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Two-thirds of Americans think Trump is a criminal and most believe Michael Cohen over president, poll finds: 'Michael Cohen, a known liar headed to the big house, has more credibility than the leader of the free world', says pollster

Get in The Game For The Mayoral Primary

The apology owed on the Mueller report.

Russian General Pitches ‘Information’ Operations as a Form of War

Pelosi to Mika: I intend to use 'full force' to have report released.  Mika Brzezinski details a conversation she had Tuesday with House Speaker Pelosi about if Pelosi will use her power to call for AG Barr to release the Mueller report in its entirety.

Delaware gov signs bill awarding electoral votes to winner of national popular vote

Supreme Court won't stop enforcement of bump stock ban

Why the Mueller Investigation Wasn’t Watergate

Tribe: Trump 'orchestrating a massive cover-up' worse than Nixon.  Harvard impeachment expert Laurence Tribe says we are seeing a “slow-motion constitutional crisis” and calls the White House “cover-up more serious than that of Richard Nixon.” Tribe also explains why firing FBI official Andrew McCabe builds a “strong case for obstruction of justice.”

Donald Trump makes a great case for Donald Trump's resignation

Monica Lewinsky's red-hot response to comparisons of the Mueller report to the Starr report

CNN poll: Majority of Americans find no exoneration for Trump on collusion

Neil Gorsuch says no-one can sue to stop government establishing religion

George HW Bush voted for Hillary in 2016, Barbara stopped considering herself a Republican

The Barr cover-up: How much work was one bracketed letter doing?

5 ways Donald Trump is still in legal peril even though Robert Mueller is done

Marco Rubio pretends Republicans have principles about the Supreme Court

Bernie: U.S. Must Follow New Zealand's Lead and Ban Assault Weapons

In one moment on the campaign trail, Beto O’Rourke shows us how we win as Democrats

The courts will now tell us whether we can keep our republic—or not

Court rules that while women have a right to abortion, doctors have no right to perform them

Georgia Republicans reward governor's cronies with $150 million deal for insecure voting machines

Steve Bannon, Tom Barrack, NRA turn over scores of documents to House panel; White House declines

Legal Experts: SDNY May Be Investigating Trump Obstruction After ‘Friends in High Places’ Email

Altar Welfare: Churches Steal $71 Billion A Year From Taxpayers, Spend Little On Charity

Caroline Lucas: A fair electoral system would tackle why people don’t vote

Georgia passes 6-week ‘fetal heartbeat’ bill that bans most abortions: It’s part of a nation-wide push on abortion restrictions

I dropped my lawsuit against the California Democratic Party so I could write this.

Mueller Cannot Seek an Indictment. And He Must Remain Silent. The unusual situation facing Robert Mueller does not justify a repeal of well-established traditions of confidentiality.

Democrats Can Vote to End the Myth of the White Male Savior: As accomplished women fear that they’re imposters, men see greatness as their birthright. Will primary voters agree?

Trump calls for Rep. Adam Schiff's resignation

Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

Ocasio-Cortez Tells Small Donors to Cut Off DCCC Donations, Give Directly to Candidates Instead

Sanders: U.S. must follow New Zealand's lead and ban assault weapons

TRUMP’S ODDS COME DOWN AFTER MUELLER REVELATIONS

Latest Polls

Tulsi Gabbard SMASHES HER CRITICS In Corporate News

Tulsi Gabbard Interview On TYT

Women candidates are getting shut out of mainstream media coverage

Trump tells Republicans they lost in 2018 because the election was rigged: ‘You’ve got to be a little more paranoid’

Ex-Federal Employees Sue CIA, NSA for Allegedly Censoring Them

Donald Trump 1980 Interview

Why there are No Genuine Local Democracies in the West

NSA Whistleblower: Government Collecting Everything You Do

Subpoena for Mueller Report and Documents Approved by House Judiciary Committee

House Judiciary passes resolution to authorize subpoenas full Mueller report

The Worse Things Are, the Better They Are for Trump: The president’s latest moves on immigration and health care suggest his goal is not to fix the system, but to exacerbate turmoil for political gain.

DONALD TRUMP WILL RESIGN THE PRESIDENCY IN 2019 IN EXCHANGE FOR IMMUNITY FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY, FORMER BUSH ADVISER SAYS

Attorney General Bill Barr Has Made A Huge Miscalculation

Hispanics Rally to Trump, Boosting His 2020 Chances

US revokes visa of International Criminal Court prosecutor

Trump's own lawyers tell Treasury to ignore law, hide tax returns: Democrats in Congress are ramping up the pressure with probes into Trump’s taxes and business dealings as Trump’s own lawyers tell the Treasury department not to release Trump’s tax returns to Congress. “Above the Law” Editor, Elie Mystal, tells The Beat that if Trump Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin refuses to comply with Congressional requests from Trump’s tax returns, he could arrested.

Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill That Would Jail CEOs When Companies Break Laws

Joe Biden, Lady Gaga team up for sexual assault PSA: The video, released Wednesday, is part of the "It's On Us" campaign.

Michael Brown's mother is running for Ferguson City Council: "I wanted to go back and do something right in a place that did something so very wrong to my son, and I think that's what my son would want as well."

William Barr Seems to Be Covering Up Something Bad for Trump

157 Republicans Just Opposed Renewing The Violence Against Women Act: They sided with the National Rifle Association over women’s safety. Not a good look!

Bernie Sanders said he'd sign a bill to research reparations for descendants of slaves if elected president

Report: David Stringer on child sex trafficking, 'I don't like to demonize it'

House Chairman Asks IRS for 6 Years of Trump's Tax Returns: A House committee chairman has formally asked the IRS to provide six years of President Donald Trump's tax returns.

Mormon Church Lifts Ban on Baptisms for Children of Gay Parents

Cohen asks lawmakers to help keep him out of prison

Woman's Rant, Facebook Post Target Trump Supporter in Palo Alto Starbucks: Man was wearing a 'Make America Great Again' hat; woman loses job after trying to shame him

Sanders could become the nominee: Here's how.  Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised $18.2 million over the first six weeks of his bid, according to his campaign. The panel discusses Sanders' fundraising abilities and why he could be the nominee.

Why Did Donald Trump Travel To California?

Only in Florida could a billionaire’s massage parlor pit stop unmask a possible spy ring

Pretty Soon, House Democrats Could Start Arresting Trump’s People

Trump hires law firm to fight bid by Congress to get his income tax returns

Bring Back Eisenhower Socialism: Conservatives want you to believe that not having to choose between paying for rent or medicine is Soviet-style tyranny

ZEMBLA - The dubious friends of Donald trump part 1: King of Diamonds

ZEMBLA - The dubious friends of Donald Trump part 2: the Russians

Watch ZEMBLA: The dubious friends of Donald Trump part 3: The billion dollar fraud.

What the heck does Steve King all day?

The Radical Left’s Agenda Is More Popular Than the Mainstream GOP’s

Mitch McConnell undid 213 years of Senate history in 33 minutes

Mitch McConnell is destroying the Senate – and American government: The majority leader cares only for winning, not rules or democracy itself. He is doing more damage than Trump

The price of partisanship

Pete Buttigieg, an unlikely hero

What Is the Democratic Party so afraid of?

Here’s a Trump campaign strategy Democrats are eager to embrace: Parscalization is playing out across the large and growing Democratic field.

Daily Kos Democratic Primary Straw Poll: April 2

Democrat wins Pa. Senate seat, flipping Pittsburgh district that voted for Trump

What a difference a month can make for Pete Buttigieg in New Hampshire

Here’s how Elizabeth Warren is trying to outmaneuver Bernie Sanders

First on CNN: Key House Democrat requests Trump's tax returns from IRS

Former Federal Prosecutor On Mueller: Never Took Me 400 Pages To Say ‘Nothing’s Wrong’.  Facts may “weigh heavily in favor of a prosecution” on obstruction — but for the fact you can’t charge a sitting president, says former DEA head Chuck Rosenberg.

House votes to reauthorize Violence Against Women Act, closing 'boyfriend loophole'

SPEAKING TRUTH, DEMANDING JUSTICE: Kamala D. Harris is a lifelong public safety and civil rights leader. Elected in 2016, she is the second African American woman in history to be elected to the U.S. Senate, and the first African American and first woman to serve as Attorney General of the state of California.

Trump's disgraceful victory lap on #WorldAutismDay shows why real awareness matters

'Complete and total exoneration': Trump's biggest lie of all starts to crumble

North Carolina's GOP chair indicted for bribery, and a GOP congressman is caught up in the mess, too

Sanders wins, but down 11 points in one month of Daily Kos Straw Polls, Buttigieg surges to second

Confirmed: Trump overruled career security experts to give Jared Kushner top security clearance

GOP rep mocks transgender rights, says Trump could call himself the ‘first female president’

Republicans are afraid of a radical, fringe theory ... called 'democracy'

It's time for Senate Democrats to stop cooperating with McConnell on anything

Kirstjen Nielsen Leaves Homeland Security Post As Border Crossings Surge

Buttigieg to Pence: If you have a problem with who I am, your quarrel is with my creator

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang talks about Universal Basic Income

Remembering when bankers tried to overthrow FDR and install a fascist dictator: Yes, a coup d'état.

