Trump privately urges pastors to help him from the pulpit
in midterms
WHEN YOU INSULTED JOHN MCCAIN YOU INSULTED ALL OF US
Operation Splinter Factor Combined Espionage and Personal
Revenge: The CIA tricked the Eastern Bloc into purging hundreds of loyal
officials and settled a vendetta in the process
'Baby Trump' balloon takes first flight in New Jersey,
now available for 'adoption'
Lindsey Graham says Trump's stand on John McCain
"pisses me off to no end"
Lindsey Graham: Trump will be "investigated to
death" if Democrats win the House
Craig Unger: Trump is owned by the Russia mob In his latest book
"House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the
Russian Mafia" Craig Unger breaks down the history of the Trump-Russia
connection.
Onetime Teen Mom Who Became a Celebrated Teacher Wins
Democratic House Primary
“One Nation, Indivisible” features excerpts from The
Sun’s archives that speak to the current political moment.
Trump just accused his spokeswoman of having a “nervous
breakdown” over John McCain
Trump just unleashed an embarrassing, unprovoked personal
attack on the head of CNN
A Fox News host just turned on Trump and used Obama as an
example to call him out
The FBI just arrested a suspect for threatening to shoot
up the Boston globe
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just landed a brutal dunk on Ted
Cruz over his attacks on Beto
Joe Biden just delivered a deeply moving tribute at John
McCain’s memorial service
Al Gore Has 1 Word For Donald Trump: “I don’t mean to be
flippant about it,” the climate change advocate said.
Reflections on Confronting Fascists Outside the White
House: What Happens When We Refuse To Accept Fascism?
On the Importance of the Death of John McCain and the
Struggle Within the Ruling Class
Victory – A Short Story
The Trump/Pence Regime is Accelerating on a Collision
Course with Humanity
AP sources: Lawyer was told Russia had ‘Trump over a
barrel’
Smart President Says Smart Thing
Trump Says CNN's Jeff Zucker and NBC's Andy Lack Should
Be Fired
Democrats Just Confirmed Lots Of Trump’s Judges So They
Could Skip Town: The resistance wilts in August.
Former Manafort associate reveals illegal foreign payment
to Trump’s inauguration: Patten also pleaded guilty to failing to register as a
foreign agent.
Meghan McCain rips Trump at father’s memorial service
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
Won't Get Fooled Again The Who Lyrics
Alex Jones apparently spotted with trans porn on his
phone
Flake tweets photo of Obama, Bush, Clinton at McCain’s
funeral: 'Decency wins'
John McCain’s Funeral Was a Council of War—Just as He
Meant It to Be: A dispatch from the National Cathedra
Review: ‘Active Measures’ Looks at Links Between Trump
and Russia
Obama’s Barrage of Complete Sentences Seen as Brutal
Attack on Trump - Satire from The Borowitz Report
The Other Russia Collusion Scandal Is Breaking Wide Open
Campus rapists and sexual harassers about to get a big
gift from the Trump administration
Listen to the Democratic Left: The justice system is
‘racist.’ ICE is guilty of ‘human rights abuses.’ And more.
Democratic Socialist Labor Commission
[EVENT | September 20] Neoliberalism’s World Order: Join
Adam Tooze, Quinn Slobodian, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian for a special
discussion on neoliberalism, globalization, and the future of democracy.
The Great Moving Left Show: Going left on economics plays
not only in the liberal cities but also in many of the suburbs and farms. It’s
the key to the Democrats’ electoral success moving forward.
Socialism and the Liberal Imagination: How do socialist
demands become liberal common sense? The history of the New Deal offers a
useful lesson.
Durbin: White House is saying 'American people have no
right to know' Kavanaugh’s background by withholding documents
19 Daniel Ellsberg Interviewed by Joe Lauria, #Unity4J-4
Vigil, 1 Sept 2018
In defining speech, Obama takes down Trump, his politics
and enablers; warns of 'dire' consequences of not voting
Trump to Preside Over U.N. Security Council, Prompting
Anxiety All Around
Nearly half of Republicans think Trump should be able to
close news outlets: poll
WHY VOTING THIRD PARTY DOESN’T WORK IN THIS COUNTRY
The Seth Rich Conspiracy Theory: Russian embassies
actively promoted a now-debunked conspiracy theory that the murdered DNC
staffer leaked e-mails to WikiLeaks.
