him To Be Impeached Intensify


 

The DEA chief is reportedly resigning because he believes Trump doesn’t respect the law: “I will continue to root for you,” he reportedly wrote to DEA staff, “now from the sidelines.”


 

Soros Slander Reveals Anti-Semitism at the Heart of the Far Right: Dinesh D’Souza’s book smearing George Soros is factually false, morally reprehensible, and nothing new.


 

Mont Pelerin in Virginia: A new book on James Buchanan and public-choice theory explores the Southern roots of the free-market right.


 

In Equilibrio: Is the politics of moderation really the best way to avoid tyranny?


 

The NFL is not a 'safe space'


 

A Dizzying Week of Trump-Russia Revelations


 

The Loneliest President: He’s increasingly isolated in the White House, but for Donald Trump, being alone is not a liability. It’s where he’s most comfortable.


 

Trump Administration Demands Facebook Info on anti-Trump Activists


 

Legal Experts Now Agree…There’s No Way Out of Impeachment For Trump


 

Donald Trump Is Just a Figurehead


 

The Christian’s Choice


 

Disloyalty slur latest in series showing Trump administration’s mistrust of feds


 

10 Right Wing Companies That Every Progressive Should Boycott


 

Happy 93rd Birthday, President Carter. Thank you for your magnificent light in this world.


 

We Need to Reckon With the Story ‘What Happened’ Tells: Hillary Clinton has a unique perspective on a world-historical event. Why shouldn’t she write a book about it?


 

How to Lose Elections and Influence People: Labour may have lost the election, but it laid the foundation for a more progressive UK.


 

Blaming the People: Is democracy really the problem?


 

In Free-Speech Territory: The use and abuse of the First Amendment.


 

A Presidential Speech Steeped in Hypocrisy: Trump would have done better to say a few things that sound real than a great many that sound false.


 

Ivanka and Donald Trump Jr. Were Close to Being Charged With Felony Fraud: New York prosecutors were preparing a case. Then the D.A. overruled his staff after a visit from a top donor: Trump attorney Marc Kasowitz.


 

Ginsburg Slaps Gorsuch in Gerrymandering Case


 

The gun lobby: See how much your representative gets


 

Report: Trump administration officials urged furious Tillerson not to quit


 

Tillerson’s Fury at Trump Required an Intervention From Pence


 

Trump says he has total confidence in Secretary of State Tillerson after 'moron' flap


 

Perspective | Without saying anything new, Jimmy Kimmel is saying everything right


 

DOJ releases overruled memos finding it illegal for presidents to appoint relatives: The legal opinion that cleared the way for Kushner and Ivanka Trump appointments reversed earlier advice.


 

Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Pre-Emptive Pardons


 

Top Democrat demands answers on whether Kushner, others used private email for diplomacy


 

Senate Judiciary leaders denied access to CIA material on Russian meddling


 

Special Report: HP Enterprise let Russia scrutinize cyberdefense system used by Pentagon


 

Trump Urges Unity, but Puerto Rico and Las Vegas Visits Could Test His Words


 

Hill investigators to tell public what they've learned about Russia's interference and what happens next


 

Exclusive: Russian-linked Facebook ads targeted Michigan and Wisconsin


 

House Russia Probe Targets Google’s YouTube and Gmail: RT Network’s YouTube presence may be part of U.S. lawmakers’ scrutiny


 

Russia Targets NATO Soldier Smartphones, Western Officials Say: Moscow seeks information on operations and troop strength, according to officials with NATO countries 


 

How Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., Avoided a Criminal Indictment


 

Manhattan DA Dropped Criminal Probe Of Trump Kids After Campaign Donation: Report.  Indictment of Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. seemed “a real possibility,” according to a report by ProPublica, The New Yorker and WNYC.


 

Jared Kushner fined again for late ethics form, Ivanka Trump fined too


 

Ex-Trump adviser Paul Manafort conspired to mislead bankruptcy court, son-in-law charges


 

Intel leaders: Collusion still open part of investigation


 

The Reckoning: How Trump Has Left the World in Revulsion Since His Election.  Trump’s brand of narcissism and incompetence is a constant reminder of just how far we’ve fallen.


 

Trump and his supporters have caused a devastating mental health crisis in America, according to psychotherapists


 

Tillerson threatened to quit after calling Trump a ‘moron’ in Pentagon meeting on ISIS: report


 

Senate Intelligence Committee leaders: Russia did interfere in 2016 elections


 

Facebook, Twitter will testify at Senate hearing


 

He Urged His Mistress To Have An Abortion, Then Voted To Ban Other Women From Getting One: Rep. Tim Murphy inadvertently exposed the hypocrisy of the anti-choice movement.


 

House GOP says Las Vegas massacre inspired them to crack down on reproductive rights: Instead of gun control, Republicans say the violence prompted a new effort to restrict abortions.


 

How the NRA Rewrote the Second Amendment: The Founders never intended to create an unregulated individual right to a gun. Today, millions believe they did. Here’s how it happened.


