Trump’s Best Shutdown Move Is to Fold Now: It’s time for
the president to quit while he’s behind
Hometown paper to McConnell: ‘Now would be a good time to
choose to lead’
Bernie Sanders shouldn’t run for president
Is the US ‘the greatest country on the face of this
earth?’ Not even close
This Video Will Get Donald Trump Elected
Inquiry by C.I.A. Affirms It Spied on Senate Panel
Justice declines to pursue allegations that CIA monitored
Senate Intel staff
November Midterms: Meet the Former CIA Agents Running for
Congress as Democrats
Media Bias/Fact Check
SPY SECRETS Truth about CIA’s illegal MKUltra
mind-control experiments – using drugs, hypnosis and electronic devices-
revealed in sensational new documents officials hid for decades
The records “rewrite the history” of the CIA’s covert and
illegal MKUltra project, according to researcher John Greenewald Jr who spent
almost 20 years trying to obtain the documents
List of conspiracy theories
Media Bias/Fact Check
Feds Find Money for National Park Site Tied to Trump
Hotel
Exclusive: Mueller Is Holding Top Secret Intelligence
That Will Sink the Trump Presidency
New Dem Bill Aims to Eliminate Electoral College
TEXAS REPUBLICANS WILL VOTE ON WHETHER TO REMOVE
MUSLIM-AMERICAN FROM GOP POSITION BECAUSE OF HIS RELIGION
Trump's Personal Alamo Has Mulvaney Eyeing The Exits,
Jared To Save The Day
North Carolina Republican sets off fire alarm while
fleeing questions about elections fraud
SCOTUS rejects petition of the mystery company owned by a
foreign country.
This is what election fraud looks like
Virginia GOP increasingly doomed as Supreme Court rejects
effort to block fairer state House map
How the shutdown in Washington ends: America is heading
for an almighty fight over presidential authority
The retreat of global democracy stopped in 2018: Or has
it just paused?
In 2019, Let’s Finally Retire ‘Electability’: A favored
totem of the campaign press has long been useless, and now is actively
misleading
The GOP’s most successful scam is about to reboot itself
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The Prosecutor Who Challenged Devin Nunes Is Now
Targeting Voter Suppression. Andrew
Janz’s next act: launching a super-PAC.
Local officials in Washington, DC, joked about cutting
off the White House's running water after the shutdown forced the federal
government to delay paying its bill
Trump’s pick to run Labor’s pension agency: Mitch
McConnell’s brother-in-law
Fox News analyst: GOPers in Congress are terrified future
Pres. Kamala Harris could declare emergency on guns
Lindsey Graham calls for Trump to use emergency powers to
fund border wall
A Year That Taught Us The Meaning of Fragility: The
Lesson 2018 is Trying to Teach Us
Trump’s Alleged Crimes Are Just the Tip of His Legacy:
The real enduring harm will come from his administration’s policy decisions
THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS: ADDRESS BEFORE THE AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, APRIL 27, 1961
Best Argument Ever Against Political Correctness by
Stephen Fry
Justice Ginsburg Has No Remaining Signs Of Cancer, Will
Return To Supreme Court
Exclusive: Trump team should be allowed to ‘correct’
final Mueller report, says Giuliani
Hedge Fund Tycoon Robert Mercer’s Sheriff’s Badge Has
Been Revoked
Exclusive: Robert Mueller met with Trump's pollster
As Robert Mueller writes his report, a potential battle
brews over obstruction of justice
Prosecutors Examining Ukrainians Who Flocked to Trump
Inaugural: The crowd took pictures as President Trump danced with his wife,
Melania, during inaugural festivities in January 2017. One Ukrainian lawmaker
known for pro-Russian initiatives posted on Facebook photos of the Trumps
dancing that night.
Missouri auditor Galloway begins review of Josh Hawley’s
attorney general office
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article224159555.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1
Ocasio-Cortez may take on Wall Street, fellow Democrats
on finance panel
Exasperated Democrats try to rein in Ocasio-Cortez: The
effort is part carrot, part stick. But it's far from clear the
anti-establishment political novice can be made to play ball.
Farenthold resigns as Calhoun Port Authority lobbyist
(w/resignation letter)
Canada wants 1 million more immigrants over next 3 years:
In 2017, Canada welcomed almost 300,000 permanent residents.
America's super rich: six things to know. Our new series, Big Money, is investigating
the social and political clout of the super-rich.