House of Payseur
The Payseur French Royal Family in the United States of
the Virginia Company
BRETT KAVANAUGH AND THE CASE AGAINST THE SUPREME COURT
(EP. 12)
The President Is a Crook: The country now faces a choice
between the Trump presidency and the rule of law.
Nellie Ohr: Woman in the Middle. Is it a surprise to find a Stalin apologist
at the center of the Steele dossier scandal?
We are a superpower run by a simpleton
David Cay Johnston 'It’s Worse Than You Think: What the
Trump Administration Is Doing to America'
Why did Jon Kyl, John McCain's replacement, say he might
quit as soon as January? Here's a theory
President Trump and the fantasy of a race war against
white people
China to Join Russian Drills in Sign of Growing Military
Ties: The maneuvers in Russia’s far east will take place as both countries’
relations with the U.S. show strains
Bees, Light and Shadow and the Kali Yuga
Collins, Murkowski Seem to Be Preparing to Vote to
Confirm Kavanaugh
President’s threat against DOJ attorney could have deep
consequences for Justice
House Intelligence Committee Hearing 1975
Two-thirds of American adults get news from social media:
survey
Manufacturing Consent
The manufacture of consent
Brett Kavanaugh reportedly accused of sexual misconduct
in letter flagged to the FBI by Democrats
CBS faces up to its #MeToo moment: Les Moonves’s ousting
could clear the way for a merger with Viacom
The death of democracy and birth of an unknown beast: A
book excerpt and interview with David Runciman, author of “How Democracy Ends”
America’s Slide Toward Autocracy: Democracy has taken a
beating under President Trump. Will the midterms make a difference?
Americans Aren’t Practicing Democracy Anymore: As
participation in civic life has dwindled, so has public faith in the country’s
system of government.
The Threat of Tribalism: The Constitution once united a
diverse country under a banner of ideas. But partisanship has turned Americans
against one another—and against the principles enshrined in our founding document.
The American Crisis: Amid assaults against the press and
the rise of technology, democracy is in a fragile state. Can it overcome the
challenges it faces?
Where America’s Civic Reawakening Is Happening: Political
enthusiasms are running high around the country.
America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare: The Founders
designed a government that would resist mob rule. They didn’t anticipate how
strong the mob could become.
The Atlantic Democracy Reader: For 161 years, magazine
contributors have written about the gravest dangers and darkest hours for
America’s political institutions.
A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come. Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on
the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States
follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.
Peace Team
Britain’s
equilibrium of incompetence: The country’s political parties are exactly as
inept as each other
President Trump praises author Gina Loudon, whose book
falsely claims she has a PhD in psychology
Trump endorses book declaring him possible the most sound-minded
president ever
REAL ID in Pennsylvania
Think Progress
Brett Kavanaugh said he would kill Roe v. Wade last week
and almost no one noticed: Please pay attention, Susan Collins.
Weekly Standard
Fact Check: Has Brett Kavanaugh 'Stated He'd Overturn'
Roe v. Wade?
Lookit This Goddam Sign! I Mean LOOK AT IT! (25 Signs
From Around the US)
New York Times runs an "Op-ed" far more
important than anything "Anonymous"could ever tell us.
Suspicions Confirmed, Woodward on Trump
Dead SCOTUS nominee walking
Tucker Carlson Gets Creamed By Stormy Daniels' Lawyer,
Michael Avenatti in Wild FOX News Throwdown
"A federal appeals court just gave both middle
fingers to Roe v. Wade!" Here we go ...
The behavior of zealous partisans after disconfirmation
Good News Roundup for Friday, September 14, 2018
We Are Witnessing the Last Gasps of Centrism: While the
Democratic establishment is blindly attempting to revive the neoliberal Third
Way, the party’s base is embracing socialism.
Mariame Kaba: Social Movements Brought Down Rahm—Now They
Can Transform Chicago. A conversation
with writer and organizer, Mariame Kaba.
The Left Wave Keeps Growing with Democratic Socialist
Julia Salazar’s Insurgent Win: Salazar won a stunning victory in New York by
running on an ambitious left platform—and never shying away from challenging
capitalism.
