BREAKING: Michael Cohen Admits Trump Was Trying to Get Paid by the Russians

https://youtu.be/tu7t9aLoDhc

Methodist church sign reads: ‘I was a stranger and you tear gassed me. ...Wait a second’ - The Hill

A message questioning U.S. border agents' use of tear gas at the southern border was posted outside the United Methodist Building in Washington, D.C., this week. ....
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/418936-message-posted-outside-dc-united-methodist-building-i-was-a

Overnight Energy: Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez to headline climate town hall | Poll finds two thirds of GOP believe in climate change | EPA to boost biofuel mandate - The Hill

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will join Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) next week for a town hall on climate change. ....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/overnights/419010-overnight-energy-bernie-sanders-and-ocasio-cortez-to

Billionaire Republican Donors Helped Elect Rising Centrist Democrats - The Intercept

A host of GOP donors, as well as an owner of Fox News, are funding the effort to strip a Democratic House speaker of power. ....
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/29/no-labels-nancy-pelosi-speaker-house-no-labels/

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Republicans, Says Cindy Hyde-Smith’s ‘Public Hanging’ Comment Represents All GOP - Newsweek

"No GOP member gets to pretend this 'doesn't represent' them unless they disavow it," Ocasio-Cortez said. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-cindy-hyde-smith-republicans-1237330

What does Michael Cohen’s plea deal mean for Trump? I asked 9 legal experts - Vox

It's bad, but it's not clear how bad it is just yet.
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/29/18117903/michael-cohen-robert-mueller-manafort-plea-deal

Democrats reject new Republican plan to pay for Trump’s wall - The Washington Post:

The GOP approach would spread $5 billion over two years, but Democrats say it won't fly. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/democrats-reject-new-gop-plan-to-pay-for-trumps-wall/2018/11/29/91b0723e-f3f7-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html

Federal agents mysteriously raided a former Trump attorney’s office: what we know - Vox

It's unclear if the raid was related to Burke's work for the president. ....
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/29/18118393/ed-burke-fbi-raid-trump-lawyer

Senate committee cancels votes on judicial nominees after Jeff Flake’s Mueller ultimatum - Vox:

Jeff Flake is following through on his promise in the most Jeff Flake way. ....
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/29/18117825/jeff-flake-mueller-probe-judicial-nominees

Trump didn't know the GOP tax bill incentivizes business to offshore jobs - ThinkProgress.org

President Donald Trump was apparently unaware that a provision in his biggest legislative accomplishment encourages corporations to offshore jobs. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-didnt-know-gop-tax-bill-incentivizes-business-to-offshore-jobs-367fe5bea9dd/

Investigators Raid Offices of President of U.S. Catholic Bishops - The New York Times

Dozens of local and federal law enforcement officers conducted a surprise search of the offices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston on Wednesday, looking for evidence in a clergy sexual abuse case that has ensnared the local archbishop, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, who also serves as president of the United States Catholic bishops’ conference.....

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/us/houston-catholic-church-raid.html

Trump Describes Earth's Climate As 'Record Clean' - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIQx-w8G6KA

Donald Trump Stole Stephen's Bit - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QWBJSrVJSA

Lindsey Graham flips vote: I'm pissed

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) flipped his vote on whether to cut US support to the Saudis in Yemen, saying the way the administration handled the Khashoggi killing was "not acceptable.....
https://youtu.be/vwHeLOCfd9o

Michigan Senate votes to gut minimum wage, sick leave bills - The Hill

Michigan's Republican-led Senate voted on Wednesday to scale back measures that would increase the minimum wage and require businesses to provide paid sick leave to employees. ....
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/418744-michigan-senate-votes-to-gut-minimum-wage-and-sick-leave

We Can Stop the Flow of Refugees Easily if Republicans Really Want To - Mother Jones