House Ways And Means Chair Refused To Release His Own Tax Returns

Trump is removing US Secret Service director

FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR ATTACKS PETE BUTTIGIEG'S CHRISTIAN FAITH AND DECEASED 'MARXIST' FATHER, TOUTS TRUMP AS EVANGELICAL 'FIGHTER'

DONALD TRUMP MAY NOT BE ON THE 2020 ELECTION BALLOT IN SOME STATES UNLESS HE RELEASES HIS TAX RETURNS

House Republican Demands Mueller Testify Before Congress ‘Without Delay’

House Judiciary Committee calls on Robert Mueller to testify

Rep. Eric Swalwell, a California Democrat, is running for president: He joins a crowded presidential primary, potentially bolstered by his role on the House Intelligence Committee investigating Trump.

14 Days.  Americans should count the days until the Mueller report is released

From Obama to Trump to Mueller, we’ve valued personality over policy

Brennan Center for Justice

The Mueller Report Is In. What Happens Next?  Regardless of its ultimate findings, this two-year investigation exposed the flaws in our politics and what specific actions we can take to fix them.

New York State Budget Mandates Public Financing of Elections: The budget bill charges a commission to create a small donor public financing program by the end of 2019.

The Assault on Direct Democracy: The effort to undermine Florida's historic measure restoring voting rights is just part of a nationwide campaign against ballot initiatives.

Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, Vol. XII

The National Popular Vote, Explained: The Electoral College is one of the most undemocratic features of U.S. elections.

What the President Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency: A vast array of obscure presidential powers spans everything from the military to criminal law, and some are ripe for abuse. They need to be reexamined.

Change the narrative: how a Swiss group is beating rightwing populists.  Operation Libero is winning key victories by using fun but hard-hitting messages to tackle fear and pessimism

Lobbyist who steered foreign money to Trump inaugural asks for no jail time

Subpoena Isn’t the Only Way to Get the Mueller Report: By law, the House and Senate Intelligence Committees should already have certain investigative materials relating to Russian election meddling.

House votes to renew Violence Against Women Act with added gun reform NRA hates. Senate fight ahead

The Strategy to End Corruption

Corruption is Legal in America

Targeting his local newspaper, Nunes files another unfortunate lawsuit

FBI brass discussed possibility Trump fired Comey 'at the behest of' Russia

Methods of Foreign Electoral Interference

Attorney general says he will review government 'spying' on Trump campaign; 'I am concerned'

Barr Forms Team to Review FBI's Actions in Trump Probe: Attorney General William Barr has assembled a team to review controversial counterintelligence decisions made by Justice Department and FBI officials, including actions taken during the probe of the Trump campaign in the summer of 2016, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Republicans Are Warning Drug Companies Not To Cooperate With A Congressional Investigation: The House Oversight Committee is attempting to study how drug companies set prescription drug prices, but Republicans have warned the industry that it may be better for them not to cooperate.

AOC schools Tucker Carlson after he asks how we ended up in a country where "feminists do science"

WikiLeaks: Assange to be ousted from Ecuadorian embassy within 'hours to days'

Vanity Fair: Trump's polling is 'very bad'; 'they're going to have a big problem with female voters'

Barr obliterates honest broker persona with 'spying' comment

Barr Sounds More and More Like Trump’s Roy Cohn: The attorney general contradicts himself on Mueller and obstruction and starts talking like a true-believer on intelligence agencies ‘spying’ on the Trump campaign.

After spending campaign praising Wikileaks, Trump says he knows nothing about it: President Trump said he "knows nothing" about Wikileaks today, after repeatedly praising it during his 2016 presidential campaign. Ali Velshi went back and checked the tape.

Former MI6 spy versus Wikileaks editor: First Amendment Rights

Karen Kwiatkowski Wins 2018 Sam Adams Award for Integrity

​Seth Abramson: ​​​PROOF OF COLLUSION

Seth Abramson: Proof of Collusion | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Ted Cruz Staged a Hearing on Tech Bias. Senate Democrats Weren’t Having It.  Lawmakers ignore and laugh at their Republican colleagues’ unsupported claims of conservative repression.

RUSSIA: WORLD NO LONGER TRUSTS U.S. TO LEAD, IT'S TIME OTHERS STEP IN TO STOP 'BLACKMAIL AND PRESSURE'

Back in Michigan for a second White House run, Bernie Sanders visits Warren

Retiring as a Judge, Trump’s Sister Ends Court Inquiry Into Her Role in Tax Dodges: Complaints of judicial misconduct set off an investigation of Judge Maryanne Trump Barry. In retirement, she is no longer subject to the conduct rules.

'FOUL PLAY' Assassination fears as two top Putin security officials suddenly die in suspicious circumstances in Moscow: Former FSB director Nikolay Kovalyov, 69,  and his assistant Sergey Shamarin, 61, died five days apart in Russia this month

Robert De Niro doubles down on Robert Mueller, believes he can put Trump ‘away for a long time'

Breaking! Kellyanne Conway tweets something monumentally dishonest and stupid!

