Hundreds Of Christian Leaders Denounce Anti-LGBTQ ‘Nashville Statement’

Glad to see Christians attacking Christians for being too divisive and conservative:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hundreds-of-christian-leaders-release-lgbtq-affirming-response-to-nashville-statement_us_59a71bcee4b0a8d14572cf35

Mayor Of Hell, Inspired By Trump, Declares Heterosexuality Illegal

More epic-level trolling. I'm so glad our side has all the creative people:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hell-michigan-elijah-daniel-heterosexuality_us_59a735fde4b07e81d354ffa6

Kellyanne Conway was asked to describe Trump's #1 trait and oh Lord, you have to hear her response

Hahahaha! No.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/30/1694627/-Watch-Kellyanne-Conway-tell-the-Christian-Broadcasting-Network-that-humility-is-Trump-s-top-trait

Chris Christie: Ted Cruz Is Lying About Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill

It's the hypocrisy that pisses me off the most:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-christie-ted-cruz-hurricane-sandy_us_59a667e5e4b084581a1449eb

Fox News Pulled Off The Air In UK Because No One Watches It

Sounds like a great start! But it comes with some bad news too:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-uk-pulled_us_59a67451e4b063ae34d9ebf3

Houston’s flooding shows what happens when you ignore science and let developers run rampant

This is the result of insufficient regulation:

https://qz.com/1064364/hurricane-harvey-houstons-flooding-made-worse-by-unchecked-urban-development-and-wetland-destruction/

KKK Hoods And Urine-Proof Sheets Seen At Trump Tower Gift Shop

More epic-level trolling!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-tower-gift-shop-kkk-hoods-russian-flags-sheets_us_59a5c159e4b063ae34d978a7

Florida's Textbooks Are a New Battleground in America's Fight Over Facts

Since when should minority dissenting opinions from non-scientists have any say in science topics in schools?

http://time.com/4910125/textbook-law-florida/

You don't teach astrology in astronomy classes, nor alchemy in physics classes, nor phrenology in neuroscience classes, nor magic in physics classes!

Trump Cybersecurity Advisors Resign, Citing His ‘Insufficient Attention’ to Threats

Trump keeps losing valuable advisers due to his egregious behavior:

http://fortune.com/2017/08/26/trump-cybersecurity-advisors-resign/

Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio Is an Impeachable Offense

This is an intriguing claim:

http://amp.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/08/trump_s_pardon_of_joe_arpaio_is_an_impeachable_offense.html

Disco isn’t dead: It’s being used as a secret weapon for disarming British neo-Nazis

A great way to troll white supremacists:

https://qz.com/1059410/disco-isnt-dead-its-being-used-as-a-secret-weapon-for-disarming-british-neo-nazis/

But this is the best:

http://www.upworthy.com/a-town-came-up-with-a-brilliant-hilarious-way-to-troll-neo-nazi-marchers-take-note

Democracy in North Carolina Could Disappear. Is Your State Next?

This is also scary:

http://time.com/4891560/north-carolina-elections-supreme-court/

Gerrymandering, voter suppression, sowing distrust in the major media sources, buying up local media to control their message... Getting the Dems into power is the only hope for reversing these trends.

Trump Unfit To Be President? There’s A Fast Way To Get Rid Of Him.

Unfortunately, Pence is in the way:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-remove-pence_us_599465e1e4b009141641dce9

Trump Takes Authoritarian Stance In Portraying Journalists As Anti-American Enemy

This is seriously dangerous. I wonder what the rabid, uneducated Trump supporters will do if and when Trump is kicked out of office? It'll be an utter shock to so many of them who believe the bullshit that he's doing such a great job:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-portrays-journalists-as-anti-american_us_599da653e4b0d8dde99a844c

State Department Science Envoy Quits With Not-So-Secret Message For Trump: ‘IMPEACH’

This is EPIC-level trolling against Trump:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/state-department-science-envoy-sends-not-so-secret-message-to-trump-impeach_us_599d9fcae4b0d97c4000a0d6

FEAR & UNbalanced: Confessions of a 14-Year Fox News Hitman

We always knew Faux News was irrationally biased to the right, but here one of their own insiders shows how it was carefully orchestrated, scripted and presented. It's an amazing read:

https://medium.com/@tobinsmith_95851/how-roger-ailes-fox-news-scammed-americas-la-z-boy-cowboys-for-21-years-1996ee4a6b3e

Keith Olbermann Predicts How It Will All End For Trump

I'm curious how Trump's rabid followers who think the sun shines out of his ass will react if and when he is abruptly forced out:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/keith-olbermann-trump-end-resign_us_599d0b73e4b0a296083ae352

Young Americans Are Actually Not Becoming More Progressive

Well, this isn't encouraging, but at least there are some bright spots:

http://time.com/4909722/trump-millennials-igen-republicans-voters/

1 big thing: Why they stay

This is why not everyone is abandoning the Trump administration:

https://www.axios.com/axios-am-2475003501.html

Trump's science pick argued same-sex marriage would lead to legalizing pedophilia

How can it be anything but treasonous to put the most incompetent people you can find in charge of our government?

