A woman approached The Post with dramatic — and false — tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation.

As if we need another reason to be disgusted with conservatives:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/a-woman-approached-the-post-with-dramatic--and-false--tale-about-roy-moore-sje-appears-to-be-part-of-undercover-sting-operation/2017/11/27/0c2e335a-cfb6-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html

Top Economists No Longer Buying Republican "Trickle Down" BS

Ammo to use against Republicans:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/26/1718682/-Economists-No-Longer-Buying-Republican-Trickle-Down-BS

Atheists and Progressive Christians Must Work Together to Fight Evangelicals

I can get behind this. My problem has only ever really been with the fundies:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/11/26/atheists-and-progressive-christians-must-work-together-to-fight-evangelicals

Trump Is Quietly Making It Even Harder To Report Sexual Harassment And Discrimination

Why do Republicunts vote against their own interests? Women should be tearing into Trump and his administration of incompetence:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-sexual-harassment-discrimination_us_5a15b385e4b03dec8249b7e5

Coal mining fatalities up sharply as Trump cuts safety regulations, cripples MSHA

Gee, nobody could have seen THAT coming....

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/24/1717298/-Coal-mining-fatalities-up-sharply-as-Trump-cuts-safety-regulations-cripples-MSHA??detail=emaildkre

Free Science Could Be the Answer to Our “Fake News” Epidemic

I'd love to see this:

https://futurism.com/collection-free-science-fake-news/

Alabama Evangelicals take a stand for child molesters: 'Some 14-year-olds ... could pass for 20'

Moral majority, my ass:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/20/1717210/-Alabama-Evangelicals-take-a-stand-for-child-molesters-Some-14-year-olds-could-pass-for-20

and

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2017/11/roy-moore-plumbs-depths-evangelical-depravity/

Global Wealth Inequality Is Even Worse Than We Thought (Millennials Are the New Peasants)

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/global-wealth-inequality-is-even-worse-than-we-thought-millennials-are-the-new-peasants

Franken isn't the target

Another point I heard made about the Al Franken situation is that the woman he wrong has forgiven him. And nobody gets to be more outraged then the victim:

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/11/18/1716807/-Franken-isn-t-the-target

How Trump walked into Putin’s web

A long but very informative and detailed account of Christopher Steele and his report about Trump's ties to Russia:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/15/how-trump-walked-into-putins-web-luke

Trump’s Net Worth Is Far Less Than He Claims, Trump Organization Revenue Suggests

Poor, poor Mr. Trump:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-net-worth-far-less-201438452.html

Dems prove not even GOP believe tax cut scam will increase middle-class income at hearing

So much for Republicans being the party of responsibility and accountability:

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/11/17/1716433/-Dems-prove-not-even-GOP-believe-tax-cut-scam-will-increase-middle-class-income-at-hearing

Nice trolling, BTW.

Sessions Pressed on FBI's Classification of BLM and KKK

Jeff Sessions, your racism is showing, and Ms. Bass is handing you your ass:

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/vb.908009612563863/1785270768171072/?type=2&theater

14 reasons why Trump’s tweets on Al Franken cannot be ignored

Sexual assault isn't acceptable among celebrities and politicians anymore, as the recent flood of allegations reveals. Trump should not be exempt, and his supporters are just proving themselves to be hypocrites:

https://thinkprogress.org/14-reasons-why-trumps-tweets-on-al-franken-cannot-be-ignored-275e5aaaba47/

Reckoning Trump's weak distractions because Jared and Hope are talking to Mueller

Lots of evidence that Donald Trump has sexually assaulted women:

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/11/17/1716259/-Reckoning-Trump-s-weak-distractions-because-Jared-and-Hope-are-talking-to-Mueller

Grassley paves the way for federal judiciary to be taken over by ghost hunters, far-right bloggers

And yet more hypocrisy. The installation of unqualified, unapologetically right wing judges disgusts  me the most:

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/11/16/1716276/-Grassley-paves-the-way-for-federal-judiciary-to-be-taken-over-by-ghost-hunters-far-right-bloggers

Donald Trump Denounces Al Franken But Remains Silent On Roy Moore

More...fuck*ng...hypocrisy...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-al-franken-roy-moore_us_5a0dbddae4b0b37054f52401

(I know, I know, I don’t do censorship right...)