New York’s Faux Democrats Are Out, and Conservative
Democratic Politics Thoroughly Discredited: Voters in New York just told
members of the conservative-leaning IDC to GTFO.
The Test Facing Democratic Socialist Julia Salazar in New
York: Amid controversy, Salazar is working to make her state senate race
against a real estate-backed incumbent about vision and policy.
Retrospectives of the Financial Crisis Are Leaving Out
the Most Important Part—Its Victims
Manafort DC Superseding Criminal Information: A
superseding criminal information filed against Paul Manafort ahead of his
plea-change hearing.The filing charges Manafort with conspiracy against the
United States and a conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special
counsel
How Cynthia Nixon Changed New York Politics
Congress reaches deal to fund government through Dec. 7,
preventing shutdown
Woman claims Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her, 'held her
down and put his hand over her mouth'
After enabling GOP control for years, IDC Democrats get
crushed in New York state Senate primaries
Meet the Georgia mom who found the strength to run for
Congress in honor of her murdered son
New York Democrats have strong chance to win first stable
state Senate majority since World War II
"EVERY DAMN TIME!!!" Sheldon Whitehouse SCHOOLS
Brett Kavanaugh on SCOTUS Corporate Corruption
The ‘Witch Hunters’
Edward Snowden Reconsidered
John Simpson: The BBC Failed Its Readers With Its Brexit
Coverage
TED CRUZ CAMPAIGN IS MAILING DONATION REQUESTS DISGUISED
AS LEGAL SUMMONSES
Will Brett Kavanaugh Face Any Consequences? Women Will.
Former Republican state senator sentenced to 15 years for
child sex trafficking
Chris Hedges - American Empire Has Collapsed (Speech)
Chris Hedges Best Speech August 2018
ONE PERSON, NO VOTE: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying
Our Democracy
Republican men — and not a single GOP woman — will be
Christine Blasey Ford's interrogators on the Senate Judiciary Committee
High School Classmate of Christine Blasey Ford:
"This Incident Did Happen"
Kavanaugh accuser has reportedly received death threats
and is in hiding: Meanwhile, the president says he feels "so badly"
for Kavanaugh.
Grassley refuses to delay Kavanaugh hearing, won’t back
FBI investigation
Cohen questioned for hours in Mueller probe about Trump's
dealings with Russia: report
Kavanaugh hires attorney amid sexual assault allegations:
report
Democratic Senators Manchin And Heitkamp Signal Support
For Kavanaugh Nomination
Plutocrats Are Planning a Stealth Coup: How will American
democracy resist their twisted goal of one-dollar, one-vote plutocracy?
Women’s Leadership Online Summit: Leading Change at Work
and Beyond
'No accident' Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks 'looked
like models', Yale professor told students
Guardian learns Amy Chua said she would advise students
on their physical looks to help win post in Kavanaugh’s chambers
The Planners Of The Trump Tower Meeting Moved Millions,
And Mueller Is Now Investigating: Documents show suspicious transfers began six
days before the controversial meeting.
For Christine Blasey Ford, a Drastic Turn From a Quiet
Life in Academia
The Plot to Subvert an Election: Unraveling the Russia
Story So Far
Progressives Need a Clear Strategy for 2020 and
Beyond—Here Are 5 Guidelines: We have significant numbers. But we need to
continue to build our ranks, and mobilize behind a winning political strategy.
The Increasing Irrelevancy of the Conservative Think
Tank: The Heritage Foundation’s star is falling—and left think tanks are on the
rise.
The Houston police chief just publicly scolded Trump for
attack on Kavanaugh accuser
JFK’s nephew just responded to Trump’s attack on
Kavanaugh’s accuser like a future president
A Republican Congressman’s siblings just humiliated him
in a brutal attack ad
Kavanaugh’s accuser just shot down the latest Republican
plot to discredit her
Republican staffer threatens Dr. Ford to show how 'fair'
they’re being
Trump tells the inspector general to release documents
over warnings from agencies and allies
Under threat from the GOP, the lawyer for Kavanaugh's
accuser asks for one more day
McConnell's gambit to save Kavanaugh's confirmation:
Convince accuser to not show up at hearing
Here's why Manafort 'flipped' on Trump
Thousands of American women and men repudiate Trump with
personal stories of #WhyIDidntReport
UPDATED WITH 40 MORE ENTRIES: This seems like a good day
to dust off the GOP Rape Advisory Chart...