 

Several hundred, including Wolf and Kenney, attend Phila. vigil for Las Vegas victims


 

Complaining About Hillary's Book


 

What Happened


 

Hillary and the media: Dreadful coverage of 2016 had echoes of the past: Media’s distorted and derisive Clinton coverage was steeped in sexism, but the underlying problem is nothing new


 

Why the Media Want Hillary to Shut Up


 

The GOP Is Plowing Ahead with an Audacious Effort to Hijack the Vote and Rig Elections: From Trump’s “election integrity” commission to Mitch McConnell, the GOP targets the levers of power.


 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR


 

Populist Victories Won In This Conservative Colorado Town


 

WILL DURST: How they spent their summer vacations (HUMOR)


 

No Erosion Among Rural Trump Supporters


 

The Trump Nightmare: How It Ends


 

People Need Their Own Representatives


 

Right to Vote Needs Constitutional Protection


 

SYNDICATED COLUMN: Want Real Political Change? Hit the Streets — And Don’t Promise to be Nonviolent


 

It’s 1967 all over again: The roots of our current divide go back 50 years.  Yes, 1967 brought us the Summer of Love and “Sgt. Pepper.” But it also kickstarted contemporary politics


 

All Is Not Forgiven, Sean Spicer


 

Beauty is truth and truth is factual


 

Have an American Beer, You Sap!


 

John McCain Urges Supreme Court to 'Return Control of Our Elections to the People'


 

The Supreme Court and gerrymandering: what it means for Pennsylvania.  The Keystone State has some of the worst gerrymanders in the country


 

Trump Inches Closer Towards Censoring Media


 

64 hours in October: How one weekend blew up the rules of American politics


 

How the right went wrong: Conservative commentator Charlie Sykes


 

Top Democrat: It's time for Pelosi's leadership team to go


 

Sessions issues religious liberty guidance to agencies


 

Why the Supreme Court Must Strike Down Extreme Partisan Gerrymandering: A ruling from the court that bars extreme partisan gerrymandering would go a long way toward undoing the dysfunction that’s gumming up our legislatures and restoring some basic accountability for our lawmakers.


 

Calling out Trump and sprinting around Pa., Josh Shapiro seeks to make a name as AG


 

California Is the Future: Trump is the last gasp of the conservative era and will bring down Republican rule. What’s coming next is in California right now.


 

Partisan Gerrymandering Got the Sotomayor Treatment: The justice has a knack for crafting simple, devastating questions. She was at her best in Gill v. Whitford.


 

Russiagate: The Depth of Collusion


 

Zuckerberg faces up to facts about Russia; Trump clings to his delusions


 

Trump disapproval hits 67% in poll


 

Trump Furious Tillerson Refused to Deny Calling Him a Moron


 

White House chief of staff's personal cellphone compromised: Politico


 

Poll: Dem Northam leads Virginia governor race by 13 points


 

BREAKING: Trump Leaker Resigns, Releases Blistering Statement


 

Interior Whistleblower Quits, Lambastes Ryan Zinke’s ‘Resume Of Failure’: In his resignation letter, Joel Clement calls on Trump’s interior secretary to step down and for agency staff to “speak truth to power.”


 

Watergate legend Carl Bernstein reveals GOP Congress has ‘lost confidence’ in Trump’s fitness for office


 

The Democrats’ ‘Working-Class Problem’: It’s not only with whites. It reaches well into the party’s base.


 

Federal Court Halts School’s Punishment of Student’s Off-Campus Speech


 

Trump’s voter commission is now facing at least 7 federal lawsuits


 

Jimmy Kimmel goes off on Trump's 'fake news' claims against NBC


 

The Enormous Emotional Toll of Trumpism: Every day it’s something. Or 10 somethings. Can we really live with three more years of this, let alone seven?


 

CNN’s Michael Smerconish says Corker’s building a 25th Amendment case for removing Trump from office


 

Israeli expert: Trump will rapidly become unfit to continue as president


 

Kimmel Tears Trump Apart By Telling Him What No One Else Dares To


 

President Trump has made 1,318 false or misleading claims over 263 days


 

Donald Trump Can Destroy Records Without Judicial Review, Justice Department Tells Court


 

Eminem Just DESTROYED Trump In New Freestyle Rap Video (WATCH)


 

Trump Just Threatened To Take Action Against The NFL Unless Players Stop Kneeling


 

Vegas Police Just Made A New Revelation About The Massacre That Will Make Your Blood Boil


 

Trump Brags About His Poor, Stupid Supporters Paying His Legal Bills


 

Republicans entirely ignore election security—practically inviting Russia to interfere in 2018


 

Study: Sean Hannity and the five forces he says are trying to destroy Trump


 

How Trump gets those great golf scores: Thing 1/Thing 2: The president supposedly shoots a 73 -- which would make him one of the best senior golfers in the world. His former partners say he has a secret: He cheats. A lot.


 

Psychologist Analyzes Trump’s Supporters, And Notes FIVE KEY TRAITS They All Have In Common


 

Ex-DEA agent: Opioid crisis fueled by drug industry and Congress.  Whistleblower Joe Rannazzisi says drug distributors pumped opioids into U.S. communities -- knowing that people were dying -- and says industry lobbyists and Congress derailed the DEA's efforts to stop it


 

Forty One People Now Dead In California Fires, So Guess What Our ‘President’ Is Doing?


