Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Harry Styles - Sign of the Times


 

Mary Hopkin Those were the days lyrics


 

Mary Hopkin - Goodbye (live) (HQ)


 

Mrs William's Rose


 

Why Only Rebels Find Real Fulfillment


 

How to Respect Yourself and Others R-E-S-P-E-C-T


 

The Meaning of Buddhism: Fundamental Principles of the Theravada Doctrine


 

Lorde - In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins cover) in the Live Lounge


 

Queen - We Are The Champions (Lyrics)


 

In My Secret Life - Leonard Cohen [LYRICS]


 

Natalie Merchant - Break Your Heart


 

Flowers of the Night


 

Jessie J - Don't wanna miss a thing/Who you are (iTunes Festival)


 

Proper exercise can reverse damage from heart aging


 

Alan Watts ~ You are the Whole Cosmos


 

Who Created The Creator? - Alan Watts


 

'When' by Daniel H. Pink: When our timing is right


 

Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia


 

The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality and Utopia


 

The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind


 

Overview of Julian Jaynes's Theory of Consciousness


 

The Cranberries - Linger


 

This 75-Year Harvard Study Found the 1 Secret to Leading a Fulfilling Life: Here's some wisdom gleaned from one of the longest longitudinal studies ever conducted.


 

Jeff Guidry and His Eagle Named Freedom


 

PHILOSOPHY - Baruch Spinoza


 

Surprise, Surprise


 

Philadelphia String Band Assn.  Quaker City String Band judges!


 

Alan Watts ~ When Man becomes God


 

Alan Watts Interviews God


 

Alan Watts Truth About God


 

The Luther Legend: The idea that one man brought about the Protestant Reformation obscures a much longer history of dissent.


 

John Stewart - Cannons In The Rain (+ Lyrics 1973)


 

Smartphones Are Really Stressing Out Americans


 

16 Simple Ways to Love Yourself Again


 

Alan Watts - Four Secrets to Master Life(New)


 

The Abyss of Motherhood: A tightrope walk without a safety net.


 

The Right To Mother and Do Sex Work: In custody battles, sex workers face trial by slut-shaming


 

Talking Heads - Take Me To The River-1984 [HD]


 

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime - Stop Making Sense 1984


 

THINK by KALEIDA (Official Audio)


 

BRUCE COCKBURN - If I Had A Rocket Launcher


 

Willie Nelson - Last Man Standing


 

How can God be inside us?

Military related links 021918



The Pentagon Is Afraid to Give Trump Its Military Plans for North Korea: Report.  Officials fear things could "escalate catastrophically."


 

The Pentagon’s Plan for Never-Ending War: A new document outlines a plan the country can’t afford.


 

A prominent veterans’ leader just went viral with a brutal response to Trump’s military parade plans


 

Trump asks Pentagon to explore plans for a military 'celebration'


 

A retired Army general just gave an epic response to Trump’s military parade demand


 

From fellow soldier to 'monster' in uniform: #MeToo in the military


 

Lawmakers balk at potential cost of Trump’s military parade


 

Will our endless wars fuel the next populist revolt?  Americans impatient with long military engagements, even as Trump boosts overseas troop presence


 

The Costs of US Wars Are Staggering, but Most Americans Continue to Ignore Them

Terrorism related links 021918



Melania Trump Could Face Deportation Under Trump’s Administration Standards


 

Russia Boasts of Using 215 New Weapons Systems in Syria: Civil war served as Kremlin testing ground


 

ICE Director Brags About How Much He's 'Enjoying' Tearing Immigrant Families Apart: "There's a special place in hell for those who get off on broken families and profit off of incarcerating innocent people."


 

North Korea Calls Trump Administration Racist Billionaires’ Club


 

White House framework calls for a vast increase in immigration enforcement on the backs of DREAMers, while only legalizing 16 percent of the undocumented population


 

Buried In Trump's Nuclear Report: A Russian Doomsday Weapon


 

ISIS still has up to 10,000 loyalists in Syria and Iraq, warn experts


 

Don’t abandon the Kurds to the ‘mercies’ of Turkey’s tyrant


 

Chief of Staff Kelly suggests undocumented immigrants that didn’t sign up for DACA were “too afraid” or “too lazy”


 

NATO belittles Turkey's security concerns on Syria border: As a NATO ally, the U.S. shouldn't have underestimated Turkey's security concerns and instead, should have understood how serious Ankara is in dealing with YPG terrorists in northern Syria


 

Without immigration progress, America loses big


 

LUPICA: Trump wants more than just a $20B border wall — and he’s using immigrant children as pawns


 

Iran publishes report saying 49% of Iranians against compulsory veil


 

ICE Wants to Be an Intelligence Agency Under Trump: Immigration enforcers have tried for years to get access to spy agency secrets. Civil libertarians call the prospect ‘frankly terrifying’—and a lot more realistic under Trump.


