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Ohio Rematch: O'Connor Far Outpaces Balderson In Dollar Race
Trump: Saudi Arabia Is Being Unfairly Accused Just Like Kavanaugh
Prosecutors Quizzed Cohen 'More Than 50 Hours'
GOP Drops Tax Bill From Midterm Ad Blitz
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Why Corrupt Public Officials Have Less To Fear From Trump
By David Cay Johnston
The Khashoggi Affair Won’t Stop Trump’s Drive For War With Iran
By Jefferson Morley
The Future Of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Is On Midterm Ballot
By Nancy Altman
Khashoggi's Demise Reveals Unpleasant Truths
By Joe Conason

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White House Spending Millions To Protect Confederate Cemeteries
In the aftermath of Charlottesville, millions of taxpayer dollars have been used to fund round-the-clock private security at Confederate cemeteries.
By Caroline Orr

Insecure Trump Stumping In Deep-Red Districts
According to travel documents, Trump has studiously avoided making visits to areas where he might be unpopular.
By Oliver Willis

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Khashoggi's Demise Reveals Unpleasant Truths
By Joe Conason

How House Democrats Can Stymie Trump — If They Win
Here are five ways in which a Democratic House majority—even with Republicans keeping control of the Senate—could do a lot to impede Trump’s far-right agenda in 2019.
By Alex Henderson
Trump: Family Separations Were Designed To Inflict Cruelty
Trump's racist policy could be making a comeback.
By Tommy Christopher
Will Trump's Evangelicals Suffer Retribution?
America’s conservative evangelicals, however, have taken up that diabolical offer.
By Alternet
Don Jr. Spreads Bogus Claims Implicating Khashoggi In Terrorism
And one person who appears to completely agree with this is the president's eldest son.
By Matthew Chapman
How Right-Wing Media Cut Video Clip To Defame Arizona Democrat
Conservative media used an out-of-context video to falsely claim that Senate candidate Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) called all Arizonans "crazy."
By Zachary Pleat
Why Trump's Response To Khashoggi Incident Is So Feeble
The Trump family’s relationship with the Saudi royal family has been complicated this month by the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
By Alex Henderson

Money
The Hidden Money Funding The Midterms
Strategies that let super PACs delay revealing their donors until after the election are gaining popularity among both Democrats and Republicans.
By ProPublica
Former GOP Mega-Donor Spending Millions To Elect Democrats
Rich Republicans are switching sides to stop Trump.
By Eric Boehlert
Chief Justice Halts Disclosure Of 'Dark Money' Donors
Chief Justice John Roberts halted a federal judge’s order that invalidated a Federal Election Commission regulation that has allowed donors to dark-money groups to be anonymous.
By Sarah Okeson

Health
Handmaid's Tale? Trump Administration Curbs Access To Birth Control
Trump health officials plan to rewrite guidelines for a federally funded family planning program to make it harder for low-income women to obtain birth control.
By Sarah Okeson
Far Right Fabricates Ford Link To 'Abortion Pill'
This false claim was then picked up by another fake news purveyor, Natural News, run by Mike Adams, a far-right blogger who also created a site to smear Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg as a so-called crisis actor and member of the “Hitler Youth.”
By Julie Tulbert
White House Officials Fear President Is 'Mentally Unraveling'
Dr. Brandi Lee, a psychiatrist who put together a book of essays on President Donald Trump's mental health, discussed the fact that two White House officials separately called her to discuss their concerns about the president.
By Cody Fenwick

Lifestyle
#EndorseThis: John Oliver Takes Down Saudi Dictatorship, In Detail
John Oliver takes a long, hard look at the new Saudi ruler -- his charm offensive, his domestic repression, and his brutal foreign policy.
By National Memo
SNL Cold Open: Trump's Newest Adviser Is 'Stable Genius' Kanye
Even clever SNL writers must have puzzled over how to satirize Kanye West’s bizarre, ranting Oval Office visit.
By National Memo
#EndorseThis: A Scary Time (For Trump)
Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the International Day of the Girl with Lynzy Lab, whose satirical ditty “A Scary Time” just went super-viral on Twitter.
By National Memo

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#EndorseThis: John Oliver Takes Down Saudi Dictatorship, In Detail
John Oliver takes a long, hard look at the new Saudi ruler -- his charm offensive, his domestic repression, and his brutal foreign policy.
By National Memo
#EndorseThis: A Scary Time (For Trump)
Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the International Day of the Girl with Lynzy Lab, whose satirical ditty “A Scary Time” just went super-viral on Twitter.
By National Memo
#EndorseThis: These Extraordinary Women Are Ready To Serve -- Again
A significant number of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are running this year as Democrats -- and eight of those exceptional veterans are women.
By National Memo

THIS WEEK IN CRAZY

This Week In Crazy: Alex Jones Makes Incoherent Case For White Reparations
Eclipse apocalypse, white reparations, and a journalism crash course from a conspiracist blogger. Welcome to This Week In Crazy.
By Brendan Gauthier
This Week In Crazy: David Crosby Faces Fire, Fury From Ted Nugent
Statue fetishists, blubbering neo-Nazis, and Cat Fight Fever. Welcome to This Week In Crazy.
By Brendan Gauthier
This Week In Crazy: Trump's God-Given Mission To Nuke North Korea
Nuclear holy war, Chi-Raqi occupation, and Al Gore's "big ugly ass." Welcome to This Week In Crazy.
By Brendan Gauthier

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POLITICS
Will Trump's Evangelicals Suffer Retribution?
By Alternet
Trump Attacks Tallahassee Mayor As Hurricane Looms Over City
#EndorseThis: Tough As Texas? Not You, Ted
OPINION
The Reckoning Arrives For Donald Trump, Fox News, And The GOP
By Eric Boehlert
Evangelical Leaders Still Support Trump -- But Will Lewd Remarks Repel Voters?
In 24 Years of Town Hall Debates, The Winners, The Losers, And The Weird
BOOKS
House Of Trump, House Of Putin: The Untold Story Of Donald Trump And The Russian Mafia
By Craig Unger
Comic Relief From Rick Wilson As We Await Trump's Exit
Major Publishers Reject Don Jr.'s 'Defense Of Daddy' Book Proposal

NATIONAL
Waging War On US Intelligence, Trump Abuses Declassification Process
By Caroline Orr
White House Officials Fear President Is 'Mentally Unraveling'
Surfing That Blue Wave: A Democrat With The 'Empathy Factor'
MONEY
The Hidden Money Funding The Midterms
By ProPublica
Former GOP Mega-Donor Spending Millions To Elect Democrats
Chief Justice Halts Disclosure Of 'Dark Money' Donors
LIFESTYLE
#EndorseThis: John Oliver Takes Down Saudi Dictatorship, In Detail
By National Memo
SNL Cold Open: Trump's Newest Adviser Is 'Stable Genius' Kanye
#EndorseThis: A Scary Time (For Trump)

WORLD
With Trump In Office, World Opinion Of U.S. Plunges
By Caroline Orr
World Leaders: Yes, We Were Laughing At Trump
Danziger: The Joke's On Us
HEALTH
Handmaid's Tale? Trump Administration Curbs Access To Birth Control
By Sarah Okeson
Far Right Fabricates Ford Link To 'Abortion Pill'
White House Officials Fear President Is 'Mentally Unraveling'
VIDEO
#EndorseThis: John Oliver Takes Down Saudi Dictatorship, In Detail
By National Memo
#EndorseThis: A Scary Time (For Trump)
#EndorseThis: These Extraordinary Women Are Ready To Serve -- Again

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