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Joe Sestak for President

Plan for Action to help Joe Sestak get on the fall debate stage

“What Americans want most is someone who is accountable to them, above self, above party, above any special interest… a President who has the depth of global experience to restore America’s leadership in the world to protect our American Dream at home… and one who is trusted to restructure policies under which far too many see only the growth of inequity, instead of the economy.” — ADMIRAL JOE SESTAK

Register to March in Washington D.C.

Kamala Harris Has Thrived On The Senate's Most Secretive Committee. Even Republicans Say So.  Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee from both parties praise Harris as being “whip-smart” and a great interrogator behind closed doors.

Sweat Soaked Trump Claims He's Not The Racist, Hollywood Is: Is Donald Trump trying a "Pee-Wee Herman Communications Strategy"?

The Day Jeffrey Epstein Told Me He Had Dirt on Powerful People

Jeffrey Epstein told guards weeks before he hanged himself that someone tried to KILL HIM: Questions mount over why billionaire pedophile was taken off suicide watch just as sex slave lawsuit named powerful friends including Prince Andrew

PAEDO'S BRIT LIST Jeffrey Epstein listed 301 Brit associates including Mick Jagger and Tony Blair in pervert’s ‘little black book’ found by FBI

In 928 days, President Trump has made 12,019 false or misleading claims.  The Fact Checker’s ongoing database of the false or misleading claims made by President Trump since assuming office.

America’s Real Divide Isn’t Left vs. Right. It’s Democracy vs. Oligarchy: When oligarchs fill the coffers of political candidates, they neuter democracy

Do What Now with Trae Crowder - Episode 1

Trump and his enablers spread insane conspiracy theories

Misinformation and Conspiracy Theories about Politics and Public Policy

Trump's spread of conspiracy theories undermines a belief in truth itself

A crash course in empathy

NYT Top Editor: Trump Racism Headline Was a ‘F*cking Mess’.  In a lengthy town-hall meeting on Monday, the paper’s top brass addressed a bevy of recent controversies centering around the Times’ coverage of Trump, race, and politics.

'Willful Ignorance.' Inside President Trump's Troubled Intelligence Briefings

'Texas needs you': Houston Chronicle calls on O'Rourke to end presidential bid, run for Senate

2020 Democrats release joint statement ahead of Trump's New Hampshire rally

Let's talk about a teachable life-saving moment in Tennessee....

Let's talk about a bizarre working theory....

Trump Jr. dismisses conflicts of interest, touts projects in Indonesia

‘Kochland’ Measures the Reach of a Politically Influential Corporate Giant

More than 90,000 people sign petition to rename street in front of Trump Tower after Obama

Random judge assignment ordered for Don McGahn subpoena case, a victory for Justice Department against House

This Republican lawmaker said he would drown his own kids if they’re gay: With a giant smile on his face, he said he would kill his kids if they ever came out to him.

Oregon governor signs bill granting state's electoral votes to national popular vote winner

Report: Epstein autopsy finds broken bones in his neck

The rise of anti-Semitism on the left

Jeffrey Epstein Death: 2 Guards Slept Through Checks and Falsified Records.  The guards did not check on him for three hours, officials said. The disclosures came as the guards and the warden at the jail were removed.

Let's talk about an old atlas, colonization, and the future....

Trump Kentucky Campaign Chair Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking

Give Your Child the Tools to Recognize Sexual Abuse: Talk to kids about their bodies and empower them to speak out.

Gun control groups to hold rallies in 50 states and spend almost $1 million on ads against GOP senators

Poll: Warren jumps over Sanders for second place behind Biden

Protesters Crash ALEC Conference to Resist Bill Criminalizing Pipeline Activists

Let's talk about the Endangered Species Act, Chickens, and Painters....

Let’s talk about the Endangered Species Act, Chickens, and Painters….

The Bible has something to say about Mike Pompeo’s ‘natural law’

Send me back

Trump pushes his policies out of the news with attacks on the squad

Trump Keeps Saying His Rallies Are Full, But These Videos Prove Otherwise

Our Caesar. Can the country come back from Trump? The Republic already looks like Rome in ruins.

ELIZABETH WARREN OVERTAKES JOE BIDEN AS FAVORITE TO WIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S 2020 PRIMARY: U.K. BOOKMAKER

New calls for Rep. Steve King to resign: The Iowa Republican with a history of making racist comment is now wondering if humanity would exist without rape or incest.

