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Another Bad Day For Sarah Sanders In Omarosa Flap
Omarosa: Trump 'Absolutely' Knew About Clinton Emails In Advance
4 Crazy Revelations From Omarosa's Bombshell MSNBC Interview
White House Exempts Bill Shine From Ethics Rules
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How Walker And Trump Sold Off Lake Michigan To Polluter Foxconn
By Sarah Okeson
The NRA And The Gun Industry Go Global With Trump
By William Hartung
Commander-In-Chief Insults Troops With Pay-Raise 'Joke' At Ft. Drum
By Tommy Christopher
Comic Relief From Rick Wilson As We Await Trump's Exit
By Froma Harrop

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Trump Campaign Hires Lawyer Who Destroyed Gawker To Go After Omarosa
Charles Harder, the lawyer behind Hulk Hogan's monumental lawsuit that helped destroy the website Gawker, will lead the Trump campaign's legal battle against former White House official Omarosa Manigault Newman.
By Cody Fenwick

GOP's White Nationalist Nominee In VA Polling At Dismal 26 Percent
Trump said Senate nominee Corey Stewart has 'a major chance of winning.' It certainly doesn't look that way.
By Eric Boehlert

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Is 'Q' The Greatest Hoax Of All Time?
By Joe Conason

Trump Appointee Scraps Veterans' Strongest Safeguard Against Predatory Lenders
Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau works hard to fail at its job of protecting consumers — and now it's failing our military service members.
By Tommy Christopher
Trump Aide Miller Compared To Nazis — By His Uncle
Dr. David Glosser, a retired neuropsychologist, denounced his nephew and the president as hypocritical bigots in an essay for Politico.
By Travis Gettys
Is There A Single Black Staffer In Trump White House?
'We have a number of different minorities,' Kellyanne Conway stammered after failing to name a single African American who works in the White House.
By Tommy Christopher
Scott Is Only Republican Senator To Back Anti-Lynching Bill
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) struggled to explain why he's the only Republican who has co-sponsored a bill that would make lynching a federal hate crime.
By Tommy Christopher
On Charlottesville Anniversary, Trump Gives Racists A Pass
Trump marked the anniversary of deadly race riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, by giving racists yet another pass, and refusing to single out neo-Nazis or white supremacists he has praised in the past.
By Oliver Willis
Stormy Lawyer May Run For President Against Trump
According to the report, Avenatti will be speaking at the Democratic Wing Ding fundraiser on Friday night.
By Cody Fenwick

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
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
Trump Tariffs Impose $350M 'Tax' On Your Beer
Trump's tariffs on aluminum and steel will raise production costs on beer brewers, and raise prices for beer drinkers.
By Oliver Willis

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#EndorseThis: Trevor Noah Blasts President Trump's Alien Sex Rockets
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Lewandowski's Ham Routine Fried By Sacha Baron Cohen
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Omarosa Says Trump Shows Signs Of Mental Deficiency
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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The News At A Glance

POLITICS
How Walker And Trump Sold Off Lake Michigan To Polluter Foxconn
By Sarah Okeson
#EndorseThis: Lewandowski's Ham Routine Fried By Sacha Baron Cohen
Comic Relief From Rick Wilson As We Await Trump's Exit
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
Comic Relief From Rick Wilson As We Await Trump's Exit
By Froma Harrop
Major Publishers Reject Don Jr.'s 'Defense Of Daddy' Book Proposal
Goodbye, Philip Roth: The Passing Of A Great American Novelist

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: Trevor Noah Blasts President Trump's Alien Sex Rockets
By Kurt Boyer
#EndorseThis: Lewandowski's Ham Routine Fried By Sacha Baron Cohen
#EndorseThis: Omarosa Says Trump Shows Signs Of Mental Deficiency

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