F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly
Working on Behalf of Russia
Radio Podcast hosted by James King Tha POLITICAL
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From Russia, with lies: A potent Kremlin propaganda
machine seeks to make ordinary citizens lose faith in the very idea of truth,
said Joby Warrick and Anton Troianovski. It’s succeeding in Russia—and in the
West too.
Ivanka Trump is reportedly under consideration to lead
The World Bank
Now That She’s Gone: Nikki Haley’s Legacy at the UN
FREEWAY 134 IN LOS ANGELES NAMED THE 'PRESIDENT BARACK H.
OBAMA HIGHWAY'
Requests to bring in child brides OK’d; legal under US
laws
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Announces She's Running For
President In 2020
A Promise of Freedom: An Introduction to U.S. History and
Civics for Immigrants
Documents Show NRA and Republican Candidates Coordinated
Ads in Key Senate Races: “You do this if you think no one is going to
investigate,” says a former federal regulator.
The Shutdown Is Mitch McConnell's Fault: The Senate
majority leader can end the shutdown by defying Trump. He's just refusing to do
so.
TRUMP’S TOP ECONOMIC ADVISER SAYS FURLOUGH WITHOUT PAY IS
GOOD FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE TO TAKE VACATION DAYS
Banishing Truth
'This is the biggest political story ever'—experts react
to the Trump-Russia FBI investigation
Will the Media Be Trump's Accomplice Again in 2020? We have a second chance. Let’s not blow it.
10 essential facts about Alexander Hamilton on his
birthday
Justices won’t block mystery criminal case subpoena
10 fascinating facts about Richard Nixon
Smart conversation from the National Constitution Center
On this site, constitutional experts interact with each
other to explore the Constitution’s history and what it means today. For each
provision of the Constitution, scholars of different perspectives discuss what
they agree upon, and what they disagree about. These experts were selected with
the guidance of leaders of two prominent constitutional law organizations—The
American Constitution Society and The Federalist Society. This project is
sponsored by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation.
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND THE FEDERAL COURTS: A
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT: REVISITING THE FINAL CAMPAIGN
New members of the 116th Congress
MNUCHIN TELLS DEMOCRATS TO JUST “TRUST” TRUMP ON RUSSIA:
The House Speaker called the classified briefing “one of the worst” Congress has
ever received from the administration.
Senior officials just blindsided Trump with damning leaks
about his talks with Putin
MUELLER DRAFT REPORT SAYS TRUMP 'HELPED PUTIN DESTABILIZE
THE UNITED STATES', WATERGATE JOURNALIST SAYS
President Trump went to 'extraordinary lengths' to hide
details of Putin meetings, report says
James Comey just responded to Trump’s insulting attack
with a classy, powerful response
Don’t Think of an Elephant! The groundbreaking book
provides the keys for progressives to win arguments and elections, and ensure
we never have to deal with a Trump or Bush ever again.
Trump prepares to declare a unitary government, as
Republicans cheer him on
D.C. Laughing Because WH Water Bill Past Due, Trump Plans
To Mis-Appropriate Funds To Build Wall
If Trump declares a national emergency, Nancy Pelosi can
immediately force a vote on rolling it back
Republicans in epic disarray as government shutdown
readies to make history
NRA illegally coordinated campaign ads with Republican
Senate candidates
Trump's promised extended shutdown would create 'economic
hellscape,' say experts
Mazie Hirono: McConnell is using 'lamest excuses I've
heard' for not stopping shutdown
Fascism Watch: Representational democracy on the brink
Senate Republicans protecting Trump at any cost, same as
House GOP last Congress
Government shutdown has 'inflicted real damage to our
nation’s aviation system,' industry warns
Despite some Republicans urging Trump to declare an
emergency, many are freaking out about it
Sinking to new low, Trump looks at taking funds for
disaster relief to pay for his wall
Trump calls Joe Biden 'weak,' says Obama took him off the
'trash heap'
A Spy Story: Sergei Skripal Was a Little Fish. He Had a
Big Enemy.
When scaring the regime runs in the family
We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim |
Lawrence Lessig
Judge blocks Trump birth control coverage rules in 13
states
41 PERCENT OF REPUBLICANS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH A WOMAN
PRESIDENT, POLL INDICATES
https://www.newsweek.com/41-percent-republicans-uncomfortable-woman-president-poll-indicates-1286584
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brings the leading conservative and liberal thought leaders together to debate
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a range of media platforms, we illuminate constitutional issues that affect the
lives of all Americans.