Border zealot Mark Krikorian argues that Democrats are too in favor of open borders—asymptotically, anyway: Although Democrats routinely deny that they're for open borders — dismissing the very suggestion as an outrageous slur — their reaction to Sunday's violence by some of the Central American illegal aliens in Tijuana suggests otherwise. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/11/we-can-stop-the-flow-of-refugees-easily-if-republicans-really-want-to/

Families are still being separated at the border, months after “zero tolerance” was reversed - ProPublica

Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They're protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it's zero tolerance by another name. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/border-patrol-families-still-being-separated-at-border-after-zero-tolerance-immigration-policy-reversed

A Defendant Shows Up in Immigration Court by Himself. He’s 6. - ProPublica

Wilder Hilario Maldonado Cabrera was the youngest defendant on the juvenile docket that day, and he was one of the last children left in government custody who had been affected by the zero-tolerance policy. ....
https://www.propublica.org/article/6-year-old-in-immigration-court-by-himself-zero-tolerance-family-separation

Trans Woman Was Beaten in ICE Custody Before Death, Autopsy Finds - The Daily Beast

Roxsana Rodriguez died following lack of medical treatment in a privately run immigration detention center. An autopsy concludes that she was beaten. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trans-woman-roxsana-hernandez-rodriguez-beaten-in-ice-custody-before-death-pathologist-finds

Cartoon: The great detective - Daily Kos:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1815113

Cartoon: Asylum - Daily Kos:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1815304

Congress: Improve Medicare home health reforms to protect patient care - The Hill:

We urge lawmakers in Congress – while they still have time in the final weeks of this legislative session – to support home health payment reform legislation so we can make sure reforms are designed and implemented in a way that puts patient need at the center of decision making. ...
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/418183-congress-improve-medicare-home-health-reforms-to-protect

Most Christians whining about the 'War on Christmas' don't understand this fact about the holiday's history - Raw Story

If it feels like the "War on Christmas" is getting really old, it is. Over ten years have passed since Bill O'Reilly first opened December with a segment called, "Christmas Under Siege"—ten long years in which his cadences and refrains and echoing chorus have become as familiar to most Americans as Handel's Messiah. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/christians-whining-war-christmas-dont-understand-fact-holidays-history/

Obamacare is having a surprisingly good year - Vox

It's time to rethink the individual mandate.....
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/26/18113313/obamacare-mandate-tax

An ex-Apple HR specialist says these four steps can help you answer any question in a job interview - Business Insider

You can 'perfectly' answer any question during a job interview using the STAR technique, according to this HR specialist. Juan Manuel Ramos, a Spaniard who worked in HR at Apple Ireland for 3 years, claims to have the perfect formula to answer any question during a job interview. According to the HR specialist, it's all about following the "STAR" method, which stands for Situation, Task, Action, and Result. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/these-four-steps-will-help-you-answer-any-question-in-a-job-interview-2018-11

Special Report: Michael Cohen To Plead Guilty To New Charge In Robert Mueller Probe | NBC News

Interview:
https://youtu.be/es97VfnF8GA

Top U.S. & World Headlines — November 29, 2018

Interview:
https://youtu.be/P1ynFN9WZ8I

Trump threatens to declassify Russia docs to counterpunch Dems - The Hill

President Trump signaled Wednesday that he would declassify documents related to the Russia investigation that he claimed would be damaging to Democrats if they decide to investigate him when they take control of the House next year. ....
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/418776-trump-says-he-will-declassify-russia-docs-to-counter-punch-democrats

Mueller asked Trump about RNC changing its stance on Ukraine during campaign: report - The Hill

Special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly asked President Trump about the Republican National Convention (RNC) changing its position on the U.S. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/418777-mueller-asked-trump-about-rnc-changing-its-stance-on-providing-arms

Mueller, the Russia stuff, Pelosi, the Blue Wave, and more | Pod Save America

https://youtu.be/K0Bex8fsWp4

How Tear Gas Became a Favorite Weapon of U.S. Border Patrol, Despite Being Banned In Warfare