 

The Cost of Escalating Violence in Afghanistan: Taliban attacks in Kabul in late January 2017 are part of an escalation in violence in Afghanistan, where the civilian population is bearing the brunt of a particularly intense winter of fighting.


 

Polish President Signs Bill Giving Jail Time For Implicating Poland In The Holocaust


 

Shrugging Toward Doomsday: Experts warn that the world is now as dangerous as it was at the height of the Cold War. Many Americans already know it.


 

After creating a frenzy, 'Trump' and 'Kim' were thrown out of the Olympics opening ceremony


 

Ahed Tamimi Has Become the Symbol of a New Generation of Palestinian Resistance: It would be far better, however, if she could just be a child.


 

Will Lebanon Force a Million Syrian Refugees to Return to a War Zone?  As anti-refugee sentiment grows in Lebanon, desperate Syrians may be forced to choose between staying in a place that doesn't want them and returning to a broken country.


 

Trump seems likely to kill any immigration compromise: So now what?  Trump claims to want a DACA deal — but his right-wing aides are using his ingrained racism to make that impossible


 

Law, Order, and the Dreamers: The 800,000 young people brought here as undocumented children deserve to be treated as more than political pawns.


 

Turkey threatens war against US/Kurdish Force in Syria


 

Trump’s Roundup of Immigrant Leaders Has Begun


 

Myanmar’s Imagined Jihadis


 

Small Acts of Subversion: How modern women navigate Iran’s theocracy


 

McConnell officially tees up immigration debate next week


 

MATTIS: Israel has an absolute right to defend themselves


 

Freewheeling immigration debate in Senate will test power of conservative outside groups


 

The drone shot down by Israel was an Iranian copy of a U.S. craft, Israel says


 

No one wins after Israel’s strikes, but Syrians definitely lose


 

Six Reasons Why Trump’s Wall is Even Dumber Than Most of Trump’s Other Ideas


 

Police recommend Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted on corruption, bribery charges

Politics related links 021918



Watch Stephen Colbert Skewer President Trump's State of the Union Address: 'Late Show' goes live after president's startling speech


 

FBI Issues Statement Denouncing House Republican Russia Memo That Trump Has Promised to Release


 

Pa. state Senate leader refuses court order on redrawing district maps


 

FBI Issues Statement Denouncing House Republican Russia Memo That Trump Has Promised to Release


 

Nunes just got caught in a major, late night scandal that proves his “memo” hysteria is a scam


 


 

Trump expected to approve release of Russia memo


 

Trump-FBI feud over classified memo erupts into open conflict


 

Judge Strikes Down Felon Disenfranchisement System in Florida: The ruling does not immediately restore voting rights to ex-felons, but it could make the process easier.


 

Don’t Believe the Liberal F.B.I.


 

Marcel Groen resigns as chairman of Pa. Democrats


 

Trump ‘gave secret information’ to Russians at the White House — and it’s worse than we thought: Israeli reporter


 

Read the controversial Devin Nunes memo on the FBI: The White House declassified a GOP memo on the Russia probe Friday, clearing way for the House panel to release allegations of FBI misconduct.


 

Trump’s Saturday Night Massacre Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes: The aim of the campaign against the Mueller investigation and the FBI is clear: Obstructing justice.


 

The Trump Dossier: What we know and who paid for it


 

‘We are doing Putin’s job for him’: McCain shreds GOP for ‘partisan side show’ on Nunes memo


 

Schiff: Nunes made "material changes" before sending secret memo to WH


 

Donald Trump’s FBI memo release 'risks revealing British spying methods'


 

Conor Lamb, Democrat with political pedigree, runs for Tim Murphy's 18th District seat


 

Schumer, Pelosi call for Nunes to be removed as House intelligence chair


 

Millions of Americans Believe God Made Trump President: A surprisingly fascinating book explains why.


 

Unrolled thread from @SethAbramson on the infamous GOP memo


 

Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I.


 

The GOP could lose 40 House seats this November


 

Geraldo Rivera Brags That Nixon Wouldn’t Have Had To Resign If He Had Sean Hannity: “I believe that our prime responsibility now is to unshackle the 45th president of the United States,” he added.


 

Democratic rebuttal calls Nunes memo ‘deliberately misleading’


 

Donald Trump Is Already Using The Nunes Memo To Undermine The Russia Investigation: This was the plan all along.


 

There’s a Brutal New Campaign Ad Targeting Devin Nunes and His Memo: #ReleaseTheAttackAds


 

While You Are Tweeting About the Nunes Memo, Russia Is Plotting Its Midterms Attack: The point is distraction. And it’s working dangerously well.


 

In its debates, the Trump resistance could use more 'yes, and...'


