NRA's Warnings Have Come True: A President Wants To Unilaterally Disarm Americans

Sorry, but...bwahahahah!

“It’s fairly easy to imagine how the NRA would have reacted had Obama or Clinton made a statement about taking guns away without due process. But the group did not immediately return a request for comment on Wednesday about what it thinks of Trump’s remarks.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-nra-warnings_us_5a9713dde4b07dffeb6f5096

Trump seems to think weapons used in mass shootings are bought on "the black market"

Out of touch much???

https://mobile.twitter.com/atrupar/status/968957403910823936?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Eother%7Ctwcon%5E7100%7Ctwterm%5E3

Revenge of the tribes: How the American Empire could fall

What partisan thinking in blogs like this one could lead to:

http://bigthink.com/videos/amy-chua-how-hardened-tribalism-leads-to-civil-wars

But it's the conservatives who are committing most of the attacks on disenfranchised groups, dammit, while progressives are mostly trying to expand equality!

To Create Conflict, Russians Fuel GMO Debate

It seems that Russian interference in public disinformation is not limited to elections:

https://futurism.com/russians-fuel-gmo-debate/

John Dean Predicts If Gates Testimony Shows Manafort Acted W/Trump's Blessings, It's All Over

Will THIS be the path that topples Trumpty Dumpty?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/25/1744741/-John-Dean-Predicts-If-Gates-Testimony-Shows-Manafort-Acted-W-Trump-s-Blessings-It-s-All-Over

After Two Decades of GMOs, Scientists Find They Live up to Their Promise

For those on the left who are anti-GMO:

https://futurism.com/two-decades-scientists-gmos-corn-good-seriously/

'The Most Dangerous Man In The World’: Trump Is Violent, Immature And Insecure, Psych Experts Say

Nicely summarizing what we already know all too well:

http://www.newsweek.com/2017/10/06/trump-most-dangerous-man-world-psychologists-671182.html

Gallup Officially Declares TEXAS Competitive (And Guess Who's Finally Been Showing Up?)

Very encouraging. Taking Texas and Florida would make it very hard for Republicans to win anything:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/24/1743606/-Gallup-Officially-Declares-TEXAS-Competitive-And-Guess-Who-s-Finally-Been-Showing-Up

Liberal Brains Are Different from Conservative Brains, but Dialogue Is Still Possible

Interesting psychology of how to approach speaking to a conservative or liberal:

http://bigthink.com/videos/gail-saltz-the-brain-differences-of-liberals-versus-conservatives

(Watch the video.)

Three major car rental companies dump the NRA

Perhaps this is going to be another #MeToo-type thing:

https://thinkprogress.org/alamo-national-enterprise-dump-nra-35d326965744/

Here's what happened earlier:

https://thinkprogress.org/first-national-bank-ends-nra-visa-card-5809195f1672/

Trump keeps tweeting, keeps reminding us how deep Mitch McConnell is in the Russia election hacking

A useful reminder for those who try to deflect Trump's negligence by pointing at Obama:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/21/1743391/-Trump-keeps-tweeting-keeps-reminding-us-how-deep-Mitch-McConnell-in-in-the-Russia-election-hacking

Evangelical Pastor: Guns Are Not Christian

Yeah, I never got why so many Christians are pro-gun:

http://time.com/5163376/christians-gun-control/

Every one of Europe’s 571 cities is destined for worse heat waves, droughts, or floods

This SHOULD scare everyone, but science deniers aren't rational:

https://qz.com/1212443/climate-changes-impact-on-europe-all-571-cities-are-destined-for-worse-heat-waves-droughts-or-floods/

Robert Mueller's Indictment Could Be a Win for Russia's Trolls

This new form of information warfare is insidiously effective:

http://time.com/5168104/mueller-indictment-russia-troll-factory-help/

The video is worth watching.

The Congressional Stalemate Over Guns and Immigration Isn't Going Away

https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/553499/?__twitter_impression=true

How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents?

Very interesting. Even Republican scholars rank Obama highly and Trump near the bottom:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/19/opinion/how-does-trump-stack-up-against-the-best-and-worst-presidents.html?mtrref=undefined&assetType=opinion&mtrref=t.co&assetType=opinion

How the Republicans stole the Second Amendment

I always wondered how they expanded "militia" to cover every individual:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/18/1741614/-How-the-Republicans-stole-the-Second-Amendment

Melania Trump’s ‘volunteer’ rankles White House staff with her all-access pass

Yet another Trump administration scandal, this one mostly under the radar...

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/16/melania-trumps-volunteer-rankles-white-house-staff-with-her-all-access-pass-415669

Seth Abramson on when Trump actually started running for president, and what he did after that time

Now Trump is lying about the timeline for his running for the presidency...thus opening himself up to further collusion allegations:

https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/964598749225013248?s=12

Trump’s Budget Would End Grant Funding For State Endangered Species Projects

Have I mentioned I hate that shitbird Trump?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-budget-endangered-species-state-grants_us_5a8584f1e4b0774f31d28e73

All the things Fox News blamed the Parkland shooting on other than the gun

I wish there were an official watchdog group evaluating the verifiable accuracy as well as completeness of coverage of stories from all the major news sources:

https://qz.com/1208530/parkland-florida-shooting-fox-news-blamed-the-school-massacre-on-everything-except-the-ar-15/

Jared Kushner's Finances Are In Shambles And He's A Threat To National Security

I wonder which of the Trump inner circle will go down first:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/15/1741765/-Jared-Kushner-s-Finances-Are-In-Shambles-And-He-s-A-Threat-To-National-Security

