Salon.com: Russians and GOP still trying to “sow chaos”? Well, it’s working

December 27th, 2017 [Donald Trump] [Russians and GOP still trying to “sow chaos”? Well, it’s working]( Heather Digby Parton GOP operatives have sought to distort or reshape reality for decades. Now they have outside help from experts [Conor Lamb; Rick Saccone] [First special election of 2018 is in Trump country — and Democrats are drooling]( Sophia Tesfaye Will a largely white district in southwestern Pennsylvania provide the Democrats their first big breakthrough? [Banker] [The world’s richest grew $1 trillion richer in 2017]( Charlie May Though 78 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, the disparity of wealth continues to widen [Dwayne Johnson] [Yes, men will wear all black to Golden Globes in a sign of solidarity]( Gabriel Bell Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and others will be joining women in their protest against sexual misconduct in Hollywood [Library of Congress] [Library of Congress to stop archiving every darn tweet ever]( Rachel Leah Since 2010, the Library has archived every single public Twitter post, no matter what garbage it contains [Vladimir Putin] [Russia’s latest accusation against the United States is its most ironic yet]( Matthew Rozsa Russia is accusing America of interfering in its election process [The Trump International Golf Links Course Opens] [Trump promises to go “back to work,” immediately heads to golf course]( Gabriel Bell Trump's right-winger fans are furious at CNN for filming him on the golf links [Hillary Clinton] [Vanity Fair gets savaged for suggesting Hillary Clinton should take up knitting]( Rachel Leah "Take up a new hobby in the new year," one writer said. "Volunteer work, knitting, improv comedy" [Mika Brzezinski (Credit: MSNBC)] [Mika Brzezinski “used to love” her job — until Donald Trump]( Charlie May "I’m working on unplugging more because it’s the worst I’ve ever seen it," the "Morning Joe" host said of the news [Jeff Sessions] [Department of Justice has a “systemic” sexual harassment problem, inspector general reports]( Matthew Rozsa Department of Justice is under fire due to a new report showing that sexual harassment complaints were mishandled [Tom Steyer] [Democratic base wants impeachment: But does anybody else?]( Matthew Sheffield Leading Democrats warn the party base: America's not ready to impeach Trump, even after the 2018 elections [Donald Trump] [Contempt of court: Trump’s judicial blitz betrays his hostility to rule of law]( Arn Pearson Some of Trump's most egregious nominees have dropped out, but his onslaught on the judiciary is very dangerous [Michael Flynn; Donald Trump] [Michael Flynn’s family pleads for a pardon from Trump]( Matthew Rozsa Citing Trump's attacks on the FBI, Michael Flynn's brother demanded a pardon for his sibling [Kwanzaa Candles] [What Kwanzaa means for black Americans]( Frank Dobson, The Conversation Reaching far and wide, Kwanzaa brings together the black community on the basis of shared cultural identity [Israel Trump] [Israel announces plan to name Western Wall train station after Trump]( Matthew Rozsa Israel's transportation minister has called the move the grandest tribute ever for an American president [Barack Obama] [Barack Obama: Social media is destroying our discourse]( Matthew Rozsa Obama told Prince Harry that the problem with social media is it lets people inhabit "entirely different realities" [Old Computer] [Why do our computing devices seem to slow down?]( Robert Merkel, The Conversation Your gadgets might slow down if they’re bloated with apps [Olympics Smartphone] [California makes safety warnings for cellphones mandatory]( Sabine El Gemayel, [Alternet]( A filmmaker and mother of three worries about the health consequences of wireless technology [Trump US Canada] [Before Trump, hate was already present in Canada]( Ryan Scrivens, The Conversation It would be easy to assume Canada's wave of hatred began with Trump, but it's not all due to a trickle-down effect [Prostitute] [No holiday season for sex workers]( Martha Rosenberg, [Alternet]( These women cannot scream sexual harassment because their profession itself is consent Most Read - [[Hillary Clinton] Vanity Fair gets savaged for suggesting Hillary Clinton should take up knitting]( - [[Mika Brzezinski (Credit: MSNBC)] Mika Brzezinski "used to love" her job — until Donald Trump]( - [[Sen. 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