Trump declares April as National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month

The irony...it hurts!

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/03/31/donald-trump-sexual-assault-awareness-prevention-month-april/475350002/

'Religious left' emerging as U.S. political force in Trump era

I do not mind having the religious left as allies because at least they are not dicks:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-religion/religious-left-emerging-as-u-s-political-force-in-trump-era-idUSKBN16Y114

After a year of Trump drastically cutting regulations, Wyoming adds a total of five coal mining jobs

Nice going, Drumpf:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/29/1752950/-After-a-year-of-drastically-cutting-regulations-Wyoming-adds-a-total-of-five-coal-mining-jobs

Lies have a conservative bias—Republicans up their war on science

Well, reality has a well-known liberal bias, so...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/29/1752981/-Lies-have-a-conservative-bias-Republicans-up-their-war-on-science

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says company helped swing Brexit vote

I wonder if this could lead to a re-vote if it turns out the evidence is conclusive:

http://bigthink.com/news/cambridge-analytica-whistleblower-says-firm-helped-swing-brexit-vote

Why Donald Trump Hasn’t Lost His Core Fanbase Yet

I think there are some good insights here:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rolltodisbelieve/2018/03/26/why-donald-trump-hasnt-lost-his-core-fanbase-yet-lsp-35/

In final screw-you to his party, GOP Rep. Ryan Costello takes name off Pennsylvania primary ballot

But some good news: a Republican congressman turning a likely win into a probable loss:

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/27/1752484/-In-final-screw-you-to-his-party-GOP-Rep-Ryan-Costello-takes-name-off-Pennsylvania-primary-ballot

Leaked Memo: EPA Issues Approved Talking Points Downplaying Climate Change

More science denial. This has to be the definition of insanity:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-climate-adaptation_us_5abbb5e3e4b04a59a31387d7

Independents Are Shifting To Climate Denial, According To The Latest Gallup Poll

This is unsettling. It seems that the only party of logic and reason is the Democratic Party:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gallup-poll-climate-change_us_5aba9129e4b04a59a3121887

While Trump Deals With A Porn Star, Congress Passes Barack Obama's Budget

Just because it's fun and inexplicable in a government run by Trump and the Republicans:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/25/1752069/-Congress-Passes-The-President-s-Budget-President-Obama-s-That-Is

GOP Rep. Won’t Seek Re-Election After Pennsylvania Redraws Districts

I'm enjoying the bloodletting as more and more Republicans realize they want to spend more time with family:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ryan-costello-reelection_us_5ab88173e4b054d118e44a62

This KGB Chief Rang the Alarm About Russia-U.S. Cyberwars. No One Listened.

Russia was scared of us in the cybersphere until recently:

http://time.com/5210728/russia-u-s-hacking-cyberwar-kgb-soviet-union/

Former Cambridge Analytica workers say firm sent foreigners to advise U.S. campaigns

The Cambridge Analytica story is getting worse and scooping up more politicians in its net:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/former-cambridge-analytica-workers-say-firm-sent-foreigners-to-advise-us-campaigns/2018/03/25/6a0d7d90-2fa2-11e8-911f-ca7f68bff0fc_story.html

How do people actually respond to the "trolley problem"?

This isn't really a political post...although I wonder if this test has political implications somehow. It's the classic "trolley problem" tested on real people, and the results are rather surprising:

https://youtu.be/1sl5KJ69qiA

A Rigorous Scientific Look Into The 'Fox News Effect'

Reality has a well-known liberal bias:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2016/07/21/a-rigorous-scientific-look-into-the-fox-news-effect/#66ebe21712ab

Budget Deal Lifts Ban On Federal Research Of Gun Violence

Well, it’s about time. I remember being gobsmacked that the government was forbidden from even researching gun violence:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/dickey-amendment-budget-deal_us_5ab2c67fe4b008c9e5f3cbfe

An "Ashamed" Fox News Commentator Just Quit The "Propaganda Machine"

Good to see this admission:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomnamako/ralph-peters

Google pours $300 million into an effort to aid news publishers

This is a start:

