Unnnh...AlterNet dump!

Greetings, Gentle Dot Calm Readers!

I've been meaning to post at least parts of these AlterNet summaries for some time now, as you'll see from the content, but I was too angry about the Planned Parenthood mass shooting incited by Carly Fiorina and the other hate mongers among the Republican presidential candidates, politicians, and media.

Do yourself a favor: scroll down and, if you do nothing else, at least click through on the comics and cartoons. Jen Sorenson and Tom Tomorrow--my favorites--are always honest and insightful.

Renegade Police in Rural Alabama Accused of Mass False Arrests of Hundreds of Black Youths Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet For years, other police tried, and failed, to oust the racist cops. READ MORE» WATCH: Larry Wilmore's Definitive Trump Takedown — 'You're Just Lying' Janet Allon, AlterNet The Nightly Show host asks the Trump campaign, 'How stupid do you think we are?' READ MORE» Man Held at Guantánamo for 13 Years a Case of Mistaken Identity, Say Officials David Smith, The Guardian Mustafa al-Aziz al-Shamiri was low-level Islamist foot soldier, not al-Qaida courier and trainer as had been believed. READ MORE»

How the GOP Practices the Purest, Most Obnoxious Identity Politics Ever By Amanda Marcotte, Salon Democrats are always accused of playing 'identity politics.' The reality is that Republicans do it far more. READ MORE» 10 Moral Crises That Have Resulted From Unfettered, Free Market Capitalism By Christian Felber, Zed Books On the free market it is legal and customary to violate the dignity of our fellow human beings. READ MORE» Now Trump Wants to Bomb Families of Alleged ISIS Members By Janet Allon, AlterNet GOP frontrunner wants U.S. to stop "fighting a politically correct war." READ MORE» Christian Group's Survey Finds That Christians Have the Most Abortions in U.S. By Walter Einenkel, DailyKos It won’t be surprising to most on the left that the Christians that kill people in order to protest killing are hypocrites. READ MORE» The Neuroscience Behind Why White Cops Kill Black Men By Bobby Azarian, Raw Story Studies may shed some light on why white police officers who aren’t consciously racist are quick to pull the trigger on black men. READ MORE» Chilling Video May Show NATO Member State Greeting and Providing Refuge to ISIS Militants By Jay Syrmopoulos, The Free Thought Project Amateur video taken at the Turkish-Syrian border appears to show Turkish soldiers greeting ISIS militants with open arms. READ MORE» As NY State Probes Exxon, Oil Giant Targets the Journalists Who Exposed Climate Change Cover-Up By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Exxon accused Columbia University journalism students of producing inaccurate and misleading articles. READ MORE» The Pentagon Is a Massive, Unacknowledged Threat to the Global Climate By Gar Smith, War Is A Crime One of the largest contributors to global warming has no intention of agreeing to reduce its pollution. READ MORE» AlterNet Comics: Keith Knight on Petco's Latest Take on Turducken By Keith Knight, AlterNet Here's what $119.99 will get you. READ MORE»

How Big Tech Convinced Us to Become Our Own Informants Amien Essif, AlterNet In exchange for the digital goods we crave, we willingly give Google, Facebook and others access to our entire private lives. READ MORE» Christian Conservatives Scramble to Deny Stirring Up Violence with Their Incendiary Speech Valerie Tarico, AlterNet It's one big "Who, me?" from the religious right after attacks like Colorado Springs. READ MORE» Naomi Klein: Now Marches Are Banned at the Paris Climate Conference - What's at Stake Naomi Klein, The Guardian Hollande is silencing those facing the worst impacts of climate change and its monstrous violence. READ MORE»