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/21/1692088/-Trump-s-science-pick-argued-that-same-sex-marriage-would-lead-to-legalizing-pedophilia

Why the Trump Administration's Latest Auto Industry Move Will Fail

Per usual, he has no clue about consequences or the future:

http://time.com/4906656/donald-trump-auto-industy-pollution/

Trump Administration Dissolves Federal Climate Advisory Committee

More stupid fuckery:

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5999c13be4b0e8cc855e3cec

How to Make Fun of Nazis

Because this is brilliant:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/opinion/how-to-make-fun-of-nazis.html

The Trump Presidency: Is The End Nigh?

We have predicted Trump's demise multiple times in the past, but this one seems different:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-trump-presidency-is-the-end-nigh_us_5997a31de4b02eb2fda3201b

2 Maps Show The Big Obamacare Crisis Republicans Keep Citing Isn't Actually That Big

Ah, but this is about stripping Obama of his legacy, not about taking care of our citizens:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/obamacare-insurance-rural-america_us_5995ccb5e4b0acc593e61bf1

Billionaire Carl Icahn Resigned As Trump Adviser Ahead Of Critical Story

 He sought to weasel his way into the White House to influence policy to favor his companies:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/carl-icahn-trump-resigned_us_59999fede4b0a2608a6cd1aa

People Cheer Companies Kicking Nazis Off The Internet. But Who’s Next?

It's tough to figure out exactly what speech shouldn't be free...if any:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daily-stormer-go-daddy-cloudflare-google-free-speech_us_5996ed9fe4b0a2608a6bce3c

Here are the most controversial moves Trump made this month

It's only a flesh wound!

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/18/politics/comprehensive-list-of-controversial-moves-in-the-last-four-weeks-cnntv/index.html

Historians: Robert E. Lee and George Washington Are Not Equivalent

In case you need information in any argument about the equivalency of Washington and Lee:

http://time.com/4904661/donald-trump-robert-e-lee-george-washington/

Trump Is Just Six Senate Votes Away From Impeachment

I'm not yet holding my breath, and this article is stretching the claim for there being that many votes for impeachment, but it's still encouraging:

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2017/08/09/president-trump-needs-friends-in-the-senate/

A Divided Country Is Exactly What Trump Wants

A very interesting perspective into Trump's mindset:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-strategy-charlottesville_us_5994b068e4b06ef724d61291

Trump's lawyer threatens to lodge a complaint against special counsel Mueller if he investigates Trump's real estate deals

What a brilliant move: tell Mueller where NOT to look:

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-lawyer-real-estate-deal-mueller-2017-8

Thanks for the pointer!

White Nationalists' Protest Over Confederate Statue May End Up Getting Others Removed

Gotta love the irony:

http://time.com/4899820/charlottesville-confederate-statues-louisville-lexington-jacksonville/

White Supremacist In Charlottesville Wearing 82nd Airborne Hat Gets Called Out... By 82nd Airborne

The 82nd Airborne Division was my unit when I was in the army. Glad to see their reaction to this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/82nd-airborne-nazi-salute-charlottesville_us_5992ad61e4b08a247276f35e

Don't Be a Sucker - 1947

This short film from the WWII era is a disturbing and powerful reminder of the dangers of what Trump and the alt-reality are pushing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23X14HS4gLk

Who Would Win in a War Between the United States and North Korea

China would fight to defend North Korea, which takes attacking North Korea to a whole new level of dangerous:

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/who-will-win-in-a-war-between-the-united-states-and-north-korea

Personally, I blame South Korea for having a Seoul. Ugh, sorry.

Afghanistan, Russia, and the War Index

I'd never seen this perspective on using the "War Index" to calculate the difficulty of winning a war:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/afghanistan-russia-and-the-war-index/article/2009214?mc_cid=8df8b5c6d0&mc_eid=c4215c6c8c

Donald Trump Says He’s The Best Dealmaker. Negotiation Experts Say Otherwise.

