Prestige Bias: An Obstacle to a Just Academic Philosophy Helen De Cruz Oxford Brookes University hde-cruz@brookes.ac.uk Volume 5, No. 10, 2018 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.12405314.0005.010 https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ergo/12405314.0005.010?view=text;rgn=main Hung over: What science says about why you feel so rough Hair of the dog? Wine before beer? Why everything you know about hangovers, and how to cure them, is wrong - or unproven Health 14 December 2016 By Richard Webb https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231040-800-hung-over-what-science-says-about-why-you-feel-so-rough/ Opinion Stop Calling Him 'Dr.': The Academic Fraud of Sebastian Gorka, Trump's Terrorism 'Expert' The only formally qualified examiner for Gorka's Ph.D. on a panel packed with personal friends was an extreme right-wing Hungarian MEP who recently advocated putting pigs heads on a fence on the Hungarian border to keep out Muslims Andrew Reynolds Apr 27, 2017 https://www.haaretz.com/amp/opinion/the-academic-fraud-of-trumps-terrorism-expert-1.5465216 Sinclair, the pro-Trump, conservative company taking over local news, explained Sinclair reaches 40 percent of households - and soon will reach 72 percent. By Dylan Matthews Apr 03, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/4/3/17180020/sinclair-broadcast-group-conservative-trump-david-smith-local-news-tv-affiliate The rich get government handouts just like the poor. Here are 10 of them. By Emily Badger and Christopher Ingraham April 9, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/04/09/the-rich-get-government-handouts-just-like-the-poor-here-are-10-of-them/ The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line The key difference is among regional cultures tracing back to the nation's colonization. By Colin Woodard July 30, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html Normalizing Trump: An incredibly brief explainer A conflict in the journalist's code was created by a president wholly unfit for the job. 17 Sep 2017 https://pressthink.org/2017/09/normalizing-trump-incredibly-brief-explainer/ Why a Liberal Democrat Supports Vladimir Putin Alexandra Tara Reade, J.D. Nov 27, 2018 http://archive.is/OeD6Z Trump Pulls Back Obama-Era Protections For Women Workers By Mary Emily O'Hara April 3, 2017 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-pulls-back-obama-era-protections-women-workers-n741041 Decades of Trump's inheritance fail to explain how her' funding mysterious cash purchases By Max de Haldevang October 2, 2018 https://qz.com/1411006/trumps-413-million-inheritance-doesnt-explain-his-mysterious-cash-spending/ Second Amendment 2017-06-04 https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/second_amendment Gun Control Is as Old as the Old West Contrary to the popular imagination, bearing arms on the frontier was a heavily regulated business By Matt Jancer February 5, 2018 o https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gun-control-old-west-180968013/ How to debunk false beliefs without having it backfire By Susannah Locke Apr 25, 2016 https://www.vox.com/2014/12/22/7433899/debunk-how-to Scientists Say They've Found The Driver of False Beliefs, And It's Not a Lack of Intelligence DAVID NIELD 09 SEP 2018 https://www.sciencealert.com/feedback-study-explains-why-false-beliefs-stick If Solar And Wind Are So Cheap, Why Are They Making Electricity So Expensive? Michael Shellenberger Apr 23, 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/04/23/if-solar-and-wind-are-so-cheap-why-are-they-making-electricity-more-expensive/#2ffd5301dc66 >/a> How meditation and psychedelic drugs could fix tribalism Yes, seriously. By Sean Illing Dec 29, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/10/17/17952996/meditation-psychedelics-buddhism-philosophy-tribalism-oneness A Gutted I.R.S. Makes the Rich Richer With enforcement enfeebled, as much as 20 percent of potential tax revenues go uncollected. By The Editorial Board Dec. 25, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/opinion/editorials/irs-audits-rich.html Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father By DAVID BARSTOW, SUSANNE CRAIG and RUSS BUETTNER Oct 02, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html READ: James Mattis' resignation letter CNN Fri December 21, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/politics/james-mattis-resignation-letter-doc/index.html Democrats got millions more votes - so how did Republicans win the Senate? Senate electoral process means although Democrats received more overall votes for the Senate than Republicans, that does not translate to more seats Sabrina Siddiqui Thu 08 Nov 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/08/democrats-republicans-senate-majority-minority-rule America Is Blaming Pregnant Women for Their Own Deaths What is it like to face dying during childbirth in the richest country in the world in the 21st century? By Kim Brooks Nov. 16, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/opinion/sunday/maternal-mortality-rates.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage The latest Obamacare ruling is part of a larger conservative attack on democracy "Populism" is not the problem By Matthew Yglesias Dec 15, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/12/15/18141768/obamacare-unconstitutional-democracy-misha-tseytlin The U.S. is in a state of perpetual minority rule By Daniel Markovits and Ian Ayres November 08, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-us-is-in-a-state-of-perpetual-minority-rule/2018/11/08/9f9f38a0-e2b1-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html 12/08/2018 Immigration Is A Public Health Issue, But Not For The Reasons Some Politicians Claim With a new myth-busting report, experts hope real health concerns can become part of a żmore humanż immigration debate. By Carolina Moreno https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/immigration-is-a-public-health-issue-but-not-for-the-reason-some-politicians-would-like-you-to-believe_us_5c0aadeae4b0ab8cf69307ad 12/08/2018 Feds Investigating Millions Of Fake Messages Opposing Net Neutrality: Report FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai conceded that 500,000 fake comments urging the death of the popular system came from Russian emails. By Mary Papenfuss https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/feds-probe-fake-messages-to-fcc-supporting-ending-net-neutrality_us_5c0c4ae1e4b0ab8cf693ec5c 11/28/2018 The Gender Wage Gap Is Even Worse Than You Thought Women make less than half what men earn over the long term, according to a new study. By Emily Peck https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gender-wage-gap_us_5bfd9d3fe4b0771fb6befd55 How the media should respond to Trumpżs lies A linguist explains how Trump uses lies to divert attention from the żbig truths.ż By Sean Illing Nov 18, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/11/15/18047360/trump-lies-media-strategy-george-lakoff Not Far From Flint, Contamination Has Left Detroit School Taps Dry By Sarah Maslin Nir Nov. 15, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/detroit-schools-water-lead-contamination.html Trump's latest interview shows a president who's in way over his head He has no idea what he's doing, but what else is new? By Matthew Yglesias Nov 15, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/11/15/18096700/donald-trump-daily-caller-interview Matthew Whitaker Abandoned Iowa Taxpayer-Funded Project In 2016 The acting attorney general's history as a former federal prosecutor, and critic of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation has come under scrutiny. RYAN J. FOLEY and DAVID PITT 11/13/2018 < href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matthew-whitaker-iowa-taxpayer-funded-project_us_5beb5c3ee4b044bbb1a9f322"> https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matthew-whitaker-iowa-taxpayer-funded-project_us_5beb5c3ee4b044bbb1a9f322 Trump's Tax Cut Was Supposed to Change Corporate Behavior. Here's What Happened. Nearly a year after the tax cut, economic growth has accelerated. Wage growth has not. Companies are buying back stock and business investment is a mixed bag. By Jim Tankersley and Matt Phillips Nov. 12, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/business/economy/trumps-tax-cut-was-supposed-to-change-corporate-behavior-heres-what-happened.html Matthew Whitaker Led Foundation That May Have Violated Tax-Exempt Status The acting attorney general criticized Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, which may have violated the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust's tax-exempt status. Jeff Don 11/10/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/matthew-whitaker-foundation-for-accountability-and-civic-trust_us_5be6657ae4b0dbe871ab3433 Extreme Gerrymandering & The 2018 Midterm by Laura Royden, Michael Li, and Yurij Rudensky 2018 https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/Extreme%20Gerrymandering%204.24.18.pdf Why baby boomers need immigrants to fund their retirement, in 2 charts The Trump administration's immigration policies will hurt elderly Americans. By Alexia Fernández Campbell Oct 23, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/8/1/17561014/immigration-social-security A Russian newspaper editor explains how Putin made Trump his puppet "They consider him a stupid, unstrategic politician." By Sean Illing Jul 16, 2018 https://www.vox.com/conversations/2017/2/22/14697718/trump-putin-helsinki-meeting-hillary-clinton Michael Cohen Says Trump Repeatedly Used Racist Language Before His Presidency As he awaits sentencing, Trump's former lawyer says that he wants to clear his conscience and warn roters about what he sees as the president's true nature in advance of the midterm elections. by Emily Jane Fox November 2, 2018 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/michael-cohen-trump-racist-language Republicans Are Afraid Of Democracy, So They're Dismantling It Carol Anderson 10/31/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-trump-gop-voter-suppression-georgia_us_5bd88ba6e4b017e5bfd694a1 A Humira Prescription Costs $38,000 A Year Because Our Patent System Is Being Abused Priti Krishtel 10/28/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-humira-costs-patents_us_5bd0c893e4b0a8f17ef3961f Trump obliterates his one-week record for dishonesty in a wave of pre-midterm appearances By Daniel Dale Wed., Oct. 24, 2018 https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/10/23/trump-obliterates-his-one-week-record-for-dishonesty-in-a-wave-of-pre-midterm-appearances.html Trump Hits A New High-Water Mark: The Biggest Federal Deficit In 6 Years The federal deficit has soared 17 percent in the presidentżs first fiscal year. By Mary Papenfuss 10/16/2018 a https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-deficit-highest-six-years_us_5bc545ece4b0a8f17ee4c5d6 First Came a Flood of Ballot Measures From Voters. Then Politicians Pushed Back. By Timothy Williams Oct. 15, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/15/us/referendum-initiative-legislature-dakota.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage Where Itżs Legal to Reverse the Vote of the People More citizen-initiated measures are making it onto the ballot than ever before. But in cities and states where theyżre able, legislators are taking steps to alter them. Sarah Holder Oct 12, 2018 https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/10/where-its-legal-to-reverse-the-vote-of-the-people/572386/ COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS ISSUE BRIEF OCTOBER 2016 LABOR MARKET MONOPSONY: TRENDS, CONSEQUENCES, AND POLICY RESPONSES https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/page/files/20161025_monopsony_labor_mrkt_cea.pdf The Giant Corporations Behind Your Burgers And Milk Have A Terrifying Climate Secret Together, five companies have a climate footprint bigger than Exxon, Shell or BP, but we donżt talk about it. By Tom Levitt 10/12/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cargill-tyson-food-companies-climate-change_us_5bbf272de4b0b27cf47aed47 Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father By DAVID BARSTOW, SUSANNE CRAIG and RUSS BUETTNER Oct. 02, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html Why Netflix Should Scare You More Than It Does Facebook can influence elections, but Netflix can influence hearts and minds. By Todd Van Luling 10/10/2018 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/netflix-scared-bad_n_5bbcd832e4b01470d055d4b3?3wi= New UN Climate Report Dims Hope For Averting Catastrophic Global Warming Keeping temperatures from rising beyond the Paris agreement's ambitious target will require unprecedented social changes. By Alexander C. Kaufman and Chris D'Angelo 10/07/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ipcc-report_us_5bba177be4b0876eda9ef1d7 The Coming Kavanaugh Court Doctrine: Democrats Are Unconstitutional Brett Kavanaugh promised, "What goes around comes around." What does that mean for cases that help Republicans and hurt Democrats at the ballot box? By Paul Blumenthal 10/06/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-legitimacy_us_5bb7757ae4b028e1fe3d25a5 Judge: Congressional Democrats can sue Trump over emoluments By ASSOCIATED PRESS 09/28/2018 https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/28/trump-emoluments-lawsuit-ruling-853272 Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart There was a striking difference in style - and substance. By Alvin Chang Sep 28, 2018 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/28/17914308/kavanaugh-ford-question-dodge-hearing-chart Hereżs where Kavanaugh's sworn testimony was misleading or wrong By Philip Bump September 28, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/28/heres-where-kavanaughs-sworn-testimony-was-misleading-or-wrong/ 09/23/2018 FCC Hiding Evidence Of Suspected Russian Role In Ending Net Neutrality: Lawsuit The suit filed by The New York Times alleges an "orchestrated campaign" by Russians to corrupt democratic rule-making. By Mary Papenfuss https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fcc-shielding-evidence-of-russian-role-in-killing-net-neutraility-lawsuit_us_5ba72892e4b0375f8f9db029 Medicine's Financial Contamination Disclosure rules may seem arcane, but money corrupts medical research. By The Editorial Board Sept. 14, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/opinion/medicines-financial-contamination.html Ten Years After The Financial Crisis, The Contagion Has Spread To Democracy Itself Tim Geithner, Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson dealt a catastrophic blow to public faith in American institutions. [The way the financial crisis was handled led directly to trump] By Zach Carter 09/15/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/financial-crisis-10-years-later-ben-bernanke-hank-paulson-timothy-geithner_us_5b9d7dc8e4b04d32ebf92396 These 5 Rebel Movements Want To Change How Money Works A new wave of agitators in the realm of monetary systems has emerged By Brett Scott 09/14/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/five-monetary-rebellions-change-money-system_us_5b9a819ae4b0b64a336ca248 Small Investors Are Prey, Again, for the Wolves of Wall Street Congress tried to protect ordinary Americans' portfolios with the Dodd-Frank Act, but today they are more vulnerable than ever. By Susan Antilla Ms. Antilla is the author of "Tales From the Boom-Boom Room: Women vs. Wall Street." Sept. 14, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/opinion/protecting-small-investors-dodd-frank.html I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration I work for the president but like-minded colleagues and I have vowed to thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations. Sept. 5, 2018 Opinion https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html I didnżt read Harry Potter when I was growing up. And I wasnżt alone. A look back at religious opposition to J.K. Rowlingżs