'Single-Payer' Healthcare Isn't Necessary -- But Single Pricing Is

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danmunro/2017/07/04/single-payer-healthcare-isnt-necessary-but-single-pricing-is/#5a8d6c92e0e3

China Is Loaning Billions of Dollars to African Countries. Here's Why the U.S. Should Be Worried

China is making a big push to be THE influential power in the world:

http://time.com/5381467/china-africa-debt-us-security/

There's a Huge 'Archive' of Heat Hiding Under Earth's Arctic Ice

More reason to put climate change at the top of the agenda:

https://www.livescience.com/63462-arctic-hidden-heat.html

My Fellow Republicans Need To Get Over Hillary Clinton And Take Trump's Corruption Seriously

I DO love seeing sane Republicans coming out of the woodwork, finally:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-republicans-trump-corruption_us_5b856fb9e4b0cf7b002f7346

Fox anchors: Trump is not telling the truth

Along with dogs and cats living together...this is surely a sign of the Apocalypse:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/08/25/fox-smith-cavuto-baier-turn-trump-nr-vpx.cnn

Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare May Come In The Form Of Rep. Elijah Cummings

Speaking of investigations against Trump...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-elijah-cummings-trump_us_5b805b25e4b0cd327dfc9502

Scoop: Republicans secretly study their coming hell

So much for McCain's plea to put country before party. At least the Democrats seem poised to hold Trump accountable...assuming they win the mid-terms:

https://www.axios.com/2018-midterm-elections-republicans-preparation-investigations-180abf7b-0de8-4670-ae8a-2e6da123c584.html

We Asked 1,000 People What Happened On Tuesday. Here’s What Some Of Them Said.

To get an idea of what people pay attention to:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/news-consumption-poll-manafort-cohen_us_5b8065e3e4b0cd327dfca577

Chris Cuomo Tells Off Kellyanne Conway Over Trump’s Lies: ‘Go To Fox For That’

If you can stomach Conway's constant deflections, deceptions and outright lies, the video is an amazing lesson in propaganda:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chris-cuomo-kellyanne-conway_us_5b7f6881e4b0348585ff071f

Chris does a great job not letting her get away with any of it (although spelling out the timeline and the actual words spoken in each piece of evidence would have made his point clearer).

Fox News’ Neil Cavuto Shreds Donald Trump: ‘The Problem Is You’

VERY nice to see Fox News turning against its god:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-news-neil-cavuto-donald-trump-problem-you_us_5b7f4998e4b0cd327dfb3b7e

White House blocks bill that would protect elections

More "aid and comfort" to our enemies:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-blocks-bill-protect-elections-173459278.html

The Fictional World In Trump’s Head Is About To Crash Headlong Into The Real World

The lying check may soon be cashed:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-alternative-reality-truth_us_5b7f0ae7e4b0348585fec9dc

Trump Is in Trouble. Here's How Much Worse It Can Get

This lays out the situation rather nicely:

http://time.com/5375650/trump-cohen-trouble/

The Michael Cohen and Paul Manafort Cases Renew Questions About President Trump's Legal Powers. Here's What We Know

Trump's options:

http://time.com/5374631/trump-cohen-manafort-indictment-impeachment/

Elizabeth Warren’s Far-Reaching New Bill Aims To Actually Drain The Swamp

They say Warren is too progressive to be president, but it's work like this that makes her my favorite politician:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-anti-corruption-legislation-speech-corporate-lobbyists_us_5b7c45cbe4b0348585fb1ff7

Why universal basic income costs far less than you think

This helps demystify the cost of a UBI:

https://theconversation.com/why-universal-basic-income-costs-far-less-than-you-think-101134

Senate takes shot at Trump, passes resolution affirming 'press is not the enemy of the people'

Good, a slap in the face to Trump:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/402158-senate-takes-shot-at-trump-passes-resolution-affirming-press-is-not-the-enemy

Satanic Temple’s Baphomet Raises Hell Over Religious Freedom In Arkansas

Now THIS is how to deal with all the "religious freedom" laws Christians keep passing. Show them the hypocrisy of their claims. My only real concern is that admitting they don't believe in Satan could be used to claim Satanism isn't a religion and thus not deserving of religious liberty protections:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/satanic-temple-baphomet-statue-arkansas_us_5b75eeffe4b0a5b1feb9596b

This Top-10 Medical School Is Now Offering Free Tuition to All Students

This should be standard everywhere, since education is the cornerstone of a nation's success:

http://time.com/money/5369845/new-york-university-medical-school-tuition-free/

Why Recycling Doesn't Work

This is disappointing...but not surprising:

https://thewalrus.ca/why-recycling-doesnt-work/

Trump’s diplomatic learning curve: Time zones, ‘Nambia’ and ‘Nipple’

Are you smarter than a first grader?

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/13/trump-world-knowledge-diplomatic-774801?ncid=newsltushpmgnews__TheMorningEmail__081418

U.S. Steel expansions touted by President Trump not happening

What??? Something Trump said isn't coming true????

