Human Madness

By Lorenzo

Just think how joyous life would be on Earth if it weren't for us humans.

Middle East
Israeli army razes home of prominent Palestinian activist
AlJazeera - Al Jazeera
At least 56 Palestinians have been injured in the protests against the demolition. The Israeli army has demolished a residential building owned by a prominent Palestinian activist, whose six sons have
Los Angeles
Ann Coulter says Jews, like rest of Democratic base, ‘hate white men’
timesofisrael.com - By TOI staff
Far-right pundit Ann Coulter has sparked outrage after speaking disparagingly of a number of Democratic voting blocs, including Jews, saying they are …
Justice
The 29 most surreal lines from Donald Trump's Fox News interview
CNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
(CNN) — On Thursday, President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Fox News personality Harris Faulkner. It was, um, chummy -- with Faulkner asking Trump questions like "What do you love about
Liberal View
Brian Kilmeade: Trump payoffs weren't campaign-related because everyone already knew that he lived a billionaire lifestyle
mediamatters.org
Kilmeade: "Anyone who got the New York Post and Page Six knows that Donald Trump" was having affairs From the December 14 edition of Fox News' Fox & …
Jared Kushner
Trump Is Considering Jared Kushner for Chief of Staff Because He’s Been So Good at Everything Else
slate.com - Elliot Hannon
It’s hard to imagine a less formidable twosome in the White House Situation Room dealing with a crisis.
Los Angeles
Trump increasingly isolated as aides leave, friends flip and investigations advance - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times - By Chris Megerian and Eli Stokols
It was almost noon Friday when a Marine suddenly appeared outside the West Wing doors, a sign that President Trump had belatedly reported to the Oval Office. For the third day in a row, the president been
Liberal View
Trump Moves to Deport Vietnam War Refugees
The Atlantic - Charles DunstKrishnadev Calamur
The White House again wants to expel certain groups of protected immigrants, a reversal after backing away from the policy months ago. Updated at 10:20 a.m. on December 13, 2018. The Trump administration
Liberal View
Trump's delusional alternate social media universe reveals his mounting concerns over the Mueller probe
alternet.org - Terry H. Schwadron, DC Report
Trump unloads a barrage of tweets out of fantasy land.Trump has ended a newsy week with a fountain of what by even his own standards are pretty …
Medical Marijuana
This 78-year-old man in a wheelchair was cruelly evicted to the cold streets because he used legal medical marijuana
alternet.org - Phillip Smith, Independent Media Institute
He had to steer his electric wheelchair half a mile in subfreezing temperatures to get to a homeless shelter.A 78-year-old Niagara Falls man using a …
Donald Trump
The Latest: Pelosi: Trump thinks Mexico will pay for wall
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's promised U.S.-Mexico border wall (all times local): 4:35 p.m. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump thinks Mexico will
News (U.S.)
Trump Says the Migrant Caravan Is Over, Claims They Were Repelled by Walls and Fences
The Daily Beast
President Trump has claimed victory over a “caravan” of Central American migrants traveling to the U.S. who made a big issue of for the midterm …
U.S. Politics
The Trump Administration Pitched Coal at a Climate Change Conference
TIME - By Justin Worland / Katowice, Poland
The United Nations climate change conference underway here in Poland could play a critical role in the fight to stem greenhouse gas emissions and …
Liberal View
Fox & Friends falls all over itself defending Trump payments to mistresses: 'Obama did the exact same thing'
rawstory.com - David Edwards
A Fox & Friends segment on Monday insisted that President Donald Trump does not deserve jail time for illegally paying off two women during the 2016 …
Donald Trump
John Kelly resignation: a legacy of failure - Vox
Vox - Matthew Yglesias
He’s been the chief of staff America didn’t need. No person’s entire career can be summed up in a single quote. But ousted White House Chief of Staff John Kelly’s defense to the charge that the Trump child
Facebook
Facebook’s PAC has donated thousands to politicians who support conversion therapy
lgbtqnation.com - Daniel Villarreal
