What would the US look like if liberals were allowed to enact all of their policies without opposition?

An interesting perspective taking account real US limitations:

https://www.quora.com/What-would-the-US-look-like-if-liberals-were-allowed-to-enact-all-of-their-policies-without-opposition-Are-there-any-existing-countries-like-that-to-help-us-judge-its-long-term-impact/answer/Martin-Levine-8?share=e1ac8e4f&srid=uBhZO

Twitter Rains Hell On Jeff Sessions’ New Religious Liberty Task Force

This is why we need Satanists. Not that anyone should believe in Satan, but because they are the perfect way to show the folly of political Christians who try to defend "religious freedom" (i.e., bigotry):

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/twitter-sessions-religious-liberty-task-force_us_5b5f92bae4b0b15aba9bfcff

Why Some Republicans are Rethinking Climate Change

Glad to see there is SOME sanity creeping into the GOP:

http://time.com/5348333/republicans-climate-change-carbon-tax/

Are there disturbing parallels between the US under Trump and Germany of the 1930s?

Fortunately, there are many significant differences:

https://www.quora.com/Are-there-disturbing-parallels-between-the-US-under-Trump-and-Germany-of-the-1930s/answer/John-Dewar-Gleissner?share=8122561b&srid=uBhZO

Mike Pence, Holy Terror

Mike Pence could be a LOT worse than Trump:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/mike-pence-holy-terror.html

Hannity reveals more hypocrisy

Hannity is SUCH a tool:

https://mobile.twitter.com/The_UnSilent_/status/1023329570567667712/video/1

Scientists Warn Trump’s Border Wall Would Be A Disaster For Wildlife

Another reason why the border wall is a bad idea:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-border-wall-wildlife-scientists-signature_us_5b59dc2be4b0de86f49469fa

Evidence Shows Hackers Changed Votes in the 2016 Election But No One Will Admit It

We may never have a smoking gun, but at the very least this calls into question the legitimacy of Trump winning the presidency:

https://www.theroot.com/evidence-shows-hackers-changed-votes-in-the-2016-electi-1827871206

Free Speech Is Failing Us in America

An imperfect article, but the message makes sense:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godzooks/2018/07/first-amendment-free-speech-discard/

Emails Show Michigan Republicans Scheming To Gerrymander ‘Garbage’ Dems

HOW is gerrymandering even remotely legal?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michigan-gop-gerrymandering-emails_us_5b5971dbe4b0de86f4935f05

The Endangered Species Act Is Criticized for Its Costs. But It Generates More than $1 Trillion a Year

Shortsightedness is expensive:

http://time.com/5347260/endangered-species-act-reform/

Court: Emoluments Clause Applies To Trump And His Hotel Profits

It's about damn time:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-emoluments-clause_us_5b58bbb5e4b0de86f492ca16

1935 novel predicts Trump

We are living in an old novel:

Here’s the psychological problem that causes Trump supporters to keep getting duped

We knew this, but now here's the actual evidence:

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/heres-psychological-problem-causes-trump-supporters-keep-getting-duped/amp/

Trump EPA Plans To Revoke California’s Smog-Fighting Power: Report

This is unacceptable. CA is the last, best bastion fighting climate change in the US during the Trump administration:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-epa-plans-to-revoke-californias-smog-fighting-power_us_5b5605ede4b0b15aba912e33

The world’s biggest farms pollute more than any oil company

Another major reason to go to manufactured or non-meat meat:

https://qz.com/1332254/the-worlds-biggest-farms-contribute-more-to-climate-change-than-any-oil-company/

Steve King Is A White Supremacist, And The GOP Doesn’t Care

I knew he was an asshole, but not a white supremacist:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/steve-king-white-nationalist_us_5b3276f0e4b0b745f1784ebe

Donald Trump Is Not Homosexual, But He Is Definitely Homosocial

It helps explain Trump's misogyny:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-signorile-trump-homosocial_us_5b4d3407e4b0fd5c73be241a

The Thucydides trap: What America gets wrong about China

A different and interesting perspective on US-China rivalry:

https://bigthink.com/videos/david-kang-the-thucydides-trap-what-america-gets-wrong-about-china

Russiagate Is Far Wider Than Trump and His Inner Circle

Yikes:

https://www.thenation.com/article/russiagate-far-wider-trump-inner-circle/

How to Tell If You Are Running a Money Laundry

1. Despite your multiple bankruptcies, shady foreign investors with ties to the Russian mob happily bankroll your projects. 

