Greetings, fellow Dot Calm Readers, Freedom Fighters, and Truth Crusaders!

I'm going out of town later today and won't be able to put together my usual Friday evening post, so this mini (well, not so mini) post will have to tide you over 'til next time.

That means, unfortunately, that I won't have time to comment on Donald's illegal breaking of the embargo with Cuba...or Alfred Olango's murder by police...or the fact that Donald reminds me of the greedy-ass little girl who turned into a blueberry in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" with Gene Wilder.

Harrumph.

Don't forget to read Dot Calm's shadow's favorite independent sources of news and information:

Daily Kos
AlterNet

Democracy Now!

Slate

Vox

BuzzFeed

Conservatives are Destroying our Future

Conservative Clown Car

Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian(TM)

God, the Good Lord Above

Americans Against the Republican Party

Americans Against the Tea Party

Peas, friends. Take care of yourselves for me. Trust me--you're worth it! And don't forget to take care of your elderly friends and rellies--little things that seem minor may not be so minor after all, so don't let them neglect their health. Even a little cut or sore that doesn't heal can turn into an infection that requires hospitalization...and it's a lot harder for older people to recover from infections, even with good antibiotics. Be an advocate for someone who needs you today!

Cheers, and have a great weekend...and go have a Fireball on me!
  

- Dot Calm's shadow

Consider the preemptive Blogger phuqued-up phormatting disclaimer to be in effect. Grrr.
-- Dot Calm's shadow

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 ICYMI...

May or may not be the real Betty White;

still funny!

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Headlines (it's all Vox this time)

San Diego area police shoot and kill Alfred Olango, who was reportedly unarmed and mentally ill
...Blacks can't even call 911 for help when they need it lest they or their loved ones be shot by police. I've been hearing way too many stories like this lately (not in corporate but independent media).
    
Donald Trump's history of corruption: a comprehensive review
...ICYMI...I posted the full article last time.
      
Donald Trump's sycophant problem
...No wonder my Tea Party Christian friend lurves Donald so much--they're cut from the same narcissistic, bullying, reality-denying cloth! Neither one can handle the truth. And I wouldn't give either one the nuclear football!
    
Donald Trump's experts are basing his trade policy on a remarkably silly mistake
...Give those morons an "F" and send them back to school. Cheez.
    
Congress just reached a last-minute deal to avoid a government shutdown over Flint lead contamination
...Republicans still aren't doing enough for the Flint victims--nor would I bet money they'll honor the promises they made in this compromise.
   
4 winners and 3 losers from the last-minute compromise to avoid a government shutdown
...Nice try, Vox, but Flint still isn't really a winner.
    
A third of the homeless people in America are over 50. I'm one of them.
...This lady made me want to reach through teh Intert00bs and just hug her and bring her inside for a hot meal and a cozy bed. I'll be scraping together whatever cash money I can to help her out. A very dear friend of mine almost ended up in the same situation, so this lady's story hit way too close to home!
   
All-white Fox News panel: birtherism isn't about race. Political science: yes, it is.
...Derp much?
   
President Obama wants Colin Kaepernick and his critics to listen to each other. But Kaepernick already does.
...Yeah, yeah...I gno, I gno. O'Bama is Black, so he doesn't want to cut much slack to Blacks lest he be accused of reverse discrimination (or something...it's always something!). But this seems a little dismissive to me--too much of a false equivalency.
         
Obamacare cut the uninsured rate to an all-time low. Most Americans have no idea.
   
Watch: Libertarian Nominee Gary Johnson Is Unable To Name A Foreign Leader
...Poor Gary--that's two disqualifying statements (or lack thereof) so far...and on such an easy question. Me, I'll start with Justin Trudeau for $1,000, Alex.
   
Samantha Bee is fed up with the "perfect but not too perfect" expectations of Hillary Clinton
...Worth reading not only for the serious truth value but also the serious funny. Sam Bee takes the media to task for their superficial and mincing criticisms and expectations of Hillary while shitting themselves in ecstasy whenever Donald doesn't shit himself.
        