 

BREAKING: House Intel Cmte Dems release their response memo


 

If Trump fails to follow through on this, It will show us Who he Really Works for


 

Charles Pierce helps put the Nunes memo in perspective


 

Good Question. How Did Carter Page Know Last October That Paul Ryan Would ReleaseTheMemo??


 

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The lapdog memo


 

Time: Carter Page Boasted of Being an Adviser to the Kremlin in 2013 Letter


 

It's Astounding That The Story Is That the #Memo Didn't Work as a Political Maneuver


 

Senate Democrat demands NRA-Russia financial documents


 

New York Rep. Jerry Nadler has written a six-page rebuttal to pathetic, tainted Nunes memo


 

Senator Toomey Statement on President Trump's State of The Union Address


 

Degeneration Nation 2018: The Darkest Hour


 

Polls swing toward GOP, easing fears of midterm disaster


 

Trump’s Deals Keep Falling Apart Because He Can’t Speak for His Own Administration


 

Fine, Trump Doesn’t Have Dementia. He’s Just a Moron.


 

Trump’s Law Enforcement Purge Is Now Republican Policy


 

Republicans Have Made Two Arguments for Bringing Back Earmarks. They're Both Wrong.  Republicans took control of Congress in 2010, in part, by promising to kill earmarks. They might lose Congress in 2018 by bringing them back to life.


 

Don't refill the swamp by restoring earmarks, President Trump


 

Anti-Putin activist Konstantin Sinitsyn found murdered


 

City of Austin cuts business ties with border wall contractors


 

The Neutron Bomb


 

Don Jr. Mocked on Twitter for Denouncing Dems as ‘Commie’ McCarthyites: ‘Perfect’


 

‘The Most Dangerous Man in America,’ by Minutaglio and Davis


 

‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’ looks at Nixon’s public enemy No. 1


 

Goodbye and good riddance to Trump's fraudulent voter fraud commission


 

Albert R. Hunt: U.S. soft power is ebbing


 

Albert Hunt: Congress will be different in 2018, but Trump won’t


 

Anti-Trump Women Are Still Making News: We know plenty about the president's supporters, but what about his opponents? Plus, Jonathan Bernstein's morning links.


 

Why It's So Exhausting to Defend Trump: Every time the president's backers respond to one scandal, another one pops up.


 

Let’s Wait and See about the FBI ‘Conspiracy’


 

We Know Devin Nunes Probable Collaborator at the White House: Michael Ellis


 

The End of the Beginning


 

Today’s Mueller Revelations Were The Biggest in Months


 

A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office


 

Democracy Has Survived a Year of Trump. But the Fight Isn’t Over


 

2018 Will Be a Fight to Save Democracy


 

The Backward Logic of the Nunes Memo


 

Why Republicans Love Dumb Presidents


 

Sen. Wyden asks National Rifle Association and Treasury Dept. for information about possible Russian contributions for Trump's election


 

Alleged Link Between NRA And Russia Becomes Fodder For The Left


 

Newsletter: When Empires Fall


 

Trump insists Devin Nunes will go down in history as a ‘Great American Hero’ in bonkers tweet


 

'I Hope This Is an Instance of Fake News': FBI Messages Show the Bureau's Real Reaction to Trump Firing James Comey


 

The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America: A Q&A with author Nancy MacLean about the elusive James McGill Buchanan.


 

Americans Are Allowing Trump To Turn U.S. Into Russia, Garry Kasparov Warns: “Time to pick a side,” the activist chess champ says.


 

‘The president clearly set himself up’: Trump’s stock market miscalculation.  After cheering the market’s relentless rise, President Trump now faces the reality of its sudden fall.


 

Supreme Court denies GOP request to block Pennsylvania gerrymandering decision


 

Who's worse, Trump or Nixon?


 

Progressive Candidates Are Getting Kneecapped By The Establishment


 

Report: Russian mob money helped build Trump business empire


 

Sound the alarm: National GOP breaks glass in Pennsylvania race: The national party has deployed its full arsenal in a March 13 special House election. A loss would be a huge blow to its hopes in the midterms.


 

Bob Mueller’s Investigation Is Larger—and Further Along—Than You Think


 

The Koch Brothers Are Plotting a Right-Wing Takeover of America's Judicial System: The billionaire magnates have their eyes on the Supreme Court, and that's not all.


 

Sen. Tammy Duckworth: ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’ Won’t Tell Me When To Clap.  The wounded veteran bristles at the suggestion that not applauding him is “treasonous.”


 

Yup. Sean Hannity Found A Way To Blame Obama For The Stock Market Drop: He also claimed the slide is “a sign of strength more than anything else.”