This article suddenly takes a non-sequitur turn at the end, but it clarifies what we've all suspected:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-dealmaking-skills-mexico-australia_us_598b7e7fe4b0d793738c729a

Former GOP Sen. Gordon Humphrey: ‘Seriously Sick’ Trump Must Be Replaced ASAP

More Republicans turning on Trump. Music to my ears:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gordon-humphrey-trump_us_598d09d3e4b09071f698bee2

Avoiding War With North Korea Is Easy

A much less violent solution to the North Korea problem than Trump has intimated:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/north-korea-war-trump_us_598c6fb9e4b0449ed5085839

Report: European Officials Are Laughing at "Obama Obsessed" Trump

Yup, the easiest way to determine what Trump's position on something is is to take Obama's position and do the opposite. I hate how Trump is making America's reputation so much worse:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/9/1688206/-Report-European-Officials-Are-Laughing-at-Obama-Obsessed-Trump

Trump’s Agencies Are Learning To Ignore Their Boss

Good to see that some sanity prevails:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-agency-directives-ignored_us_598b7888e4b0d793738c6a35

China’s Government Bans Religion and Insists on Atheism

I'm an atheist, but this is wrong:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/china-s-government-bans-religion-insists-atheism

Yes, You Can Blame Climate Change for Extreme Weather

More ammo to use on climate change deniers:

http://time.com/4891451/climate-change-report-extreme-weather/

Trump gets a folder full of positive news about himself twice a day

Such a pathetic little egomaniac:

https://news.vice.com/story/trump-folder-positive-news-white-house

Atheists in Malaysia should be hunted down, minister says

The next time Christians complain about persecution, show them this:

http://m.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/atheists-in-malaysia-should-be-hunted-down-minister-says

Trump Is Not The Victim Of A Slow-Rolling Coup; He Is The Victim Of His Own Incompetence

Amazingly, this is from a staunchly conservative blog site:

http://www.redstate.com/patterico/2017/08/06/trump-not-victim-slow-rolling-coup-victim-incompetence/

Why 2018 might not be such an amazing election for Democrats

Unfortunately, we still need to keep this reality check in mind:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/07/politics/2018-midterms-trump/index.html

But we can still hope to get that gale-force wind.

Federal Scientists’ Startling Climate Report Released Before Trump Can Bury It

Another damn good reason why this administration is plagued with and in desperate need of leaks:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/climate-change-report-draft-nyt_us_598907ece4b0a66b8bae1fc6

These 5 Countries Are Killing It in the Battle Against Climate Change

https://singularityhub.com/2017/08/07/tackling-climate-change-countries-leading-the-way/

Study Asserts Climate Change Could Make South Asia Uninhabitable in Our Lifetime

One of the first places to go:

https://futurism.com/study-asserts-climate-change-could-make-south-asia-uninhabitable-in-our-lifetime/

New Rule: What If Obama Said It? | Real Time with Bill Maher

To highlight conservative hypocrisy, here is "Obama" using Trump's own words:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swcJzacZkWU&sns=em

(That part starts at the 2 1/2 minute mark.)

WH correspondent & cronies: 'Native Indians' should 'go back to your country'

Ooops:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/2/1686263/-WH-correspondent-cronies-Native-Indians-should-go-back-to-your-country

Anderson Cooper on President Trump's HYPOCRISY for mocking Obama on taking too many vacations

Again, it's the hypocrisy that pisses me off the most:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwIQ3gEbXcw

New Sexual Harassment Allegations Leveled Against Fox News’ Eric Bolling

You know, it's not so much the unprofessional and inappropriate behavior as the sheer hypocrisy of conservatives and Faux News that is so egregious:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eric-bolling-sexual-harassment-allegations_us_59865320e4b0cb15b1beebc6?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

Ailes, O'Reilly, Bolling...who's next?

An Alliance Upholding the Paris Agreement Now Represents a Third of the U.S. Population

Despite Trump, a plurality of America is behind fighting climate change:

https://futurism.com/an-alliance-upholding-the-paris-agreement-now-represents-a-third-of-the-u-s-population/

Democrats Could Take Back The House. Will They Screw It Up?

Please don't screw the pooch, please don't screw the pooch, please don't screw the pooch...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-retake-house-drama_us_59839164e4b041356ebed22f

Trump Asked Mexico To Stop Publicly Refusing To Pay For His Unimportant Border Wall

Pathetic weakness at its finest:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-asked-mexico-to-stop-talking-about-not-paying-for-his-unimportant-wall_us_59833116e4b06d4888748bbf

Why A Trump Pivot Might Backfire

An analysis on why the mythical Trump pivot will likely never materialize:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-a-trump-pivot-might-backfire/amp/

Why The Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming From Inside The White House

The Trump administration's complete ignorance and disinterest about the Dept of Energy (nuke dept!) is pretty damn scary:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy-risks-michael-lewis

Sen. Jeff Flake: Republicans Are ‘Willing Accomplices’ in Betraying American Ideals

Another diatribe from Flake ripping Republicans a new asshole:

http://time.com/4884407/jeff-flake-donald-trump-2016-election-republicans-congress-conservatives/?xid=newsletter-brief

Top Official Resigns From Trump EPA With Scathing Letter

At least the scientists aren't leaving without making it publicly clear why:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-trump-official-resign-letter_us_598216cee4b02b36343fc69d

Arctic Sea Ice Loss is Impacting Atlantic Ocean Water Circulation System

Yet another thing to look forward to with climate change:

https://scitechdaily.com/arctic-sea-ice-loss-is-impacting-atlantic-ocean-water-circulation-system/

Robert Reich's conversation with a former Republican member of Congress

Robert Reich
July 31 at 12:19pm ·
This morning I phoned my friend, a former Republican member of Congress.