2. Your investment portfolio consists largely of golf courses, a dying business so terrible Nike took a huge write-off to get out. 

3. Your golf courses report huge losses year after year, but you keep buying more of them. 

4. You sell hideous, overpriced apartments -- to foreigners. When asked about your customers, you brag to a real estate publication that "The Russian market is attracted to me."

5. Asked who bankrolls your projects without banks, your son blurts out "Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. . . . We see a lot of money pouring in from Russia."

6. You license your name to developers in money laundering capitals like Panama and they get caught ... money laundering.

7. The one bank that still does business with you paid a billion dollars in fines for ... money laundering. 

8. You buy a rundown estate in Florida for $40 million in 2004 and, without improvements, you sell it to a Russian oligarch for $95 million four years later, during the market crash.

Asked about election interference, President Trump talks about Clinton emails

If you watch the whole segment, it's clear that Trump's "would/wouldn't" explanation is contradicted by everything else he said:

https://www.facebook.com/ezraklein/videos/asked-about-election-interference-president/944375235750079/

Trump Wanted a Summit With Putin. He Got Way More Than He Bargained For

This is a good summary of all the blowback from the Helsinki summit:

http://time.com/5342747/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-summit-2/

I'm Bill Browder. Here's the Biggest Mistake Putin Made When Trying to Get Access to Me Through Trump

A little perspective:

http://time.com/5340545/bill-browder-vladimir-putin-magnitsky-act-donald-trump/

Can political party predict adultery?

I'm really not surprised by the results:

https://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/can-political-party-predict-adultery

A closer look at Trump's trade war with China

https://www.quora.com/Chinas-nominal-GDP-is-still-half-maybe-60-of-that-of-the-USAs-but-Trump-has-already-started-a-trade-war-against-China-Is-China-going-to-become-a-USSR-part-two-How-can-China-save-itself/answer/Jeremy-Brookins?share=b3512334&srid=uBhZO

The Most Incompetent Demagogue In History

Some interesting and useful perspectives here:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kuttner-trump-putin_us_5b4c0159e4b0e7c958fc77a7

Republicans’ favorite FBI conspiracy theory goes up in smoke during Strzok hearing

If your intention is to sink the other side, you don't HELP them:

https://thinkprogress.org/peter-strzok-debunked-republicans-favorite-fbi-conspiracy-theory-before-his-hearing-even-started-c6504664d7c2/

Agent Strzok interrogation exposes the hypocrisy in the GOP

I'm surprised this hasn't gone more viral:

https://mobile.twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/status/1017543754910224385/video/1

Extinction is a natural process, but it’s happening at 1,000 times the normal speed

https://bigthink.com/the-conversation/extinction-is-a-natural-process-but-its-happening-at-1000-times-the-normal-speed

But of course, the Trump administration is putting its foot on the accelerator, like this:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/05/climate/trump-environment-rules-reversed.html

Democracy Isn't Perfect, But It Will Still Prevail

A longer-range look at why there's reason for hope, despite Trump:

http://time.com/5336615/democracy-will-prevail/

President Trump Says NATO Allies Owe the U.S. Money. He's Wrong

You'd think the president would know AT LEAST what any amateur student of politics would know:

http://time.com/5335111/donald-trump-nato-spending-facts/

Seth Abramson on Trump-Kennedy collusion

Well, I certainly wouldn't put it past this administration:

https://mobile.twitter.com/sethabramson/status/1016713769551089666?s=12

Trump Admin Favored Corporations In Opposing Breastfeeding Resolution: Report

I think this is on page 98 of the villainy playbook:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-favored-corporations-over-babies-in-opposing-breastfeeding-resolution_us_5b42726ae4b07b827cc1e377