 

Seattle says Facebook is violating city campaign finance law


 

Kennedy Could Be the Democrats’ Best Hope (But May Not Want to Be): The 37-year-old congressman says Democrats need a ‘big, messy’ 2020 primary—but don’t count on him to be part of it.


 

Russian hacking in 2016 election affected databases in 39 states: report


 

Trump: 'I'd love to see a shutdown' if Dems don't meet immigration demands


 

Yair Netanyahu's Actions Are a Disgrace to the State: The problem isn't the young Netanyahu's vulgar utterances, but rather his actions. The prime minister should teach his son how to treat the state and its employees with respect


 

In Trump's First Year, Anti-Abortion Forces Make Strides


 

The psychiatrist who briefed Congress on Trump’s mental state: this is “an emergency”: The case for evaluating the president’s mental capacity — by force if necessary


 

Donald Trump’s fitness for office isn’t a medical question: A medical diagnosis will never solve the problem of Donald Trump’s presidency


 

Russians penetrated U.S. voter systems, says top U.S. official


 

Trump’s own Justice Department just cleared Hillary of any wrongdoing in “Uranium One” deal


 

Democrats Win Special Election In Missouri District That Went Big For Trump: Democrats have dominated at the ballot box during Trump’s time in office.


 

White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter Resigns Over Abuse Allegations: He has denied the allegations brought forth by his two ex-wives.


 

Nancy Pelosi Holds The Floor More Than 8 Hours To Demand Immigration Promise: The Democrat says she won’t support a budget deal until the House speaker commits to holding a vote for Dreamers.


 

Rex Tillerson Says Russia Is Already Trying To Meddle In 2018 Midterms: And the U.S. is inadequately prepared to overcome this threat, warned the secretary of state.


 

Eric Holder: Trump Is Lying About Being Pro-Law Enforcement, And His FBI Attacks Prove It.  “The notion that the FBI is a bastion of liberalism ... is totally inconsistent with ... these bothersome things called the facts.”


 

Republican: 'Staggering' GOP 'cowardice' enables Trump


 

Former Fox News commentator sentenced to nearly 3 years for lying about CIA ties


 

Former Fox News commentator sentenced to prison for faking CIA ties


 

Improving poll numbers give Republicans hope that the midterms might not be so bad


 

Mapping the Fight for the House


 

For Tax Reform to Get More Popular, Trump Needs to Get More Popular


 

“Beyond Disbelief”: John Kelly’s Defense of Rob Porter Roils the West Wing.  Staff Secretary Rob Porter, who has been accused of abusing his former wives, is Kelly’s right hand—and dating Hope Hicks, one of Trump’s closest confidantes. But Kelly’s declaration that Porter is a man of “true integrity and honor” was seen as deeply tone deaf.


 

Tillerson warns U.S. is not ‘better prepared’ for new Russian election meddling


 

Russian Trolls Ran Wild On Tumblr And The Company Refuses To Say Anything About It: Tumblrs run by Russian trolls generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti–Hillary Clinton, pro–Bernie Sanders content.


 

Big Russian delegation anticipated for prayer breakfast in Washington


 

Text From 2016 Shows Obama’s Interest in FBI Employees’ Work: Associates say then-president wanted update on Russia; GOP senator suggests it was about Clinton probe


 

GOP friendly fire imperils Trump nominees: Republican senators seeking concessions on issues like disaster funding, marijuana and ethanol are one reason Trump's picks have had trouble getting confirmed.


 

Trump picks new federal ethics chief


 

Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence


 

Cash for Coalition Against Trump Going Into Consultants’ Pockets Instead: As Trump ran for president, the group raised money promising to stop him—while dedicating more than 90 percent of its expenditures to paying its own members.


 

In fight against Trump, Democratic AGs take a page from GOP: States are bringing a growing string of lawsuits, complaints and other actions against the Trump administration — and there’s no end in sight.


 

Organization Revives Project In Dominican Republic, Roiling Local Politics: The company’s reengagement with developer partners occurred just before a controversial proposal to increase the height of buildings in beach areas.


 

From Fallujah to FBI investigation: The undoing of Duncan Hunter.  The Republican congressman faces allegations of misusing campaign funds, and his freewheeling Washington lifestyle is coming under scrutiny, too.


 

This Top Psychiatrist Says Anti-Gay Politicians Can Contribute To The Suicides Of LGBT People: After a mental health charity suspended a board member for saying the DUP's “homophobia" was "killing kids”, a leading psychiatrist has told BuzzFeed News there is a link between discrimination and suicide.


 

Trump campaign releases ad calling Dem State of the Union response 'disgraceful'


 

Of Course Trump Wants to Throw Himself a Military Parade: The Daily Show


 

John Oliver Warns Meghan Markle What She's Getting Herself Into


 

#holdthememo


 

No, Trump’s talk of firing Mueller doesn’t show obstruction


 

Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller


 

Trump's State of the Union speech was magnificent


 

Trump’s State of the Union Address Was Filled With False Boasts and Empty Promises


 

Trump’s Cult of Personality Takes Paranoia to the Next Level: Conspiracy theories aren't hiding on the fringes. They're coming straight from the power centers in the White House and GOP.


