Saturday, December 10, 2016

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Donald Trump hires the founder of Citizens United for his campaign team


 

What Do Donald Trump Voters Actually Want?


 

Philippine President Warns Obama of Confrontation


 

DNC platform official to speak at black caucus event


 

Newsweek opens a can of whoop-ass on Trump


 

A doctor dissects Trump's doctors letter. It ain't pretty.


 

Mitch McConnell Wakes Up To Nasty Surprise: 16 GOP Senators Defect And Will Meet With Obama’s SCOTUS Nominee


 

Is Clinton Not Getting Good Advice?


 

Will Trump Release His Tax Returns? Billionaire Pledges Up to $5 Million for Veterans if So


 

What an Ohio town reveals about the decline of hope in US politics


 

Harvard professor identifies the 'worst nightmare' in America right now


 

5 Reasons Veterans Should Not Support Donald Trump


 

Trump Speechless After Marine Tells America How They Can Thank Him For His Service


 

It’s All Fun and Games, Until Someone Unleashes Death Squads


 

Donald Trump fooled cable news into airing a 25-minute infomercial for his campaign


 

Trump Still Won't Say He Believes Obama Born In U.S. Despite Campaign Claim He Does


 

Will Trump Release His Tax Returns? Billionaire Pledges Up to $5 Million for Veterans if So


 

Share This Video that Exposes Donald Trump for Who He Really Is


 

Dallas Morning News – Trump Destroying Journalism


 

Rep. Jim Clyburn on Trump: Let's 'expose this man for the fraud that he really is'


 

What The Trump Campaign Said About Birtherism, Annotated


 

It Hurts To Be Right: Leaked emails show how the Republican governor of Wisconsin flouted campaign finance law to court secret donors.


 

5 Reasons Tim Kaine Will Be the Jewiest Vice President Pick for Hillary Clinton


 

Who won the debate?


 

Did Chelsea Clinton Just Say That Weed Kills People?


 

Congress Reaches Agreement To Fund Government Until December


 

Troops and Veterans must do their duty and vote


 

Philippines President likens himself to Hitler


 

Daily Kos Elections 2016 forecast: Clinton's odds continue to tick back up


 

Obama in NY Mag quotes McConnell: Any deal "should be entirely on my terms because it hurts me."


 

If You Tell Me You Are Supporting Trump, I Already Know Seven Things About You


 

Against Donald Trump


 

America Is Turning Into a Confederacy of Dunces: Why is Donald Trump within a whisker of the White House? Two-thirds of the country can’t even name the three branches of government.


 

Trump's Unimpressive Support From Military Leaders


 

The Disgraced and Little-Known Generals Backing Donald Trump


 

Former Rep. Houghton joins 29 other retired Republican lawmakers in statement renouncing Trump


 

Exceptionalism, Empire, and the Dark Side of National Greatness


 

This isn't just about Trump, this is about the GOP


 

The 18 Essential Foreign-Policy Questions Clinton and Trump Need to Answer


 

Days after calling Trump 'absolutely' a role model, Kelly Ayotte says she won't vote for him


 

I signed a petition telling Republican leaders in Congress to support legislation to fix our crumbling bridges, roads and schools. They have refused to address this issue even though it would make our communities safer and create hundreds of thousands of good jobs. Will you sign this petition, too?


 

Al Franken Reveals The 3 REAL Reasons Donald Trump Got Into Politics


 

Hillary Clinton’s Values Are Union Values


 

Donald Trump Doesn’t Pay His Bills


 

Hillary Clinton for President of the United States


 

Donald Trump Is Not ‘Authentic’ Just Because He Says the Bad Things in His Head


 

Putin ally tells Americans: vote Trump or face nuclear war


 

How to Win the Cyberwar Against Russia: Vladimir Putin’s brazen attack on U.S. democracy demands that the Obama administration respond with a firm hand.


 

Social Security Looms Over Senate Race


 

Election 2016: Where They Stand


 

The Moron’s Case For Hillary Clinton…because some of you really are that stupid.