FOX News just asked Trump if he’s working for Putin. His
answer says it all
Trump just sent his strangest tweet of the year so far
and Twitter users question his sanity
Reporters just revealed an awkward Oval Office incident
where Trump cursed in front of Pelosi
How Patriarchy Makes Us Dumb (And That’s Right Where it
Wants Us): Why A New Generation of Women Leaders Are Getting Smeared as Dumb by
Male Pundits Who’ve Been Wrong About Everything It’s Possible to Wrong About
GOP Shrugs Off Report That Trump Concealed Details Of
Putin Meetings: “This is not a traditional president. He has unorthodox means,”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said in defense of Trump.
‘Senior Trump Official’ On Shutdown: ‘We Do Not Want Most
Employees To Return’
Is Trump Cyrus the Great, or Khruschev?
The Suffocation of Democracy
Democrats See William Barr Hearing As Their Shot At
Protecting The Mueller Investigation: A letter Sheldon Whitehouse gave to
Trump’s attorney general nominee last week lays out several lines of
questioning ahead of Barr’s confirmation hearing Tuesday.
Trump Nominee For DC Court Once Said Women Can Be
Responsible For Being Raped: Neomi Rao has been nominated to replace Supreme
Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Florida Airport Sets Up Food Bank For Unpaid TSA Agents:
The federal government isn’t paying many of its workers, so others are stepping
up, including an airport, nonprofit organizations and chef José Andrés.
This Is The Letter Unpaid Government Workers Are Being
Given To Show Their Creditors: “Some of our employees may have difficulty in
timely meeting their financial obligations.”
Democrats want Trump's interpreter to testify before
Congress
FBI deputy fired by Sessions was leading criminal probe into
Sessions
McConnell blocks House bill to reopen government for
second time
Senate Hearing for Heather Nauert as US Envoy to UN Could
Happen in February
Indicting and Prosecuting a Sitting President
South Florida official claims Rashida Tlaib might ‘blow
up’ Capitol Hill: Democratic congresswoman has become lightning rod for
conservative media and pro-Israel groups
Congress should subpoena translator from Trump-Putin
meeting
A Way Out of the Shutdown: Trump should trade Dreamer
legalization for more border money.
Trump’s Shutdown Is Not About Border Security: About
800,000 federal employees, and the citizens who depend on them, are being hurt
for an empty political stunt.
The shutdown is intractable because Trump’s wall is
ridiculous and Republicans know it: Conservatives won’t trade the wall for
anything good because they know it’s a bad idea.
The Government Shutdown Will Continue As Long As Trump
Thinks It Benefits Him
How the shutdown is reaching a breaking point: Many of
the departments and agencies hit by the partial shutdown are running out of
carryover cash and time to prep checks for the midmonth pay period.
Shutdown Leaves Food, Medicine and Pay in Doubt in Indian
Country: Dr. Lowell Styler treated Ashley Gravelle for a shoulder injury at the
Sault Tribe Health and Human Services in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., on Monday. If
the shutdown continues, health services may be pared back.
The Mattis Repercussions: Why Trump’s handling of Syria
and the Pentagon this week is so damaging.
Trump After Mattis: The Secretary of Defense worked to
shield the world from President Trump’s worst impulses. But even he had his
limits.
Will the Nation Heed the Warning Jim Mattis Delivered
Today?
Trump should take Mattis’ advice — his administration
might depend on it
Don’t blame the rats abandoning the USS Trump
Common refrain of those leaving White House: Don't blame
me
Trump is getting closer to a Cabinet full of yes-men
The Frustrating Necessity of Staying in Syria and
Afghanistan, Explained
If we ease pressure on the Islamic State, we could be
attacked again
Trump’s Populist Schism Over Syria: His troop-withdrawal
plan is politically risky. The Republican base is more hawkish than
isolationist.
Trump Isn’t as Good as His Word: Allies can’t work with
the U.S. unless they can trust it to follow through on promises.
Trump issues executive order freezing federal workers'
pay in 2019
Judge denies request to pay air traffic controllers,
other federal workers during shutdown: “It’s hard not to empathize” with
federal workers, the judge said, but the shutdown is a “political problem” that
the judiciary cannot get involved in.
Column: Trump's incurable incompetence
Trump's Incurable Incompetence
Why the Bernie Movement Must Crush Beto O’Rourke
WHAT DOES BETO O’ROURKE ACTUALLY STAND FOR? What makes
anyone think O’Rourke should be president? He is neither a bold progressive nor
a distinguished legislator.
IS IT OK TO CRITICIZE POLITICIANS FOR THINGS THEY HAVE
DONE? If calling out public figures for their actions is an “attack,” it’s our
duty to attack the politicians!
