6 Harshest Reactions to Hillar...

Sep 8, 2017 by

6 Harshest Reactions to Hillary Clinton’s New Book by Democrats

[Translate] Election 2016 Many people are not looking forward to the candidate’s new memoir. By Kali Holloway / AlterNet Photo...

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The Struggle Between Clinton a...

Sep 7, 2017 by

The Struggle Between Clinton and Sanders Is Not Over

[Translate] Thomas B. Edsall    NYTIMES Photo Even in the Trump era, “together” is not the first word that comes to mind where...

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Democracy in North Carolina Co...

Aug 24, 2017 by

[Translate] politics Wendy Weiser and Daniel Weiner     TIME.COM Weiser is the director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan...

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Garrison Keillor: We will surv...

Aug 7, 2017 by

Garrison Keillor: We will survive this

[Translate] opinion By Garrison Keillor – The Washington Post Evan Vucci U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media in the...

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The Democrats’ New Agenda Is E...

Jul 28, 2017 by

The Democrats’ New Agenda Is Everything That’s Wrong With the Party

[Translate] Democracy & Government More bland messaging and populist posturing won’t save the Democrats. The party needs to take...

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The Real Civil War in the Demo...

Jul 26, 2017 by

The Real Civil War in the Democratic Party

[Translate]   By LEE DRUTMAN   nytimes Photo Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, flanked by fellow Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi,...

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Yes. Violating Certain Campaig...

Jul 14, 2017 by

[Translate] If the documents that Donald Jr. was emailing about are deemed valuable, soliciting them is a criminal offense. A legal...

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Moral Vacuum in the House of T...

Jul 14, 2017 by

Moral Vacuum in the House of Trump [David Brooks]

[Translate] David Brooks   NYTIMES.COM Photo Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower in New York. Credit Justin Lane/European Pressphoto...

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IS AMERICA PAST THE POINT OF N...

Jul 5, 2017 by

IS AMERICA PAST THE POINT OF NO RETURN?

[Translate]   News & Politics Oligarchs representing monopolistic Big Pharma, Big Banks, and Big Retail/Fast Food are...

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OLIVER STONE EXPOSES US WARMON...

Jun 29, 2017 by

Excerpt of speech by Oliver Stone at Writer’s Guild Awards 2017

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5 Sensible Things To Do Instea...

Jun 19, 2017 by

5 Sensible Things To Do Instead of Obsessing About, and Enabling Trump’s Narcissism

[Translate] News & Politics Instead of fixating on our national narcissist, we can turn our attention to strengthening our...

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DESCENT INTO SECRECY: SENATE H...

Jun 18, 2017 by

DESCENT INTO SECRECY: SENATE HEALTH TALKS SPEAK TO STEADY RETREAT FROM TRANSPAENCY

[Translate] Democracy & Government In three decades of reporting, veteran health care reporter Julie Rovner has had a front-row...

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WHILE HE WAS TWEETING

Jun 16, 2017 by

WHILE HE WAS TWEETING

[Translate] Democracy & Government Following the Trump wrecking ball’s path through the government day by day. Never lose...

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NAOMI KLEIN: ‘TRUMP IS A...

Jun 11, 2017 by

NAOMI KLEIN: ‘TRUMP IS AN IDIOT, BUT DON’T UNDERESTIMATE HOW GOOD HE IS AT THAT’

[Translate] The US has a president who embodies many of the things Naomi Klein has been warning about for years. She says her new...

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COMEY GOT IN THE FACE OF TRUMP...

Jun 9, 2017 by

COMEY GOT IN THE FACE OF TRUMP’S ‘GODFATHER’ FANTASY

[Translate] Democracy & Government The testimony of the fired FBI director revealed a president who sees himself more crime boss...

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Trump and Paul Ryan Are Engage...

May 30, 2017 by

Trump and Paul Ryan Are Engaged in a Footrace to Destroy Our Federal Government

[Translate] The Trump budget is not the first time the Republicans have proposed largely eliminating the federal government. By Dean...

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THE HIDDEN BOMBSHELL IN THE CO...

May 19, 2017 by

THE HIDDEN BOMBSHELL IN THE COMEY-TRUMP STORY

[Translate]   By Peter Certo, OtherWords | Op-Ed Then FBI Director James Comey speaks at a seminar in Washington, DC, October 16,...

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Michael Moore Has a New Plan t...

May 19, 2017 by

Michael Moore Has a New Plan to ‘Destabilize’ Trump’s Presidency

[Translate] News & Politics More than a decade after “Fahrenheit 9/11,” he’s set to release his newest doc,...

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SENATE PANEL ADVANCES REGULATI...

May 17, 2017 by

[Translate] THE HILL.COM A Senate panel advanced a half dozen regulatory reform bills Wednesday, including the Midnight Rules Relief...

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BEYOND THE MADNESS OF KING DON...

May 16, 2017 by

BEYOND THE MADNESS OF KING DONALD

President Frankenstein, Donald Trump, has been pretty much the bizarre “insane clown president” (Matt Taibbi’s phrase) that I and many others expected. He’s only shocked me twice….

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IS PRESIDENT TRUMP OBSTRUCTING...

May 13, 2017 by

IS PRESIDENT TRUMP OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE?

[Translate] Nicholas Kristof   NYTIMES Photo George Washington rejected fancy titles, so today we use “Mr. President.” Credit Spencer...

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MEET DONALD TRUMP’S MESS...

May 9, 2017 by

MEET DONALD TRUMP’S MESSAGING ARMY

[Translate] President Donald Trump speaks to a meeting of the National Governors Association on Feb. 27, 2017, at the White House in...

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JIMMY CARTER & BILL CLINT...

May 2, 2017 by

JIMMY CARTER & BILL CLINTON TROLL TRUMP ON TWITTER — IN THE MOST DELIGHTFUL WAY

Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton were on Twitter last week individually tweeting out sideway digs at Donald Trump.

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THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT CITY HAL...

Apr 27, 2017 by

THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT CITY HALL: MAKE FRIENDS THERE

[Translate] GRIST.ORG   Does anything rev the proverbial engine more than local politics? The whisper of a transit budget proposal....

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REPUBLICANS THREATEN TO “...

Apr 4, 2017 by

REPUBLICANS THREATEN TO “GO NUCLEAR” ON FILIBUSTER BY THURSDAY

[Translate] By Sam Knight, The District Sentinel | Report Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court,...

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MC CONNELL THREATENS TO BREAK ...

Apr 3, 2017 by

MC CONNELL THREATENS TO BREAK THE RULES TO CHANGE THE RULES’ TO CONFIRM GORSUCH

[Translate] Josh Israel    THINK PROGRESS The Senate Majority Leader said as recently as January that the Senate rules cannot be...

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OUR DISHONEST PRESIDENT

Apr 3, 2017 by

[Translate] it was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to...

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A JUDGE RULES TRUMP MAY HAVE I...

Apr 2, 2017 by

[Translate] The Fix By Aaron Blake WASHINGTON POST Trump calls for multiple ejections during rally Embed Share Play Video0:51...

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TRUMP IN THE MIDDLE EAST: THE ...

Mar 29, 2017 by

[Translate] Ahmed Rashid   nybooks.com Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The rubble of a home destroyed by reported coalition...

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Noam Chomsky: Trump’s Th...

Mar 29, 2017 by

Noam Chomsky: Trump’s Threat to Human Civilization Is More Immediate Than We Realize

[Translate] The renowned political scientist on Republican radicalism, nuclear brinkmanship, American decline and more. By Jacob...

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