 

Harvard Republican Club Just Did THIS For The First Time In Their History…And Trump Is Furious.


 

The Donald Trump In These Allegations Is Not The Complete Monster I Married


 

Ambivalent Hillary Voters: Don’t Assume Someone Else Will Stop Trump


 

Bernie Sanders: The ‘Nation’ Interview


 

Why Progressives Should Vote for Hillary Clinton


 

12 Reasons to Vote for Hillary That Have Nothing to Do With Trump


 

The Unhinged Backlash That Would Greet Our First Female President Is Already Upon Us


 

Donald Trump, Shamer in Chief


 

Mr. Bright Side: Trump’s Gospel of Positive Thinking


 

Who Were Trump’s Enablers?


 

Donald Trump is Not Presidential | Election 2016 | AFL-CIO Video


 

Despite Accusations, Trump Rules in Western Pa.


 

FACT CHECK: Clinton And Trump Debate For The 2nd Time


 

5 Voting Moments That Changed the Course of US History


 

Police: N.C. county GOP office firebombed


 

What the Hell Happened to My Republican Party?


 

The POLITICO Wrongometer – Fact-checking the final debate


 

Veterans' Issues Nearly Ignored In Previous Presidential Debates


 

Yom Kippur at Standing Rock, Dakota -- and Sukkot Everywhere


 

Senate Intel Chair Caught Between Russian Hacking and Donald Trump


 

Atlanta’s GOP Women Are Poised To Help Hillary Clinton Run Up The Score


 

Just 15 People Attend Schilling’s Rally


 

Donald Trump Has Irrevocably Changed How We Will Grade Our Presidential Candidates


 

Colin Powell: I’m Voting for Hillary Clinton


 


 

Liberty moves north


 

My brilliant friend


 

Inside the Sacrifice Zone


 

Why Does Trump’s Support Remain So Stable?


 

President Trump Would Be a Disaster for Women in the Military: The Republican candidate’s blatant sexism and misogyny would all but undo the recent strides U.S. servicewomen have made.


 

State Poll Roundup: Wednesday


 

Alabama Secretary of State: Helping More People Vote Would “Cheapen the Work” of Civil Rights Heroes


 

Susan Sarandon's Endorsement of Dr. Jill Stein Only Helps Donald Trump


 

Donald Trump Is Accused Of Raping A 13-Year-Old. Why Haven’t The Media Covered It?


 

Making the Choice: How should voters weigh the sins of these two uniquely corrupt candidates?


 

Someone fed the NYT information to quickly kill emerging Trump/Russia stories ... was it Comey?


 

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The Trump Russian connection is real, so is anger with James Comey


 

Must watch—Samantha Bee traveled to Moscow, met with hackers trying to influence the U.S. election


 

Why is the FBI releasing old Bill Clinton files one week before the election?


 

Krugman Nails It With A Tweetstorm


 

Tech Tactics — Is It True? Tools and Tips for Fact-Checking


 

Trump’s military: Here’s what troops can expect from their next commander in chief


 

What Happened? The unthinkable is now the reality, and the hard work for both those who supported Trump and for those who opposed him is now just beginning.


 

The World in the shadow of Trump: When fascism is a fitting word


 

The World in the shadow of Trump: When fascism is a fitting word


 

Wake Up America! It’s The Haters v. The Rest of Us


 

What I Told a Client


 

Donald Trump's racist immigration advisor is drafting instructions to begin deportations on day one


 

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz on Trump's win: 'Don't ask us to congratulate him'


 

Joy-Ann Reid’s poignant message to voters who elected Trump


 

A chilling encounter with a German student left me shaking...


 

Comey really did elect Trump. Here's the data that shows it.


