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Cowardly Republicans Are Running Away from Voters and Cancelling Town Meetings This Weekend By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Only 19 GOP members—a tiny number—will face critics in public. READ MORE» 5 Republican Disgraces You Missed This Week Watching Donald Trump Combust By Jacob Sugarman, AlterNet Jason Chaffetz isn't even masking his villainy anymore.  READ MORE» My Friends and I Are Willing to Spend Time in Jail Fighting for Environmental Justice By Emily Johnston, AlterNet Ever wished for a fight that was truly meaningful? Well, now we have one. READ MORE»

Has Donald Trump Finished Off Conservative Thought Once and for All? By Andrew O'Hehir, Salon The movement once had a coherent philosophy. After the neocons, bigots and neo-fascists, there's nothing left. READ MORE» Report: Michael Flynn's Replacement Turned Down the Job After Watching Trump's 'Unhinged' Press Conference By Tom Boggioni, Raw Story Robert Harward had been personally tabbed by the president. READ MORE» Washington Officials Say They've Never Seen Anything Like the Chaos and Ineptitude of Trump's White House By David Smith, Ben Jacobs, The Guardian "Our government continues to be in unbelievable turmoil. We're a nation at war." READ MORE» 11 Disturbing Parallels Between Hate Politics in India and the United States By Teesta Setalvad, AlterNet Donald Trump and Narendra Modi appear to be on similar trajectories. READ MORE» How Alex Jones' Wild Conspiracies Breed Potentially Deadly Plots By Southern Poverty Law Center Staff, Southern Poverty Law Center He's been spreading fake news and hysteria online for a decade, but pizzagate shows his words lead to violence.  READ MORE» Trump's Travel Ban Is Taking an Immeasurable Toll on Muslim Families By Jody Mashek, OtherWords I've seen firsthand how a new executive order is impacting moms and kids here in the United States. READ MORE» Trump's Attack on the Media as an 'Enemy of the People' Has Eerie Historical Echoes By Steve Herman, Jeff Seldin, Voice of America The president is adopting a popular tactic of 20th century totalitarians. READ MORE» Why the Great Writer James Baldwin's Insights About America Are More Relevant Than Ever By Sophia A. McClennen, Salon A powerful new film confronts our country's racism past and present. READ MORE» Death Eaters Not Only Walk Among Us—Now They Occupy the White House By John Sanbonmatsu, The Huffington Post J.K. Rowling called it back during the Republican primary. We should be terrified. READ MORE» LSD Microdosing Is Trending in Silicon Valley, But Can It Actually Make You More Creative? By Barbara Sahakian, Camilla d'Angelo, George Savulich, The Conversation Research suggests that LSD and other psychedelics induce a flexible state of mind.  READ MORE» When Israel First Occupied the West Bank By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet A new documentary examines the settlement expansion in the wake of the Six-Day War. READ MORE» Source-Alternet