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Mailbag

Greetings, friends--Dot Calm's shadow here to encourage you to click on all the questions from Progressive Change Campaign Committee and UltraViolet below and vote for them to be asked during the next debate. It's easy--click, fill out your e-mail and zip code, and vote for that question and, if you like, two related questions. Make your voice heard!

SIREN! The conservative Drudge Report flooded the Open Debates voting process with thousands of right-wing voters. This could skew questions asked in the Oct. 9 presidential debate.

ABC and CNN debate moderators have agreed to receive and consider the top 30 questions on this important voting site.

Will we let questions favoring gun leniency and voter suppression win? Or will we vote up progressive priorities like expanding Social Security benefits and overturning Citizens United? Vote here for...

Expanding Social Security

Campaign Finance Reform

Public Option for Health Insurance

Wall Street Reform

Criminal Justice Reform

The Atlantic reports, "The second presidential debate will try something new. Ordinary Americans will be able to submit -- and vote on -- questions to be considered when the candidates meet again."

Voting takes just a few seconds.

Over 600,000 votes have already been cast on 6,000 questions. Add your votes -- or your own questions.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- Keith Rouda, PCCC organizer

P.S. You can also make a tax deductible donation of $10 or more toward the Progressive Change Institute's pro-democracy work like Open Debates.
   

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Here are UltraViolet's questions for you to vote on!

Huge news--for the first time ever, the public can vote on which questions to ask at the next presidential debate.¹

That means YOU and other UltraViolet members have a huge opportunity to make sure moderators ask the candidates questions actually important to women in real time.

Equal pay, paid family leave, child care--we need clear answers on these issues, and this is our chance to make sure voters hear them.

So far, none of the top questions touch on issues that impact women. But UltraViolet members have already submitted dozens of questions they want the presidential candidates to answer--and if we want questions about issues that impact women included in the debates, we've got to vote on the new, official forum. Can you cast your vote today?

Click on the question below to cast your vote.

• As President, will you commit to keeping guns out of the hands of domestic abusers? What specifically will you do to address domestic violence against women, including keeping guns away from abusers?
• Quality child care is increasingly unaffordable, especially for Black and brown families, what will you do to fix that?
• Should politicians have the power to ask doctors to give medically inaccurate information regarding abortion to women?

This isn't by coincidence--the commission that runs the debates finally gave in to public pressure. Together with progressive allies, UltraViolet has been clamoring about the fact that the debates leave out issues most important to women, including 46,500 members who named over a thousand questions they want asked during the debates.

And it's about time that the debate commission listened. Out of the 700-plus questions that have been asked in the countless number of debates this election, only SIX had been about issues that impact women.² Now here is our chance to make sure the potential next President answer questions that women are asking--questions about abortion, child care, equal pay, and more.

Thanks for taking action.

--Nita, Shaunna, Kat, Karin, Adam, Holly, Kathy, Onyi, Susan, Anathea, Audine, Shannon, Megan, Libby, and Emma, the UltraViolet team

Sources:

1. The Second Presidential Debate Will Try Something New, The Atlantic, September 27, 2016
2. What's Next For Women in this Election?, The United State of Women, July 5, 2016

   

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WOMEN'S HEALTH Policy Report