Beto O'Rourke blasts Ted Cruz: 'Tell me, who can miss
half the days at work and be rehired'
Whoa! Christine Ford Caught Whelan Snooping Her LinkedIn
Page 90 Minutes After W.H. Learned Her I.D.
Russiagate Is Far Wider Than Trump and His Inner Circle:
It isn’t just the story of a few corrupt officials, or even a corrupt
president. It’s the story of a corrupt Republican Party.
Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford agrees to testify
about sexual assault allegation
FORMER TRUMP AIDE JASON MILLER ACCUSED OF SECRETLY
ADMINISTERING ABORTION PILL
Kavanaugh confirmation in renewed peril after second
assault claim: In a statement the nominee made to The New Yorker and released
by the White House, he called the allegation a ‘smear’ that ‘did not happen.’
A second woman has come forward accusing Kavanaugh of
sexual misconduct
Now we know why Senate Republicans didn't want Mark Judge
to testify.
UPDATE: w/ story — Ronan Farrow just dropped another
Kavanaugh bombshell
Second credible sexual assault allegation against
Kavanaugh emerges, a third looms
Thousands at risk from rightwing push to purge eligible
voters from US rolls: Conservative groups such as Pilf publish voters’ details
online in what experts say amounts to ‘insidious modern-day intimidation’
Kellyanne Conway's husband slams Trump over petty Obama
criticism
Former White House photographer drops a troll bomb on
Republican establishment
The Final Nail In The Coffin?
The Incriminating Case against Mike Pence
Sen. Feinstein calls for 'immediate postponement' of
Kavanaugh hearings after new allegations
Farrow/Mayer: Republicans tried to speed up Kavanaugh
confirmation after they learned of 2d accuser.
The Art of War: How Trump Gained Significant Leverage
With Declassification Order. Trump
chooses inspector general report as vehicle for declassification as allies
panic
The Epoch Times: These media sources are slightly to
moderately conservative in bias. They often publish factual information that
utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using
appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor conservative causes. These sources
are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further
investigation.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein headed to White
House, expects to be fired
Me Against Iniquity: Understanding the Complexities of
Global White Supremacy (Racism) Through The Eyes of an Educated Black Man
Jeb Bush, Oliver North and the Murder of CIA Drug
Smuggler Barry Seal in 1986
GOP Senate Candidate Who Said ‘Women Are Here To Cook My
Dinner’ Loses In Missouri
Andrea Constand testifies in Cosby sentencing, wants
'justice as court sees fit': Before Constand took the stand, a psychologist
testified that Cosby is a "sexually violent predator."
Third Kavanaugh Accuser Announces LIVE TV Appearance –
Trump Falls Into Blind Rage
Pence is first VP to speak at anti-gay group's Values
Voter Summit: Vice President Mike Pence spoke of the Trump administration’s
efforts to “protect religious liberty" at the Family Research Council's
annual conference.
Diane Feinstein: Why I’m Voting “No” on Brett Kavanaugh’s
Supreme Court Nomination
Report: Rosenstein story was a 'smoke bomb' intended to
squelch new Kavanaugh developments
Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh Tells Fox News He
Was A Virgin At Time Of Alleged Sexual Assault/Misconduct
The New Republic October Issue: The Evangelical
Opposition
Trump supporters are sharing a fake photo of him
personally rescuing hurricane victims
Report Finds Judge Kavanaugh Ruled Against Public
Interest in Almost All of His District Court Cases
Amid Effort to Ram Kavanaugh Through Senate, House GOP
Refusing to Reauthorize Violence Against Women Act: "Our efforts to combat
violence against women should never waiver, should never be pushed to the
margins, and should never be delayed or diminished by political gamesmanship or
foot dragging."
Taibbi: Bernie Sanders’ Anti-Amazon Bill Is an Indictment
of the Media, Too. In going after Jeff
Bezos, Bernie Sanders tries to shame the press into seeing a problem hiding in
plain sight
The Supreme Court Is an Antidemocratic Hot Mess—and We
Should Change That: If the Senate won’t do its constitutional duty, that duty
should be taken away from it.
The Myth of ‘Liberal Intolerance’: The most significant
threats to free speech come from conservatives.
Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line:
She says she’s pro-choice, so how can she justify voting for Brett Kavanaugh?
