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Special Coverage: Trump-Russiagate/Impeachment Watch
This Trump Tweet Led to Appointment of Special Counsel (The Weekly Standard)
Conservative Commentator: Something Fishy About Trump’s Latest Overture to Russians (Jennifer Rubin)
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A Win for The Kremlin: In Deference to Trump, NATO Summit Will Avoid Criticizing Russia (Buzzfeed)
The “I Word” – GOP Congressman is 1st Republican Lawmaker to Raise Specter of Impeachment (Newsmax)
Ex-Mossad Chief: Trump’s Loose Lips Could Sink Israeli Ships (CNN)
Renowned Constitutional Scholar: Time to Initiate Impeachment Proceedings (Lawrence Tribe)
Russia Is Testing Trump. What Is He Going to Do About It?
(Parody image: NBC/’Saturday Night Live’)
All 3 Trump-Russia Scandals, Explained (Vox)
Republican Senators Warn Trump: Don’t Let the Russians Get Away with Meddling in U.S. Election (CNN)
Bipartisan Group of Senators Moves to Limit Trump’s Ability to Lift Russia Sanctions (The Hill)
3rd Congressional Panel Opens Probe into Russia Election Meddling (Miami Herald)
Poll: Majority of American Voters Say Russians Interfered in U.S. Election (Quinnipiac Poll)
Senate Panel to Probe If Trump Campaign Had Contact With Russia (Bloomberg)
Trump’s Embrace of Putin: The Art of The Deal, or Just Surrender? (CNN/Frida Ghitis)
Latest Posts
Kansas Republicans Terminate Disastrous Conservative Tax Cut Experiment (Washington Post)
Ambassador Nikki Haley: U.N. ‘Human Rights Council’ Lacks Credibility on Human Rights
A Perfect Fit: Trump’s Raging Insecurities, & Republicans’ Feelings of Resentment (Michael Cohen)
Conservative Commentator: Trump Has Weakened U.S. Ability to Deter Russian Aggression (Charles Krauthammer)
Senators Call for FBI Probe of Possible Sessions Perjury (CNN)
“Buffoonery Abroad, An Embarrassment to America” (Scot Lehigh)
Embarrassing Truth: Under Trump, U.S. No Longer Leader of The Free World (Joan Vennochi)
GOP Senator Rips Obamacare Repeal Bill (Politico)
“There is no way that I can personally support a bill that is going to result in 23 million Americans losing their health insurance coverage, that will cause an 850 percent premium increase of a low-income adult aged 64.”
–Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Top Poll Responses: ‘What Word Comes to Mind When You Think of Trump?’ (Quinnipiac Poll)
New Poll: Only 39% of Americans Think Trump Doing a Good Job
For All You Putin Fans: Here’s a List of Murdered Putin Critics (news.com.au/News Corp Australia)
Alexander Litvinenko, a former officer of the Russian FSB secret service; Assassinated in London in 2006 by Russian agents using polonium-210, in retaliation for his outspoken criticism of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump Declines to Condemn Rise in U.S. Anti-Semitic Incidents and Rhetoric (Haaretz Israel)
#Trumptastrophe: Hapless White House Floundering in Scandal, Dysfunction, Chaos and Infighting (AP)
Emboldened by Protests and an Angry, Motivated Voter Base, House Democrats Grow a Pair (AP)
Now Trending: Postcards & Letters to #PresidentBannon (The Guardian)
Trump: All Polls I Don’t Like Are ‘Fake’ (Kevin Drum/Mother Jones)
White House Rattled by Melissa McCarthy’s Skewering of Sean Spicer on SNL (Politico)
Scenes from Your Crazy Republican Uncle’s Facebook Page: Terrorists and Other ‘Very Bad People’ Stream into the U.S. as Unelected Liberal Judges Open the Floodgates
Seattle: New Epicenter of the Resistance to Trump (Washington Post)
Top Senate Republican: No Funding for Trump’s Bogus ‘Voter Fraud’ Probe (The Hill)
Bipartisan Outrage as Trump Likens U.S. to ‘Killer’ Putin’s Russia (ABC News)
Yet Another Dishonest, Peevish Trump Tweet Sets Off Avalanche of Mockery
(Polling Data: Public Policy Polling)
McCain Seeks to Reassure Australia in Wake of Disastrous Trump Call (Daily News)
(Image: Salon/Benjamin Wheelock/Reuers/Carlo Allegri)
Winning Strategies for Standing Up to America’s Bully-in-Chief (Hannah Doress/Medium)
(Magazine cover image: The New Yorker)
At Least 3.3 Million Americans Marched Against Trump on 1/21. Now What? (New York Times)
(Photo: Kyle Singer via New York Magazine; Click here for estimate of total participation in Women’s Marches held on 1/21/2017)
Featured Content
Fight Back – Tools for Challenging The Trump-GOP Agenda, and Stories of Resistance
Time for Action: Attend a ‘Resistance Recess’ Action Near You!