As the Trump administration continues to defend firing tear gas into crowds of asylum seekers, we look at the history of tear gas, which is banned in warfare but legal for federal authorities and police to turn on civilians. Border authorities’ use of tear gas has spiked under the Trump administration, with the agency’s own data revealing it has deployed tear gas over two dozen times this year alone. Customs and Border Protection told Newsweek Tuesday it began using tear gas under the Obama administration in 2010. The agency’s use of tear gas has now reached a seven-year record high. We speak with Stuart Schrader, lecturer in sociology at Johns Hopkins University. He has studied how tear gas went from a weapon of war used in Vietnam to being deployed by law enforcement at home. His forthcoming book is titled “Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed American Policing.”...
https://youtu.be/8W68UWHYgK8
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US manufacturers: Trump tariffs will bring higher prices, not more U.S. jobs - CNBC

The Trump administration's widening trade war will raise prices for U.S. consumers, but it won't bring back many manufacturing jobs that have moved overseas, according to a survey of more than 800 U.S. companies. ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/28/manufacturers-say-trump-tariffs-to-bring-higher-prices-not-jobs-survey.html

Jailed Trump advisor bragged of ‘large financial gains’ for him and Trump — after Trump won in 2016: report - Raw Story

The House Intelligence Committee and the FBI are investigating George Papadopoulos -- who is currently incarcerated for lying to the FBI -- on further charges that could implicate President Donald Trump, The Atlantic reported Wednesday. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/jailed-trump-advisor-bragged-large-financial-gains-trump-trump-won-2016-report/

Fact-checking President Trump’s interview with The Washington Post - The Washington Post: Analysis

Here's a guide to nine false or misleading statements made by the president in his interview with The Washington Post ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/28/fact-checking-president-trumps-interview-with-washington-post/

The only currency worse than bitcoin is Venezuela’s - The Washington Post: Perspective

Bitcoin is down more than 75 percent since the end of last year. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/26/only-currency-worse-than-bitcoin-is-venezuelas/

Who’s the Mystery Man Behind the Latest Pelosi Putsch? It’s Mark Penn. - The Intercept

The Problem Solvers Caucus is threatening to derail Nancy Pelosi's bid for House speaker. Infamous political consultant Mark Penn is driving that campaign. ....
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/26/nancy-pelosi-speaker-no-labels-mark-penn/

Kushner pushed Trump administration officials to inflate value of Saudi arms deal: report - The Hill

President Trump's adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, directed administration officials to inflate numbers for a supposed $110 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia....
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/418290-kushner-pushed-trump-administration-officials-to-inflate-value-of-saudi-arms

Trump Twice Floated Plundering Iraq’s Oil to Iraq’s Prime Minister - Vanity Fair

The president's staff had to smack the idea out of him. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/trump-iraq-oil

Why the white evangelicals who propelled Trump to victory keep excusing his misogyny, racism, and debauchery - Business Insider

The "family values" concerns of 10, 20, or 30 years ago - homosexuality, premarital sex, women in the military - have been overtaken by a different set of moral issues, often derided by the right as "social justice." ....
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/trumps-christian-apologists-are-unchristian.html

Religious exemption laws exacerbating foster and adoption 'crisis,' report finds

Laws allowing child placement agencies to deny LGBTQ prospective parents are worsening the current “child welfare crisis,” according to a new report....

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/religious-exemption-laws-exacerbating-foster-adoption-crisis-report-finds-n939326

Fox News keeps breaking its own rules - YouTube

Sean Hannity appeared on stage at a Trump rally before the midterm elections. It's the latest example of Fox News’ transformation from right-wing news network into full-on Republican campaign operation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cijh3bdxwmE

Mr. Deity: Creationism Is So Appropriate For Children

Mr. Deity talks about the importance of teaching Creationism in our schools...
https://youtu.be/40E-3nrI1K8

WOTM: The Wisdom of Dennis Prager and King David

Dennis Prager uses the story of King David as a source of wisdom....
https://youtu.be/InmmwJxjc-E

Former Trump Campaign Manager Admits There Was, in Fact, a 'Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy' to Undermine the Clintons

Conservatives participated in a "vast right-wing conspiracy" to undermine the Clintons, President Donald Trump's former deputy election campaign manager said on Sunday.

