Trump private security force ‘playing with fire’: The president-elect continues to employ a battalion of retired cops and FBI agents to protect him and clamp down on protesters.
David Fahrenthold tells the behind-the-scenes story of his year covering Trump
Scientists Turn Algae Into Crude Oil In Less Than An Hour: Researchers believe they have figured out a way to make a promising biofuel that is cheap enough to compete with gasoline
Cancellation of Lancaster Co. Christmas play goes viral
U.S. Court Rules Dreadlock Ban During Hiring Process Is Legal
Trump voters didn’t take him literally on Obamacare. Oops?
Obama just took a parting shot at Israel — and Trump — at the UN
An Open Letter to the Middle Ground Trump Supporter Regarding LGBTQ Rights
Yes, there is shame in not knowing
U.S. Had Cyberattack Plan if Iran Nuclear Dispute Led to Conflict
Trump Campaign Manager Condemns Democrats for Trying to Delegitimize the President-elect
Teen Vogue’s Lauren Duca Battled a Fox News “Partisan Hack” and Young Feminism Came Out the Winner
A plan to make America 1953 again
Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking
And the Trade War Came
Why Netanyahu Will Miss Obama
Kerry Rebukes Israel, Calling Settlements a Threat to Peace
How Republics End
Hundreds of Witches Just Hexed Stanford Rapist Brock Turner
Friday, December 30, 2016
Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-21
Never Normalize: Why Trump’s Presidency Is Illegitimate And How To Respond
My President Was Black - "'And so I’m careful not to attribute any particular resistance or slight or opposition to race. But what I do believe is that if somebody didn’t have a problem with their daddy being employed by the federal government, and didn’t have a problem with the Tennessee Valley Authority electrifying certain communities, and didn’t have a problem with the interstate highway system being built, and didn’t have a problem with the GI Bill, and didn’t have a problem with the [Federal Housing Administration] subsidizing the suburbanization of America, and that all helped you build wealth and create a middle class—and then suddenly as soon as African Americans or Latinos are interested in availing themselves of those same mechanisms as ladders into the middle class, you now have a violent opposition to them—then I think you at least have to ask yourself the question of how consistent you are, and what’s different, and what’s changed.'"
What Their Reactions to Monday's Attacks Reveal About Trump and Obama: Two sets of statements tell radically different stories about who was being attacked, and why.
My President Was Black - "'And so I’m careful not to attribute any particular resistance or slight or opposition to race. But what I do believe is that if somebody didn’t have a problem with their daddy being employed by the federal government, and didn’t have a problem with the Tennessee Valley Authority electrifying certain communities, and didn’t have a problem with the interstate highway system being built, and didn’t have a problem with the GI Bill, and didn’t have a problem with the [Federal Housing Administration] subsidizing the suburbanization of America, and that all helped you build wealth and create a middle class—and then suddenly as soon as African Americans or Latinos are interested in availing themselves of those same mechanisms as ladders into the middle class, you now have a violent opposition to them—then I think you at least have to ask yourself the question of how consistent you are, and what’s different, and what’s changed.'"
What Their Reactions to Monday's Attacks Reveal About Trump and Obama: Two sets of statements tell radically different stories about who was being attacked, and why.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Monday, December 19, 2016
Friday, December 16, 2016
Thursday, December 15, 2016
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-14
Trump’s national security adviser shared secrets without permission, files show
America’s dangerous education myth: Why it isn’t the best anti-poverty program: Here's what's behind the claim that education is the panacea to inequality -- and why it has the answer all wrong
Buck Up, Democrats, and Fight Like Republicans
America’s dangerous education myth: Why it isn’t the best anti-poverty program: Here's what's behind the claim that education is the panacea to inequality -- and why it has the answer all wrong
Buck Up, Democrats, and Fight Like Republicans
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-10 through 2016-12-13
Trump Is Still Not Very Popular, and His Problem With Women Could Return
Thank you, Trump voters, for this wonderful joke
An Alt-Right Makeover Shrouds the Swastikas
Trump: Madman of the Year
Who will stand up to Donald Trump?
John McCain, it’s time
Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House
How Realistic Is the Way Amy Adams’ Character Hacks the Alien Language In Arrival? We Asked a Linguist.