 

Why Trust the FBI? There is a reason for the crisis of faith in our institutions


 

I’m a Republican. Why Is My Party Gaslighting America?


 

The Conspiratorial Mindset among the President’s Supporters: Republicans should be wary of resorting to feverish untruth in defense of Trump.


 

Koch network to spend $400 million during 2018 midterm election cycle


 

How a Dutch intelligence agency secretly hacked into the Kremlin’s most notorious hacking group: Reports claim Netherlands alerted Washington of influence in 2016 presidential elections after officials watched Russian group bypass Democratic National Committee and other operations


 

Prominent St. Petersburg Opposition Activist Found Dead


 

Alexei Navalny: 'There is no pro-Putin majority' in Russia.  Opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been barred from running for president in Russia. In an interview with DW's Zhanna Nemtsova, he explains why he is calling for a boycott of the country's upcoming election.


 

America’s Crisis – Death of Logic and Objectivity


 

China's Surveillance State Should Scare Everyone: The country is perfecting a vast network of digital espionage as a means of social control—with implications for democracies worldwide.


 

Inside China's Vast New Experiment in Social Ranking


 

I've Watched Trump Testify Under Oath. It Isn't Pretty.  In a 2007 deposition in my libel case (which he lost), he was underprepared and overconfident.


 

How was Larry Nassar able to abuse so many gymnasts for so long? The biggest sexual abuse scandal in sports history shines a light on a culture of medals over morals


 

The Transformative Justice of Judge Aquilina: In a courtroom in Michigan, a variety of powerful women redefined what victim testimony can mean.


 

2018 is the year that will decide if Trumpocracy replaces American democracy: Loyalty to Donald Trump is the new principle of Republican Party politics.


 

2018 Will Be a Fight to Save Democracy


 

How Democracies Panic: We aren't verging on autocracy, we've just forgotten how to worry.


 

The deeper shifts affecting democracy in America: Two books look at the changes that Donald Trump has wrought. That narrow view risks missing the larger picture


 

How a Democracy Dies: Donald Trump’s contempt for American political institutions is only the latest chapter in a history of opportunistic attacks against them.


 

This is how democracies die: Defending our constitution requires more than outrage


 

'How Democracies Die' Authors Say Trump Is A Symptom Of 'Deeper Problems'


 

New book: If our democracy is dying, President Trump is not the only culprit


 

The Open Secret About Trump’s Collusion With Russia: Why the president’s comments on the campaign trail may be more damaging than the findings of the Mueller investigation


 

The Russia Investigations: 4 Big Storylines To Watch In 2018


 

Trump Blocks Release Of Democrats’ Rebuttal To GOP FISA Memo: The House Intelligence Committee voted to release the Democrats’ memo on Monday.


 

I was dragged out of the WV House Chambers because I listed Delegates’ campaign donors.


 

Cartoon: If Watergate happened with today's media


 

After promoting an accused wife beater, the Trump admin begins pushing blame to a top female aide


 

Dozens of White House staffers only have temp security clearance, calls for Congress to investigate


 

Rep. Adam Schiff: Investigating Russia and Defending Democracy


 

The KGB’s Middle East Files: The fight against Zionism and world Jewry


 

Texas Republicans are trying to purge Democrats from ballots: report.  The Dallas County GOP believes the county’s Democratic leader did not sign the petitions of 128 candidates


 

Trump Sold a $40 Million Estate to a Russian Oligarch for $100 Million—and a Democratic Senator Wants to Know Why


 

Trump Sold a $40 Million Estate to a Russian Oligarch for $100 Million—and a Democratic Senator Wants to Know Why


 

In Elections, Every Small Group Can Make a Big Difference: Need proof? Look at what 31st Swing Left did in Virginia.


 

This Cruel Parody of Representation: Under Donald Trump, the Republican Party has acted decisively on urgent problems by not acting at all.


 

Why Claudia Rankine Writes for the Resistance: The poet and essayist sees this as a moment of opportunity, not just struggle.


 

In the Age of Trump, Tania Unzueta Is Holding Democrats to Account: Unzueta is fighting to make Chicago a real sanctuary city.


 

Carmen Yulín Cruz Is a Politician on the Rise: The Puerto Rican politician has emerged as one of Trump’s most effective foes.


 

We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger: Let’s hope there’s no going back.


 

For Zephyr Teachout, Losing an Election Was Just the Start of a New Fight: In the past year, she’s taken on Trump, Google, the FCC, and the New York State Senate.