stories - and what it says about the era. By Alissa Wilkinson Sep 1, 2018 https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/8/31/17607988/harry-potter-boycott-evangelical-dobson-focus-peretti-satanic-panic Harsh new anti-protest laws restrict freedom of speech, advocates say By Nicholas Kusnetz August 22, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/08/22/environmentalists-say-new-pipeline-protest-laws-restrict-their-freedom-speech/?utm_term=.7a5eca5d6dcd Fox News Hosts and the Rest of the American Elite Don't Know the First Thing About Farm Work There is a tremendous amount of misinformation about farming, and a need to set the record straight about the people who feed our nation. Ruben Navarrette Jr. 08.15.18 https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-hosts-and-the-rest-of-the-american-elite-dont-know-the-first-thing-about-farm-work?ref=home How the Right Wing Convinces Itself That Liberals Are Evil Since the 1950s, the conservative movement has justified bad behavior-including supporting Donald Trump-by persuading itself that the left is worse. by David A. Walsh July/August 2018 https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/july-august-2018/how-the-right-wing-convinces-itself-that-liberals-are-evil/ A historian explains how mainstream conservatives made Trump "The embryo of Trumpism [was] lurking within '90s conservatism." By Zack Beauchamp Aug 13, 2018 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/13/17683416/trump-republican-party-conservatives-seth-cotlar India's digital ID system is a cautionary tale by Reetika Khera August 09, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/08/09/aadhaar/?utm_term=.fc78092cec89 Keep Up the Blanket Coverage of Trump. It Hurts Him. Just a little wave of disgust among Republican moderates is all that is needed to turn several key states from red to blue. By Thomas L. Friedman Aug. 8, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/keep-up-the-blanket-coverage-of-trump-it-hurts-him.html 08/05/2018 Hey Christian Parents, Spanking Kids Is Sex Abuse Jillian Keenan https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-keenan-spanking-sex-abuse_us_5b65d375e4b0b15abaa3b8ca The revealing Medicare-for-all fact-check debate roiling the internet, explained Sen. Bernie Sanders and the left vs. the libertarians at Mercatus is the shape of things to come. By Dylan Scott Aug 23, 2018 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/8/23/17769130/medicare-for-all-costs-bernie-sanders-mercatus-study The Maps That Show That City vs. Country Is Not Our Political Fault Line The key difference is among regional cultures tracing back to the nation's colonization. By Colin Woodard July 30, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/30/opinion/urban-rural-united-states-regions-midterms.html White threat in a browning America How demographic change is fracturing our politics. By Ezra Klein Jul 30, 2018 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/30/17505406/trump-obama-race-politics-immigration The King Of Climate Fiction Makes The Left's Case For Geoengineering Kim Stanley Robinson argues that blanket opposition to intervening in the climate is wrongheaded. By Alexander C. Kaufman 07/28/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-geoengineering-kim-stanley-robinson_us_5b4e54bde4b0de86f487b0b9 Are Donald Trump's supporters idiots? Jeet Heer 11 June 2016 https://newrepublic.com/minutes/133447/donald-trumps-supporters-idiots The QAnon Conspiracy Has Stumbled Into Real Life, And It's Not Going To End Well Armed men showing up and demanding answers to conspiracies. That can't be good. By Andy Campbell 07/24/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/qanon-conspiracy-real-life_us_5b54bbafe4b0b15aba8fe484 Inside Incels' Looksmaxing Obsession: Penis Stretching, Skull Implants And Rage Thousands of "involuntarily celibate" men in online forums are consumed by misogynist entitlement and a skin-deep quest for self-improvement. By Jesselyn Cook 07/24/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/incels-looksmaxing-obsession_us_5b50e56ee4b0de86f48b0a4f Crossing the divide Do men really have it easier? These transgender guys found the truth was more complex. By Tara Bahrampour July 20, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/07/20/feature/crossing-the-divide-do-men-really-have-it-easier-these-transgender-guys-found-the-truth-was-more-complex/ Trump's Tariff War Is The Final Act Of A Broken System The myth of free trade is coming apart. By Zach Carter 07/22/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-tariff-war-is-the-final-act-of-a-broken-system_us_5b48f061e4b022fdcc59390b Why Real Wages Still Aren't Rising By Jared Bernstein July 18, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/opinion/wage-stagnation-unemployment-economic-growth.html Democrats Still Don't Understand What They're Up Against Kaitlin Byrd 07/03/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-byrd-democrats-civility_us_5b3a935fe4b07b827cb9bd89 Bobby Azarian Ph.D. Mind In The Machine An Analysis of Trump Supporters Has Identified 5 Key Traits A new report sheds light on the psychological basis for Trump's support. Posted Dec 31, 2017 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201712/analysis-trump-supporters-has-identified-5-key-traits It's time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class. By Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu June 5, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/05/its-time-to-bust-the-myth-most-trump-voters-were-not-working-class/ Trump says the Electoral College is advantageous to Democrats. But he is president because of it. Why Trump said the Electoral College is better for Democrats. By Tara Golshan Jul 16, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/7/16/17576764/trump-electoral-college-putin In Helsinki, Trump Shows He Is Indeed Guilty of Collusion He again helped Putin cover up Russia's attack on the US. David Corn Jul. 16, 2018 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/in-helsinki-trump-shows-he-is-indeed-guilty-of-collusion/ The Most Incompetent Demagogue In History Robert Kuttner 07/15/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kuttner-trump-putin_us_5b4c0159e4b0e7c958fc77a7 A white neighbor called police on a kid mowing a lawn. Later, they called as he played in a yard. National attention to racial profiling has increased. But white people are still calling 911 for innocuous reasons. By P.R. Lockhart Jul 09, 2018 https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/7/2/17527382/reggie-fields-racial-profiling-911-police Trump's Taking Us From Temper Tantrum to Trade War By Paul Krugman July 02, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/opinion/trump-trade-war.html Trump's White House has been a money-making machine 29 June 2018 https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/06/29/trumps-white-house-has-been-a-money-making-machine.html The wage gap starts earlier than you might think by Julia Carpenter July 05, 2018 http://money.cnn.com/2018/07/05/pf/wage-gap-children/index.html Big Business Reaps Trump's Whirlwind By Paul Krugman July 05, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/opinion/trade-war-trump-business-jobs.html The $6.3 trillion debt binge: American companies have never owed this much by Matt Egan July 01, 2018 http://money.cnn.com/2018/07/01/investing/stocks-week-ahead-debt-bubble/index.html Noahpinion Wednesday, April 24, 2013 KrugTron the Invincible http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/krugtron-invincible.html 06/24/2018 05:02 pm ET We Can't Keep Up With All The Damage Being Done By Trump Kurt Bardella https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-bardella-gag-rule_us_5b2fd8c4e4b00295f15dc352 Is the Border in Crisis? "We're Doing Fine, Quite Frankly," a Border City Mayor Says By Manny Fernandez and Linda Qiu June 23, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/23/us/border-trump-immigration.html 05/30/2018 New Hampshire Dug Deep Into Allegations Of Widespread Voter Fraud. It Found Very Little. âWhat the president said isnât true,â said the chair of the stateâs Ballot Law Commission. By Sam Levine https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-voter-fraud-investigation-trump_us_5b0ef7d3e4b0be10a488181b Bamboo Rocket Festival in Thailand posted June 23, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zad8RuKCl0s&feature=youtu.be 05/27/2018 Everyone Is Missing A Key Reason The U.S. Birth Rate Is Declining In the U.S., women are essentially punished for having kids. By Emily Peck https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/key-reason-birth-rate-declining_us_5b0725cfe4b0568a88097feb Immigration, MS-13 and crime: the facts behind Donald Trumpâs exaggerations By Miriam Valverde February 7th, 2018 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/feb/07/donald-trump/immigration-ms-13-and-crime-facts-behind-donald-tr/ 5/23/2018 Trump And The American Far Right Stoke Hate In Canada Hate crimes have increased, extremist groups are growing, and two mass killings shocked the country. By Nick Robins-Early https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/canada-far-right-extremism-trump_us_5b057d63e4b07c4ea103fa86 Antonin Scalia was wrong about the meaning of "bear arms" By Dennis Baron May 21, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/antonin-scalia-was-wrong-about-the-meaning-of-bear-arms/2018/05/21/9243ac66-5d11-11e8-b2b8-08a538d9dbd6_story.html China Has a Vast Influence Machine, and You Don't Even Know It By Yi-Zheng Lian Mr. Lian, a native of Hong Kong, is a former lead writer and chief editor of the Hong Kong Economic Journal. May 21, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/21/opinion/china-overseas-intelligence-yang.html Mysterious rise in banned ozone-destroying chemical shocks scientists CFCs have been outlawed for years but researchers have detected new production somewhere in east Asia Damian Carrington Wed 16 May 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/16/mysterious-rise-in-banned-ozone-destroying-chemical-shocks-scientists CEOs don't want this released': US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an extraordinary disparity â with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1 Edward Helmore Wed 16 May 2018 05.00 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/16/ceo-worker-pay-ratio-america-first-study How to invest money in 2018: The best beginnerâs investment plan, with funds, stocks, bonds and more By James Dennin March 1, 2018 https://mic.com/articles/188008/how-to-invest-best-investment-plan-2018-mutual-funds-etfs-stocks-bonds-money A Basic Guide to Retirement Plans When Your Employer Doesnât Offer One Kristin Wong 11/14/2014 https://twocents.lifehacker.com/a-basic-guide-to-retirement-plans-when-your-employer-do-1657644936 Liberals, Youâre Not as Smart as You Think By Gerard Alexander Mr. Alexander is a professor of political science at the University of Virginia. May 12, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/12/opinion/sunday/liberals-youre-not-as-smart-as-you-think-you-are.html Let Them Eat Trump Steaks By Paul Krugman May 10, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/opinion/trump-food-stamps-agriculture.html Trump is no longer the worst person in government By George F. Will May 09, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-no-longer-the-worst-person-in-government/2018/05/09/10e59eba-52f1-11e8-a551-5b648abe29ef_story.html 05/05/2018 08:01 am ET Americaâs Housing Crisis Is Spreading To Smaller Cities The next front in the battle over affordable housing isnât Boston or San Francisco. Itâs Boise. By Michael Hobbes https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/housing-crisis-small-cities-boise_us_5ae878f7e4b055fd7fcfcee0 Marco Rubio just went way off message on the GOP tax cuts - and conservatives are furious by Jeff Stein May 01, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/04/30/marco-rubio-just-went-way-off-message-on-the-gop-tax-cuts/?utm_term=.a73175dcc37f Trumpâs War on the Poor By Paul Krugman April 26, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/opinion/trumps-war-poor.html Why Trump Supporters Donât Mind His Lies By Daniel A. Effron Mr. Effron is an associate professor of organizational behavior at London Business School. April 28, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/why-trump-supporters-dont-mind-his-lies.html 04/26/2018 Many Americans Prefer A âHigher Powerâ To The God Of The Bible, Study Finds But only 10 percent say they donât believe in any spiritual force. By Carol Kuruvilla https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/americans-belief-god-pew-survey_us_5ae214d4e4b055fd7fc9af65 We Donât Need No Education By Paul Krugman April 23, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/opinion/teachers-protest-education-funding.html 04/18/2018 Capitalism's Betrayal Of The Working Class Could Be Its Undoing Richard D. Wolff https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/capitalism-betrayal-working-class_us_5ad6476ae4b016a07ea15354 Scientists Accidentally Create A Plastic-Eating Enzyme The discovery may be a breakthrough in tackling the plastic pollution crisis. By Laura Paddison 04/17/2018 a https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/enzyme-plastic-bottles-pollution_us_5ad5e364e4b0edca2cbde373 The Trump Administration Is Waging War On The Poor Aaron Tobert 04/18/2018 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-tobert-trump-work-requirements-medicaid_us_5ad6222ae4b077c89ced2c70 The growth delusion: An interview with David Pilling by Jared Bernstein February 28, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/28/the-growth-delusion-an-interview-with-david-pilling/ When Liberals Become Progressives, Much Is Lost By Greg Weiner Mr. Weiner was a senior aide to Senator Bob Kerrey before becoming a political scientist. April 13, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/opinion/moynihan-liberals-progressives-lost.html Trump thinks Amazonâs destroying the post office. Hereâs whatâs really happening. Congress might deserve some of Trumpâs ire. By Jen Kirby Mar 30, 2018 https://www.vox.com/2018/3/30/17176852/trump-amazon-post-office 03/29/2018 The Military Banned Waterboarding Trainees Because It Was Too Brutal â And Never Announced It Torture apologists cite the militaryâs use of waterboarding trainees in defense of Gina Haspel, Trumpâs nominee for CIA director. One problem: The military stopped that training in 2007. By Jessica Schulberg https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/military-sere-waterboarding-banned-torture-cia-gina-haspel_us_5abd1240e4b06409775e4122 Bad science puts innocent people in jail â and keeps them there How discredited experts and fields of forensics keep sneaking into courtrooms. By Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington March 21, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/bad-science-puts-innocent-people-in-jail--and-keeps-them-there/2018/03/20/f1fffd08-263e-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html Thomas B. Edsall The 2016 Exit Polls Led Us to Misinterpret the 2016 Election March 29, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/opinion/2016-exit-polls-election.html The Arcticâs carbon bomb might be even more potent than we thought by Chris Mooney March 19, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/03/19/the-arctics-carbon-bomb-might-be-even-more-potent-than-we-thought/ 19 Mar 2018 Revealed: Trumpâs election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News reveals how Cambridge Analytica secretly campaigns in elections across the world. Bosses were filmed talking about using bribes, ex-spies, fake IDs and sex workers. a https://www.channel4.com/news/cambridge-analytica-revealed-trumps-election-consultants-filmed-saying-they-use-bribes-and-sex-workers-to-entrap-politicians-investigation Larry Kudlow Is The Perfect Embodiment Of Republican Economics Rich people are the best people, apparently. By Zach