"There is a vast left-wing conspiracy that has been going on since the president won this election," ex-aide David Bossie said while speaking with host Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday. "All throughout the transition and during his first two years. A vast left-wing conspiracy, very similar words to what Hillary Clinton called a vast right-wing conspiracy."
https://www.newsweek.com/conservatives-engaged-vast-conspiracy-undermine-clintons-1230227

Library Honoring Michelle Obama Vandalized With Trump Graffiti - Newsweek

Washington library offers free books to passers-by. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/library-honoring-michelle-obama-vandalized-trump-graffiti-1230149

DeVos transplant clinic urges heart patient to start $10,000 online 'fundraising effort' to pay for treatment - Raw Story:

"'You can't have a heart unless you do GoFundMe for 10K' is not a just system." ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/devos-transplant-clinic-urges-heart-patient-start-10000-online-fundraising-effort-pay-treatment/

Top U.S. & World Headlines — November 28, 2018

Interview:
https://youtu.be/ZqekO-J6fsA

Robert Reich: Trump is Violating the Three Basic Principles of the Rule of Law | Opinion - Newsweek

Another president violated these, but America wouldn't allow it. Nixon resigned before Congress impeached him. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-trump-violating-rule-law-opinion-1230782

Trump’s fake crises overshadow real ones - The Washington Post: Analysis

While Trump rails against migrants, other urgent problems are going ignored across the globe. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/27/trumps-fake-crises-overshadow-real-ones/

Republicans’ climate denier talking points slammed by Fox News anchor - ThinkProgress.org

The Trump administration's release on Friday of a major new climate report has revealed cracks in the previously impenetrable wall of Republican and right-wing climate science denial. From long-time Fox News host Shepard Smith to conservative foreign-policy adviser Max Boot, some on the right are now speaking more openly about how the Republican Party's embrace of climate science denial has become a tragic threat to America’s future...
https://thinkprogress.org/fox-news-anchor-slams-republicans-for-politicizing-climate-change-it-is-accepted-science-1de1ba257433/

Trump’s Comments on Climate Change Report Debunked by Scientist Who Wrote It - VICE

Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe took to Twitter to fact-check claims by Trump and the White House about the major climate change report. ....
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/d3bdza/scientist-debunks-president-trump-claims-about-national-climate-assessment-katharine-hayhoe

To Get Back at G.M., Trump Threatens to Punish Any American Who Buys an Electric Car - Vanity Fair

The president is in a MOOD. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/trump-general-motors-subsidies-threat

FACT CHECK: Was the 'Illegal Alien Mom with Kids' Photograph Staged? - www.snopes.com

Chaos erupted in Tijuana, Mexico, on 25 November 2018 when U.S. Border Patrol agents unleashed tear gas on migrants near a major border crossing point. And as per usual, that chaos prompted opportunistic purveyors of misinformation to swing into action.....
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mom-tear-gas-photo/

How a Climate Change-Fueled Drought & U.S.-Fed Violence Are Driving Thousands from Central America

President Trump is urging Mexico to deport the thousands of Central American migrants who are at or approaching the U.S. border in an attempt to seek asylum, days after U.S. border authorities fired tear gas into a crowd of asylum seekers as some tried to push their way through the heavily militarized border near San Diego. Trump tweeted, “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. Do it by plane, do it by bus, do it anyway you want, but they are NOT coming into the U.S.A. We will close the Border permanently if need be. Congress, fund the WALL!” This comes just days before Andrés Manuel López Obrador is sworn in as Mexico’s new president. López Obrador’s incoming government has denied it made any deal with the Trump administration to force asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their U.S. asylum claims are processed. We speak with John Carlos Frey, Emmy Award-winning investigative reporter and PBS NewsHour special correspondent. He recently returned from reporting trips in Guatemala, Mexico City and Tijuana, where he was documenting the migrant caravan.....
https://youtu.be/7rOPQ0DIkCQ