 

How Rebecca Solnit Became ‘the Voice of the Resistance’: She has focused for many years on cruel systems that oppress the working class, people of color, and women.


 

Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul: He was a man at ease in his own skin, though not in the world, which he constantly sought to change for the better.


 

The Orange Menace—and the Even More Dangerous Party That Stands With Him: Trump isn’t chiefly responsible for the wholesale damage being done to the country. The primary culprit is the GOP.


 

The Reality-Show President, Season One: Featuring meltdowns, tantrums, betrayals and racism. What happens next?


 

Trump as Genius


 

Trump Is Winning the War on Truth: Lying presidents aren’t new, but Trump’s mendacity stands apart.


 

Persistent Precarity: The making of a generation.


 

Sucked Into a Grave: In Errol Morris’s Wormwood, the filmmaker reminds us that sometimes skepticism is the only thing we can trust.


 

Letters From the January 29-February 5, 2018, Issue: Turning Texas blue?


 

Best Books of 2017: In These Times Staff and Reader Picks.  From Naomi Klein to Roxane Gay, the reads that made 2017 bearable.


 

A Year On, Trump Admin Refuses to Drop Charges Against 59 Arrested at Inauguration Protest: The government isn’t arguing that the defendants damaged property, but that their presence at the protest makes them guilty.


 

Democrats Can’t Win By Courting Conservative White Voters: It’s time to follow the lead of Black grassroots organizers.


 

Letters From the February 12-19, 2018, Issue: Red Famine revisited… Faith in community…


 

The Most Important Story This Month Was Not the Government Shutdown: It’s the grassroots activism that could end Republican control of Congress.


 

When Is It OK to Comment on a Woman’s Appearance?  Another reader asks how one can in good conscience bring​ a child into this sad world.


 

The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’: We’re on the verge of a new normal in the workplace. That’s a good thing.


 

The Appalling Clarity of Donald Trump: The US has long treated much of Africa, the Caribbean, and the rest of the world as shitholes.


 

California Shows How to Beat Trump, Now and in November: America’s future arrives first in California, and that bodes ill for the president and his Republican enablers.


 

Why There’s So Little Suspense Ahead of Russia’s March Presidential Elections: It’s widely assumed Putin will win. The real question is what will happen in six years, and whether the authoritarian system first established by Boris Yeltsin will persist.


 

Feminist Living: Lynne Segal’s sentimental education.


 

Little Spartas: What causes some cities to become sites of revolution?


 

Will Durst: A Few 2018 Predictions


 

Polls Track Trump’s Empathy Problem


 

Time to Capture the Narrative


 

DISPATCHES: ‘CITIZENS UNITED’ MAY HAVE HELPED RUSSIANS FUNNEL DARK MONEY TO NRA


 

Democrats Need to Stop Ingesting the Right's Propaganda


 

What Happened to Women's Agency?


 

What to Expect in 2018


 

When Will Democrats Start #Resisting GOP Voter Suppression?


 

America, Oprah is Not Your Savior: America has a history of looking to black women to save Americans from themselves — while not recognizing or respecting their efforts.


 

Lindsey Graham thought he had Trump tamed — but got played instead: Graham and Dick Durbin thought they they had a DACA deal with Trump: Classic case of smart men, foolish choices


 

Reich: Let's not use euphemisms for conduct unbecoming a president


 

Trump doesn’t understand what makes America truly great


 

The Bipartisan Fallacy


 

An Explosive Election Year Kicks Off in Mexico 


 

John L. Micek: A year in, Trump remains his own worst PR enemy


 

Jamie Stiehm: Pitch-Dark Democracy Is Perfect for Donald Trump


 

Twitter Rock Star Obama’s Silence Must Delight Trump


 

SYNDICATED COLUMN: So What if President Trump is an Asshole? All the Presidents Have Been Assholes.


 

Raiders of the First Amendment: Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ is Masterful Storytelling Starring Free Speech — and a Woman Leader


 

Quote the President, and Skip the Asterisks


 

Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier: There are some eye-popping revelations in the transcript of Glenn Simpson’s testimony before Congress.


 

Anti-hooker lawmaker allegedly used taxpayer money for sex with escort


 

7 Reality Checks on the True State of the Union


 

Donald Trump’s Sons Must Release their Foreign Government Profits


 

Trump’s First Year: Influence-Peddling, Self-Dealing and Demolishing Safeguards


 

Forgetting the Forgotten: 101 Ways Donald Trump Has Betrayed his Populist Agenda


 

Presidency for Sale: 64 Trade Groups, Companies, Candidates, Foreign Governments and Political Groups Spending Money at Trump’s Properties


 

Public Citizens


 

Robert Weissman, President of Public Citizen, author


 

Public Citizen News Jan/Feb 2018


 

It’s Too Early to Celebrate the Survival of American Democracy: One year after Donald Trump’s elections, the U.S. political system is proving resilient – and giving false comfort.