Why We Should Be Worried for America That Donald Trump Is So Popular By Adele M. Stan, The American Prospect With his lies about black people and the people of Jersey City, the question is why so many Americans want to believe him. READ MORE» Warped White Privilege and the Planned Parenthood Killer By Chauncey DeVega, Salon White shooters live and maybe get a Whopper on the way to jail. Black suspects don't get the same royal treatment. READ MORE» Putin Levels Serious Claims About Who's Backing ISIS By Juan Cole, Informed Comment Putin is attempting to shore up the government of Bashar al-Assad, while Turkey hopes to see it overthrown by Muslim fundamentalist rebels. READ MORE» Women's Health Advocates Slam Right-Wingers for Planned Parenthood Smears By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet "Anti-choice rhetoric must end, or anti-choice violence never will," noted the head of NARAL's Colorado branch. READ MORE» A Brief History Of Penis Worship By Carrie Weisman, AlterNet At the root of "phallic adoration" is a rich tradition of symbolism; a culture of images that begin and end with the penis. READ MORE» 13 Simple, Powerful Actions That Can Save Our Planet While There Is Still Time By Peter Seidel, 360° Editions Looming ahead is a terrible point of no return—but we aren't there yet. READ MORE» Family: Tennessee Church Hid Bathroom Rape of 3-Year-Old, Lied to Parents and Urged Against Prosecution By David Edwards, Raw Story The church later 'urged the [family] not to pursue criminal charges against the perpetrator,' the lawsuit stated. READ MORE» Prison Officials Spying on Inmates to Find Net Worth, Suing Anyone Worth Over $10K for Stay in Jail By Andrew Emett, The Free Thought Project These predatory prison departments are willing to sacrifice people’s futures in order to fuel their failing, bloated budgets. READ MORE»

Activists Track Down Racist Trolls Who Thought They Were Anonymous and Brilliantly Embarrass Them Kali Holloway, AlterNet A Brazilian group is turning racist social media messages into signs everyone can see in the neighborhoods where they were written. READ MORE» Dead, White, and Blue: The Great Die-Off of America's Blue Collar Whites Barbara Ehrenreich, TomDispatch A combination of downward mobility and racial resentment may be an invitation to the kind of despair that leads to suicide in one form or another. READ MORE» Sorry, Conservatives, But Denying the Gender Wage Gap Is 'Truly Delusional' Elias Isquith, Salon It's time we understand inequality as a women's issue, authors of a new report on women in the economy tell Salon. READ MORE»

AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen Asks Why We Don't Close the Border to Armed White Males By Jen Sorensen, AlterNet What if the spotlight was on white males instead of Syrian refugees? READ MORE» World AIDS Day: We Must Do More to Help People Who Use Drugs By Julie Netherland, AlterNet The criminalization and mass incarceration of people who use illicit drugs have facilitated the spread of HIV/AIDS. READ MORE» Porn Industry Groups Cut Ties to Star James Deen Amid Sexual Assault Claims By Rory Carroll, The Guardian Pornography’s de facto global ambassador faces backlash after Stoya and other performers accuse him of attacks. READ MORE» Working at Planned Parenthood: 'Every Day, Someone Threatened to Kill Me' By Molly Redden, The Guardian Current and former employees across the US have spoken up about the ‘constant state of fear’ in their daily lives. READ MORE» Cops Didn’t Know This Camera Caught Them Deleting Video of the Murder of Laquan McDonald By Andrew Emett, The Free Thought Project Unable to clearly explain why the 86 minutes disappeared, Police Supt. Garry McCarthy blamed the missing files on technical difficulties. READ MORE»

8 Ways the Super Wealthy Show Their Cruel Values and Desire to Destroy the Public's Safety Net Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet Researchers trace the super rich's biases and political values. READ MORE» How the Extreme Christian Right Incited the Assault on the Planned Parenthood Clinic in Colorado Valerie Tarico, AlterNet If you keep issuing calls to take up arms, someone is eventually going to take the message and run with it. READ MORE» Climate Change Activists in Paris Say They’re Being Silenced With Counterterrorism Following Attacks Roberto Lovato, AlterNet Protesters refuse to let talk of terrorism distract from the importance of the climate talks. READ MORE»