And while we're at it...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/year-old-baby-appears-in-immigration-court_us_5b4290e3e4b07b827cc1e76c

"Judge John Richardson said he was “embarrassed to ask” if Johan understood the proceedings, AP reported. “I don’t know who you would explain it to, unless you think that a 1-year-old could learn immigration law,” he told Johan’s attorney."

No one really knows what ICE is supposed to be. Politicians love that

FYI, ICE is not tasked with protecting the borders:

https://qz.com/1316098/what-is-ice-supposed-to-do-the-strange-history-of-us-immigration-and-customs-enforcement/

Tomi Lahren Warns It’d Be A ‘Big Mistake’ Overturning Roe v. Wade

My 2007 observation was that liberals/progressives win on social issues. Seems like conservative pundit Tomi Lahren has also made the same observation:

“We lose when we start tampering with social issues,” she said.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tomi-lahren-pro-roe-v-wade_us_5b42396ce4b07b827cc1cb65

EPA Sitting On Warnings About Cancer-Causing Chemical: Report

Some of Pruitt's legacy:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/epa-suppressing-formaldehyde-health-assessment_us_5b4189e1e4b05127ccf2dd3d

Former GOP Leader Bill Frist Calls On Republican Senate To Protect Mueller

More rebellion against Trump in the Republican ranks:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/former-gop-majority-leader-bill-frist-calls-on-republican-senate-to-protect-mueller_us_5b412d43e4b05127ccf2cb65

Trump Crammed A Remarkable Amount Of Misogyny Into Just 24 Hours

More examples of Trump's misogyny:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-aggressive-misogyny_us_5b3fbfcae4b05127ccf1e254

A group of Christians attended a pride parade to apologize for how they've treated the LGBT community

As a reminder from my 2007 video titled The Conservative Challenge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFM3LYsND50), the idea is that liberals/progressives keep losing the battles before winning the war. Gay marriage went from a whole bunch of laws prohibiting it to rapid legalization in many states, driven by the gradual but seemingly inevitable shift in society's values toward the more liberal position. And with it, even conservatives have come to adopt the liberal values. Now some are starting to apologize for their treatment of LGBTQ people:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/02/health/christians-apologize-at-pride-parade-trnd/index.html

Donald Trump Flirting With Fascism

More evidence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfl9LgJR3iA

Trump’s Impulsive Foreign Policy Moves Are Starting to Backfire. He’s Not Taking It Well.

Given all the evidence for Trump's incompetence, I can't decide whether his supporters are ignorant, stupid or evil:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/trumps-impulsive-foreign-policy-moves-are-starting-to-backfire-hes-not-going-to-take-it-well.html

Fintan O’Toole: Trial runs for fascism are in full flow

Unfortunately, this is entirely, depressingly plausible:

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-trial-runs-for-fascism-are-in-full-flow-1.3543375

Scott Pruitt’s Replacement Is Even Worse

Out of the frying pan and into the fire?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-pruitt-andrew-wheeler-epa_us_5b3e906ae4b09e4a8b2b4e70

Conservative Columnist Max Boot: ‘I Want Democrats To Take Over’

I do love seeing these conversions:

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b3d7b35e4b09e4a8b29d1cb

Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, U.S. official says

You know he's itching to blow some shit up, right?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ap-trump-pressed-aides-on-venezuela-invasion-us-official-says/

One fascinating reason things never seem to get better

For my pessimistic associates:

https://bigthink.com/robby-berman/one-fascinating-reason-things-never-seem-to-get-better

Infographic comparing the most religious regions of the US to various societal metrics

For those who think that being a Christian fundamentalist makes you a better person:

Trump Has a Bill That Would Blow Up the WTO. It’s Called the U.S. FART Act.

