Russia denies think tank plotted to sway US presidential election

"It seems, that in their conspiratorial consciousness the authors of this conceit did not weigh reality against their coveted fantasies, in order to once again draw attention to the theme of Russia's 'participation' in the pre-election campaign in the United States," said RISS Director Mikhail Fradkov. "I don't know anything about this, I can only say that seven anonymous sources are not worth one real one," he said.

Shattered Illusions

Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign, the new book by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, is absolutely gripping reading, chock full of juicy, revelatory reporting about the Democratic nominee's campaign that you really wish you had read during the actual campaign. Alas, Allen and Parnes had to agree to save their best material for the book in order to receive the extraordinary access they were given.

Here Are Some Of The Sexist Things Neo-Nazi Favorite And O’Reilly Replacement Tucker Carlson Has Said

Fox News announced that host Tucker Carlson would be taking over Bill O'Reilly's prime-time 8 p.m. slot after O'Reilly was forced out following pressure from advertisers amid an increasing number of sexual harassment reports against the longtime host. However, Carlson has a long record of minimizing rape and sexual harassment reports, as well as making sexist and demeaning comments against women and gender equality.

Democrats Fail to #FlipThe6th

The big Georgia 6th District race to replace Tom Price went down on Tuesday, and the Democrats and their many, many Hollywood allies failed to, as they tweeted over and over and over, #FlipThe6th. Democrat candidate and non-resident of the district Jon Ossoff did not pull off the big upset and "referendum on Trump" that the major press and Samantha Bee were super excited about.

Thousands of D.C.-area airport workers win a raise after two-year fight

At his Senate confirmation hearing, Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath that he had never had contact with the... Despite promising to release his tax returns in a televised debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump continues to show that... Thousands of workers employed by contractors at National and Dulles airports in the Washington, D.C., area are getting a big raise after a two-year effort : The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's board voted Wednesday to require companies that do business at the airports to pay contract workers a base hourly wage of $11.55 starting in January.

Hillary Clinton blasts Trump on LGBT rights

"We may not ever be able to count on this administration to lead on LGBT issues," Clinton said in a speech in New York. Clinton was addressing a fundraising dinner for The Center, an LGBT community organization, where she received an award and thanked members of the audience for supporting her unsuccessful 2016 presidential bid.

Just in: Bernie Sanders heading to S. Florida on Wednesday

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will visit Miami on Wednesday and try to bestow some grass-roots cred on new Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez. Bernie Sanders lost the Democratic presidential nomination to Hillary Clinton, but this parade in Philadelphia last year shows he has a strong following among Dems.

15 Times Trump Was Guilty of Hillary’s Supposed Sins

To simply label the Trump administration as a herd of hypocrites undersells a tremendous capacity to lie without shame. Throughout the campaign, Donald Trump and his surrogates freely leveled a variety of accusations at Hillary Clinton and her team, but often the three fingers pointing back at themselves told the real story.

Calexit backers drop 1 California secession bid, try again

Supporters of one long-shot bid to make California an independent nation ended their effort on Monday, while another group said it will launch a new campaign for a statewide vote next year. The drive to make the nation's most populous state its own country, with what would be the world's sixth-largest economy, has drawn extra interest after last year's election of Republican Donald Trump as president.

Report: Obama Repeatedly Pressured Hillary to Concede on Election Night

A stunned Hillary Clinton had to be urged repeatedly by President Barack Obama to concede defeat on election night, according to a new book recounting the campaign of the first female major party nominee. The first call came just after 11 p.m. ET when Fox News had called Wisconsin for Republican Donald Trump, according to an excerpt of the book " Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign " by reporters Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, quoted by The Washington Post.

Two ED picks raise fears on civil rights enforcement

A lawyer who represented Florida State University in an explosive sexual assault case and another lawyer who during the 2016 presidential campaign accused Hillary Clinton of enabling sexual predators have been chosen for key roles in the Department of Education, raising fears that the agency could pull back from enforcing civil rights in schools and on college campuses. President Trump will nominate Carlos G. Muniz, a politically connected Florida lawyer who served as deputy general counsel to former Gov. Jeb Bush, to be general counsel to the Education Department.

Linguistic Smoke and Mirrors in Leadership

Along with Alek Chakroff and Liane Young, I've recently discussed their research suggesting that when we use vague language to talk about own immoral acts, it not only helps us get off the hook -- it might also be part of how we carry on believing we're great people. Sure, a little self-deception probably prevents us from being miserable to the point of humiliating ourselves .