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.

How Doug Jones Can Win

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

Trump-Proofing America's Nukes

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

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)

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.

Friday Nite Videos | November 17, 2017

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Weinsteins in the Workplace: Will Unions Be Part of the Solution Or the Problem?

Steve Early The Stansbury Forum
It takes continuous organizational effort—in the form of training and recruitment, new leadership development, and structural change–to insure that the bullying, harassing, divide-and-conquer behavior of bosses, big and small, doesn’t infect and weaken the “house of labor” too.

Trump's Itchy, Twitchy Finger

Scott McLemee Inside Higher Ed
Focusing mainly on Trump's first year in office, the authors emphasize what they call a pattern of systematic reaction, where growing voter frustration regularly drives each party in and out of control. Trump arrived with scant political capital, amassed little and appears to have no strategic competence going forward. While the authors believe Trump can develop one, the essayist faults the authors for offering nothing but wishfulness to back up the assumption.