Republicans Still Believe The Myth That Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-tax-cuts-offsets_us_59cd664ce4b05f005d3327d5

The Donald Trump Era Could Send Moderate Republicans Running for the Exits

Here's to hoping:

http://time.com/4959983/donald-trump-republican-party-2018

The DOJ’s new anti-gay legal posture just got shut down in federal court

An interesting detailing of the arguments and decision:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/09/the_doj_s_new_anti_gay_legal_posture_just_got_shut_down_in_federal_court.html

Here’s All The Expensive Nonsense Trump’s EPA Chief Is Wasting Your Taxes On

In case you weren't aware:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-pruitt-spending-epa_us_59cc2a95e4b05063fe0ef9b3

Charlie Sykes: Roy Moore Signals the End of the Republican Party

Too true, but not in a good way if Democrats can't capitalize on it:

http://time.com/4961230/charlie-sykes-roy-moore-gop-republicans/

The racial wealth divide is worse than people think—and it’s growing

A major cause of social and political instability:

https://qz.com/1087711/the-racial-wealth-divide-is-worse-than-people-think-and-its-growing/

Report: Jared Kushner used private email for White House business

MORE hypocrisy...

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2017/9/24/16358388/jared-kushner-private-email-white-house

You Won’t Like Mexico When It’s Angry

Yeah, Trump's attacks on Mexico aren't just pointless...they're dangerous:

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/11/donald-trump-us-mexico-relations-215594

A Federal Agency Just Put America's Solar Power Industry in Danger

It's like the Republicans WANT to destroy the planet...

http://time.com/4951790/solar-panel-tariff-energy-trump/

Just When You Thought Graham And Cassidy Couldn’t Get More Cynical

How evil can they get?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/graham-cassidy-bill-medicaid_us_59c51f13e4b06ddf45f76226

MIT Study Predicts Thresholds for a Sixth Mass Extinction

Another reason to get rid of Trump and go all out on alternative energies:

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-study-predicts-thresholds-for-a-sixth-mass-extinction/

Keith Olbermann on the evidence for the imminent demise of Trump

Oh, I HOPE he's right!

https://mobile.twitter.com/KeithOlbermann/status/910263827769503744/video/1

Divided Democratic Party Debates Its Future as 2020 Looms

Get it together, guys...

http://time.com/4951191/divided-democratic-party-debates-its-future/

This report tells us why Trump is so afraid of Robert Mueller’s investigation

The snare tightens:

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/policy-and-politics/2017/9/20/16340636/trump-mueller-white-house-documents

The Sponsors Of Obamacare Repeal Are Trying To Fool America — And Fellow Republicans

And more hypocrisy. Can you imagine how the Republicans would have howled if the Democrats had tried to sneak the ACA through the Sentate?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/graham-cassidy-obamacare-repeal_us_59c16c28e4b0f22c4a8d3c77

GOP Senator Wants To Block States From Setting Up Single-Payer Systems

More Republican hypocrisy. This is insane:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john-kennedy-single-payer-states-rights_us_59c15b89e4b0f22c4a8d1ce7

Donald Trump took $107 million promised to charities ... and kept it

The Thief in Chief:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/18/1699455/-Donald-Trump-took-107-million-promised-to-charities-and-kept-it

Republicans go to ludicrous lengths to pass a 'healthcare' bill that deliberately harms blue states

The Republicans need to be shitcanned for their truly evil behavior:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/18/1699530/-Republicans-go-to-ludicrous-lengths-to-pass-a-healthcare-bill-that-deliberately-harms-blue-states

Is Conservatism a Sign of Imperial Decline?

Sign or cause?

