Trump’s Expedited Drilling Threatens Ancient Native American Center

Elizabeth Miller The Guardian
The Trump Administration’s aggressive efforts to turn public lands over to the oil and gas industries threatens New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon, the epicenter of Puebloan civilization from 850 to 1250 AD. UNESCO termed the ancient urban ceremonial center “unlike anything constructed before or since.” The accelerated oil and gas development threatens the Native American connection to this sacred place and all our attempts to understand the mysteries of its way of life.

Friday Nite Videos | November 17, 2017

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John Oliver | The Trump Presidency. Janis Joplin | Down On Me. Movie: The Man Who Invented Christmas. Paradise Papers: Watch The Live Digital Premiere. Trump-Proofing America's Nukes.

The Trump Presidency

One year after the presidential election, John Oliver discusses what we've learned so far and enlists our catheter cowboy to teach Donald Trump what he hasn't.

Janis Joplin | Down On Me

"Down on Me" is a traditional freedom song from the 1920s or earlier that became popular following its remake 50 years ago (1967) by Janis Joplin and Big Brother and the Holding Company. (Wikipedia)

Trump-Proofing America's Nukes

The Senate holds a hearing to debate President Trump's power to use nuclear weapons without congressional approval.

How Doug Jones Can Win

Jamelle Bouie Slate
To pull off the upset, he’ll need to convert white voters.

Could This Man Bring Down Michael Flynn?

Katie Zavadski Daily Beast
Reza Zarrab, whose trial for allegedly cheating U.S. sanctions is scheduled to begin in days, was secretly removed from a federal prison and may be working with prosecutors.

Trump Tax Break Could Pay 20,000 Teachers

Ulrich Boser and Abel McDaniels Center for American Progress
The money DeVos and her family would get from just one of the tax breaks in the House bill would pay more than 6,000 teachers. The tax break for President Donald Trump and his family would be enough to pay more than 20,000 teachers.