Police Ripped Off More Stuff Than Burglars Did Last Year By Phillip Smith, AlterNet Civil asset forfeiture is big business for cops. READ MORE» John Cusack and Arundhati Roy: Things That Can and Cannot Be Said By John Cusack, AlterNet The film maker and actor recorded his chats with the author and the pair documented their recent journeys. READ MORE» Dear Conservatives: Stop Feeding Terrorist Ideology By Devona Walker, PULSE Invading a country and 'killing the head of terrorism' will not solve the problem. READ MORE» Donald Trump Got Asked a Question He Couldn't Come Up with an Answer for By Scott Eric Kaufman, Salon MSNBC's Joe Scarborough asks -- where's the 9/11 video of Muslims cheering the attacks? READ MORE» AlterNet Comics: Brian McFadden on 6 Climate Change 'Solutions' for a Country That Often Pretends It Doesn't Exist By Brian McFadden, AlterNet Let's get Bill Nye on the case to fight climate deniers. READ MORE» We're All Paying for the Unaccountability of So-Called 'Experts' Who Screwed Up the World Economy By Mark Weisbrot, Oxford University Press The eurozone crisis is a perfect example of the damage done when people in high places make basic mistakes. READ MORE» Costco, America's 2nd Largest Retailer Says No to GMO Salmon By Nicole Mormann, TakePart Costco is now one of more than 60 U.S. supermarket chains rejecting the laboratory fish. READ MORE» Muslim Cab Driver Shot by Passenger Ranting About ISIS Terrorists By Travis Gettys, Raw Story A bizarre conversation in a cab leads to tragic violence. READ MORE» What Does Recovery From Sex Addiction Look Like? By Stephen Jay Schwartz , The Fix As a recovering sex addict, I couldn't stop having sex. So my wife and I came up with a simple solution. READ MORE»

Binge-Drinking Does Major Damage to Teenage Brains, While the Media Spreads Hysteria About Pot's Risks Kali Holloway, AlterNet Turns out the hangovers aren't the worst part about all those keg stands you did back in college. READ MORE» Why the Economic Agenda of the Six Top GOP Candidates Is Truly Frightening Nomi Prins, Tom Dispatch The six top Republican candidates take economic policy into the wilderness. READ MORE» Can Anyone Stop Donald Trump? Ben Jacobs, Dan Roberts, The Guardian For months, Trump has defied the laws of political gravity by maintaining his lead despite a never-ending string of controversies. READ MORE»

Who Should You Believe on Vaccines? Your Doctor -- or Jenny McCarthy? By Robert Brotherton, Salon There are reams of scientific literature, and then the comfort of conspiracy theory. Why do we favor the latter? READ MORE» Why the End of Federal Pot Prohibition Could Be Only 5 Years Away By Phillip Smith, AlterNet Is it possible that the walls will crumble even faster than we think? READ MORE» What's on Tap at the Historic Paris Climate Summit By Gwynne Taraska, Center for American Progress As always, the potential for discord and deadlock pervades the climate negotiations. READ MORE» Hang on to Your Wallets, Bankers Are Coming After Your Cash By Ellen Brown, Web of Debt blog In uncertain times, “cash is king,” but central bankers are systematically moving to eliminate that option. READ MORE» The World Is on the Verge of the First Human Head Transplant By Tom Lamont , The Guardian Sergio Canavero says he will change medical history as soon as 2017 – he even has a volunteer. Can it be done? READ MORE» L.A. Considers Law to Scan All Cars, Publicly Shame Anyone Who Drives Through a ‘Prostitution Area’ By Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project To make matters even worse, all the data collected in the process would be a matter of public record. READ MORE» Fox News Host Giggles Through Report on Man Who Died After He Got Stuck in Fiery Chimney By David Edwards, Raw Story Kooiman was amused that the rescue team had used jackhammers to remove the man from the chimney. READ MORE» Does Kinky Sex Lead to Sex Addiction? By Scott Alexander Hess, The Fix Acting out sexual fantasies in a safe context can be liberating. But with the explosion of "sex addiction," the kick people get from kink looks increasingly like a symptom. READ MORE»