 

Scarborough formally leaves GOP, registers as independent


 

Tully: America’s horrible president


 

Psychologists march through NY to call for Trump's removal


 

Trump allies worry that losing the House means impeachment


 

‘Merry Christmas’ to replace ‘happy holidays,’ says Trump, wooing evangelicals: In first address by a sitting US president to conservative Values Voter Summit, POTUS plays religious cards


 

Trump Keeps Getting Mad When He Finds Out What His Policies Actually Do


 

Scaring ourselves to death over impeachment


 

Robert Reich Says Republicans Are Ready To Pull The Plug On Trump


 

Sebastian Gorka: "The left has no idea how much more damage we can do to them as private citizens."


 

Charles Blow's column is a thing of beauty: "Trump can't hold a candle to Obama..."


 

How Facebook May Have Destroyed Our Democracy—For Good


 

America may be galloping toward authoritarian neo-fascism


 

To save their party, Republicans must sacrifice the Trump presidency


 

Former Wharton Professor: "Donald Trump Was the Dumbest Goddam Student I Ever Had."


 

Why Would Russia Try to Foment Protests in the U.S.?


 

In State For Right-Wing Fundraiser, Protestors Tell Education Secretary DeVos Her Policies Are Not Welcome In Washington


 

What the founding fathers actually meant by the Second Amendment might surprise you


 

Ivanka Trump shoved aside Chris Christie to offer Michael Flynn any job he wanted in White House: report


 

‘You can’t buy class’: Don Lemon nails why Trump is so obsessively jealous of Obama


 

Good news: 'Trump's unpopularity has been massively underplayed in the media'


 

Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism


 

Fmr. CIA boss Brennan: World may wonder if Trump's just reckless: For the first time, fmr. CIA Director John Brennan takes on Trump's foreign policy - issuing dire warnings on the threat of war with North Korea and Russia's involvement in the 2016 election.


 

What Sessions Senate testimony means for Mueller's Russia probe: Answering questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Trump Attorney General Jeff Sessions comments on Comey's firing and more could factor into Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.


 

Jeff Sessions hilariously crumbles under Sen. Franken’s Russia questioning


 

Garry Kasparov: Trump is a wake-up call for the free world


 

The Danger of President Pence


 

A Country, and a Future, Worth Serving: Why is it that the American public has no say in the wars this country commits itself to?


 

Really? Turnout was good? Do Something.  Register to vote for the next election in November.  In the first of a regular column, a WURD host calls Tuesday’s turnout a flat #resist re-mix—not a success


 

Obama’s Former Attorney General Tells Trump To “Stop The Damn Lying” – Donald Is Furious


 

Trump Lies about of His High IQ by saying he was “First in My Class”, Truth came out a bit after


 

Donald Trump just suggested the FBI, Democrats and Russia might all be co-conspirators


 

Sessions Says in Senate Committee Testimony He Would Jail Journalists “If We Have To”


 

‘The face of the Resistance’: Internet gobsmacked after George W. Bush delivers ‘remarkable’ anti-Trump screed


 

Top 10 Most Socialist Countries in the World


 

Blueprint for a Progressive US: A Dialogue With Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin


 

Values Voter Summit: Whose Values?


 

Barack Obama And George W. Bush Return To The Spotlight, Slam Trumpism: The two former presidents schooled the current occupant of the White House.


 

New U.S. Budget Is A 'Hoax,' Says Republican Senator Bob Corker


 

Trump nominees working without Senate approval


 

11-year old boy kicked out of cub scouts for asking republican senator hard questions


 

Bill Maher Just Shut Up Every Single Trump Supporter with One Sentence No One Else Would Say


 

Republicans At California Convention Just Called For John McCain To Be Hanged


 

Trump Just Called For The Justice Department To Interfere In Congress’ Russia Probe For Him


 

Trump Just Went After Hillary And Facebook On Twitter


 

Political Parties


 

The Politics of Optimism


 

Monologue: Salt in the Wound | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) 


 

A veteran just went on unparalleled Twitter rant against Trump and it's going supernova-viral


 

Trump administration unveils the 'Fetal 14th Amendment'


 

Robert Reich Says Republicans Are Ready To Pull The Plug On Trump


 

Remember how Trump raised $6 million for vets? Guess how much of that has actually gone to vets


 

Sign the petition to Republicans in Congress: What are you waiting for? Impeach Trump


 

NJ students walk out after teacher tells them that troops fought 'for you to speak American'


 

Trump's Re-Election Edge Is Greatly Exaggerated


 

First on CNN: Russian officials bragged they could use Flynn to influence Trump, sources say


 

McCain appears to take swipe at Trump’s ‘bone spur’ Vietnam deferment


 

Are the Mercers Being Taken for a Ride by Their Favorite Hate-Mongering Boy Toy?  That’s what some former allies—who’d like some of that money—are saying. “I don’t know what’s going to break the Mercers, to wake them up,” said one who’s worked with Milo Yiannopoulos in the past. “But I can guarantee you, that money is not being used efficiently. It’s basically party money.”

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