Good-bye, 2016.

It would have been far more reasonable to appoint David Friedman as Israeli ambassador to the United States

David Friedman, the Peace-Wrecker

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/23/david-friedman-the-peace-wrecker/

Inside Syria Media CenterObama to Supply Opposition with MANPADS?

US can't get clean water to Flint, but has plenty of money to continue blowing up the Middle East

https://en.insidesyriamc.com/2016/12/25/obama-to-supply-opposition-with-manpads/

Thin Green Line: 20 Groups Standing Between You and Doom

NGOs from the Sierra Club to NOW have become little more than dutiful subsidiaries of the Democratic Party.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/30/thin-green-line-20-groups-standing-between-you-and-doom/

The US and the Militarization of Latin America

All Obama: Further US militarization of Central and South America

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/09/11/the-us-and-the-militarization-of-latin-america/

Haul No! – #StopCanyonMine

Haul No: Keep uranium in the ground, where it belongs. #StopCanyonMine #HaulNo

https://www.haulno.org/

I support The @NinaTurner Show, coming to @TheRealNews & invite you to do the same. Bye bye MSDNC

http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18035:Nina-Turner-Show-Coming-to-The-Real-News

2016: The Year in US Militarism. Excellent analysis by Marjorie Cohn. @TruthOut

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/38886-a-year-of-us-militarism

Recent History: How The Democrats Became A Wall Street Party | PopularResistance.Org

Democrats must distinguish themselves from Republicans, else they lose.

https://popularresistance.org/recent-history-how-the-democrats-became-a-wall-street-party/

Some truths are hard to face: Democrats lose elections because they abandoned their voter base decades ago

Yes, The Democratic Party Is Not For The Working Class | PopularResistance.Org

https://popularresistance.org/yes-the-democratic-party-is-not-for-the-working-class/

The more I read Kevin Drum, the less likely I am to renew my Mother Jones subscription

Mother Jones' Legacy Is Haunting Mother Jones as the Magazine Embraces Neoliberalism

Media :: Features :: Mother Jones :: Paste

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/12/the-legacy-of-mother-jones-is-haunting-mother-jone.html

The Civilian Impact of Drone Strikes: Unexamined Costs, Unanswered Questions | Human Rights Institute | Columbia Law School

The civilian impact of drone strikes: unexamined costs, unanswered questions

http://web.law.columbia.edu/human-rights-institute/counterterrorism/drone-strikes/civilian-impact-drone-strikes-unexamined-costs-unanswered-questions

.@SandyDarity: First black US president never pursued policies bold enough to close the racial wealth gap.

Barack Obama, Reparations, and America's Wealth Gap - The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/12/how-barack-obama-failed-black-americans/511358/

Democratic Establishment Attempts to Dig Up Dirt on Keith Ellison

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/40965-democratic-establishment-attempts-to-dig-up-dirt-on-keith-ellison

Glenn Greenwald Slams Democrats for Attacks on Anyone Skeptical of CIA Russia Assessment - YouTube

Skepticism about the CIA's bull jive story of Russian interference comes in 32 flavors & then some #NewXmasCarols

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnRNztS2YAM&feature=youtu.be

It Wasn’t the Russians: Hillary Lost Because She Blew Off Sanders and His Voters

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/20/it-wasnt-the-russians-hillary-lost-because-she-blew-off-sanders-and-his-voters/

Ohio State LB Jerome Baker wants to change how athletes talk about sexual violence

http://www.sbnation.com/2015/9/17/9105829/ohio-state-jerome-baker-is-changing-athletes-sexual-assault-2015

Justin Trudeau ‘declares war,' approves 2 major pipeline projects in defiance of Indigenous Treaty Alliance @rkn429

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/40569-justin-trudeau-declares-war-approves-2-major-pipeline-projects-in-defiance-of-indigenous-treaty-alliance

Canadian company sells bottled air from the Rockies to China as pollution worsens in the Middle Kingdom

Vitality Air Sells Cans of Fresh Air to Customers in Smog-Ridden China | Fortune.com

http://fortune.com/2015/12/16/vitality-air/

CEO of indy power producer NRG fired for trying to transform the company from brown to green

If I was right, why was I fired? | GreenBiz

https://www.greenbiz.com/article/if-i-was-right-why-was-i-fired

There are lots of reasons why Team Clinton lost, but the hacking of the election by Russia isn't one of them