Weekly Top 10 Video round up: Abortion clinic opens in Okla. for first time in 40 years; Rabbi highlights importance of abortion rights In today's clips, KWTV's Grant Hermes reports on the opening of an abortion clinic in Oklahoma City. Elsewhere, Rabbi Lori Koffman in a Bustle video reflects on why she advocates for abortion access. More » Congress sends short-term spending bill with Zika funding to Obama Congress on Wednesday cleared a short-term spending bill that includes $1.1 billion in funds for Zika response efforts, the New York Times reports. More » In op-ed, Rep. Barbara Lee calls campaign to end Hyde 'a battle we must win' In an opinion piece for U.S. News & World Report, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) shares how she has been working to end the Hyde Amendment since its initial passage nearly 40 years ago, writing, "Forty years of Hyde has done terrible harm to women and families, and I'm more determined than ever to finish the work I started so long ago." More » Planned Parenthood celebrates grand opening of new D.C. clinic The District of Columbia's sole Planned Parenthood clinic celebrated its grand opening this week, the Washington Post reports. More » New research spotlights increasing U.S. maternal mortality rate The maternal mortality rate in the United States increased between 2000 and 2015, countering a global decline of more than one-third over that same time period, according to research released last week by the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the New York Times reports. More » Blogs comment on All Access concert for abortion-rights, lack of abortion-related questions in presidential debate and more Read some of the best commentary from bloggers at Care2, Bustle and more. More » Pa. auditor general launches new investigation into CPC organization Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale this week will launch an audit of Real Alternatives, a not-for-profit that manages a multi-state network of antiabortion crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs), the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. More » Calif. gov. signs two reproductive-rights bills into law California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday signed two measures advancing reproductive health, the Sacramento Bee's "Capitol Alert" reports. More » Federal court dismisses lawsuit against repealed Ariz. medication abortion law A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit challenging a now-repealed Arizona law (HB 2036) that targeted medication abortion care, AP/News 4 KVOA reports. More » Federal appeals court hears oral arguments in Ark. Planned Parenthood Medicaid funding case A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week heard oral arguments regarding a lower court order that bars Arkansas from cutting Medicaid coverage of Planned Parenthood services for three beneficiaries, AP/ABC 7 reports. More » Blogs comment on efforts to aid women's use of insurance coverage, the rights of incarcerated LGBT people and more Read some of the best commentary from bloggers at Raising Women's Voices, WMC and more. More »

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From 350 Action--We're running out of time to save the planet, and this election could be the most important one of our lifetimes

Friends,

I'm making my first Get Out the Vote calls for a Presidential election ever this week.

It's not just because Trump is bad -- though he's the literal worst -- it's because for the first time there are tools and a plan to use them that I think will make a difference.

• 350 Action and NextGen Climate are using the best voter outreach tools that helped power the Sanders campaign and grassroots, voter-led insurgent campaigns all over the country.
• We have a national network working on it. Already they’ve sent over half a million text messages, and tens of thousands more calls.
• We're reaching out to the people that will decide this election. The goal is to call and text over a million young voters in swing states. Whether they stay home, cast a protest vote, or actually go to the polls for Sec. Clinton will be the difference nationally.

If you've been wondering about the right time to volunteer in this election: this is it. The race is close to tied, there's less than 6 weeks to go, and early voting starts soon.

Talking (and texting) to voters works. Donald Trump is the worst candidate on climate change ever. I think these are the exact tools to stop him. Click here to join me in calling and texting.

Let's make this happen,

Duncan
   

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Call President Obama: Stop the Dakota Access pipeline.

The fight to stop the Dakota Access pipeline is heating up. Call the White House now and urge President Obama to intervene and stop the pipeline. Click below for a sample script and the number to call:

  

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Daily Kos Liberation League

 

Right now you can make your voice officially heard regarding police accountability.

Because of the Arrest Related Death Act the DOJ has the responsibility to require police officers to collect data on any and all deaths of people while in custody. Right now, the DOJ is accepting public comment on the importance of this data collection.

We need this information. We need you to help make sure the DOJ has the support of the public to require police to comply.

Sign and send the petition: Tell the DOJ to require accurate data on deaths in police custody.

This opportunity allows the public to let the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Department of Justice know data regarding deaths during arrest is extremely important to the public and media. The DOJ has a responsibility to uphold this Congressional Act to the full extent of the law--and holding police accountable is long over due in this country.