 

More Than 100,000 Americans Nationwide Pledge to Protest if Trump Fires Mueller: Citizens Organize Through Protest Website and Plan Hundreds of Local Demonstrations Nationwide if Trump Moves Against Mueller’s Independent Investigation


 

Public Citizen v. Donald J. Trump


 

Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America


 

Democracy in Chains Professor Nancy MacLean talked about her book Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, in which she examines the work of the late Nobel Prize-winning economist James McGill Buchanan. In her book, she argues that Mr. Buchanan is the source of what she calls the political right’s current ideology of separating the country between “makers” and “takers” and promoting the political powers of the wealthy while disenfranchising the rest of the country.


 

The Architect of the Radical Right: How the Nobel Prize–winning economist James M. Buchanan shaped today’s antigovernment politics


 

'Democracy In Chains' Traces The Rise Of American Libertarianism


 

The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America: A Q&A with author Nancy MacLean about the elusive James McGill Buchanan.


 

Fox News host Jeanine Pirro blames Barack Obama for Rob Porter wife-beating scandal


 

Lawmakers In Dark About “Phase Two” of Nunes Investigation


 

It’s Time to Primary These 19 Centrist Democrats Into the Dirt


 

Devin Nunes creates his own alternative news site: Embattled California congressman finds a way to bypass the mainstream media.


 

Koch-backed group fights paid sick leave laws as flu sweeps US: The lobbying group that led the assault on Obamacare has targeted movements across the US to ensure workers can get needed time off


 

Donald Trump believes the men. Always. Unless they're Democrats


 

Move Over, Corporate Democrats. A New Wave of Left Populists Is on the Rise.  It's 2018. Candidates don't need the establishment anymore.


 

Digital Détente: The case for cyber peace with Russia


 

Guilt Trip: Errol Morris searches for a link between a mourning son, the CIA, and LSD.


 

Settling for Scores: Why are schools still judged by the results of standardized tests?


 

Grand Illusions: How the ideal of a radically equal republic faded after the Civil War


 

Truthfeed Spreads Pro-Trump Propaganda: The website has connections to the president’s camp—and white supremacists.


 

Rachel Brand, 3rd ranking official at Justice Dept., is stepping down


 

Authoritarian Advance: Responding to China’s Growing Political Influence in Europe


 

The Mysterious Oppo Researcher In the White House


 

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE MUSLIMS, THEN THEY CAME FOR THE IMMIGRANTS Not This Time…

Stand Up Now with the Immigrants.  This Nightmare Must End: The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!


 

Has Rep. Joe Kennedy Received $348,000 in Donations from the Pharmaceutical Industry?  A meme targeting the Democratic lawmaker gets some, but not all, of the facts right.


 

Rep. Joe Kennedy III - Massachusetts District 04 – Donations received
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/contributors?cid=N00034044&cycle=2018&recs=100&type=I

 

A Better Way to Look at Most Every Political Issue: Americans would be less alienated from one another and solve problems more easily if they recognized one little-noticed distinction in policy debates.


 

Inside Ethel Kennedy’s cruel neglect of her troubled kids


 

The Kennedy grandchildren have grown up to be gorgeous


 

How U.S. Spies Tried And Failed To Retrieve Stolen Cyberweapons


 

Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse. “What happens when anyone can make it appear as if anything has happened, regardless of whether or not it did?" technologist Aviv Ovadya warns.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/the-terrifying-future-of-fake-news?utm_term=.hyzlMEEByK&wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_daily202#.sd6Dqoop43

 

Obama, Michelle portraits unveiled Monday at National Portrait Gallery


 

Pennsylvania Republicans have drawn a new congressional map that is just as gerrymandered as the old one


 

Joe Biden Will Campaign for Conor Lamb in Tight Pennsylvania Race


 

Congressman: ‘You Can’t Separate Church From State’


 

Attack of the Russian Bots


 

Bernie Sanders Calls for 'Total Transformation' of Democratic Party


 

Rising star Moulton boasts big fundraising numbers


 

Trump approval among women in decline


 

Steve Bannon warns: 'Anti-patriarchy movement' is going to be bigger than the tea party


 

On Monday, the president unveiled a 2019 budget that, as some predicted, eliminates funding for public media


 

Naomi Klein: The Worst Is Yet to Come with Trump, So We Must Be Ready for Shock Politics


 

The Nina Turner Show: No Is Not Enough with Naomi Klein


 

Porn star Stormy Daniels believes she is now free to talk: AP


 

Stormy Daniels believes Trump lawyer broke nondisclosure agreement over alleged affair


 

10 Pro-Gun Myths, Shot Down: Fact-checking some of the gun lobby’s favorite arguments


 

House Russia investigation has 'abundance' of evidence against Trump, says top Democrat: Adam Schiff said the panel had seen evidence of collusion with Russia and obstruction by Donald Trump’s campaign and administration that is not yet public


 

I'm an Army veteran and gun owner. The 'good guy with a gun' theory is a myth.  I never see a "good guy with a gun:" I see a human more likely to exacerbate a tragedy than to stop it.