This Grassroots Group Aims to Turn the Blue Ridge
Mountains Blue: Down Home North Carolina is organizing the old-fashioned way—one
citizen at a time.
Letters From the October 8-15, 2018, Issue. The media vs. Trump…
Gallup: Republicans more popular than Democrats ahead of
midterms
The Bosses’ Constitution: How and why the First Amendment
became a weapon for the right.
BATTLE OF THE D.C. NETWORK STARS
Letters to the Editor September 15 2018
Republicans Surrender Grand Old Party to Trump
Young: Four reasons why Ted Cruz should worry about Beto
O’Rourke
How to Win Elections from the Ground Up: Focusing on the
top line—gubernatorial, Senate and House races—misses the critical story of the
2018 primaries: progressive populists are beginning to build for real power,
starting from the ground up.
Kansas governor’s race might be a test for Trumpism
A new Kavanaugh accuser comes forward with extremely
troubling allegations
Opinion: Don’t forget Kavanaugh’s first hearing
Polling Spotlight: Republicans can thank Trump for highly
motivated Democratic voters
President Donald Trump’s worst day yet: Manafort, Cohen
fall and the walls are closing in. Trump
seems subdued after his longtime lawyer implicates him in a crime. But does
this shift Republican attitudes?
Musk, Trump, and the Second Gilded Age
In the Dark Days of Trump, There Are Still Sweet
Victories to Celebrate: Progressive victories are reaffirming the shared
humanity that Americans across the political spectrum are standing up to
defend.
School Reform Lands in Federal Court
Losing It
Trump Snubbed McCain. The Media Snubbed the Rest of
Us. The media treated Trump’s petty snub
of John McCain as a bigger controversy than the $717 billion Pentagon bill
named for the Arizona senator.
The End Is Coming, Mob Style
The Love-Hate President and August Wars
Going Fundamental Eludes Congressional Progressives
Don’t Fall for the First Amendment = Free Speech Trick
What Democracy Looks Like
Bobby Kennedy: What Might Have Been
Dana Milbank: In dark times, we marvel at those who
retain even a shred of dignity
Progressives Will Lead Democrats in Some of 2018's
Biggest Contests: With Andrew Gillum’s primary victory in Florida’s gubernatorial
race, and other races in Arizona, Georgia, Maryland and elsewhere, progressives
have a chance to prove they know how to win in the midterms.
Economic Royalists Remain
WILL DURST: All the president’s con men
Letters to the Editor: Crime Against Humanity Calls for
Impeachment
Redistricting Plan Changes Everything (And Nothing)
What Are the Pols Going to Do for My Town?
US SPLIT ON KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION; HEARINGS DIDN’T HELP.
Identity Politics Are a Double-Edged Sword
Candidate Shows Up Early, Listens Carefully
Gene Lyons: Mccain's example hasn't been completely lost
on Americans
Republicans Strap On an Orange Suicide Vest
Democrats And Republicans In Florida’s Governor’s Race Got
The Opponent They Wanted: The GOP wanted to face Andrew Gillum. Democrats wanted
to run against Ron DeSantis. The Mar-a-Lago set helped make that happen ― so
now what?
It’s Time For Progressives To Raise Their Game: A new
generation of blacks, Latinos and women is beginning to transform the
Democratic Party
How to Recognize a Plutocracy: The Dead Giveaway
It’s the Corruption, Stupid
Bombshell revelations about the Trump White House: It’s
even worse than we feared: That patriotic “resistance” inside the White House
that’s supposedly containing Trump? It’s not doing a great job
Are Liberals and Conservatives Wired Differently?
Crazytown Abroad: Trump’s Dreams of Preemptive War,
Assassination and Withdrawal
The Story in the Numbers
Here's Why Right-Wing Attacks on Real Journalism Are So
Dangerous for the Country: Real investigative journalism makes us also safer,
and it needs to be protected.
McCain's Greatest Gift to Obama
How Democrats Can Make Race A Winning Issue
Stop Brett Kavanaugh— A Corporation Masquerading as a
Judge
Please Speak Ill of the Dead
Why is Crystal Mason Going to Prison? For Voting
Geoffrey Owens Is a Real Somebody
America is still free, and the people will be heard
Corporate Censorship is Still Censorship