Seriously:

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/trumps-u-s-fart-act-would-pull-america-out-of-the-wto-united-states-fair-and-reciprocal-tariff-act.html

This government CAN'T be real. Did someone resurrect Alan Funt?

Trump Has Lied And Twisted Facts To Justify His Harsh Immigration Policies

Here are some good data to refer to against anyone who may try to use Trump's claims to justify his immigration policies:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-administration-lies-immigration-family-separations_us_5b3689cfe4b08c3a8f6a3b73

New Evidence That the World Really Is Getting Better

Since we could all use a reality check justifying optimism:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/07/01/new-evidence-that-the-world-really-is-getting-better/#sm.0001p9abvhotbf0jwc02kzluw8213

Puerto Rico introduces bill to become 51st U.S. state by 2021

This would be a nice way to get two more Democrats in the Senate...assuming Puerto Ricans are still pissed at Trump's negligent response to their hurricane disaster:

https://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/puerto-rico-could-become-51st-us-state-under-new-proposal

Hey, Democrats: Pack The Court

This is an intriguing solution to (eventually) counter the SCOTUS turning hard conservative:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hey-democrats-pack-the-court_us_5b33f7a8e4b0b5e692f3f3d4

Here's What Could Happen to Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights After Justice Kennedy's Retirement

Abortion rights will likely be slowly eroded, not quickly:

http://time.com/5325124/justice-anthony-kennedy-supreme-court-roe-v-wade-overturned/

Deadweight Donald--Polls show the president is an albatross on his party heading into November

Since we could use some encouragement:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/polls-show-donald-trump-is-an-albatross-on-his-party-heading-into-november.html

If The Court Can’t Force CPCs To Tell The Truth, It Can’t Force Abortion Providers To Lie

Sometimes you can use unjust laws to just ends:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-rikelman-myrick-supreme-court-crisis-pregnancy-abortion_us_5b3398c2e4b0cb56051e0aaa

What Makes People Distrust Science? Surprisingly, Not Politics

But religion, yes:

https://singularityhub.com/2018/06/24/what-makes-people-distrust-science-surprisingly-not-politics

Evangelicals and the Whitewashing of Jesus

Why conservative Christians are so racist, despite what they believe Jesus taught:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2018/06/24/12362/

Mitch McConnell Reaps The Benefits Of His Stolen Supreme Court Seat

First this:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-neil-gorsuch-conservative-court_us_5b326aabe4b0cb56051c92d6

And now Justice Kennedy is leaving the Supreme Court BEFORE the Democrats have a chance to take back Congress:

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/27/politics/anthony-kennedy-retires/index.html

Why Obama didn't fight tooth and nail for his right to fill Scalia's seat, I don't know. But it was a tragedy that could be a disaster for this country for a generation or more.

Steve Schmidt Helped Run Republican Campaigns for Years. Here's Why He Quit the GOP

Glad to see at least SOME Republicans aren't pure evil:

http://time.com/5319120/steve-schmidt-republican-party/

Forget Civility – Intolerance Should Not Be Tolerated

A good point here:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2018/06/forget-civility-intolerance-should-not-be-tolerated/

Inside The Trump-Backed Campaign To Push Angela Merkel Out Of Power

And then Trump tries to interfere with the governments of our allies for personal political gain:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/angela-merkel-donald-trump-immigration_us_5b2bbc25e4b00295f15a1d5d

Trump Is Trying to Dismantle the World Order. Is NATO Next on His List?

It's like Trump is out to destroy everything of value the US has built:

http://time.com/5319626/trump-nato-summit-military-spending-germany/

The US withdrawal from the UNHRC is a gift to Xi Jinping and China

Trump rages against China, then kisses their leader's ass and makes it easier for China to dominate the region. Moron:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2018/jun/22/the-us-withdrawal-from-the-unhrc-is-perfect-for-xi-jinping-and-china

Why won’t the mainstream media tell the truth about racist ghoul Stephen Miller?

