Leaked draft reveals a devasta...

Aug 12, 2017 by

Leaked draft reveals a devastated America, up to 8 feet of sea level rise, 18°F Arctic warming–unless we embrace Paris climate deal

[Translate] Joe Romm CLIMATE PROGRESS The United States faces a choice between manageable warming and unmanageable catastrophe,...

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The Danger of an Incurious Pre...

Aug 9, 2017 by

The Danger of an Incurious President

[Translate] By SARAH VOWELLA    NYTIMES Photo Credit Rebekka Dunlap There are an infinite number of questions to ask of history. For...

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Is the Trump Presidency the Ve...

Aug 9, 2017 by

Is the Trump Presidency the Very Definition of Madness?

[Translate] World The upheaval provoked by the election of Trump has no precedent in U.S. history. By Andrew Bacevich / TomDispatch...

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Why the Scariest Nuclear Threa...

Aug 9, 2017 by

Why the Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming from Inside the White House

[Translate] .dux. On the morning after the election, November 9, 2016, the people who ran the U.S. Department of Energy turned up in...

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Campaign Legal Center requests...

Aug 8, 2017 by

Campaign Legal Center requests investigation of Steve Bannon

[Translate] President Donald Trump’s Chief Strategist Steve Bannon attend a news conference with President Donald Trump and...

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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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What’s Worse: Trump’s Campaign...

Aug 6, 2017 by

What’s Worse: Trump’s Campaign Agenda or Empowering What’s Worse: Trump’s Campaign Agenda or Empowering What’s Worse: Trump’s Campaign Agenda or Empowering What’s Worse: Trump’s Campaign Agenda or Empowering

[Translate] Generals and CIA Operatives to Subvert it? Glenn Greenwald During his successful 2016 presidential campaign, Donald...

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There’s a Pernicious Eco...

Aug 6, 2017 by

There’s a Pernicious Economic Theory Creeping into the Heart of the Democratic Party

[Translate] Labor We have to get very clear on what kind of environment enriches working people. The good ideas don’t come from...

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How States Across the Country ...

Aug 6, 2017 by

How States Across the Country Are Making Universal Health Care Happen in the Face of Rabid GOP Opposition

[Translate] The road to Scandinavia in Maryland. By Ann Jones / TomDispatch   VIA ALTERNET Photo Credit: Rena Schild /...

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Bill Moyers on NPR’s ‘Fresh Ai...

Aug 4, 2017 by

Bill Moyers on NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’ Talking About Medicare, Passed 52 Years Ago This Week

[Translate] For the Record Listen to the full interview with Terry Gross. billmoyers.com Earlier this week, Bill Moyers penned an...

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Trump Trauma — The Mess ...

Aug 2, 2017 by

Trump Trauma — The Mess We Are In: Destructive Bush Trauma Paved the Way for Trump Trauma

[Translate]   Public intellectual and foundation executive Colin Greer reminds us that George W. Bush created intense trauma for...

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U.S. House Hacks Away at Renew...

Jul 30, 2017 by

U.S. House Hacks Away at Renewable Energy, Efficiency Programs

[Translate] One area of energy funding the House spared as it voted on its ‘minibus’ budget bill was fossil fuel...

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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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U.S. Bill Would Make It a Felo...

Jul 28, 2017 by

[Translate] TRUTHDIG A new bill aimed at criminalizing boycotts of Israel and Israeli settlements is gaining bipartisan support in...

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Trump’s Proposed Five Year MOR...

Jul 28, 2017 by

Trump’s Proposed Five Year MORATORIUM on Childhood Vaccinations

[Translate] By Kent Heckenlively, JD   BOLENREPORT.COM I like to study presidents and their path to power. Most people don’t recall...

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Al Gore on Trump: ‘Despair is ...

Jul 27, 2017 by

[Translate] Joe Romm Dr. Joe Romm is Founding Editor of Climate Progress The former vice president sat down with ThinkProgress to...

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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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Donald Trump’s Dominatrix

Jul 26, 2017 by

Donald Trump’s Dominatrix

[Translate] Frank Bruni   NYTIMES Photo Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times At this point I think it’s fair to say that Donald Trump...

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So What If We’re Doomed

Jul 25, 2017 by

So What If We’re Doomed

[Translate] In the winter of 2013, I drove up California’s Central Valley to Stockton, to interview Cambodian parents who’d lost...

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Stand With Sanders Against ‘Pr...

Jul 24, 2017 by

Stand With Sanders Against ‘Pro-Fracking’ Bill, Environmentalists Urge Senate Democrats

[Translate] By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams   VIA TRUTHDIG   Sen. Bernie Sanders speaking on Capitol Hill in June. (Edward Kimmel...

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Climate Change May Bring More ...

Jul 23, 2017 by

Climate Change May Bring More Rain to California

[Translate] By Tim Radford / Climate News Network     As the climate warms, more rain may be on the way for California’s harvests....

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You’ll be gobsmacked by the po...

Jul 22, 2017 by

You’ll be gobsmacked by the populist victories won in this conservative Colorado town

[Translate] July 19, 2017 Subscribe to Hightower’s Radio Lowdown with your favorite podcast app: print BREAKING NEWS: COLORADO...

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Sean Spicer resigns as Trump p...

Jul 21, 2017 by

Sean Spicer resigns as Trump press secretary after six months

[Translate] The controversial spokesman was known for testy exchanges with reporters amid tumultuous tenure as administration’s...

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T r u m p ’ s L i e s

Jul 21, 2017 by

[Translate]   Many Americans have become accustomed to President Trump’s lies. But as regular as they have become, the country should...

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Living in the Rubble: A Short ...

Jul 20, 2017 by

Living in the Rubble: A Short History of the 21st Century

[Translate] By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch    VIA TRUTHDIG.ORG   Western Mosul, Iraq, after days of heavy fighting in late March....

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Trump Trauma Editorial: What C...

Jul 17, 2017 by

Trump Trauma Editorial: What Can We Really Do About Trump? And What Is Trump Doing to Us?

[Translate] There is Trump trauma and anti-Trump resistance. We need to focus on both. AlterNet is working on new initiatives to...

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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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California’s governor is makin...

Jul 12, 2017 by

[Translate] Briefly Stuff that matters Jerry Rig   GRIST.ORG Shutterstock A vacuum of national climate leadership has sucked Jerry...

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THIS MAY EXPLAIN AL GORE’...

Jul 7, 2017 by

[Translate] This May Explain Al Gore’s Class Action Law Suit [Global Warming Faud] By Scientific Community This...

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