 

“Who Needs a Controversy Over the Inauguration?”: Reince Priebus Opens Up About His Six Months of Magical Thinking.  Months after his chaotic resignation as chief of staff, and with his successor on the hot seat, Priebus comes clean about everything: the inauguration crowd-size fiasco, the decision to fire Comey, the Mooch, the tweets, how he helped saved Jeff Sessions’s job, and his mercurial former boss. “I still love the guy,” he says.


 

Donald Trump, a Playboy Model, and a System for Concealing Infidelity: One woman’s account of clandestine meetings, financial transactions, and legal pacts designed to hide an extramarital affair.


 

Former Playboy model claims she had an affair with Trump, report says


 

Steve Mnuchin Rushes to Clarify He Doesn’t Care About Gun Laws: Mustn’t rock the boat.


 

150,000 American Students Have Experienced a School Shooting: They are our best hope.


 

Donald Trump is going to Florida today to visit shooting victims, they just said…’Don’t come!’


 

Florida High School Student Tells President ‘F*cking Piece Of Sh*t’ Where He Can Shove His Fake ‘Condolences’


 

Did President Trump Revoke Gun Background Checks for Mentally Ill People?  In February 2017, President Trump repealed an Obama-era regulation that would have made it easier to block the sale of firearms to people with certain mental illnesses.


 

White nationalist leader walks back comments that shooting suspect was group member


 

Mueller indicts 13 Russians for interfering in US election


 

BREAKING: 13 Russian nationals indicted for meddling in U.S. election


 

Indictment of Russians


 

Joe The Plumber: ‘Your Dead Kids Don’t Trump My Constitutional Rights’ To Have Guns


 

Mulvaney says Trump's military parade could cost as much as $30 million


 

Watch: Mother of slain Florida student screams at Trump live on camera — and CNN’s Brooke Baldwin falls apart


 

Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland Shooting


 

FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump


 

Unrolled thread from @SethAbramson on Trump announcement to run for president


 

NRA Endorses Rick Scott for Governor in Florida


 

Trump may owe his 2016 victory to ‘fake news,’ new study suggests


 

Algorithms, Suppression of Opposition Speech, and Psy-Ops.


 

“Fuck you, I like guns.”


 

Roberts: Arizona leaders say they (not you) should decide who can run for the U.S. Senate


 

Bob Mueller Is Not Playing Around: Friday’s indictments prove that Russia interfered in our election. And they make it almost impossible to fire him.


 

Bill Gates' dire warning: U.S. could lose its global leadership role under Trump


 

NRA, Russia and Trump: How 'dark money' is poisoning American democracy


 

Christian Host: School Prayer Would Have Prevented Florida School Shooting


 

These Are The Russians Charged With Meddling In The 2016 Election: All 13 Russians — along with the infamous troll farm they worked for and the companies that funded it — have been charged with defrauding the United States.


 

Russian syndicate duped Trump supporters into organizing Florida rallies, feds say


 

Mueller’s Latest Indictment Shows Trump Has Helped Putin Cover Up a Crime: By continuing to cast doubt on Russian involvement, the president is helping the Kremlin get away with its election attack.


 

Is Donald Trump a Traitor?


 

The lives we lost in Parkland, Florida


 

Mueller adds bank fraud to Manafort's list of alleged criminal conduct


 

Robert Mueller just made it impossible for Trump to call the special counsel probe a 'total hoax'


 


 

Kalashnikov plans AK-47 factory in Florida


 

NY Daily News calls out GOP senators on NRA money


 

Billionaire Mike Bloomberg offers to 'match every donation' to fight gun violence


 

Trump Is Out of His League with the Mueller Investigation


 

The 10 Politicians That Have Received the Most Money From the NRA


 

Unrolled thread from @mikefarb1 #unhackthevote


 

Clinton urges political action in response to Parkland shooting


 

The next generation is done waiting for this generation to do something about guns


 

Trump Renews Bid to Eliminate Library Funding, NEA, and NEH


 

Gates agrees to testify against Manafort in Mueller probe: report


 

Ex-CIA Director Thinks US Hypocrisy About Election Meddling Is Hilarious


 

Jimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery”


 

Immediately After Interviewing Parkland Students, Fox News Invites Criticism Of Them: “Marches aren’t going to solve it,” conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh said.


 

Donald Trump's Russia delusion bubbles over