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**The Taking of Millennial Wealth By Rich White Boomers**
"The extreme level of inequality in the U.S. is battering the poor Ten years after the recession, most Americans, including Baby Boomers, are still struggling with finances. The Wall Street Journal, cheerleader for capitalist-driven recoveries, noted that Millennials, Gen-Xers, and Boomers are all still poorer than in 2007. But the incredible prosperity…"
**Michael Cohen: I Am Putting My Family And Country Before Donald Trump**
""I will not be a punching bag as part of anyone’s defense strategy," Trump's Fixer, Michael Cohen, said. In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Saturday, Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, sent the clearest signal yet he’s prepared to flip on the president, telling the host he’s putting his family…"
**How the Religious Right Indoctrinates Its Followers With a False Version of History**
"The American founding fathers lived in a world that was very different from our own. A week ago Sunday, June 24, 2018, First Baptist Church of Dallas held its annual “Freedom Sunday.” The church website described the special service this way: “Celebrate our freedom as Americans and our freedom in Christ with patriotic wors…"
**Here's How Beards Put a Brave Face on Threatened Masculinity**
"As they did in the 1850s, men of every region, race, class and political persuasion are again growing beards to declare the reality of masculinity, as well as their own masculine identity. In the West, for many centuries, shaving has identified a good man properly oriented to a higher order, whether divine or political. Defying this regulation m…"
**Mexico's 'Bernie Sanders' Wins in a Huge Historic Landslide With Mandate to Reshape the Nation**
"AMLO is definitely the Bernie Sanders of Mexico. Progressive anti-Trump candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador has been elected president of Mexico on Sunday in an apparent landslide victory.Exit polls gave AMLO, as his supporters call him, a huge lead over his two closest competitors, and both of them conceded …"
**After Getting Hosed by Kim Jong-Un in Singapore, Trump Does Putin’s Bidding Ahead of Their Helsinki Summit**
"As the North Korean deal crumbles, Donald Trump’s foreign policy looks worse than ever Upon returning from his summit meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore, President Trump triumphantly told the world:He was very excited about his "agreement" and couldn't stop praising Kim for weeks afterward, appare…"
**Everyone Loves Paul McCartney: The Secrets of One Beatle’s Eternal Appeal**
"The enduring sentimentality of Sir Paul was on full display in “Carpool Karaoke.” But it’s about more than that It was inevitable that Paul McCartney's appearance on James Corden's "Carpool Karaoke" would make a splash. The musician's not just famous: He's a Beatle, at a level of famous that's almost hard to comprehend, it's in such…"
**Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Fires Back at Newsmax Host Publishing False Info About Her Background: 'How Scared You Are'**
""Your attempt to strip me of my family, my story, my home, and my identity is exemplary," she wrote. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic congressional candidate in New York’s 14th district, on Sunday fired back at Newsmax host John Cardillo for implying she was obfuscating her backgrou…"
**Here's How Mitch McConnell Made Donald Trump**
"The president owes both his election and his long-term impact to the Senate Majority Leader. There is an unusual space in the basement of the University of Louisville library, in the large anteroom to the official archives for Sen. Mitch McConnell. The space is called the Civic Education Gallery, but it is, essentially, a kind of shrine to the political career …"
**‘Unite the Right’ Organizer Awarded a Cool $5 After Suing Black Lives Matter Activist Who Called Him a 'Crybaby'**
"The activist, Donna Gasapo, yelled "f*ck you ... f*ck you, assh*le ... crybaby" at "Unite the Right" organizer Jason Kessler. A judge in Charlottesville on Friday awarded avowed white nationalist Jason Kessler $5 after determining an activist violated Virginia’s anti-dueling statute by yelling …"
**CNN Panel Derails After Trump Backer Defends His Flip-Flop on House GOP Immigration Bill: 'It's Obvious He's Lying'**
"CNN's David Urban explained away Trump's lie as the president being a "great negotiator." David Urban, CNN’s consummate Donald Trump defender, on Sunday refused to acknowledge the president lied when he claimed he never encouraged House Republicans to pass an immigration bill he’d tweeted hi…"
**Suspect Nabbed in Mass Stabbing Attack at Idaho Apartment Complex — Victims Include Members of the Refugee Community**
"“I would ask for our community’s hearts to go out as I know they will and for their prayers for the families of everybody that’s involved here,” Boise Police Chief Bill Bones said. Police in Boise, ID on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old man in connection to a stabbing attack at an apartment co…"
**'You Get Played': CNN's Jake Tapper Corners GOP Rep Claiming She Won't Vote for Anti-Roe Supreme Court Justice**
""One of your longest lasting legacy is likely going to be you vote to confirm a justice" that overturned Roe v. Wade, Tapper warned. CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday confronted Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) about her history of getting “played’ by confirming judges who believe that abortion right for w…"
**Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Win Shocks Leaders in the Democratic Party: Will They Learn the Lesson?**
"A 28-year-old Latina socialist bested a 20-year incumbent. Does the Democratic party even see the problem? A few weeks ago I wrote an article here about what I had learned by moving to the Bronx. A decision I made for personal and self-interested reasons turned into a valuable education. My vibrant and harmoni…"
**How Monopoly Was Invented to Demonstrate the Evils of Capitalism**
"The game’s little-known inventor, Elizabeth Magie, would no doubt have made herself go directly to jail if she’d lived to know just how influential today’s twisted version of her game has turned out to be. ‘Buy land – they aren’t making it any more,’ quipped Mark Twain. It’s a maxim that would certainly serve you well in a game of Monopoly, …"
**Trump Wants a Supreme Court Nominee With an Ivy League Background and Portfolio of Academic Writing He ‘Does Not Care to Read’: Report**
"Trump also says he wants a Supreme Court nominee who "interprets the Constitution the way the framers meant it to be." Trump this weekend began to sit down with finalists from his preselected list of 25 Supreme Court candidate at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, …"
**Blinded by Darkness: Here's Why Evangelicals Are Choosing Trump Over Jesus**
"Author John identifies and lucidly explores three fundamental flaws in evangelical thinking that have led them to embrace a leader who is wholly unfit by their own once-cherished moral standards, in pursuit of ends they cannot possibly achieve — restoring 1950s America via government action John Fea is an evangelical Christian and …"
**Crowd Drops to Ground as ‘Lunatic’ Trump Supporter Brandishes Gun During Peaceful Immigration Protest in Alabama**
"Sealy, 34, got into a fight with a protestor at Alabama's "Families Belong Together" immigration rally. A peaceful Alabama protest of President Trump’s extremist immigration policy was allegedly terrorized by a Trump supporter who started an argument and then pulled out a gun.The incident happe…"
**Meet Alcibiades: The Privileged, Narcissistic Populist of Ancient Greece**
"Like Trump, this scion of wealth loved to win and manipulate the masses. Privileged and narcissistic, a man who considered truth to be subjective, who casually manipulated facts to suit his own ambitious ends, who believed that the world was divided into winners and losers, and was determined to win at any cost, no matter whom he tra…"
**Elections Matter: With Kennedy’s Vacancy, Only Voting Can Check One-Party Rule**
"Trump will replace the last centrist on the Supreme Court. Now only voter pushback can restore balance to Congress. Wednesday’s news that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring come July 31 is a reminder—and a warning—that no matter what happens in the upcoming midterm elections, or 2020, we’re not going back to any …"