Carter https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/larry-kudlow-is-the-perfect-embodiment-of-republican-economics_us_5aabcd91e4b0337adf832bf5 Larry Kudlow may have been more wrong about the economy than anyone alive By Dana Milbank March 14, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/larry-kudlow-may-have-been-more-wrong-about-the-economy-than-anyone-alive/2018/03/14/a98f2292-27ce-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html Why it's so difficult to kill a populist movement Even when Berlusconi and others lose power, they often find a way back. Trump's opponents should pay attention. By Jordan Kyle and Yascha Mounk March 09, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/why-its-so-difficult-to-kill-a-populist-movement/2018/03/09/28e2a7d2-22e6-11e8-badd-7c9f29a55815_story.html The growth delusion: An interview with David Pilling By Jared Bernstein February 28, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/28/the-growth-delusion-an-interview-with-david-pilling/ Was Obama's $1.7 billion cash deal with Iran prohibited by U.S. law? By Glenn Kessler March 01, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/03/01/was-obamas-1-7-billion-cash-deal-with-iran-prohibited-by-u-s-law/ Late sleepers are tired of being discriminated against. And science has their back. Some people have a biological clock naturally set to a later time. By Brian Resnick Feb 27, 2018 https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/2/27/17058530/sleep-night-owl-late-riser-chronotype-science-delayed-sleep-phase Trump said he would charge a gunman. Here's what he's actually done in the face of danger. by Eli Rosenberg February 26, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/02/26/trump-said-he-would-charge-a-gunman-heres-what-hes-actually-done-in-the-face-of-danger/ New evidence that work requirements do not work By Jared Bernstein February 26, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/26/new-evidence-that-work-requirements-do-not-work/"> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/02/26/new-evidence-that-work-requirements-do-not-work/ The Kochs are trying to kill unions. Be careful what you wish for. By Dana Milbank February 26, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-kochs-are-trying-to-kill-unions-be-careful-what-you-wish-for/2018/02/26/ce810844-1b45-11e8-9de1-147dd2df3829_story.html Millions of jobs are still missing. Don't blame immigrants or food stamps. By Andrew Van Dam February 22, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/22/fewer-americans-are-working-dont-blame-immigrants-or-food-stamps/ Whatever Trump Is Hiding Is Hurting All of Us Now= Thomas L. Friedman FEB. 18, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/opinion/trump-russia-putin.html?rref=collection%2Fcolumn%2Fthomas-l-friedman As Some Got Free Health Care, Gwen Got Squeezed: An Obamacare Dilemma By ABBY GOODNOUGH FEB. 19, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/health/obamacare-premiums-medicaid.html On Russia, Facebook Sends a Message It Wishes It Hadn't The Shift By KEVIN ROOSE FEB. 19, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/technology/russia-facebook-trump.html Budgets, Bad Faith and "Balance" Paul Krugman FEB. 15, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/opinion/republicans-bad-faith-krugman.html Money only buys happiness for a certain amount Research looks at how much money makes individuals around the world happy February 13, 2018 Purdue University https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/02/180213132926.htm Trump Shows Us the Way Maureen Dowd FEB. 10, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/trump-shows-us-the-way.html One Honorable American's Love of Trump Roger Cohen FEB. 9, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/opinion/one-honorable-americans-love-of-trump.html Bonkers Poll: 70% of Republicans Think Trump Is a 'Good Role Model for Children' Some party of family values. By Kali Holloway / AlterNet January 30, 2018, https://www.alternet.org/right-wing/bonkers-poll-70-republicans-think-trump-good-role-model-children Michael Gerson: Lickspittle wing of GOP is now firmly in charge Michael Gerson Feb 06, 2018 http://www.stltoday.com/opinion/columnists/national/michael-gerson-lickspittle-wing-of-gop-is-now-firmly-in/article_3de2e2de-43f5-53a7-a119-35a17522c4ec.html Boycott the Republican Party If conservatives want to save the GOP from itself, they need to vote mindlessly and mechanically against its nominees. Jonathan Rauch and Benjamin Wittes March 2018 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/boycott-the-gop/550907/ As Bitcoin Bubble Loses Air, Frauds and Flaws Rise to Surface By NATHANIEL POPPER FEB. 05, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/technology/virtual-currency-regulation.html China, Elbows Out, Charges Ahead By THE EDITORIAL BOARD FEB. 05, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/opinion/china-elbows-out-charges-ahead.html Has Trumphoria Finally Hit a Wall? Paul Krugman FEB. 05, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/opinion/stock-market-trump.html The Full Text of the Nunes Memo On Friday, the House Intelligence Committee released the controversial document, which alleges surveillance abuses by the FBI. Lena Felton Feb 02, 2018 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/read-the-full-text-of-the-nunes-memo/552191/ Trump's latest interview shows he's not really the president He's holding the office but not doing the job. By Matthew Yglesias Jan 26, 2018 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/26/16936802/trump-not-really-president The Dead Enders Candidates Who Signed Up to Battle Donald Trump Must Get Past the Democratic Party First Jan 23, 2018 Ryan Grim, Lee Fang https://theintercept.com/2018/01/23/dccc-democratic-primaries-congress-progressives/ 01/25/2018 Janet Yellen Was A Great Fed Chair. So Why Is The Economy Still Broken? Inequality remains at or near record highs. By Zach Carter https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/janet-yellen-federal-chair-economy_us_5a6a19c2e4b0ddb658c4716a How Mick Mulvaney is dismantling a federal agency By Catherine Rampell January 25, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mick-mulvaney-cant-legally-kill-the-cfpb-so-hes-starving-it-instead/2018/01/25/4481d2ce-0216-11e8-8acf-ad2991367d9d_story.html A Modest Immigration Proposal: Ban Jews Bret Stephens JAN. 18, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/18/opinion/jews-immigration-america.html On Aziz Ansari And Sex That Feels Violating Even When It's Not Criminal If the #MeToo movement is going to last, we need to renegotiate the sexual narratives we've long accepted 01/16/2018 By Emma Gray https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/aziz-ansari-sex-violating-but-not-criminal_us_5a5e445de4b0106b7f65b346 Nov. 09 2017 Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies? An interplay between how all humans think and how conservatives tend to act might actually explain a lot about our current moment. By John Ehrenreich http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/11/why_conservatives_are_more_susceptible_to_believing_in_lies.html 17 Most Important Gunfight Stats: Backed By Data and Real World Experience By Jake March 2, 2017 http://www.tierthreetactical.com/17-most-important-gunfight-stats-backed-by-data-and-real-world-experience/ The Nationalist's Delusion Trump's supporters backed a time-honored American political tradition, disavowing racism while promising to enact a broad agenda of discrimination. Adam Serwer Nov 20, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/the-nationalists-delusion/546356/ Big Brother on wheels: Why your car company may know more about you than your spouse. By Peter Holley January 15, 2018 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2018/01/15/big-brother-on-wheels-why-your-car-company-may-know-more-about-you-than-your-spouse/ This is your brain on Trump By Drew Westen and Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) 01/15/18 http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/368980-this-is-your-brain-on-trump 01/14/2018 Here's What The FBI Lovers' Secret Texts Actually Say About Trump, Clinton And Leaks Two FBI officials texted each other burns about politicians, but their main ideological commitment seems to be to the power and independence of the FBI. By Ryan J. Reilly and Nick Baumann https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-text-message-leaks-trump-clinton_us_5a58d593e4b0720dc4c69677 Is There Life After Liberalism? Ross Douthat JAN. 13, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/13/opinion/sunday/life-after-liberalism.html 2016 Presidential election popular vote results Trump 62,985,134 Clinton 65,853,652 Johnson 4,489,235 Stein 1,457,226 Write-ins 1,154,084 McMullin 732,273 Other 453,880 73,686,470 - 62,985,134 = 10,701,336 Does the White Working Class Really Vote Against Its Own Interests? Trump's first year in office revived an age-old debate about why some people choose race over class - and how far they will go to protect the system. By JOSHUA ZEITZ December 31, 2017 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/31/trump-white-working-class-history-216200 138 things Trump did this year while you weren't looking Behind the crazy headlines, more conservative priorities got pushed through than most people realize. An exhaustive list of what really happened to the government in 2017. By DANNY VINIK 12/29/2017 https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/12/29/138-trump-policy-changes-2017-000603 To beat President Trump, you have to learn to think like his supporters Scandals will never defeat a populist. By AndrĂ©s Miguel RondĂłn December 26, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/12/26/to-beat-president-trump-you-have-to-learn-to-think-like-his-supporters/ Gutierrez says 'hundreds of Republican amendments' were a part of Obamacare By Gabrielle Healy March 16th, 2017 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/mar/16/luis-gutierrez/rep-gutierrez-says-hundreds-republican-amendments-/ The Built-In Instability of the G.O.P.'s Tax Bill By REBECCA M. KYSAR and LINDA SUGIN DEC. 19, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/19/opinion/republican-tax-bill-unstable.html Liberals are terrible at arguing with conservatives. Here's how they can get better. By Maximilian Kasy August 10, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/10/liberals-are-terrible-at-arguing-with-conservatives-heres-how-they-can-get-better/ The State Of Anime In 2017 Cecilia D'Anastasio 15Dec2017 https://kotaku.com/the-state-of-anime-in-2017-1821335382 Jeff Sessions Isn't Giving up on Weed. He's Doubling Down. Congressional dysfunction may do what the pot-hating attorney general hasn't managed to do all year: Remove protections for the booming legal weed industry. By JAMES HIGDON December 16, 2017 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/16/jeff-sessions-marijuana-216109 Poisoning The Well: The View Of Sinclair Broadcast Group From Flint The conservative media giant dominates local TV in the troubled city, where people say the press hasn't raked nearly enough muck. By Eliot Nelson 12/16/2017 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/flint-michigan-sinclair-broadcast-group_us_5a32ae87e4b0e41f9e042428 These Schools Get Millions Of Tax Dollars To Discriminate Against LGBTQ Students You might not even know you're helping. By Rebecca Klein 12/15/2017 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/discrimination-lgbt-private-religious-schools_us_5a32a45de4b00dbbcb5ba0be Pics of cool places in China https://imgur.com/gallery/OSova Misrepresentation in the House of Representatives George Ingram and Annababette Wils February 22, 2017 https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2017/02/22/misrepresentation-in-the-house/ The Nazi-Puncher's Dilemma Inside the antifa movement's struggle to continue its long, colorful legacy of cracking white supremacist heads without alienating, well, just about everyone. By Luke O'Brien 12/10/2017 02:57 pm ET https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nazi-punch-antifa_us_59e13ae9e4b03a7be580ce6f The Environmental Scandal in Scott Pruitt's Backyard It's one of the dirtiest places in America. Former residents of Tar Creek, Oklahoma, want to know why Trump's EPA chief didn't prosecute allegations of wrongdoing during a federal buyout program. By MALCOLM BURNLEY December 06, 2017 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/06/scott-pruitt-tar-creek-oklahoma-investigation-215854 Horrific Video Showing Arizona Cop's 'Execution'-Style Shooting of Texas Dad Daniel Shaver Released After Officer's Acquittal Breanna Edwards 08Dec2017 https://www.theroot.com/horrific-video-showing-arizona-cops-execution-style-s-1821126274 Another study bombs Clinton-Trump campaign coverage By Erik Wemple December 8, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/12/08/another-study-bombs-clinton-trump-campaign-coverage/ 12/06/2017 This Is MSNBC's De Facto Ombudsman The network has decided that Pizzagate conspiracist Mike Cernovich is its new voice of reason. By Ashley Feinberg https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cernovich-sam-seder-msnbc-twitter-rape_us_5a26bb8fe4b06d807b4f6557 Groundbreaking empirical research shows where innovation really comes from Breaking down barriers for underrepresented kids could quadruple America's pool of inventors by Matthew Yglesias Dec 4, 2017 https://www.vox.com/2017/12/4/16706352/innovation-inequality-race-gender The Men Who Cost Clinton the Election Jill Filipovic DEC. 1, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/opinion/matt-lauer-hillary-clinton.html Republican leaders promise they won't let their tax bill trigger a $25 billion cut to Medicare Updated by Tara Golshan Dec 1, 2017 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/1/16726452/republican-leaders-paygo-medicare-tax Get ready for Trump's fireworks By Dana Milbank Opinion writer December 1, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-is-about-to-burn-brighter/2017/12/01/a7f7efdc-d6dd-11e7-a986-d0a9770d9a3e_story.html At Yale, we conducted an experiment to turn conservatives into liberals. The results say a lot about our political divisions. By John Bargh November 22, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2017/11/22/at-yale-we-conducted-an-experiment-to-turn-conservatives-into-liberals-the-results-say-a-lot-about-our-political-divisions/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_with_top_mostshared_1_na&utm_term=.ef1cba5e426b Lurking in Toilets, Swimming the Streets: Snakes of Bangkok Move In By RICHARD C. PADDOCK and RYN JIRENUWAT NOV. 28, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/world/asia/bangkok-snakes.html July 7, 2017 Views on abortion, 1995-2017 As of 2017, public support for legal abortion remains as high as it has been in two decades of polling. Currently, 57% say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 40% say it should be illegal in all or most cases. http://www.pewforum.org/fact-sheet/public-opinion-on-abortion/ Women surgeons are punished more than men for the exact same mistakes, study finds The analysis helps explain the gender wage gap. by Julia Belluz Nov 23, 2017 https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/11/23/16686532/surgeon-mistakes-gender-wage-gap Coal to dominate US electricity market over next two years by John Siciliano Aug 8, 2017 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/coal-to-dominate-us-electricity-market-over-next-two-years/article/2630922 "Motivated ignorance" is ruining our political discourse Talking with a political opponent is almost as unpleasant as getting a tooth pulled. by Brian Resnick Nov 23, 2017 https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/5/15/15585176/motivated-ignorance-politics-debate Self-driving cars programmed to decide who dies in a crash Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press Nov. 24, 2017 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2017/11/23/self-driving-cars-programmed-decide-who-dies-crash/891493001/ Solar Over Nuclear NOV. 22, 2017 PHILIP WARBURG, NEWTON, MASS. The writer is a nonresident senior fellow at Boston University's Institute for Sustainable Energy. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/22/opinion/solar-power.html Paul Krugman Voodoo Too: The GOP Addiction to Financial Deregulation November 26, 2017 https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/voodoo-too-the-gop-addiction-to-financial-deregulation/ Trump Is Quietly Making It Even Harder To Report Sexual Harassment And Discrimination The White House has been trying to shut women up this whole time. By Emily Peck 11/25/2017 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-sexual-harassment-discrimination_us_5a15b385e4b03dec8249b7e5 When Sexual Assault Victims Are Charged With Lying By KEN ARMSTRONG and T. CHRISTIAN MILLER NOV. 24, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/opinion/sunday/sexual-assault-victims-lying.html Conservatives have a breathtaking plan for Trump to pack the courts By Ronald A. Klain November 21, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/conservatives-have-a-breathtaking-plan-for-trump-to-pack-the-courts/2017/11/21/b7ce90d4-ce43-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html He Took On the Voting Rights Act and Won. Now He's Taking On Harvard. By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS NOV. 19, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/us/affirmative-action-lawsuits.html The Menendez trial revealed everything that's gone wrong with US bribery law Blame the Supreme Court. by Zephyr Teachout Nov 17, 2017 https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/11/15/16656784/menendez-corruption-supreme-court How Congress made tax reform impossible The tax code became a shadow budget for lawmakers to hide spending - and now dozens of programs need to be slashed. By DANNY VINIK 11/10/2017 https://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/11/10/gop-tax-plan-programs-face-the-ax-000581 This hypnotizing animation shows the incredible trend of global warming A cool - and frightening - illustration of rising temperatures and CO2 levels. Updated by Umair Irfan Nov 7, 2017 https://www.vox.com/2017/11/7/16612498/climate-change-carbon-dioxide-co2-temperature-animation Republican class warfare at its most egregious By Jared Bernstein November 6, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/11/06/republican-class-warfare-at-its-most-egregious/ Acid Flashback Vol 3 old pics https://imgur.com/gallery/CGw8c The G.O.P. Is No Party for Honest Men Paul Krugman OCT. 16, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/16/opinion/columnists/republicans-taxes-honesty.html Paul Manafort's Daughter Texted Friends About How Tight Her Dad Was With Trump "Him and Trump are perfect allies." By Ashley Feinberg 10/31/2017 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-manafort-daughter-trump-texts_us_59f748b6e4b03cd20b832fe0 MSNBC Host Skewers Claims Clinton Helped Sell Uranium To Russians All it took were a few "fact-based questions." By Doha Madani 10/29/2017 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joy-reid-clinton-uranium-one-trump_us_59f672f9e4b03cd20b827261 Trump's $700 Billion Gift to Wealthy Foreigners Paul Krugman OCT. 26, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/opinion/trump-taxes-wealthy-foreigners.html The Week Trump Won David Brooks OCT. 26, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/opinion/the-week-trump-won.html Republicans are propping up scammers and cheaters By Catherine Rampell October 26, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republicans-are-propping-up-scammers-and-cheaters/2017/10/26/16f54058-ba85-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html The Real Reason for Republicans's Silence on Donald Trump By THE EDITORIAL BOARD OCT. 25, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/25/opinion/republicans-silence-trump.html Democrats Are Lying About How Screwed They Are The Democratic Party is sabotaging itself by falling victim to the narrative that inefficiency and corruption are the only traits defining their opponents By Michael Sainato 01/19/17 http://observer.com/2017/01/democratic-party-losses-congress-state-legislatures/ 10/23/2017 As CO2 Emissions Flatten, More Powerful Greenhouse Gases Flood The Atmosphere Recent studies paint a grim picture. By Alexander C. Kaufman https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carbon-emissions-flat_us_59ee1580e4b0958c4683a105 Robert Reich, Contributor Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley; author, 'Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few' The Growing Danger Of Dynastic Wealth We're on the cusp of the largest inter-generational transfer of wealth in history. 09/17/2017 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-growing-danger-of-dynastic-wealth_us_59bf193ae4b0edff971d1766 Trump's Mindless Nihilism By Andrew Sullivan October 13, 2017 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/andrew-sullivan-trump-mindless-nihilism.html October 23, 2017 Issue The Danger of President Pence Trump's critics yearn for his exit. But Mike Pence, the corporate right's inside man, poses his own risks. By Jane Mayer https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/23/the-danger-of-president-pence Trump's election tells us that we're all a bunch of liars November 9th, 2016 http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2016/11/09/trumps-election-tells-us-that-were-all-a-bunch-of-liars/ Can anyone check the president on records management? By Adam Mazmanian Oct 10, 2017 https://fcw.com/articles/2017/10/10/lawsuit-pra-trump-crew.aspx The striking new evidence that expanding health coverage reduces crime by Dylan Scott Oct 10, 2017 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/10/16455304/voxcare-expanding-health-coverage-reduces-crime THE BLOCKCHAIN IN BANKING REPORT: The future of blockchain solutions and technologies Sarah Kocianski Mar. 20, 2017, http://www.businessinsider.com/blockchain-in-banking-2017-3 The FBI's new terrorist threat is 'black identity extremists' - critics say no such movement exists Jana Winter and Sharon Weinberger Oct. 7, 2017 http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-warns-against-black-identity-extremists-terrorist-threats-2017-10 10/07/2017 Trump Is Filling Court Seats With Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Judges "Trump's speed in nominating judges has been perhaps the most successful aspect of his presidency.â By Jennifer Bendery http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-judicial-nominee-abortion-rights_us_59d67a63e4b046f5ad96e117 Russian propaganda may have been shared hundreds of millions of times, new research says By Craig Timberg October 5, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/05/russian-propaganda-may-have-been-shared-hundreds-of-millions-of-times-new-research-says/ Do Republicans Really Care About the Deficit? By JARED BERNSTEIN SEPT. 26, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/opinion/do-republicans-really-care-about-the-deficit.html 09/28/2017 Trump's Tax Plan Is An Act Of Political Domination By The Rich But at least we don't have to pretend it isn't. By Zach Carter http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-tax-plan-rich_us_59cd6a14e4b05f005d3328cb Tyranny of the Minority Michelle Goldberg SEPT. 25, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/trump-electoral-college-minority.html How Fake News Turned a Small Town Upside Down At the height of the 2016 election, exaggerated reports of a juvenile sex crime brought a media maelstrom to Twin Falls - one the Idaho city still hasn't recovered from. By CAITLIN DICKERSON SEPT. 26, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/26/magazine/how-fake-news-turned-a-small-town-upside-down.html Trapped by Their Own Lies Paul Krugman SEPT. 25, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/25/opinion/columnists/republican-lies-krugman.html The great nutrient collapse The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. By HELENA BOTTEMILLER EVICH 09/13/2017 http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/09/13/food-nutrients-carbon-dioxide-000511 Price traveled by private plane at least 24 times HHS secretary chartered flights even to cities with frequent, inexpensive commercial options. By RACHANA PRADHAN and DAN DIAMOND 09/21/2017 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/21/tom-price-private-charter-plane-flights-242989 A chilling study shows how hostile college students are toward free speech By Catherine Rampell September 18, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-chilling-study-shows-how-hostile-college-students-are-toward-free-speech/2017/09/18/cbb1a234-9ca8-11e7-9083-fbfddf6804c2_story.html Exclusive: Russians Appear to Use Facebook to Push Trump Rallies in 17 U.S. Cities 'Being Patriotic,' a Facebook group uncovered by The Daily Beast, is the first evidence of suspected Russian provocateurs explicitly mobilizing Trump supporters in real life. by Ben Collins, Gideon Resnick, Kevin Poulsen, Spencer Ackerman 09-20-2017 http://www.thedailybeast.com/russians-appear-to-use-facebook-to-push-pro-trump-flash-mobs-in-florida A new study debunks one of the biggest arguments against basic income Updated by Dylan Matthews Sep 20, 2017 https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/9/20/16256240/mexico-cash-transfer-inflation-basic-income An internal report undercut one of Trump's biggest goals. So the study was scrapped. By Greg Sargent September 19, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/09/19/an-internal-report-undercut-one-of-trumps-biggest-goals-so-it-was-scrapped/ CHART: Since 1950, Lower Top Tax Rates Have Coincided With Weaker Economic Growth Pat Garofalo Jun 20, 2011 https://thinkprogress.org/chart-since-1950-lower-top-tax-rates-have-coincided-with-weaker-economic-growth-122fbab69661/ + Income tax rates were 90 percent under Eisenhower, Sanders says By Joshua Gillin Sunday, November 15th, 2015 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/15/bernie-s/income-tax-rates-were-90-percent-under-eisenhower-/ + The Good Ol' Days: When Tax Rates Were 90 Percent 11/24/2015 Andrew Syrios https://mises.org/library/good-ol-days-when-tax-rates-were-90-percent + The Myth of the 90 Percent Tax Rate Andrew Syrios Apr 22, 2016 http://www.theblaze.com/contributions/the-myth-of-the-90-percent-tax-rate/ + The 90% Tax Rate Myth By C. S. Wyatt March 08, 2011 https://almostclassical.blogspot.com/2011/03/90-tax-rate-myth.html Cryptocurrency Ethereum is crashing Oscar Williams-Grut Jul. 11, 2017 http://www.businessinsider.com/ethereum-price-falls-july-11-2017-7 Even if China shuts down cryptocurrency exchanges, bitcoin trading won't stop Written by Joon Ian Wong, Zheping Huang September 11, 2017 https://qz.com/1074032/ethereum-eth-and-bitcoin-btc-prices-are-falling-on-fresh-news-of-a-china-crackdown/ How Russia Turned Americans into Weapons in Its Information War Russian operatives created Facebook events for anti-immigrant rallies promoted with paid ads. by Maya Kosoff September 12, 2017 https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/09/how-russia-turned-americans-into-weapons-in-its-information-war Exclusive: Russia Used Facebook Events to Organize Anti-Immigrant Rallies on U.S. Soil Pushing fake news was just one component of the Russian campaign to shape American minds. Part two: organizing anti-immigrant events echoing themes from the pro-Trump press. Ben Collins, Kevin Poulsen, Spencer Ackerman 09.11.2017 http://www.thedailybeast.com/exclusive-russia-used-facebook-events-to-organize-anti-immigrant-rallies-on-us-soil You Won't Like Mexico When It's Angry President Trump's insults are pushing the Mexican political system into dangerous territory. By JORGE GUAJARDO September 11, 2017 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/11/donald-trump-us-mexico-relations-215594 Russia's Fake Americans By THE EDITORIAL BOARD SEPT. 8, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/opinion/russia-facebook-twitter-election.html All the worst lies about Brexit are about to be revealed By Anne Applebaum Columnist September 08, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/all-the-worst-lies-about-brexit-are-about-to-be-revealed/2017/09/08/4bf9d43a-9410-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html John Feffer, Contributor Director, Foreign Policy In Focus; Author, 'Splinterlands' The President Is A Ponzi Scheme He's gotten many hardworking people to invest their hopes and dreams in him. But he's also attracted the support of those who smell an easy profit. 09/08/2017 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-president-is-a-ponzi_us_59b2818ae4b0c50640cd667e Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election According to people familiar with Facebook's findings, company officials told congressional investigators on Sept. 6 that they discovered political ads on its site bought by a Russian company during the 2016 election. (The Washington Post) By Carol D. Leonnig, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman September 06, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/facebook-says-it-sold-political-ads-to-russian-company-during-2016-election/2017/09/06/32f01fd2-931e-11e7-89fa-bb822a46da5b_story.html The Agency From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid "trollsâ has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet - and in real-life American communities. By ADRIAN CHEN JUNE 2, 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/magazine/the-agency.html Struggle against fake information about events in Ukraine Internet Research Agency http://www.stopfake.org/en/tag/internet-research-agency/ Thursday, Apr 27, 2017 Trump's massive tax-cut plan is discredited, dangerous "voodoo economics": Last laugh of the Laffer curve? Reagan and George W. Bush blew up the deficit. Sam Brownback wrecked Kansas. Radical tax cuts simply don't work Paul Rosenberg http://www.salon.com/2017/04/27/trumps-massive-tax-cut-plan-is-idiotic-and-dangerous-last-laugh-of-the-laffer-curve/ Right-Wing Books, Wrong Answers Ross Douthat SEPT. 2, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/02/opinion/sunday/conservatism-jeff-flake-dsouza.html U.S. Army unprepared to deal with Russia in Europe A self-assessment by the 173rd Airborne Brigade is called 'a real eye-opener' to how some critical capabilities to deter Russia have eroded. By WESLEY MORGAN 09/02/2017 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/02/army-study-173rd-airborne-brigade-europe-russia-242273 In Election Interference, It's What Reporters Didn't Find That Matters By NICOLE PERLROTH SEPT. 1, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/01/insider/in-election-interference-its-what-reporters-didnt-find-that-matters.html How The Religious Right Pioneered Propaganda As News Before Fox News, there was Pat Robertson's '700 Club,' where I was an executive producer. 06/16/2017 Terry Heaton http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-the-religious-right-pioneered-propaganda-as-news_us_5943e1d6e4b01eab7a2d130a Behold Our 'Child King' Peter Wehner AUG. 26, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/opinion/sunday/trump-our-child-king.html?