Trump's Got A Magic Bullet, Why Doesn't He Use It?

Trump made fun of Secret Service director's looks, called him 'Dumbo'

Chuck Grassley inadvertently admits Congress can see Trump's tax returns

The DOJ exempts Trump's Hotels from ban on Foreign payments

Sad Trombone: the last of Kris Kobach's voter fraud cases falls apart

Mueller kept his probe pure for two years. Barr's corrupted it in two weeks

Elizabeth Warren offers up plan to kill tax loopholes for the biggest corporations

Primary debates should be a Democratic bulwark against Trump tirades

Support the candidate that excites you. Stop worrying what everyone else (including Trump) thinks

Top election officials should adopt these measures to improve transparency and modernize democracy

What is sociopathy or antisocial personality disorder?

Robert De Niro tears into Republicans: 'We're not going to forget' about what you did under Trump

Correlation not Causation: The Relationship between Personality Traits and Political Ideologies

Brain on Politics: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives

Personality predicts political preferences

Correlates of psychopathic personality traits in everyday life: results from a large community survey

Ilhan Omar has become the target of a dangerous hate campaign: Fox News, New York Post and Donald Trump are contributing to a climate of vigilantism that threatens every Muslim in America today

An Acting Government For The Trump Administration

Illinois Senate To Trump: Show Your Tax Returns Or Be Barred From The 2020 Ballot

Radically Normal: How Gay Rights Activists Changed The Minds Of Their Opponents

NU president opening stirs Sasse speculation

During trip to D.C., NU president, regents meet with Sasse — but say it wasn't a job interview

Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2016, 2012, and 2008

How Russia Helped Swing the Election for Trump: A meticulous analysis of online activity during the 2016 campaign makes a powerful case that targeted cyberattacks by hackers and trolls were decisive.

The case that Russia is winning the cyberwar: A new book argues that Russian election meddling was decisive — and it’s still ongoing

Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President—What We Don't, Can't, and Do Know

Trump calls Mueller investigation 'treason' and Democrats 'treasonous'

The 2020 madness begins with Trump retweeting fake polling results from Fox

Brier Announces Bid For PA10

Pelosi: AOC Wing of Party Is 'Like Five People,' Dems Need to 'Hold the Center'.  The most powerful Democrat threw shade at the new progressive members of Congress

Julian Assange: journalistic hero or enemy agent?  Dumping unredacted information is the act of a useful idiot, not a journalist

Lobbying in Donald Trump’s Washington: Advancing corporate America’s interests is no easier under the CEO president

For the first time ever, a majority of Democrats identify as liberals: But will they vote that way?

A former pope blames the swinging sixties for clerical crimes: A jarring blast from the past

Cartoon: Blacklisted by the DCCC

New polling shows that even Fox News viewers support universal background checks for guns

Donald Trump is a pro wrestler masquerading as commander-in-chief: What WrestleMania says about the president and American voters

In 2016, election systems in all 50 states were targeted by the Russians

Hillary scorches Crooked Donald in three words

Facts Matter: Mnuchin has no authority over the release of tax returns to Ways and Means Chairman

Deutsche Bank Is Subpoenaed for Trump Records by House Democrats

Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds: New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.

'Puff piece': President Trump was not pleased with '60 Minutes' Nancy Pelosi interview

Is America Becoming an Oligarchy?  Growing inequality threatens our most basic democratic principles.

America Beverage Association targets Mayor Jim Kenney’s beverage tax in new television ad

Funny, Republicans used the Same 1924 Law a few years ago -- AND Got the Tax Returns

Reporters at The New York Times just won the Pulitzer, for exposing Trump as an ‘Outright Fraud’

Fox crowd roars in approval as Bernie explains how M4A is more stable than private insurance

Pulitzer Prizes put renewed focus on two huge Trump scandals

Stacey Abrams on the 2020 race: 'Winning does not mean beating Trump. It means winning America.'

Don’t dump the filibuster – restore it to its former glory

A Long Talk With Jay Inslee The 2020 candidate on nuclear power, constituent Howard Schultz, and the prospect of debating Trump.

Discussions of the Russians: still sifting through hints of scandal

You elected them to write new laws. They’re letting corporations do it instead.  An investigation by USA TODAY, The Arizona Republic and the Center for Public Integrity

The Smart Gun Doesn’t Exist for the Dumbest Reasons: Firearms makers have resisted Silicon Valley-sponsored digital innovation that could transform public safety.

Pete Buttigieg’s message to France sends social media into a tizzy

Trump predicts Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden will die in 2020: ‘May God rest their soul’

A President of the People or a President of His People?  Supporters of President Trump outside a rally in El Paso.

Judge: Barr sowing public mistrust with Mueller report handling: ‘The attorney general has created an environment that has caused a significant part of the public … to be concerned,’ a district court judge said.

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