GOP Senators Believe Roy Moore’s Accusers But Not Donald Trump’s

And yet AGAIN the GOP shows itself to be full of hypocrites:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/roy-moore-trump-accusers_us_5a0b63d0e4b0bc648a0e8541

37% of Evangelicals Are More Likely to Back Roy Moore After Assault Allegations

This is insane:

From Newsweek: "Nearly 40 percent of Evangelical Christians in Alabama say they’re now more likely to vote for Roy Moore after multiple allegations that he molested children."

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/11/13/37-of-evangelicals-are-more-likely-to-back-roy-moore-after-assault-allegations

So much for Christian morality....

Thank You, Steve Bannon

Good reasons for cautious optimism:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/thank-you-steve-bannon_us_5a0907d8e4b01d21c83f6bda

There may well be more than one "wave" coming

A thoughtful and encouraging view on multiple possible "blue waves":

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/10/1714494/-There-may-well-be-more-than-one-wave-coming

Johnstown Never Believed Trump Would Help. They Still Love Him Anyway.

This is just SO wrong:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/08/donald-trump-johnstown-pennsylvania-supporters-215800

Trump’s pick for the nation’s top environmental adviser is fucking clueless

I...can’t...even...

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1778169845547831&id=908009612563863

Robert Mueller Is Moving Toward Donald Trump

This is highly encouraging:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-mueller-is-moving-toward-donald-trump_us_5a05bc67e4b0f1dc729a6a45

Millionaire Takes On Fox Host on GOP Tax Scam

I love it when people confront right-wing bullshit with facts:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/9/1714217/-Millionaire-Takes-Down-Fox-Host-on-GOP-Tax-Scam

(Watch the video.)

Survey Predicts Huge Amount of Non-Religious Americans by 2035

Religious belief continues its downward trend:

http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/the-us-is-losing-its-religion-and-faster-than-you-may-think

Donald Trump's biggest flaw: He's not that bright

This could use a lot more of the available evidence, but it will do:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-donald-trump-dumb-20171103-story.html

The Resistance Helped Democrats Win on Tuesday. Now They're Turning to 2018

This is all VERY encouraging:

http://time.com/5017525/the-resistance-helped-democrats-win-on-tuesday-now-theyre-turning-to-2018/

Don't lose momentum!

How states can fix the Electoral College and prevent future Trumps

I've been saying this system should be used for voting for a long time now:

https://amp.usatoday.com/story/839492001/

Syria is signing the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US alone against the rest of the world

And then there was one...

https://qz.com/1122371/cop23-syria-is-signing-the-paris-climate-agreement-leaving-the-us-alone-against-the-rest-of-the-world/

Robert Reich: This Will Be Trump's Most Damning and Damaging Legacy

We're going to have to make laws to ensure no more Trump-like people ever get elected president again:

https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/robert-reich-will-be-trumps-most-damning-and-damaging-legacy

These 5 Facts Explain Why China Is Pulling Ahead of the West

The US is dropping behind an authoritarian regime. I don't like where this is going:

http://time.com/5007097/china-winning-5-facts/

Many Conservative Mass Shooting Excuses Don’t Work When Victims Are Churchgoers

Again with the hypocrisy...