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/major-u-s-steel-expansion-touted-by-trump-not-happening/

Former Top KGB General Says Trump is a Russian Asset and he Likely Knows it

I certainly wouldn't be surprised:

https://hillreporter.com/former-top-kgb-general-says-trump-is-a-russian-asset-and-he-likely-knows-it-5526

Why President Trump's Latest Collusion Claims Don't Add Up

The collusion we're talking about is conspiracy (among other things), and that IS illegal:

http://time.com/5361925/donald-trump-collusion-manafort-giuliani-mueller-russia/

How Your Brain Tricks You Into Believing Fake News

http://time.com/5362183/the-real-fake-news-crisis/

Green Party candidate was on state GOP payroll

Republican underhandedness apparently knows no bounds:

https://www.apnews.com/aae15528a9fe415282402c4e14090c75

Politicians Think You Are More Conservative Than You Are (And This Matters)

Interesting, but it appears both Democrat and Republican lawmakers think the US is more conservative (sometimes by a lot) than it actually is:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/lovejoyfeminism/2018/08/politicians-think-the-public-is-more-conservative-than-it-is/

To California, The Wildfires Are Tragic. To The Trump Administration, They’re Convenient.

We have plenty of water to fight the fires, and the fires are mostly occurring in brush and scrub land. It's the increasing length of the fire season due to climate change that is the problem:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-politics-water-california-wildfires_us_5b6b8a6de4b0bdd062063481

The Shadow Rulers of the VA

This is some truly movie-level corruption:

https://www.propublica.org/article/ike-perlmutter-bruce-moskowitz-marc-sherman-shadow-rulers-of-the-va/amp?__twitter_impression=true

These Old Mike Pence Columns On How A President Should Behave Have Not Aged Well

More hypocrisy....

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mike-pence-old-essays-president-donald-trump_us_5b6967b3e4b0b15abaa6a72e

Domino-effect of climate events could move Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state

This is truly horrifying. Creating a "moon shot" for fixing climate change should be our national priority. Climate change denial should be a fucking crime:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/06/domino-effect-of-climate-events-could-push-earth-into-a-hothouse-state

It's Looking Extremely Likely That QAnon Is A Leftist Prank On Trump Supporters

When trolling goes too far...

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/its-looking-extremely-likely-that-qanon-is-probably-a

Steve Bannon’s Big Plan For Europe Has Some Big Flaws

Sanity still exists in Europe:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-bannons-big-plan-for-europe-has-some-big-flaws_us_5b64e519e4b0b15abaa35523

Lawsuit Charges Donald Trump with Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl

This is an old story that long ago disappeared from the headlines...but Snopes investigated it and didn't discredit it, so perhaps it's worth not forgetting:

https://www.snopes.com/news/2016/06/23/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit/

What Democrats Don’t Get About the South

Something worth keeping in mind:

http://time.com/5349531/democrats-dont-get-the-south/

President Trump has made 4,229 false or misleading claims in 558 days

Just in case you haven't kept up:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/08/01/president-trump-has-made-4229-false-or-misleading-claims-in-558-days/?utm_term=.52faa30dbb5c

Koch-backed study finds ‘Medicare for All’ would save U.S. trillions

Oops!:

https://thinkprogress.org/mercatis-medicare-for-all-study-0a8681353316/

AWKWARD! Watch Sean Hannity Keep Getting Corrected By Shep Smith In New Supercut

More examples of how Shep Smith is the lone voice of reason at FoxNews (watch the video):

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shep-smith-sean-hannity_us_5b63d929e4b0fd5c73d7fd0e

How a mock convention is helping fuel a movement to change the Constitution

Apparently it's not inconceivable that the Constitution could be rewritten:

https://www.publicintegrity.org/2018/07/30/21967/how-mock-convention-helping-fuel-movement-change-constitution

Why it's not unreasonable to think that Putin has deliberately compromised Trump

https://mobile.twitter.com/ActMeasuresDoc/status/1024988576881291265/video/1

President Trump's Case for Weakening Fuel Standards Rests on a Huge, Risky Assumption

The assumption is that fuel prices will remain low. Of course climate change isn't part of the Trump administration's consideration:

http://time.com/5356504/donald-trump-fuel-standards-argument/

Ontario Ends Its Three-Year Basic Income Trial After Just One Year

Well this is disappointing:

https://futurism.com/basic-income-trial-ontario-ends/

Trump’s not the problem. He’s a symbol of 4 bigger issues.

Despite this being produced by a Koch brother, it's an interesting perspective on how Trump is a symptom:

https://bigthink.com/videos/ian-bremmer-trumps-not-the-problem-hes-a-symbol-of-4-bigger-issues

Here’s an early hint about how Trump’s trade war could backfire on the US

Frankly, I hope the trade war goes poorly for Trump, so Congress finally grows some balls and stands up to him, and his supporters feel enough pain to vote against him:

https://qz.com/1344493/the-weakening-yuan-is-an-early-sign-of-how-trumps-trade-war-could-backfire-on-the-us/

The secret Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani know about the Russia probe

I REALLY hope this comes down to facts, not public opinion:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/31/politics/donald-trump-rudy-giuliani/index.html