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/16/1699172/-Is-Conservatism-a-Sign-of-Imperial-Decline

The American left has its own Tea Party, and it’s coming for Donald Trump

Turnabout is fair play:

https://qz.com/1065652/the-american-left-has-its-own-tea-party-and-its-coming-for-donald-trump/

How To Win A Nuclear Standoff

How to gauge the risks:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-to-win-a-nuclear-standoff/amp/

Study Says Americans Mistrust One Another

No duh, but this puts some numbers on it:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/study-says-americans-mistrust-one-another

Taxpayers billed $1,092 for an official’s two-night stay at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club

Corruption, thy name is Trump:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/taxpayers-billed-1092-for-an-officials-two-night-stay-at-trumps-mar-a-lago-club/2017/09/15/e3e5dfdc-97c6-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html

Experts Say the Use of Private Email by Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission Isn’t Legal

The next scandal of the day:

https://www.propublica.org/article/experts-say-the-use-of-private-email-by-trumps-voter-fraud-commission-isnt-legal

Harvard psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Donald Trump is a “sociopath” and “a very sick individual”

No holds barred:

http://www.salon.com/2017/09/12/harvard-psychiatrist-lance-dodes-donald-trump-is-a-sociopath-and-a-very-sick-individual/

House Republicans desperate for a legislative win to stave off 'mass exodus' in 2018

Schadenfreude!

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/14/1698578/-House-Republicans-desperate-for-a-legislative-win-to-stave-off-mass-exodus-in-2018

Database: the link between extremism and islamic scripture

A useful collection of data against Islam (long document, slow loading):

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IIheRz1JI6J-D_P4K7scvvWJKBVt8kLeUsCj2PwHV2E/mobilebasic

Islamic Scholar Outlines Islam's Intentions for America

Islam's scripture is more brutal toward non-Muslims than Christianity's is against non-Christians, which makes their fundamentalists even worse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JJeVLTGYX8&feature=youtu.be

Trump is trolling conservatives. Here are 4 theories why.

Or he's just an idiot. Cozying up to Democrats will piss off his base, and he lost Democrats long ago:

http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/14/politics/trump-pelosi-schumer-deal/index.html

It's finally dawned on Trump how much people 'hate' him — and he's pivoting to a new strategy

Interesting, but I'll believe it when it lasts more than a week. Maybe:

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-pivots-after-realizing-how-much-people-f-ing-hate-him-2017-9

Watch Trump Fans Get Trolled Into Saying What They Really Think

The stupid...it hurts....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jordan-klepper-trump-rally-opposition_us_59b8b9c6e4b02da0e13d5897

How American Foreign Policy Inspires Resistance, Insurgency, and Terrorism

http://bigthink.com/videos/stephen-walt-how-american-foreign-policy-inspires-resistance-insurgency-and-terrorism

America Is Less White and Christian Than Ever. How Is This Changing Us?

Evangelical Christianity had been rising until relatively recently. Glad to see it shrinking, and I'll take a tiny fraction of the credit for that, thank you!

http://bigthink.com/21st-century-spirituality/america-is-less-white-and-christian-than-ever-how-is-this-changing-us

How Americans Could Have Cheap Health Care Almost Instantly

This is an intriguing alternative to expanding Medicare:

http://time.com/4937691/americans-cheap-healthcare-instantly

Ready Or Not, Here Comes Bernie Sanders And His Single-Payer Plan

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-single-payer_us_59b7faa7e4b031cc65cd0637

And more:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-single-payer-bill-major-support-senate_us_59b87dc1e4b02da0e13d465f

Major news networks are failing to explain that Hurricane Harvey was fueled by climate change

Major news stations not reporting on something because it may be politically charged is a dangerous trend:

https://qz.com/1073580/major-news-networks-are-failing-to-explain-that-hurricane-harvey-was-fueled-by-climate-change/

Why Millenials Are Extremely Liberal

American's youth is "terrifyingly liberal":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjqSeNcQokI&feature=youtu.be

Nice!

What do scared House Republicans know that we don't?

When incumbent Republicans quit, the chances for a Democrat replacement increase:

http://www.eclectablog.com/2017/09/what-do-house-republicans-know-that-we-dont.html

And Trott has already said he won't run again:

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/11/dave-trott-michigan-no-reelection-242556

The First White President: The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy.