The public must weigh in on the importance of this data--OR the DOJ will only hear from law enforcement agencies, who will likely say this reporting is a burden.

The public needs to comment and make it known that data regarding the loss of life during an arrest is not a burden, but an opportunity to protect citizens in the future.

Sign and send our petition to the DOJ: Law Enforcement Agenices must report deaths in custody.

The data collected via the ARD Act will be instrumental in drafting and passing legislation that protects citizens and transforms the role of law enforcement agencies and the way they interact with citizens when they are in crisis. This data is just the first step in our fight to ensure that the police are working for communities of color and not against them.

The moments you take to clearly express your opinion will bring the Law Enforcement Agencies in this country one step closer to accountability.

Sign and send the petition here.

Keep Fighting,
Carissa Miller

P.S. Please help keep Daily Kos strong by chipping in $3.

    

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Stand with Sen. Warren: Tell the FBI to explain failure to prosecute bankers

Petition to Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey and Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz: "Publicly explain why the Department of Justice failed to prosecute any of the Wall Street institutions and individuals involved in the 2008 financial crash." Add your name:

   

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Join Daily Kos and MoveOn to Get Out The Vote! Not just for Hillary but for a Congress that won't obstruct her every move!!

There are only 43 days until the election and polls are showing a virtual coin toss for control of the Senate.

Turnout will determine who wins this election. That's why Daily Kos has teamed up with MoveOn to help build their massive, volunteer-powered voter turnout campaign. There are already more than 100 neighborhood canvasses happening across the country this weekend.

MoveOn has found that sending text messages to invite folks to events is the best recruitment tactic. Using an app that makes peer-to-peer texting faster than ever—and doesn't cost a dime on your text messaging plan—MoveOn has already recruited almost 50% of canvassers through text message.

Will you sign up to get involved? We have a user guide, a support team, and everything else you'll need.

Can't join the Text Team but still want to help? Click here to chip in $3 to the Daily Kos Get Out The Vote Fund.

It's a simple process. You'll sign up today and then receive an email with further instructions. After a short, self-guided training, you'll be invited to sign up for your first shift. In no time, you'll be texting Democrats in crucial states and giving them an excellent opportunity to make a difference this fall.

Hillary can't do much as president if she is stuck with the same intransigent Republican Congress we currently have. We need your help to defeat Trump and give Hillary a Congress willing to do their jobs. With only weeks left on the clock, now is the time for all hands on deck.

Can we count on you to recruit volunteers by sending text messages with us? Click here to signup for MoveOn's Text Team and receive your next steps.

Can't join the Text Team but still want to help? Click here to chip in $3 to the Daily Kos Get Out The Vote Fund.

Keep fighting,
Monique Teal, Daily Kos
   

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May or may not be the real Bruce Springsteen;

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Democracy Now!

Study: People with Mental Illness are 16 Times More Likely to Be Killed During a Police Encounter The shooting of Alfred Olango in El Cajon, California, is just the most recent in a string of police shootings of primarily men of color with mental illness or disability. Just last week, police in ... Read More →

Worse Than a Slaughterhouse: 250,000 Trapped in East Aleppo Amid Devastating Bombing Campaign The Obama administration is threatening to cut off diplomatic talks with Russia on Syria in the wake of a devastating bombing campaign by the Syrian government and Russia in the city of ... Read More →

San Diego: Protests Continue over Police Killing of Alfred Olango Louisiana: Newly Released Video Shows Cops Killing 6-Year-Old Boy Congress Overrides Obama's Veto on Suing Saudi Arabia over 9/11 Newsweek: Trump Illegally Violated U.S. Embargo on Cuba Forbes: Donald Trump Lost $800 Million Last Year Gary Johnson Couldn't Name Single Foreign Leader During Town Hall Officials Say They've Identified Two Men Who Found Bag with Unexploded Bomb Ex-Ally to Chris Christie Says Gov. Knew of G.W. Bridge Lane Closure Plan Congress Passes Bill to Avoid Gov't Shutdown White House Authorizes 600 Additional U.S. Troops to Iraq Somalia: Officials Say U.S. Airstrike Killed 20 Somali Soldiers South Carolina: 14-Year-Old Kills Father, Shoots 3 at Elementary School South Korea: 40,000+ Unionized Workers Stage One-Day Strike Mexico: Iguala Marks 2nd Anniversary of 43 Students' Disappearance 21 Arrested Resisting Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline

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...He looks like he's about to sneeze...