Colorado Springs: Planned Parenthood Gunman Surrenders After Standoff That Leaves 3 Dead Janet Allon, AlterNet The six-hour ordeal has resulted in three fatalities, including one police officer. Nine others were injured, including five officers. READ MORE» Trump Supporters Thrive on His Lies and Disinformation Aimed at Demonizing Their Target Groups Sonali Kolhatkar, Truthdig The Trump campaign isn't being discreet. READ MORE» The Real Reason Why the Kochs Developed a Sudden Passion for Prison Reform Thom Hartmann, AlterNet Criminal legal reform has become one of the very few legitimately bipartisan issues in US politics. READ MORE»

5 Depressing Signs America Just Isn't the Country It Used to Be By Paul Buchheit, AlterNet There exists a common theme amidst these signs of societal decay. READ MORE» France Uses Emergency Laws to Put Climate Activists Under House Arrest for Planning to Protest By Arthur Neslen, The Guardian French police arrest activists for flouting ban on organizing protests during climate talks next week. READ MORE» Maryland Sheriff's Heroin Checkpoints Skirt the Edge of Legality By Phillip Smith, AlterNet Drug enforcement traffic checkpoints are illegal. So what was the Harford County sheriff up to when he started rolling checkpoints? READ MORE» Spike Lee Urges Women to Go on Sex Strike to Protest Campus Rape and Harassment By Travis Gettys, Raw Story “I think a sex strike could really work on college campuses where there’s an abundance of sexual harassment or date rapes," said the director. READ MORE» Bernie Sanders’s Refreshingly Sane Foreign Policy By Sean Illing, Salon In his speech last week, Sanders said what every presidential candidate ought to say about ISIS and the Middle East. READ MORE» What Are the Only 3 States That Score Higher Than a D+ in the Corruption Index? By Nicholas Kusnetz , The Center for Public Integrity This is just embarrassing. READ MORE» People Tied Up ‘Like Animals’ on UK Deportation Flights By Phil Miller, Open Democracy Commercial contractors routinely belt immigration detainees into restraints so extreme that they are rarely used in prisons. READ MORE» World’s Most ‘Adorable Drug Kingpin’ is Actually the Daughter of Texas DEA Head Honcho By William N. Grigg, The Free Thought Project Owing to her privileged status, Sarah Furay has a very good chance to escape the ruinous punishment that would be inflicted on most defendants in her situation. READ MORE» Sweet Music: Fighting Pests With Sound Waves, Not Pesticides By Katherine Gammon, TakePart Scientists have invented a device that uses acoustics to mimic the mating call of an insect that has been devastating Florida's orange groves. READ MORE»

BREAKING: Gunman Opens Fire at Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs Janet Allon, AlterNet Details still emerging in developing story. One officer reportedly shot. READ MORE» Donald Trump Race Shocker: Polls Prove His Success Really Is Based on Racists Amanda Marcotte, Salon New numbers prove that Trump is pulling support from the highly xenophobic Republican contingent. READ MORE» Three Men Who Shot Black Lives Matter Protesters Emerged From Internet’s Racist Swamps David Neiwert, Southern Poverty Law Center White supremacists involved in Minneapolis mayhem left behind a trail of emails, chat rooms, websites, reveling in the extremist right. READ MORE»

