Davis: ‘Deep state’ existed in ’16 – but it elected Trump

This sounds much more in line with known history than the Republicans claim. But will it gain traction?

http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/371755-davis-deep-state-existed-in-16-but-it-elected-trump

Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon, and Warren Buffett unite to disrupt healthcare's profit motive

This is one plausibly good way to deal with the insane costs of healthcare:

http://bigthink.com/news/amazon-berkshire-hathaway-and-jpmorgan-join-forces-to-disrupt-health-care

The ‘Law And Order’ Party Has Unleashed An Extraordinary Attack On Law Enforcement

Did I mention I hate hypocrisy?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fbi-attack-trump-mueller-republicans_us_5a6b3fe7e4b0ddb658c5c3fd

The oceans have never been hotter than they are now

More evidence of climate change:

https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/wjpm7m/the-oceans-have-never-been-hotter-than-they-are-now

How Republicans Think About Climate Change — in Maps

There’s hope for consensus as long as we talk solutions, not causes. It’s stupid that it’s needed, but...

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/14/climate/republicans-global-warming-maps.html

Trump’s latest interview shows he’s not really the president

No surprises here, but a good analysis nevertheless:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/26/16936802/trump-not-really-president

The World’s Ugliest American

I REALLY share this opinion:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-worlds-ugliest-american_us_5a662792e4b002283005674a

Having lived abroad so much, the "ugly Americans" were the worst...and Trump is the worst of the worst.

The Case For The Democratic ‘Cave’

This does make a lot of sense to me:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrat-cave-shutdown-immigration_us_5a665efbe4b002283005c4ca

Solar Industry Braces For Job Losses As Trump Puts Fees On Imported Panels

Yet another reason why I hate Trump from the core of my being:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-solar-tariff_us_5a66328de4b0022830057908

How Much Warmer Was Your City in 2017?

In case you're wondering how climate change is beginning to affect your region:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/21/world/year-in-weather.html

Here’s Why Norway Is Consistently Rated The Best Place In The World To Live

Just a reminder that government CAN actually be helpful:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/norway-best-country-to-live_us_5a6059c7e4b046f0811d0235

Here’s One Excellent Reason To Cut Prison Populations

Interesting...cutting prison populations can cut crime:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/prisons-crime-rate-pew-report_us_5a610bb1e4b0125fd635228e

Pope Accuses Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Of Slander

That's more than a little tone deaf:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pope-accuses-sexvictims-slander_us_5a6183d8e4b0125fd6356578

A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office

Good, I prefer female leaders:

http://time.com/5107499/record-number-of-women-are-running-for-office/

Happy 2018, Republicans: Mueller's investigation likely to proceed right through the midterms

This remains an encouraging story:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/18/1733661/-Happy-2018-Republicans-Mueller-s-investigation-likely-to-proceed-right-through-the-midterms

GOP Sen. Jeff Flake: Trump's Attacks On The Free Press Mirror Stalin's Rhetoric

Most of Flake's politics suck, but here he speaks very well:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sen-jeff-flake-r-az-unleashes-on-president-donald-trump_us_5a5fb326e4b077cd626c2a7c

Trump blames Democrats for killing the DACA program he killed

This has disgusted me for months. Trump killed DACA...so he could use it as a bargaining chip? Smothered in wrong sauce:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/15/1732923/-Trump-blames-Democrats-for-killing-the-DACA-program-he-killed

Steve Bannon's abuse of executive privilege shocks even Republicans, earns an instant subpoena

A nice explanation about why Bannon's refusal to talk is unprecedented, and why Mueller subpoenaed him to appear before a Grand Jury:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/17/1733502/-Steve-Bannon-s-abuse-of-executive-privilege-in-the-House-shocks-even-Republicans

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Offers $100,000 If Trump Will Step On A Scale

The excessively glowing health report for Trump came off as exceedingly suspicious. This guy has the right idea to see if Trump's physical can be trusted:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-girthers_us_5a5eea56e4b0ee2ff32b949c

BTW, here's the mental test Trump had to pass:

http://dementia.ie/images/uploads/site-images/MoCA-Test-English_7_1.pdf

Talk about a low bar....

