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• 5 DailyKos Headlines
• Oct 16, 2017 Rex Tillerson not literally castrated—please, no film at 11 It turns out there is some good news in Washington. Tapper also asked Tillerson to respond to Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), who said during his weeklong feud with the president that Trump had “publicly castrated” the secretary of state. ... “I checked; I’m fully intact,” Tillerson...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 Republican senator: The big premium hikes caused by Trump's Obamacare sabotage 'helps the family' Campaign Action Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy teamed up with South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham to create the very worst of the still-standing "replacement" plans for Obamacare, and he's still trying to make it happen. That means Cassidy must keep popular vote loser Donald Trump on his side....     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 Trump campaign spent $1 million on lawyers in just three months Donald Trump promised he’d create jobs as president. He didn’t mention they’d mostly be jobs for lawyers representing himself and his son in the investigation into Trump campaign collusion with Russia: The $1.1 million the campaign spent on lawyers during the third quarter of the year...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 Trump still silent about actual American soldiers who died on his watch Donald Trump has his priorities. One Week in Donald Trump's Twitter Feed Attacking Promoting Bragging About Free Press — 13 tweets Fox News — 4 tweets Himself — 8 tweets Democrats — 8 tweets Other Trumps — 3 tweets Stock Market — 7...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 Seven out of 10 Americans are telling Trump he's delusional on Obamacare sabotage Campaign Action Popular vote loser Donald Trump still seems to be operating under the assumption that no one is going to blame him when he destroys Obamacare. On this, as on most things, Trump is delusional. Seven in ten Americans (71 percent) think President Trump and his administration...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Daily Beast
• Oct 17, 2017 Trevor Noah Knows Why Trump and Fox News Hate Chicago So Much On its first of four nights in Chicago, ‘The Daily Show’ tried to debunk some damaging misconceptions about the city.     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 17, 2017 David Fincher’s ‘Mindhunter’ Brings You Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer The new Netflix series—now streaming—is dark, mysterious, and thoroughly riveting.     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 17, 2017 Hollywood’s Other ‘Open Secret’ Besides Harvey Weinstein: Preying on Young Boys ‘This is a place where adults have more direct and inappropriate connection with children than probably anywhere else in the world,’ claimed former child actor Corey Feldman.     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 17, 2017 Christian Right Ditches ‘Values,’ Hooks Up With Trump Up is down, right is wrong, and the thrice-married real estate developer is ‘the most faith-centric, pro-life president of our lifetime.’     Daily Beast        more   
• Plunderbund
• Oct 13, 2017 GOP Gov Hopefuls Unafraid To Join Kasich Piñata Party It’s probably not a stretch to say that few Republican officeholders really liked Ohio Gov. John Kasich, before or after he became governor. But they had to accommodate the great reformer’s petulant personality and sanctimonious self after he squeaked by Ted Strickland in 2010....     Plunderbund        more   
• Oct 13, 2017 Trump’s Flying Wallendas This may seem a tad silly to you, but what good is a democracy if you can’t be as whacky  as the president? I’m talking about the devastating fire in California which, Heaven knows, doesn’t lend itself to silliness. So can we conclude that, say, Pat Robertson, the prayerful old white...     Plunderbund        more   
• Oct 12, 2017 Strickland: American politics is now a ‘blood sport’ for many ATHENS – Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland thinks that for many people American politics have become a blood sport. “There is polarization in our politics, but there doesn’t have to be hate,” he told the Ohio University chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Tuesday night at...     Plunderbund        more   
• Slate
• Oct 17, 2017 Sarah Kliff ­­­­­­­­­on the Big Questions Listen to Episode 849 of Slate’s The Gist:     Slate        more   
• Oct 17, 2017 “I Don’t Think I Was Brave. I Was Angry.” In the wake of Harvey Weinstein’s ouster from the celebrated film studio that bears his name, which came only days after the New York Times first reported his allegedly decades-old pattern of harassment and assault, it’s tempting to believe that we’re entering a new era of intolerance for...     Slate        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 Teens Love the App TBH, so Facebook Is Buying TBH You know what they say: If you can’t bring the teens to Facebook, just … buy the app where they’re all hanging out. Or something like that. On Monday, hit app TBH announced that Facebook is acquiring it.     Slate        more   
• The Hill
• Oct 15, 2017 Trump golfs with Rand Paul President Trump headed to his golf course in Virginia with Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Sunday morning, according to multiple reports.White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters confirmed that Trump is golfing with Paul, acc...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 15, 2017 Psychologists march through NY to call for Trump's removal A group of psychologists and mental health professionals on Saturday marched through New York calling for President Trump to be removed from office.The group - which included more than 100 psychologists and mental...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 15, 2017 Tillerson: Staying in the Iran deal in best interest of the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday he believes staying in the Iran nuclear deal is in the best interest of the U.S.During an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," Tillerson was asked whether he agrees...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 15, 2017 ‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Pence’s NFL walkout "Saturday Night Live" in its latest episode mocked Vice President Mike Pence's decision to leave an NFL game after some players kneeled during the national anthem.Alec Baldwin, reprising his impersonation of Presid...     The Hill        more   
• Mother Jones Politics
• Oct 16, 2017 There’s Very Little Welfare Left for Trump to Reform At a meeting with his Cabinet on Monday, President Donald Trump hinted at his next big agenda item: welfare reform. “Some people are really taking advantage of the system,” he said, according to Bloomberg White House correspondent Jennifer Jacobs. The problem is that there’s...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 Trump Reportedly Joked About Pence Wanting to “Hang” All the Gays Mike Pence might be constitutionally protected from his boss’s firing powers, but that doesn’t mean he’s escaped the president’s propensity for openly mocking top administration officials. According to The New Yorker’s Jane Mayer, President Donald Trump has...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 Trump is Coming for Your Birth Control. Can States Stop Him? The Trump administration recently announced a rule that will gut the Obamacare mandate that required most employers cover the cost of birth control in their insurance plans. The rule, which will make it much easier for employers to opt out of covering contraceptives, is just one of...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 16, 2017 A Mississippi Town Finally Desegregated Its Schools, 60 Years Late There was a time, about 60 years ago, when many of principal Randy Grierson’s students wouldn’t have been allowed to step foot in the building that now houses Cleveland Central High School. But on a morning in August, there they were, a gaggle of goofy teens joking and chattering...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
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