The Daily Beast has reported that this year Facebook’s political action committee (PAC) donated thousands to Republican politicians who’ve voted …
Donald Trump
Heather Nauert's promotion shows the extent of Fox News's influence on the White House
The Telegraph - By Ben Riley-Smith
Heather Nauert’s promotion to America’s UN ambassador will solidify one of the more notable trends in Donald Trump’s presidency - the remarkable influence of Fox News. Ms Nauert, who takes up the role
Liberal View
Fox News is very mad that a church is pointing out the inhumanity of Trump family separation policy
ThinkProgress - Frank Dale
Fox News' coverage of the "War on Christmas" now includes defending Trump. It’s a tough time for Fox News. Republicans just got routed by Democrats in …
U.S. Politics
The White House Has No Plan for Confronting the Mueller Report
The Atlantic - Elaina Plott
Nervous aides expect the president to lead the way, tweet up a storm—and, Rudy Giuliani promises, fight back. Nobody knows how the White House plans to respond to the Mueller report—including the people
Donald Trump
President Trump takes heat for taking 8-car motorcade across the street to greet Bushes
USA TODAY - William Cummings
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is taking criticism for using an eight-car motorcade to travel about 250 yards to welcome the Bush family at Blair House, the guest quarters across the street from White
U.S. Politics
Trump on Coming Debt Crisis: ‘I Won’t Be Here’ When It Blows Up
The Daily Beast - Asawin Suebsaeng,Lachlan Markay
Since the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s aides and advisers have tried to convince him of the importance of tackling the national …
Autos
White House Will Seek Ending Electric Car Subsidies, Says Top Adviser
The Drive - By Rob S
The phase-out could happen sometime between 2021 and 2022. via Getty Images The White House will seek to remove subsidies on electric cars, revealed …
Energy
Trump officials, energy execs to speak at pro-coal event during UN climate talks
Axios - Amy Harder
Trump administration officials are set to tout coal, natural gas and nuclear power at an event during the United Nations' annual conference currently …
Liberal View
Birther king Jerome Corsi and his gadfly lawyer just tried to get Mueller disbarred and prosecuted for ‘treason’
rawstory.com - Travis Gettys
Jerome Corsi and his gadfly attorney on Monday demanded the removal — and disbarment — of special counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors. The …
Liberal View
‘There’s a price to pay for pot’: Fox & Friends absurdly claims marijuana gummies are ‘killing people’
alternet.org - David Edwards, Raw Story
“You don’t start on cocaine, you probably start with marijuana and it leads to other things.”Fox News hosts warned viewers on Monday that “gummies” …
Opinion (UK)
George HW Bush thought the world belonged to his family. How wrong he was
The Guardian - Ariel Dorfman
As the world says goodbye to George HW Bush, I am tempted to add my own personal memories to the mix, and illuminate perhaps his legacy by recounting the two intense nights that my wife and I spent in
U.S. Politics
Once Again the Trump Administration Feeds its Conspiracy-Loving Base
Rolling Stone - Peter Wade
Vice President Mike Pence tweeted, and soon deleted, a photo on Friday showing him with a police officer who wore a patch with a “Q” patch, signaling …
Trump Administration
Cruz calls on Trump administration to defund UN agencies that allow Palestinian membership
Fox News - By
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has called on the Trump administration to act on two laws that demand automatic defunding of U.N.-affiliated agencies that have allowed the Palestinians to join as a state. The
Washington University in St. Louis
Two million federal workers receive memo warning they can't use the word 'resist' or discuss Trump impeachment at work
alternet.org - Martin Cizmar, Raw Story
This is the first time such a memo has been sent out, the paper reports, and critics say it's overreaching.All federal workers have received a memo …
Hillary Clinton
Trump retweets meme calling for imprisonment of his own deputy attorney general
Vox - Aaron Rupar
This isn’t normal, even for Trump. President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning retweeted a meme calling for a number of prominent Democrats and law enforcement and intelligence officials to be imprisoned.