Identity Issues Don’t Distract From Economic Issues — They Are Economic Issues
This Trump voter didn't think Trump was serious about repealing her health insurance
A big change to U.S. broadcasting is coming — and it’s one Putin might admire
Thank you, Trump voters, for this wonderful joke
An Alt-Right Makeover Shrouds the Swastikas
Trump: Madman of the Year
Who will stand up to Donald Trump?
John McCain, it’s time
Secret CIA assessment says Russia was trying to help Trump win White House
How Realistic Is the Way Amy Adams’ Character Hacks the Alien Language In Arrival? We Asked a Linguist.
Identity Issues Don’t Distract From Economic Issues — They Are Economic Issues
This Trump voter didn't think Trump was serious about repealing her health insurance
A big change to U.S. broadcasting is coming — and it’s one Putin might admire
Friday, December 9, 2016
Thursday, December 8, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-08
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-06
Call it a ‘crazy idea,’ Facebook, but you need an executive editor
The Lakers Love Basketball: A month with Luke Walton and the youthful, fast-paced, fun-as-hell Lakers, who are getting along, winning games, and waking up after the Kobe era
How Byron Scott found out he got fired from the Lakers and what he plans to do next
Golden State's Draymond Green problem
The Year the Hourlong Drama Died: Or at least took a backseat. In 2016, our favorite TV shows were miniseries, anthologies, and boundary-pushing half-hours.
He ‘lied his a– off': Carrier union leader on Trump’s big deal
Who's conning whom in Donald Trump's America: Voting for Trump was not voting for a con man; rather, it was a strategic action to maintain a fragile privilege.
Cancel Order!’ Donald Trump Attacks Plans for Upgraded Air Force One
The Dangerous Myth That Hillary Clinton Ignored the Working Class: To many white Trump voters, the problem wasn’t her economic stance, but the larger vision—a multi-ethnic social democracy—that it was a part of.
The Lakers Love Basketball: A month with Luke Walton and the youthful, fast-paced, fun-as-hell Lakers, who are getting along, winning games, and waking up after the Kobe era
How Byron Scott found out he got fired from the Lakers and what he plans to do next
Golden State's Draymond Green problem
The Year the Hourlong Drama Died: Or at least took a backseat. In 2016, our favorite TV shows were miniseries, anthologies, and boundary-pushing half-hours.
He ‘lied his a– off': Carrier union leader on Trump’s big deal
Who's conning whom in Donald Trump's America: Voting for Trump was not voting for a con man; rather, it was a strategic action to maintain a fragile privilege.
Cancel Order!’ Donald Trump Attacks Plans for Upgraded Air Force One
The Dangerous Myth That Hillary Clinton Ignored the Working Class: To many white Trump voters, the problem wasn’t her economic stance, but the larger vision—a multi-ethnic social democracy—that it was a part of.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-05
Trump’s Agents of Idiocracy
Washington gunman motivated by fake news 'Pizzagate' conspiracy
The End of the Anglo-American Order: For decades, the United States and Britain’s vision of democracy and freedom defined the postwar world. What will happen in an age of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage?
Paul Ryan On Donald Trump Tweeting Lies: ‘Who Cares?’: The House speaker can’t prove Trump’s allegations of voter fraud, but he doesn’t think the lies are a problem.
Man with rifle arrested at DC restaurant targeted by fake news conspiracy theories
Man Motivated by ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory Arrested in Washington Gunfire
Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump
SOUR KUSH: JARED KUSHNER IS 35 YEARS OLD AND MARRIED TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT’S DAUGHTER. HE ALSO MIGHT BE THE MOST POWERFUL — AND SCARIEST — PERSON IN POLITICS.
Washington gunman motivated by fake news 'Pizzagate' conspiracy
The End of the Anglo-American Order: For decades, the United States and Britain’s vision of democracy and freedom defined the postwar world. What will happen in an age of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage?
Paul Ryan On Donald Trump Tweeting Lies: ‘Who Cares?’: The House speaker can’t prove Trump’s allegations of voter fraud, but he doesn’t think the lies are a problem.
