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McCabe: GOP Leaders Didn't Object To FBI Probe Of Trump As Security Threat

Ethics Office Rebukes Commerce Secretary For Concealing Bank Stock
Alabama Newspaper Calls For Ku Klux Klan 'To Night Ride Again'
Rep. Cummings: New Evidence Shows Trump Lawyers Lied About Hush Money
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CNN Hires Former Trump Administration Flack Sarah Isgur As Political Editor

By Simon Maloy
Former Clinton Aide Slams Times’ Stealth Correction On Uranium One

By Matthew Chapman
Official Uncovers Election Fraud Scheme In North Carolina

By Oliver Willis
In Nasty Breakup With New York City, Amazon Is At Fault

By Froma Harrop

Top News

Report: FBI Agents Planned To Foil Trump Obstruction Of Russia Probe
By Matthew Chapman

Watch Ivanka Trump's Mortifying Moment During Merkel's Speech In Munich
Ivanka Trump sat and listened to wild applause at the Munich conference as the leader of one of America’s major allies blasted her father’s economic policy.
By Matthew Chapman

National Memo Editor’s Blog

Yes, There Is Evidence Of Russian Collusion (And Lots Of It)
By Joe Conason

'Disturbing': Capitol Police Slammed For Assaulting Reporters
According to Roll Call, Capitol Police roughed up reporters on Thursday afternoon around the time that senators were voting on the spending bill.
By Julia Conley
Inside Trump's Manic And Incompetent Obsession With The 'Wall'
By Alternet
Who Is In Charge Of Border Policy: Hannity Or Limbaugh?
Trump has used his presidency to enshrine extreme voices like Limbaugh -- those most detached from reality -- as powerful shapers of American policy.
By Oliver Willis
Mueller Links Roger Stone Indictment To Russian Hacking And Wikileaks
The special counsel identified Roger Stone as an actor in the same “alleged criminal event or transaction” that is central to the Russian hacking case.
By Cody Fenwick
Graham: Senate Will Investigate FBI 'Bias Against Trump'
Senate Judicary Committee chair Lindsey Graham announced he will investigate a conspiracy theory involving the FBI, the courts, and Carter Page.
By Emily Singer
Did Kavanaugh's Abortion Vote Doom Susan Collins In 2020?
“I don’t understand how this [decision] is being viewed as somehow overturning Roe v. Wade except by people on the far left,” said Sen. Collins.
By Alex Henderson

Money

At Last, Democrats Have Broken The Taboo On Raising Taxes
By Paul Starr
Study: Richest 0.00025 Percent Of Americans Own More Than Bottom 150 Million
The richest 400 Americans have seen their wealth triple since the 1980s, while the wealth of much of the U.S. population has stagnated.
By Jake Johnson
What's The Cost Of High Living?
The rich aren't merely different from you and me. ... They're ridiculous!
By Jim Hightower

Health

Medical Ethics Expert Slams 'Rosy' Report On Trump's Health
Dr. Arthur Caplan, NYU bioethicist, said the new report on Trump's health "smacks of politically rosy glasses skewing age and weight and diet.”
By Elizabeth Preza
How Harris Wofford Changed Our History
Harris Wofford, a committed American citizen who died this past week at 92, proved conclusively that one individual and two political campaigns can change our nation.
By Mark Shields
A Case Study: How GOP And Trump Deregulators Are Killing Workers
The Trump administration’s plan to weaken the beryllium rule offers a case study in the renewed power businesses can wield in the regulatory process.
By Jordan Barab

Lifestyle

We Seem To Need A Blackface History Month
The popularity of minstrelsy and blackface in the 19th century came out of that era's ugly insistence on white supremacy and black inferiority.
By Cynthia Tucker
Do We Really Need So Many Foreign Tech Workers?
Big Tech has showered think tanks with funding to brainwash Americans into believing that their country is starving for tech expertise.
By Froma Harrop
SNL Cold Open Ices Roger Stone And Tucker Carlson
Last night's SNL cold open featured one of comedy's great stars playing the out-of-control consultant, Roger Stone.
By National Memo

Endorse This

#EndorseThis: Trump's Border War Against Butterflies

A Washington nimrod like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy will insist the slashed budget for Trump’s border wall is really a major Republican victory.

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Why Trump Needs More 'Executive Time'

Trump insists that all those schedules filled with "executive time" mean he actually works harder than any other president in history.

By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Hey, Trump's Childhood Home Is For Sale

Seth reports that Trump’s childhood home in Queens is for sale -- including the room where the future president was likely conceived.

By National Memo

THIS WEEK IN CRAZY

This Week In Crazy: The 'Christian' Right To Discriminate -- And Much More

A Protestant minister holds kids for ransom, a governor turns them into kidsicles, and a state official turns fashionista. It's This Week In Crazy!

By Michael Lathrop

This Week In Crazy: White Nationalist Radio Hosts A Black Wing-Nut

Sharing private data iwith a Russian agent is fine, more mass shootings will make for better statistics on guns, and the Pentagon ghosts American citizens.

By Michael Lathrop

This Week In Crazy: God Re-Elects Trump, Romneys And Netflix Implode

This week in crazy, self-proclaimed prophetess Kat Kerr warned that God will make sure The Donald wins reelection.

By Michael Lathrop

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Oust Ralph Northam? Most Black Voters In Virginia Wouldn't
By Gene Lyons

Danziger: Line Of Succession
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OPINION

The Reckoning Arrives For Donald Trump, Fox News, And The GOP
By Eric Boehlert

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BOOKS

Humiliating New Book By Former White House Staffer Enrages Trump
By Oliver Willis

New Book Describes How Trump Humiliated Ryan
Christie's Awful Book Smacks Down Kushner, But Sucks Up To Trump

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

At Last, Democrats Have Broken The Taboo On Raising Taxes
By Paul Starr

Study: Richest 0.00025 Percent Of Americans Own More Than Bottom 150 Million
What's The Cost Of High Living?
LIFESTYLE

We Seem To Need A Blackface History Month
By Cynthia Tucker

SNL Cold Open Ices Roger Stone And Tucker Carlson
#EndorseThis: Stephen Colbert Translates Giuliani Gibberish

WORLD

Danziger: A Fistful Of Billions
By Jeff Danziger

Judiciary Committee Launches Probe Of Trump's 'Emergency'
#EndorseThis: Trump's Border War Against Butterflies
HEALTH

Medical Ethics Expert Slams 'Rosy' Report On Trump's Health
By Elizabeth Preza

How Harris Wofford Changed Our History
A Case Study: How GOP And Trump Deregulators Are Killing Workers
VIDEO

#EndorseThis: Trump's Border War Against Butterflies
By National Memo

#EndorseThis: Why Trump Needs More 'Executive Time'
#EndorseThis: Hey, Trump's Childhood Home Is For Sale

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