The test is only to spot early onset dementia, not a comprehensive test...but still:

http://time.com/5106569/donald-trump-mental-health-exam/

Third adult film star emerges to say married Donald Trump begged her to 'party' in his hotel room

One is happenstance, two is coincidence, but three is a party!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/16/1733186/-Third-adult-film-star-emerges-to-say-married-Donald-Trump-begged-her-to-party-in-his-hotel-room

Foreign governments, candidates, trade groups spent at Trump properties: report

This HAS to be part of Mueller's investigation:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-business/foreign-governments-candidates-trade-groups-spent-at-trump-properties-report-idUSKBN1F50DM

Someone Projected ‘Shithole’ Onto Trump Hotel In DC, Complete With Poop Emojis

Truly epic trolling:

https://yesplz.co/someone-projected-sthole-onto-trump-hotel-dc-complete-poop-emojis/

Trump supporters react to his derogatory remark, in their own words

What has to be wrong in your brain to still support this chump?

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/12/politics/trump-supporters-react/index.html

Americans have forgotten how to protest

We're just too damn tired. Need to store up energy for the 2018 elections:

https://qz.com/1146093/americans-have-forgotten-how-to-protest/

Kentucky Just Made It Harder For Poor People To Get Health Care

And the dickishness political climate keeps rolling along:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-kentucky-medicaid-work-requirement_us_5a591c2ee4b03c4189658d23

Senior GOP senator gets hammered for “protecting” Trump in deep red rural Iowa

Is a little bit of sanity working its way into Trump country?

https://shareblue.com/senior-gop-senator-chuck-grassley-gets-hammered-for-protecting-trump-in-deep-red-rural-iowa/

Neo-Nazis say Donald Trump's 'shithole countries' comments show he thinks like them

Not that any of us are surprised:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-shithole-countries-neo-nazis-white-supremacists-celebrate-more-or-less-same-page-racist-a8157796.html

Let it go: The Arctic will never be frozen again

This should be considered damn scary:

https://grist.org/article/let-it-go-the-arctic-will-never-be-frozen-again/

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s sneaky attack on partisan gerrymandering is beginning to pay dividends.

Not only does RBG bench press 70 lbs, but she does this:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/ruth-bader-ginsburgs-sneaky-attack-on-partisan-gerrymandering-is-beginning-to-pay-dividends.html

President Trump’s New Judicial Nominee Is ‘Moral Poison’

The Republican Party doesn't need enemies. It needs an enema:

http://time.com/5099446/donald-trump-judge-nominee-thomas-farr/

Trump says some immigrants from 'shithole countries' as he rejects bipartisan deal

How did this twerp ever get elected president???

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/daca-deal-obstacles-flake-white-house/index.html

The bias of the various media outlets

A useful chart for evaluating the bias of all the major news outlets:

Oprah is a science denier – that's a problem for me

Oprah may be on the right side of a lot of issues, but if she's a science denier she isn't qualified to be president:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/10/1731643/-Oprah-is-a-science-denier-that-s-a-problem-for-me

A Coal Executive Switched to Building Solar Plants. Now He's Worried Trump Will Hurt His Business

Trump is destroying jobs by sucking up to coal:

http://time.com/5084108/solar-energy-tariff/

Why Education Matters to Your Health

Here's a good argument for free higher education:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Why-Education-Matters-to-Your/242123/

Are Democrats’ Senate Chances In 2018 Overrated?

Here's a bit of a (bummer) reality check from Nate Silver:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/are-democrats-senate-chances-overrated/amp/

Inter-American Court of Human Rights orders 20 countries to recognize same-sex marriage

This sneaked in under the radar:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/9/1731256/-BREAKING-Inter-American-Court-of-Human-Rights-orders-20-countries-to-recognize-same-sex-marriage

Trump's lawyers will let Mueller talk to Trump ... under some very special circumstances

Things are moving remarkably quickly if Mueller is already setting up an interview with Trump. And the requests by Trump's lawyers are decidedly unreasonable:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/8/1730860/-Trump-s-lawyers-will-let-Mueller-talk-to-Trump-under-some-very-special-circumstances

Today’s Impeach-O-Meter: Donald "#MAGA" Trump Doesn’t Know the Words to the National Anthem

But seriously, did anyone actually think he knew the words?

