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Trump turns away intelligence briefings that must update him on global security threats
Jill Stein reaches $1M in just a few hours of #Recount2016 announcement
The dark rigidity of fundamentalist rural America: a view from the inside
8-year-old hospitalized after beating by white bullies who told his sister ‘go back to the cotton farm’
Here are 7 facts to have on hand for Republican family members at Thanksgiving dinner
Facebook bans retired Navy officer for criticizing ‘actual f*cking Nazis’
Pressure mounting for presidential election recounts in a key 2016 swing state
‘Republicans are going to have egg on their face’: Ana Navarro calls out GOP hypocrisy on Trump corruption
Here is why Robert Reich thinks California will become a nation within a nation
Watch Ana Navarro level Kayleigh McEnany for blowing off minority fears of Trump’s neo-Nazi fans

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Friends eating a Thanksgivings dinner together (Shutterstock)

Here are 7 facts to have on hand for Republican family members at Thanksgiving dinner

If you’re headed home for Thanksgiving or en route to a family dinner, chances are the 2016 election is going to come up. Here is some ammunition if you need it.

Trump turns away intelligence briefings that must update him on global security threats

“I know more about ISIS than the generals do, believe me,” Donald Trump once said.

Image: Green Party candidate Dr. Jill Stein (Twitter.com)

Jill Stein reaches $1M in just a few hours of #Recount2016 announcement

To put that in context, Jill Stein only raised $3.5 million for the whole election.

Facebook bans retired Navy officer for criticizing ‘actual f*cking Nazis’

Wright explained that Facebook had notified him that his account had been suspended for “violation of community standards.”

Pressure mounting for presidential election recounts in a key 2016 swing state

Pressure is mounting to re-examine the presidential vote in Wisconsin, where a series of screenshots posted Tuesday showed electronically tallied countywide counts erroneously added in thousands more votes to the totals than the ballots cast.

California Governor Jerry Brown speaks during a news conference in San Francisco, on Jan. 17, 2014 (AFP Photo/Justin Sullivan)

Here is why Robert Reich thinks California will become a nation within a nation

California leads the nation in the rate of economic growth — more than twice the national average. If it were a separate nation it would now be the sixth largest economy in the world.

‘Bad Muslim boy’: North Carolina teacher reportedly attacks and assaults kindergarten student

Bullying doesn’t always have to come from fellow students. In the case of one young boy, it allegedly came at the hands of his own kindergarten teacher.

The dark rigidity of fundamentalist rural America: a view from the inside

As the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump is being sorted out, a common theme keeps cropping up from all sides: “Democrats failed to understand white, working-class, fly-over America.”

The media is giving Trump Jr. a pass on his Russia connection and the internet is furious

Wednesday, the country found out that Donald Trump Jr. had talks about the war in Syria with “pro-Russia figures — even if not Russian government officials.” The internet is furious.

Nermeen Shaikh speaks to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Democracy Now/screen grab)

‘The beginning of genocide’: Historian debunks myth of Thanksgiving honoring Native Americans

Renowned indigenous historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz explained this week that the Thanksgiving holiday was “never about honoring Native Americans” as many children are taught in U.S. schools.

Burnet County Judge James Oakley made racist comments on Facebook (Facebook.com)

‘Time for a tree and a rope’: Texas judge calls for a lynching after seeing black suspect’s mugshot

A judge in Burnet County, Texas is under fire for a racist comment he made on Facebook about a black suspect accused of murdering a police officer.

Children shopping at a Toys 'R' Us (Shutterstock).

County holds toy shopping spree to compensate kids traumatized by Fresno jailhouse shooting

The Fresno Bee reports that “more than a dozen people, mostly Fresno County correction officers, met at the Toys ‘R’ Us store to greet the children” this week and to help them pick out whatever toys they wanted.