- What you missed on Sunday Kos …
- Signs of hope for Democrats in 2018? A cautious yes, by Sher Watts Spooner
- If Democrats fail to fight Gorsuch, they look weak and share the blame for future decisions, by David Akadjian
- The blindness of anti-Trump Republicans, by Ian Reifowitz
- Okay pro-lifers, since ACA repeal will kill tens of thousands, can we count on you, Egberto Willies
- Trumpcare in red and blue, by Jon Perr
- America's dumbest congressman* is at it again, by Mark E Andersen
- Voter suppression and anti-union laws work in tandem when the GOP takes over a state's government, by Stephen Wolf
- Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Black suffragist, abolitionist, publisher and lawyer, by Denise Oliver Velez
- Selling across state lines will be a great deal ... for insurance companies, by DarkSyde
Between the 14th hole and the 15th tee of one of the club’s two courses, Mr. Trump installed a flagpole on a stone pedestal overlooking the Potomac, to which he affixed a plaque purportedly designating “The River of Blood.”
“Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot,” the inscription reads. “The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as ‘The River of Blood.’ “
The inscription, beneath his family crest and above Mr. Trump’s full name, concludes: “It is my great honor to have preserved this important section of the Potomac River!”
“No. Uh-uh. No way. Nothing like that ever happened there,” said Richard Gillespie, the executive director of the Mosby Heritage Area Association, a historical preservation and education group devoted to an 1,800-square-mile section of the Northern Virginia Piedmont, including the Lowes Island site.
Fox News has fired longtime comptroller Judy Slater for what the network characterized as “abhorrent behavior” after a report that she made offensive comments to African-American employees while at work. [...]
A source told TheWrap.com, which first broke the story, that Slater referred to African-American women at the network as "sista" and "stereotyped African-American employees' speech, openly complaining that they mispronounced words."
The Tennessee state Senate could decide as early as Monday on whether to approve a resolution that would allow the body of former President James K. Polk to be exhumed and moved to a fourth resting place.
President Donald Trump is tapping Gov. Chris Christie to chair a commission devoted to combatting opioid abuse in America, two sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to NJ Advance Media.
On today’s Kagro in the Morning show, Greg Dworkin sifts through the fallout from the Gop health care flop. An extensive riff on that “River of Blood” story, and why exactly Donald Trump ended up such a lying sack of crap. Did Ivanka take a White House job & office just for the perks? Epshteyn out!
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