- What you missed on Sunday Kos ...
- Please, Secretary Zinke: Just steal our money, not our lands, by Susan Grigsby
- It makes sense for Progressives to go after the Trump voter, by Egberto Willies
- How corporate special interests socialize costs: Moral hazard, by David Akadjian
- As people march in DC for Puerto Rico, which politicians stand up in defense of our island citizens, by Denise Oliver Velez
- Abortion rights and free speech wrongs, by Jon Perr
- Did you know Trump just made it easier for banks to get away with screwing the poor and minorities, by Ian Reifowitz
- International Elections Digest: Spain in crisis after violent crackdown on Catalonia secession vote, by Daily Kos Elections
- Confirming that he’s an asshole and an idiot:
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained Sunday why he and his wife, Louise Linton, struck a villainous pose with a sheet of dollar bills: He didn’t think the pictures would be public.
“I didn’t realize that the pictures were public and going on the internet and viral,” Mnuchin told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”
A former Oklahoma state senator has pleaded guilty to a child sex trafficking charge, The Oklahoman reported Saturday.
Former state Sen. Ralph Shortey, a Republican, had been accused of offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sexual "stuff" earlier this year. Federal prosecutors will drop three additional child pornography charges against him in exchange for his guilty plea.
At first, Sean Spicer’s exit from the White House followed the blueprint for famous administration officials.
Step one: Hire mega lawyer/agent Bob Barnett, who has represented presidents and their operatives in lucrative deals, from Barack Obama and David Axelrod to George W. Bush and Karl Rove. Step two: Make the rounds at various TV networks, where a contributor job can yield reliable, high-profile income.
But step three — landing the plush TV deal — never happened.
- Condolences to family and friends:
Della Reese, the vocal powerhouse who later starred as heaven-sent Tess on the television series Touched By an Angel, died Sunday evening at age 86.
She leaves behind children James, Franklin, and Dominique, as well as husband Franklin Lett. She was predeceased by daughter Deloreese.
- Gone in the blink of an eye:
Charles Manson, the cult leader who drew lasting infamy for directing mass killings in 1969, has died at the age of 83.
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show, Greg Dworkin rounds up the weekend in American embarrassments: Moore, Trump & Mnuchin. Armando calls in to preview/rig tomorrow’s discussion with Ben Spielberg on DNC rules reform. The Gop tax bill is complete $#!+, in case you didn’t know.
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