Paul Krugman Uncovers Chilling Parallels Between Trump, Fascism and the Fall of the Roman Republic

By Janet Allon, AlterNet

So much for a little light reading about the ancients. READ MORE»

Trump Is Maintaining His Own Scary Private Police Force, Alarming Security Experts

By Ilana Novick, AlterNet

Employing a private force at all, let alone one which clamps down on dissent, is "playing with fire."  READ MORE»

Donald Trump's Choice for Budget Chief Wants to Cut Social Security and Medicare

By Matthew Rozsa, Salon

Picking Mick Mulvaney as budget director does not bode well for the popular entitlement programs. READ MORE»

How to Know When Holiday Drinking is Hurting Your Brain

By Jamie Smolen, The Conversation

Alcohol and the year-end holidays seem made for each other, but dangers lurk.  READ MORE»

Charles Blow Eviscerates Trump and Anyone Who Would Normalize Him

By Ilana Novick, AlterNet

Resistance is the only option.  READ MORE»

Meet Monsanto's Dangerous Bioengineered Plant That Never Dies

By George Kimbrell, AlterNet

Creeping bentgrass can cross-pollinate with related wild species and spread uncontrollably. READ MORE»

50-State Protest Calls on the Electoral College Electors to Stop Trump

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

Democracy Spring has organized anti-Trump actions at every state capitol today. READ MORE»

Three Professors of Psychiatry Call for 'Neuropsychiatric Evaluation' of Trump out of Fears He's Mentally Ill

By Tom Boggioni, Raw Story

This is not the first time questions have arisen over Trump’s mental stability as a world leader — or the stability of his followers.  READ MORE»

Twitter Users Rip Politico Founder a New One for Cozy Press Photo With Donald Trump

By Ilana Novick, AlterNet

While some reporters have received death threats, this group got comfy with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. READ MORE»

Ari Berman: How Voter Suppression Helped Pave Way for a Legislative Coup in North Carolina

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

Activists are accusing Republican lawmakers of waging a legislative coup by attempting to strip power from the state’s incoming governor, Democrat Roy Cooper.  READ MORE»