Man with rifle arrested at DC restaurant targeted by fake news conspiracy theories
Man Motivated by ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory Arrested in Washington Gunfire
Why I Will Not Cast My Electoral Vote for Donald Trump
SOUR KUSH: JARED KUSHNER IS 35 YEARS OLD AND MARRIED TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT’S DAUGHTER. HE ALSO MIGHT BE THE MOST POWERFUL — AND SCARIEST — PERSON IN POLITICS.
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-04
News organizations are telling writers to be clear that the alt-right is a racist movement: The movement rose in prominence as it pushed for Donald Trump’s election.
After Trump and Brexit, All Eyes Are on Italy’s Constitutional Referendum: The Dec. 4 ballot is the next opportunity for voters in a major economy to give the establishment a good kicking, Simon Nixon writes
After Trump and Brexit, All Eyes Are on Italy’s Constitutional Referendum: The Dec. 4 ballot is the next opportunity for voters in a major economy to give the establishment a good kicking, Simon Nixon writes
Reading archive 2016-12-03
Sarah Palin: Trump's Carrier deal is 'crony capitalism'
Trump voter lost home, blames incoming Treasury secretary
Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About
Hillary Clinton’s new makeup-free look signals a return to the uncompromising idealism of Hillary Rodham
Seduced and Betrayed by Donald Trump
Drunk men screaming Trump’s name try to rip off Muslim student’s hijab as straphangers stand idly by on East Side subway, cops say
Trump voter lost home, blames incoming Treasury secretary
Now Is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About
Hillary Clinton’s new makeup-free look signals a return to the uncompromising idealism of Hillary Rodham
Seduced and Betrayed by Donald Trump
Drunk men screaming Trump’s name try to rip off Muslim student’s hijab as straphangers stand idly by on East Side subway, cops say
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Reading archive 2016-12-01
The GOP’s Obamacare ‘Repeal-And-Delay’ Plan Is A Slow Motion Disaster: You can’t just leave 22 million people and the entire health care industry hanging for three years.
The Donald Trump-Pakistan Saga Is Worse Than You Thought: It highlights the trouble in the nuclear-armed nation and the president-elect’s lack of a policy for Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.
Teen Asks Trump Aide How She Can Work For An Accused Sexual Predator: Kellyanne Conway’s response was dismissive, to say the least.
A World of Trouble for Donald Trump
2016 Election: White Working Class and Trump Support
Everything mattered: lessons from 2016's bizarre presidential election: WTF just happened?
The Daily Trump: Filling a Time Capsule
Senate GOP Tips Its Hand: An Obamacare Replacement Could Be A Long Way Off
A Yale history professor’s powerful, 20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency
The Donald Trump-Pakistan Saga Is Worse Than You Thought: It highlights the trouble in the nuclear-armed nation and the president-elect’s lack of a policy for Pakistan, Afghanistan and India.
Teen Asks Trump Aide How She Can Work For An Accused Sexual Predator: Kellyanne Conway’s response was dismissive, to say the least.
A World of Trouble for Donald Trump
2016 Election: White Working Class and Trump Support
Everything mattered: lessons from 2016's bizarre presidential election: WTF just happened?
The Daily Trump: Filling a Time Capsule
Senate GOP Tips Its Hand: An Obamacare Replacement Could Be A Long Way Off
A Yale history professor’s powerful, 20-point guide to defending democracy under a Trump presidency
Reading archive 2016-11-22 through 2016-11-28
'Hail Trump!': White Nationalists Salute the President Elect: Video of an alt-right conference in Washington, D.C., where Trump’s victory was met with cheers and Nazi salutes.
Protecting Donald Trump costs New York City more than $1 million a day
An open letter from American University faculty members to students after the 2016 US elections
Fake News Onslaught Targets Pizzeria as Nest of Child-Trafficking
DONALD TRUMP PERSONALLY BLASTS THE PRESS
Questioning Donald Trump
Jews struggled for decades to become white. Now we must give up white privilege to fight racism.
She helped bring down Sheriff Arpaio. Now she’s ready to take on hate nationally.
Pat McCrory Lost the North Carolina Governorship. Now He’s Trying to Steal It.
Democrats won the most votes in the election. They should act like it. Democrats need to be an opposition party, not a minority party.