Republicans Move to Dump 'Fascist' Trump Agence France-Presse Rivals and party leaders are starting to wonder how committed Trump is to democratic values. READ MORE» Paul Krugman on the Unforeseen Harm Trump Could Do If He Wins By Janet Allon, AlterNet The columnist looks at Europe for a lesson in how to be an imperfect union. READ MORE» Here’s Some of the Biggest and Boldest Lies Told During the 2016 Race for President By Agence France Presse, Agence France Presse Trump is not alone among the candidates in distorting the truth, according to fact-checkers. READ MORE» 3 Ways the TPP Will Hurt the Climate — If We Let It Pass By Ben Lilliston, YES! Magazine The next big trade deal is poised for a congressional vote in 2016. Here's what that means for the planet. READ MORE» How Cops Use 'Psychopaths and Liars' and Often Become Them to Achieve Their Goals By Justin Gardner, The Free Thought Project Does using criminals or actually becoming them, justify the path to security? American law enforcement tends to think so. READ MORE» The Story Behind 'Alice's Restaurant' —the 50-Year-Old Song that Is Forever Young By Dan McCue, Courthouse News Its smirkily subversive message finds new adherents every year, while in its familiar glow longtime acquaintances grow young again. READ MORE»

Newspaper Announces Plans to Reveal Commenters' Real Names Retroactively Kali Holloway, AlterNet Does the company's stated policy contradict the newly announced change? READ MORE» Trump Asks His Supporters to Report on Their Neighbors: 'Most Likely You'll Be Wrong, But That's OK' Hunter, Daily Kos Can someone call this guy out? READ MORE» The 1 Percenters Are Stuffing Their Pumpkin Pie Holes on Thanksgiving Leo Gerard, AlterNet They intend to gorge themselves until there’s nothing left for workers. READ MORE»

Wet Nurse Controversy? These Two Moms Aren't Backing Down from Breast Feeding Each Others' Kids By Kali Holloway, AlterNet Wet nursing isn't so common anymore, but these moms are still practicing it, saying it's only natural. READ MORE» 'Carol' Isn’t Just a 'Lesbian Movie': Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara’s ’50s Love Story Is a Classic American Romance By Andrew O'Hehir, Salon There's a message in Todd Haynes' luminous, lesbian-themed movie masterpiece: Love hurts, and keeps us alive READ MORE» New York Times Slams 'Outrageous' Donald Trump for Mocking Reporter's Disability By Claire Phipps, The Guardian Republican front-runner twisted his arms in apparent imitation of reporter's arthrogryposis. READ MORE» Elisabeth Hasselbeck Calls It Quits on 'Fox & Friends': Here Are 5 of Her Greatest Fox News Fails By Sophia Tesfaye, Salon Doocy and Kilmeade will lose their Curvy Couch partner come year's end. READ MORE» Fox's Kilmeade Asks African-American Fox Host If She Makes Kool-Aid With Her Cobbler Media Matters for America Kilmeade says Kool-Aid 'reminds him of the summer.' READ MORE»

8 Ways to Deal With Your Conservative Relatives' Fox News Talking Points Kali Holloway, Adam Johnson, AlterNet Fox spends 364 days a year misinforming your loved ones. Do your part one day a year setting them straight. READ MORE» The Unprecedented Nightmare of Donald Trump: He's Actually a Fascist Heather Digby Parton, Salon The bizarre spectacle of Trump's candidacy has one word on everyone's mind: 'Fascism.' READ MORE» 30 Reasons to Be Thankful This Thanksgiving Reynard Loki, AlterNet A look on the bright side of the environment, sustainability, renewable energy, food safety, food security, organic food systems and animal welfare. READ MORE»

