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Andy Borowitz | White House Says It Is Unpatriotic to Offer Irrefutable Video Evidence That a General Lied
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a stirring defense of Donald Trump's chief of staff, General John Kelly, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said on Friday that it was 'unpatriotic in the extreme' to offer irrefutable video proof that a four-star general lied."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a stirring defense of Donald Trump's chief of staff, General John Kelly, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said on Friday that it was 'unpatriotic in the extreme' to offer irrefutable video proof that a four-star general lied."
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The Uninsured Rate Is Rising as Trump Successfully Sabotages Obamacare
Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler writes: "Providing some of the clearest evidence yet about President Donald Trump's ability to undermine Obamacare even without the GOP votes in Congress required to officially repeal it, the national uninsurance rate is now on the rise."
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Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler writes: "Providing some of the clearest evidence yet about President Donald Trump's ability to undermine Obamacare even without the GOP votes in Congress required to officially repeal it, the national uninsurance rate is now on the rise."
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Trump Says He Will Declassify JFK Assassination Files
Whitney Kimball, Jezebel
Kimball writes: "With the regularity of a poopy rhinoceros, he has dumped another Saturday morning surprise on Twitter. And like clockwork, every Saturday morning we ask ourselves do we really have to feed him? And the answer is yes, god damn it, fine, but this is the last time."
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Whitney Kimball, Jezebel
Kimball writes: "With the regularity of a poopy rhinoceros, he has dumped another Saturday morning surprise on Twitter. And like clockwork, every Saturday morning we ask ourselves do we really have to feed him? And the answer is yes, god damn it, fine, but this is the last time."
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DeVos Rescinds 72 Guidance Documents Outlining Rights for Disabled Students
Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post
Balingit writes: "The Education Department has rescinded 72 policy documents that outline the rights of students with disabilities as part of the Trump administration's effort to eliminate regulations it deems superfluous."
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Moriah Balingit, The Washington Post
Balingit writes: "The Education Department has rescinded 72 policy documents that outline the rights of students with disabilities as part of the Trump administration's effort to eliminate regulations it deems superfluous."
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Documents Show Trump's White House Knew Trump Had Not Called Every Gold Star Family
John M. Donnelly, Roll Call
Donnelly writes: "In the hours after President Donald Trump said on an Oct. 17 radio broadcast that he had contacted nearly every family that had lost a military servicemember this year, the White House was hustling to learn from the Pentagon the identities and contact information for those families, according to an internal Defense Department email."
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John M. Donnelly, Roll Call
Donnelly writes: "In the hours after President Donald Trump said on an Oct. 17 radio broadcast that he had contacted nearly every family that had lost a military servicemember this year, the White House was hustling to learn from the Pentagon the identities and contact information for those families, according to an internal Defense Department email."
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We Must Decolonize the Caribbean
Angel "Monxo" Lopez Santiago, NACLA
Lopez Santiago writes: "Maria and Irma, 2017's two most destructive hurricanes in the Caribbean basin, have exposed the trappings and inequalities of colonialism in the region. The hurricanes have blown away decades of legal and international maneuvers and ruses, local constitutions, and moves towards autonomy and integration and administrative reclassifications - leaving exposed a simple colonial truth."
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Angel "Monxo" Lopez Santiago, NACLA
Lopez Santiago writes: "Maria and Irma, 2017's two most destructive hurricanes in the Caribbean basin, have exposed the trappings and inequalities of colonialism in the region. The hurricanes have blown away decades of legal and international maneuvers and ruses, local constitutions, and moves towards autonomy and integration and administrative reclassifications - leaving exposed a simple colonial truth."
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Scientists Warn of 'Ecological Armageddon' After Study Shows Flying Insect Numbers Plummeting 75 Percent
Tom Embury-Dennis, The Independent
Embury-Dennis writes: "The number of flying insects has plummeted by 75 per cent in the last 25 years, according to a study that suggests we are approaching an 'ecological Armageddon.'"
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Tom Embury-Dennis, The Independent
Embury-Dennis writes: "The number of flying insects has plummeted by 75 per cent in the last 25 years, according to a study that suggests we are approaching an 'ecological Armageddon.'"
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria
Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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Remezcla
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways."
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