Jul 17, 2018Open thread for night owls: Trump in Helsinki makes the case against himself
David Corn at Mother Jones writes—In Helsinki, Trump Shows He Is Indeed Guilty of Collusion:
I’ve been making this case for over a year, noting that “Trump actively and enthusiastically aided and abetted” Putin’s plot against the United States by supporting Moscow’s denial that it...
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Jul 17, 2018Former CIA Director calls Trump's comments at Putin press conference 'nothing short of treasonous'
The joint press conference with Donald Trump and Vladmir Putin after their one-on-one meeting, a meeting in which Donald Trump insisted there be no note-takers to record their conversation, has been nothing short of a disaster for America and democracy. Before the pair even got started, a...
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Jul 17, 2018Facebook says it's battling fake news, but defends refusal to ban InfoWars
It took a while for Facebook to own up to the platform’s role in the 2016 election and that willingness to connect with reality is definitely appreciated. Unfortunately, we still have a ways to go for the company to really act like they have a full grasp on its “fake news” problem....
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Jul 17, 2018Democrat asks the right question: Is Trump a Russian asset?
Illinois Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth puts the question everyone is hinting out boldly into words:
xRepublicans in Congress cannot continue to turn a blind eye towards the very real possibility that Vladimir Putin has compromised our commander in chief and turned him, perhaps without his...
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Jul 17, 2018Some migrant kids are free from detention, but not their trauma: 'Papa, I thought they killed you'
Hermelindo Che Coc and his six-year-old son Jefferson spent nearly two months separated after officials tore them apart at the border—and when they were finally reunited this week at Los Angeles International Airport, the pain of their separation was evident. When Jefferson “looked up,”...
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Jul 17, 2018Lawmakers Press Facebook and Google on Censoring U.S. Citizens for Vietnamese Government
Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastFacebook is once again under fire from members of Congress—this time, for censoring political posts in Vietnam.A bipartisan group of 17 U.S. representatives sent a letter Monday to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, urging them to...
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Jul 17, 2018Emotional Debt: The Invisible Costs of Unpaid Internships
Photo Illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily BeastBetween the summer before my senior year and when I graduated college, I completed three internships, no small feat with a full course load. Although I received some financial support from my college as well as academic credit for one of them, the...
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Jul 17, 2018Can Carbon Farming Reverse Climate Change?
Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastWhat if the carbon dioxide that leads to global warming could be captured, stored, and used for farming?It’s a radical idea that some scientists think could help mitigate the warming of the planet and limit the disturbances these gases could create on our...
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Jul 17, 2018Rashida Tlaib Might Become the First Muslim-American Woman in Congress
APRashida Tlaib is poised to make history. If she wins the current race in Michigan’s 13th congressional district to fill the seat held for over 50 years by the recently retired Rep. John Conyers Jr., Tlaib will become the first Muslim American woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress. But...
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Jul 17, 2018Putin Just Dismissed the Mueller Probe as “Political Games” in Fox News Interview
Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested the Mueller investigation is politically motivated, calling it part of the United States’ “internal political games” in a 30-minute interview with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace that aired Monday night. “It’s quite...
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Jul 16, 2018Putin’s Comments in Helsinki Only Raised More Questions About Russia’s Election Interference
President Donald Trump’s remarks at a joint news conference with Vladimir Putin on Monday were an immediate disaster, as he drew bipartisan condemnation for siding with the Russian leader over his own intelligence and law enforcement agencies about the Russian attack on the 2016 election. But...
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Jul 16, 2018US Indicts Russian Gun Activist Who Interacted with NRA and the Trump Campaign
Federal prosecutors have charged Maria Butina, a Russia gun-rights activist with a long history of interactions with the National Rifle Association and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, for conspiring to act as a Russian agent without registering with the US Department of Justice. In a...
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Jul 16, 2018In Helsinki, Trump Shows He Is Indeed Guilty of Collusion
Since being elected president, Donald Trump has vociferously claimed he engaged in “no collusion” with Vladimir Putin’s attack on the 2016 US election and that the investigation of any interactions between him and his associates and Russians was a “witch hunt” or a...
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Jul 16, 2018Meet the New Copperheads. They’re Also Called Republicans.
When it comes to expressions of patriotism in perilous times, silence is not golden. Among Republicans, John McCain clearly knows that. The sounds of silence coming from congressional Republicans in the wake of the indictments of twelve more Russian intelligence officers that have been...
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Jul 16, 2018The Truth About Mike DeWine and Medicaid
Attorney General Mike DeWine made headlines last week with his announcement that he now supports the Medicaid expansion authorized as part of the Obama-era health care reform known as the Affordable Care Act. This miraculous transformation, we are to believe, has occurred after DeWine spent the...
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Jul 13, 2018Who Is Rescuing Migrant Kids, Too?
As the world watched the heroic efforts to rescue the young soccer team trapped in a Thai cave, one thing was stuck on our brains. We could only think of the President’s indifference to the plight of thousands of migrant kids who are unspeakably lost or detained by the president’s monstrous...
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Jul 17, 2018Who Would Buy CIE Denim’s $385 Upside-Down Jean Shorts?
The era of extreme denim is firmly upon us. First, there were the clear-knee mom jeans—and if the idea of a visible sweat fog didn’t deter you, there were the chafing-nightmare-inducing “plastic jeans.” For the rugged Americana lewk, there were Nordstrom’s $400 mud-splattered jeans....
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Jul 17, 2018Woman Charged With Acting as Russian Agent Built Ties With NRA to Gain Influence Over GOP
A 29-year-old Russian woman was arrested in Washington, D.C. Monday and charged with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation, which included trying to establish backchannel communications with conservative political organizations, including the National Rifle Association. Maria...
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Jul 16, 2018When Will These Republicans Act to Safeguard Our Elections?
John Nichols
Trump’s comments alongside Putin were rightly condemned, but words don’t count for much. We need action.
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Jul 16, 2018World Cup Wrap-Up: Deconstructing Les Bleus
Dave Zirin
Shireen Ahmed joins the show to talk about the French soccer team, xenophobia, racism, and the World Cup.
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Jul 16, 2018FIRE SALE!
Nate
The NRA purchases candidates and we pay the price.
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Jul 17, 2018GOP lambasts Trump over performance in Helsinki
President Trump's refusal to denounce Russia's meddling in the 2016 election sparked a backlash Monday from Republican lawmakers, including prominent voices on national security and foreign policy.The sharpest crit...
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Jul 17, 2018Trump stuns the world at Putin summit
President Trump on Monday refused to denounce Moscow's interference in the 2016 presidential election and criticized the special counsel investigation - all while standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin at a p...
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