Me: What's going on? Seems like the White House is imploding, and Republicans are going down with the ship.

Him (chuckling): We’re officially a banana republic.

Me: Seriously, what are you hearing from your former colleagues on the Hill?

Him: They’re convinced Trump is out of his gourd.

Me: So what are they going to do about it?

Him: Remember what I told you at the start of this circus? They planned to use Trump’s antics for cover, to get done what they most wanted – big tax cuts, rollbacks of regulations, especially financial. They’d work with Pence behind the scenes and forget the crazy uncle in the attic.

Me: Yeah.

Him: Well, I’m hearing a different story now. Stuff with Sessions is pissing them off. And now Trump's hired that horse’s ass Scaramucci -- a communications director who talks dirty on CNN! Plus Trump’s numbers are in freefall. They think he’s gonna hurt them in ’18 and ’20.

Me: So what’s the plan?

Him: They want him outa there.

Me: Really? Impeachment?

Him: Doubt it, unless Mueller comes up with a smoking gun.

Me: Or if he fires Mueller.

Him: Not gonna happen.

Me: So how do they get him out?

Him: Put someone else up in ’20. Lots of maneuvering already. Pence, obviously. Cruz thinks he has a shot.

Me: But that won’t help them in the midterms. What’s the plan before then?

Him: Lots think he’s fritzing out.

Me: Fritzing out?

Him: Going totally bananas. Paranoia. You want to know why he fired Priebus, wants Sessions out, and is now gunning for Tillerson?

Me: He wants to shake things up?

Him (chuckling): No. The way I hear it, he thinks they’ve been plotting against him.

Me: What do you mean?

Him: Twenty-fifth amendment! Read it! A Cabinet can get rid of a president who’s nuts. Trump thinks they’ve been preparing a palace coup. So one by one, he’s firing them.

Me: I find it hard to believe they’re plotting against him.

Him: Of course not! It’s ludicrous. Sessions is a loyal lapdog. Tillerson doesn't know where the bathroom is. That’s my point. Trump is fritzing out. Having manic delusions. He’s actually going nuts.

Me: And?

Him: Well, it’s downright dangerous.

Me: Yeah, but that still doesn’t tell me what Republicans are planning to do about it.

Him: Look. How long do you think it will be before everyone in Washington knows he’s flipping out? I don’t mean just weird. I mean really off his rocker.

Me: I don’t know.

Him: Not all that long.

Me: So what are you telling me?

Him: They don’t have to plot against him. It will be obvious to everyone that he’s got to go. That’s where the twenty-fifth amendment really does comes in.

Me: So you think…

Him: Who knows? But he’s losing it fast. My betting is he’s out of office before the midterms. And Pence is president.

Trump is doing irreparable harm to the White House's credibility

Do we laugh or cry over this disaster? Mostly cry, I think:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/02/opinions/trump-is-destoying-americas-credibility-klaas-opinion/index.html

The 7 Most Mind-Boggling Moments From Donald Trump’s Wall Street Journal Interview

It's worth reading the entire interview word salad:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-wsj-interview_us_59818cc6e4b0353fbb3385a0

Oregon Doesn’t Have Time For This Obamacare Repeal Nonsense

Way to go!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/oregon-kate-brown-health-care_us_5980b072e4b08e1430061419

Donald Trump Is Now the Poster Boy for Terrible Management Skills

Who else could turn an initial inheritance of $200 million into around $3 billion in 40 years and think that's impressive, when simply investing it and leaving it alone would have turned it into $12 billion?

https://www.inc.com/erik-sherman/donald-trump-is-now-the-poster-boy-for-terrible-ma.html

Bill Browder’s Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Could Explain Anthony Scaramucci’s Bizarre Behaviour

Here is a much more detailed (and amazing!) account of something I posted earlier, of how the whole Putin, Magnitsky Act and Trump web links together:

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/bill-browders-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing_uk_597ee55ce4b02a4ebb7675a6

My Party Is in Denial About Donald Trump

Although Flake voted along the GOP party line, he's (rather surprisingly) at least self-aware enough to call bullshit on his party's treatment of Trump:

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/31/my-party-is-in-denial-about-donald-trump-215442?ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__080117