Why this progressive Texan can't get excited about Beto
O’Rourke
A Complete Guide to All 17 (Known) Trump and Russia
Investigations
The Inevitability of Impeachment: Even Republicans may be
deciding that the president has become too great a burden to their party or too
great a danger to the country.
How House Democrats can save democracy and the rule of
law: Impeach Donald Trump ASAP
The Mueller probe could turn out to be a disaster – for
the Democrats
Trump treats Clemson Tigers to 'great American' fast food
shutdown feast
US Vice President's wife, Karen Pence, starts work at
anti-LGBTI school: School bans LGBTI students and teachers
'DEAD, DEAD, DEAD': ANN COULTER SAYS DONALD TRUMP IS
'DEAD IN THE WATER IF HE DOESN'T BUILD THAT WALL'
House Dems to subpoena Donald Trump Jr. first in Russia
probe
Cheers to the unprecedented number of women taking
political office today
Enter the House of Pelosi: The main Democratic goal will
be destroying Donald Trump.
What House Democrats Should Do With Their Majority:
Constructive, not vindictive, oversight is a good start.
The people's house: A new beginning
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Critique of Fact-Checking Is
Valid
Ocasio-Cortez’s 70% Tax Idea Isn’t Very Radical: It won’t
do much to discourage people from working, raise revenue or lower inequality.
This socialist wants AOC to quit tweeting and get to work
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right. A 70% tax on the rich
makes sense: If we are serious about tackling climate change, this is precisely
the kind of policy we need to see
Paul Manafort shared 2016 polling data with Russian associate
...
Evangelical Christians think Trump is their Goliath
Mitt Romney Is the Most Dangerous Man in Trump’s City of
Lackeys: What Romney did was utterly simple: He said out loud what a vast
majority of Republican officials will only say in private.
Entire Party Furious at Mitt Romney for Calling Trump a
Terrible Person
Mitt Romney's op-ed crystallizes all the reasons the old
GOP establishment has been pushed aside
Mitt Romney's formidable challenge to Donald Trump
Elizabeth Warren and Her Party of Ideas: She’s what a
serious policy intellectual looks like in 2019.
Don’t Underestimate Elizabeth Warren and Her Populist
Message
Democrats, don't impeach Donald Trump
It's time for Democrats to be the grownups voters want
The People vs. Donald J. Trump: He is demonstrably unfit
for office. What are we waiting for?
Impeachment Pretense: Rep. Tlaib offends fellow Democrats
by telling the truth in public.
Giuliani: 'I never said there was no collusion' between
the Trump campaign and Russia
Latest Trump bombshells prove he knew Don Jr and Manafort
colluded with Russians: ex-prosecutor
How Putin's oligarchs funneled millions into GOP
campaigns
A Timeline Of All Russia-Related Sanctions
Senate Democrats' effort to block Trump move on Russia
sanctions fails
HAS AMERICA BECOME A DICTATORSHIP DISGUISED AS A
DEMOCRACY?
Evangelicals sue for right to deny shelter to homeless
transgender people
Trump Jr. Now Tied to Mexican Drug Cartel’s Money
Laundering Bankers
Trump hits back at Pelosi's State of the Union snub by
canceling top-secret congressional trip to visit troops in Afghanistan as bus
with bewildered lawmakers is turned around on way to the airport
House OKs Democratic bill to reopen government
‘Resign Or Be Impeached’: Dems Erupt Over Bombshell Trump
Obstruction Report: Calls for Trump to leave office grow after report claimed
he told Michael Cohen to lie to Congress.
Karen and Mike Pence's astonishing moral hypocrisy
Buzzfeed: President Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie
to Congress
Trump Orders Thousands Back to Work Without Pay to Blunt
Shutdown Disruption
Woman who posted about Trump slams door on Secret Service
agent: After reportedly posting online about hoping someone would shoot
President Trump between the eyes, a woman in Texas was shocked to see a Secret
Service agent at her
Vice President Says Outrage Over Wife Karen Pence’s
Discriminatory School Is ‘Offensive’: Mike Pence’s wife took a job teaching art
at a school that bans LGBTQ families and individuals, HuffPost first reported
Tuesday.
This comedian shows how the U.S. national anthem played
in a minor key makes it sound Russian. And it’s the best.
Russia’s Thugs May Be Too Much for Its Technocrats: Don’t
be fooled: The slick professionals in Putin’s regime serve a thuggish state.