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/11/05/many-conservative-mass-shooting-excuses-dont-work-when-victims-are-churchgoers/

Watergate Prosecutor to Trump: Keep Interfering With Investigation, Mueller Could Obtain Gag Order

I think we would all LOVE to see this happen:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/4/1712685/-Watergate-Prosecutor-to-Trump-Keep-Interfering-With-Investigation-Mueller-Could-Obtain-Gag-Order

Russian Lawyer Who Met With Donald Trump Jr. Claims He Offered A Quid Pro Quo

And yet another potential shoe to drop:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jr-russian-lawyer-meeting_us_5a006330e4b04cdbeb34c397

Mueller Has Enough Evidence to Bring Charges in Flynn Investigation

Another shoe drops:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mueller-has-enough-evidence-bring-charges-flynn-investigation-n817666

America is facing an epistemic crisis

What if Trump is proven to have colluded with Russia and nobody has the guts to do anything about it? This is probably the most depressing and horrifying thing you'll read all year:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/2/16588964/america-epistemic-crisis

Walmart shooter reportedly lived with stack of Bibles, no furniture. Why isn't he a terrorist?

The next time some white Christian conservative tells you Muslims should be kicked out of the country because of radical Islamic terrorism, strongly agree with them, and add that Christians should also be kicked out because of radical Christian terrorism like this:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/03/1712436/-Walmart-shooter-reportedly-lived-with-stack-of-Bibles,no-furniture-Why-isnt-he-a-terrorist

There WILL be sputtering and backpedaling!

Leak Reveals Ties Between Trump Administration and Russia

 This is getting worse and worse for the Trump administration. My heart bleeds for them. :-):

https://www.thedailybeast.com/massive-leak-reveals-new-ties-between-trump-administration-and-russia-implicating-commerce-secretary-wilbur-ross-and-jared-kushner

Trump’s Exit From Anti-Corruption Pact Helps Big Oil Hide How Much It Pays In US Taxes

So much for swamp draining:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-anti-corruption-pact_us_59fce9a0e4b0c9652fff6de2

What’s killing America’s new mothers?

This isn't entirely a political issue, but cutting healthcare isn't going to help it:

https://qz.com/1108193/whats-killing-americas-new-mothers/

Humans Are the “Dominant Cause” of Global Warming, According to the Latest U.S. Government Study

In case anyone needs even more convincing...

https://futurism.com/humans-dominant-cause-global-warming-us-government-study/

Amusingly, it’s a firm rebuke of the Trump administration that heads up the government institutions that made the report!

After This Week, Trump Is a Lot Closer to Being Impeached

Let's hope this is the beginning of the end:

http://time.com/5007533/allan-lichtman-impeachment/

Trump's Mueller Problem

Mueller is evidently an investigative Terminator:

http://time.com/5006962/trumps-mueller-problem/

The GOP Tax Plan Tells Us Everything About Who Matters In American Democracy

A good analysis of the Republican tax bill:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-tax-plan-who-matters_us_59fc8ed4e4b0b0c7fa39d222

Texas GOP Rep. Lamar Smith Announces Retirement

Nice, finally some good news for science...although it’s sad this is even an issue:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lamar-smith-gop-house-retirement_us_59fb7275e4b0415a420a8ef2

EPA Replaced Its Top Science Advisers Without Telling Them

This administration is a nightmare for anyone who respects science:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-science-advisers-replaced_us_59fa2b75e4b0b0c7fa37bd17

Cruella DeVos... Not For Long, According To Insiders

We can only hope!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/1/1711789/-Cruella-DeVos-Not-For-Long-According-To-Insiders

Nevada GOP Is Trying To Use Recalls To Overturn Last Year’s Election Results

Do Republicans really have no shame?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nevada-gop-recall-elections_us_59f8b778e4b046017faf3f25

Fox News employees are dishing to CNN, say they are fed up and embarrassed by biased Trump coverage

For those who might think Fucks News is still "fair and balanced" (or ever was):

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2017/10/31/1711397/-Fox-News-employees-are-dishing-to-CNN-say-they-are-fed-up-and-embarrassed-by-biased-Trump-coverage