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/todays-impeachment-chances-oh-say-can-you-see.html

Sessions’ DOJ Charged A White Supremacist With Terrorism. They Just Didn’t Tell Anyone.

But of course...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-sessions-domestic-terrorism-white-supremacist_us_5a510cc2e4b01e1a4b157ae9

I was on Trump’s voter fraud commission. Its demise was inevitable.

These assholes only want their desired results, rather than what the evidence actually reveals:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-was-on-trumps-voter-fraud-commission-its-demise-was-inevitable/2018/01/07/b5c1bec8-f261-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html

Faust on the Potomac

A plausible explanation for GOP refusal to act on Trump:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/01/05/opinion/faust-on-the-potomac.html

President Trump's Threat to Sue Steve Bannon Rings Hollow to Legal Experts

Trying to stifle the book is only making it worse for Trump:

http://fortune.com/2018/01/05/donald-trump-steve-bannon-lawsuit/

The psychiatrist who briefed Congress on Trump’s mental state: this is “an emergency”

How can this be happening?

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/5/16770060/trump-mental-health-psychiatrist-25th-amendment

The Constitution will need some SERIOUS upgrading...like at least a year of real political experience before one can be elected president, perhaps?

Internet falls for Trump-'Gorilla Channel' parody

It’s almost impossible to tell the difference between reality and parody about fundies and Trump:

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/05/trump-gorilla-channel-parody-326374?mc_cid=0d0b9f6d87&mc_eid=c4215c6c8c

Show this cartoon to anyone who doubts we need huge action on climate change

This helps put global climate change into perspective:

https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2016/10/17/13190036/global-climate-change-facts-effects-cartoon?share=7474aa4b

Comparing presidential administrations by arrests and convictions: A warning for Trump appointees

Take this with a grain of salt, but this does not bode well for Trump and his administration:

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/11/1619079/-Comparing-Presidential-Administrations-by-Arrests-and-Convictions-A-Warning-for-Trump-Appointees

No Longer A Hero On Breitbart, Steve Bannon Sees Supporters Turn On Him

I love seeing Steve Bannon crash and burn along with his boss:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/former-steve-bannon-supporters-turn-on-him_us_5a4fc89ae4b003133ec7a4bf

The Wildest Moments From ‘Fire And Fury,’ The Trump Book Everyone Is Talking About

Even if only half of these stories are true, we have a massive incompetent heading this country:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fire-and-fury-highlights_us_5a4fca68e4b003133ec7a77f

Remember, much of what Trump does can be undone

This is important to keep in mind when you're feeling despondent over Trump's recklessness:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-lemieux-trump-endurance-20180101-story.html

For Those Who Have Traded Faith for Power, There’s a Comeuppance Ahead

More trouble for Evangelicals:

https://theliberalnetwork.com/2017/12/31/traded-faith-power-theres-comeuppance-ahead/

Steve Bannon Suggests Donald Trump Met With Russians After Don Jr. Did

And yet another dump on Trump. I'm liking how 2018 is shaping up:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-bannon-trump-tower_us_5a4cde0be4b0b0e5a7a9fe93

And of course Trump had to respond:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-steve-bannon_us_5a4d200ce4b0b0e5a7aa6f15

What a child!

Why the World Is Better Than Ever—and Will Get Better Still

Something (pre-Trump) to use to remind conservatives who think the world is getting worse and worse all the time:

https://singularityhub.com/2016/11/01/why-the-world-is-better-than-ever-and-will-get-better-still/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

After Trump and Moore, evangelicals question what their movement stands for

Since I despise Evangelicalism, especially since they support both Trump and Moore, this is pleasing to hear:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/1/1/1725351/-After-Trump-and-Moore-evangelicals-question-what-their-movement-stands-for

Alabama lawyer reveals Obama demanded loyalty when meeting with U.S. Attorneys—but there's a twist

Just a nice reminder:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/29/1728372/-Alabama-lawyer-reveals-Obama-s-demand-for-loyalty-when-first-meeting-with-US-attorneys

The evidence that Trump business partner Felix Sater is a cooperating individual in the Mueller probe is now overwhelming—and if he is, he's the most dangerous witness against Trump Mueller has

Another Seth Abramson thread that looks really bad for Trump and co:

https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/948208871012696066?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message

(Again, expand the thread at the bottom of Seth's tweets.)