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• 5 DailyKos Headlines
• Oct 15, 2019 Trump failing to convince non-Republican voters that he gives a damn about their health care Donald Trump continues to push the ridiculous fiction that he'll have a fabulous health plan that takes care of all the people with pre-existing conditions and that he'll get it done if he's just reelected in 2020. And it's not convincing anyone. Well, except the shrunken base of shrunken-head...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 15, 2019 Why there's no room for a Shepard Smith in today's right-wing, Trump-boosting media Shepard Smith’s sudden departure from Fox News signaled that the drawbridge has effectively been raised, and all Trump nonbelievers belong on the other side of Rupert Murdoch's cable castle. No longer a place where any serious dissension—or Trump fact-checking—is allowed, Fox News has...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Ft. Worth officer who shot woman in her home resigns. Police chief promises more to come In a public statement, Ft. Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus said that the officer who shot and killed 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home as she played video games with her nephew has resigned from the police department. Reading from prepared remarks, Kraus said that had the officer not...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Trump, calling himself an 'island of one' on Syria, doubles down on his disastrous decision Calling himself "an island of one," Donald Trump is convinced that his decision to potentially kick off World War III in Syria was the right thing to do. Or he knows that it was entirely in his personal interest—those hotels in Istanbul—and will say whatever he thinks gives him a modicum of...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 White House saw Trey Gowdy as its impeachment savior. He was better than nothing For a hot minute, former GOP Rep. Trey Gowdy was the brand new face of Donald Trump's impeachment defense team, just when things were starting to head south for Rudy Giuliani, the guy who had been serving that purpose. But just as quickly as Gowdy's name surfaced, so did reports that he...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Daily Beast
• Oct 15, 2019 Ronan Farrow: AMI’s Dylan Howard Ordered ‘Dirt on That Bitch,’ Rose McGowan, and Shielded Trump and Weinstein Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyIt’s no wonder that former National Enquirer editor in chief Dylan Howard has hired a multinational team of lawyers on three continents in an attempt to suppress New Yorker writer Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill.The picture that emerges of the...     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Kathy Griffin on Being in ‘Trump’ Massacre Video: ‘Oh, Fuck’ Monday night, I’d gone to dinner with my friend, the comedian and frequent Trump target Kathy Griffin.  She was in New York promoting the documentary A Hell of a Story, about what happened after that infamous picture.  While I went to the bathroom, she looked at her phone and saw an article...     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 U.S. Surveillance Turns Away from ISIS—and to Its Own Troops Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/GettyThe retreat of U.S. forces in Syria away from the Turkish invasion is having a downstream effect benefitting the so-called Islamic State. The American surveillance aircraft that had been watching ISIS are now watching their own troops. Protecting the...     Daily Beast        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Scouted: These Are the Most Comfortable Shoes I Own and I Wear Them Absolutely Everywhere As I write these words, I am wearing my dark blue Hush Puppies Performance Expert Oxford sneakers while tucked into seat 31A on a cross-country flight. Whenever I am traveling, these are my go-tom shoes. Likewise, if I’m going to be spending a day bouncing around meetings in NYC, going from...     Daily Beast        more   
• Mother Jones Politics
• Oct 14, 2019 Trump Is Going Ballistic Because the Walls Are Closing In From the day Donald Trump assumed the presidency, it’s been clear that he planned to burn it down. Not the office itself, but the system on which it is built: the credibility of the electoral system by which that formidable power is attained. The norms, customs, and processes that constrain it....     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Congress Prepares to Unload on Trump’s Disastrous Syria Policy When President Donald Trump announced his decision to permit a Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria last week, outraged lawmakers were on recess and left with little recourse to register their concerns about the fate of the Kurds outside of Twitter and the Sunday news shows. Now they are...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Impeachment Liveblog: Former Trump Aide on Russia and Ukraine Testifies President Donald Trump’s former top adviser on all things Ukraine and Russia is testifying before House investigators today. Fiona Hill, who resigned from her post just days before the now-infamous July 25 phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, will reportedly...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 A Gruesome Video Depicting Trump Murdering Journalists, Political Opponents Was Shown at His Resort A gruesome video depicting President Donald Trump shooting and slaying members of the media, as well as his political opponents, was played at a pro-Trump political gathering hosted at a Florida resort owned by the president this weekend. Scenes from the video, which parodies the 2014 film...     Mother Jones Politics        more   