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Shocking video of Trump explaining his dangerous theory that people like him have superior genes

Trump's campaign manager confirms that he broke the law by seeking investments in Cuba

New York attorney general expands investigation of Donald Trump Foundation

Like the Daily Kos Recommended email? Chip in $1 to support the team that brings progressive news to your inbox every day.

North Dakota militarized police push back Water Protectors with armored vehicles, tear gas and rifles

A debate recap from the alternate right-wing universe

Trump ordered 'less attractive,' 'too fat' women fired from his golf course

Media covers the misogyny that HRC is facing (about damn time)

Trump, Conway whine 'It's not nice' that Hillary's 'in Trump's words' ad s make him look very weak

Add your name: I support weekend voting. The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) wants to increase voter participation and this could do it. sponsored

Koch brothers and fossil fuel utilities poised to destroy roof-top solar in Florida

We're no longer debating whether the Iraq War was right, just who supported it

Obama gives 600,000 workers paid sick leave ... but Trump could take it away

New polls confirm: Planned Parenthood is very popular, and Republicans oppose it at their own risk

   

Trump threatens to attack the Clintons' marriage—Chelsea Clinton has the perfect response

I just blew up

Trump's children unhappy with Bannon, Conway & Bossie leadership, it's hurting their business

Sign up with the PCCC and Daily Kos to help key progressive Democrats running for Congress by making phone calls to voters in their districts.

Can't make calls? Chip in $3 to the Daily Kos Get Out The Vote Fund now.

Music store owner says Trump 'stiffed' him on sale of $100,000 worth of pianos for his NJ casino

PPP swing state polls: Good news for Clinton

Thrice-married adulterer Trump ready to attack Hillary Clinton over Bill's past infidelities

Another day of anti-Semitism and incompetence from Trump scampaign

The next debate is a town hall: Trump's worst nightmare

Video of Donald Trump publicly shaming Miss Universe, who he called 'Miss Piggy'

Add your name to stand with Hillary: Stop Donald Trump in his tracks. sponsored

'It's hard to be unhappy when we're doing so well'

Record TV audience for the debate resulted in record visits to Clinton's fact-checking site

Star of new ad for Missouri Republican made rape jokes on Facebook, called Muslims 'goat humpers'

Will & Grace cast unites after 10 years to slam Trump & promote Hillary—to millions of fans

#AlfredOlango. Another black life ended by police.

Ending private prisons may be the edge that Clinton needs

   

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AlterNet

WATCH: Trump Asks Iowa Crowd If Non-Christians Should Be Booted From Rally By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet Hmmm, Trump is managing to hit Hitlerian new heights.  READ MORE» I Wrote That I Despised Hillary Clinton. Today, I Want to Publicly Take It Back. By Isaac Saul, The Huffington Post A former Bernie Bro realizes he's taken Clinton for granted. READ MORE» Trump Floats Another Debunked Conspiracy Theory About 'the Internets' By Elizabeth Preza, AlterNet Donald Trump: the Alex Jones of major party presidential candidates. READ MORE»

