» The psychological condition that best explains Donald Trump's twisted worldview
12/25/18 16:40 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Think of our president as a hoarder. But instead of objects, he collects victories and vendettas. Trump’s ghostwriter put these words in the president’s mouth: "Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The ...
» The 8-Hour sleep myth: How I learned that everything I knew about sleep was wrong
12/25/18 16:30 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
We've been told over and over that the 8-hour sleep is ideal, but our bodies have been telling us something else. I’ve always been at odds with sleep. Starting around adolescence, morning became a special form of hell. Long school c...
» Stumped by the stock market slump? Start by picturing a used car dealership
12/25/18 16:28 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Trading stocks can be a lot like buying a used car. Stocks have been slumping on a variety of concerns, from President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war with China to worries about an economic slowdown and rising interest rates . Given th...
» This could stop congress from forcing shutdowns
12/25/18 16:20 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has the right idea US Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Saturday called for congressional salaries to be put on hold during the next government shutdown. The US government went into a partial shutdo...
» 'Shame on this President': Trump cuts off funds for 'vital services and protections' for women who face abuse
12/25/18 16:14 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
"This shutdown is directly impacting the safety and lives of women and families across the country." Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) was among those condemning the government shutdown's impacts on the safety of women and families, ...
» ‘Trump is doomed': Conservative blasts president and bluntly states his 'presidency will end poorly'
12/25/18 16:10 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Conservative columnist Jonah Goldberg observed that the President's poor character—as evidenced by the government shut down and his reaction to it—might doom his administration. As the government shut down over the holidays, the Pre...
» A very 1960s Christmas
12/25/18 16:06 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Fifty years ago, Christmas in New York came with dead bodies, fringes, patchouli and Jimi Hendrix Christmas in 1968 was the first I would spend apart from my family. I was a cadet at West Point, and my parents and sisters lived in Hawaii...
» Merry Christmas and happy birthday to a Jewish immigrant
12/25/18 15:58 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Dear white evangelicals: Christmas celebrates the birth of a Jewish child whose family then fled persecution Nativity scenes are a ubiquitous sight in front of churches at Christmas time, but a Massachusetts church recently drew attentio...
» White evangelical Christians need Jesus — not Donald Trump — if their movement is going to survive
12/25/18 15:41 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Rampant hypocrisy is one reason why conservative white evangelicals continue to lose relevance and influence. Amidst the chaos of relentless, mind-numbing corruption, lies, and malfeasance by Donald Trump and his administration, Adam Ser...
» Internet mocks Trump for ridiculous Christmas Eve boast that he is already building the wall
12/24/18 23:19 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
The president is completely self-destructing. On Christmas Eve, with the government in the throes of a federal shutdown putting tens of thousands of workers in limbo, President Donald Trump boasted that he is already beginning work on th...
» Former NATO commander: Allies are wondering if Trump was 'blackmailed' to pull out of Syria
12/24/18 20:02 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
"There doesn’t seem to be any strategic rationale for the decision." One of last week’s biggest political bombshells came when President Donald Trump announced that he was withdrawing all U.S. troops from Syria because the terr...
» Noam Chomsky: Social media outlets have 'become major forces for undermining democracy'
12/24/18 19:49 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
"The Internet does allow us to….overcome the impact of the concentration of media—and in fact, can be done pretty effectively.” One of the most ludicrous—and debunked—claims of the far right is that the mainstream media in the Unite...
» Mother of jailed NSA contractor rips Manafort, Flynn and Cohen: Those 'responsible for threatening our election continue to get off easy'
12/24/18 18:59 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
The 27-year-old Winner is serving a five-year federal prison sentence for releasing a National Security Agency (NSA) document. Not since Richard Nixon in the 1970s has a U.S. president been surrounded by as many scandals as Donald J. Tru...
» Bring the troops home, but also stop the bombing
12/24/18 18:12 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
In this “war on terror,” the U.S. and its allies have dropped a staggering 291,880 bombs and missiles on other countries. As our nation debates the merits of President Trump’s call for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan, ...
» ‘I am all alone (poor me) in the White House’: Trump goes off the rails in pre-Christmas tweetstorm
12/24/18 17:42 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
He did find time to praise Saudi Arabia, the country responsible for the assassination of a Washington Post journalist. It's Christmas Eve. The markets are tanking after the Treasury Secretary posted a statement causing even greater p...
» Paul Krugman rips ‘clueless’ Mnuchin for panicking markets with tweet: 'Idiot'
12/24/18 17:12 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
“We should take seriously the possibility that we’re looking at an economic team as clueless as their boss." On Monday, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman went on a tweet storm in reaction to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin...
» Yemen: Will a deal between combatants stop the misery?
12/24/18 17:04 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Slipping toward widespread famine, the Yemeni war has devastated the country’s health and livelihood. On the verge of famine, the main warriors in Yemen agreed on steps to ameliorate their disastrous war, but few claim that aerial bombin...
» ‘Trump ain’t gonna pay my rent’: Federal workers fume as government shutdown extends into Christmas
12/24/18 17:01 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Republicans have painted themselves into a corner because many of them are backing Trump’s position, which will be a loser for them. President Donald Trump’s decision to let the government shut down because Democrats refuse to fund his...
» A room with a view: Why windows are so important to older people
12/24/18 16:47 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Windows can be vital as a way to access the world, especially for those who spend a lot of time indoors. Windows are something that many of us take for granted – they’re just part of the houses we live in or the buildings we work in. And...
» FOIA requests find 95 newly undisclosed Trump appointees
12/24/18 16:34 from AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
Among the latest hires: a longtime DuPont manager who is now at an EPA position that is typically not a political appointment. We have obtained a list of 95 new Trump administration appointees made over the past six months. Following a p...