 

A White Nationalist Is The New White House Chief Strategist


 

Obama still might be able to put Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court


 

Donald Trump reportedly 'surprised at the scope' of the president's duties


 

KING: How Donald Trump is leading the transformation to turn the Republican Party into the new KKK


 

Donald Trump Will Absolutely HATE Being President, And Citizens Will Suffer For It


 

Ivana wants to be Trump’s ambassador to Czech Republic


 

Here's What's on Donald Trump's Climate Change Hit List


 

Many Americans are outraged that for the second time in five elections, the presidential candidate who won the most popular votes lost the election. Whoever wins the most votes should be elected president. It's time for a National Popular Vote. I just asked my state lawmakers to join the National Popular Vote compact so that voters in all 50 states have a say -- will you join me?
http://act.commoncause.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=1832&sp_ref=244173778.214.176676.e.0.2&s_subsrc=taf_email

 

Janus' Gross says Trump will be one-termer, in failure for populism


 

Steve Bannon May Have Committed A Felony With Super PAC Funds, Per Complaint To The FBI


 

Liz Warren drops a dime on Trump: 'You're already breaking' campaign promises about Wall Street


 

New Yorker editor slams attempts to 'normalize' Trump as people living in 'a hallucination'


 

Lindsay Graham calls for investigation of Russian hacking of election


 

Doesn't look like the Trump administration trains will be running on time after all


 

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The hits on democracy keep coming, as anti-Semitism gets normalized


 

Noam Chomsky: Donald Trump's election will accelerate global warming and humanity's 'race to disaster': The US Republican Party is now 'the most dangerous organisation in world history', US academic says


 

Reid Says Comey Threw Election to Trump


 

What Americans Against Trump Can Learn from the Failures of the Israeli Opposition


 

How Nicolas Sarkozy Went From Fierce Putin Critic To Ardent Admirer: The former French president, who is running again to be the centre-right’s candidate for the Elysée Palace, opposes sanctions and endorsed the vote on the annexation of Crimea.


 

Former Navy SEAL Wins Governorship as Vets Head to Congress


 

Seven Veterans Newly Elected to Congress: There's no question that the military molds ordinary citizens into incredible leaders, and it appears the rest of the country has begun to recognize that, too. The following are the newly elected members:

Jim Banks, (R-IL), House of Representatives

Anthony Brown, (D-MD), House of Representatives

Tammy Duckworth, (D-IL), Senate

Brian Mast, (R-FL), House of Representatives

Mike Gallagher, (R-WI), House of Representatives

Jimmy Panetta, (D-CA), House of Representatives

Scott Taylor, (R-VA), House of Representatives

Source: AMRA eNEWS (Monday Morning Digest, November 21, 2016)

 

It's been a week, and Trump is well on his way to becoming most crooked president in history


 

An updated 'First they came for' poem written on social media is worth remembering


 

Jeff Sessions: It was 'good news' for the South when the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act


 

A message for liberals and progressives: Being right is not good enough


 

The voters gave Democrats a mandate to fight Trump's extremist agenda


 

If you want to build a big movement, pick a big fight


 

Rep Katherine Clark (D-MA) Introduces Bill Requiring Pres and VP Place Assets In Blind Trust


 

The dark rigidity of fundamentalist rural America: a view from the inside


 

Mourn. Resist. Organize.: As we prepare to cover a Trump administration, the stakes are higher than ever—and we can't do it without you.


 

Donald Trump’s Imaginary Inner Cities: “Inner city” was always a loaded term, but today it makes no sense at all.


 

Election 2016 and the Collapse of Journalistic Standards: It would be hard to imagine a worse indictment of our media than the coverage of Candidate Trump.


 

The Trump Voter You Know: It will be hard, but we’re going to have to find a way to talk with them.


 

Trump’s Denial of Catastrophic Climate Change Is a Clear Danger: Trump is about to find out that millions of concerned citizens here and abroad will use every nonviolent means possible to stop him from accelerating the worst crisis humans have ever faced.


 

How Fascist Capitalism Functions: The Case of Greece


 

What is Fascism ?


 

The Return of Fascism in Contemporary Capitalism


 

About Obama, Trump, and What Comes Next: Political scientist Stephen Skowronek talks about how his theory of the cycles of presidential history explains the campaign’s shocking results.


