TODAY'S TOP STORIES - December 16, 2017

Another Positive Factor From the Alabama Election That Republicans Don't Want to Talk About

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Tuesday's turnout by race fit historic patterns, but the party white Alabamians voted for didn't. READ MORE»


12 Most Insane Rules From the Biggest Neo-Nazi Website on the Internet

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

White supremacist style guides are...different. READ MORE»


The Uncanny, Frightening Ways That Trump's America Mirrors Hitler's Germany

By Thom Hartmann, AlterNet

Even the usually restrained Barack Obama warns Americans we're slipping dangerously close to authoritarianism. READ MORE»


Trump’s Bizarre Love Affair With Putin Deepens: What Is He Hiding?

By Heather Digby Parton, Salon

A Washington Post feature on Trump’s Russia fixation is oddly credulous: Is wounded pride really the issue here? READ MORE»


There's an Insidious Strategy Behind Donald Trump's Retweets

By Jennifer Mercieca, The Conversation

It's all about paralipsis, a device that enables him to publicly say things that he can later disavow—without ever having to take responsibility for his words. READ MORE»


Rupert Murdoch Seems to Have Forgotten That He Fired Bill O'Reilly

By Rachel Leah, Salon

The only sexual-harassment problem they’ve had at Fox News was Roger Ailes, he said. READ MORE»


Trump Has Massively Expanded American Specials Ops Forces Across the Globe

By Nick Turse, TomDispatch

Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017. READ MORE»


How One American Journalist Took Down Militiamen Who Raped 50 Young Girls

Women's Media Center

Her reporting resulted in the arrests of 68 men. READ MORE»


The FCC Just Voted to End the Internet as We Know It—Now What?

By John Zangas, DC Media Group

The pathways net neutrality activists see to keep equal access to the internet, and how feasible they are. READ MORE»


Irk a Politician This Holiday Season by Giving to These Progressive Causes

By Emily C. Bell, AlterNet

Republican leaders won't thank you, but others in need will.  READ MORE»


ALEC Backs Extreme Climate Denial, Constitutional Rewrite and Corporate Lobbyists

By David Armiak, Center for Media and Democracy

Cutting Medicare, privatizing public schools, and other right-wing horrors. READ MORE»


Business Schools Produced the 'Bros' Who Blew up the Economy in 2008—Has Anything Changed Since Then?

By Megan Kamerick, Capital and Main

The rush by business schools to embrace corporate responsibility may be little more than window dressing. READ MORE»


Corporate Media Allowed Net Neutrality to Die in Silence

By Pam Vogel, Media Matters for America

The flagship morning news shows on broadcast and cable news covered net neutrality for less than four minutes combined. READ MORE»


Want to Celebrate Legal Cannabis in California? Consider a Weed and Wine Tour

By Ella Buchan, The Guardian

With recreational use legal in January, visitors can join trips matching cannabis with the more established grape-based legal high of the region. READ MORE»


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