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/nation/2018/03/20/Google-pours-300-million-into-an-effort-to-aid-news-publishers/stories/201803200195

Supreme Court denies GOP request to block new Pa. congressional map

This is important. It sets a precedent for all future gerrymandering challenges, which will mostly help Democrats:

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/379159-supreme-court-denies-gops-request-to-block-new-pa-congressional-map

Scott Pruitt’s Latest EPA Gambit Is As Clever As It Is Evil

Putting this shitbird in charge of the EPA was insane:

https://futurism.com/scott-pruitts-epa-evil-transparency/

Fake News Goes to Court

The alt-reality and fake news sources appear to be getting their comeuppance:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/fox-news-and-alex-jones-could-pay-for-pushing-fake-news-about-real-people.html

KS Republicans shocked when their consultants on education give them same answer as everyone else

The failed Republican experiment that is Kansas is bitten in the ass once again:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/16/1749624/-KS-Republicans-shocked-when-their-consultants-on-education-give-them-same-answer-as-everyone-else

Trump would love to fire Mueller. But here’s why he’s been afraid to so far.

A good rundown of the risks Mueller and Trump do and do not face:

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/19/17138948/trump-mueller-firing-russia

The article removed from Forbes, “Why White Evangelicalism Is So Cruel”

This explains a lot of why Evangelicals don't actually follow the teachings of Jesus:

https://www.politicalorphans.com/the-article-removed-from-forbes-why-white-evangelicalism-is-so-cruel/

John Oliver publishes book to upset Pence

I watched John Oliver's segment on this. A worthy buy!

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/18/1750108/-John-Oliver-publishes-book-to-upset-Pence

Cambridge Analytica Uncovered: Secret filming reveals election tricks

The inside dirt on Cambridge Analytica. There’s nothing like video from the horse’s mouth to provide damning evidence:

https://youtu.be/mpbeOCKZFfQ

What Woke America And Great America Can Learn From Each Other

Interesting way to interpret what your opponents are saying:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-giridharadas-outrage-america_us_5aaa93b6e4b073bd82929695

Kris Kobach’s Voting Sham Gets Exposed in Court

Is there nothing conservatives do that isn’t evil?

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/17/opinion/sunday/kris-kobachs-voting-sham-gets-exposed-in-court.html

The Cambridge Analytica Files ‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower

In depth article on the man behind using Facebook to elect Trump:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistleblower-christopher-wylie-faceook-nix-bannon-trump?CMP=share_btn_fb

Should I even write this? A reflection on Trump, Trudeau, and trade

Trump goes beyond lying into nonsensical:

https://qz.com/1230343/trumps-comments-on-trade-and-justin-trudeau-are-impossible-to-analyze/

Fox News hosts and their bald faced hypocrisy

There’s nothing like video footage to lay bare hypocrisy:

https://mobile.twitter.com/MyDaughtersArmy/status/974318717738811394/video/1

How to disagree well: 7 of the best and worst ways to argue

Useful suggestions for how to argue most successfully:

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-to-disagree-well-7-of-the-best-and-worst-ways-to-argue

Shep Smith Has the Hardest Job on Fox News

Sanity vs. Hannity:

http://time.com/longform/shepard-smith-fox-news/

What it means that the Russians-hacking-US-energy-grid story is being leaked in a big way now

An interesting perspective:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/15/1749247/-What-it-means-that-the-Russians-hacking-US-energy-grid-story-is-being-leaked-now

Russia Is Now a Rogue State. We Must Treat It Like One

I have to agree:

http://time.com/5201653/russia-rogue-britain-skripal-tom-tugendhat/

How a Wild Theory About Nelson Mandela Proves the Existence of Parallel Universes

Ah-hah! So maybe Trump isn’t a lying P.O.S., he’s just from an alternate universe where all the false claims he makes are true!

