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Obama Invokes Nazi Germany in Warning to US

December 8, 2017

Former President Barack Obama urged voters this week to stay engaged in democracy, warning that complacency was responsible for the rise of Nazi Germany.

Preacher Jack - Boogie Woogie

December 8, 2017

Preacher Celebrates his 69th birthday at the Granite Rail in Quincy MA (2011)!

Rachel Maddow Lifts Curtain on DNC Hacks

December 8, 2017

Russian cyber experts were arrested for treason a year ago because they helped the U.S. figure out who was responsible for the DNC hack.

Alabama Women Divided on Roy Moore

December 8, 2017

Republican women are divided on Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race following sexual abuse allegations against Moore.

Reporting on Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore | How to Be a Journalist

December 8, 2017

Washington Post reporters detail how they broke the story that multiple women accused Alabama senate candidate Roy Moore of pursuing, dating, or sexually assaulting them when they were teenagers.

December 8, 2017

Gerrymandering, RIP?

Miles Rapoport The American Prospect

Republicans’ hold on Congress and statehouses could be more vulnerable than once thought.

December 8, 2017

I Don't Think the Moral High Ground Exists Anymore

Charles P. Pierce Esquire

Some thoughts on Al Franken's departure.

December 8, 2017

The Dream of a Historic Peace Deal Is Dead

Dalia Hatuqa The Atlantic

The push toward a one-state model with full civil rights for all living in it will likely garner further momentum now.

December 8, 2017

Progressives Seek to Shut Down Superdelegates

Steven Rosenfeld Alternet

To many progressives and Berniecrats in particular the superdelegates stand apart and exist for one purpose: to take the nomination away from voters.

December 8, 2017

"Oral history we call it: I want his past, he hopes/ for my future." So poet/historian Peter Neil Carroll traces the story of a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade who fought the good fight, stuck to his principles to the end.