WAPO: Russian company invests in Kentucky after McConnell helps kill sanctions.  An explosive investigation by the Washington Post describes how Mitch McConnell went against his own party to lift sanctions on the Russian company Rusal. It’s a company linked to Putin crony Oleg Deripaska, who figures prominently in the Mueller report because of his business association with Paul Manafort. Washington Post reporter Rosalind Helderman joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss.

Trump Reportedly Shaken By Prospect Of Economic Downturn As He Looks To 2020 | Deadline | MSNBC

House speaker as U.S. emissary: Pelosi emerges as force abroad

Trump suspends CNN analyst's credentials in another shot at the press: The move stems from a July altercation with Breitbart reporter Sebastian Gorka, and echoes actions against CNN’s Jim Acosta

It's Very Clear: Bernie Sanders Can Beat Donald Trump.  America very badly needs a president who is not just another establishment stooge in thrall to plutocrats to undo the damage of Trump and 30 years of neoliberal corrosion

Why Some Christians ‘Love the Meanest Parts’ of Trump: The writer Ben Howe grew up in the world of conservative evangelicalism. When he looks at the religious right now, all he sees is a thirst for power and domination.

Trump’s resume is rife with mob connections.  A coincidence? Fuhgeddaboudit.

New Leader In 2020 Polls

The Campaign Press: Members of the 10 Percent, Reporting for the One Percent.  Media companies run by the country’s richest people can’t help but project the mindset of their owners.

The Obamas’ First Big Anti-Trump Statement of 2020: The former first couple’s Netflix documentary offers a quiet response to Trump’s promises to reinvigorate the industrial heartland.

Let's talk about PP and life after Title X....

Let's talk about nonsense and getting lost in Wonderland....

Soul Asylum - Runaway Train (Official Video)

President Trump: We Have 'Very Strong Background Checks' And Warns Of 'Slippery Slope' | MSNBC

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-20-19

One Budget Line Congress Can Agree On: Spending Billions on the US Military: Americans are increasingly insulated and isolated from the political, economic and human costs of warfare.

The Mooch drags Trump *hard* in new interview: 'Oh my god, this jack*ss'

Iowa Congressman Steve King held the saddest town hall of all time

FEC chair to Trump: prove your phony voter fraud claims or shut your lie-hole

D.C. media's dirty little secret: It has no idea what's happening inside Trump's White House

Why are Trump's political donors so ashamed to be publicly known?

Chuck Todd dismissing journalist's statement on Trump shows the media complicity

The Republican Party is laying the foundation for minority rule

The only response anyone should ever give to the question: 'How do we pay for it?'

OB/GYN Schools The View’s Meghan McCain After She Shared A Right-Wing Abortion Conspiracy Theory

Full transcript: Mitt Romney's remarks on Donald Trump and the 2016 race

Video shows Trump with mob figure he denied knowing

Danes react with anger after Trump cancels state visit over Greenland dispute: "The reality is stranger than fiction," tweeted one lawmaker.

Trump attacks Danish Prime Minister over ‘nasty’ comment about Greenland purchase

Letters From the August 26-September 2, 2019, Issue: Eyes wide open… The other stain… Sanders’s exceptionalism?… Human rights v. propaganda (web only)…

The Democratic Debates Don’t Need to Be This Awful: Progressive Democrats can and should demand deeper and sharper lines of questioning and more diverse moderators.

Brianna Wu Is Used to Fighting Bullies: The Gamergate veteran tells The Nation why she’s challenging a Democratic incumbent in the Massachusetts congressional primary.

Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze: Epstein’s scientist “friends” should have known better than to associate with a crackpot transhumanist.

John Ratcliffe as a Director of National Intelligence Nominee

The Unwinding: Richard Holbrooke and the lost idealism of a generation.

Hardened by War: The contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Trump postpones meeting with Danish leader over refusal to sell Greenland

The growing list of primary challenges to top House Democrats, explained: Progressive candidates are lining up in the hope of becoming the next AOC.

Ben Carson Offers To Perform “Much Needed” Brain Surgery On Maxine Waters

Report: Sen. Tom Cotton says he suggested Trump buy Greenland and met with Danish ambassador

How the Intercept Is Fueling the Democratic Civil War: The national security site has found fresh energy as a savvy, progressive attack dog in national politics. But is it undermining its own side?

Democrats Cite ‘Evidence Of Possible Misconduct’ With Trump Tax Returns: A whistleblower apparently contacted House Democrats this summer about potentially “inappropriate efforts to influence” an audit of the president.

Fed up Fox host Shep Smith TEARS into Trump on national TV for lying

If President Donald Trump Is The 'Chosen One,' ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy’ | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Psychiatrist On ‘The Essential Emptiness Of President Donald Trump’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

McConnell warns Democrats against killing filibuster

Why anti-abortion groups are backing away from abortion bans: Debate around a Tennessee bill shows a big shift in anti-abortion strategy.