An interesting and depressing perspective:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/10/the-first-white-president-ta-nehisi-coates/537909/

With some further commentary:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/09/10/whose-white-president/

Could President Trump Pardon Someone in Secret?

This is NOT helping:

http://time.com/4933386/donald-trump-secret-pardon-law/

Hurricane Harvey Is Just The Latest In Facebook’s Fake News Problem

With conservatives so vulnerable to fake news, how does one compete with the truth?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-hurricane-harvey-fake-news_us_59b17900e4b0354e441021fb

Limbaugh evacuates South Florida after claiming Hurricane Irma was a liberal hoax

The stupid...it hurts...

https://thinkprogress.org/limbaugh-to-evacuate-south-florida-after-claiming-irma-was-a-hoax-cb3fb5fb35b8/

Noam Chomsky's Surprising Take on the Russia Scandal

I think that the Russia investigation could potentially bring down Trump through ancillary discoveries, so I think it's still worth pursuing. But Chomsky does have some good points:

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/noam-chomskys-surprising-take-on-the-russia-scandal

How to Deal With a Narcissistic Boss

Remind you of anyone?

https://www.realsimple.com/work-life/life-strategies/job-career/narcissistic-boss-tips

More Evidence Donald Trump ‘Pee Tape’ Exists: Russian Politician Reveals That Russia Has Blackmail Material

I'm not into pee porn, but I'd pay $100 to see Trump watching it happen:

http://www.inquisitr.com/4478189/evidence-donald-trump-pee-tape-real-russian/?utm_content=inf_11_3140_2

Those 3% of scientific papers that deny climate change? A review found them all flawed

So even those climate change deniers who claim those 3% of studies prove them right just had the rug pulled out from under their justification:

https://qz.com/1069298/the-3-of-scientific-papers-that-deny-climate-change-are-all-flawed/

Trump is holding DREAMers hostage for his border wall with Mexico

What a dick:

https://qz.com/1070109/daca-reversal-trump-is-holding-dreamers-hostage-for-his-mexico-border-wall/

Boom—evidence shows Trump added 49 for-profit businesses to his empire since running/taking office

More evidence of corruption:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/5/1696137/-New-report-shows-Trump-added-49-businesses-to-his-empire-since-running-winning-taking-office

Trump, GOP demand blue state payback

Liberals subsidize conservatives, yet conservatives want liberals to pay even more:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/3/1694868/-Trump-GOP-demand-blue-state-payback

There should be a big "fuck you" in response.

Why Do Most American Conservatives Still Refuse To Believe In Climate Change?

An old article, but important to understanding why otherwise rational people can go off the deep end on certain topics:

http://bigthink.com/neurobonkers/why-do-most-american-conservatives-still-refuse-to-believe-in-climate-change

'My Hands Are Too Big,' Says President With Smaller-Than-Average Hands

Such a small, petty man:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-my-hands-are-too-big-houston-shelter_us_59ab1b81e4b0b5e530ff16b6

From atop his Dumpster fire, raging Trump 'turning on people that are very close to him'

This is just nice to hear:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/1/1695298/-From-atop-his-dumpster-fire-raging-Trump-turning-on-people-that-are-very-close-to-him

He can't get much done if he's spending all his time battling himself and his own administration.

Perspective on Trump's $1 million donation to Houston

Just a little meme I whipped up to put things into perspective:

I think my numbers are pretty conservative. I just saw a similar calculation that pegged the equivalence at $5.

Fox News Poll: Americans Think Donald Trump Is An Unstable, Dishonest, Immoral Bully

It's especially nice that this is from Fox News, his sycophants:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-unstable-bully-fox-news-poll_us_59a8d931e4b0dfaafcef376a

Brutal Memes Mock Joel Osteen Over His Hurricane Harvey Response

Hypocrite deserves it:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joel-osteen-memes-houston_us_59a902f8e4b0354e44093d3b