I Filed Suit for the Laquan McDonald Police Video. Its Mundanity Shocked Me By Brandon Smith, The Guardian The lack of sound in the recording and the perfunctory way the officers moved and behaved made a horrifying act seem normal. READ MORE» What Are We Exactly Celebrating on Thanksgiving? By Jim Hightower, AlterNet We face a momentous choice: a food future rooted in the ethic of sustainable agriculture or in exploitative agri-industry. READ MORE» 8 Thanksgiving Foods That Might Be Sexier Than You Think By Carrie Weisman, AlterNet What you might not know about the traditional Thanksgiving feast. READ MORE» Records Reveal Minnesota Priests Raped Hundreds of Kids for Decades — and Church Buried the Evidence By David Ferguson, Raw Story Files include psychiatric assessments of the five men, records of abuse allegations and the abbey’s responses dating back from the 1960s. READ MORE» Trigger Happy: Will Turkey’s Downing of Russian Jet Backfire on NATO? By Patrick Cockburn, CounterPunch Leaders of NATO countries will want to prevent further Russian-Turkish hostilities. READ MORE» VIDEO: 'Shake Off Those Charter Chains!' By Jeff Bryant, Campaign for America's Future What you really need to know about the chains that run charter schools. READ MORE» Heroic Cops Protect Community by Raiding a Group of 90-Year-Old Women Playing MahJong By Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project As hundreds of thousands of rape kits collect dust and remain untested, cops are quick to raid a group of elderly women playing mahjong. READ MORE»

The Most Poignant and Painfully True Quote About Refugees This Thanksgiving Janet Allon, AlterNet It comes to you courtesy of John Oliver. READ MORE» Why the Media Refuses to Call the White Supremacists Who Shot Black Lives Matter Protesters 'Terrorists' Scott Timberg, Salon The media accepts that ‘people who resort to violence are left-wing or Arab or both.’ READ MORE» WATCH: Colbert Roasts 'NostraDonald' as Well as Trump's False Memories Janet Allon, AlterNet Who could have predicted the totally predictable? Why, the Donald, of course! READ MORE»

Chicago’s Call for Peace Over Laquan McDonald Video Doesn’t Extend to Police Dept. By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! The national director of Black Youth Project 100 explains why she declined a meeting with Mayor Rahm Emanuel. READ MORE» AlterNet Comics: Jen Sorensen on Thanksgiving Through the Years By Jen Sorensen, AlterNet We've (sadly) come a long, long way from the true meaning of Thanksgiving. READ MORE» Seriously? New York Subway Cars Decorated With Nazi Symbols By Janet Allon, AlterNet New York's transit authority bizarrely decides to accept advertising for Amazon's "Man in the High Castle," then yanks it. READ MORE» AlterNet Comics: Tom Tomorrow on How Ass-Kicking American Jesus Would Deal With ‘Refugee Terrorists’ By Tom Tomorrow, AlterNet John Kasich even proposed a propaganda bureau to spread 'Judeo-Christian values.' READ MORE» My Mom Fled War Too: Finding Compassion for Syrian Refugees By Yessenia Funes, YES! Magazine Like refugees everywhere, my mom gave her children the gift of a better life — and an understanding of what it means to risk everything for it. READ MORE» The Real War on Cops: Police in This City Are Killed Every Other Day By William N. Grigg, The Free Thought Project Police are prey where powerful, murderous gangs have declared a very real war on cops. READ MORE» Ben Carson Goes on an Anti-Women's Rights Rampage By David Edwards, Raw Story The former neurosurgeon noted that he changed his mind about abortion after realizing it was like 'slavery.' READ MORE» Spike Lee’s ‘Chi-raq’ Is an Urgent, Angry and Sexy Midlife Masterpiece By Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian The filmmaker is back at the top of his game with this incendiary look at life in a gang-ravaged Chicago. READ MORE»

Trump's Rivals Desperately Ramping Up Attacks and the Media Can't Get Enough Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet The latest Iowa polls show Ted Cruz closing in on Donald Trump. READ MORE» Fox News' War on Black Lives Matter Draws Real Blood Chauncey DeVega, Salon Minneapolis shooting is no surprise. Trump, O'Reilly and others have ratcheted rhetoric toward violence for months. READ MORE» Chicago Officials Release Graphic Video Showing White Officer Killing Black Teenager Laquan McDonald (VIDEO) Zach Stafford, The Guardian State’s attorney says the officer's actions ‘were not justified or the proper use of deadly force.' READ MORE»

