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I Know How You Feel: Beat Up, Battened Down, Fetal, Furious—But There’s Nothing Wrong With You; It’s Him By Marty Kaplan, AlterNet Of course you’re depressed. You know that the news is toxic to your spirit, and you admit you’re addicted to it. READ MORE» Why Stephen Miller Comes Off as a D*ck By Kali Holloway, AlterNet Trump's messenger is like all the most unlikable know-it-alls you've ever met all rolled up into one.  READ MORE» Benjamin Netanyahu Is in Bed with the Trump Administration—Almost Literally By Ben Norton, AlterNet Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has a long history of staunchly supporting Israel's right-wing elements. READ MORE»

Trump Has Surrounded Himself With a Phalanx of White Nationalists By Chauncey DeVega, Salon There is a gallery of Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Michael “Decius” Anton. Who is next?  READ MORE» Kellyanne Conway Tweets 'Love You Back' to White Nationalist—and Then Quickly Deletes It By Erin Corbett, Raw Story The object of her Twitter affection claims to "Hate Anti-American Liberals, Marxists, & Commies.” READ MORE» Anti-Muslim Conspiracists Escalate Campaign to Crush Muslim Civil Society Organizations By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet Trump is reportedly advancing an extreme measure targeting major Muslim groups. READ MORE» Shadier Side to Trudeau's Sunny Ways By Jordy Cummings, Le Monde diplomatique Justin Trudeau looks and sounds progressive, especially now that the world is turning to extreme or restrictive forms of nationalism. But he’s not what he seems.  READ MORE» How Runaway Inequality Helped to Elect Trump and How It Can Defeat Him By Les Leopold, AlterNet Hard facts: The top 10 percent saw incomes rise by 115 percent, and the top 1 percent saw an incredible rise of 198 percent. The bottom half of all American earners saw their incomes declined by 1 percent. READ MORE» Depression Is an Unlikely Advantage in the Fight Against Fascism By Kitty Hannah Eden, The Establishment Life under the yoke of depression is frighteningly similar to life in Trump’s America, and knowing one can teach you how to approach the other. READ MORE» Oliver Stone Delivers American Critique for the Ages During Berlin Award Ceremony By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet The director is appalled by President Trump and no longer recognizes the Democratic Party. READ MORE» Here Are the Greenest Cities in America: Where Does Your City Rank and How Can You Can Help Make It Greener? By Robin Scher, AlterNet Help reduce the impacts of climate change—even if President Trump doesn't care to. READ MORE» Is President Trump Headed for a War With China? By Rajan Menon, TomDispatch Forget Mexico—the real crisis is brewing in the South China Sea. READ MORE» Justice Department Warned White House That Gen. Flynn May Have Been Compromised by Russia: Report By Taylor Link, Salon Former acting attorney general Sally Yates told the White House that Flynn lied about not discussing sanctions. READ MORE»