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Following Russia, US Shuns Global Cybersecurity Pact

Dershowitz Received $120K From Anti-Muslim Group
Poll: Many Americans Say Vote Suppression Kept Them From Ballot Box
Michelle Obama Book Slamming Trump Is Instant Bestseller
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America's Wealth Floods Into Already Wealthy Cities

By Froma Harrop
A Yale Football Player Quits To Save His Brain

By Steve Chapman
Neo-Nazi Leaflet Found In D.C. Home Of Brothers Linked To Pittsburgh Shooter

By A.C. Thompson
Fox Judge: Whitaker Is Not A Legitimate Attorney General

By Andrew Napolitano

Top News

There's No Laugh Line In A Lynching
Earlier this year, on April 26, a new museum dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy opened in Montgomery, Alabama.
By Connie Schultz

In Wildfire Coverage, Network TV Ignores Climate Change
While ABC, CBS, and NBC again dropped the ball, local TV news programs in California brought up climate change numerous times during wildfire reporting.
By Ted MacDonald

National Memo Editor’s Blog

Trump Insults Our Troops, Again
By Joe Conason

Despite Trump Blessing, McConnell Blocks Sentencing Reform
The president had endorsed a reform bill, but that didn’t matter to Mitch.
By Phillip Smith
Pelosi's Proposed Tax Rule Hinders Progressive Priorities
"This is a very bad idea, House Democrats. It makes no sense whatsoever to give Republicans veto power over progressive legislation."
By Alternet
Zero GOP Sponsors For Senate Hate Crimes Bill
With hate crimes surging nationwide, not a single Republican will sign on as a co-sponsor to a bill to address the problem.
By Caroline Orr
For Senator Collins, 'Winter Is Coming' In Blue New England
Up for re-election in 2020, a vulnerable Sen. Susan Collins faces a tough slog after voting to put an alleged attempted rapist on the Supreme Court.
By Dan Desai Martin
Fixing What's Broken In Florida And Georgia Elections
These states’ drawn-out 2018 counts could hold significance for future voter suppression barriers, ballot design, and voting machines.
By Steven Rosenfeld
Inciting Violence Again, Trump Dog-Whistles Fascists To 'Mobilize'
In a new interview, Trump issued a chilling dog whistle to his extremist base that effectively legitimizes future violence before it occurs.
By Caroline Orr

Money

America's Wealth Floods Into Already Wealthy Cities
Amazon's drawn-out search for another command post to rival the home base in Seattle appears to have been a stunt.
By Froma Harrop
Human Rights Group Demands Probe Of Giuliani And Trump In Alleged Money-Laundering
Prosecutors asked to probe dutch middlemen washing billions in dirty Kazakh cash for real estate deals in US and Europe.
By David Cay Johnston
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

Health

A Yale Football Player Quits To Save His Brain
He sat out for a week and a half, but when he resumed practice, something was wrong. "I got very lightheaded and could barely feel my legs," he recalls.
By Steve Chapman
Trump Calls Halt To Medical Progress Over Stem Cell Research
Once again, the Trump administration is ready to sacrifice human health at the altar of anti-science extremism.
By Emily Crockett
How Doctors Shamed Arrogant NRA
The NRA tried to shut down doctors pushing for gun safety. It backfired and the gun extremists have been publicly shamed for their actions for a week and counting.
By Oliver Willis

Lifestyle

Following Russia, US Shuns Global Cybersecurity Pact
Once again, America is retreating from the global stage under Trump's leadership. And once again, Russia stands to benefit from it.
By Caroline Orr
SNL Cold Open Hilariously Roasts Laura Ingraham And Jeanine Pirro
The spoof of Ingraham’s wacky Fox News show holds nothing back, beginning with her harsh monologue on the midterm.
By National Memo
Trump Calls Halt To Medical Progress Over Stem Cell Research
Once again, the Trump administration is ready to sacrifice human health at the altar of anti-science extremism.
By Emily Crockett

Endorse This

#EndorseThis: The Grifters, Trump Midterm Election Edition

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: How The Swamp Became A Trump Cesspool

Just how deep and how filthy is the Trump swamp? The truth is exposed with remarkable wit by Last Week Tonight's investigators.

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Kimmel Laughs At Trump's Infantile Attack On Acosta

The verbal scuffling between Trump and CNN correspondent Jim Acosta -- since barred from the White House by Sarah Huckabee Sanders -- is a highlight.

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

GOP's 'Politically Correct' Indignation Is Rank Hypocrisy
By Cody Fenwick

Danziger: A High-Pitched Whine
Kanye West Dumping Trump? 'I've Been Used'
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

America's Wealth Floods Into Already Wealthy Cities
By Froma Harrop

Human Rights Group Demands Probe Of Giuliani And Trump In Alleged Money-Laundering
The Hidden Money Funding The Midterms
LIFESTYLE

SNL Cold Open Hilariously Roasts Laura Ingraham And Jeanine Pirro
By National Memo

#EndorseThis: How The Swamp Became A Trump Cesspool
Mueller Bids Farewell To Sessions In SNL Cold Open

WORLD

Danziger: Prepare For The Wurst
By Jeff Danziger

Danziger: The Tough Guy
With Trump In Office, World Opinion Of U.S. Plunges
HEALTH

A Yale Football Player Quits To Save His Brain
By Steve Chapman

Trump Calls Halt To Medical Progress Over Stem Cell Research
How Doctors Shamed Arrogant NRA
VIDEO

#EndorseThis: The Grifters, Trump Midterm Election Edition
By National Memo

#EndorseThis: How The Swamp Became A Trump Cesspool
#EndorseThis: Kimmel Laughs At Trump's Infantile Attack On Acosta

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