_r=0 What Trump has undone By Philip Bump August 24, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/24/what-trump-has-undone/ Montgomery County minimum-wage study was fatally flawed By Yannet Lathrop August 18, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/montgomery-county-minimum-wage-study-was-fatally-flawed/2017/08/18/b3058446-7d20-11e7-a669-b400c5c7e1cc_story.html Identity Thieves Hijack Cellphone Accounts to Go After Virtual Currency By NATHANIEL POPPER AUG. 21, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/business/dealbook/phone-hack-bitcoin-virtual-currency.html The misplaced arguments against Black Lives Matter Some on the right have called for the movement to be classified as a hate group The Economist explains Aug 18th 2017 by J.F. https://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/08/economist-explains-15 Aug. 16 2017 12:55 PM Yes, What About the "Alt-Leftâ? What the counter-protesters Trump despises were actually doing in Charlottesville last weekend. By Dahlia Lithwick http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2017/08/what_the_alt_left_was_actually_doing_in_charlottesville.html Carl Icahn's Failed Raid on Washington Was President Trump's richest adviser focused on helping the country - or his own bottom line? By Patrick Radden Keefe August 28, 2017 http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/carl-icahns-failed-raid-on-washington Interactive Timeline: Everything We Know About Russia and President Trump Explore our updated, comprehensive Trump/Russia timeline - or select one of the central players in the Trump/Russia saga to see what we know about them. By Steven Harper August 14, 2017 http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/ American Cyrus: How Desperate Christians Anointed Trump Kerry Walters, Contributor Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Gettysburg College; Catholic priest 08/17/2017 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/american-cyrus-how-desperate-christians-anointed-trump_us_59956920e4b056a2b0ef0343 The Obama-Trump Voters Are Real. Here's What They Think. Nate Cohn AUG. 15, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/upshot/the-obama-trump-voters-are-real-heres-what-they-think.html Steve Bannon just gave his own Scaramucci-style unsolicited interview and it's a doozy It's not as profane, but it's still wild. Updated by Dylan Matthews Aug 16, 2017, https://www.vox.com/2017/8/16/16159668/steve-bannon-china-economic-war-north-korea-charlottesville-american-prospect Psychologists surveyed hundreds of alt-right supporters. The results are unsettling. Updated by Brian Resnick Aug 15, 2017, https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/15/16144070/psychology-alt-right After Charlottesville Rally Ends in Violence, Alt-Right Vows to Return White supremacists and counterprotestors clashed in Virginia on Saturday, resulting in one death and dozens of injuries By Sarah Posner Aug 13, 2017 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/charlottesville-white-supremacist-rally-erupts-in-violence-w497446 24 hours of anarchy in Charlottesville, through the eyes of one protester Updated by Jeff Stein Aug 12, 2017 https://www.vox.com/2017/8/12/16139328/charlottesville-protesters-riot-violence Scott Pruitt Is Carrying Out His E.P.A. Agenda in Secret, Critics Say By CORAL DAVENPORT and ERIC LIPTON AUG. 11, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/us/politics/scott-pruitt-epa.html Making Affirmative Action White Again By IRA KATZNELSON AUG. 12, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/12/opinion/sunday/making-affirmative-action-white-again.html This NSC ex-staffer's memo is crazy. Trump's reaction is more disturbing. By James Downie August 11, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2017/08/11/this-nsc-ex-staffers-memo-is-crazy-trumps-reaction-is-more-disturbing/ Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart By DAVID LEONHARDT AUG. 07, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html A flood of problems Peru's glaciers have made it a laboratory for adapting to climate change. It's not going well. Story by Nick Miroff Photos by Jabin Botsford Published on August 7, 2017 http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/world/2017/08/07/perus-glaciers-have-made-it-a-laboratory-for-adapting-to-climate-change-its-not-going-well/ Focus On Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms In Danger May 12, 20175:00 AM ET Nina Martin, ProPublica Renee Montagne http://www.npr.org/2017/05/12/527806002/focus-on-infants-during-childbirth-leaves-u-s-moms-in-danger The Ugly History of Stephen Miller's 'Cosmopolitan' Epithet Surprise, surprise - the insult has its roots in Soviet anti-Semitism. By JEFF GREENFIELD August 03, 2017 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/08/03/the-ugly-history-of-stephen-millers-cosmopolitan-epithet-215454 A quick, simple way to see how restricting legal immigration is anti-growth By Jared Bernstein August 03, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2017/08/03/a-quick-simple-way-to-see-how-restricting-legal-immigration-is-anti-growth/ 08/01/2017 10:52 pm ET Court Ruling Throws A Wrench In Trump's Obamacare Sabotage Plan States have standing to fight a lawsuit threatening billions in funding for health insurers, an appeals court said. By Jeffrey Young http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/court-trump-obamacare-sabotage_us_598128c6e4b09d24e993d470 Behind Fox News' Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale August 1, 20177:23 AM ET David Folkenflik http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540783715/lawsuit-alleges-fox-news-and-trump-supporter-created-fake-news-story U.S. Citizen Who Was Held By ICE For 3 Years Denied Compensation By Appeals Court August 1, 20175:03 PM ET Camila Domonoske http://www.npr.org/2017/08/01/540903038/u-s-citizen-held-by-immigration-for-3-years-denied-compensation-by-appeals-court Justice Dept. to Take On Affirmative Action in College Admissions By CHARLIE SAVAGE AUG. 01, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/01/us/politics/trump-affirmative-action-universities.html Trump Is Woody Allen Without the Humor Half his tweets show utter weakness. They are plaintive, shrill little cries, usually just after dawn. By Peggy Noonan July 27, 2017 https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-is-woody-allen-without-the-humor-1501193193?mod=djcm_OBV1_092216&ef_id=U1w-iQAABYVmFgMl:20170801001623:s Does the GOP deserve to survive? By Jennifer Rubin July 31, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/07/31/does-the-gop-deserve-to-survive/ Who Ate Republicans' Brains? Paul Krugman JULY 31, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/31/opinion/republicans-trumpcare-obamacare-lies.html The Generals Can't Save Us From Trump By JONATHAN STEVENSON JULY 28, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/28/opinion/sunday/mattis-mcmaster-foreign-policy-trump.html How Home-Grown Tomatoes And Misread Tea Leaves Led To Pointless Police Raid On Innocent Family's Home The story of how a simple visit to a garden store subjected one Kansas family to a "SWAT-style raid, complete with battering ram, bulletproof vests, and assault rifles." July 28, 2017 By Chris Morran https://consumerist.com/2017/07/28/how-home-grown-tomatoes-and-misread-tea-leaves-led-to-pointless-police-raid-on-innocent-familys-home/ If Americans Love Moms, Why Do We Let Them Die? Nicholas Kristof JULY 29, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/texas-childbirth-maternal-mortality.html The Empty Majority Ross Douthat JULY 29, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/29/opinion/sunday/republicans-douthat-politics.html Talking to Boys the Way We Talk to Girls By ANDREW REINER JUNE 15, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/15/well/family/talking-to-boys-the-way-we-talk-to-girls.html Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House Donald Trump's secretary of energy, Rick Perry, once campaigned to abolish the $30 billion agency that he now runs, which oversees everything from our nuclear arsenal to the electrical grid. The department's budget is now on the chopping block. But does anyone in the White House really understand what the Department of Energy actually does? And what a horrible risk it would be to ignore its extraordinary, life-or-death responsibilities? by Michael Lewis July 26, 2017 http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy-risks-michael-lewis Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steve Bannon He started by threatening to fire the entire White House communications staff. It escalated from there. By Ryan Lizza July 27, 2017 http://www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon Trump administration threatens retribution against Alaska over Murkowski health votes Author: Erica Martinson July 26, 2017 https://www.adn.com/politics/2017/07/26/trump-administration-signals-that-murkowskis-health-care-vote-could-have-energy-repercussions-for-alaska/ Economy Needs Workers, but Drug Tests Take a Toll By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ JULY 24, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/24/business/economy/drug-test-labor-hiring.html The Man McMaster Couldn't Fire Thirty-one year old Ezra Cohen-Watnick holds the intelligence portfolio on the National Security Council - but almost everything about him is a mystery. Rosie Gray Jul 23, 2017 https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/ezra-cohen-watnick/534615/ Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes By CHARLIE SAVAGE JULY 22, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/us/politics/can-president-be-indicted-kenneth-starr-memo.html Trump's Russian Laundromat How to use Trump Tower and other luxury high-rises to clean dirty money, run an international crime syndicate, and propel a failed real estate developer into the White House. By Craig Unger July 13, 2017 https://newrepublic.com/article/143586/trumps-russian-laundromat-trump-tower-luxury-high-rises-dirty-money-international-crime-syndicate Trump team seeks to control, block Mueller's Russia investigation By Carol D. Leonnig, Ashley Parker, Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger July 20, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-lawyers-seek-to-undercut-muellers-russia-investigation/2017/07/20/232ebf2c-6d71-11e7-b9e2-2056e768a7e5_story.html Trump Aides, Seeking Leverage, Investigate Mueller's Investigators By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MAGGIE HABERMAN and MATT APUZZO JULY 20, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-russia-investigation.html Big German Bank, Key to Trump's Finances, Faces New Scrutiny By BEN PROTESS, JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG and JESSE DRUCKER JULY 19, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/business/big-german-bank-key-to-trumps-finances-faces-new-scrutiny.html Citing Recusal, Trump Says He Wouldn't Have Hired Sessions By PETER BAKER, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN JULY 19, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/us/politics/trump-interview-sessions-russia.html I'm a scientist. I'm blowing the whistle on the Trump administration. (Adriana Usero,Kate Woodsome/The Washington Post) By Joel Clement July 19, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/im-a-scientist-the-trump-administration-reassigned-me-for-speaking-up-about-climate-change/2017/07/19/389b8dce-6b12-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html Roy L. Austin, Jr., Former Deputy Assistant to President Obama for the Office of Urban Affairs, Justice and Opportunity Jenni Katzman, Former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of the Deputy Secretary ]at the U.S. Department of Education The Criminal Justice System's War On Women The rate of incarceration for women has been growing nearly twice as fast as that of men since 1985. 07/18/2017 02:06 pm http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-criminal-justice-system-is-part-of-the-war-on-women_us_596e4b6ae4b0a03aba855578 Tuesday, July 18, 2017 Seriously? New GOP Budget Would Defund Election Security Agency "Eliminating the Election Assistance Commission would pose a risky and irresponsible threat to our election infrastructure." by Jake Johnson https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/07/18/seriously-new-gop-budget-would-defund-election-security-agency The practical reason to be alarmed by Republican cries of 'fake news' By Catherine Rampell July 17, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-practical-reason-to-be-alarmed-by-republican-cries-of-fake-news/2017/07/17/f55cf662-6b2d-11e7-9c15-177740635e83_story.html Trump threatens to change the course of American Christianity By John Fea July 17, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/07/17/trump-threatens-to-change-the-course-of-american-christianity/ 07/17/2017 11:18 am ET Former Trump Campaign Adviser Defends Russian Election Meddling Years before Michael R. Caputo was a top Trump campaign official, he helped secure the Russian presidency for Vladimir Putin. By Hayley Miller http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-caputo-donald-trump-russia_us_596ca4d4e4b017418628d886 07/16/2017 11:59 pm ET Russia Spent A Fortune Shilling For Trump - And May Not Have Broken Any Laws U.S. election laws never contemplated a foreign power inventing fake news and spreading it on the internet to influence an election. By S.V. Date http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-trump-internet-laws_us_59693615e4b0174186278e40 Black Girls Are Perceived As Less Innocent Than White Girls - Starting at Age 5 By Natalie Jacewicz June 28, 2017 http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2017/06/black-girls-are-perceived-as-less-innocent-than-white-girls.html A study found adults see black girls as 'less innocent,' shocking everyone but black moms By Jonita Davis July 13, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2017/07/13/a-study-found-adults-see-black-girls-as-less-innocent-shocking-everyone-but-black-moms/ The New Climate Of Treason July 14, 2017 Paul Krugman https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/the-new-climate-of-treason/ Is Trump mentally fit to be president? Let's consult the U.S. Army's field manual on leadership by Prudence L. Gourguechon June 16, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gourguechon-25th-amendment-leadership-mental-capacities-checklist-20170616-story.html The 97% consensus on global warming https://www.skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus-intermediate.htm What's the Matter With Republicans? David Brooks JULY 4, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/opinion/republicans-government-programs.html Confidence Boomed After the Election. The Economy Hasn't. Neil Irwin JULY 4, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/04/upshot/confidence-boomed-after-the-election-the-economy-hasnt.html Do Muslims Commit Most U.S. Terrorist Attacks? Nope. Not even close. Ronald Bailey Mar. 24, 2017 https://reason.com/archives/2017/03/24/do-muslims-commit-most-us-terrorist-atta/print Rural divide America's cultural divide runs deep. While rural and urban Americans share some economic challenges, they frequently diverge on questions of culture and values. On few issues are they more at odds than immigration. By Jose A. DelReal and Scott Clement June 17, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/national/rural-america/ Experts in authoritarianism advise to keep a list of things subtly changing around you, so you'll remember. https://medium.com/@Amy_Siskind Obama's secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin's election assault By Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima and Adam Entous Karen DeYoung and Julie Tate 23Jun2107 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/ A New Kind of Tech Job Emphasizes Skills, Not a College Degree By STEVE LOHR JUNE 28, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/28/technology/tech-jobs-skills-college-degree.html The G.O.P. Rejects Conservatism David Brooks JUNE 27, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/opinion/the-gop-rejects-conservatism.html The Real Threat of Artificial Intelligence By KAI-FU LEE JUNE 24, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/24/opinion/sunday/artificial-intelligence-economic-inequality.html Carbon in Atmosphere Is Rising, Even as Emissions Stabilize By JUSTIN GILLIS JUNE 26, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/climate/carbon-in-atmosphere-is-rising-even-as-emissions-stabilize.html 06/26/2017 03:50 pm ET | Updated 4 hours ago Immigration Crackdown Expected To Increase Crops Left Unharvested In California Fields "There aren't enough workers, and everyone is fighting for everybody else's workers,â says one vineyard owner. By Mary Papenfuss http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/immigrant-worker-unharvested-crops_us_59508a72e4b05c37bb774d89?b7 A 'very credible' new study on Seattle's $15 minimum wage has bad news for liberals By Max Ehrenfreund June 26, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/new-study-casts-doubt-on-whether-a-15-minimum-wage-really-helps-workers/ Historians are questioning if Jesus ever existed at all Wednesday 21 June 2017 by indy100 staff in Discover https://www.indy100.com/article/historians-are-questioning-if-jesus-ever-existed-at-all-7801396 06/23/2017 05:56 pm ET House Republicans Apparently Don't Know How To Do A Budget Poor Paul Ryan. By Matt Fuller, Arthur Delaney http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-republicans-budget_us_594d7622e4b02734df2a6ba0 The Better Care Reconciliation Act: the Senate bill to repeal and replace Obamacare, explained by Sarah Kliff Jun 22, 2017, 11:50am EDT https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/22/15846728/senate-plan-better-care-reconciliation-act 06/21/2017 01:14 am ET 5 Disturbing Statements By The Cop Who Shot Philando Castile The officer described events that happened in a "split second.