Trumped by Putin

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40906-trumped-by-putin

Diana Johnstone: #Election2016 was a national disgrace. The reaction of the losers is even more disgraceful

The Bad Losers (And What They Fear Losing)

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/19/the-bad-losers-and-what-they-fear-losing/

It backed the wrong horse in Syria. Now the US War Party sees no choice but to demonize and “punish” Russia

The Bad Losers (And What They Fear Losing)

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/19/the-bad-losers-and-what-they-fear-losing/

Dangerous politics: The wave of post-Watergate liberals stopped fighting monopoly power. @MatthewStoller

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710/

Matt Stoller: How Post-Watergate Liberals Killed Their Populist Soul - The Atlantic

.@MatthewStoller: How post-Watergate liberals killed their populist soul

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710/

Where's the Proof? Calls Grow to Declassify Evidence of Alleged Russian Hack | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

Until someone steps forward w. solid proof that Russia interfered with US elections, I'm dubious of the CIA.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/12/13/wheres-proof-calls-grow-declassify-evidence-alleged-russian-hack

It was an insider leak, not a Russian hack. Moyers and Winship have fallen for the propaganda.

Trumped by Putin

 

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40906-trumped-by-putin

Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/14/banned-by-119-countries-u-s-cluster-bombs-continue-to-orphan-yemeni-children/

Obama Buries Bush-Era Torture Report For Twelve Years

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=knsFEpmiSfc

Coal Country voter shreds the Alt Right (and the Alt Center that is MSDNC)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jjHyw3B_76k

Team Clinton's Loss Makes Perfect Sense After Hearing This Man Speak

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-jjrSWCgJus

Noam Chomsky Explains Why You Shouldn't Trust The CIA - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1IVKmIXNDo&feature=youtu.be

Olbermann & Other Lefties Have Gone Insane Over Russia | Jordan Chariton Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGMIMv8JQag

Noam Chomsky Explains Why Dems Are Suddenly Scared Of Putin - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18eQ_ODEGVM

What the hell is wrong with America’s establishment liberals?

Why did establishment liberals fall in love with a deranged Twitter thread? It's time for some game theory.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2016/12/what_the_hell_is_wrong_with_america_s_establishment_liberals.html?wpsrc=sh_all_mob_tw_top

Tell the establishment Democrats: The “free market" Is actually structured for the rich

The "Free Market" Is Actually Structured for the Rich

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/38744-the-free-market-is-actually-structured-for-the-rich

.@Jimmy_Dore: Senator Warren’s too-little, too-late statement on Standing Rock. #SeinfeldDemocrats #NoDAPL

Elizabeth Warren Breaks Her Shameful Silence On Dakota Access Pipeline - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL2PbnrVmQ8

2016: 17 US soldiers died in Iraq, in a war that ended 5 years ago today. #SeinfeldPresidency

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraq-war-draws-to-quiet-close/2011/12/14/gIQAPEjLvO_story.html?utm_term=.fe26f0c771cb

5 years ago today: Obama ends Iraq war. (Tell that to the 6,000 troops still fighting there.) #SeinfeldPresidency

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/us/politics/obamas-speech-to-troops-at-fort-bragg.html

It was a leak, not a hack: US intel vets dispute Russia hacking claims @sarahsside

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/12/12/us-intel-vets-dispute-russia-hacking-claims/

Fire all the pundits for 2017 & every establishment (corporate) Dem who’s not doing some public soul-searching

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HguZOOVnk

Watch this 33-second clip and you’ll stop wasting your time on Stephanopoulos & the entire pundit class forever

Watch this 33-second clip and you'll stop wasting your time on Stephanopoulos & the entire pundit class forever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHkPadFK34o

What will happen when Aleppo falls | Middle East Eye

.@DavidAHearst: What will happen when Aleppo falls/is liberated #SyriaWar

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/when-aleppo-falls-822497804

Anonymous Leaks to the WashPost About the CIA’s Russia Beliefs Are No Substitute for Evidence

Anonymous leaks to the @wapo about the CIA's Russia beliefs are no substitute for evidence, says @ggreenwald

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/10/anonymous-leaks-to-the-washpost-about-the-cias-russia-beliefs-are-no-substitute-for-evidence/

Margaret Kimberly (@freedomrideblog): Focus on self-determination, not fear, in the Age of Trump