The complaint about the mainstream media isn't necessary, but the article does have some useful information on Stephen Miller:

https://www.salon.com/2018/06/20/why-wont-the-mainstream-media-tell-the-truth-about-racist-ghoul-stephen-miller/

Bill would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases his tax returns

What a brilliant and simple idea:

https://www.wfla.com/national/bill-would-keep-trump-off-2020-ballot-unless-he-releases-his-tax-returns/1251559081

There's a theme to Trump's low points as President

"The theme tying them together is his aversion to new people coming into the country."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/20/politics/trump-moral-outrages-republicans/index.html

Trump Drowns Ocean Protections During National Ocean Month

Apparently the separation of children from immigrant and asylum-seeking parents wasn't enough evil for the week, so Trump went and did this:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-ocean-executive-order-national-ocean-month_us_5b2a8ddbe4b0f0b9e9a7e186

Why Trump's 'Space Force' Won't — and Shouldn't — Happen

Sorry, Trump, but the "Space Force" already exists:

http://time.com/5316007/space-force-trump/

‘What This Amounts to Is Child Abuse.’ Psychologists Warn Against Separating Kids From Their Parents

We know Trump punches down, but THIS down is a new low:

http://time.com/5316030/kids-separation-parents-psychological-harm/

Why Trump's Trade War With China Is So Risky

So much for "it's easy to win trade wars." Easy for the other side, perhaps--it's easy for them to target the livelihoods of Trump voters:

http://time.com/5314894/donald-trump-china-trade-war/

Study: Trump voters show high levels of ‘sexual disgust’

Higher levels of disgust, and higher levels of disgusting:

http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/study-trump-voters-show-higher-levels-of-sexual-disgust-2

Fuck Trump.

A worthy rant:

https://mobile.twitter.com/chuckwendig/status/1007604299713667073?s=12

Why is unemployment in the US so low under Donald Trump?

Putting Trump's economic news into perspective:

https://www.quora.com/Why-is-unemployment-in-the-US-so-low-under-Donald-Trump/answer/Clint-Potts-1?share=ebdf134b&srid=uBhZO

Antarctica Is Melting Away: More Than 3 Trillion Tons of Ice Vanished Since 1992

I fear that conservatives won't come around until it's way too late:

https://www.livescience.com/62811-antarctica-3-trillion-tons-ice-lost.html

Democrats Score Special Election Upset In Wisconsin District Trump Won Big

I like seeing news like this:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/caleb-frostman-wisconsin_us_5b2079ade4b09d7a3d7845e9

President Trump Is Wrong. The Mueller Probe Is Constitutional

This is strong precedent:

http://time.com/5304214/mueller-probe-constitutional/

Judge orders EPA to disclose any science backing up Pruitt’s climate claims

Good, call his bluff:

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/judge-orders-epa-to-disclose-any-science-backing-up-pruitts-climate-claims/

Have I ever mentioned how much I despise Pruitt?

Maine Is About To Try Out A New Way Of Electing Politicians

I have been wishing for ranked-choice voting for literally decades now, so I'm pleased to see this implemented. It helps eliminate extreme candidates and encourages candidates to be be more inclusive:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/maine-new-way-electing-politicians_us_5b16fe45e4b0734a99386f47

It Sure Looks Like The Courts Are About To Get Tougher On Black People

Evidence racism is baked into all parts of the modern Republican party:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/courts-about-to-get-tougher-black-people_us_5b106d08e4b02143b7caf710

Climate Change Killed the Aliens, and It Will Probably Kill Us Too, New Simulation Suggests

This is why climate change should be our biggest priority, not the economy:

https://www.livescience.com/62750-climate-change-killed-aliens-easter-island.html

Trump says he has the ‘absolute right’ to pardon himself. Does he?