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/how-the-mandela-effect-phenomenon-explains-the-existence-of-alternate-realities

Teacher, reserve cop accidentally fires gun in Calif. high school, police say

So if the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun, how do you stop a good guy with a gun?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teacher-reserve-cop-accidentally-fires-gun-in-calif-high-school-police-say/

5 Times Trump's Favorite Economic Advisor Has Been Spectacularly Wrong About the Economy

More of the BEST people:

http://time.com/money/5197470/trump-pick-kudlow-predictions/

USDA withdraws animal welfare rule

Yet another petty, cruel and unnecessary act by the Trump administration:

http://thehill.com/regulation/administration/377947-usda-withdraws-animal-welfare-rule

Evangelicals Rip Up the Bible's Rules to Promote a Porn Star Loving President

In case it's not clear already:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/10/1747797/-Evangelicals-Rip-Up-the-Bible-s-Rules-to-Promote-a-Porn-Star-Loving-President

The Last Temptation

"How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living memory":

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/04/the-last-temptation/554066/

Obama's legacy: He sparked hope -- and got blindsided

I wonder what would’ve happened if Obama had been more aggressive.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/09/opinions/obama-historian-legacy-roundup-opinion-zelizer/index.html

President Trump Offered a History Lesson on Tariffs. Here’s What He Left Out

Stupid is as stupid does:

http://time.com/5192161/trump-tariff-history/

Fake news travels six times faster than the truth on Twitter

Depressing:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2163226-fake-news-travels-six-times-faster-than-the-truth-on-twitter/

Stormy Daniels' Lawsuit Against Donald Trump Raises the Question: When Can You Sue the President?

Don't forget the "nobody is above the law" edict:

http://time.com/5189549/stormy-daniels-lawsuit-can-you-sue-president-united-states/

Ailing Mississippi Sen. Cochran To Resign, Setting Up 2018 Special Election

Yet another opportunity for the Democrats to take the Senate:

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/05/590989957/ailing-mississippi-sen-cochran-to-resign-setting-up-2018-special-election

Kellyanne Conway found to have violated Hatch Act

I give three to one odds that in the end nobody in the Trump administration will be found innocent:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376945-watchdog-kellyanne-conway-violated-hatch-act-twice-in-tv-appearances

‘The Most Hated Person On Campus’: Why Some College Republicans Are Channeling Donald Trump

It's good to see Trump has poor support among millennials, but there are unfortunately some vocal exceptions:

http://time.com/the-most-hated-person-on-campus-why-some-college-republicans-are-channeling-donald-trump

State Department Has Spent None Of The $120 Million Allocated To Fight Russian Interference

How is this not treason? Do your fucking jobs!

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/state-department-russian-meddling_us_5a9cb149e4b089ec353bc61e

Taxpayers, You’ve Been Scammed

A Paul Krugman opinion:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/opinion/taxpayers-scammed-republicans.html

Trump has a 'great meeting' with the NRA and falls back in line with the gun lobby

Was this ever in doubt?

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/3/2/1745971/-Trump-has-a-great-meeting-with-the-NRA-and-falls-back-in-line-with-the-gun-lobby

Three Reasons Scientists Are Freaked out by Crazy-High Arctic Temperatures

If Greenland and Antarctica lose their landlocked ice, sea levels will rise extremely high and drastically change weather patterns:

https://futurism.com/crazy-high-arctic-temperatures/

No, Fascism Can’t Happen Here

At least we have something to ease our concern:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/03/01/no-fascism-cant-happen-here-217092

Trump’s Chaos Theory for the Oval Office Is Taking Its Toll

Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/trump-chaos-oval-office.html

How the student activists of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High demonstrate the power of a comprehensive education

So much for "crisis actors":

https://splinternews.com/the-teacher-who-taught-his-students-to-challenge-the-nr-1823355017

and

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/02/the-student-activists-of-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-demonstrate-the-power-of-a-full-education.html

Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts

The Republicans continue to act in a deeply underhanded and unprofessional manner:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nunes-leaks.html?referer=https://t.co/pn9uLfGtZN?amp=1#click=https://t.co/pn9uLfGtZN

Even Oil Companies Are Now Saying Climate Change Will Hurt Their Business

Well it's about time!

http://time.com/5178262/climate-change-oil-companies-future/