World News Christian rightwing figures warn abortion fight could lead to civil warThe Guardian - Jason WilsonProminent figures on the Christian right in the US ranging from religious magazines to authors to elected politicians have warned that the fight over abortion rights could lead to a new civil war. Though
Liberal View Jeremy Bash: 'There Is No Legitimate Reason' For Barr To Know Russian Sourcescrooksandliars.com - Red Painter Bill Barr (aka, Trump's personal attorney), has been granted the amazing power to declassify any and all information, sources and methods related to …
West Point West Point Academy: Mike Pence tells West Point grads they should expect to see combatCBS News - AP West Point, N.Y. — Vice President Mike Pence told the most diverse graduating class in the history of the U.S. Military Academy on Saturday that the …
Mississippi After passing a prison reform bill, Mississippi stole the money for new tax cuts—now the bill's duedailykos.com - Hunter for Daily Kos In boosting the White House's own attempts at criminal justice reform, Donald Trump has used Mississippi's prison reforms as an example of how such …
Social Work Trump administration bans CDC from saying 'diversity,' transgender,' 'fetus,' and moreMashable - Proma KhoslaThe Trump administration has banned seven words from the Centers for Disease Control's upcoming budget documents, the Washington Post reports. The words are "vulnerable," "entitlement," "diversity," "transgender,"
Whaling Centuries-old ships’ logs give insight into climate changepbs.org - PBS NewsHour The study of climate change is no longer limited to laboratories and scientists. Citizen-scientists are helping with research including a look back …
Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani met with a former Ukranian diplomat last week, amid push to investigate Russia probeAxios - Orion Rummler Rudy Giuliani told the Washington Post that he met with a former Ukrainian diplomat in New York last week, after publicly saying he wanted to ask the …
Welfare Opinion: Farmers ride the gravy train as Trump boosts welfare to the HeartlandMarketWatch - By Brett Arends Memo to all you “small government” conservatives in the farm states: Send back your latest federal subsidy checks. Go on. Tell Donald Trump — and all …
U.S. Politics Censoring gay marriage on TV could be an ominous sign of things to cometheweek.com - Neil J. Young Even with all eyes on Alabama these days, some alarming events there may not be getting the attention they deserve. Earlier this month, Alabama …
Brock Turner Black Male, Albert Wilson, Gets 12 Yrs For ‘Making Out’ With White Teen, 17, He Met at 21+ Barmemphisrap.com - Memphis Rap An all-white jury in Kansas just sentenced a black male, Albert N. Wilson, because 3 years ago the now 23 year old, then 20 year old, met a white …
Transgender Trump just dismantled one of the last major protections keeping transgender people safe – ThinkProgressThinkProgress - Zack Ford The Trump administration announced Friday morning sweeping changes to the rules protecting transgender people from discrimination in health care. …
Play buttonHillary Clinton You’re watching Fox News. You just don’t know it.Vox - Carlos MazaWe tend to assume that if a story is being covered by major news networks, it’s because journalists have decided that the story is important. Fox was specifically created to treat right-wing pseudo-scandals
Iran Why Would Any Country Trust America Again?slate.com - By Joshua Keating Thanks to Trump, any agreement made with a U.S. president is likely to be broken by the next one. Remember Sen. Tom Cotton’s letter to Iran? These …
Nancy Pelosi Digital Forensics Expert Weighs In On Doctored Video Of House Speaker Nancy PelosiNPRNPR's Audie Cornish speaks with digital forensics expert Hany Farid about a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which is being spread by conservative allies of President Trump. Now for some forensics.
William Barr Intel chief warns Barr could imperil national security by declassifying documentsPOLITICO - By QUINT FORGEYThe nation’s intelligence chief expressed hope Friday that Attorney General William Barr would adhere to “long-established standards” during his investigation into the origins of the Russia probe — but
U.S. Politics Senate GOP declares war on conservative troublemakersPOLITICO - By ALEX ISENSTADTThe party's campaign arm vows to blackball any firm that works for a primary challenger against one of its incumbents. Senate Republicans and their establishment allies are vowing to blackball any political
Donald Trump Trump’s Public Enemies List Is an Impeachable OffenseThe Daily Beast - David R. Lurie Long before becoming president, Donald Trump called for the jailing of his adversaries. Aided by Attorney General William Barr, he may now actually …
William Barr President Trump Wants a PromotionRolling Stone - Jamil Smith During a recent trip north to Santa Barbara, I escaped the rain in a used bookstore and struck up a conversation about America with the clerk. We …
Politics Trump administration rolls back Obama-era health care protections for transgender peopleNBC News - Tim FitzsimonsRights groups denounced the move as a license to discriminate against LGBTQ Americans. The Trump administration moved Friday to roll back Obama-era protections for transgender patients, the third rule
Poverty The UN went to one of the world's richest countries to look at poverty – this is what it foundweforum.org - Charlotte Edmond Picture a country where a fifth of the population lives in poverty. People have to choose between eating or heating their homes and children go to …
TariffsUS companies pay 'almost entirely' for tariffs on Chinese products, new IMF study shows — blowing a massive hole in Trump'sINSIDER - Alexandra Ma US importers are paying "almost entirely" for the tariffs that President Donald Trump's administration has imposed on Chinese goods in the trade war, …
War Crimes Trump’s Pardon of War Crimes Erodes Trust in MilitaryThe Atlantic - David LapanAfter three decades in the Marine Corps, I know how important it is to hold service members accountable. President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to mark Memorial Day by pardoning several American
Facebook Facebook has wiped out nearly 3.4 billion fake accountsABC News Plus, the popular movie-review website "Rotten Tomatoes" is changing how it scores films.
News Joel Johnson shooting: Surveillance video shows Philadelphia police shooting unarmed man panhandlingCBS News - Mola Lenghi Surveillance video obtained by CBS Philadelphia is dark and grainy, but you can make out Joel Johnson panhandling Monday evening between slow-moving …
Anti-Semitism Trump and Republicans are ginning up fake anti-Semitism for political gain. Don't buy it.USA TODAY - Jason Kimelman-BlockRashida Tlaib is the latest target of absurd smears. Politicians who weaponize anti-Semitism and distract from real threats like white nationalism must be driven from office. For too many Shabbats in weeks,
Nancy Pelosi In latest attack, Trump tweets edited video of Pelosi tripping over wordsNBC News - Phil HelselThe video tweeted by the president was edited to highlight vocal stumbles. Pelosi's deputy chief of staff called it "doctored." President Donald Trump on Thursday night tweeted out an edited video showing
Play buttonNancy Pelosi Team Trump, Including a Fox Host, Go All-In on Pushing Doctored Pelosi VideosThe Daily Beast - Justin Baragona Just hours after having multiple senior aides vouch for his calm state of mind after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused him of a temper tantrum, …
Rudy Giuliani WHOOPS: Giuliani Busted With Doctored Pelosi Video As He Tweets About Integrityhuffpost.com Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani shared a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) that had been making the rounds of right-wing …
Robert Mueller Mueller’s Illegitimate Hoax Investigation Somehow Just Led to Another Indictment Involving the Trump Campaignslate.com - By Ben Mathis-Lilley On Wednesday, Donald Trump held a press conference to announce that he won’t speak to congressional Democrats unless they end the various ongoing …
News White House Announces $16 Billion In Aid To Farmers Hurt By China Trade DisputeNPR - Bobby AllynThe Trump administration will provide $16 billion in aid to help keep farmers afloat as they reel from the yearlong trade war between the U.S. and China, the latest sign that the world's two largest economies