â By Nick Visser http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/philando-castile-officer-interview_us_5949bddde4b00cdb99cb2c1c Andy Greenberg 20aJun2017 How An Entire Nation Became Russia's Test Lab for Cyberwar https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/ Seth Abramson Attorney; professor at UNH; freelance journalist (Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, and others). May 02, 2017 Listen Up, Progressives: Here's How to Deal with a 4Chan ("Alt-Rightâ) Troll https://medium.com/@Seth_Abramson/listen-up-progressives-heres-how-to-deal-with-a-4chan-alt-right-troll-48594f59a303 Playing Tricks With Dodd-Frank By THE EDITORIAL BOARD JUNE 16, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/trump-dodd-frank-banks.html From Russia With Blood Lavish London mansions. A hand-painted Rolls-Royce. And eight dead friends. For the British fixer Scot Young, working for Vladimir Putin's most vocal critic meant stunning perks - but also constant danger. His gruesome death is one of 14 that US spy agencies have linked to Russia - but the UK police shut down every last case. A bombshell cache of documents today reveals the full story of a ring of death on British soil that the government has ignored. Posted on June 15, 2017, at 2:52 p.m. By Heidi Blake (BuzzFeed News Investigations Editor, UK), Tom Warren (Investigations Correspondent), Richard Holmes (Investigations Reporter), Jason Leopold (BuzzFeed News Reporter), Jane Bradley (Investigations Correspondent), Alex Campbell (BuzzFeed News Deputy Investigations Editor, UK) https://www.buzzfeed.com/heidiblake/from-russia-with-blood-14-suspected-hits-on-british-soil It's time to bust the myth: Most Trump voters were not working class. By Nicholas Carnes and Noam Lupu June 05, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/06/05/its-time-to-bust-the-myth-most-trump-voters-were-not-working-class/ Republicans Got Only 52 Percent of the Vote in House Races How did they end up with 57 percent of the seats? By Rob Richie November 7, 2014 https://www.thenation.com/article/republicans-only-got-52-percent-vote-house-races/ Seth Abramson - Attorney; professor at UNH; freelance journalist (Washington Post, Dallas Morning News, and others). May 02, 2017 Listen Up, Progressives: Here's How to Deal with a 4Chan ("Alt-Rightâ) Troll https://medium.com/@Seth_Abramson/listen-up-progressives-heres-how-to-deal-with-a-4chan-alt-right-troll-48594f59a303 Like expensive bank bailouts? You'll love Republicans' Financial CHOICE Act. by Jonah Crane Jun 07, 2017 https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/6/7/15749678/choice-act-financial-reform-dodd-frank CNN Exclusive: US suspects Russian hackers planted fake news behind Qatar crisis By Evan Perez and Shimon Prokupecz Tue June 6, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/06/politics/russian-hackers-planted-fake-news-qatar-crisis/index.html Four top law firms turned down requests to represent Trump Michael Isikoff - Chief Investigative Correspondent June 6, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/news/four-top-law-firms-turned-requests-represent-trump-122423972.html Making Ignorance Great Again Paul Krugman JUNE 5, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/05/opinion/trump-gop-paris-climate-accord.html Democrats outraged by Trump ban on info requests By John Bresnahan 06/02/2017 http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/02/democrats-trump-ban-oversight-requests-239087 Bank at Center of U.S. Inquiry Projects Russian 'Soft Power' By BEN PROTESS, ANDREW E. KRAMER and MIKE McINTIRE JUNE 4, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/04/business/vnesheconombank-veb-bank-russia-trump-kushner.html Computex was a reminder that the age of the eSIM is upon us While plastic cards will linger, expect the big changeover to happen soon. Chris Velazco June 04, 2017 https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/04/computex-was-a-reminder-that-the-age-of-the-esim-is-upon-us/ A Baltimore case shows how Trump's deportation crackdown can lead to lawlessness By Editorial Board June 04, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-baltimore-case-shows-how-trumps-deportation-crackdown-can-lead-to-lawlessness/2017/06/04/f16b7e10-4252-11e7-8c25-44d09ff5a4a8_story.html Ben Cohen, Contributor Co-Founder, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Head Stamper, StampStampede.org 6 Reasons Pulling Out Of The Paris Climate Agreement Was Totally, Definitely The Right Move At Ben & Jerry's, we know a good idea when we see one. 06/02/2017 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/6-reasons-paris-agreement-right-move_us_5931a4abe4b075bff0f30acd How the Trump administration's secret efforts to ease Russia sanctions fell short Michael Isikoff - Chief Investigative Correspondent June 01, 2017 https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administrations-secret-efforts-ease-russia-sanctions-fell-short-231301145.html The ultra-rich are hiding way more money overseas than anyone realized By Ana Swanson June 1, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/01/researchers-are-figuring-out-just-how-much-wealth-the-super-rich-are-hiding-overseas/ Sources: Russians discussed potentially 'derogatory' information about Trump and associates during campaign By Pamela Brown, Jim Sciutto and Dana Bash, CNN Tue May 30, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/30/politics/russians-trump-campaign-information/index.html Portland Republican says party should use militia groups after racial attack County GOP chair James Buchal says security forces may be appropriate as tensions rise after two people died in a racial attack on public transport Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon Monday 29 May 2017 17.38 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/29/portland-attack-republican-james-buchal-militia-groups Trump's weird adherence to this 1980s concept explains his whole presidency By Danielle Allen May 26, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-weird-adherence-to-this-1980s-concept-explains-his-whole-presidency/2017/05/26/a7ecec0c-4094-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html Jared Kushner's Other Real Estate Empire Baltimore-area renters complain about a property owner they say is neglectful and litigious. Few know their landlord is the president's son-in-law. By ALEC MacGILLIS MAY 23, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/magazine/jared-kushners-other-real-estate-empire.html Something is not right By Ruth Marcus Columnist May 26, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/something-is-not-right/2017/05/26/408006aa-4240-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html Everything We Need to Know About the 53 Percent, We Can Learn From Watching The Handmaid's Tale Maiysha Kai 25May2017 http://www.theroot.com/everything-we-need-to-know-about-the-53-we-can-learn-1795538364 Rebecca Gordon, Contributor Author, 'American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes' Trump's United States Of Amnesia Threatens Everything We Once Knew As Fact Supplying alternative facts is one way of destroying memory. Erasing real facts is another. 05/25/2017 12:52 pm ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trumps-united-states-of-amnesia-threatens-everything-we-once-knew-as-fact_us_59270690e4b0265790f5edc7 A new GOP bill would make it virtually impossible to sue the police By Radley Balko May 24 at 3:51 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2017/05/24/a-new-gop-bill-would-make-it-virtually-impossible-to-sue-the-police/ 4-Year-Olds Don't Act Like Trump By ALISON GOPNIK MAY 20, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/20/opinion/sunday/4-year-olds-children-trump-gopnik.html The Seth Rich conspiracy shows how fake news still works By David Weigel May 20 at 7:14 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/05/20/the-seth-rich-conspiracy-shows-how-fake-news-still-works/ The Radical Crusade of Mike Pence He's trampled on the rights of women, LGBTQ folks and the poor. Then there's the incompetence. Meet, quite possibly, the next president By Stephen Rodrick January 23, 2017 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-radical-crusade-of-mike-pence-w462223 05/19/2017 07:14 pm ET | Updated 3 hours ago Report: White House Looking At Ethics Rule To Weaken Special Investigation The Trump administration is exploring whether it can use an obscure ethics rule to undermine Russia probe. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-ethics-russia_us_591f7b0ae4b094cdba54393f 05/17/2017 05:21 pm ET Easiest Fact Check Ever: Trump's Claim That No Politician Has Had It Worse History says nah. By Jason Linkins http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-unfair-comparison_us_591ca832e4b034684b090f23?o9 Donald Cohen, Contributor Executive Director, In the Public Interest It Might Be Hard To Imagine, But Flying Could Soon Get Even More Frustrating Anti-tax politicians have slowed reform down by denying stable funding. 05/17/2017 04:39 pm ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/it-might-be-hard-to-imagine-but-flying-could-soon-get_us_591a0ecae4b0f31b03fb9e2e The Priming of Mr. Donald Trump Paul Krugman MAY 15, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/opinion/trump-tax-cuts-deficit.html Judas, Tax Cuts and the Great Betrayal Paul Krugman MAY 12, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/opinion/judas-tax-cuts-and-the-great-betrayal.html I wrote 'The Art of the Deal' with Trump. His self-sabotage is rooted in his past. The president's behavior, explained. By Tony Schwartz May 16 at 6:06 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/05/16/i-wrote-the-art-of-the-deal-with-trump-his-self-sabotage-is-rooted-in-his-past/ Republicans plan massive cuts to programs for the poor Under pressure to balance the budget and align with Trump, the House GOP has its eye on food stamps, welfare and perhaps even veterans' benefits. By Rachael Bade and Sarah Ferris Updated 05/14/17 10:00 AM EDT http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/14/republicans-cuts-programs-food-stamps-welfare-veterans-238314 That big wave of less-educated white voters? It never happened. By Ted Mellnik, John Muyskens, Kim Soffen and Scott Clement May 10, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/census-election-turnout/ Follow the data: does a legal document link Brexit campaigns to US billionaire? We reveal how a confidential legal agreement is at the heart of a web connecting Robert Mercer to Britain's EU referendum by Carole Cadwalladr Sunday 14 May 2017 03.00 EDT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/14/robert-mercer-cambridge-analytica-leave-eu-referendum-brexit-campaigns Where Anti-Tax Fervor Means 'All Services Will Cease' By KIRK JOHNSON MAY 13, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/13/us/anti-tax-fervor-roseburg-oregon-.html Republicans Party Like It's 1984 Paul Krugman MAY 08, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/opinion/republicans-party-like-its-1984.html 05/08/2017 08:27 am ET Sports Writer: Eric Trump Told Me Family's Golf Courses Had Russian Investors "We have all the funding we need out of Russia," James Dodson says he was told three years ago. By Mary Papenfuss http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eric-trump-russia-golf_us_590fd976e4b0e7021e98d1a4 ` Trump's low-growth trap By Robert J. Samuelson May 07, 2017 at 7:39 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-low-growth-trap/2017/05/07/0a0855aa-31ba-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html The Reactionary Temptation An open-minded inquiry into the close-minded ideology that is the most dominant political force of our time - and can no longer be ignored. By Andrew Sullivan May 01, 2017 http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/andrew-sullivan-why-the-reactionary-right-must-be-taken-seriously.html How a Professional Climate Change Denier Discovered the Lies and Decided to Fight for Science (Jerry Taylor) Sharon Lerner April 28 2017, 2:04 p.m. https://theintercept.com/2017/04/28/how-a-professional-climate-change-denier-discovered-the-lies-and-decided-to-fight-for-science/ The Comey Letter Probably Cost Clinton The Election So why won't the media admit as much? By Nate Silver Published May 3, 2017 https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-comey-letter-probably-cost-clinton-the-election/ Restoring Hope and Humanity to Health Care 20 May 2017 by Eric Levi http://ericlevi.com/2017/05/20/restoring-hope-and-humanity-to-health-care/ The Dark Side Awakens 17 May 2017 by Eric Levi http://ericlevi.com/2017/05/17/the-dark-side-awakens/ The Dark Side of Doctoring Eric Levi Melbourne Specialist ENT Head & Neck Surgeon 13 May 2017 https://ericlevi.com/2017/05/13/the-dark-side-of-doctoring/ May/June 2017 Issue WorldTheory Mind Games The Partnership That Upended Social Science By Yuen Foong Khong review: The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2017-04-17/mind-games 2016 election 65853516 votes for Clinton 7801446 votes for other candidates 62984824 votes for Trump 10670138 more votes opposed Trump than supported him 05/01/2017 04:51 pm ET With Trump In The White House, MSNBC Is Resisting The Resistance For a TV executive, Andy Lack has an unusual problem: sky-high ratings. By Ryan Grim http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/andy-lack-msnbc-donald-trump_us_5907422de4b0bb2d086fb7a8 Trump's lies are working brilliantly. This new poll proves it. By Greg Sargent April 27 at 10:19 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/04/27/trumps-lies-are-working-brilliantly-this-new-poll-proves-it/ People don't like paying taxes. That's because they don't understand them. Without tax literacy, our debate stagnates. By Marjorie E. Kornhauser April 14, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/04/14/people-dont-like-paying-taxes-thats-because-they-dont-understand-them/ Zombies of Voodoo Economics Paul Krugman APRIL 24, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/opinion/zombies-of-voodoo-economics.html We're teaching our students not to care about democracy By Colbert I. King April 21, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/were-teaching-our-students-not-to-care-about-democracy/2017/04/21/db21f9ea-2614-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html President Trump appoints Tax Fairy to key economic post By Paul Waldman April 21 at 1:49 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/04/21/president-trump-appoints-tax-fairy-to-key-economic-post/ 04/21/2017 12:58 pm ET Happy Earth Day! Here Are All The Terrible Things Donald Trump Has Done So Far. Here are some of the major ways President Trump has changed