Here’s why Putin wants American businessman Bill Browder
dead
Inside the Mueller team’s decision to dispute BuzzFeed’s
explosive story on Trump and Cohen
Deal or No Deal Cold Open - SNL
Re-envisioning Socialist Feminism for a New Century
From “Choice” to Justice
DSA Chapters Build Socfem Power
No Cis Men Allowed: The Making of a Socialist Feminist
Podcast
It’s Accountability Time for the Orange Menace: Trump’s
ablest critics are positioned to issue subpoenas, compel key administration
figures to face questioning, and expose failed policies and egregious conflicts
of interest.
School Is Crushing My Daughter’s Spirit. What Should I
Do? Another reader asks what she can do
about an acquaintance who drunkenly groped her on New Year’s Eve.
Facebook Is a Social Menace: The tech giant will spy for
anyone with the cash to buy your secrets.
The End of Likability Politics: The nasty women of
America are delivering on their promises—and they don’t care what their
conservative male colleagues think.
The Ideas Primary: US presidential contests may seem
never-ending, but if the debate is about policy—instead of personality—is that
such a bad thing?
The Populist Specter: Is the groundswell of popular
discontent in Europe and the Americas what’s really threatening democracy?
Eyewitness to a Revolution: Victor Klemperer’s dispatches
from interwar Germany.
A Presidential Negotiating Stance
Comix Nation
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Slams Trump and the Shutdown in
First House Floor Speech | NowThis
Calling Trump’s bluff: The deal Democrats should offer to
end the shutdown
Column: Is Trump thinking about copping a plea?
Bill reintroduced to prevent any President from leaving
NATO: Virginia Senator Tim Kaine was part of the committee to reintroduce the
bill to prevent any U.S. Presidents from leaving NATO without Senate consent.
Russian state TV literally laughs about GOP’s vote to
lift sanctions
What the Civil War Can Teach Us About Trying to
Compromise With Trump: A new history of the antebellum period shows us how
remaining moderate can mean letting human rights violations drag on for far too
long.
We Got a Blue Wave, But We Can Win So Much More—If We
Mobilize Now: This fight is for civilization’s survival—one that will require
the mobilization not seen since the civil rights movement.
The Trump Presidency: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
(HBO)
Why Trump lies and why you should care
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins seat on powerful House
panel set to investigate Trump administration
Kamala Harris raised $1.5 million in 24 hours, but lost
Bill O'Reilly's vote
SUPPORT FOR DONALD TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT IS HIGHER THAN HIS
APPROVAL RATING, NEW POLL SHOWS
https://www.newsweek.com/support-donald-trump-impeachment-higher-approval-rating-vs-new-poll-1300633
(Why) The Test of Us is Now: How to Keep a
Democracy — and Why it Matters
(Why) America Needs a Mother: Why the Future is Feminine
Trump's liaison to Congress eyeing exit: White House
legislative affairs director Shahira Knight is preparing to leave what many
insiders call a thankless job.
Power struggle paralyzes 'irrelevant' White House press
shop
How Trump Offered NASA Unlimited Funding to Go to Mars in
His First Term
Trump’s Lawyer Said There Were “No Plans” For Trump Tower
Moscow. Here They Are. Rudy Giuliani
claims the Moscow tower was barely more than a notion. “There were no drafts.
Nothing in the file.” Documents obtained by BuzzFeed News tell a different
story.
Trump exasperated by gaffe-prone Giuliani: After the
president's freewheeling lawyer cleans up yet another set of public comments,
the West Wing's patience is wearing thin.
Divorce filing: U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst says her husband
physically attacked her
Joni Ernst says she turned down chance to be Donald
Trump's vice-president
Trump Threatens Michael Cohen’s Father-In-Law, Lanny
Davis Slams President’s “Mafioso Don” Behavior
House Judiciary Democrat: Kavanaugh Will ‘Likely’ Be
Investigated for Perjury
Clintonists Tell Leftists to Fall in Line Behind Kamala
Harris: Establishment uses ‘Bernie Bros’ tactic to discredit progressives’
criticisms
McConnell blocks bill to reopen most of government
Michael Cohen postpones congressional testimony because
of threats to family from Trump and Giuliani
TRUMP ADVISERS URGE PRESIDENT TO BENCH RUDY GIULIANI, BAR
LAWYER FROM APPEARING ON TV: REPORT
Trump says he will give State of the Union after shutdown
ends
Trump-Induced Anxiety Disorder
Max Weber’s enduring wisdom: Democratic politics is a
remorseless struggle, he warned 100 years ago
https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/01/26/max-webers-enduring-wisdom?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/2019/01/24n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/NA/190494/n
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