An informative look at the legality and precedent of the issue:

http://bigthink.com/stephen-johnson/trump-says-he-has-absolute-right-to-pardon-himself-does-he

Secret memo to Mueller actually reveals weakness of Trump’s position

This is a rather encouraging analysis of the admission that Trump dictated his response to Don Jr.:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/06/04/secret-memo-to-mueller-actually-reveals-weakness-of-trumps-position/

Renowned Economist Jeffrey Sachs Rips Trump As A Gibbering, ‘Delusional’ Threat

Good points in a good rant:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeffrey-sachs-slams-delusional-psychopathic-trump_us_5b11e510e4b0d5e89e1fc756

Former Intelligence Chiefs Explain How President Trump Sows Distrust to His Advantage

This is arguably the scariest part of the Trump administration:

http://time.com/5296645/james-clapper-michael-hayden-donald-trump-spies/

What makes people distrust science? Surprisingly, not politics

Hint: It's religion.

http://bigthink.com/aeon-ideas/what-makes-people-distrust-science-surprisingly-not-politics

Documents Reveal the Mormon Church Has Investments Worth At Least $32 Billion

If they're a non-profit (prophet?) organization, shouldn't they not profit?

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2018/05/31/documents-reveal-the-mormon-church-has-investments-worth-at-least-32-billion/

Sen. Warren: Trump’s New Proposal Is Another Attempt by the Government to Control Women’s Bodies

http://time.com/5292145/elizabeth-warren-trump-domestic-gag-rule-abortion/

The Polls Are All Right

A nice little lesson in margin of error:

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-polls-are-all-right/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Republicans Who Thought North Korea Summit Would Save Election Now Rebooting

I wonder if we can sue Trump voters for reckless endangerment?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-north-korea-summit-save-election-now-rebooting_us_5b0c6b13e4b0568a880dbdfd

President Trump has made 3,001 false or misleading claims so far

Just a reminder how much of a liar Trump is:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2018/05/01/president-trump-has-made-3001-false-or-misleading-claims-so-far/?utm_term=.6be5638fa579

Alternative Math | Short Film

A perfect short film for our times:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3Yz3PiXZw&feature=youtu.be

White House Officials Reportedly Considered Just ‘Ignoring’ New Climate Research

This is pure evil:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-ignore-climate-research-report_us_5b066bf7e4b07c4ea104e2a7

‘60 Minutes’ Reporter Reveals Trump’s Chilling Reason For Slamming The Press

No surprise here...other than Trump admitting it outright:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/60-minutes-reporter-trump-chilling-reason-for-slamming-press_us_5b048109e4b07c4ea102c8ca

Trump personally pushed postmaster general to double rates on Amazon, other firms

Something that hasn't made much of a stir but should:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-personally-pushed-postmaster-general-to-double-rates-on-amazon-other-firms/2018/05/18/2b6438d2-5931-11e8-858f-12becb4d6067_story.html

There Is Only One Trump Scandal

Rolling all Trump's scandals into one: corruption:

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/there-is-only-one-trump-scandal/560825/

Stephanie Kelton Has The Biggest Idea In Washington

Very interesting solution that could appeal to both conservatives and liberals (though mostly liberals), since it could fund all their agendas...if it actually works:

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephanie-kelton-economy-washington_us_5afee5eae4b0463cdba15121

If the media actually told the 'good news' about Trump, it would still be pretty bad news

A lot of good arguments for why Trump's best news isn't really all that great:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/13/1763340/-If-the-media-actually-told-the-good-news-about-Trump-it-would-still-be-pretty-bad-news

Arguments for why even Trump's best news isn't really all that great:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/13/1763340/-If-the-media-actually-told-the-good-news-about-Trump-it-would-still-be-pretty-bad-news

The 'Strongmen Era' Is Here. Here’s What It Means for You

This is pretty depressing, but unfortunately rings true:

http://time.com/5264170/the-strongmen-era-is-here-heres-what-it-means-for-you/