Black Fear of Trump

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/09/black-fear-of-trump/

The Perennially "Unusual" Yet Somehow Ubiquitous Left-Right Alliance

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/07/25/the-perennially-unusual-yet-somehow-ubiquitous-left-right-alliance/

Drowning in information: NSA revelations from 262 spy documents. (Thank you, Edward @Snowden)

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/07/drowning-in-information-nsa-revelations-from-262-spy-documents/

Disinformation, Not Fake News, Got Trump Elected, and It Is Not Stopping

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/06/disinformation-not-fake-news-got-trump-elected/

After 8 Years of Expanding Presidential War Powers, Obama Insists They Are Limited

https://theintercept.com/2016/12/06/after-8-years-of-expanding-them-obama-insists-that-presidential-war-powers-are-limited/

This gorgeous visualization from Redditor WF835334 shows every body of water (from streams to Great Lakes) in the continental US:

This gorgeous visualization from Redditor WF835334  shows every body of water (from streams to Great Lakes) in the continental US:

Growing Far-Right Nationalistic Movements Are Dangerously Anti-Muslim — and Pro-Israel

Shifting political alliances in the USA

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/30/growing-far-right-nationalistic-movements-are-dangerously-anti-muslim-and-pro-israel/

An SSU student’s journey to Standing Rock — Sonoma State Star - The university's student-run newspaper

Excellent student journalism from Noah Treanor at Standing Rock. Check it! @SonomaNoDAPL #NoDAPL

http://www.sonomastatestar.com/news/2016/10/31/an-ssu-students-journey-to-standing-rock

Publish, Punish, and Pardon: Nine Things Obama Could Do Before Leaving Office to Reveal the Nature of the National Security State

9 things Obama can do before leaving office to reveal the true nature of the National Security State

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/40669-focus-publish-punish-and-pardon-nine-things-obama-could-do-before-leaving-office-to-reveal-the-nature-of-the-national-security-state

What The Democrats Must Do To Win - MTV

Ezekiel Kweku:

Team Clinton (before election): Trump is too racist to win.

(After election): Trump was too racist to lose.

http://www.mtv.com/news/2955564/skin-in-the-game/

Ezekiel Kweku: What The Democrats Must Do To Win - MTV

Team Clinton (before election): Trump is too racist to win.

(After election): Trump was too racist to lose.

http://www.mtv.com/news/2955564/skin-in-the-game/

The eyes of the world are on Standing Rock. #NoDAPL

Newsletter – Standing Rock And American Genocide | PopularResistance.Org

https://popularresistance.org/newsletter-standing-rock/

Clinton’s ‘Russia Did It’ Cop-out – Consortiumnews

A new high in low: Team Clinton's "Russia did it" cop-out

https://consortiumnews.com/2016/12/03/clintons-russia-did-it-cop-out/

Danny Dorling: Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are) | TED Talk | TED.com

Start making a list of authors like Rebecca Solnit who write compellingly about hope in dark times

http://www.ted.com/talks/danny_dorling_maps_that_show_us_who_we_are_not_just_where_we_are?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2016-12-03&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=talk_of_the_week_image#t-828608

The Democratic Blame Game

In a democracy, losing candidates don't get to blame the voters, the media, foreign interference etc.

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/21/the-democratic-blame-game/

Paul Street: Don’t Blame Me If Trump Wins

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/07/08/dont-blame-me-if-trump-wins/

Counterpunch: The Media’s Abysmal Coverage of Castro’s Death

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/02/88817/

Fidel Castro Turned Out to Be Right About the US Role in Latin America, by @MarkWeisbrot

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/308531-castro-wound-up-being-right-about-us-role-in-latin-america

In Stripping Away Our Hope, Maybe Trump Has Done Us a Favor by David Korten

Leadership for system change will not come from within the existing corporate-dominated political system

http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/in-stripping-away-our-hope-maybe-trump-has-done-us-a-favor-20161130?utm_source=YTW&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20161202

I don’t buy Chomsky’s “feet to the fire” argument. I know many lefties who’d be asleep in their silos had HRC won

http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2016/11/27/495421/US-Chomsky-Trump-Clinton-Sanders

Watch Kimberle Crenshaw's TED Talk, The Urgency of Intersectionality

http://www.aapf.org/

Watch Kimberle Crenshaw's TED Talk, The Urgency of Intersectionality #LegendsOfTomorrow

http://www.aapf.org/