Knee-Jerk Cynicism Is A Failure Of Critical Reasoning

Another perspective from Steven Pinker on the reasons for more optimistic thinking:

https://quartzy.qz.com/1204932/steven-pinkers-book-enlightenment-now-is-an-argument-against-cynicism/

Here’s What Trump’s New Budget Means for Renewable Energy

I fucking hate Trump, in case it's not already obvious:

https://futurism.com/trumps-budget-renewable-energy/

The Enlightenment Is Working

For those who feel that the world is inexorably getting worse, the statistics say otherwise:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-enlightenment-is-working-1518191343

Trump Meets Every Criteria For An Authoritarian Leader, Harvard Political Scientists Warn

Yup:

http://www.newsweek.com/harvard-political-science-professor-donald-trump-authoritarian-how-democracy-778425

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like the Gilded Age

An interesting comparison between the "Gilded Age" period after the Civil War and today:

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-02-07/it-s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like-the-gilded-age

Fox News cuts away from Trump economic speech to cover historic stock market drop

Watch the stock ticker as Tronald Dump brags about how good he is for the economy:

https://youtu.be/R5EoE30VIP0

And here FoxNews (yeah, THEM!) cuts away from one of his economy rallies to show how the stock market is tanking:

https://youtu.be/9zbdRdF5IL4

Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies?

A good analysis, starting with this basic point: “The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good.”

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/11/why_conservatives_are_more_susceptible_to_believing_in_lies.html

California Takes a Stand Against Trump’s Offshore Oil Plan

Good to see my state fighting back:

https://futurism.com/california-takes-stand-against-trumps-offshore-oil-plan/

Bermuda becomes first jurisdiction in the world to repeal same-sex marriage

Backsliding...but I'll bet it won't last:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/08/bermuda-repeal-same-sex-marriage?mc_cid=d44184db0c&mc_eid=c4215c6c8c

White Women Who Enable Trump Do Not Deserve The Benefit Of Your Doubt

I'll never understand people who already have it tougher would vote against their own self-interest:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/daniels-opinion-white-women-trump_us_5a79f67de4b0d0ef3c09fbf0

Pennsylvania GOP's threat to impeach Supreme Court is real—and it's how they plan to cling to power

The Republicans are ballsy, I'll give them that. Evil, but ballsy:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/7/1739285/-Pennsylvania-GOP-s-threat-to-impeach-Supreme-Court-is-real-and-it-s-how-they-plan-to-cling-to-power

The Alternate Realities of Left and Right

How do we fight against this?

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dispatches/2018/02/04/alternate-realities-left-right/

International Monetary Fund Report Shows Why Tax Cuts for the Rich Are a Bad Idea

The anti-science party continues to hurt society:

http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/imf-report-shows-why-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-are-a-bad-idea

Boycott the Republican Party

Republicans encouraging everyone to vote for the...Democrats???

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/03/boycott-the-gop/550907/

I think I just saw a pig fly out of my butt!

Seth Abramson on the Shearer Memo

Verrrrrry interesting perspective:

https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/960700267313401868?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message%7Ctwcon%5E7100%7Ctwterm%5E0

Generation Z More Atheistic Than other Age Groups

A positive poll for atheism, and from the Evangelical Barna Group at that:

http://www.atheistrepublic.com/news/generation-z-more-atheistic-other-age-groups

China Moves To Create The Perfect Totalitarian Dystopia

In case you’re wondering why I am disparaging toward China, this is why:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/2/3/1738528/-China-Moves-To-Create-The-Perfect-Totalitarian-Dystopia?detail=emaildkre

A strong rebuttal to the “Nunes Memo”

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/TODAY/z_Creative/inline-headers/FINAL%20DRAFT%20--%20Dear%20Colleague%20on%20Nunes%20Memo.pdf

The Largest Number Of Scientists In Modern U.S. History Is Running For Office In 2018

This warms my heart!

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/science-candidates_us_5a74fffde4b06ee97af2ae60

How Amazon Will Drastically Change Health Care, According to Futurists

The current healthcare system is being hamstrung by conservatives, but this may change things up a bit:

http://time.com/money/5127497/amazon-healthcare-costs/

Seth Abramson breaks down the Nunes memo

Another great Seth Abramson analysis, this time of the Nunes Memo:

https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/959494066840002560?ref_src=twcamp%5Eshare%7Ctwsrc%5Eios%7Ctwgr%5Ecom.apple.UIKit.activity.Message%7Ctwcon%5E7100%7Ctwterm%5E0

The Key Players In Trump’s ‘Deep State’ Conspiracy Theory Are All Republicans

There is some special kind of stupid going on here:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-russia-probe-republicans-deep-state_us_5a737d6ee4b06ee97af0d4dd

Congressman unleashes fiery blast at Trump lapdogs’ defense of a corrupt presidency

Nicely said:

https://www.facebook.com/CREDO/videos/10157122365300968/

Defeat is inevitable. Everybody knows it, even Trump

Drawing the parallels between Nixon and Trump:

https://www.salon.com/2018/01/27/defeat-is-inevitable-everybody-knows-it-even-trump/

Donald Trump Just Asked Congress to End the Rule of Law

Yeah, that line bothered me when I heard it:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/01/donald-trump-just-asked-congress-to-end-the-rule-of-law.html

Trump Pulls the Plug on Clean Energy with Deep Cuts to Renewable Research

Trump is truly an utterly vile and contemptible asshole:

https://futurism.com/trump-pulls-plug-clean-energy-deep-cuts-renewable-research/