Trump's Big Mouth Is Demolishing America's Reputation and Its Secrecy Procedures, and Our Intel Chiefs 'Horrified'

By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet

Military and intelligence officials are 'in shock' by Trump's careless disclosures.  READ MORE»

Trump's Budget Is a Blueprint for a Banana Republic-Style Military Dictatorship

By Binta Baxter, AlterNet

A combination of spending cuts that will escalate domestic poverty while simultaneously increasing investments in militarism.  READ MORE»

The Manchester Bombing is Blowback from the West’s Disastrous Interventions and Covert Proxy Wars

By Max Blumenthal, AlterNet

How the US and UK helped bring jihadists like Salem Abedi to Libya and Syria READ MORE»

Georgia Civil War Museum Shuts Down Rather Than Surrender Its Confederate Flags

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

Museum curators blame political correctness run amok.  READ MORE»

5 of the Most Dangerous and Ridiculous Conspiracy Theories Spread by Sean Hannity

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

Sean Hannity is now losing advertisers due to the blunder. But it's been years in the making.  READ MORE»

Officer's First Question to Immigrant in Accident: 'You Illegal?'

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

In Trump's America, only citizens get help from the police.  READ MORE»

How Trump's Budget Would Gut the Economy: Massive Cuts to Medicaid and Food Stamps Will Have Devastating Ripple Effects

By Amanda Marcotte, Salon

Federal spending on health care and food stimulates the economy — and losing those dollars will hurt most Americans. READ MORE»

Sean Hannity Takes Abrupt Vacation as Advertisers Continue to Flee His Fox News Show

By Brad Reed, Raw Story

At least seven different advertisers have agreed to stop buying ads on his TV show, including Cars.com, USAA and Crowne Plaza Hotels. READ MORE»

Right-Wing Media Jump to Defend Montana Candidate After He Assaults a Reporter

By Julie Alderman, Media Matters

After Greg Gianforte, the Republican candidate for Congress in Montana, was charged with assaulting a journalist, some right-wing media figures and outlets immediately came to his defense, attacking the reporter as a “hack." READ MORE»

Leading Right-Wing Think Tank Caught Circulating White Nationalist Propaganda Over 2,000 Times

By Stephen Piggott, Alex Amend, Southern Poverty Law Center

Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) executive director Mark Krikorian has some answering to do. READ MORE»

Christian Sex Advice Websites Offer a Peek Into Evangelical Politics

By Kelsy Burke, The Conversation

Try to make evangelism sexy.  READ MORE»

Our Identities and Political Thinking Are Formed in Our Free Time, Which Is Constantly Shrinking

By Peter Sloterdijk, Polity Press

We get our deepest and most important thinking done in solitude in our free time. But that condition is less and less available to us. READ MORE»