climate and environmental policy in his first 100 days. By Dominique Mosbergen http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-100-days-environment-earth-day_us_58f87b68e4b0cb086d7e3175 Apr 18 2017, 9:39 am ET Guess Who Came to Dinner With Flynn and Putin by Robert Windrem http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/guess-who-came-dinner-flynn-putin-n742696 04/17/2017 01:16 am ET That GOP 'Middle Class' Tax Cut Might Be A Big Fat Trojan Horse For The Rich The middle class and the poor are already paying less in federal taxes than they have in decades. By S.V. Date http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republican-tax-cut_us_58f14cbce4b0da2ff860eaff Why Americans Vote 'Against Their Interest': Partisanship Amanda Taub APRIL 12, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/upshot/why-americans-vote-against-their-interest-partisanship.html The Happy-Go-Lucky Jewish Group That Connects Trump and Putin Where Trump's real estate world meets a top religious ally of the Kremlin. By Ben Schreckinger April 09, 2017 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/the-happy-go-lucky-jewish-group-that-connects-trump-and-putin-215007 How Merrick Garland could torment Trump The spurned Supreme Court nominee has had a lot to say about deregulatory initiatives like the one the president's pushing. By Josh Gerstein 04/10/17 05:26 AM EDT http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/merrick-garland-donald-trump-regulations-237052 Boom or Bust: Stark Partisan Divide on How Consumers View Economy By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ APRIL 8, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/08/business/economy/the-picture-of-our-economy-looks-a-lot-like-a-rorschach-test.html April 4, 2017 This is how the next World War starts With one miscalculation, by one startled pilot, at 400 miles an hour. And now that Russia is determined to destabilize the West, this scenario is keeping the military establishment up at night. By David Wood http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/trump-russia-putin-military-crisis/ 04/05/2017 12:23 pm ET Donald Trump, Who Denies The Impact Of The Obama Stimulus, Is Surrounded By It From the White House to Mar-a-Lago, the Recovery Act's effects are inescapable. By Sam Stein http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-stimulus_us_58e50a05e4b03a26a3685df9?jo7& What would a return to the gold standard mean? By Kira Brecht Oct 23, 2012 http://openmarkets.cmegroup.com/4510/what-would-a-return-to-the-gold-standard-mean April 4, 2017 - Trump Slump Continues As He Drops Below Obama, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Republicans In Congress Drop To More Than 3-1 Negative https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2448 Trump Hypocrisy: Blaming Syrian Chemical Attack on Obama In 2013, Trump tweeted - repeatedly - that Obama should do nothing in Syria. David Corn and AJ Vicens Apr. 4, 2017 4:28 PM http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/04/trump-syria-obama-tweets-hypocrisy-chemical-attack Trump's new Russia expert wrote a psychological profile of Vladimir Putin - and it should scare Trump Review of "Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin" by Fiona Hill and Clifford G. Gaddy By Carlos Lozada March 31, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/03/31/trumps-new-russia-expert-wrote-a-psychological-profile-of-vladimir-putin-and-it-should-scare-trump/ Our biggest mistake in the fight against fake news By Nina Jankowicz March 31, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2017/03/31/our-biggest-mistake-in-the-fight-against-fake-news/ I worked for Jared Kushner. He's the wrong businessman to reinvent government. How the New York Observer could predict the fate of the Office of American Innovation. By Elizabeth Spiers March 30, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/30/i-worked-with-jared-kushner-hes-the-wrong-businessman-to-reinvent-government/ Facebook Failed to Protect 30 Million Users From Having Their Data Harvested by Trump Campaign Affiliate Mattathias Schwartz March 30 2017 https://theintercept.com/2017/03/30/facebook-failed-to-protect-30-million-users-from-having-their-data-harvested-by-trump-campaign-affiliate/ The Soul-Sucking, Attention-Eating Black Hole of the Trump Presidency While we endlessly watch for the latest blunder or scandal, America is being pulled dangerously off course. By David Rothkopf March 24, 2017 http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/24/trump-narcissim-trancendental-solopsim-opportunity-cost-media-cycle-greatness-china/ The disease killing white Americans goes way deeper than opioids By Jeff Guo March 24 at 8:42 AM https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/03/24/the-disease-killing-white-americans-goes-way-deeper-than-opioids/ Why Trump can't make a deal Trump was supposed to be great at making deals. What happened? by Ezra Klein Feb 28, 2017, 9:40am EST http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/28/14742184/trump-dealmaker Is Trumpcare already here? By Dan Diamond 03/23/17 05:13 AM EDT http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/trumpcare-obamacare-health-care-236387 03/23/2017 05:46 am ET Meet The Martin Shkreli Of Defense Contracting Monopolists seem to be fleecing the Pentagon in an echo of Pharma Bro's 5,000% drug hike. By Zach Carter http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/defense-contractor-monopoly-transdigm-mick-mulvaney_us_58d2f8dae4b0b22b0d19ad2ad March 20, 2017 5:05 PM FBI's Russian-influence probe includes a look at Breitbart, InfoWars news sites By Peter Stone and Greg Gordon http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article139695453.html 03/11/2017 01:54 pm ET Bernie Sanders' Campaign Faced A Fake News Tsunami. Where Did It Come From? The trolls set out to distract and divide the invigorated left. By Ryan Grim , Jason Cherkis http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-fake-news-russia_us_58c34d97e4b0ed71826cdb36 The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency How Robert Mercer exploited America's populist insurgency. By Jane Mayer March 27, 2017 Issue http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/27/the-reclusive-hedge-fund-tycoon-behind-the-trump-presidency Rex Tillerson Is Still Acting Like a C.E.O. By Steve Coll March 20, 2017 http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/rex-tillerson-is-still-acting-like-a-c-e-o Bannon's origin story doesn't add up By Richard Cohen, Opinion writer March 20 at 7:46 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bannons-origin-story-doesnt-add-up/2017/03/20/8f2ef9f8-0d90-11e7-9b0d-d27c98455440_story.html The Theory That Self-Interest Is the Sole Motivator Is Self-Fulfilling By ROBERT H. FRANK FEB. 17, 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/17/business/the-theory-that-selfinterest-is-the-sole-motivator-is.html How much is Donald Trump's travel and protection costing, anyway? By Philip Bump March 17, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/03/17/how-much-is-donald-trumps-travel-and-protection-costing-anyway/ 03/19/2017 05:27 pm ET The Story Of 2 Families And The Real-life Impact of Obamacare Repeal The law created "winners" and "losers." The GOP plan would too. By Jonathan Cohn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obamacare-repeal-premiums_us_58cc4cc0e4b0be71dcf4dba4?qj9& A 40-year 'conspiracy' at the VA The Veterans Administration built perhaps the most important medical computer system in history. Now it's about to spend billions to throw it away. By Arthur Allen 03/19/17 07:56 AM EDT http://www.politico.com/agenda/story/2017/03/vista-computer-history-va-conspiracy-000367 Door-Busting Drug Raids Leave a Trail of Blood Using SWAT officers to storm into homes to execute search warrants has led time and again to avoidable deaths, gruesome injuries and costly legal settlements. By KEVIN SACK MARCH 18, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/18/us/forced-entry-warrant-drug-raid.html Study: people see black men as larger and more threatening than similarly sized white men Researchers found this time and time again in a series of seven studies. by German Lopez Mar 17, 2017, 8:00am EDT http://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/17/14945576/black-white-bodies-size-threat-study Trump once said we were 'led by very, very stupid people.' He's finally right. By Dana Milbank Opinion writer March 17 at 4:23 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-once-said-we-were-led-by-very-very-stupid-people-hes-finally-right/2017/03/17/1c6f915a-0b3a-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0_story.html 03/12/2017 03:07 pm ET 3 Arguments Republicans Are Using To Rebut Predictions About What Obamacare Repeal Would Mean They are gearing up for this week's CBO projection. By Jonathan Cohn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-budget-obamacare-repeal_us_58c57942e4b0ed71826d3c8d Trump is winning By Julian Zelizer Updated 1:47 PM ET, Sat March 11, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/10/opinions/trumps-hidden-success-opinion-zelizer/index.html A Bill So Bad It's Awesome Paul Krugman MARCH 10, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/opinion/a-bill-so-bad-its-awesome.html All of Trump's Russia Ties, in 7 Charts By Michael Crowley March/April 2017 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/03/connections-trump-putin-russia-ties-chart-flynn-page-manafort-sessions-214868 5 Trump Cabinet Members Who've Made False Statements to Congress Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn't alone. by Eric Umansky and Marcelo Rochabrun ProPublica, March 2, 2017, 5:36 p.m. https://www.propublica.org/article/five-trump-cabinet-members-made-false-statements-to-congress Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government We have obtained a list of more than 400 Trump administration hires, including dozens of lobbyists and some from far-right media. by Justin Elliott, Derek Kravitz and Al Shaw ProPublica, March 8, 2017, 2:44 p.m https://www.propublica.org/article/meet-hundreds-of-officials-trump-has-quietly-installed-across-government Here are More than 400 Officials Trump has Quietly Deployed Across the Government By Al Shaw, Justin Elliott and Derek Kravitz, ProPublica March 8, 2017, Updated March 9, 2017 https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/beachhead 03/09/2017 03:51 pm ET Insurance Companies Just Accidentally Made The Case For Medicare For All It's all about the overhead and profit. By Daniel Marans http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/insurance-companies-medicare-for-all_us_58c1b1fae4b054a0ea690dc8 Mar 8 2017, 11:35 am ET Experts: The GOP Health Care Plan Just Won't Work by Benjy Sarlin http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/experts-gop-health-care-plan-just-won-t-work-n730361 February 15, 2017 6:00 AM Russian diplomat under U.S. scrutiny in election meddling speaks Mikhail Kalugin, the former head of the Economic Section at the Embassy of Russia in Washington, has been drawn into a furor over Russian tampering with last November's U.S. election. By Kevin G. Hall, Peter Stone, Greg Gordon and David Goldstein http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article132761149.html Obamacare Repeal Could Threaten Provisions That Help Older Adultsl January 28, 2017 Ina Jaffe http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/28/511994587/obamacare-repeal-could-threaten-provisions-that-help-older-adults 03/07/2017 11:45 am ET Conservatives Lash Out At 'Republican Welfare' As Opposition To 'Ryancare' Grows Republicans are proposing to replace tax credits that subsidize health insurance with different tax credits that subsidize health insurance. By Ryan Grim , Matt Fuller http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/conservatives-ryancare-republican-welfare_us_58bed995e4b033be1468b462? March 13, 2017 Issue Donald Trump's Worst Deal The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard. By Adam Davidson http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/13/donald-trumps-worst-deal Trump's blindness on trade is all too easy to see By Editorial Board March 5 at 7:40 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-blindness-on-trade-is-all-too-easy-to-see/2017/03/05/4f576298-0052-11e7-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html A plan to make America 1953 again By George F. Will Opinion writer December 28, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-plan-to-make-america-1953-again/2016/12/28/7f3e6a54-cc4c-11e6-a87f-b917067331bb_story.html {Deplorable Care Act} 03/04/2017 08:43 pm ET Maybe It's Time To Stop Calling The GOP Obamacare Plan A 'Replacement' It sure wouldn't feel like one to the millions who would lose insurance. By Jonathan Cohn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-obamacare-replacement_us_58bb414be4b0b99894180a54?7x7gxc2t365vobt9& Trump and the Oligarch He claims no ties to Russia. Here's how he made millions from one of its wealthiest men. By Michael Crowley July 28, 2016 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/07/donald-trump-2016-russian-ties-214116 03/03/2017 01:45 am ET Common Cause Files Campaign Complaint Over Donald Trump Finance 'Sleight Of Hand' Trump has already "misreported millions of dollars in contributions" for the 2020 race, the complaint alleges. By Mary Papenfuss http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/common-cause-fec-complaint_us_58b8fbf2e4b05cf0f3ff6c2b? February 27, 2017 1:31 PM Donald Trump and the mansion that no one wanted. Then came a Russian fertilizer king By Glenn Garvin http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article135243694.html Manafort's Ukrainian 'blood money' caused qualms, hack suggests Trump, Yanukovych work concerned the family of Trump's former campaign chairman, texts appear to show. By Kenneth P. Vogel, David Stern and Josh Meyer 02/28/17 05:27 AM EST http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/manaforts-ukrainian-blood-money-caused-qualms-hack-suggests-235473 02/28/2017 10:12 pm ET Trump Calls For Paid Family Leave And Affordable Child Care It's a big break from GOP orthodoxy, but the details aren't that encouraging. By Emily Peck http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-paid-family-leave-child-care_us_58b630dee4b0a8a9b7871b12? Trump Check Fact-checking and context for President Donald Trump's address to Congress By POLITICO Staff 02/28/17 http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-congress-speech-fact-check?lo=ap_a2 Voices: How violent are undocumented immigrants? Alan Gomez , USA TODAY Published 3:11 p.m. ET July 16, 2015 | Updated 7:58 p.m. ET July 16, 2015 http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/16/voices-gomez-undocumented-immigrant-crime-san-francisco-shooting/30159479/ We No Longer Have Three Branches of Government I served in Congress for 16 years and taught civics for 13 more. Our government no longer looks like the one I told my students about-or the one the Constitution describes. By Mickey Edwards February 27, 2017 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/three-branches-government-separation-powers-executive-legislative-judicial-214812 More than 100 generals sign letter warning against budget cuts by CBS News 02/28/2017 http://www.wdef.com/2017/02/28/more-than-100-generals-sign-letter-warning-against-budget-cuts/ Richard Rorty's prescient warnings for the American left This liberal philosopher predicted Trump's rise in 1988 - and he has another warning for the left by Sean Illing Feb 12, 2017, 10:02am EST http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/2/9/14543938/richard-rorty-liberalism-vietnam-donald-trump-obama 02/19/2017 08:00 am ET Republicans Are Using An Arcane Tool To Handcuff Federal Agencies And it could have long-term consequences. By Laura Barron-Lopez , Arthur Delaney http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-cra-federal-agencies_us_58a7776ae4b045cd34c1a44c? Why Do So Many Americans Fear Muslims? Decades of Denial About America's Role in the World. Jon Schwarz February 18 2017, 8:11 a.m. https://theintercept.com/2017/02/18/why-do-so-many-americans-fear-muslims-decades-of-denial-about-americas-role-in-the-world/ Donald Trump's deportation plan would be an economic nightmare Andy Kiersz May 6, 2016, 9:11 AM http://www.businessinsider.com/cost-deporting-undocumented-immigrants-study-2016-5 What Would Happen to the Economy If Trump Got His Way Before calling for their deportation, consider what the absence of these workers would do to the American job market by Jeanna Smialek and Brendan Case August 18, 2015, 12:39 PM CDT https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-18/here-s-what-the-u-s-economy-would-look-like-if-trump-deported-undocumented-immigrants 02/17/2017 07:39 pm ET Here's Another Staggering Cost Of Trump's Border Wall Environmental havoc will include global warming, blocked water flows and loss of migration routes for endangered animals. By Dominique Mosbergen http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-border-wall-environment_us_58a5fd57e4b045cd34bfb9c8 Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MARK MAZZETTI and MATT APUZZO FEB. 14, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/us/politics/russia-intelligence-communications-trump.html 'Extremely High Levels' Of Toxic Pollutants Found In Deepest Parts Of World's Oceans There's literally no escaping mankind's mess. 02/14/2017 12:04 am ET Chris D'Angelo http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/toxic-pollutants-mariana-trench-alan-jamieson_us_58a1f7fee4b03df370d8eaac?fvog5z4vmb3wbqpvi& How likely are foreign terrorists to kill Americans? The odds may surprise you Dave Mosher and Skye Gould Jan. 31, 2017, 9:36 PM http://www.businessinsider.com/death-risk-statistics-terrorism-disease-accidents-2017-1 The Mysterious Disappearance of the Biggest Scandal in Washington Whatever happened to the Trump-Russia story? David Corn Feb. 9, 2017 http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/02/russia-trump-putin-scandal-media I Thought CNN Was Taking A Courageous Stand Against White House Lies. I Was Mistaken. 