5 Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories as Crazy as Donald Trump's Lie About Muslims Cheering 9/11 By Kali Holloway, AlterNet The right wing is full of paranoia. READ MORE» Times Are Tough. The World Is a Mess. But Here's What We're Grateful For and Why We Need Your Help. By Don Hazen, AlterNet We believe that we can help create a more sane and caring world. READ MORE» America's Descent into a Third-World-Style Kleptocracy By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch According to the Corruption Perception Index of Transparency International, our country comes in 17th in the least-corrupt sweepstakes. READ MORE» Emails Reveal Racists Plotted Confrontation With Black Lives Matters Activists Days Before Shooting By Travis Gettys, Raw Story The men, described by some witnesses as white supremacists, wounded five demonstrators in Minnesota. READ MORE» Trevor Noah Is Just Not Funny: 'The Daily Show' Is a Trainwreck By Sarah Burris, Salon It's a disaster, and not getting any better. READ MORE» One Nice Meal Won't Cut It - How You Can Really Help the Hungry This Thanksgiving By Laura Flanders, AlterNet Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, was clear that soup lines weren’t the answer to poverty. READ MORE» Family Gets $4.9M After Cops Beat Mentally Ill Son to Death on Video and Walked Free By William N. Grigg, The Free Thought Project Cops murder with impunity and the taxpayer is held responsible - and they call this 'justice.' READ MORE» Why Right-Wing Sexual Moralists Make Me Want to Have an Orgy By Kimberley A. Johnson , Huffington Post My open knees are none of your business. READ MORE»

How Delusional Nostalgia Is Killing the White Working Class Kali Holloway, AlterNet Half of white Americans think the racial tables have turned against them. READ MORE» Republicans Just Don’t Get Stephen Colbert: The Fox News-Watching, Science-Denying Crowd Is Stumped by Satire Sophia A. McClennan, Salon Colbert's ratings are down. Republicans are crowing they won't watch him. Indeed, they are afraid to be challenged. READ MORE» Coke Adds Fraud: Exposing the Beverage Giant's Shady Research Practices Reynard Loki, AlterNet One of America's once-most-trusted brands funds research downplaying the link between sugary drinks and obesity. READ MORE»

America's Political Landscape Providing Fresh Soil for Fascism By Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post There is no easy solution for the deepening disaffection from politics of society's most vulnerable. READ MORE» A Drug War Nightmare: Going from Peace-Loving Deadhead to Prisoner in a Brutal Super Max By Joel Blaeser, Big House Publishing An excerpt from the new book, Letters from Marion, will take you into the life and rage inside a Federal prison. READ MORE» Multiple Orgasms? Delayed Ejaculation? What Men Need to Know About Kegel Exercises By Carrie Weisman, AlterNet Women aren't the only ones who need to exercise their pelvic floor muscles. READ MORE» Sanders Slams Merger of Drug Giants Pfizer and Allergan as Disaster for America By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet The candidate urges President Obama to act to stop the deal. READ MORE» Conservatives Have a Very Twisted View of What Pro-Family Means By Jessica Valenti, The Guardian Forcing women to have babies is not only Isis-like, it's anti-family. READ MORE» I Pretend to Be an Introvert, But I'm Really Just Kind of a Jerk By Mari Ilona Szutenberg, xojane Being an introvert is currently even more popular than being allergic to gluten, but for me, it's just a facade. READ MORE» CNN Guest Schools Ex-Cop Over Laquan McDonald Shooting Video: Your Claims Violate the Laws of Physics By Travis Gettys, Raw Story “You can’t shoot somebody for a hypothetical citizen who never entered the fray,” said Marc Lamont Hill. READ MORE»     Colorado Juries Keep Letting People Go for Driving on Weed, Prosecutors and Cops are Furious By Justin Gardner, The Free Thought Project Citizens of Colorado are increasingly employing the use of jury nullification to keep innocents people out of cages - and it's driving prosecutors crazy. READ MORE»