Serena Williams Writes Impassioned Post About the Dangers of Driving While Black By Janet Allon, AlterNet The tennis star fears for her nephew at the wheel when the police show up. READ MORE» Colbert Has a Hilarious New Slogan For Trump After Debate Disaster By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet This one is bound to get the "ladies" on board. READ MORE» Cheatsplaining: Infidelity Expert Rudy Giuliani Is Lecturing Hillary Clinton on Marriage Now? By Mary Elizabeth Williams, Salon On behalf of cheater Donald Trump, the former NYC mayor says Clinton was "stupid" for standing by Bill. READ MORE» Samantha Bee Gives Thumbs Up to Debate Moderator Lester Holt for Busting Trump With This One Super Solid Fact-Check By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet "Lester can let a lot of things go, and he did, but not this."  READ MORE» Megyn Kelly Lectures Kellyanne Conway for Whining Like Child That Hillary Isn't Playing 'Nice' By Tom Boggioni, Raw Story Defending a thin-skinned bully is not easy. READ MORE» Wonder Woman Has Sex With Other Women By Victoria McNally, Revelist It's time to get over it and embrace queer superheroes.  READ MORE»

The End of White Christian America and Trump's Desperate Promises to Save It By Don Hazen, AlterNet As Robert P. Jones shows in his illuminating new book, white Christians in America are in decline in numbers and influence, as many are both desperate and nostalgic for the past. READ MORE» How to Hack 3 Sexist Things Every Woman Has Heard in the Office By Jessica Bennett, HarperWave Here's how to combat untrue assumptions about female bosses made by other men or women—or even ourselves. READ MORE» How Trump Would Loot the Country By Nomi Prins, TomDispatch Imagine how—once Donald Trump is in the Oval Office—this country could become his personal piggy bank. READ MORE» We Now Have Plenty of Evidence That Gary Johnson Is a Fake Alternative By Heather Digby Parton, Salon The Libertarian nominee can't name a foreign leader but has a dangerous agenda and can tip the election. READ MORE» 10 Times Police Killed the People They Were Called to Save By Alexandra Rosenmann, AlterNet Alfred Olango's tragic death Tuesday was proceeded by a 911 call from his sister.  READ MORE» Presidential Debates: Where Millionaires Ask Other Millionaires What's Best for the Middle Class By Elizabeth Preza, AlterNet For all the talk about the middle class Monday night, members of the non-elite were hard to find. READ MORE» How the New Atheist Movement Blew a Big Opportunity to Bring Acceptance to Non-Believers By Donald McCarthy, AlterNet Notables like Richard Dawkins and Stephen Hawking are arguing not just for atheism, but against religion.  READ MORE» Jay Z and Snoop Dogg Do Powerful Videos Slamming Drug War By Tony Newman, AlterNet Using their influence to deal a blow to our country’s racist drug war. READ MORE» How Hillary Can Boost Her Standing Among Millennials By David Atkins, The American Prospect Hillary Clinton’s support from millennial voters has dropped sharply since August, a problem that she needs to address even more aggressively to hold onto this key bloc of voters. READ MORE» 9 States That Could Be on the Verge of Legal Weed By Janice Williams, International Business Times This year's elections will be the closest thing we've ever seen to a national referendum on pot policy.  READ MORE» Pittsburgh Affordable Housing Is Replaced by Whole Foods Store in Epitome of Gentrification By Nick Keppler, AlterNet For decades, poor residents of East Liberty found refuge in Penn Plaza. Now it's being demolished. READ MORE» Furious Trump Still Thinks He Won the Debate—and He Berated Aides Who Said Otherwise By Brad Reed, Raw Story Donald Trump: Sore loser. Sad!  READ MORE» 8 Sex Tips for Lazy People By Gigi Engle, Ravishly If you’re tired and want some unfettered coitus, the spoon will be your bread and butter. READ MORE»

Meet Gary Johnson’s Money Men, Led by the Despicable Koch Brothers By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet Johnson's supporters are leading enemies of the environment and public education. READ MORE» The One Psychological Characteristic That Online Trolls Tend to Share By Kali Holloway, AlterNet Science points to a certain vile tendency. READ MORE» How America's Insane Anti-Choice Crusaders Screw Over Women All Over the Globe By Kali Holloway, AlterNet The misrepresentation of American attitudes on abortion is influencing policy abroad—for the worse.  READ MORE»