02/09/2017 10:55 am ET Bill Moyers http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-moyers/a-lamentation-from-bill-m_b_14658262.html This State Just Dug Deep Into Voting Irregularities. It Found Nothing Close To Widespread Voter Fraud. Take note, President Trump. 02/09/2017 03:01 pm ET Sam Levine http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/detroit-michigan-voting-irregularities_us_589cbc51e4b04061313c34f7 How much change can Betsy DeVos make at states' schools? Lori Higgins , Detroit Free Press Published 5:32 p.m. ET Feb. 7, 2017 http://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2017/02/07/devos-secretary-education-michigan/97587196/ Betsy DeVos and the twilight of public education Stephen Henderson , Detroit Free Press Editorial Page Editor Published 11:36 p.m. ET Dec. 3, 2016 | Updated 10:32 a.m. ET Dec. 6, 2016 http://www.freep.com/story/opinion/columnists/stephen-henderson/2016/12/03/betsy-devos-education-donald-trump/94728574/ who's a big boy 02-06-2017 https://twitter.com/SophiaBush/status/828650096661241856/photo/1 Trump Lawyers To Court Reviewing Muslim Travel Ban: Stay Out Of It The administration is trying to make the case that judicial review of its executive order imperils national security. 02/05/2017 04:37 pm ET Cristian Farias http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-doj-legal-argument-for-immigration-order_us_589761e3e4b0406131375da7 February 3, 2017 The Trump Threat to the Rule of Law and the Constitution by Paul Gowder https://niskanencenter.org/blog/trump-threat-rule-law-constitution/ USDA Scrubs Public Animal Welfare Records From Website This is bad news for animals and government transparency, activists say. 02/04/2017 01:19 pm ET Hilary Hanson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/usda-scrubs-public-animal-welfare-records-from-website_us_5896112be4b0c1284f263f09?qhxy9vuylg1awnrk9& Indivisible Against Trump: A practical guide to fighting back 15 Dec, 2016 http://wilwheaton.net/2016/12/indivisible-against-trump-a-practical-guide-to-fighting-back/ Never Forget The Time Would-Be Terrorists Tried To Commit Mass Murder With A Death Ray It was kinda like the "Bowling Green massacre," except the "masterminds" were white and they wanted to kill Muslims. 02/03/2017 04:58 pm ET Nick Wing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/schenectady-death-ray-doomsday_us_5894c233e4b09bd304bb249e Donald Trump Is Breaking His Promise To Be Tough On Wall Street The president's agenda is full-throttle deregulation. 01/31/2017 02:23 pm ET Ben Walsh http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-wall-street_us_5890c587e4b02772c4e98b79?b74b7rdqcrt8x5hfr& Donald Trump Signs Huge Wall Street Giveaway A new executive order will transfer billions from retirees to Wall Street. 02/03/2017 02:24 pm ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-wall-street_us_5894ca9ee4b0c1284f25ce8d?d6b94vs8bnl7q4cxr& This Der Spiegel Trump cover is stunning By Callum Borchers February 3 at 1:41 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/03/trump-beheads-the-statue-of-liberty-in-striking-magazine-cover-illustration/ It Took Donald Trump 8 Days To Bring The U.S. To The Brink Of A Constitutional Crisis "Obedience to specific court orders is what keeps us from being a banana republic or fascist dictatorship. That's a really big deal." 01/29/2017 10:34 pm ET Nick Baumann http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-courts-constitutional-crisis_us_588ea5bfe4b0176377953710? Yonatan Zunger Trial Balloon for a Coup? Analyzing the news of the past 24 hours 29 Jan 2017 https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial-balloon-for-a-coup-e024990891d5#.6r3tzk9tq On Earth Day, natural gas is the power sector's biggest environmental problem Gas has played a big part in stabilizing US emissions, but its days as a 'bridge fuel' are numbered By Gavin Bade April 22, 2017 http://www.utilitydive.com/news/on-earth-day-natural-gas-is-the-power-sectors-biggest-environmental-probl/417955/ The first days inside Trump's White House: Fury, tumult and a reboot By Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Matea Gold January 23, 2017 at 9:47 PM https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-first-days-inside-trumps-white-house-fury-tumult-and-a-reboot/2017/01/23/7ceef1b0-e191-11e6-ba11-63c4b4fb5a63_story.html Editorial: Biased media? Think again The handling of the Trump dossier speaks volumes about how the mainstream press actually operates. By J-W editorial staff January 18, 2017 http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/jan/18/opinion-biased-media-think-again/ These Numbers Show Just How Safe Vaccines Are It's time to debunk dangerous vaccine myths. 01/17/2017 01:52 pm ET Rachael Rettner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/these-numbers-show-just-how-safe-vaccines-are_us_587e6487e4b0aaa36942d785?nq45wtt3xle67ds4i Why Intent, Not Gross Negligence, is the Standard in Clinton Case John Ford July 14, 2016 https://warontherocks.com/2016/07/why-intent-not-gross-negligence-is-the-standard-in-clinton-case/ Donald Trump's attack on civil rights leader John Lewis, explained John Lewis is the leader dissenters need in the age of Donald Trump. Dara Linddara Jan 15, 2017, 12:56pm EST http://www.vox.com/2017/1/15/14273532/john-lewis-donald-trump-history Want to Make a Lie Seem True? Say It Again. And Again. And Again Emily Dreyfuss 02.11.17 https://www.wired.com/2017/02/dont-believe-lies-just-people-repeat/ Why Do People Believe Fake News? And why that's so dangerous. 14/01/2017 17:34 Chris York http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-is-fake-news_uk_5878e135e4b04a8bfe6a612e? The Republican Obsession With Dismantling Social Security And Medicare Today's Republicans want to avoid political accountability by destroying Social Security and Medicare without leaving clear fingerprints. 01/14/2017 11:09 am ET Nancy Altman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-republican-obsession-with-dismantling-social-security_us_587a4bb9e4b077a19d180e11?73dh89ucgrad1jor Former MI6 agent Christopher Steele's frustration as FBI sat on Donald Trump Russia file for months Exclusive: Steele was so concerned by revelations he worked without payment after Trump's election victory in November Kim Sengupta Defence Editor 14 Jan, 2016 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-russia-dossier-file-investigation-hacking-christopher-steele-mi6-a7526901.html FBI's Comey: Republicans also hacked by Russia By Nicole Gaouette Updated 4:16 PM ET, Tue January 10, 2017 http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/10/politics/comey-republicans-hacked-russia/index.html Trump, Putin, and the Big Hack By David Remnick January 6, 2017 http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/trump-putin-and-the-big-hack Winter is coming: prospects for the American press under Trump How bad is it? Bad. I will explain why. Any bright signs? A few. This is part one. Part two is about what can be done. Out tomorrow. 28 Dec 2016 9:55 pm Jay Rosen http://pressthink.org/2016/12/winter-coming-prospects-american-press-trump/ A new brain study sheds light on why it can be so hard to change someone's political beliefs Why we react to inconvenient truths as if they were personal insults. Updated by Brian Resnick Dec 28, 2016, 11:40am EST http://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/12/28/14088992/brain-study-change-minds U.S. inequality keeps getting uglier by Heather Long December 22, 2016: 2:44 PM ET http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/22/news/economy/us-inequality-worse/index.html Be 'very afraid' about globalization's next phase by Heather Long December 23, 2016: 12:51 PM ET http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/23/news/economy/trump-trade-globalization-just-beginning/index.html New Washington Post Report On Comey Letter Raises Startling Questions About The FBI 12/22/2016 06:51 pm ET Seth Abramson http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-washington-post-report-on-comey-letter-raises-startling_us_585c5f22e4b014e7c72edb64 The Subpoena That Rocked The Election Is Legal Garbage, Experts Say The warrant assumes that the mere existence of emails from or to Hillary Clinton is probable cause that a crime occurred. 12/20/2016 02:25 pm ET Matt Ferner, Nick Baumann, Ryan Grim http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-subpoena-that-rocked-the-election-is-legal-garbage-attorney-say_us_58597cd9e4b03904470b0633 What Those Who Studied Nazis Can Teach Us About The Strange Reaction To Donald Trump While it's important to watch the president-elect closely, we also must be mindful of our own response to him. 12/19/2016 07:13 pm ET Shawn Hamilton http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-nazi-propaganda-coordinate_us_58583b6fe4b08debb78a7d5c This GOP-Backed Law Forbids Donald Trump From Using Presidency For Personal Profit Uh-oh. 12/13/2016 05:10 pm ET Christina Wilkie http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-private-profit-stock-act_us_585068c2e4b0e411bfd42094 How Donald Trump's Business Ties Are Already Jeopardizing U.S. Interests By Kurt Eichenwald 12/13/16 http://www.newsweek.com/2016/12/23/donald-trump-foreign-business-deals-jeopardize-us-531140.html Patton Oswalt FB comments on Trump 10Dec2016 https://www.facebook.com/pattonoswalt/posts/10154429430147655 Here's How Concerned Republicans Are With Trump's Conflicts Of Interest 12/08/2016 05:00 pm ET Matt Fuller http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-trump-conflicts-of-interest_us_5849b995e4b08283d6b525fa I'm a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me by Edward Schlosser June 3, 2015 http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8706323/college-professor-afraid I'm A Liberal Professor And My Conservative Students Terrify Me When they fail, it's always personal. 12/04/2016 01:56 pm ET Jason McCormick http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/im-a-liberal-professor-and-my-conservative-students_us_5842031de4b0b93e10f8e201 Why We're Living in the Age of Fear This is the safest time in human history. So why are we all so afraid? By Neil Strauss October 6, 2016 http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/why-were-living-in-the-age-of-fear-w443554 Two of the most prominent arguments for the electoral college are completely wrong By George C. Edwards III November 18, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/18/two-of-the-most-prominent-arguments-for-the-electoral-college-are-completely-wrong/?tid=hybrid_collaborative_3_na&utm_term=.66e8ccf0bb6d The electoral college badly distorts the vote. And it's going to get worse. By Katy Collin November 17, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/17/the-electoral-college-badly-distorts-the-vote-and-its-going-to-get-worse/?utm_term=.9aa3732d902f A harsh truth about fake news: Some people are super gullible By Callum Borchers November 22, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/22/a-harsh-truth-about-fake-news-some-people-are-super-gullible/?utm_term=.61bcf67dd41d Business Since Birth: Trump's Children and the Tangle That Awaits By MATT FLEGENHEIMER, RACHEL ABRAMS, BARRY MEIER and HIROKO TABUCHI DEC 04, 2016 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/politics/trump-family-ivanka-donald-jr.html Donald Trump Will Be President In Just Over A Month And The Constitution Is Already Under Attack It doesn't take long. 12/03/2016 03:18 pm ET Sam Levine http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-first-amendment_us_58431e3be4b017f37fe4e8e4 America and the boiling frog By Frida Ghitis Updated 12:40 PM ET, Fri December 2, 2016 http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/opinions/america-and-the-boiling-frog-ghitis/index.html Trump didn't save as many Carrier jobs as he claimed by Chris Isidore and Eric Bradner December 2, 2016: 6:08 PM ET http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/02/news/companies/trump-carrier-plant-mexico/index.html Why Hillary Clinton Lost She wrote off working people. 12/03/2016 07:00 am ET Zach Carter http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-hillary-clinton-lost-podcast_us_58420694e4b017f37fe4c532 State 'control' of electors http://archive.fairvote.org/?page=967 8 New Reasons The Electoral College Shouldn't Vote For Trump 11/26/2016 09:52 am ET David Halperin http://www.huffingtonpost.com/davidhalperin/8-new-reasons-the-elector_b_13248386.html More Than Half of White Women in the US Voted For Trump, but Why? 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Klain November 18, 2016 https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-big-infrastructure-plan-its-a-trap/2016/11/18/5b1d109c-adae-11e6-8b45-f8e493f06fcd_story.html How Mike Flynn Became America's Angriest General He was one of the most respected intelligence officers of his generation. Now he's Donald Trump's national security alter ego, goading a crowd to lock Hillary Clinton up. What happened? By James Kitfield October 16, 2016 http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/10/how-mike-flynn-became-americas-angriest-general-214362 Trump understands what many miss: people don't make decisions based on facts How can we make facts matter? 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It is assumed that policing can be dangerous and we allow officers to be armed, we train them to defend themselves and we give them a certain latitude in defending themselves. On the other hand, 700 to 900 women die in the US every year from pregnancy related causes. For every woman who dies from a pregnancy related cause, 70 nearly die. Why isn't the issue of abortion choice a matter of self defense for women? It should be the choice of whether or not a woman should face the risks of pregnancy. I could point out that there are also a lot of non-fatal risks associated with pregnancy, additionally.