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How Trump's 'Red Wave' Bluster Could Hurt GOP
As Melania Delivers Speech Against 'Cyber-Bullying', Trump Keeps Tweeting Trash
Second GOP Nominee Stands Accused Of Sex Abuse — In Same District
Disgraced GOP Congressman Blames 'F-Tards' For Ouster
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Toxic Slime Washes Over Rick Scott's Florida
By Froma Harrop
Historian Explains Why Trump Hates 'Rat' John Dean
By Cody Fenwick
Why Trump Pals At Sinclair Broadcasting May Face Big Trouble
By Pam Vogel
New Forecast: Democrats Have 75 Percent Chance Of Taking House
By Jillian S. Ambroz

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Former Joint Chiefs Chair Denounces Trump's 'Enemies List'
“As far as the Russian investigation is concerned, I think Bob Mueller will get through that, complete it and we should rely on him for what actually happened.”
By Elizabeth Preza

Bolton Unable To Name A Single Occasion When Brennan Misused Clearance
ABC's Martha Raddatz stumped John Bolton — and torpedoed Trump's excuse for revoking former CIA director John Brennan's security clearance.
By Tommy Christopher

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A Devastating Midterm Message For Democrats
By Joe Conason

Former Fox Military Analyst Blasts Network's 'Prostitutes'
Retired United States Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters on Sunday unloaded on his former Fox News colleagues, arguing they serve Donald Trump with such blind faith that they “constitute a threat to our republic.”
By Elizabeth Preza
Sanders And Shine Plan Security Revocations To Distract Media
Trump doesn't control the media from the inside — so he's taking a page from the modern authoritarian's playbook and trying to control it from the outside, instead.
By Caroline Orr
Georgia County Seeking To Suppress Black Vote
Nine polling places in majority-black Randolph County were open for a recent GOP runoff election. But county officials may close seven of them in November just as Georgia is on the brink of electing the nation's first black woman governor.
By Dan Desai Martin
Danziger: An Enemy Of The Press
The United States Senate unanimously voted a resolution declaring that a free press is "not the enemy of the people." It didn't mention Trump by name.
By Jeff Danziger
Sebastian Gorka, Scourge Of 'The Swamp', Cashes Out
It’s been almost a year since off-brand James Bond supervillain Sebastian Gorka was fired or resigned (definitely fired) from his ill-defined job in Donald Trump’s White House...
By Simon Maloy
Why The Republicans Hate (And Fear) Nancy Pelosi
There's a clear reason why Republicans are attacking Nancy Pelosi: She's killing them at fundraising.
By Tommy Christopher

Money
Treasury Secretary's New Scheme To Further Enrich The Very, Very Rich
The swamp monster who Donald Trump chose as Treasury secretary has a plan to save the richest of the rich billions and billions in taxes – and without any vote by Congress, either.
By David Cay Johnston
Why Higher Techie Incomes May Bring Lower Quality Of Life
With the prosperity came a crisis of homelessness and crushing housing prices for those with moderate incomes.
By Froma Harrop
Freeing Predators To Bilk Little People Hurts Everyone
The mortgages looked like easy money but were actually booby-trapped contracts loaded with high fees and exploding interest charges. They often transformed what could have been manageable setbacks into foreclosures.
By Froma Harrop

Health
Trio Of Mar-A-Lago Cronies Secretly Overseeing Veterans' Care
How Marvel Entertainment chairman Ike Perlmutter and two other Mar-a-Lago cronies are secretly shaping the Trump administration’s veterans policies.
By Isaac Arnsdorf
Trump's EPA Bringing Back Deadly Asbestos — From Russia
Trump's EPA is gutting restrictions on asbestos — one of the most dangerous carcinogens ever used in construction.
By Oliver Willis
Privatizing PTSD Care? A Hedge Funder's Controversial Foray Against VA
The hedge fund billionaire’s efforts to assist veterans with PTSD have thrust him into the fight over privatizing the VA and led some people to question his motives.
By Isaac Arnsdorf

Lifestyle
As Melania Delivers Speech Against 'Cyber-Bullying', Trump Keeps Tweeting Trash
Trump couldn't control himself long enough for his wife to get through a cyberbullying forum.
By Tommy Christopher
Trump Ally Made Suspect Money Transfers To Hack Hillary Emails
His bank, Northern Trust, reportedly found records of $140,000 of suspicious transfers in his accounts, according to BuzzFeed.
By Cody Fenwick
Facebook Shuts Down Suspected Russian Influence Network
Facebook said the site "found evidence of some connections between these accounts” and those that created content to influence the 2016 presidential elections.
By Elizabeth Preza

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#EndorseThis: Joe Scarborough Says Trump Will Quit Before 2021
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Jill Stein Becomes Sacha Baron Cohen's Latest Victim
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Fallon Zings Eric Trump For Omarosa Bribe Clip
By Kurt Boyer

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
#EndorseThis: Joe Scarborough Says Trump Will Quit Before 2021
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Jill Stein Becomes Sacha Baron Cohen's Latest Victim
Former Joint Chiefs Chair Denounces Trump's 'Enemies List'
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
Surfing That Blue Wave: A Democrat With The 'Empathy Factor'
By Steven Rosenfeld
Senate Probers Say Russians Could Alter Voter Files In 2016
Rudy Giuliani Keeps Racking Up Potential Felony Charges Against Client Trump
MONEY
Treasury Secretary's New Scheme To Further Enrich The Very, Very Rich
By David Cay Johnston
Why Higher Techie Incomes May Bring Lower Quality Of Life
Freeing Predators To Bilk Little People Hurts Everyone
LIFESTYLE
#EndorseThis: Kimmel Strikes Back At Trump With Outrageous Fried Chicken Tale
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Michelle Wolf Bites Ivanka Trump Right In The Soul
#EndorseThis: Stephen Colbert Goes Heisenberg On President Trump

WORLD
#EndorseThis: Kimmel Makes Final Appeal To Trump On Climate Change
By Kurt Boyer
GAO Report Warns Border Wall Will Waste Billions
In Soccer, The 'Globalist' Cosmopolitans Win
HEALTH
Trio Of Mar-A-Lago Cronies Secretly Overseeing Veterans' Care
By Isaac Arnsdorf
Trump's EPA Bringing Back Deadly Asbestos — From Russia
Privatizing PTSD Care? A Hedge Funder's Controversial Foray Against VA
VIDEO
#EndorseThis: Joe Scarborough Says Trump Will Quit Before 2021
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Jill Stein Becomes Sacha Baron Cohen's Latest Victim
#EndorseThis: Fallon Zings Eric Trump For Omarosa Bribe Clip

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