Money man: Reclusive U.S. billionaire Robert Mercer helped Donald Trump win the presidency. But what is his ultimate goal?

Channel 4 News boss says media have right to call politicians 'liars'

The 38 most bizarre lines from Donald Trump's wild impromptu news conference

UMC disputes Trump claim that doctors left operating room to see him because of 'love' for president.  The hospital says Trump isn't telling the truth

GOP facing nightmare scenario as rural America gets hit with a depopulation crisis

Where there's a will there's a way..

“When Christians Break Bad”, a link to a new book…

David Koch, billionaire industrialist and Republican mega donor, dies aged 79: Koch and brother Charles championed conservative causes.  David Koch was also a major cultural philanthropist

Are the Democrats Divided?  No — They're Poised to Win Big If They Don't Screw It Up.  Media’s lazy narratives about Democratic divisions only help Trump. The good news is voters aren’t buying it.

Trump has 62 percent disapproval rating in new AP poll

Will Democrats Be Democrats or Fraidy-Cats?

Letters to the Editor

Gene Lyons: Dems’ lofty ideas will meet tough opposition from Congress, courts

GOP, Religious Right Wedded in Moral Rot

The Battle for the Senate Demands Democrats’ Fierce Focus: Their bold ideas will be dead on arrival if Trumpists keep the chamber.

The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming!

No Turning Back: Trump Crosses the Rubicon

Mule-Headed Republicans

Making the News

Why Trump May Win

Neoliberalism from Table to Gut

Obama's Search for Something Deep in Biden

Rethinking the GDR

The Best Words: President Donald Trump claims he knows the best words, though while he keeps saying he’s got them, curiously, we never get to see or hear them.

A Whiff of Fascism

Let's talk about whistling while drowning and the 2020 election....

'A deep and boiling anger': NBC/WSJ poll finds a pessimistic America despite current economic satisfaction.  A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that 70 percent of Americans say they're angry at the political establishment

Let's talk about the Republicans trying to save the country....

Trump Allies Target Journalists Over Coverage Deemed Hostile to White House

Hispanic journalists group returns Fox News' sponsorship money, disinvites them from conference

TRUMP 'DAMAGING' OUR DEMOCRACY WITH BASELESS VOTER FRAUD CLAIMS, FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR WARNS

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-24-19 A lot to talk about today

New poll shows Republicans may get wiped out — in Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky

Trump Chats About The Weather After French President Macron Talks Policy For 2 Straight Minutes

Dick Cheney to headline high-dollar fundraiser for Donald Trump

Trump Suggested Nuking a Hurricane. No Joke!

The Collapse of the American Empire?

What Elizabeth Warren Is Quietly Telling Democratic Insiders: With phone calls, texts and handwritten notes, the Massachusetts senator is continuing an unusually determined outreach effort to show party officials she is aligned with them.

Pelosi says public doesn’t support impeachment

Pre-Labor Day Cattle Call: the quiet before the storm

Ohio Democrats could gain a state Supreme Court majority in 2020, just in time for redistricting

Trump thinks American Jews owe him support. They disagree: 'We care about equality and justice'

Warren's apology to American Indians was not only the right thing to do, it was smart politics too

Trump's fundamental weakness is destroying the nation, and it's never been more clear than today

Vulnerable Republican senator from Arizona fined for campaign finance violations—yet again

Susan Collins' political career was kickstarted and bankrolled by an assault weapons manufacturer

Get corporate money out of the DNC

GOP Rep. Duffy announces he’s resigning from Congress: Former reality-television star was a senior Republican on House Financial Services committee

Trump promotes his 'magnificent' Florida club for next G-7 meeting: In a news conference, Trump also denied he was personally profiting from the presidency.

How & Why Germans Bought Hitler's Pitch

The Case Against the Electoral College Is Stronger Than Ever: As has been true for over 200 years, the next president will be chosen by an eighteenth-century anachronism. American voters deserve better.

Jeffrey Epstein Burrowed Into the Lives of the Rich and Made a Fortune: Financier now jailed on sex-trafficking charges was a savvy salesman who advised a small group of super wealthy clients, including retail mogul Leslie Wexner

Melania Gets Called Out For Needing French Translation After Claiming to Speak French Fluently

Trump An Incoherent Spectacle At G7; W.H. Struggles To Clean Up | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

NBC News Poll: Trump losing support among women voters.  The latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found a huge drop in support for Trump among women. The president trails by 32 points among registered women voters when they were asked if they would vote for the president or the eventual Democratic nominee.