 

Morality


 

Welcome to the Fight: If we withdraw into our grief and abandon those most threatened by Trump’s win, history will never forgive us


 

When Liberal Elites Spurn Populism, Trump Happens: Denied a populism from the left, millions of Americans picked the one from the right.


 

We Must Transform the Democratic Party: It’s time to abandon, once and for all, the party’s corporate centrism and addiction to big-dollar fund-raising.


 

How We Can Fight Trump: Progressives must lead the Democratic Party and develop its economic populism.


 

Long-Stalled FDA Reform Sits On Senate’s Lame-Duck Calendar


 

Donald Trump and The Pentagon: Reagonomics on Steroids?


 

Could the FDA be dismantled under Trump?


 

Trump's White House counsel faces unusual challenges


 

Trump Family Has Given Nearly $20,000 to Chuck Schumer


 

Already a big gap between Trump’s promises to the middle class and his policies


 

Trump’s infrastructure plan is not a simple public-private partnership plan, and won’t lead to much new investment


 

Farewell, America: No matter how the rest of the world looked at us on Nov. 7, they will now look at us differently.


 

Trump's International Business Dealings Could Violate The Constitution


 

Democracies? ‘Warning Signs Are Flashing Red’


 

Donald Trump’s Lies About the Popular Vote


 

Trump’s Challenge to American Democracy


 

Voter Fraud Isn’t Real—But Voter Suppression Is a Grave Danger


 

For foreign diplomats, Trump hotel is place to be


 

Democrats plan assault on Trump's ethical conflicts


 

Steven Mnuchin Is Donald Trump’s Expected Choice for Treasury Secretary


 

Bahrain To Hold Major Celebration At Donald Trump’s D.C. Hotel


 

Trump’s Pick for HHS Signals He is Dead Serious About Repealing Obamacare


 

House Republican Leader Price: ‘There’s Not One Woman’ Who Doesn’t Have Access To Birth Control


 

Donald Trump Picks Elaine Chao To Lead Department Of Transportation


 

Donald Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner Could Face His Own Conflict-of-Interest Questions


 

EXCLUSIVE: Majority expect Donald Trump to keep promises


 

Paul Krugman: 5.5 million Trump voters could lose health care — because they voted for him


 

Elaine Chao Is No Frances Perkins


 

‘I Will Not Shut Up. America Is Still Worth Fighting For.’


 

Frightened by Donald Trump? You don’t know the half of it


 

Trump has already defeated the news media. And it’s unclear what we can do about it.


 

Watch Elizabeth Warren deliver remarks on 21st Century Cures bill


Twitter Board Member: Twitter Helped Trump Win The Election


 

India’s Supreme Court Says Movie Goers Must Listen to National Anthem Before Screenings


 

Obama Politely Asks Trump to Wait Until Inauguration Before Destroying World


 

Donald Trump’s Team Can’t Back Up His Illegal Voter Lie, But Defend It Anyway


 

Trump’s Threat to the Constitution


 

Getting God Out of Washington: America’s civil religion—the belief in our nation’s special purpose and blessing from God—has led to folly after folly abroad.


 

Donald Trump Picks Fossil Fuel-Friendly Oklahoma Attorney General To Head EPA


 

Ohio moves to ban abortion after 6 weeks pregnancy


 

Law Firm Offering Free Legal Advice To Electors Who Don’t Want To Vote For Trump


 

Trump, Russia and the U.S. Election


 

Trump Is Still Not Very Popular, and His Problem With Women Could Return


 

Trump’s Transition Team ‘Is Like Game of Thrones’


 

Trump Is Doing Exactly What He Promised To Do About Conflicts Of Interest: Almost Nothing


 

Obama officials alarmed at slow pace of agency-level transition


 

2016 Person of the Year Donald Trump


 

Donald Trump Taps Border Hawk And Retired Gen. John Kelly To Head DHS


 

Democrats See Medicare Fight As Donald Trump’s Achilles Heel


 

GOP Obamacare Strategy Could Unravel Markets Quickly, Report Warns

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