TODAY'S TOP STORIES - October 14, 2017

10 Examples of Trump Unraveling Before the Current Unraveling Began

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

He's been like this forever.  READ MORE»


Is the 25th Amendment a Solution to Trump Madness?

By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet

And maybe Mike Pence's lifeline for 2020? READ MORE»


Goldman Sachs Is Hijacking Our Government For Profit and More Inequality

By Marcus Stanley, Inequality.org

How former Goldman Sachs employees are using their high-level government jobs to push an agenda that would boost the bank's profits—at the expense of the rest of us. READ MORE»


Teachers Unions Fighting Back Against Republicans and Sell-Out Democrats

By Sarah Lahm, AlterNet

While conservatives take aim at teachers unions via the Supreme Courts, weakening them via "impact litigation" has become a bipartisan cause. READ MORE»


I Have Tasted the Future of Fake Meat: Amazingly, It Did Not Suck

By Ari LeVaux, AlterNet

Even die-hard meat lovers may love the vegan Impossible Burger. READ MORE»


A Lot of Women Don’t Think Consent Can Be Withdrawn During Sex

By Liz Posner, AlterNet

Data suggests these women don't live in areas where conversations are happening around consent.  READ MORE»


Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton on Duty to Warn: Trump's 'Relation to Reality' Is Dangerous to Us All

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

Duty to Warn is a group of concerned psychiatrists and psychologists who are concerned about Trump's "unraveling." READ MORE»


Harvey Weinstein's 'Sex Addiction': Another Way to Blame Women

By Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Sexual abuse and harassment are the result of men’s decisions and learned behavior, not women’s presence. READ MORE»


'Complete Moron': Internet Ridicules Trump for Saying He Spoke to 'the President of Virgin Islands'—AKA Himself

By Elizabeth Preza, Raw Story

Twitter has a lot to say about the "president of the Virgin Islands." READ MORE»


The VA Fueled the National Opioid Crisis, Killing Vets

By Art Levine, Newsweek

Veterans have been needlessly suffering for years, and it's only getting worse under the Trump administration.  READ MORE»


New Poll Says Support For NFL Protests Is About Race and Age

By Rachel Leah, Salon

When it comes to players taking a knee, older white fans are not happy. READ MORE»


Coal Is Going Down, No Matter What Trump and Pruitt Fantasize

By Elliott Negin, AlterNet

No one can alter the harsh reality of the U.S. coal industry. READ MORE»


Do People Like Government 'Nudges'? Apparently Yes

By Cass Sunstein, The Conversation

Government initiatives to prod people to make better decisions got a lot of attention after Richard Thaler won a Nobel in economics for his work on nudging. READ MORE»


Coca-Cola Increased Its Production of Plastic Bottles by a Billion Last Year, Says Greenpeace

By Sandra Laville, The Guardian

Increase puts Coke’s production at more than 110bn single-use plastic bottles a year, according to analysis by the green group. READ MORE»


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