Deutsche Bank tells court it has tax returns tied to Trump family businesses

This farmer lost $400k. See his warning to Trump

Rantin' Randy's Rant 082719

Buttigieg Has 24 Billionaire Donors. Harris Has 17. Biden Has 13. Sanders Has None.

Does anyone understand the 2020 race? This scholar nailed the blue wave — here's her forecast
Rachel Bitecofer predicted last year's midterms with incredible accuracy. Her 2020 forecast is ... not too bad

Russian oligarch bombshell would ‘make impeachment proceedings absolutely inevitable’: NBC analyst.  Fast-tracked impeachment hearings will occur this fall if the bombshell report is true that President Donald Trump had loans with Deutsche Bank co-signed by Russian oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin.

Deutsche Bank has Trump's tax records sought by House Democrats

Mottos, Prayers, Courses, and Clubs: To Protect Students' Rights, We Must Keep Church and State Separate

A Humanist Take on the State Department’s Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom
Championing survivors, challenging the state

Secular Students Are Leading the Way

The Humanist Dilemma: Who Needs a Wall When We Have Epistemic Closure?

HUMANISM 101 | Predicting the Future by Making It

FIRST PERSON | From Young-Earth Creationist to Full-Time Humanist

HUMANISM & THE ARTS | The Terribly Prescient Genius of Sam Shepard’s True West

The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American

The Enigma of Clarence Thomas

A Guide to Abortion Laws by State: State laws passed in 2019 highlight one of the nation’s most divisive issues.

Morgan Freeman Joins Propaganda War Effort

Morgan Freeman: 'We Are At War With Russia'

Protesters Flood Streets, and Trump Offers a Measure of Praise

Were American Indians the Victims of Genocide?

Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think: On television, we found more than 1,100 titles received Pentagon backing – 900 of them since 2005, from ‘Flight 93’ to ‘Ice Road Truckers’ and ‘Army Wives’

Thanks to Mitch McConnell, U.S. now has no functioning election commission: The Federal Election Commission will be without a quorum as of August 31 and will be powerless to enforce election law.

COLIN POWELL SAYS DONALD TRUMP HAS TURNED AMERICA FROM 'WE THE PEOPLE' TO 'ME THE PRESIDENT'

Jim Mattis: Duty, Democracy and the Threat of Tribalism

Democrats Introduce Bill Allowing Shooting Victims To Sue Gun Industry

All 19 Black Women Running for Judge in a Texas Race Won Tuesday Night

Can Gun Makers be held accountable for mass shootings?

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-29-19

'Apologies are not enough' — Eric Trump says he will sue MSNBC over Lawrence O'Donnell report: The network might face some consequences for fake news

Krystal Ball: Warren cozies up to the democratic establishment, Sanders not so much

US spies say Trump's G7 performance suggests he's either a 'Russian asset' or a 'useful idiot' for Putin

GOP shifts focus to House Dem ‘squad’ in campaign attacks

The primary contradiction: Corporate power vs. Progressive populism.  The very biggest fear among corporate elites is that Warren or Sanders could win -- and then use the presidency to push back against oligarchy.

'I love Tiffany': Donald Trump defends daughter after Madeleine Westerhout ousted from White House

It's looking like Elizabeth Warren is the 2020 Democratic candidate to beat

State Democratic Leaders to Presidential Hopefuls: Remember Y’all Ain’t Barack Obama

Six weeks, 328 false claims. Breaking down Trump's dishonesty

Rantin' Randy's Rant 8-31-19 Look What This Fucker Has Done Now

Deranged Clinton Centrists Hate On Susan Sarandon Escalates!

Scaramucci:”We Have A Full Blown Lunatic In The White House”

TEXAS MESSED WITH US. WE WILL MESS RIGHT BACK.

Deutsche Bank Has 'Vast Trove' Of President Donald Trump Records | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

Right-Wing Revolt: Walsh Says He'll 'Punch' Coward Trump Daily | The Beat With Ari Melber | MSNBC

Evangelical Leader Claims Teaching Kids Basic Science Causes Mass Shootings: Tony Perkins said children need to be taught about God so they don't turn into murderers.

Here are 14 reasons I’ll vote for any democrat over Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/31/here-are-reasons-ill-vote-any-democrat-over-trump/?noredirect=on&fbclid=IwAR1WmI45JmCwCWOU6CJEWpl1kDf9SyV-qbx1xLKfqWRh_3qq0EcGmknhsaM

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