Thousands Of Mental Health Professionals Agree With Woodward And The…

Now, an op-ed in The New York Times by an anonymous "senior White House official" describes how deeply the troubles in this administration run and what effort is required to protect the nation . None of this is a surprise to those of us who, 18 months ago, put together our own public service book, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President ."

Q&A: With Severe Storms Approaching the U.S., What to Expect

Emergency officials are urging residents to prepare for severe storms that are forecast to hit the East Coast and Hawaii over the next week at what is the peak of this year's hurricane season. Coming in from the Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Storm Florence is expected to make landfall Thursday as a level 3 hurricane or greater, steered by winds that could guide it as far south as Florida or as far north as New England.

Gunman Opens Fire at Fla. Video Game Tournament; Reports of 4 Dead

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament that was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing multiple people and sending many others to hospitals, authorities said. Sheriff's officers did not immediately confirm the number of dead at the Jacksonville Landing, a collection of restaurants and shops along the St. Johns River.

‘Terrifying’: Poll Shows 43% of Republicans Think Trump Should Have…

In the age of " media-bashing enthusiast " President Donald Trump-who regularly declares critical journalists and outlets "fake news" and "the enemy of the American people"-at least 43 percent of Republican respondents to a new survey said they believe "the president should have the authority to close news outlets engaged in bad behavior." The Ipsos poll , first reported by The Daily Beast 's Sam Stein, also found that nearly half of Republicans agree with one of the president's most common claims: that "the news media is the enemy of the American people."

Record Voter Turnout Reported in Michigan as El-Sayed Looks to Show…

As Michiganders headed to the polls in large numbers on Tuesday to decide who will advance to the general election in their state's gubernatorial race-which one observer described as a crucial " test for leftism in the Midwest "-supporters of progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed tirelessly worked the phones and urged their fellow citizens to turn out as they look to prove that " the progressive revolution has arrived " in Michigan. "Michigan is ready.

North Korea has not taken steps to denuclearize, John Bolton says

National security adviser John Bolton said Tuesday that North Korea has not made progress toward denuclearization in a dismal acknowledgment that comes nearly two months after President Trump held a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore. "The United States has lived up to the Singapore declaration.

The Health 202: Medicaid advocates now have two more studies to back them up

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam reacts after signing the state budget bills that include Medicaid expansion during a ceremony Thursday, June 7, 2018, at the state Capitol in Richmond. This year, the perennial struggle over the future of the health-care program for low-income Americans became even more pronounced.

Nazis Don’t Like Jews Very Much

I keep coming back to this because I long thought anti-Semitism was, in the US mainstream media, the "unacceptable racism." It seems that in the age of Trump we have gotten around that by pretending that the various strands of American Nazis just hate Muslims and Mexicans and black people which is okay.

Should Republican Billionaires Be Picking Democratic Candidates?

Let's start with some news: Last week, Fox News' James Rupert Murdoch, a British billionaire, put half a million dollars into one of Nancy Jacobson's shady No Labels SuperPACs that aims to fill Congress with candidates from the Republican Wing of the Democratic Party. Most recently, Jacobson pulled off the same filth against Marie Newman in Illinois' 3rd District House primary, spending $931,600 to spread absolute lies against Newman while bolstering anti-Choice Blue Dog Dan Lipinski.

Monstering

I know "if this was a Democrat..." is a boring game to play, but I used to highlight the fact that the media has power when they choose to exercise it. Every interview with every Democrat would be 99% demanding that they condemn this or that by President Democrat.

It Wouldn’t Be Surprising If Trump Is Now Lying Just For The Sake Of Lying

Susan Glasser writes this for The New Yorker , under the headline "It's True: Trump Is Lying More, and He's Doing It on Purpose": On Thursday, the Washington Post published a remarkable story on its front page revealing a recent spike in the number of "false and misleading claims" made by President Trump. In his first year as President, Trump made 2,140 false claims, according to the Post .