Hey You – Yes, You – Take Action!
Women’s March participation data compiled by Professors Jeremy Pressman, University of Connecticut, and Erica Chenoweth, University of Denver.
A Citizen’s Guide to Fighting The Trump-GOP Agenda
Elections & The Republican War on Voting
(Data source: AP, CNN, Christian Science Monitor)
(Graphic: Center for American Progress)
How The Republicans Rigged The Election (TheLondonEconomic)
Yes, The Election Was Rigged – Brazenly, and in Plain Sight (Washington Post)
Behind Comey’s Election-Changing Bombshell: Fear of The Republican ‘Outrage Machine’ (Paul Waldman)
A Handy Guide to Russia’s Manipulation of The 2016 Elections (New York Times)
Officials: Putin Personally Directed Russian Efforts to Manipulate 2016 Elections (NBC News)
Report: U.S. Intercepts Capture Senior Russian Officials Celebrating Trump Win (Washington Post)
Voter ID Laws Work As Intended: Fewer African-Americans Voted (Moyers & company)
How The Russians Helped Elect Trump (Washington Post)
Other Featured Content
Talk of Impeachment: Too Soon? (The Guardian)
15 Signs of Impending Tyranny (Robert Reich/Alternet)
Abortion Foes, Emboldened by Trump, Vow New Laws to Restrict Access to Abortion (New York Times)
The President-Elect Delivers In-Person Beat-Down to TV News Anchors and Their Bosses (New York Post)
NBC’s Lester Holt, CNN’sWolf Blitzer and MSNBC President Phil Griffin leaving a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump held at Trump Tower on Nov. 21, 2016.
Participants in an ‘Alt-Right’ (neo-Nazi) conference held in Washington , D.C. on Nov. 19, 2016 give the Nazi salute in celebration of Trump’s Electoral College win. (Photo: The Atlantic)
20 Reasons Why Trump Won The Electoral College (Jeremy Pressman)
Bernie Woulda Won, and Other Myths (Kurt Eichenwald/Newsweek)
Report: Trump Will Be World’s Only Head of State to Reject Climate Science (Slate)
Previous Posts
Wednesday, December 21st
Why Trump Will Keep Holding Rallies (Robert Reich)
Analysis: Islamist Terrorism Will Continue to Plague Europe (Washington Post)
Study: 30 Million Americans Will Lose Healthcare Coverage if Obamacare Is Repealed (Urban Institute)
With Healthcare Access in The Trump-GOP Crosshairs, Will The Democrats Push Back? (Theda Skocpol)
The Rise of Trump: Backlash Against Women? (Amanda Marcotte)
Tuesday, December 20th
As Evacuation Continues, Israel Offers to Take In Wounded Civilians from Aleppo (Vox)
Poll: Plurality Don’t Think that Russia Influenced Election 2016 (Politico)
Abolish The Electoral College? Majority Favors Popular Vote (Marist Poll)
Some Warning Signs for Democracy in America (Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt)
Trump Pick for Budget Chief: “We Have to End Medicare As We Know It” (Talking Points Memo)
GOP Poised to Touch a ‘Third Rail’ of U.S. Politics: Defunding Planned Parenthood (Washington Post)
New Plug-In for Firefox and Chrome Fact-Checks Trump Tweets (Washington Post)
Monday, December 19th
Aleppo: The World Stood By as an Atrocity Unfolded (New York Times)
Evacuation of Aleppo Resumes; Over 20,000 Men, Women & Children Rescued So Far (CNN)
Across U.S., State Election Officials Say Voter Fraud Was Extremely Rare in 2016 (New York Times)
Let’s Not Kid Ourselves, Everything Is Not Going to Be ‘Just Fine’ (Charles M. Blow)
Neo-Nazis Target Jewish Community Leaders and Human Rights Activists in Montana (Washington Post)
Saturday, December 17th
30,000 Trapped in Aleppo Wait for Evacuation to Resume (Reuters)
The ‘Patriot News Agency’: Helping Elect Trump, One Fake News Story at a Time (New York Times)
Trump: Let CHINA Keep Captured Navy Drone (CBS News)
Poll: More and More Republicans Have Favorable View of Putin (Politico)
Trump Pick for Israel Ambassador Opposes ‘Two-State Solution’ (CNN)
Friday, December 16th