Breitbart isn’t ‘just a publication.’ It’s a pestilence.
Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II
Trump terrifies public school advocates with education secretary pick
Sexist men have psychological problems
Democratic Politics Have to Be "Identity Politics": Ignore the PC backlash. Under Trump, the Democratic Party needs to focus on the concerns of its most vulnerable members.
Why schools aren’t businesses: The blueberry story
This Iceland plant just turned carbon dioxide into solid rock — and they did it super fast
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study
How long before the white working class realizes Trump was just scamming them?
The head of National Museum of the American Indian on what we should all know
What the End of Obamacare Means for All of Us
Donald Trump Has Broken the Constitution: The President-Elect is a figure out of authoritarian politics, not the American tradition
Tips From White People on Hating the President: White people mastered the art of hate with President Obama. Here, a guide from them on how to hate the new one.
A #NoDAPL Map This pipeline could endanger the drinking water of millions.
Stranger Things and the Upside Down Dawn of Donald Trump
Sports Radio in the Age of Trump: For hosts like Colin Cowherd, it’s more important to be “interesting” than “right.” That’s why the president-elect has replaced sports chatter as the topic of choice.
Why I Left White Nationalism
Trump’s Promises Will Be Hard to Keep, but Coal Country Has Faith
Delta Air Lines Bans Disruptive Donald Trump Supporter for Life
Clinton team starts firing back at Trump: Her operation has been careful to frame its participation in the recount as simply reflecting a desire to be helpful and a response to voters’ concerns.
Millions of Muslims take part in mass pilgrimage of Arbaeen – in spite of Isis Isis has attacked the nearby city of Karbala using suicide bombers
The Democrats’ Real Turnout Problem
Dear President-Elect Trump: Here’s How to Fix Your Conflict-of-Interest Problem
Protecting Donald Trump costs New York City more than $1 million a day
An open letter from American University faculty members to students after the 2016 US elections
Fake News Onslaught Targets Pizzeria as Nest of Child-Trafficking
DONALD TRUMP PERSONALLY BLASTS THE PRESS
Questioning Donald Trump
Jews struggled for decades to become white. Now we must give up white privilege to fight racism.
She helped bring down Sheriff Arpaio. Now she’s ready to take on hate nationally.
Pat McCrory Lost the North Carolina Governorship. Now He’s Trying to Steal It.
Democrats won the most votes in the election. They should act like it. Democrats need to be an opposition party, not a minority party.
Breitbart isn’t ‘just a publication.’ It’s a pestilence.
Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II
Trump terrifies public school advocates with education secretary pick
Sexist men have psychological problems
Democratic Politics Have to Be "Identity Politics": Ignore the PC backlash. Under Trump, the Democratic Party needs to focus on the concerns of its most vulnerable members.
Why schools aren’t businesses: The blueberry story
This Iceland plant just turned carbon dioxide into solid rock — and they did it super fast
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study
How long before the white working class realizes Trump was just scamming them?
The head of National Museum of the American Indian on what we should all know
What the End of Obamacare Means for All of Us
Donald Trump Has Broken the Constitution: The President-Elect is a figure out of authoritarian politics, not the American tradition
Tips From White People on Hating the President: White people mastered the art of hate with President Obama. Here, a guide from them on how to hate the new one.
A #NoDAPL Map This pipeline could endanger the drinking water of millions.
Stranger Things and the Upside Down Dawn of Donald Trump
Sports Radio in the Age of Trump: For hosts like Colin Cowherd, it’s more important to be “interesting” than “right.” That’s why the president-elect has replaced sports chatter as the topic of choice.
Why I Left White Nationalism
Trump’s Promises Will Be Hard to Keep, but Coal Country Has Faith
Delta Air Lines Bans Disruptive Donald Trump Supporter for Life
Clinton team starts firing back at Trump: Her operation has been careful to frame its participation in the recount as simply reflecting a desire to be helpful and a response to voters’ concerns.
Millions of Muslims take part in mass pilgrimage of Arbaeen – in spite of Isis Isis has attacked the nearby city of Karbala using suicide bombers
The Democrats’ Real Turnout Problem
Dear President-Elect Trump: Here’s How to Fix Your Conflict-of-Interest Problem
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