• Plunderbund
• Sep 20, 2019 Larry Householder Chooses Fundraiser Over Shooting Survivors Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, already an obstacle to passage of gun safety legislation, yesterday chose to attend a political fundraiser at a horse race instead of meeting with survivors of one Ohio mass shooting and the Mayor and police chief still leading the response to another.     Plunderbund        more   
• Sep 10, 2019 After Dayton, Ohio Lawmakers Seeking To Sell More Guns To Convicted Felons On the schedule this week? Not a single gun reform bill. Instead, House lawmakers will hear from supporters of a bill that prosecutors say would allow convicted violent felons to legally purchase guns.     Plunderbund        more   
• Aug 16, 2019 It’s About More Than Guns: Researching Caring Behavior Among Americans When I came across this handmade sign on display last year in a San Francisco apartment window, I thought that aside from scary reports about curious young children unknowingly poisoning themselves and teens ingesting laundry detergent on a dare, we weren’t there yet in pinning all things bad...     Plunderbund        more   
• Slate
• Oct 15, 2019 The 36 Bits of Software That Changed Our Lives Apollo 11, the JPEG, and yes, even the Roomba.     Slate        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Trump Unveils New Tariffs on Turkey, Threatens Sanctions Amid Syria Incursion The president unveiled the move after Pelosi and Graham agreed to work together on sanctions and supporting Kurdish allies in the region.     Slate        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Bloomberg Reportedly Still Itching to Run for President Now That Warren is Surging Close associates to the former mayor say he is likely to join the race if Joe Biden drops out in the early stages of the Democratic contest.     Slate        more   
• The Nation
• Oct 14, 2019 Welcome to the Early Stages of America’s Brexit Tom Engelhardt It’s not just Britain headed for the subbasement of imperial history. The post Welcome to the Early Stages of America’s Brexit appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Can Extinction Rebellion Put Climate Change ‘Beyond Politics’? Daniel Judt Right now their approach is making politicians come to them. The post Can Extinction Rebellion Put Climate Change ‘Beyond Politics’? appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 Next Year the Nobel Committee for Literature Needs to Look Beyond Europe’s Borders Jennifer Wilson Despite the differences between Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke, they both reflect a divided Europe as viewed only from within its borders. The post Next Year the Nobel Committee for Literature Needs to Look Beyond Europe’s Borders appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• Oct 14, 2019 The Halle Synagogue Attack Is an Ominous Sign of the German Far Right’s Growing Prominence Carol Schaeffer Halle, a bustling university town an hour’s train ride from Berlin, has become a kind of hub for the country’s New Right. The post The Halle Synagogue Attack Is an Ominous Sign of the German Far Right’s Growing Prominence appeared first on The Nation.     The Nation        more   
• The Hill
• Oct 15, 2019 Former Fort Worth police officer charged with murder in shooting of woman in her home The former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer who authorities said shot and killed a woman in her own home last weekend has been charged with murder.Aaron Dean was arrested and booked into the Tarrant County Jail Monday afternoon, hours...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 15, 2019 Graham throws support behind Trump's Turkey sanctions Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday night that he backs President Trump's decision to slap new financial penalties on Turkey and that the administration deserved "reasonable time and space" to implement its strate...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 15, 2019 California utility hit over power outages California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) and a California utility regulator knocked Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) for its execution of the largest power outage in state history.In ...     The Hill        more   
• Oct 15, 2019 Oregon GOP's push to recall Democratic governor fails due to lack of signatures A Republican-led push in Oregon to recall Gov. Kate Brown (D) has failed after the campaign fell short of the required number of signatures needed to qualify for the state ballot.According to ...     The Hill        more   
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