Breaking: FBI Agrees that Russians Were Trying to Help Trump Win (Washington Post)
White House Confirms Putin Direct Involvement in Election Hacking (The Guardian)
Report: President Confronted Putin on Election Hacks in Sept., Warned of Consequences (NBC News)
Trump’s Cabinet Picks Do Not Bode Well for LGBTQ Rights (Michelangelo Signorile)
Thursday, December 15th
Evacuation of Aleppo Underway (BBC)
Pleas from Aleppo to The World Were Met with Indifference (Michael Kimmelman)
Officials: Putin Personally Directed Russian Efforts to Manipulate 2016 Elections (NBC News)
How The Russians Hacked The Democrats (New York Times)
Ex-Hill Staffers Publish Online Guide to Fighting The Trump-GOP Agenda (Talking Points Memo)
It Can’t Happen Here. Right? (Carlos de la Torre)
Friday, December 9th
Wednesday, November 30th
Trump – and Hampshire College – Both Wrong on Flag (Boston Globe)
Tuesday, November 29th
And Now for a Cartoon from The New Yorker
Here’s How You Can Stop Fake News from Spreading on Facebook (BuzzFeed)
Trump Slams CNN for Its Stubborn Adherence to Facts, Reality (Boston Globe)
Monday, November 28th
The Republican Assault on Voting – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet (Washington Post)
Welcome to Post-Truth America (Washington Post)
Sunday, November 27th
FOX NEWS REPORT: Trump Planning to Hit Millions of Middle-Class Americans with Tax Hike (Fox News)
Greetings From an Alternate Universe: Trump Claims He Got More Votes Than Clinton (Politico)
Wisconsin Recount Filing Focuses on Potential for Absentee Ballot Hack (The Guardian)
Saturday, November 26th
Get a Jump on Thanksgiving 2017 with This Poem (Maisie The Writer)
Voter ID Laws Work As Intended: Fewer African-Americans Voted (Ari Berman/Moyers & company)
Friday, November 25th
Good News for All You Fans of Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels (The Guardian)
Flashback Friday: Mitt Romney’s Scathing Denunciation of Trump (Colbert I. King/Washington Post)
How The Russians Helped Elect Trump (Craig Timberg/Washington Post)
If You Liked Trump University, You’ll Love TrumpCare (Stephanie Mencimer/Mother Jones)
Thursday, November 24th
A Very Special Thanksgiving Message from The President-Elect (NOT A HOAX)
Wednesday, November 23rd
Who Knew? Trump Surprised When General Tells Him Torture Doesn’t Work (Eugene Scott, CNN)
SNL’s Make-Believe Trump Pisses Off The Real One (Elahe Izadi/Washington Post)
Tuesday, November 22nd
20 Reasons Why Trump Won The Electoral College (Jeremy Pressman)
Surprise! Republicans Getting Ready to Shred the Safety Net (Dylan Matthews/Vox)
Trump’s Misguided Plan for Syria (Boston Globe)
Post-Election ‘Rage-Giving’: All The Rage Among Democrats (Sacha Pfeiffer/Boston Globe)
Anti-Bias Group Documents Ongoing Spate of Hate Crimes Since Election Day (Southern Poverty Law Ctr)
Bernie Sanders Rips Phony Plan to Make America’s Infrastructure Great Again (Yousef Saba/Politico)
Before Then
Photo: Wounded Children in Aleppo, Syria Waiting to Be Treated
Surprise! Trump Is Off to a Terrible Start (Ruth Marcus/Washington Post)
A Fake Plan to Make America’s Infrastructure Great Again (Ronald A. Klain/Washington Post)
The World According To President-Elect Trump (Kevin Drum/Mother Jones)
Bernie Woulda Won, and Other Myths (Kurt Eichenwald/Newsweek)
America Elects a Bigot (Charles M. Blow/New York Times)
The World Has Abandoned The People of Aleppo; Shame On Us (AP)
Trump + Flynn + Putin = True Love Forever (Yochi Dreazen/Vox)
With Trump Win, Confederate Flag Flies Again (Richard Fausset/New York Times)
So, Just What The Hell is The ‘Alt-Right,’ Anyway? (NPR)
Where I Wish Trump Failure (Eugene Robinson/Washington Post)
When in Doubt, Blame ‘The Jews’ (Times of Israel)
Words of Wisdom From Sasha & Malia’s Dad (Gabriella Paiella/New York Magazine)