A Wall Street Journal interview on trade shows Trump has no idea what he’s doing - Vox

He confuses tariffs and interest rates, and invents phantom new steel plants.....
https://www.vox.com/2018/11/27/18114141/trump-wall-street-journal-interview

Bill McKibben: New Report Reconfirms Climate Change is Shrinking Inhabitable Parts of the Planet

On the heels of yet another alarming climate change report—this time released by a White House that openly denies global warming—we speak with 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben and public health scholar Kristie Ebi about President Trump’s environmental policies, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal and what it will take to fight the growing threat of climate change.
https://youtu.be/IUU4R_4gf14
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Trump: Some people on campaign didn't talk to Russia, therefore there was no collusion - Daily Kos

After reports last week indicated that Special Counsel Robert Mueller might be close to some big moves, Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the investigation in a pair of tweets on Monday morning. In fact, Trump—or a staffer with better writing skills—managed to pack several attacks and one hilarious "defense" into those two tweets. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1815230

'Problem Solver' Democrats demand Pelosi let them act like and vote with Republicans - Daily Kos

More House Democrats who really want to vote like, and with, Republicans are threatening a tantrum and trying to get Nancy Pelosi to placate them. They've got a bunch of rules they want her to promise to adopt to make it easier for Republicans to pass legislation. Without that promise, they say, they won't vote for her or any other candidate who doesn't agree to their demands. They are all members of the so-called "Problem Solvers" bipartisan caucus....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1815290

Beto O’Rourke: Deal with border crisis ‘the right way and follow our own laws’ - The Hill

Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas) said Monday the U.S. should follow its own standing immigration laws in dealing with the caravan of migrants attempting to cross the border. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/418196-beto-orourke-deal-with-border-crisis-the-right-way-and-follow-our-own-laws

Dem Rep. Tim Ryan seeks hearings on how GM used GOP tax-law savings - The Hill

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) is urging the leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee to hold hearings to examine how General Motors used its savings from the GOP tax law after the automaker announced Monday that it would lay off workers and close up to five North American plants....
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/418318-rep-tim-ryan-seeks-hearings-on-how-gm-used-gop-tax-law-savings

Border Patrol commissioner contradicts Trump's claim that agents were 'very badly hurt' by rock-throwing migrants - Raw Story

President Donald Trump told the White House press pool Monday that three Border Patrol agents were hurt by migrants throwing rocks and stones at them -- just as the agency's commissioner denied that anyone had been injured. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/border-patrol-commissioner-contradicts-trumps-claim-agents-badly-hurt-rock-throwing-migrants/

Trump suggests creating U.S. 'worldwide network' to compete with CNN - POLITICO

"Something has to be done, including the possibility of the United States starting our own Worldwide Network to show the World the way we really are, GREAT!" he said.....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/trump-suggests-us-worldwide-network-1015922

Bitcoin Falls Below $4,000 as Cryptocurrency Collapse Worsens - The Wall Street Journal

Bitcoin just had the week from hell, losing nearly a third of its value in seven days and marking one of its worst weekly selloffs on record. The digital currency has now fallen by about 80% since peaking near $20,000 late last year.....
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bitcoin-falls-below-4-000-as-cryptocurrency-collapse-worsens-1543241154

Wisconsin dairy farmers barely hanging on as crisis deepens with no end in sight - USA TODAY

More dairy farms are expected to go out of business this year than in any other year since at least 2003. .....
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/11/26/dairy-farms-wisconsin-barely-hanging-crisis-deepens/2112841002/