Hillary Gets Major Red-State Newspaper's First Endorsement of a Democrat in 126 Years By Jeremy Binckes, Salon Hillary Clinton has an "opportunity to heal this nation," writes Phoenix paper that has favored GOP for generation. READ MORE» A 50-Year Civil War That Killed Over 250,000 and Devastated Colombia Has Finally Reached a Peace Agreement By Vijay Prashad, AlterNet The question is, will the peace agreement last past the upcoming election.  READ MORE» Gap Co-Founder Doris Fisher Is Bankrolling the Charter School Agenda—and Pouring Dark Money Into CA Politics By Joel Warner, Capital and Main She's also the second largest political donor in California.  READ MORE» What Controls Our Sex Drive? When and Why Do We Feel Like Having Sex? By Emily Harris, Fiona Barlow, Matthew Hornsey, The Conversation Are men hot-blooded, sex-driven creatures who think about sex every seven seconds? Not quite. READ MORE» Backstabbing 'Progressive' Dem Gov Unleashes a Heartless Austerity Agenda on Disabled Residents By Michael Arria, AlterNet Connecticut's Gov. goes after the most vulnerable citizens.  READ MORE» There Are Fewer Than 10 Grizzlies Left in Washington State—And Incredibly, There's a Plan in Place That Can Restore Their Population By Michael J. Dax, Yes! Magazine Environmentalists, industry and politicians have a second chance to learn from decades of wolf debates and save the grizzlies. READ MORE» Louisiana Deputies Throw Tantrum After Teen Football Players Protest National Anthem By Travis Gettys, Raw Story When football players protest, suddenly they don't deserve the sheriff's protection.  READ MORE»

   

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Movies!

Many people are saying that Donald Trump is a lying narcissistic greedy bullying reality-denying piece of crap, but Mr. Deity gives Donald the benefit of the doubt, humorously hypothesizing that Donald is merely suffering from debilitating dementia and hallucinations becuz that's what Mister D. found on teh Interwebz...! Hehe!

Stephen Colbert on the debate--funny AF!! Donald's tears...so yummy!!!!!

Too easy, Stephen, and you missed it: you rightly said that Rudy Giuliani looks like an escapee from the Lollipop Guild, but you stopped short of saying that Donald looks like an Oompa Loompa!! D'oh!

Bonus with Stephen: Elon Musk wants to fire Donald into space. Hell, I'd be happy just to fire Donald period!! The "Make Mars Great Again" hat looks a lot better on Stephen than the "Make Mexico Great Again" hat did on that skull-puppet-faced escapee from the Lollipop Guild...! Donald claims to be 6'3" and weigh 235 lbs--I'm sure there's another 50 lbs in his gut and his ass that he's pretending doesn't exist, like his tax returns and his $650 MILLION foreign and domestic debt (conflict of interest much, Donnie boi?). A weight of 235 at Donald's claimed height gives him a BMI of over 29--which, as Stephen says, means that DONALD J. TRUMP IS OBESE. Chances are, Donnie isn't even 6'3" any more--he's probably shrunken over the years like the fortune he inherited from his daddy. So he's probably EVEN FATTER than that! Hypocritical AF for Donald to poke fun at people who gain weight or "like to eat" when he's such a GLUTTONOUS UNATTRACTIVE FAT PIG DOG MISS PIGGY OINK OINK WHERE'S MAH TROUGH himself! (Hehe! I'll hafta look up the rest of the horrible things that Fat-Don-the-john-wiper called women so I can use them on him!)

But wait, there's moar!

Last m00bie for today is a lulu--a two-hour lecture by James "The Amazing" Randi. Delightful!

'Til next time, check out these great channels:

Secular Talk
The Young Turks
The Thinking Atheist
MisterDeity
NonStampCollector

...or, if you just want something mindless and fun, try Tested
  

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