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Radical Brownies

January 27, 2017

Berets, badges, Black Lives Matter and social justice: the youth group for activist girls of color

Russia Treason Arrest Seen as Tacit Corroboration of US Intel

January 27, 2017

Rachel Maddow reports on concerns about Russia's influence over Donald Trump, and the likelihood that Russia's arrests of FSB members for treason is confirmation of some part of recent U.S. intelligence releases about Russia.

Kellyanne Conway - SNL

January 27, 2017

Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) reveals the real reason she joined Donald Trump's campaign.

January 27, 2017

Bernie's Team Says, Call White House Inc Today

Tom Cahill US Uncut

Trump shut down the White House phone line — so Bernie’s team created this hilarious workaround

January 27, 2017

Torture Works . . . to Produce Fake News

Juan Cole Informed Comment

Torture is an excellent way to be trolled by a seasoned operative, with potentially disastrous consequences, as Iraq showed

January 27, 2017

Bullshitter in Chief

Lauren Griffin The Conversation

In some ways, it's way worse than lying. A bullshitter just isn't concerned about truth.

January 27, 2017

Trumponomics, Taxes, and the American Worker

David Cay Johnston Washington Spectator

Trump’s tax proposals, which shift like desert sands in a windstorm, would lavish vast new tax breaks on people like himself

January 27, 2017

I See America Marching Again

Dan La Botz New Politics

With the poet's thanks and apologies to Walt Whitman, Dan La Botz captures the spirit of resistance in today's America and reaffirms the importance of speaking up and marching, marching, marching. Note the poem below is also translated into Spanish and French.