TODAY'S TOP STORIES - December 20, 2016

For Just Half a Million Bucks You Can Kill Beautiful Wild Animals With the Trump Sons or Get a Photo Op With Donald

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

Even inauguration parties are opportunities to pay to play with the Trump family.  READ MORE»


How Erdogan’s Police Purge May Have Set the Stage for Ghastly Syria-Related Assassination

By Ken Klippenstein, Max Blumenthal, AlterNet

Turkish law enforcement is filled with extremist elements. READ MORE»


We Finally Reached the Closing Chapter of Our Flawed and Corrupted Electoral Process: Donald Trump's Presidency Has Been Ratified

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

The electoral process does not empower the citizenry. READ MORE»


State Department Worried Trump Is Going to Be a Foreign Policy Madman

By Joan McCarter, DailyKos

We're dealing with a president-elect who may well start a war over Twitter. READ MORE»


White Supremacist Planned to Use 'Death Ray' to Murder Obama, Muslims

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

Like so many right-wingers, he proclaimed his intention to "take his country back."  READ MORE»


Samantha Bee and Glenn Beck Become Hilariously Strange Bedfellows in New Trump Era

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

"You've said a lot of crazy bullsh*t," Bee told Beck, which he thoroughly admitted before eating her head off a cake.  READ MORE»


AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on 'The Republican Guide to Screwing the Working Class'

By Jen Sorensen, AlterNet

And laughing all the way to the White House.  READ MORE»


Seth Meyers Perfectly Breaks Down the Naked Power Grab by North Carolina's Legislature

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

North Carolina is providing a stark example of just how dirty right-wing politics can be.  READ MORE»


Bill Maher Nails 'Toddler' Trump's Terrifying Temperament and His Cabinet Picks

By Janet Allon, AlterNet

"We're in uncharted territory." READ MORE»


Trump Admits Russian Hacking Is a 'Big Problem'... In 2014

By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet

The president-elect was singing a slightly different tune two years ago. READ MORE»


Idaho Teen Football Player Walks Free After Sodomizing Black Disabled Teammate With Wire Hanger

By Elizabeth Preza, Raw Story

Whiteness and wealth win every time. READ MORE»


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