TODAY'S TOP STORIES - November 17, 2016

The Other America: Anti-Trump landslides in CA, Washington and Oregon Show That Progressive Values Are Alive and Well on the Left Coast

By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet

Add Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico and the anti Trump universe has a very Westward tilt. READ MORE»


Normalizing the Abnormal: NPR Begins Its Whitewashing of Breitbart's Racism

By Kali Holloway, AlterNet

Trumpites all use the same technique; trot out blame the victim reverse racism. READ MORE»


How to Pay Taxes (NOT!) Like Donald Trump

By David Cay Johnson, BillMoyers.com

Some tips for Americans who would like to follow the president-elect's example. READ MORE»


Trump’s Potential SCOTUS Nominee Suggested Jailing Gay People For Having Sex

By Carrie Weisman, AlterNet

Judge William H. Pryor Jr. has been dubbed the most "anti-gay judicial nominee in recent memory.” READ MORE»


Muslim Woman: I Don't Feel Safe in US Wearing a Headscarf

By Travis Gettys, Raw Story

A Fusion writer was attacked in hospital waiting room—no other patients intervened.  READ MORE»


An Iranian Exile Cult Jockeying for War Could Have the Ear of Trump's White House

By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet

Newt Gingrich and Rudy Giuliani are both backers of the Mojahedin-e Khalq regime change lobby. READ MORE»


The Power of Magical Thinking: Overnight a 300% Increase in Republicans Who Think the Economy Is Doing Better

By Ilana Novick, AlterNet

Those polled believe a racist endorsed by the KKK will be good for the American economy.  READ MORE»


Political Reporters Are Now Getting Anti-Semitic Threats at Their Homes

By Sophia Tesfaye, Salon

Reporters from NPR, Politico and The New York Times say they've been targeted at their homes. READ MORE»


Kellyanne Conway Is Truly Terrifying and She Always Has Been

By Karen Fratti, The Frisky

She's eager to set America back 100 years and defends racist, anti-semite Steve Bannon. READ MORE»


Indigenous Activist Zip-Tied & Locked in Dog Kennel for 6 Hours for Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline

By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!

"After that, I was strip-searched and then thrown into jail and, finally, late, late that evening, was charged with a crime." READ MORE»


Legal Weed in California: Who Benefits?

By Phillip Smith, AlterNet

Some growers will win big. Others fear they will be squeezed out. A new Vice News video talks to both sides.  READ MORE»


Wal-Mart Tells Its Workers Not to Download App Created by Labor Group Advocating For Higher Pay

By Michael Arria, AlterNet

The smartphone app designed by the group OUR Walmart. READ MORE»


Poland's Great Leap Backwards

By Audrey Lebel, AFP

Polish women, faced with a proposed law that further restricted abortions, organized huge protests to challenge it. But their reproductive rights are still at risk. READ MORE»


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